The Chronicle, Vol. 57, Issue 6

              Volume 57 November 5, 1992 Issue #6
The College o f Saint Rose
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Editorial
Communication
Breakdown?
Several students had a right to be angiy, Thursday, October
29th. Both the Madison and LaSalle parking lots were shut off to
student parking as they were full-with the vehicles of people
attending a private banquet in the students' dining hall. Most of
these people were not enrolled to take classes at Saint Rose. Their
cars did not sport Saint Rose parking stickers.
Don't we have enough competition fighting for parking spaces?
Or did the College bring in a surplus of vehicles to make the
scramble for spots more exciting? In planning for this event, it
appears that someone didn't take into consideration the fact ^ a t
every student who wishes to park at Saint Rose was required to
obtain a $10 parking sticker. Accessibility is the key word here, and
the students were denied it. Some students said that they were even
willing to carpool that day, but had no idea what was happening
because the announcement wasn't made public. As a result, many
were late for their classes.
While it was understood that the banquet was not a "school
function," and that only people who were invited could get a table,
many students wondered how the college could have a nationally
syndicated columnist speak, and the students weren't allowed to
attend . The public communications students especially could have
learned something from Chris Mathews.
Item number 11 under "Goals" in the student handbook states
that the goal of this institution is: "To provide opportunities and
resources for the social, intellectual, cultural, spiritual and physical
development of all students." Apparendy a nationally syn^cated
columnist does not satisfy this criteria in the eyes of the College.
Moreover, at a college where guest speakers are few and far
between, the students missed a golden educational opportunity.
Whose cup is being filled here? The College's l^blic Relations
office said that the event was a means to increase revenue. What
was the recent increase in tuition for? The students can only know
what they see. (Jhcy were herded like cattle to eat their lunches in a
makeshift cafeteria in the gym).
Is it wrong to assume tiiat a student publication is ah integral part
of the College's chemistry? In the student handbook under
"Student Activities," it states: "Participation in a club or
organization affords a student the opportunity to develop important
leadership and interpersonal skills. It also provides some significant
hands on experience to complement a student's academic record."
Yet, The Chronicle does not seem to have the respect of certain
administrators. Not only did we nearly miss the 104th state
assembly debate held in Saint Joseph's Hall last month because
there was no contact made with the school paper, but we found out
about the debate by word of mouth.
Two Times Union photographers were spotted coming out of
Saint Joseph's Hall on Octol^r 30th. They were covering the first
annual Refugee Induction ceremony-something we, and practically
everyone else on campus knew nothing about. While it is apparent
that the President and the Public Relations office at the College is
more concerned wiUi the external media, this is a good example of
administrative insensitivity hurting the students.
How can the ones who strive so hard to put out an acceptable
publication not be a little despondent when they see the Public
Relations office providing the local newspapers with the stories they
don't give to their own student publication? (This is how
newspapers "br^ak" stories, tiirough otiier mformational
sources).77ie Chronicle extends its apologies to the students that
this event was not publicized. It has only been a booked event smce
September 30th. To those of you who feel you missed a valuable
educational experience, the disheartening sentiments are mutual.
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Negative
Campaigning
does not work
By Dave Ranford
Managing Editor
These are a few o f the front page
headlines that ran in the New York
Times during the past two weeks;
Perot-Bush 'Dirty Tricks' Feud Persists;
Attack Over War And Drctfi Renewed;
A Battle Of The Negatives. They
accurately define the tone o f the
Presidential campaign, 1992.
It is a campaign that has focused
predominantly on the negative rather
than the positive- pessimism rather than
optimism- character and judgment
ratho: than issues and vision.
Negative campaigning does not
woik and it belittles the democratic
process.
These are the net effects o f negative
campaigning: 1. The American public
is bombarded with unethical ads that
appeal to bias and emotion. 2. Studies
show that this type of campaigning
discourages voters from voting at all
rather than shifting their support 3.
The negative "sound-bites" that have
made up this campaign ^ode all
reasonable calls to logical argument 4.
All too often, negative campaigning
backfires.
Of course, there are those that insist
negative campaigning is effective.
These people invariably cite the Willie
Horton ad that Mr. Bush ran during the
last days of the '88 race. These people
say Bush's recent assault on Bill
Clinton's character has narrowed the
Governor's lead. Fine, but let's look at
these assertions more closely.
The Willie Horton ad was risky.
Eh*. Shanto Iyengar, a political scientist
who studies communications at tbe
University o f California at Los Angeles,
said Willie-Haton-type ads are only
useful during the last days of tbe
campaign and only influence
undecided voto^. He said these ads
only appeal to fear and "represent a
distortion of logic intended to subvert
the reasoned evaluation that ideally lies
at the heart of the democratic {Kocess."
Dr. Iyengar recently finished work
on a study of election-year persuasion
methods that backs up his claims and
shows that negative campaigning, even
if it influences undecided voters, is not
the best way to sway voters' opinions.
The study ^owed that negative ads tend
to deter people from voting at all, rather
than switch^g their siq>port
Furthermore, Iyengar's study showed
positive ads increased the likelihood
that a person would vote for that
candidate by 6 percent.
There is a tendency for negative
campaigning to backfire. Bush insists
his recent attack on Bill Clinton's
character narrowed the Govemor's lead.
However, across-the-board polls
indicate that the assault only pushed
Ross Perot up and did nothing to
improve Bush's standing.
For further example, we may look
at this year's New York Senate race.
This race has been described by the
New York Times as "the dirtiest race in
America this year." The Democratic
Primary race resulted in an Abrams
victory which put him up against
Republican A1 D'amato.
This is how the primary race went
Elizabeth Holtzman bitteriy attacked
Geraldine Ferraro's character. The
result: Holtzman took Ferraro down but
took herself down as well, leaving
Abrams to win the primary race. When
Abrams entered the ring with D'amato,
he called D'amato a "fascist" and was
called "hopelessly liberal" in return.
Name calling. That is the ultimate
result of negative campaigning and it
belitUes the democratic process. It
erodes the influence of logical
argument, and it usually backfires.
Name calling. Clinton has accused
Bush o f "McCarthyism." Bush has
called Clinton a "bozo," and running-mate
A1 Gore "the ozone man."
This name calling is unnecessary,
and what's more, studies by experts like
Eh*. Shanto lyragar show that attacking
issues and formulating legitimate
arguments are what actually work in
campaigning.
T H E C H R O N IC L E
Editor In Chief...............................................................Randy Howard
M an aging Editor...........................................................Mark Spoor
Man aging Editor.......................................................... David Ranford
'^Business M a n a g e r ........................................................NIe'cole D eB ates
News Editor......................................................................Erin Crowley
Features Editor..............................................................Marla Alvarez
Viewpoint Editor........................................................... Chris C e c o t
Sports Editor....................................................................D erek Paradise
Photography Editor..................................................... J o e Putrock
C op y Editor.................................................................... Scott March
SAVP Communications - Jesus Valbueno
Faculty Adviser - Gory McLouth
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F o u r more years-
N O T !
By Chris Cecot
Last March (or maybe it was
April), I woke up on a Saturday at the
unheard of hour of 6 AM and dragged
myself to the Campus Center to hear
some guy who was campaigning for the
Democratic nonination. At the tone, I
was a strong supporter of Jerry Brown,
but I decided that I would go and listen
to what his opponent had tolay
anyway. I went to the cafeteria and
debated going to my room and going
back to bed. But ultimately, I chose to
stay because I thought, "How often does
something like this happen at Saint
Rose?" After an hour or so. Bill Clinton
showed up in front of a packed house,
shook some hands, gave a short speech,
and left to meet with Govemor Cuomo.
I left soon afterward, still firmly
believing that Brown would get the
nomination, and that there was no way
on earth that anyone could beat George
Bush. Eight months later, the same man
that I shook hands with is the president­elect
of the United States.
I cast my vote fcM- Clinton yesterday
because I felt that he had the best ideas
fcM* getting Amoica back on track and
because he was the only candidate who
really took the time to talk duectly to
votersmyage. I am glad that he is
going to be our new president, but not
as glad as I am about the fact that Bush
will be out on his ear come January.
T^ds country can do with a few less
conservatives in office.
One of the m^or complaints that
many prople have about Clinton is that
his too liberal. I'm about to let all of
these people in on a big secret: Clinton
is about as liberal as Perot is tall.
National healthcare and education
refonn aren't liberal ideas, just good
ones. To tell the truth, he is really just a
warmed-over Republican, a moderate.
This country doesn't know what liberal
really means, it's just afraid of change.
If anyone wants liberal, then just wait
until Brown gets elected.
Last night, it didn't seem that there
were many people afraid of change, and
as a result, we have a new president.
More importantly, I can tell everyone
that met him.
'Slick W illie ' tricks
the media
By Randy Scott Howard
Editor In Chief
Oh, what an q)portunity it would
be to say something to President-Elect
Bill Clinton. It would probably be
something like: "Congratulations,
Slick Willie. Enjoy this red carpet
treatment the media has glorified you
with for now, because in four years
you're going swimming in their septic
tank mister."
It's quite impressive, how Clinton
managed to slip past the media's assault
force when it seemed that they had so
much ammunition to chew him up and
spit him out with. There was the draft
dodging question. The nation and the
press dismissed this issue on the
grounds that everycme was doing it and
some<if the young people felt that we
had no part in being in Vietnam at that
time. Granted he was young and
foolish, it was still a crime.
The marijuana deal. Clinton said he
smoked it but didn't inhale. Has that
has always been a common practice in
using that stuff? The media probably
forgot to cover that because they were
toosUHied. And Clinton wants us to
assume that he has ^iritually "engaged"
with Hillary, but that Chelsea was
conceived by immaculate conception
right? Clinton really pulled a Houdini
when he managed to come out of the
Gennifer Flowers affair smelling like a
rose. He was probably hiding from the
media in a massive wooden horse or
something.
In a recent Penthouse interview.
Flowers goes right for Clinton's
ju ^ le r. Not only does she say that
Clinton" compensated for modest
measurements elsewhere," she appears
to have some solid dirt regarding her 12
year stint with Clinton, m the fonn of
taped conversations, witnesses, etc...
Reading the article, it was difficult not
to hold stock in what she was saying
about Clinton. And the fa a that
Flowers' mother could be quoted next to
nude i^otographs of her daughter really
evok^ motions of suspected truth in
the story.
Yet the rest of the media in this
country let this issue fade to black.
Why is this?
"Everyone makes mistakes," is one
cure all reply. To this F low ^ said that
Clinton did indeed say all the right
things, "but a man who will cheat on
his wife will lie to the American
public."
"Hie fact that he committed
adultery doesn't disqualify him from
being a good President," is another
argument Did our society go through
some sort of metamorphosis? We can
run Gary Hart ragged through Hesto*
Po^nne-style accusations and
embarrassments, but Bill Clinton is not
clad with an ominous "A."
"Our country is hurtin* man. We
need someone.” Well why d(Hi't we just
settle with Wilt Chamberlain then? At
least we know what we are getting.
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C o v e r i n g t h e n e w s o n
E l e c t i o n n i g h t
Mark Spoor is currently working at
WAMC as an intern. Mark was
fortunate enough to work at the FM
radio station Tuesday evening,
November third- Election night. Here
is how it went:
What were your responsibilities?
I was in production control
monitoring WNYC, the public radio
station in New York City. I listened for
any stories they had, concerning mostly
the Abrams/D'Amato race. If they came
with anything they could use, the story
had to prepped to go on the air within
minutes.
I also monitored the feed that our
station sent to all the public radio
stations in New York State. These
included basically reports from our
capital correspondent as well as Alan
Chartock's (political observer)
comments.
How did it go?
There were so many things going
on at once- all over the news room and
all over the studios- much more so than
any other radio station tonight, because *
we're public radio and very news
orient^. That meant communication
had to be right on. I really got the
meaning of 'news te rn ' tonight, but at
times it got to be a little much.
How so?
There were spots of dead air- stuff
like that Technical difficulties. But
most times we covered ourselves by
making two copies of a tape- we
always had a back-up.
Was it what you expected?
In the sense that I knew it was
going to be stressful going in, but there
were a couple of things that surprised
me. First the amount of dependence
that stations have on each other for tape
is amazing. Also, I think competition
goes out the window to give the
listeners the best coverage possible. In
other words, informing the listeners is
more important than ratings.
I was really amazed by how
everyone in the newsro(xn gelled and
worked unbelievably quickly to get
things on the air.
So, did you inhale.
I don't recall.
Interview by David C. Ranford
Managing Editor.
Letters
College still does not recycle
To the Editor:
The efforts at the College of Saint
Rose to recycle all recyclable waste is
lagging way behind the rest of the
surrounding areas, as well as other
colleges. The legislation for mandatory
recycling went into effect back on
September 1st of this year, targeting
Capital District communities that hadn't
alr^dy had some form of legislation
previously enacted. Although it has only
been two months, there is absolutely no
signs of the planned recycling bins
randomly placed on the campus for the
college communities waste products.
Since the first publicatioi of TTie
CAronicfe, this semester, the
newspaper staff has been saving all the
unus^ copies of the newspaper f(»r
recycling in the Student Publications
office. The staff hadn't planned on
sharing their office space with all the
saved issues, but this has become the
case as there is no other place to put the
recyclable p^)er. This may seem trivial
to some, but the longo’this problem
goes unattended, the more the problem
will continue to grow.
The college may be searching for
the most cost efficient way to recycle or
the cheapest way to round up the
materials for recycling, but Ae bottom
line is that they're wasting valuable
time-people continue to throw away
recyclable materials in the regular trash
bins. This isn't the way the concerned
college population would like to see this
serious problem handled. Even the most
basic type of box or container may be
used to store the recyclables, while the
plans for recycling are worked out by
the College Administration.
Students need to let the College
know that this problem concems
everycMie. All that we ask is a place to
separate our recyclable paper, glass, and
plastics ensuring that the campus does
its share in helping protect the
envircmment. Recycling can only
improve the chances of preserving the
environment for future generations, and
everyone's contribution is needed.
Jim Dormond
Sex is all hype
To the Editor:
Recently, I read the highly
publicized bo<^ by Madonna, entitled
Sex ■ I was curious to see if all the
hype about Madonna's bode was
deserved.
As I viewed this collection of
photographs, I found that it portrays
Madonna's life and career perfectly.
She is a performer with limited talent
who must display pornography in order
to sell anything, including te r music.
Every time I see a Madonna video, all I
can ask is, "What is this whore doing on
T. V. ?" She began her career by posing
nude for Plavbov. and that is where she
belongs. Yet now, people are paying
$50 to see her nude. Not (xily does
Madonna give us a chance to see her
nude, there are also controversial shots
of sado-masochists, photos of herself
posing nude with a teenage boy, and
even with a dog. I have heard of some
erotic things, but this appears to be
some sort of psychological flaw she is
displaying here. One of the only good
things about this bo(^ are the intimate
shots of herself with celebrities as
Vanilla Ice and Big Daddy Kane.
After an in depth study of the
work, ^ only defends my opinion
about Madonna. She is nothing but an
expensive prostitute, and her book a $50
peep show.
Scott March
Election '92 overview
Rocky c am p a ig n roads com e to u n iqu e c lo se
Clinton
wins trip to
Wliite hiouse
By Erin Crowley
News Editor
Last night marked the end of the '92
election season, and the United States
won themselves a new President. As
several campaigns came to a head last
night, some ended with history making
results.
The President Elect
President Elect Bill Clinton won
the election last night with a land-slide
of electoral votes over former President
Bush.
Clinton, at last count, had won the
majority in 38 of the 52 states, winning
364 electoral votes. Bush won the
majority in the remaining states, for a
total at last count of 80 electoral votes.
Perot failed to win the majority in any
state, oc any electoral votes.
The Democratic ticket of Clinton
and Gore won the majority in states that
had been historically Republican.
In New York alone, Clinton took
47 percent of the popular vote, while
Bush followed with 36 percent and Perot
trailed at 17 percent
In former President Bush's
concession speech, he encouraged the
American public to "get behind the new
President and wish him well."
Of his four years in office. Bush
said, "I believe I've upheld the honor of
the office of President of the United
States."
President-elect Clinton, in his
speech, thanked Bush for his offer of
help to make the transition to President
smooth, and congratulated Bush and his
family on a job well done in office.
Hot New York Race
The hottest race in New York was
for the United States Senate seat
between incumbent Alfonse D'Amato
and State Attorney General Robert
Abrams.
The campaign was filled with
negative campaigning, and ended with
results that were still not final at the
close of Election night
D'Amato gave an acceptance speech
before any network declared him the
winner. The AP wire was the only
source to declare him the winner. The
race, at last count, was SI percent for
D'Amato.
The paper ballots and voting
machines were impounded for this race,
and a judge at the State Board of
Elections denied a request to keep
polling cites open past nine to
accommodate large voter turnout. Any
voters on line before 9 jMn were still
allowed to vote.
Braun Elected to Senate
Carol Mosley Braun, from Illinois,
became the first African-American
woman to ever be elected to the New
York Senate.
Voter Turnout at 80%
Voter turnout was estimated at
80%, the highest in over 20 years.
Other states reported two-hour waits at
polling cites to vote.
80 percent voter turnout - highest in over 20 years Photo by Amy Tucker
Saint Rose voter poll
showed tight race
By Erin Crowley
News Editor
The young voter generation at the
College of Saint Rose was more active
in this election than in the past,
according to a poll conducted at the
College Election Day evening.
The poll results were compared to
the aaual voting results, and were found
to be rq>resentative of the population.
Thirty-five students were polled,
between the ages of 18-29, and of the
total, 24 had voted by either absentee
ballot or attending a polling cite.
The results were representative of
the sentiments of the country, and the
amount ctf Popular Votes each candidate
received.
Of the 24 students who said they
had voted, all but two put a vote in for
one of the three main candidates.
Candidate James MacWarren, and
running mate Estelle Debates, received
the outstanding two votes for the
Socialist Woikers Party.
Governor Bill Clinton, the new
President of the United States, ran neck
in neck in the poll results with former
President George Bush, as each received
9 votes from those surveyed. Actual
election results showed that in the
popular votes, Clinton and Bush were
separated by approximately 5 percent of
the voter population. Clinton won the
actual election with a late count of 386
Electoral College votes, and Bush was
second with 80.
Ross Perot received the remaining 4
votes of those polled at the College. In
the actual election, Perot was unable to
win a majority in any state, and finished
without a single Electoral College vote.
The remaining 11 of those polled at
the College did not vote, and the reasons
were varied. Only one student said that
they did not vote because they did not
like any of the candidates.
All oth^s were unable to vote due
to problems with eligibility or
registration. Some students did not vote
because they were unable to obtain, or
had not received, their absentee ballots.
Of the 24 polled that did vote, 15
reported that this electicm was their first
voting experience. The remaining 9 had
voted in previous elections.
Of the 9 that had voted in previous
elections, 6 reported that the only reason
they voted in this election was habit -
they always vote. The ronaining 3 said
that this election was important because
they see America as needing a change.
Of the 15 who had never
participated in an election before
yesterday, 11 cited the reason that in the
last election, they were too young to
register to vote.
One student voted because they saw
the Presidency at stake, and another
student felt it was their moral duty to
vote.
The remaining two students said
that they voted only because of the huge
registration increase in the weeks pri(Mr
to election.
SAINT ROSE POLL RESULTS
TOTAL POLLED: 35 students
LOCATION: College of Saint Rose
CONDUCTED BY: The Chronicle
DID YOU VOTE?
YES: 24 NO: 11
IF YES-WHO DID YOU VOTE
FOR?
CLINTON: 9
BUSH: 9
PEROT: 4
MACWARREN; 2
TOTAL: 24
HAVE YOU VOTED BEFORE?
YES: 9 NO: 15
Modern
election: a
limited race
By Kristen Bensley
Five candidates ran for President
this year. When John F. Kennedy was
elected in 1960 he ran against 12 other
candidates. Lyndon Baines Johnson
had 20 opponents. Richard Nixon was
one of 14 running for President in 1968.
The election of 1992 had only 5
Presidential candidates.
Let's see how the elected Presidents
in the past 20 years compare. John F.
Kennedy graduated from Harvard
University and served 2 years and 306
days as President of the United States.
His Vice-president was Lyndon Baines
Johnson. They received 806 out of a
possible 1521 votes when nominated for
President. Richard Nixon and Henry
Cabot Lodge finished second in 1960 by
a margin of 119,450 votes in the final
election.
^ Lyndon Johnson attended
Southwest Texas State College and
started serving his term in November
1963. He was in office for 5 years and
59 days. Johnson and his Vice-president,
Hubert Humphrey, were
nominated unanimously and won the
election by a landslide. Second place
finisher, Barry Goldwater, fell short by
16,000,000 votes.
Richard Milhouse Nixon and Spiro
Agnew won the election of 1968 by
approximately 1 million votes. Hubert
Humphrey and Edmund Muskie were
the ninno^ up for the 1969-1974 term.
Nixon, who attended Whitttier College,
received 692 of a possible 1333 votes
necessary for nomination.
Gerald Rudolph Ford attended the
University of Michigan at Ann Arix)r
under his original name of Leslie Lynch
King Jr.. Ford ran for President in
1973. His Vice-president was Nelson
Rockefeller and they ran a ^ n s t 8
opponents in the election. Ford and
Rockefeller served until January 1977.
James Earl Carter Jr. and Walter
Mondale received 2468.5 of the total
3008 votes for nomination in 1976.
Jimmy Carter attended the United States
Naval Academy before he served from
1977 to 1982. Six other candidates ran,
while Gerald Ford and Robert Dole
eventually ended the election roughly 1
million votes behind the winners.
Ronald Wilson Reagan attended
Eureka College and began his
Presidential term in 1981. He and Vice-president
George Bush won the 1980
election by 8.5 million votes. Reagan
and Bush received 1939 of the total
1994 votes for nomination. Jimmy
Carter and Walter Mondale finished
second in that election.
In 1988 George Herbert Walker
Bush and James Danforth Quayle were
elected to serve a four year Presidential
term starting in 1989. Bush attended
Yale College. Seven other candidates
ran for President that year, while
Michael Dukakis finished behind Bush
with 41,805,374 electoral votes to
Bush's 48,881,278.
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State of the art Science Center dedicated
At dedication ceremony, Mayor Whalen declares October 28 as Saint Rose Day in Albany
By Erin Crowley
News Editor
Mayor Thomas Whalen declared
October 28 to be College of Saint Rose
Day in the city of Albany. This
proclamation was issued at the Science
Center Dedication Ceremony last
Wednesday.
Participants in the ceremony, in
addition to Mayor Whalen, included
Bishop Hubbard, Victor Riley,
Chairman, President land CEO of
KeyCorp, and Roland Schmitt,
President of Rensselaer Polytechnic
Institute.
Sr. Anne Tranelli, Vice Chair of the
Board of Trustees of the College, gave
the invocation at the ceronony, blessing
the ceremony and the new Science
Center.
Dr. Louis Vaccaro, President of the
College, presided over the ceremony.
"We are ecstatic to have this modem,
state of the art facility for use by faculty
and students," said Vaccaro.
Mayor Whalen was the flrst to greet
the audience. As an Albany resident
that had lived in the area, attended
school and worked in the area all his
life, he told those present that he felt a
special affinity to the College.
Mayor Whalen called the new
Science Center a new beginning and a
new challenge. In his proclamation, he
stated that graduates of the College who
will benefit from the new Center will
meet the needs of employers in the
Capital Region and elsewhere.
"Students provide to thi$ city and region
a much qualified work force to
businesses in the region," said Whalen.
Mayor Whalen then proclaimed
October 28 to be College of Samt Rose
Day in the City of Albany, and
commended the College for its
continued commitment to education.
The presentation was stalled when
I>r. James Mancuso, Acting Dean of the
School of Mathematics and Sciences
last year, suffered health problems and
Matthew Matareuo presents Honorary Degree to Roland Schmitt Photo by Joe Putrock
was escorted from the room. The
members of the audience and ceremony
were upset by the incident. Early
reports came back that Dr. Mancuso
was in stable conditicHi, and was being
taken to the hospital for observation.
Dr. Roland W. Schmitt, President
of Rensselaer Polvtechnic Institute, was
granted the honorary degree of Doctor
of Humane Letters. The degree was
presented by Matthew Mataraso, Chair
of the Board of Trustees of the College.
The current Dean of the School of
Mathematics and Sciences, Dr. Michael
Fishbein, read the presentatioa
Dr. Schmitt presented the
Dedication Address t i t l ^ "The Spirit of
Science in the 21st Centuiy."
Schmitt said that the College of
Saint Rose is rededicating itself to the
challenges of the 21st century. The
major challenge, he said, will be to '
instill an interest in mathematics and
sciences that has flagged in pre-college
students.
"Our society needs the science
literate individual," said Schmitt, to
stress the importance of the new
Mayor Whalen offers proclamation
Science Center.
"Science is not regarded as a
humanistic or artistic subject, but it is,"
said Schmitt. He stressed that the focus
on science is changing from the
physical to the humanistic sciences. He
saw three themes to energize this
change: a dominant shift to the human
sciences, the need to learn to humanize
the teaching of science and to redeflne
the role of the teachers of science.
Victor Riley, Chairman, Resident
and CEO of KeyCorp and Chair for the
Campaign for Saint Rose, gave the
respcmse to the Dedication Address. He
said that the Science Center was a
culmination of the efforts of the
Campaign for Saint Rose that began in
May of 1990. He described the
completion as "the light at the end of the
tunnel."
"The Science Center is a symbol of
your future - the future of the students
who will learn, discover and explore,
and the future of everyone in this room,
be them student, faculty, administration
or Mend of the College," said Riley.
Bishop Hubbard presented the
Blessing and Benediction, and the
caemony was inunediately followed by
a reception in the new Science Center,
with guided tours offered.
Dr. Michael Fishbein, Dean of the
School of Mathematics and Sciences,
said, "I thought [the ceremony] went
well. It was good for the college."
Dr. Fishbein believes that the
chances of the College succeeding in
instilling an interest in this field are
decent. "With a faculty as committed as
this one, I think our chances are even
money," saidRshbein.
He said that he met with the
Department Staff at the end of this past
August, and reminded them that the new
building was not an ending, it was a
stage.
"Our success as a science facility
depends on [the faculty]," said Fishbein.
Poll concludes Pine
Hills unsafe place to live
By Jason Miller
A poll conducted by College of
Saint Rose communication students
concluded that the Pine Hills area is
becoming an unsafe place to live.
' A public relations class survey of
residents and students in the Pine Hills
community found that 84 percent of the
males and females polled were afraid to
walk alone at night, and 75 percent said
they would have felt safer walking
alone five years ago. The College of
Saint Rose has attacked the problem
head-on and insured the safety of its
campus by installing security escorts
and electronic devices for students who
walk alone at night to cany.
Gerald Jennings, an Albany
Alderman and Vice-Principal at Albany
High School, thinks that children are
turning to violence more and more
every year. According to the results of
the p(^, Jennings may be right
The poll showed 75 percent of the
people that were interviewed had been
either burglarized, vandalized or
abused in some way during the past five
years. According to Jennings, it took
the city police 25 minutes to respond to
a call placed by him about a large
gathering of Albany High students.
which may have led to a potential riot
after school a couple of weeks ago.
Jennings doesn't blame the police, but
he said he felt the department is
undermanned.
Sue, a SUNY Albany senior said
that she doesn't feel safe anymore
walking to her car alone at night.
"When I was a freshman it was much
safer, it seemed that there was only one
rape or big burglary a year, but now you
hear about something like this all the
time," she said.
When people were asked if they felt
the Pine Hills community "is becoming
unsafe," 91 percent said yes.
Peter, a resident of Pine Hills and
homeowner for 37 years expressed deep
concern and foreboding over the
situation. "I have seen many changes in
our neighboriiood over the years. But
the major thing is the crime rate. I've
seen more vandalism in the past five
years than in all the other years
combined. We are losing our streets to
hoods and criminals."
The poll was based on 50 people
randomly interviewed in person and by
teleplioDe throughout the Pine Hills
community.
N a t io n /W o r ld
U p d a t e
GM board makes sweeping changes
New York Times
The board of General Motors Coiporation, led by a group of independent
directCHTS, swq;>t away a generation of top managers recently and installed a new
tnanflgftmftnf systcm to try ffnd put to rest the number one auto maker's sharp decline.
Monday's moves strengthened the board's powers over a new and younger team
of executives, many of whom led the turnaround of GM's troubled European
operations in the 1980's
With the changes, the directors have taken control of the world's largest
manufacturer away from a long line of executives who spent their careers working up
the corporate GM ladder.
Magic disappears again
Merely four days before returning to the grind of a jvc^essional basketball
career. Magic Johnson went back into retirement, due mostly from emerging concern
from other players.
In a statement released through the Los Angeles Lakers, the former three-time
MVP of the National Basketball Association said the widening controversy
coDceming his comeback had begun to far overshadow his playing.
A group of players, including Utah Jazz star Karl Malone and Cleveland
Cavaliers standout, Geiakl Wilkins, expressed concern in an article in last Sunday's
New York Times alx)ut the possibility of contracting the AIDS virus by {laying
against Johnson.
T h e S n i c k e r i n g W i t c h e s u p d a t e
t r a d i t i o n a l H a l l o w e e n f o l k l o r e
By David C. Ranford
Managing Editor
In the words of Saint Rose English
professor Hollis Seamon, it was "the
proverbial dark and stormy night" last
Thursday when The Snickering Witches
celebrated Halloween in Saint Joesph’s
Hall.
While the rain fell outside, The
Witches blended "family stories,"
folklore, and song inside. But Lale
Davidson, Barbara Chapaitis, and Cindy
Parish are not your traditional witches.
They are "the preeminent minstrels and
performers in the Capital District,"
according to Seamon. Clad in flowing
robes and colorful scarves, The Witches
come across as true gypsies.
So why are they called The
Snickering Witches if, in fact, they do
not resemble witches? (It is a
discrepancy, I might add, that drew the
ire of one young boy seated behind me:
"Where are the witches Mommy?")
"It sounds good," said Parish of the
name. She added that witches are
traditionally associated with passing on
myth and folklore. Parish gave
Ch^aitis credit for the name.
Thursday's performance was a
combination of song, chants and stories
centering around the theme of
"revision." The theme of revision is
central to the trio's assertion that
folklore and family stories change over
time as they are passed down by
generation.
And The Witches are hs^py to take
part in that revision.
"Folk stories are brought down
thousands of years and distilled,"
Davidson said. "But family stories are
newer. They change and take on new
meaning with every telling."
The content of The Witches'
performance varied wildly. Falling
under the revisionist theme, The
Witches retold "Where The Wild
Things Are," incorporating the theme of
women's oppression in the retelling.
The trio even broke into a rendition of
the rock-n-roU classic, "Wild Thing."
Of course this all seemed subtle
after Chapaitis' outrageous limerick
about Ted Kennedy, which included the
following: "Your brother is dead, and
your brother is dead, and your brother is
*We teach our own
strengths and give to each
other.*
-Cindy Parish on
working with Chapaitis and
Davidson.
dead, and your sister is weird, and your
car doesn't float"
The Witches did offer more
traditional Halloween fare including a
ghost story and a reading of "The
Miller's Tale" from the Grimm's Fairy
Tales. And these were executed with
the same enthusiasm, imagination, and
talent as the more energetic skits.
The key to The Witches' success is
a marvelous ability for story tellmg,
combined with confident stage
presence, and highlighted by Chapaitis'
strcmg vocal ability.
"Barb is the real smger and Lolly
(Davidson) is great harmony," Parish
said. "So we teach our own strengths
and give to each other."
So why does the trio go through the
trouble?
"We sing ourselves into being,"
said (Chapaitis. "We tell our own stories
because if we don't, in a way, we don’t
exist." C h ^a itis criticized western
literature to underscore her reasoning.
"Where are the women characters and
heroes?"
(Above) Front to back, Chapaitis, Parish, Davidson prepare to
open the evening in song. (Below) The
interactive/performance trio resemble gypsies more than
witches.
Photo by Joe Putrock
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Seven bands slated for
Saint Rose Battle
Editor's note: The 1992 Saint Rose
Battle o f the Bands features seven
bands. The following represents the
first installment in a series of profiles
on the competing bands.
By Cherie Vemol
The Battle of the Bands is
scheduled to rock the College of Saint
Rose on E>ecember 12th at TPM.
The group set to start the event
consists of a trio of guitar players: Roy
Buccola, Rich Gargiula, and CJ Renzi.
Though currently unnamed, the group
was contemplating using R (cubed) as a
moniker.
Roy and Rich, who performed at
last year's Battle of the Bands, to rave
response, met through folk group and
just started talking, according to Roy.
CJ played in Club Med, last year's
winner. He said he told Roy and Rich
how much he enjoyed their set at last
year's Battle. After discovering that CJ
had no plans to participate this year,
Roy and Rich offered him a spot with
ihem and be accepted. So far, the tibiree
of them have never perfonned together.
The group, which is planning on
performing a mixture of covers and
originals, describes their sound as
fol^rock. The set will probably be
acoustic and Saint Rose's John Savage
may make an appearance on saxophone.
The songs haven't been decided on yet
but Rich stated that they want to play
songs the aowd will appreciate.
The musical influences of the group
range from classical to blues. CJ cited
classical music as an influence. Roy
listed classical, all blues, Jimmy Page,
and Eric Clapton as influences. Rich
said he's influenced by "songs that mean
something" and he listed artists like Eric
Clapton and Billy Joel.
While none of the members have
plans to perform music, as a career, both
Roy and CJ hope to become music
teachers. All members agree that their
goal for the BatUe of the Bands is to jam
and get the crowd into it. Says Rich,
"We're there to have a good time."
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'So, do you wanna get rocked?’
By Mark Spoor
Managing Editor
If you went to last Wednesday
night's Def Leppard show at the
Knickerbocker Arena to see flashing
lights, impressive lasers, and a moving
drum set, you got your money's worth.
If you went to the show wanting to see
in-depth musical talent, you went home
empty.
Before you all get out your pens to
write more letters to the editor with my
name in them, let me first say that if you
were a fan of Def Leppard, which
everyone in attendance obviously was,
there were plenty of reasons to enjoy the
show. The band showed tremendous
enthusiasm and energy during the two
hour plus set. So much so that you
wondered how often these guys worked
out to keep up the pace they did. No
one left the show without hearing their
favorite song, because the group
covered them all, including their rather
innovative early 80's material.
However, even a diehard fan of the
British band would be hard-pressed to
find any originality, let alone difference,
in the band's new matoial.
Any fan of the band's early material
had to be disappointed with their 1987
release. Hysteria. The overly
synthesized work in that album
transformed Def Leppard from a
legitimate rock band, to nothing more
than a high school band joining the
ranks of Motley Crue and Poison.
When the group waited four years to put
out a new album, the music world
anticipated a return to the band's hard-driving,
real music early days.
But alas, Adrenalize was very little
more than Hysteria with different
lyrics.
This repetition was mirrored in the
band's Albany performance. All the
enthusiasm in the world, both cm the
band's part as well as the crowd's
couldn't hide the fact that nearly 10,000
people paid upwards of $25 dollars each
to hear the same three chords played in
the same order at virtually the same
speed for ova* two hours.
Metal Edge
It makes you wonder how bands
like Def Leppard not only survive, but
prosper nearly to the level of cultural
icons, while truly innovative groups like
nearly every band on the Albany club
circuit, are reduced to ....well... the
Albany club circuit.
Don't get me wrong, bands like Def
Leppard certainly have room in the
music business. It just that their suite
they're staying in is much too big.
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Are you an energetic person? Do you like to be involved?
Are you interested in what is purchased for our campus?
If you answered yes or maybe to one or all three of these questions,
then come and join us at our next meeting for BEGINNINGS...'93!!
WE NEED YOU!!!
Meetings are every otiier Monday. Our next meeting is November 2 at
4:30 pm in the Langan Board Room, 3rd floor Administration Building.
BE THERE TO BE INVOLVED!!!_______■
C l i n t o n
a n d t h e
A r t s
By David C. Ranford
Managing Editor
So what can artists expect from tbe
next president of the United States? It
seems the best indicator is Bill Clinton's
record as Governor of Arkansas.
In arts education, Clinton
introduced some reforms that brought
the arts into the basic high-school
curriculum. And last year, Clinton
increased funding for the Arkansas Arts
Council. "The state appropriation rose
from $1,028,140 in 1991 to $1,052,963
in 1992" Art In America recently
reported.
The National Association of State
Arts Agencies recently released a report
stating that in 1989, Arkansas issued
344 grants "serving 13,493 artists and
benefiting some 1,250,000 residents."
On the federal level, Clinton has
failed to take a strong stand on the
National Endowment for the Arts
controversy. "While I believe that
publicly funded projects should strive to
reflect the values that most Americans
share, I strongly support and will defend
freedom of speech and artistic
expression."
BEST OF THE REST
According to Art In America, Ross
Perot "has made no statement on the
National Endowment of the Arts or on
the long running controversy about
govermnent arts funding."
Perot owns paintings by Norman
Rockwell and a Gilbert Stuart portrait of
George Washington.
George Bush, for his part, fired
controversial NEA director John
Frohnmayer in April '92, and replaced
him with Anne-Imelda Radice. Radice
said she intends to veto all grants for
sexually explicit art works.
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Big wheels from the worlds of jazz,
modem rock, and country & western
(yeah, both kinds) will be rolling
th ro u ^ the Capital District this month.
So be sure you know all that's available
before you go burning those hard earned
entertainment dollars.
Louie Bellson will be joining the
Doug Sertl Big Band and Saint Rose's
own Paul Evoskevich Sunday at the
Omni Albany Hotel. Clint Black will
appear at the Knickerbocker Arena
November 15. And later this month,
Phish will bring their brand of
psychedelic-jazz-rock fusion to The
Palace. (You know Phish- virtually
every car in the Capital District sports
the band's neon-green trademark
bumper sticker).
Here are the specifics:
Louie Bellson
Jazz drummer performing with the
Doug Sertl Big Band and saxophonist
Nick Brignola. Sunday, November 8 at
tbe Omni Albany Hotel.
Clint Black
Appearing with Aaron Tipton and
Little Texas. Sunday, November 15 at
the Knickerbocker Arena.
"New" Xavier Cugat
Orchestra
Latin-American music, big band
hits. Ada Cavallo directs. Sunday,
November 8 at Proctor's Theatre.
20.
Phish
Palace Theater. Friday, November
Kenny Rogers' Christmas
"In The Round". Friday,
November 20 at Knickerbocker Arena.
Capital Philharmonic
Stan Rubin directs. "Horror and
Suspense Themes," Friday, November
13 at Palace Theatre.
Empire Jazz Orchestra
Nine piece Orchestra. Saturday,
November 7 at Whisperdome, First
Unitarian Society, Schenectady. 374-
6912.
Pat Metheny
Jazz-rock fusion. No opening act.
Wednesday, November 18 at Palace
Tlieatre.
Pat Metheny
'Alas de Esperanza'
By Lilia Roman
T he small white donn room at the
College of Saint Rose where Lucio
Perez lives looks like any other dorm on
campus. Only the articles about
Guatemala's upheaval, a small picture of
a Quiche girl, and a m ^ of Guatemala,
are reminders of Lucio's native land.
Lucio passionately talks about his
father and his country. He is from a
village in the Quiche region called La
Estancia, a small town in the mountains
north-west of Guatemala. He speaks of
unfulfilled dreams, fear of persecution,
his sudden awakening to a cruel reality.
"They killed him; they killed
Fabian!" Lucio heard this on April 9,
1980 when he was only 12 years old. "I
was playing soccer when a neighbor
brought the news," he says. "I could not
accept the situation, the whole thing was
unreal. The second day I was still
waiting for my father, I wanted
everything to be a bad dream." Lucio
did not accept his father's death until
three days later when they brought his
body in a brown coffin.
"He left early to work, just like any
other day," says Lucio. "He used to
walk back home and pass by the ruins
of Utatlan, but this time they were
waiting for him. They hid b e l^ d the
ruins. They shot him with three bullets
back and the finishing bullet in the head
to make sure he would not live."
Lucio's father, Fabian, was kiUed
by the Secret Anti-Communist Army,
ESA, a death squad working for the
rich, who are very connected to
government.
"I didn't know about my father's
dreams," Lucio says. "It seems like he
had to die for me to be able to
understand his fight." Today, Lucio's
understanding runs deep into history.
"It seemed like he had to
die for me to be able to
understand his fight.”________
By the mid-19th century,
Guatemala was independent. The
"liberal reform" of 1871 triggered social
changes. Some of than were to convert
Guatemala's agricultural economy into
an export one. The peasant’s land
passed into the hands of the middle and
upper class. Goods such as coffee,
cotton, sugar, and bananas replaced
Guatemala's basic diet, com and beans.
These social reforms, which still remain
unchanged today, brought immense
profits to the new owners of the land.
During 1950 and 1954, the popular
elected government of Jacob Arbenz
Guzman attempted to modify this
economic structure by expropriating
large pieces of land and rehnbursing the
owners with government money.
Hundreds of landless Guatemalan
peasants received land during this
period. US owned United Fruit
Company protested against these
changes and complained that the
government was paying too little for
their land. They demanded $16 million.
As Arbenz r e f u ^ the US. Secretary of
State, John Foster Dulles and bis
brother, CIA Director, Allen Dulles
accused Arbenz of wanting to implant a
conmiumst system. With tbe help of the
1954 US Prudent, Dwight Eiseaobower,
they organized an army. Arbenz was
overthrown and CasUUo Armas, a
military official, stepped into power.
Until the 1985 election o f President
Wings of Hope
Vinicio Cerezo, the country had been
ruled by military dictators who again
expropriated the land of the peasants
and destroyed Indian villages.
Today, 2.3 per cent of the
population owns 64.5 per cent of the
most fertile land. That 2.3 per cent
control the means of production and the
econ(xny.
In the early 1970's, as a result of
extreme conditions of poverty affecting
most native Guatemalans, Lucio's
father, with Father Luis Gurriaran from
Spain, and other peasants from the
village, formed cooperatives. Lucio
explains, "The project was to alleviate
poverty, gain land for the landless, and
have affordable products."
"They took the risk and went up to
assassinated. My father knew his life
was endangered, but he did not want to
abandon his project"
Lucio's face holds a sad expression.
For a moment he looks away.
"Repression came for everyone," he
says. "My father was not the only one
murdered, many more were killed. It
wasn't only the pain of my family, it
was the pain of an entire nation."
On Lucio's desk there is a picture of
his father, mother, brother, and sister.
-Looking at them he mentions the death
threats his family received later from
the military. "My family's life was
endangered in La Estancia because of
its social and political participations,"
he says. When Ludo's father died, the
family went into hiding.
Lucio's uncle and cousin were both
kidnapped and never heard from again.
The death squads also attempted to take
the life of Lucio's brother while he was
walking in the streets of Guatemala.
Masked men in a car shot at him
paralyzing him with a bullet in the
spinal colunm.
"Because of my father, they knew
who we were and they verbally said we
would get killed like my father," says
Lucio. In October of 1981, his mother,
two brothers and sister decided to leave
Guatemala in an attempt to save their
own lives. They fled to Nicaragua.
One brother obtained a passport to
Costa Rica, while another brother
refused to leave Guatemala and remains
there active in the peace movement.
Lucio, after a long struggle, obtained
political asylum in the US.
He says he has become accustomed
to living in the US. But he admits he
could never lead a normal life as long
as he is a political refugee. "I feel like I
am ^ways running away. You have to
stay liere no matter how mudi you want
to go back to your country," says Lucio.
Everyday life for Lucio consists of
going to classes and studying hard. He
is part of the Sanctuary Movement in
the US which emerged as a result of
Guatemalan and Salvadoran refugees
coming to the US with little protection
from the government.
Ocassionally Lucio gives talks at
churches and other organizations about
his life and the Guatemalan situation.
Today, all Lucio wants is to finish
school, to be able to go to Nicaragua to
visit his mother, brothers and sisto*, and
perhaps someday go back to his country
to help create a better society.
Lucio Perez Photo by Joe Putrock
the mountains to inhabit virgin lands;
after months of hard work, they started
producing goods such as coffee, maize,
beans and fruit," says Lucio.
Directed by F j^ e r William Wood,
they late r formed "Alas de
Esperanza"(Wings of Hope), a
cooperative organization meant to
function as an intermediary between
government and peasants. Tbe peasants
would see their products through "Alas
de Esperanza" to the government The
government had to pay the peasants
reasonable prices for their products.
Poverty began to go down in t ^ village
and some of tbe proflts were used to
build a school and a church.
"They took the risk and
went up to the mountains to
inhabit virgin lands; after
months of hard work, they
started producing goods such
as coffee, maize, beans, and
fruit."_____________________
"The co-op became a threat for tbe
middle class owners of land," Lucio
explains. "The leaders of the co-ops
started being persecuted and
"My father was not the
only one murdered, many
more were killed. It wasn't
only the pain of my family, it
was the pain of an entire
nation."
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T r o y 's G o o d O l d B o y s
By Amy E. Tucker
In 1990, the Troy Fire Department
responded to 6946 calls. In 1991, the
numbers increased to 7689. Both years,
the percentage of actual "fire" calls was
less than 10 percent
Things have changed considerably
since Bill Minalian joined the Troy Hre
Department nearly 21 years ago.
Minahan, like many "paid" firefighters,
never had a burning desire to fight fire.
"I got into it for the benefits," he said.
"The salary, the hours, vacation, health
beneHts... it's a good job." George
Badgley and Wayne Laranjo, two more
20-year veterans, agreed. "I was 21 and
had just got out of the service," Laranjo
said. "I was working at a bar with my
cousin, who was a cs^tain at the time.
He told me about the benefits, and I
went and took the test"
Minahan was the captain on-duty
for the first platoon, Badgley, is one of
three other firefighters beneath him, and
Laranjo (a long-time friend of Minahan's
currently out on disability) had dropped
in for a visit. The three were sitting
around a beat up table in the kitchen of
Hrehouse No. 4 in Troy.
"Troy has six flrehouses, each with
it's own Engine Company of 'Pumper,'"
said Minahan. There are also two ladder
trucks (aerials), a rescue unit, and two
medical units. "We're the furst res^nse
to any medical anergency in the city of
Troy."
Of the 159 people who make up the
Troy Fire Department 89 are Cotified
Emergency Medical Technicians (EMT)
and 20 are Paramedics, or Advanced
Emergency Medical Technicians
(AEMT). The EMTs provide basic life
support such as, CPR, oxygen, splints,
and controlling bleeding. The
Paramedics supply IV's, administer
drugs, and perform more advanted life
support. Though every firefighter is
required to be trained as an EMT, not
everyone obtains certification.
New York state mandates a 229
hour training program for all
firefighters. Today; the program in
Montour Falls, NY is full-time, five
days a week fw about six weeks. "It's
like a boot camp with classes and hands-on
training," Laranjo said. When these
three men came aboard twenty years ago
there wasn't such a structured program.
"We trained fw about two wedcs at the
old Troy Airport" said Minahan.
"There were classes about air-packs,
climbing ladders, and pumping hoses.
Most of it (training) was OJT."
The Civil Service Commission has
a complex procedure for admitting
firefighters to a department An exam is
offered every four years and anyone
between the ages of 19 and 35 may
apply. Scores are received in
approximately six months. Then the
waiting begins.
Steve Dworsky is Troy's City
Manager and Commissioner of Public
Safety, which heads the p o li^ and fire
departments. He is ultimately
responsible for filling vacancies within
the department Individuals are chosen
based on their score on the respective
exams but there is some leeway.
Fire Chief Ed Schultz said the
decisions are based on interviews,
information that is mailed out and
returned, school transcripts, job
perfcxmances, and background checks.
"There are currently 11 vacancies
including those out on disability and
anticipated retirement" Schultz said.
"He's (Dworsky) been averaging one
new-hire for every four disabled
firefighters." Schultz anticipates some
hiring to occur in January.
Promotions within the department
are handled in the same manner. The
exam list expires in one year and the
Troy Civil Service Commission can
renew it annually until the exam is
given again. "Someone is always next
in line when the final list expires,"
Minahan stated.
"It took me ten years to become a
Captain," Minahan said. "You need
four years' experience before you can
become a Lieutenant A promotion
exam was offered just before I had my
time in, so I had to wait four more years
for another exam. Then once I took the
exam, it was another two years before
there was an opening!"
The personnel rank from the
bottom up consists of firefighters.
Lieutenants, Obtains, Battalion Chiefs,
one Deputy Chief, one Assistant chief,
and one Fire Chief (or Chief of Bureau).
Upon promotion to Lieutenant you
must attend a First Line Ofhcer's
School in N.Y.C. for a four week
training program.
Firefighters work one day on, three
days off. The shift is for a full 24 hours
from eight a.m. to eight a.m. totaling
48 hours for the week. On a 40-hour
work week, this amounts to eight extra
hours for each of the first three weeks of
the month. (During the fourth week
they work only one day.) Therefore,
they receive an additional day off, or
"Kelly Day," every three months to
average out the hours. The Kelly Day
was named after a firefighter who filed a
grievance several years ago because he
felt he was overworked.
Minahan described a typical
workday. "The first thing we do when
we arrive is check all the equipment
both personal and that on the truck. We
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check the 'turnout' gear, apparatus and
medical equipment. We also make sure
the truck is clean, oiled, and full of fuel.
The last platoon has aheady done it but
we always do it again to be sure," he
said.
The remainder of the morning is
spent doing housework. The chores are
preassigned and include sweeping,
cleaning the mgs, bathrooms, etc.
"We have a House Club here,"
Minahan said. "One person budgets it
for all four platoons. It pays for the
newspaper, cable, condiments, and a
private phone." The city provides beds,
a stove, a refrigerator, and housecleaning
supplies. (An "out of order" sign hangs
from the stove which they say has been
there for months) Someone donated a
pool table and the rest of the furniture
was brought in by the msn.
Lunch is usually around noon.
After lunch they have in-house training
sessions. The state mandates that
certain subjects be covered and each
month a list of required topics is put
out. The officer picks the topic and
one-and-a-half hours are spent each day
on the particular subject. "Training
could be almost anything," said
Minahan. "We could sit around the
kitchen table and tie knots, get together
with another company, or even critique
a recent fire and discuss what we did
well and what could be done better.
Sometimes they send videos and we can
watch them as a group or on our own
time."
Dinner is usually around five or
six, calls pomitting. The evenings are
spent staying prepared, watchmg TV,
working out, and doing a final sweep
and mop of the stati(Hi.
Minahan briefly described the
Standard Operating Procedures (SOP) for
a fire call. "The first engine co. on the
scene makes rescues. Life is always
first They also start the initial attack
on the fire." Their engine holds about
750 gallons, and at full pressure it can
pump 500 gallons per minute. The
second company is responsible for
hooking up the hydrant for additional
water supply. The Rescue squad
performs searches and rescues. The
medic unit in addition to performing
medical duties, helps the ladder trucks
with ventilation.
"There are two basic alarms,"
Minahan said. "Still alarms are single
company responses like car, dumpster,
and mailbox fires or basic life suppwt
calls. The box alarms are multiple
company responses and would involve
suspicion of explosion or chemicals."
In addition, the fire department performs
a number of "service calls." "We fill
community garden fountains and pools,
pump out cellars flooded from broken
pipes, handle lock-ins and lock-outs, and
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occasionally rescue the U^itional cat "
Minahan said.
"Bill made a great rescue one night
and saved a kid!" Badgley said. "Then
later that night we had a double fatality
in Lansingburgh. A guy set a fu^e in
his brother's house because of a grudge
and a 13-year-old burned to death in bed.
Her 15-year-old sister was found buried
under the rubble. You go from extreme
highs to lows within hours. It's
something you never get used to," he
said.
"We're not macho. It bothers us,"
he continued. "You get desensitized
somewhat joke about it a little to help
deal with it. Some people walk away
from it and never come back."
Minahan has been a driving force in
implementing Critical Incident
Counseling in Troy. He appealed to the
city because "more aggressive fire
departments are using it." He described
an incident in North Troy where the
company arrived and the building
couldn't be entered immediately. "The
guys heard a woman screaming and they
couldn't do anything to help her. Then
it stopped. They said later, that she
screamed forever when in reality it was
only a few minutes. That was one case
where they could have benefited from
the counseling," he said.
"We see everything," Badgley said
recalling a 17-year-old girl who was
electrocuted when her radio fell into the
bathtub.
"We're in a poor neighborhood and
a lot of residents don’t have phones,"
said Minahan. "Troy no longer has call
boxes on their street comers. The city
paid for them and found them not cost
effective. We got a call one night from
a woman who delivered her own baby,
cut the umbilical cord with a steak-knife,
and then walked a block to call
us!"
There were 57 injuries to Troy
fu-efighters in 1991, and 27 to date in
1992. Minahan twisted around in his
chair to display a scar on his neck.
"Hot tar," he said. "Cuts, nails,
bums... it's the nature of the job. At
one point it was the most dangerous
job. Now it's in the top three with coal
mining and constmction." There have
been no deaths in the line of duty during
the last two years.
The Troy Fire Department has
neither women nor minority firefighters.
"We actively recruit before the exam,
handing out applications. But they
either aren't taking the tests, or aren't
scoring high enough to get in."
Badgley explained that the lack of
minorities can sometimes prove as a
setback. "Our uniform scares people.
We look like the police. A friend from
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S a in t R o s e s o c c e r s e a s o n
c o m e s to c lo s e
By Brett Springer
What does it take to be an athlete at
the College of Saint Rose? The men’s
soccer team has 17 athletes who have
worked very hard this season.
A week before classes began, on
August 24th, pre-season workouts
began. The temperature was in the
upper 80's all week and triple sessions
m ^ e the week drag by in one long blur
of sweat, practicing from 9 -lla jn ., 1-3
pjn. and 6-7p.m.
Coach Walter McNall expected
hard work and devotion from his
players. Some players who were
expected to return to the team this year
could not play due to circumstances
beyond the coach’s co ntrol.
Sophomores, Matt Ray and Joe Ely,
Junior, Rafael Gonzalez and Senior
Christian Weaver were greatly missed.
After a dismal 2-14 season last
year, the soccer team struggled to
improve it's record to 4-14. With such
a small squad, fatigue and injuries were
tough to combat. Captains, Paul
Robinson, Greg Giombetti and Jesus
Valbuena did a fine job keeping the
team in high spirits, yet maintaining
Men's Soccer Wrap-up
discipline.
The team practiced six days a
week, rain or shine, in muggy or bone
chilling conditions. The team is looking
to move its home games to a better field
than our present facility at Ridgefield
Park.
The camaraderie of the team was
probably the best the team has seen in
years.H
ere are the Knights up close:
Jesus Valbuena- A very exciting
player, his goal scoring ability and his
presence on the field was intimidating
to opposing defenses.
Roger Baloucoune- A smart player
who passes well, can score goals and
has improved his defense tremendously.
Mike Vamosy- He has the ability
to shield the ball and distribute with
pressure. He has deceptive goal scoring
ability, and will be greatly missed uext
year.
Jason Harrod- This guy is quick! '
His ability to blow by opposing
defenders and pass with precision are
tremendous assets to the team.
Pete Pessetto- A very sneaky
Soccer team in Halloween spirit
A t h l e t e s o f t h e W e e k
Junior Paul Robinson of the
men's soccer team and freshamn Trisia
Tomanelli of the volleyball team
have been named the College’s Athletes
of the Week for the period of October
!9-25.
Robinson, who provided steady
defensive play in the team’s two games,
converted a game-winning penalty kick
with 15 minutes remaining in the
Golden Knight’s 2-1 victory over
Castleton State College on Wednesday,
October 21. The junior sweeper from
Saugerties, NY. also earned a NYCAC
Co-Player of the Week honors.
Meanwhile, Tomanelli recorded IS
digs, four blocks, was 20/20 passing
and 19/19 serving in the College’s
victory over LIU-Southampton on
Saturday, October 24. On Sunday,
October 25, the Marlboro, NY. native
helped lead the team to a 3-0 victory
over MoUoy College with 11 blocks on
13/13 passing and 19/19 serving.
Freshman Dave Joseph of the
men's swim team and junior Jennifer
Camardello of the women's soccer
team have been named the College's
Athletes of the Week for the period of
October 26-November 2.
On Saturday, October 31 versus
LeMoyne College, Joseph began his
collegiate career in solid fashion to help
the Golden Knights' 200IM relay team
set a school record with a time of
1:51.74. Later on, the Pittsfield, MA.
native entered the record books for a
second time with a time of 1:02.80 en
route to a second place finish in the 100
yard backstroke.
Meanwhile, Camardello scored five
goals in the College's 7-1 victory over
Russell Sage on Monday, October 26.
On Wednesday, October 28, she tallied a
goal and an assist in a 2-0 victcvy over
North Adams State. The Clifton Paik
native, who led the team in scoring fw
the second consecutive year, finished up
the season with 44 points (19G/6A)
player. He can anticipate passes and
can create scoring chances.
Herb Hall- A veteran goal keeper
with great size and strength. He plays
hard and will continue to next season.
Eric Talbot- A freshman goal
keeper whose acrobatic style kept the
team h^py. His devotion to the sport is
unmatched.
Paul Robinson- A very strong
player. One of the most well-rounded
players on the team. His defensive
efiforts were intense!
Derek Delaney- Missed a handful
of games this year due to a broken nose,
but is a talented young player and was
definitely an asset to the team, when he
was on the field.
Matt Vand^beck- His upper-body
strength stifled opposing center
forwards. A solid player!
Greg Giombetti- His persistence
on defense makes him very tough to
play against. He has good leadership
qu^ties.
Mike Ryan- An offensive-minded
defense man who can create with the
pass. His throw-ins were a valuable
asset to his game.
Lando Ettrick- His knowledge and
love for the game are in the upper
echelon . His offensive skills are a big
part of his game.
Scott Smith- A hard working
player who has improved tremendously
since his fireshman year.
Joe Alteiri- This guy is one of
kind! He has deceptive goal scoring
ability from six yards in. He kept the
team in good spirits.
Kevin Holmes- He saw limited
action this year due to schedule
conflicts. His speed is a very important
factor in his game.
Brett Springer- Brett performed
incredibly again this year and in the
future will definitely become one of the
greatest players this school has ever
seen.
The team looks forward to a better
.season next year. Hopefully, we can
place higher in our conference and
improve our record. The team will
commence indoor training at the
beginning of next semester.
Women's soccer wrap-up
By Derek Paradise
Sports Editor
After a hard fought year, the Saint
Rose Women's soccer season will best
be remembered by two words: what if?
The Golden Knights had an
unheard of five ties this season,
including two against nationally ranked
squads, Georgian Court and Green
Mountain College amongst their 8-6-5
record. The women were undefeated
against area ccHnpetition which included
the likes of R.P.I., Albany State, Siena
and Russell Sage.
The season progressed in roller
coaster type fashion with several early
season wins, followed by mid-season
heartbreakers and finishing with
dominating wins over Russell Sage and
North Adams State. The team played
agressively throughout the season and,
as evidenced by their record, had
opportunities to win every game.
Despite the loss of seniors Christa
Leonowicz, Juila Uhler, Mellissa
Welsh, Michelle Scott and Aimee
Fitzpatrick, who all contributed greatly
to the team over the last four years, the
team has a solid nucleus for next season
led by team scoring leader Jenn
Camardello.
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I . t started as a soup kitchen for
the homeless and street people of
Albany. It was a very small beginning
in the form of a store front. "I don't
think that it was noticed much...today,
would be a different story," said Perry
Jones, Executive Director of the Cq)ital
City Rescue Mission. Albany
Christian businessmen were the
catalysts. They had two thoughts in
mind, a place where the poor homeless
could have a meal and the gospel could
be preached. The message of faith and
Christ has been a focus of the Mission
all this time.
Many of the clients who come to
the Mission are from neighborhoods
within the city. O th ^ are refmied from
agencies, churches and other shelters.
There are approximately 60 to 70 eaters
at the Mission and 40 who actually
lodge there. Men, women, and children
are welcome to all the daily meals and
the chapel services. Sleeping space,
however, is restricted to male clients.
Some of the clients at the Mission
are homeless as a result of mental
illness, some as a result of addiction,
but housing costs and unemployment
are the major reasons for homelessness.
"Housing costs are way too high above
minimum wage. Minimum wage jobs
pay a hundred dollars a week. You have
to pay $75 for a place to sleep every
week; that is not including food or
clothing. The housing market is
counter p-odiictive," said Jones.
The Mission, unlike other shelters
in the city, is entirely privately funded.
The Mission sends out a mailing to
several thousand people seven times a
year; those are the people who
financially support the Mission.
According to Jones, "There is no
government fimding, except for a little
food, no government cash.”
The City Mission has eight paid
staff members, all working hand in hand
with the clients, making sure they have
the resources to provide fc»r their needs
including counseling. The Mission
ultimately focuses on physical and
spiritual help. It is a full service
emergency shelter.
Two hundred and twenty meals are
served each day at the Mission. Forty
to 60 people are actually sheltered,
depending on the time of the year.
Twraty-five percent of the clients are in
long term programs including
educational programs. The Mission has
2 teachers who come in the afternoon to
help clients work towards their GED, as
well as work on any remedial problems.
According to Jones, the Mission is
ultimately successful when the clients
become more stable in the community
by acquiring and maintaining jobs, and
becoming a part of the spiritual
community. However, many times
success is simply providing for the
clients basic needs and necessities, "just
keeping them alive," said Jones.
On Sundays, besides the Salvation
Army, the Capital City Rescue Mission
is the only shelter that provides food.
The City Mission has helped a lot of
people get back on their feet "We catch
a lot of guys who go through the
cracks. We're a safety net at the very
bottom of the homeless chain," said
Jones.D
ennis, who is only 34, was at one
time in prison for murder. When he
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Mission in Albany with a junior high
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well, and is a paid s t^ f member at the
City Mission.
Perry Jones has been the Capital
City Rescue Mission executive director
for ten years. Jones left the seminary
with the desire to preach gospel to the
poor. He is the pastor, but also the
administrator and fund raiser. "I don't
know why I'm here, really. I mean,
years ago I guess the Lord had it in
mind, but it was never something I was
trained for; I was trained to be a pastor,"
said Jones.
The Capital City Rescue Mission
is located in downtown Albany, and has
been "serving the homeless in Christ's
name" since 1949.
Students participate in National
Collegiate A cohol Awareness Week
Staff Report
Due to the efforts of many people,
there were a variety of activities to
promote National Collegiate Alcohol
Awareness Week(NCAAW). A table
was set up in the campus center to
distribute information on alcohol as well
as to encourage the Saint Rose
community to take part in an alcohol
opinicHi poll.
Additionally, num^ous posters and
brochures were posted around campus
to remind everyone alcohol is a major
drug problem in our society.
In conjunction with NCAAW,
several residence halls offered programs
on the topic of alcohol abuse. Due to
the importance of this topic, several
additional programs will be offered
throughout the year.
Since this year's activities were
well received by the Saint Rose
c(Hnmunity, next year we plan to extend
the activities into Saint Rose Alcohol
Awareness Month.
Over 100 people took part in the
alcohol opinion poll, which asked the
question: Why do you think college
students drink too much/get drunk? The
top five answers were: 1. Peer
pressure/need to fit m or be 'cool'; 2. To
escape from or forget problems/stress;
3. Boredom - nothing else to do; 4. To
have fun/be happy/socialize; 5. (tie)
Need to rebel/no longer under parent's
rules and Under age 21 - excitement of
doing something illegal.
A special thank you to the
following people for their efforts,
support, and encouragement during
National Collegiate Alcohol Awareness
Week: Cathy Haker, David Caso,
Theresa Trochan, Nicole Corbo, John
Ellis and the Ccanmuter Voice Crew.
If you have any questions,
comments or concerns please contact
John Ellis, Coordinator of Alcohol and
Drug Prevention Services in room 300
of Albertus Hall, 454-5166.
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the Albany department, who happened
to be a minority, was here one night
when we got a call, so he went along.
A man had taken the drug "ice" and was
really paranoid when we walked in. It
was a black neighborhood and we were
white and in uniforms. Our Albany
firefighter frirad stepped in and cahned
him down, and the victim responded."
Minahan says No. 4 is a busy
house. "We average four to five calls a
day. Some days have none, some have
eight or more. It varies."
According to Minahan, the
flreflghters can go from a sound sleep to |
actual departure from the station in less
than one minute. The traditional brass
five pole descends from the maitf
bedroom on the second floor, to the
engine room below. Minahan said,
"Everyone uses the pole except the
captains because our room is off the
stairs."
"We're a close-knit community.
We j(^e around with each otha- and play
practical jokes," said Minahan pointing
to a photo of himself being hit in the
face with a pie(A birthday tradition at
No. 4). "It's a good job for 'little
boys,'" said Minahan. "There's
camaraderie, brotheihood, male-bonding,
all that good stuff."
Fire Chief Ed Schultz echoes many
of the sentiments of his men. Schultz
joined the department in 1966 and
became a Chief twenty years later. "My
father was a captain," he said. "I was
always around the station as a boy, but
wasn't interested in sitting on the trucks
or being a firefighter then. J got a
degree in Accounting from Hudson
Valley(Community College) but
realiz^ that wasn't what I wanted to do.
So, I took the fire exam, and became a
fuiefighter."
We're the 'good guys,'" Schultz
said. "The cops are seen as the bad
guys. They'll arrest someone or do
something bad. It makes them get
desensitized towards people. No matter
how you brace yourself for death, if it's
a child it's a deeper emotional level."
Schultz sees the administrative side
as having its pros and cons. "There's
the obvious benefits of salaries and
vacation, but you lose some too.
They've changed the administrative
schedule back to a traditional five-day
work week and eight hour day. It was
nice working twenty-four hours then
having three days off."
The Troy Fire Department has a
sophisticated computerized dispatch
system using software from Map Info
and Multi Systems. The system was
implemented two years ago and,
according to Assistant Chief Nick
Pascucci, "Has reduced the margin of
error from five percent to nearly zero. It
also eliminated the need to have an 'old
timer' who knew all the streets in the
area. Now, we're not at a disadvantage
if there's a turnover."
The computer can supply a
multitude of information to assist the
firefighters. Detailed maps can be
reduced or enlarged to aid familiarity.
Each map contains blue, silver, and
green dots representing fire hydrant
locations and their respective water miain
size. The street fire hydrants are also
color coded respectively to aid in
recognition.
The computer enables the d iq ^ b e r
to measure the distance between
hydrants and the fire to predetermine f(M
the firefighters the required amount ol
hose to be laid. RPI and other
companies with buildings containing
hazardous materials are clearly marked
and identified, with supplemental
listings of the contents contained
therein. There are also notations
marking the availability of "stand
pipes" (existing pipeline within the
buildings eliminating the need to run
hoses).
Residences with Rescue Maikos are
singled out with information regarding
the person's disability and pertinent
medical requirements. It can also
differentiate between duplicate addresses,
eliminating error and wasted time lost
at the wrong address.
"The system allows us to have
personalized, special information at our
fingotips," Pascucci said. "It helps us
provide a better service for the
community." Serving the community
is a large part of the commitment these
men have made to the Troy Fire
Department.
For Hre Chief Schultz, there is a
difference in character between
firefighters of then and now. "The old
guys liked the job. They wanted to do
it. They didn't make the salaries or
enjoy the benefits of today. The new
guys tend to be coming in for the
money. TTiey don't have that feeling yet
of what the service is... a desire to do
something good, and getting a good
feeling from helping others."
Dear Willamena,
Recently I tried something different
in preparing my husbands breakfast. I
switched his pancakes from blueberry to
apple. I guess he wasn't ready for this
fruity transition, for he chased me
around the house with a cast iron frying
pan. He yelled, "You wench, how dare
you alter the state of my flapjacks?" I
have to admit I was a little turned on by
his vicious tone, but the flogging I
received extended the limits of erotic
playtime. Now I have blisters on my
butt so big, I can’t drive the Buick to
bingo at the firehouse. What should I
do?
Yours truly.
Flapjack Refugee
Dear Flapjack Refugee,
It sounds like your only answer is
to invest in blueberry pancake stock.
You know that men are accustomed to a
regular routine. Try to be more
sympathetic to your man's needs, we all
know that blueberry pancakes are not
something to be "truffled" with. If you
decide to change again, either try cherry
pancakes (he might fmd that exciting),
or learn to enjoy the beatings. Butts
don't blister forever - sooner or later,
you will develop a tough hide!
Willamena
We are accepting Dear
Willamena submissions.
Please submit to the
Publications office -- Room 304
in Albertus Hall.
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Stratton has a lower price for anyone pursuing a higher
education. $ 2 4 midweek. $ 2 9 weekends. $ 3 4 holidays. So you
can save $ 1 0 every day but holidays (when you'll still save
$5), and you'll also get up to 92 exciting trails, a 12-passenger
gondola, plus all the extracurricular fun you can handle.
Now, how's that for financial aid?
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has rx) photo, please provide other photo ID. Sony—no pix, no tix.