11^: I 'il>«I ATi:s (MT^^iiliJSOT JW^n^ • VII i:i> SlAI i:S (11'^ i\i....rr THIS llOTt IS LtCAL TtWOti» rOR All DtBTS PUBLIC AMD PRIVATt J 29403511 A \V.\.siiiN«ii<».\.!).('. 10 J29U03511A \\ N W M A M I L T f J i* r r - j A Macintosh"personal computer paper vouUsa\e will have a lovely green gtow. purchase with a varietv- of financing options. iuid lui Apple Youll save a bundle of cish when vou pur- We fed compdled to tell vou.thoi^.that p Imag^'riter' II chase an Imag^'riter II printer along with vour a deal like this can't hist forever.* So it's a good ^&i'\i^^Buyaprinterwithyou printer will save choice ofa Macintosh Plus or a Macintosh SE. idea to see vour campus microcomputer center vou liours ol time. Not to mentkxi gallons of cor- Eitherwav- vou 11 he iible to turn out beautifully todav. And foin the conservation movemenL reaion fluid and reams and reams of paper. written and beautifully printed papers. MadntosAnd, if vou buy both now, the first reamh of anAnd weldl even trvconserv' to lidp vou pay for vour Thee powerpape to be vour best' Database Department in Campus Connertions December 11, 1987 CONTENTS Volume 84, Number 10 Reportage 6 Kngincering students offered a contest to design and build propelled car. Campus Safety catches car thieves, arrests drug dealers on campus. Dr. Edward (Ted) Mclrvine is inaurgu rated as new dean of College of Graphic Arts and Photography. Different Christmas festivities celebrated around the world. Features 11 & 14 Ellinson Peterson Bell sponsored an Reproview 22 Departments evening with underpriveledged .Martin and Candy are going places. Letters 4 children. Zodiac 13 Debut album from Sinead O'Connor. 25(),()()() gather in Washington to protest Tab Ads 28 treatment of Soviet Jews. The return of jethro TuII. Bloom County 29 Scoreboard 26 What's Happening 30 Swimming does will at ICAC's; diver Cover: Signatures Center breaks school record. Santa Claus Students in Sam Abrams independent Hockey drops three road matches; wins study creative writing class have laugher over St. Bona. Photo by: produced a provocative set of poetry Basketball places second in Brodie Zander Lane and prose. Tournev. REPROFILE What ever happened to the Holidays? true excitement, joy and love easily new creative surprise that someone has Retailers are pushing goods on us becomes lost in the commercialism. made or transformed into a very earlier and earlier each year. Most My family celebrates and exchanges special gift. stores in Marketplace had full blown gifts with our closest cousin's family of decorations two weeks prior to five. One Christmas, for financial Thanksgiving. The newspapers and the reasons, our families decided that all medias have merely dehumanized the gifts exchanged should have to be made spirit of the holiday season into an and not purchased. As a grade sch(M)ler economic statistic. this spelled disaster for my Tonka truck In this issue is a special winter edition of I see students strapping to pay their collection. Signatures, RIT's semiannual literary way through school while purchasing The gifts of that Christmas turned magazine. This edition was produced as a expensive gifts. It seems to be more out to be a true celebration of the group creative xirriting independent study through self compulsion and guilt heart. They brought out our family's under the direction of Sam Abrams. This is rather than a desire from the heart. unique talents that cannot be purchas- the first time Signatures has had a winter Gifts should be coming from the heart ed. One cousin used her sewing skills publication and Reporter is proud to be part and not the wallet. We are students, and to make several gifts. Another cousin is of the collaborative effort. The writings are we are supposed to sacrifice a little; a skillfull auto mechanic and made at- controversial, enjoyable, and thought provok- four cans of water in orange Juice in- tractive auto repair vouchers. My sister ing. As the Signatures editor says, "they are stead of three etc. Have we forgotten gave recordings of her original piano all publishable." how to sacrifice or are we just too over- compositions. Since that C^hristmas, This is Reporter's only issue in December. whelmed with the idea that the season gift giving has become a hybrid of Our next issue will be January 15. Merry revolves around gifts and lots of them? homemade and purchased gifts. Now Christmas from all of Reporter staff and have Everyone loves receiving gifts but the there isn't a Christmas without some a safe and happy holiday. REPORTER MAGAZINE is published weekly during the academic year by students at Rochester Institute of Technology. One Lomb Memorial Drive. Rochester. 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No portion of this magazine may be reproduced without prior written permission from REPORTER. REPORTER LETTERS College of Business. However, 1 do have an Magazine FAF Forms are here! opinion on big business in this country, Pick up your Finacial Aid Form (FAF) in which is clearly evident in the context of EditorinChief the College Union Monday, December the article. Believe it or not, 1 actually like Mils Morgan 14th through Friday, December 18th, Business majors. I have friends who are Managing Editor anytime between 10:00am and 4:00pm. Business majors; they are bright and motivated people. So please do not accuse Steve Waterloo Remember priority is given to tose Executive Editor applications received by the College me of ill-will towards these folks. I have Scholarship Service (CSS) on or before alienated their ilk badly enough, let's not Kris Argento carry it too far. Senior Editor March 1, 1988. Submit your FAF to Princeton, NJ on or after January 1, 1988. Both Jonathan and Chris should have Bill Amstutz Applications submitted prior to January done their homework prior to writing News Editor I, 1988 will be returned unprocessed. their letters. Ifjonathan had bothered to James Ferme consult with me, he might have discovered Copy Editor Financial Aid that I am a fully independent student who Marco Abundo pays his own tuition bills. And I started Reporters Disturbed Counselors paying those bills when 1 was a freshman, not when I was halfway into my college Adnan Derti Kris Mamula I he Article "Fx Student tiuilty" on page Joe Marini Rich Leverone career. As for visiting the Financial Aid 7 of the October 9 issue of the Rkpoki kr David Martin Kris Loomis office, I practically live there. Most of those Mark Tiffany Barton Fiske was disturbing to us (the Counseling wonderful people there associate my face Entertainment Editor Center StafO because counseling was with my name because I'm in there so portrayed as punishment for the crime of often. I don't know why Jonathan should Craig Veconi making bomb threats not as rehabilitation. Entertainment Writers he insulted for his grandfather's sake. It was Counseling has the potential to assist his grandfather's generation who helped Doug Jerum people in making positive changes and restore this country from the last Lx>u Masella deal more effectively with th stress Sports Editors catastrophic stock market crash. I doubt encountered in day to day living. Possible his grandfather would be proud to see that Mamie Salisbury positive outcomes of Counseling for this we have yet to learn from history. Chris Martin individual could include: a greater As for Chris's letter, well there isn't Sports Writers understanding of his motives for making much to say. He's of the opinion that my Jeff Gibb the bomb threat, a better understanding writing, as it appears in Reporter, is Greg House of how he expresses his anger; and perhaps mindless drivel. Well now Mr. Fischer, they a better strategy for dealing with his anger Photo Editor printed your letter didn't they? 1 find it in subsequent circumstances. Bruce Strong amusing, in a demented sort of way, for you Chief Photographer We hope that everyone will join us in to he appalled at the waste of'your' money Paul Buckowski working toward establishing a more in 'my' paper. In truth, it is everybody's Photographer positive view of counseling. money, and everybody's paper. 1 suggest Ken Huth Mr. Fischer think about that a little harder Cartoonists Staff of Counseling Center before offering his own version of diatribe It may be that no other president's term Mike Kerwin Ready, Fire, Aim has seen a thousand fxiints rise in the stock Steve Casino market, but no other president's term has Production Managers This letter is a dual response to the letters ever seen a drop so incredibly dramatic, printed in the November 6th issue of Annamarie Daane nor have they ever lacked as much Suzanne Shade Reporter.