Inscape, Vol. 53, Issue 6

              INSCAPE • Friday, November 4, 1988 • Page 14
F e a t u r e s E d i to r - M a rk B o c a ln
FEATURES
F e a t u r e s F a c t s
By MARK BOCAIN
You know, I really wasn't sure what
to expect. Features Editor? "That's
right," said Bill. "Would you like to do
it?"
"Sure," I said, having no idea what
■Features' really are. What are they?
Well, after consulting many learned
scholars, spending hours of meditative
thought, and consuming countless
bottles of Labbatt's Blue, I hit upon the
answer. PEOPLE! PLACES!
THINGS!!! NEWS-NEWS-NEWS!!!
In other words, what neighborhood
person or program interests you, or you
feel should be told about? > ^ at exotic
or not so exotic places have you been to
that inspired you? WHAT'S GOING ON
THAT YOU'D LIKE TO TALK
ABOUT?
Does that answer your question? I
hope so. Feel free to let us know what's
going on. Without Feature's stories, we
wouldn't have known the love and
dedication of Maria Aaronson, seen the
beauty that one can enjoy in Mexico, or
have heard the exciting secrets of a trip
to the Soviet Union. Who will know
unless you write and tell us? It's up to
you.I am looking forward to learning
about what is going on and what others
have seen. Write and let us know, so
that everyone who reads INSCAPE
can see thhrough your eyes the
interesting things around us. Thank
you, and keep writing to T h e
Features
A " M a g i c a r H a l lo w e e n
By ANNMARIE PALMUCCI
What's Halloween for it it's not loaded
with plenty of tricks and treats? That's
why the CSR campus was treated to
some fabulous tricks when Doug Bartels
performed ,his magic at the SEB
Halloween party in the Camelot Room
on Oct. 29th. The show was a mixture
of magic, comedy, and strange
Halloween twists which amazed the
audience. Although Doug is a student at
CSR, this was his first of hopefully
many, performances at the College. His
performance, which was very
entertaining, was the result of years of
perfection of his talent.
Doug became interested in magic
when he was six years old, and was
given a magic set for Christmas. From
that point on his interest in the art grew
steadily. He has learned much of his
knowledge from constantly reading
books, other magicians (many of whom
are professionals), and attending magic
conventions. Of the many he has
attended, was the magic convention
which was held at the Albany Hilton
just recently. Doug has even attended
the Chevezz College of Magic in
Pasadena, California, receiving some of
his education through correspondence
and part through teacher Dale Salwak.
But, for Doug, books have been the
most useful, which is the reason he has
his own library with hundreds of books
about magic. "It’s an art form, and you
are always trying to improve your
skills".
Dough is a public communications
major at CSR and has a marketing
degree from Hudson Valey Community
College. Although he would love to
perform his magic as a permanent
occupation, he feels he needs his
education to fall back on. His second
choice is to work in television
production. Currently he does work
professionally at private parties, for
large organizations, fairs, as well as
other various events. He said he works
on the average 2-3 shows a week, but
the "Entertainment business is strange
because you don't always have a stready
amount of work. Some weeks you have
7 shows and some weeks you have
none."
Doug takes his audience into
consideration when planning a show,
and tries to tailor it accordingly, which
was obvious during his Halloween
performance that had a ghoulish
Halloween flavor. About planning his
shows he said, "I never do the same
show twice. I feel I work better with
change." When asked if he plans on
always performing magic he said,
"Definitely. Magic is my life, I think
about it everyday, it is my life."
Introducing . . .
Radio Wiz Walker of PYX 106
By MIKE FONDACARO
How do you get into radio? Well,
there are various ways, Lisa Walker,
ixomotions director at \^YX-FM was
first inspired by her grandfather, who
wOTked in radio and television for over
50 years. While in college at Syracuse
University and SUNY-Brockp^, she
worked at stations in Buffalo and
Rochester.
One day Walker tracked down Ed
Levine, jM’ogram director at Syracuse's
WAQX. Levine was spinning records at
a club, and Walker asked if there were
any part-time DJ positicHis open. Levine
said there were not. Walker left and
noticed that Levine's car door was
unlocked. Walker slipped a demo
cassette of herself into Levine's (ape
deck. Levine heard it, and Walker was
hired.
Up Close and Personal with . . .
K e v i n G a n n o n
By MARK ALLYN
Kevin Gannon has made the
challenging profession of teaching his
career for the past eleven years at the
College of Saint Rose. His credentials
stem from Newark University in New
Jersey where he received two bachelor
degrees; one in mathematics/physics and
the other in electrical engineering. From
there he chose to seek his masters degree
in physics at RPI in Troy, N.Y.
I asked Mr. Gannon why he chose to
teach rather than seek a career as a
physicist or engineer, one which he
would have been aptly qualified to
pursue. "Basically, because engineering
is boring," he stated in a very down-to-earth
tone. "Teaching is more of a
challenge."
Mr. Gannon spent much of our
interview expressing his concerns which
ranged from his relationships with
students to physics from a political
viewpoint. He expressed that most
students are extremely frightened to step
into a science course. This fact can be
well represented by the results of the
National Science Foundation Test where
only 70% of its respondents recognized
that the earth orbits around the sun. His
major concern with this is that most
people are "out of touch with the
physical world."
Although Mr. Gannon admits that thp
science curriculuni is by no means
simple it is interesting and there are
alternatives to math oriented science
courses. In addition to physics, Gannon
teaches courses in astronomy and earth
science which have less emphasis on
math and are more information (»iented.
Additionally, the observation deck, on
the roof of Science Hall is open to
students on Tuesday nights, weather
permitting.
Our discussion took a new direction
when I asked Prof. Gannon if he had any
comments of his own to add. "I would
like to tell everyone out there to vote",
he said with a slight chuckle. I though
this to be a very odd end to our meeting
until I realized the angle he was coming
from. We talked about the upcoming
election and his views of the candidates.
Dukakis would probably be his choice
because "he is the lesser of the two
evils." SDI, commonly known as Star
Wars, "is a dead issue." Most people,
including myself, do not realize that
physicists who are members of the
Union of Concerned Scientists have
signed petitions to cease funding for Star
Wars.
In his opinion, Gannon thinks putting
more "space junk" into orbit is senseless.
From an astronomer's point of view the
"space junk" is blocking our view of that
which is natural.
To Mr. Gannon a basic knowledge of
physics is fundamental, and it need not
be boring. This I can vouch for as a
veteran of Mr. Gannon's physics class.
P r id e in C S R
is U n d e rw a y
When Levine came to WPYX two
years ago. Walker followed. Then came
Greco, and John Cooper. And by no
strange coincidence, PYX-106 is now
national album rock poweriiouse.
"We have one of tiie best staffs in the
country," said Walk^. "Bob Mason can
be hard to work with at times, but that's
because he wants things done right. He's
a creative genius, and I have a lot of
respect for him."
"John Cooper is the best person I've
cwct woiked with. Many PD's treat you
strictly as an employee, but Cooper
knows that you're a person, and he treats
you like one.
"Greco is a great young talent. I've
known him for quite a few years. A lot
of credit should also go to Carol Reilly,
our genera] manager. The rest of the
Contlnutd on pag« 15
By BILL RYAN
Pride in CSR is a program that Kristi
Brosseau, VP for student activities, has
adapted from a program that Laurie
Garafola and Bryan A. Moody
implemented at SUNYA. The intent of
the program is to benefit the CSR
residents by making them more aware of
safety and security on campus.
Each residence hall on campus began
the ten week program with 100 points.
Each hall is responsible for making
campus life m(M‘e secure, safe» and in the
end, more fun. Points are awarded to
halls for doing such things as
sponsoring programs on safety, going
by the rules, and to improve the quality
of life in the residence halls. Each hall
sponsors events in their own house, for
the benefit of the residents. Some good
ideas that have worked in the original
program at SUNYA are programs on
alc(^olism, safe sex, and CPR courses.
Points are even awarded for making
posters about safety and hanging them
in your hall.
To make the program more
interesting, a system has been worked
out where residence halls can also lose
points. If any hall is looking for the
honor of last place, the goal can easily
be reached by breaking as many CSR
policies as possible, vandalizing, not
cleaning your bathrooms and other
community rooms in your hall, playing
pranks, and especially vandalizing any
particular building on campus and
making it look like the wwk of another
residennce hall. Booo! Hiss!
When the program ends, prizes will
be awarded to the top three halls. The
hall with the most points wins $100 to
go towards a victory party for that hall.
Second price is free tickets to the Winter
Semi-Formal. Third price gets free
passes to the Madison Theatre. If a total
goal of 6000 points is reached, then a
VCR will be purchased for use by RA's.
Results will be announced at a
Coffeehouse on December 1st
Imagination is as important as effort
in the program. Community
development and education is important
too. Besides drawing a chart of how to
escape from your residence hall in case
of fire (or toilet overflow), why not
sponsor some of the events that
SUNYA found effective. These include
ping-ponng, tournaments, scavenger
hunts, a Jec^ardy Game Night, and
"Cream-the-Stafr for charity (I dare
you!!). The prognm is already underway
so Come on RA's! Put away your
books, tennis rackets, and typewriters
and come up with some fun (and safe)
things for your hall to do. Remember,
the goal is to improve safety, security,
and fim on campus. Don't be a boring,
careless student! This is your big chance
to show people how much fun CSR can
be, and how aware of safety the campus
residents are.