US Postage PA I!.;. Bronx, New York Thursday Permit No. 7608 March 3,1983 Non-Profit Org. Volume 65 Number 7 FORDHAM UNIVERSITY, NEW YORK Robbery Bundy Aid Delayed Due Suspects •' «* J To State Budget Deficit by Melissa Goodman dham had anticipated. A delay in the payment of $1.3 million in Shea said the February allocation reduc- Arrested New York state Bundy Aid (o the University tion will be added to money distributed in by Lisa Lysko "has put a serious cramp into our cashflow May 1983. The funding reduction and Police have arrested five persons believed management," according to Financial Vice payment delay also affects 94 other indepen- President Bro. James Kenny, S.J. dent colleges in New York. to have been involved in the recent off- campus muggings. Payment of the Bundy money, which is a Fordham's allocated funding for the 1982- Within the past month, five separate rob- subsidy given to independent New York state 1983 fiscal year amounts to more than $3.5 beries, involving nine Fordham students, colleges based on the number of degrees an million. Bundy Aid is distributed tri-annually institution awards each year, was due to be in divisions of 30 percent in May, 35 percent have occurred in the vicinity of 194th Street received by the University on February 15. in October and 35 percent in February. In the and Webster Avenue. However, according to Thomas Shea, delayed February allocations Fordham will A task force of eight anti-crime officers assistant coordinator of the institutional aid be receiving only 34.1356 percent of its fun- and two detectives of the 48th Precinct was office of the State Education Department, ding. assigned to the area on February 20. payment will be delayed until the week of The first three arrests were made at ap- March 7, because the state underestimated The New York State budget for 1982-1983 proximately 12:30 a.m. on Saturday, the amount of money needed for the allocated $94.7 million for the Bundy February 26. Three female students were ac- program. program, but $95.5 million was needed, costed by a man with a knife on 194th Street leaving a deficit of $828,000. between Webster and Decatur Avenues. The Although the money is late, Kenny said he "Our office knew there was a shortfall in assailant told the students to enter a nearby has been able to manage with the delay. appropriations. Normally there was a fund to building where two more men were waiting. However, if the state does not come through take care of this. This year there wasn't, so it The three students ran and within minutes, with the funding soon, Kenny may have the was decided to pro-rate the funds until police arrived at the scene and made the University take out short term bank loans. May," said Shea. He said the institutional Kenny said he planned to use the Bundy arrests. "//// has put a serious aid office became aware of the need to delay Two other men were arrested at their Aid money for the faculty and administration funds in the beginning of February. Shea's homes on the afternoon of Tuesday, March crump into our cashflow payroll. The delay in funding required Kenny office notified University administrators of 1, and the morning of Wednesday, March 2. to draw monies from other sources of in- the delay by telephone in mid-February, and All five acting in concert, were charged with come, and he said all faculty members have mailed letters stating the reasons for the delay been paid their February salaries, "The robbery and possession of weapons. and reductions. University has been inconvenienced, not the According to one of the arresting officers,' Mr it. .1 unit's ki'iinv, The reduction of funds in order to manage faculty," said Kenny. Kenny also uses the Richard Melville, the five arrested were all the deficit was distributed equally between all funding to cover University-issued checks. between the ages of 15 and 17. Three are institutions receiving aid. "It is bad enough known to have previous police records, and When the University receives the state aid, the payment will be $32,617 less than For- Continued on page 6 Continued on page 7 M*A*S*H Bash In National Limelight by Judie Orlandino by John Cavaliere On Monday night my roommates and 1 On Monday evening, suite E-6 of Martyrs' prepared for the end of an era. Four bowls of Court was transformed into a war zone. popcorn, a pitcher of rum & coke, and a Students in army fatigues battled for position large, economy-size box of Kleenex were the among flashing lights and heavy equipment, bare necessities for this traumat'ic careful not to tread on the scores of bodies event—after 11 years the Korean war was that littered, the room. Intravenous units over and M*A *S*H was coming to an end. hung from khaki tent flaps as the wounded (Trivia fact: M*A *S*H ran four times longer silently sipped martinis with Schaefer than the actual war.) There were numerous chasers. parties and M*A *S*//-bashes all over cam- Although no casualties were reported, pus (some even getting news coverage—good many fouifd it difficult to move their war- job E-6), but most loyal devotees stayed weary limbs after hours of tension-packed ac- home and sniffled their way through the two tivity. The E-6 M*A *S*H Bash was a suc- and a half hour episode in the comfort and cess. privacy of their own apartments. Fans were What began as a natural idea to celebrate prepared for the ultimate tear-jerker, and the last episode of M*A *S*H in Alan Alda's they were not disappointed. old suite became the media event of the "Goodbye, Farewell & Amen" (directed season. Over 200 press releases issued by the by Alan Alda) was a killer—just about ever- Communications deparment drew reporters thing that could go wrong did, and in fine and photographers from all over the M*A*S*H tradition the episode kept you metropolitan area. laughing and crying to the very end. It did veer into the unbelievable at times, and some of the outlines were not filled in quite as much as could have been desired, but, all in all, a thoroughly tearful time was had by everyone. The most disputed aspect of the episode dealt with Hawkeye's "nervous disorder." We learn that the pressures of the past years of horror came to a head in a bus incident. A Korean woman carried an infant on the bus, which was stopped and blacked-out to avoid enemy fire. Because the baby was crying, Hawkeye became upset that this noise would draw enemy artillery to their location. He approaches the woman and hisses to her to "shut that damn thing up." Not knowing what else to do, the mother smothers her child. Hawkeye represses this, turning the child into a chicken (also representative of his "I can't believe it," said honorary E-6 own fears), but with the help of visiting resident Chris Alverez, "this is more than psychiatrist Sidney Freedman's help, NBC's Anna anyone expected." Hawkeye is able to remember and live with Bond and Indeed, media response was over- the ordeal. The problem is that with a charac- M*A*S*H- whelming. Channels 2, 4, 5, 7 and 11, the ter as sensitive and nniltifaceted as Hawkeye bashes in British Broadcasting Corporation, United Pierce, the healing process seemed too short E-tiouse Press International, The New York Times, and much too lightly passed over. (But, this Monday night. The Daily News, The New York Post, is television.) The most startling and affective Newsday, the Gannett Newspaper Chain, scene, it is also the most controversial. National ABC and CBS Television, NBC The rest of the program moved more radio, and several local newspapers sent Continued on page 9 Continued on page 9 2/THE RAM/THURSDAY, MARCH 3,1983 THE CM CALENDAR TO ALL CLUBS!!! This Calendar is brought to you by the Campus Activities Board, but it is for your use. Please use the below coupon for all activities and return it to Box 210 by FRIDAY AT 4:00 PM. Friday, March 4: CAB PRESENTS: CBA CLASS OF '85 presents The Sting in Sunday, March 6: Keating 1 st at 8:00 and 10:30 p.m. $1.00 SPECIAL EVENTS: It's a Mad, Mad, donation. Mad, Mad World Faculty Lounge. Free Tuesday, March 8: popcorn. 2:00 p.m. Fordham College Student Government: Monday, March 7: "Is There Hope After Graduation". SPECIAL EVENTS: "Nightclub Night" Come talk to some young alums and with a comedian and a jazzband various professional people at this featuring "Slap Happy" in the Ballroom social event to be held in Faculty at 9:00 p.m. Lounge, McGinley Center at 7:30 p.m. FINE ARTS AND THE FINE ARTS CLUB: All Fordham community invited. Free Student Art Exhibit Faculty Lounge admission. from 10:30 a.m.-2:30 p.m. Runs through Mandatory Meeting for all members March 10. and pledges. This is the last meeting before our vacation, and it is important Tuesday, March 8: to keep updated of our current events Special Events: "In-Laws" at 8:30 p.m. DON'T MISS: Faculty Memorial Room 418 from Place is to be announced. Watch for SPECIAL EVENTS 12:30-2:30 p.m.