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February 10, 1987

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S.G.A. President Yaw Gyebi, left, and Sheila Gallagher '88.

Committee Election SparksHeated Debate in SGA Meeting

by Lisa BroujosAssociate News Editor

The College Voice

At last Thursday's SG,Ameeting, which was marked bythe usual politicking and ad-ministrative jostling during thefirst hour, the nascent controver-sy regarding student representa-tion on the Priorities Planningand Budget Committee(PP&BC) sparked a heateddebate in the last minutes of themeeting.

At opposite sides of the argu-ment stood the President ofSGA, as well as other Govern-ment officials, who exchangedsometimes strong words withSheila Gallagher-

The debate concerned whetherthe student member positions onthe PP&BC should be filled bySGA assembly members or opento students at large.

Also at stake is the issue ofwhether SGA was negligent innot electing the two studentrepresentatives alotted to thePP&BC. This move was under-taken last semester as a protestfor losing two student spots onthe committee, as compared tothe previous year.

However, in an apparentlycontradictory move, SGA failedto officially request morerepresentatives from the FacultySteering and Conference Com-mittee.

"I prefer to have a studentassembly person fill the posi-tion," said SGA President Yaw

Gyebi, Jr., who also said that hehas the power to choose the stu-dent representatives.

"The [PP&BC] committeedeals with a broad range oftopics (such as faculty salaries,the student budget, administra-tion, and housing) that assemblymembers deal with routinely,"Gyebi said.

However, Ann Devlin, Pro-fessor of Psychology and theChairperson of the PP&BC, said"It's not necessary to have anassembly person. The most im-portant criterion is for the stu-dent to give time and energy tothe committee."

She pointed out that "Youmight argue that it would begood to spread student respon-sibility in governance of the col-lege among the students ratherthan keeping it in a more close

_circle [such as SGA]."To fill the two student open-

ings, Gyebi can appoint so-meone or hold an election in theSGA Assembly, he said.

Already appointing himself toone of the positions, he decidedto have an election for the se-cond, and Paul Hyde, '88,Chairman of SAC, won.

•'The committee membershouldn't have to be an assemblymember, " said Gallagher, afirst semester junior who wantedto fill the second position on thecommittee, but was unable torun as the election was notadvertised.

"It's an extremely important

committee and the positionshould be open to every capableperson. It's the whole process ofchoosing that I don't think isnecessarily right," Gallaghersaid.

She added that as "the elec-tion was never publicized" thewhole election process was un-fair.

"The election was done im-mediately because we wantedsomeone as soon as possible tofill the position. Nothing wasdone out of protocol. If she[Gailagher] were that interested,she could have expressed it,"Gyebi said.

The election was held im-mediately this semester, withoutspending time to advertise,because SGA hadn't officiallysent representatives to thePP&BC meetings for the firstsemester.

Last year, SGA chose not tosend student representatives inprotest of the Faculty Steeringand Conference Committee'sforming the new committeewithout consulting SGA first,Gyebi said

SGA, Gyebi said, also com-plained about the studentrepresentation going down fromfour spots to two as a result ofthe formation of the new com-mittee.

Yet Edward Brodkin, Chair-man of the Faculty Steering andConference Committee(FS&CC), said he never receiv-

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TI,e President and Mrs Oakes Ames at the recent South African Scholarship Fund Ball.

AmericanEliminated

by Liz MichalskiThe College Voice

As of this semester, theAmerican Studies major hasbeen dropped from the cur-riculum of the college.

According to Frank Johnson,the Dean of the Faculty, theAmerican Studies major lacks awell designed introductorycourse, as well as a cohesiveSenior class offering and indepth study of some aspect ofAmerican Studies.

"Both the History and theEngl ish Departments haverecommended that the major bedropped. There is no one fullytrained in American Studies.Naturally, the course will becontinued until all who havedeclared it as a major arethrough. We have an obligationto those students. However, nonew declarations will be allow-ed," Johnson said.

Last August, Alasdair W_MacPhail, a professor ofhistory, resigned after beingdenied tenure. He taught at theco\\ege for six years and was incharge of the American StudiesMajor.'

The demise of the AmericanStudies program "has nothingnothing to do with the tenuredecision regarding Professor

MacPhail," Dean Johnsonsaid. There are no plans to hiremore staff for the major in thenear future. "We feel that thereare more pressing needselsewhere, such as in the depart-ments of Economics. Interna-tional Relations. and so on,"Johnson said.

At the moment, there are onlyfive American Studies majors.three of whom will graduate thisyear. "It really doesn 't affectme that much." said Mary HopeMcQuiston, '87, "The depart-ment heads called a meeting,and told all of us of the decisionto drop the major. I know oneperson who is thinking oftransferring majors, but that'saiL' .

"All I know is what I'veheard, which is that it has beenrecommended that the course(major] be dropped. It was not avery popular major and it~overlapped in a variety of othermajors, such as English andHistory. Of course, to those whohave already declared the major.we have an obligation to honorthat declaration. 'That's a groundrule," said Registrar Robert LeeRhyne.

According to Rhyne, elimina-tion of the American StudiesMajor will be official nextmonth.

Smoking, Alcohol;Delivery, & Ball DiscussedI

by Lisa BroujosAssociate News Editor

The College VoiceDiscussions concerning the

partitioning of dining halls forsmoking, the banning of alcoholdeliveries, and the SouthAfrican Scholarship Fund(SASF) Ball were the main focusof the SGA meeting last Thurs-day.

"We can't banish smoke total-ly," said Popli Khalatbari, '87,House President of Harkness,"but we don't want students tobe subjected to smoke if theydon't want to. We have to pro-tect them. "

Since the decision of howmany tables to partition forsmokers depends on the percen-tage of smokers, Khalatbari sug-gested that SGA take the pro-blem to the Food Committee.

"The Surgeon General stillhasn't determined whether se-cond hand smoke isdetrimental," stated SamLuebke, '88, House President ofAbbey. Sam Seder, :88, HousePresident of Burdick, said SGAshould "forget the healthreason" and that the decision topartition the dining halls shouldbe based on "the desires ofsmokers and non-smokers."

.Agreeing with Khalatbari,. Seder made a motion to take theissue to the Food Committee sothat it could "find a practicalway of partitioning the dining

halls." The vote was 27-4 infavor of the motion, and theCommittee will be given twoweeks to come back with a pro-posal.

As a follow up to last week'sSGA meeting, Paul Hyde, '88,Chairman of SAC, met with thecollege's attorney to discuss theliability which the school has ifalcohol deliveries are permittedon campus. Hyde reported thatallowing alcohol deliveries"moves the liability from the li-quor stores and puts it on ourcampus." He also reaffirmedthat the deliveries are "goingagainst our trying to establish aconsistent policy for alcoholliability. "

Initiating discussion on theSGA South African ScholarshipFund Ball, Sam Bottum, thehead of the SASF said that "Theball was successful as a party,"and the gross income was$4()()(). Because of the bills, theprofit was around $300-500.

Since the goal of the SASF hasnot been reached, they plan tohave more fund raising activitiessuch as a bake sale and a springfestival. "We want to tone downthe publicity though becausepeople tend to get sick of hearingabout it over and over again,"Bottum said .

The discussion ended with theSGA members commendingBottum for his efforts of

rganizing the ball.

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~ To the Sexually Active, AIDS is a Risk S. G.A. Needs Agenda.;~ To the Editor:s~ As the Medical Reporter for WBZ- TV in.!? Boston, [ have spent two years reporting on theo disease AIDS. Acquired Immune DeficiencySyn-U drome. I have watched it race through the<Ils: homosexual community. I have seen the diseaseI- kill men. women and children who received blood

contaminatedwith the virus throughblood transfu-sion. I have seen people addicted to intravenousdrugs become infected with the virus because theyshared needles with someone carrying the virus.Now, [ watch with frustration and anger as thevirus moves into the heterosexual community. Adoctor recently told me a story that sent a chillthrough my body. He is treating a women whocontracted AIDS while vacationingat Club Med.The 35-year old professional woman from NewYork had sexual intercourse with a man who wasinfected with the AIDS virus. Now. she is payingfor that brief encounter with her life.

While many adults wish young people wouldabstain from sex (and if you are not using in-travenous drugs) it would without a doubt keepyou infection-free, r realize it is not realistic. Whatwill protect you from the AIDS virus, if you aresexually active, is a condom. Doctors say that ifyou use a condom properly during sexual inter-course and it doesn't break, it will act as a barrier.I recently interviewed students at a college in

· ·What happened to democracy?" somebody wasoverheard asking. rhctorically. after last Thursday's SGAmeeting. The leadership of the Assembly seems to bewithout agenda. without a program. aimlessly wandcrincfrom issue to issue. And even when an issue of true importdocs come up. the modus operandi of the leadership issecretive. involving behind the scenes dealings which ex-clude the majority of the Assembly members. and most cer-tainly precludes the functioning of true representativedemocracy.

The hand writing seems to be on the wall:' written inbright. legible letters. "~ey have run out of steam."Creativity has ebbed. leaving behind the bitter taste of im-practical plans designed to capture the headlines. Instead ofinitiating positive-inspired actions. SGA has descended theroad of negativism; the attempt to ban cigarette smoking i.ldining halls. like the attempt to ban Coors beer frorn thebar. shows our government's complete inability-«: act pro-actively. to seize the initiative and m make its presence felt.

The Priorities Planning & Budget Conunitfec{PP & Be)clc-rion fiasco lseestory on page II exemplifies the institu-tionalized death of democracy at the hands Q(the SGAleadership. While the election of Paul Hyde wiII certainlyresult in better student representation in lhat. importantcomminec. the irregularities of that election process has asobering effect on our perceptionsof SGA. Wf\ywasn't thevacancy in the PP & Be advertised. allowingfor many can-didates to run'? Why did the President of SGA appointhimself (after serving as de facto membcr of th PP & Be) tothe other vacancy in the commiuce, without alerting thepublic or its elected representatives. the House Presidents.And finally. Why is it preferable te have Assernbl,The purpose for this letter was C Imembers over students-ar-lurge on 01 ego-wide corrunit-

not to attack the proposal that Y G b fsmokingbe banned. as I have no tees. as aw yc i af inned? Are we to believe that thedoubt that such an absurd pro- voters arc unfit to fully participate in the governing of thisposal will go no farther than the College'!committeestage.No my problem As II has been written in this space many times before.comes with the way SOA has SGA is the only legitimate representative of the studentwieldeddubious power over that ' body: from it must now the wishes. aspirations. and goalswhich it has no jurisdicition. . of the whole student population. The SGA must stop play-Let us straighten out this ing games of Byzantine politic« and get on with the businessright/privilege thing. shall we? of governing, democratically and effectively. The leader-In this way can we insure a sh;fl must desist from engaging in smokc-fillcd-ruomlegislative body representative pO!'!lics: it must stop worr_vin~gabout Who is going 10 be theof the school population. rather - - -than the quasi-augustgroup that next SGA president: it ,hould ab<tndtln ils anal obseS,sioltexists today. wilh parliamentary procedure: and actively seek to widen

lhe participation of all slUdents in the process.Only then will the rule of delHocracy be rcsmred.

Boston and was shocked to learn that many ofthem didn't knowthat condomscould protect themfrom the AIDS virus. Nor do many young peoplerealize that a person can carry the virus silently formany years without knowing it, and without show-ing any symptoms.I know some of you may be embarrassed by

buyingor using a condom. Perhapsyou worry thatyour partner will object. I have watched youngpeople with AIDS struggle with the many infec-tions that come with the disease and finally die.Let me tell you, it' s tragic. There is no room forembarrassment in the face of this growingepidemic. The AIDS virus is in the heterosexualcommunity. If you are sexually active, you are atrisk. I am not writing this to frighten you - I amwriting this so that you are safe. Those of you whoalready use a condom and protect yourself fromthis deadly disease can feel proud of yourselves.You are doing the responsible thing. And I amhappy for those of you who think enough ofyourselves to make that choice. If someone givesyou a tough time because you won't have sex orbecause you insist on using a condom, remember,it's your life.

Stay Well!

Jeanne BlakeWBZ-TV, Boston

SGA Exercises Dubious PowerTo the Editor

I am writing you concerningthe possible ban on smokingpresently being debated in SOA.There is very little that can be

posuwety stated about the in-halation of burning tobaccoleaves, this is true. My problemis what role does SOA take in astudent's life. I Question thejurisdiction of S.G.A. concern-'this question. Is SUA anautonomous body of legislatorsdestined to govern every aspectof mundane living?

""-'1is year it has become thepo. oy of the body of which I

speak to become involved in mat-ters that do not concern It. Theyheye banned the delivery ota~ 'ohoI, written a letter to thepresident concerning South

Africa,and, in a message overthe bar, expressed their views asto what beer we should drink.I wish now to address this

right v, privilege issue. To theV-P of SOA. I have this to say.In the real world, \iquor can bedelivered to people of age. It isthe right of every person in thisenvironment over 21 to havespirits brought to his door, ifhe/she so desires. Now, for aprivilege to be such it must comefrom a higher body. Are youimplying that SOA was theelevated forum from which this"privilege" came from. So inessence, by your statement, youare suggestingthat SOA can take"privileges" that have comefrom it as a distressed motherwould upon discovering a childwith matches.

Sincerely,Chartes R. Mcintyre, '89

Alcohol Policy Promotes DangerousDrinking

To the Editor:The students and administra-

tion of Connecticut College facecrucial decisions with regard tothe school's future alcoholpolicy. In recent years. the ad-ministration has placed greaterrestrictions on alcohol use inresponse to the change in drink-ing age to 21. Although thisresponse is understandable, I

. would like to point out the cam-pus wide problems this actionhas created.

The purpose of college is togrow intellectually througheducation as well as to achievepersonal growth and self-realization. Personal growth isnot achieved merely by study-ing. but through experimenta-

tion. Although experimentationoften leads to mistakes, growthis facilitated by learning fromthises mistakes.The isolation of a college cam-pus provides a potentially con-trollable and safe environmentfor alcohol experimentation.However, the increased effort to

control and restrict drinking hashad the reverse effect. Byrestricting the dispensing ofalcohol at campus wide events,drinking has lost much of itssocial qualities and become amore private ritual. Drinkinghas become withdrawn and lesssocial for the young majority ofstudents who have retired todrinking in their donnitories.Thus, the administration has lostcontrol of the amountof alcoholstudents consume. In my view.this increases the dangers of ex-peri mentation.

Since the majority of studentscannot drink at campus events,they must confine their drinkingto other times, usuallybeforehand. This results in largeamounts of alcohol being con-sumed in a shorter period oftime. This teaves the body lesstime to react and flash a stopdrinking signal. In addition, theactivities of dancing andsocializing which normally helpto slow consumption and speedthe processing of alcohol in thebody are lost. The effect is a

medicalhazzard. During the fallsemester, when many peoplehave their initial contact and ex-perimentation with alcohol, thenumber of persons admitted tothe infirmary due to intoxicationrose dramatically. The trend ofthe past four years is staggering,culminating in a 100 increasefrom the fall of t985 to the fallof 1986(0 in 1983.3 in 1984.7in 1985. and 14 in 1986).Although this may be partiallyrelated to increased acceptanceof infirmary use, this is still ashocking increase.

Although I understand that itwould be hard to soften presentalcchol policy. I believethat fur-ther restrictions would greatlyincrease the dangers of ex-perimentation and reduce thepotential for safe personalgrowth within our community,

Respectfully submitted.Paul W. Austin, '88

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Drinking Attitudesby Amanda Hathaway

With the increasing concernover whether the ConnecticutCollege Campus will 'go dry', itis worth while to questionAmerica's drinking age limit incomparison to those in Europe.In Britain, the drinking age issixteen for beer and eighteen forliquor; while in Greece there isno age limit at all. What is itabout America which warrantsan age limit of twenty-one, andis it a better system than inEurope?

The main concern in Americaabout drinking is drunk-driving.However. in Britain. where thedriving age is seventeen. the ma-jority of the alcohol related ac-cidents are committed by peoplein their late twenties, and not intheir teens. From this, it sug-gests that there is no obviouscorrelation between the drinkingage limit and their effects ondrunk-driving accidents.

In other European countries,such as France and Italy, thedrinking age is technically

around eighteen, but there is nosystem of carding, and there iscertainly no evidence to suggestthat teenage drinking has hadany adverse effect on their socie-ty. Drunk driving should be il-legal at any age, but there seemsto be little to prove that if anyAmericans drink before the ageof twenty-one, they willdefinitively be more likely tocause a road accident.

Is there any sense in the ex-treme caution concerningAmerica's alcohol policy? AreAmerica 's teenagers lessresponsible that their Europeancounterparts? The most obviousproblem that America has aboutalcohol is its attitude towards it.which is very different from thatin Europe. Nowhere in Europeis there the philosophy "drink'til you puke!" In Europe peo-ple are brought up to drink to en-joy the flavor of wines andcocktails, rather than to drinkanything and everything with thesole purpose of getting drunk.

Much of this American at-titude has developed as a direct

result of college fraternities.For example, during the fifties,when there was less fear overthe effect of alcohol on drivingand on lives as a whole, therewas little concern over such wilddrinking. This tradition hasbeen passed down from father toson, and drinking in Americaseems to have become a methodof proving one's masculinity.

In the 1980's, with the rise ofequal rights and the women'sliberation fever, women nowaim to drink as much as theircontemporary males and thusare ensnared in the problem ofalcohol abuse. Meanwhile inmost European countries, it isstill very inappropriate forwomen to drink to a"state of in-ebriation.

It might be a good idea forAmerica to study the attitudes ofEuropeans and begin to try tochange, taking the emphasisaway from getting DRUNK.

Amanda Hathaway is the Pro-duction Editor of The CollegeVoice.

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SGA Ban Protectsby John Whiting

SGA's banning alcoholdeliveries to campus was a goodthing. The college's alcoholpolicy as it stood before was in-consistent and, by being so, ,jeopordized the school's endow-ment. As long as ConnecticutCollege adhered to a policywhich allowed campusdeliveries to be made directly tothe door of a minor, the schoolwas liable for any damage theminor may have caused whileunder the influence of thatalcohol.

At this moment many otherschools are trapped withinliability suits that they may verywell lose. The current case atYale comes to mind. Conn's en-dowment doesn't add up to as

Black, White, Brown, Red, Hispanicby Fernando Espuelas-Asen]o

It never really stops, and attimes it seems to get worse.

Some examples.Betty, a friend of mine, sat in

Freeman dining room recently,discussing her trip to theDominican Republ ic withSusan, another friend. For somereason, the color of theDominicans came up.

"Well," Betty said, "thereare some whites and someblacks, and some that lookHispanic. "

I listened to her, and a verynoticeable look of disbelief mix-ed with anger flashed on myface. "What do you mean 'somelook Hispanic?" I asked.

"You know," Betty said,"like in New York, brown."

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She looked at Susan for a nodof understanding and received it.

"You can't look.. Hispanic;. there is no 'Hispanic look,''' Isaid.

"Yeah, there is; I've seen it."Another example."Espuelas?" the doctor ask-

ed, "what kind of a name is it,what nationality?"

"Spanish," I said."But you don't look Hispanic.

Is your mother American?""No. We're all Hispanic. All

of us. My whole family.""But you don't really look

it." .All right. The point seems to

be obvious. But is it? Whatmakes intelligent collegestudents and doctors -- who aretheoretically supposed to be ontop of it --generalize about a

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whole culture?Generalize and blur the Im-

age.Yes, I'm white. Yes, I'm

Hispanic. And no, these are notmutually exclusive. Yes, thereare blacks of Hispanic heritage;yes, there are Native Americans(by which I include South, Cen-tral, and Northern nativepeoples) who are Hispanics;we're all Hispanics.

The American Heritage Dic-tionary defines Hispanic as; "Ofpertaining to the language, peo-ple, and culture of Spain orLatin America." Nowhere in

. this definition is there areference to a "Hispanic look";nor does it exclude blacks,whites, or native Americansfrom the rich Hispanic legacy.

The Hispanic peoples have a

long traditon of pride in their ac-complishments, their goals, andtheir aspirations, We are boundtogether by a legacy of history,of language, of art, and cross-racial cooperation; bur never byracism.

One of the first people I met atthis College, a woman by thename of Esperanza Anderson,who graduated a few years ago,found the same prejudice, thesame people who were unwillingto grant her her Hispanicheritage. Unlike me, however,her failure to gain recognition asa Hispanic did not come frombeing white .

Esperanza is black.

Fernando Espuelas-Asenjo is thePublisher and Editor-in-Chief ofThe Voice.

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Furthermore, the charge thatSGA acted as simply a tool ofthe Administration in deciding toban deliveries is absurd. Thismove was initiated by SGA forall who will benefit from thecontinued existence of Connec-ticut College.

Before students enter overly-heated arguments protesting theinconvenience of having to ac-tually drive somewhere to bybeer, they might instead con-sider the alternative inconve-nience of having to fill out allthose transfer applications.

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.oLL~ EIO ° t SAT s? Icy Conditions Present Problemsmuna e . 0 ••

.,;oo>'"Ol~o There is an on-going con-(.) troversy over the use of the1? Scholastic Aptitude TestI- (S.A.T.) and whether or not it is

still a necessary component of acollege application.

Colleges such as Bates havesuccessfully eliminated S.A.T.sfrom their college application.Clare Matthews, Dean of Ad-missions for Connecticut Col-lege, gave her opinion and in-sight into S.A.T.s and howConn uses them.

"Certain people are par-ticularly well-adapted to thiskind of testing, others are not -but that doesn't mean that theyare not smart, creative, or skill-ed," said Matthews.

"I think thaI it is possible toeliminate S.A.T.s. Iwould need10 be here longer, and I wouldneed 10 see some research doneon the successful students atConnecticut College and whatthey looked like when theyentered. "

"Most schools that haveeliminated [the lest) have donethat kind of research and havecome up with supportingevidence that says that thecharacteristics that lead to suc-cess in their college are notnecessarily related to the S.A.l .scores ...

On the issue of fairness tominority students, Matthews

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said. "Minority students na-tionally score lower on theS.A.T.s than majority students,but every selective college ad-missions office notes this so thatif a minority student has a cer-tain set of scores, they are usedone way, and if a majority stu-dent has the same set of scoresthey are used a different way.'

"1 think [minorities) don'tscore as well due to cultural bias[in the test). It's very much bias-ed by the kind of elite, educatedsociety in our culture, and ifyou're in a farm in NorthernMaine. you're not going to scoreas well either," added Mat-thews.

She continued, "I'm not agreat supporter of S.A.T.s, butone thing I do think they do isdistinguish people who are in-nately bright, who test well butwho have not had the benefit of agood education."

"Their writing. for example,may be weak, bUI they performvery well on the S.A. T.s. Whatit says to me in a case like this isthat here is a person who hassome innate analytical skills, ifput in the right college, couldreally blossom. So for that kindof person the S.A.T.s couldserve them very well and are auseful indicator.", Finally, Matthews said, "Peo-

ple who know how the admis-sions process really works atselective coHeges know thatS.A.T.s are not the determiningcriteria. "

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by Wendy HineThe College Voice

The ice and snow on the ConnCollege campus has become aproblem since students returnedfrom winter recess.

Robert Hutton, Director ofOperations, said, "1 think thecollege has done everything theycan to make the walks clear con-sidering the icy conditions.

Some Conn College studentsseem to disagree. LaShawn Jef-ferson, '88, said. "PhysicalPlant, although they are alwaysbusy. should make a concertedeffort not only to remove snow.but also to put down salt or sand,whichever is the more feasibleas to prevent accidents andpossible law suits."

Andrew Buscher, '87, agreedsaying, "I'm afraid of slippingand damaging something."

As far as liability Hutton said,

"Of course the college is pro-perly insured.:.we have ,~uffi-cient liability [lOsurance).

"What we are concernedabout is people getting hurt," hecontinued.

The problem is complex.Peter H. Tveskov, Director ofFacilities Operations, said,"When the snow falls and youhave freezing rain on top of itand it is extremely cold at thesame time, there is really no wayto clear that ice off. We can tryto keep ahead of it by sanding,but to actually remove the ice isjust ~?t something you cando ....

Tveskov added, "We try notto use too much salt for en-vironmental reasons, but we cer-.tainly do use it. The problemwith salt is that when it's reallycold, salt doesn't do any good atall. It has to be about twentydegrees or so before the salt will

mix with the water ."According to Tveskov, the

campus is plowed on a priorityschedule. Tveskov said, "Thegenerat priority is to make thebuildings accessible to emergen-cy vehicles. We try to clear onedoor to each building first, whenwe have a blizzard, and thenwhen things have calmed downwe come back and do morebuildings for the same reason, sothat people can get in and out. "

The entrance ways to manybuildings are apparently notclear enough. Debby Cohen,'90, said, "Steps by the dormsare often ignored. but they muststill be used and are very slip-pery. "

Tveskov said, "The custodianin each building is responsiblefor keeping the entrance wayand entrance to the building

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Students Adapt to Housing Shortageby Debby Carr

The College Voice

Students returning to Connafter having spent at least onesemester off -campus are oftenfaced with difficulties in rea-justing.

The most common concernsamong returning· students arerelated to room assignments,academic credit transfers. andperhaps most importantly,readapting to Conn's socialclimate.

The college is undoubtedlyplagued by a housing shortage,yet has struggled and made ac-comodations for students return-ing to campus.

The North Cottages, formerfaculty houses, as well as theCollege House and a housebehind Abbey have been con-verted to accommodate studentresidents. Unfortunately, mat-ters were further complicatedwhen local fire marshalls ruledthat only five students, ratherthan the originally intendednine, could live in the facultycottages due to fire and in-surance laws. The four displacedstudents were given alternativefacilities.

Claudia Brewster, whostudied in Paris last semester,and Ken Jockers, who recentlyreturned from the WashingtonSemester, are among thestudents living in the newlyestablished North cottages. Theywere offered the option to refusethe cottages, but Claudia states,"1 love it - it's very big andquiet." She stressed that she didnot feel isolated because the cot-tages are very close to the Plex.

Returning students are also

living in the infirmary. AnnaRaff, who studied in London lastsemester, and roommateMarianna Gatje, who recentlyreturned from a study programin Kenya, describe their room inthe infirmary as "great." Theydid express, however, the feel-ing of isolation and detachmentfrom the any type ' of official <

dorm activity. Furthermore. thisisolation is heightened due to thefact that they cannot have aprivate phone in their room.

Although very satisfied withher room, Anna speculates thatstudents who have single roomsin the infirmary must feel evenless integrated into Conn life.

Several students have sacrific-ed their single .rooms fordoubles, and have therefore pro-vided a great service to fellowstudents. One junior gave up asingle room in J .A. in exchange'for a double in Windham.Similarly, junior Sarah Webbwho lived in a single inHarkness first semester realizedthat her friend Helen Hadleywould face uncertain housingconditions upon her return toConn following a semester inLondon. Sarah sacrificed hersingle and is presently sharing a"very large room" in Branfordwith Helen. Both students arepleased with their decisions 10live with a second semesterroommate.

Although the majority ofreturning students have receivedregular single rooms, and allstudents have been successfullyaccommodated, the problem hasnot been solved in the long run.This year's crisis has beenresolved after a very unpleasantordeal for the Office of Residen-

tial Life, yet a real analysis of-the system is necessary in orderto resolve the problem in the up-coming years.

Assistant Dean for ResidentialLife, Marji Lipshez, indicatesseveral reasons why the housingproblem exists. First, the shor-tage is not due to a largerfreshman class,' rather. fewerjuniors are choosing to study offcampus than in previous years.To further worsen the situation,fewer juniors left campus secondsemester than first semester.Also, fewer students aretransferring out of Conn.

Students who returned toConn this semester were subjectto tension and uncertaintybecause they did not receivetheir room assignments untilthree days prior to returning toConn. This pressure placedupon returning students and theResidenlial Life Office is causedby students who do not informthe school of their plans 10 leaveor return to the college.

When rooms are assigned tostudents who actually do not in-tend to live on campus, thosespaces are unavailable tostudents who do plan to resideon campus.

Lipshez urges all students toact with consideration towardtheir peers, and to give the col-lege timely notice of their plans.

The Office of Residential Lifewill soon be conducting a hous-ing survey, and students are ad-vised to answer the surveyscarefully and seriously; as theresults may be crucial to futu:ehousing arragements, and willease the "return to Conn" pro-cess for future juniors.

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Iran Arms Scandal Unfoldsarms shipments being sent toIran such as Egypt's in-volvements in the scandal, thecontacts between Europeanfinancial institutions and armsdeals and the involvement of aretired Army major general,John K. Singlaub, who helpedthe Administration supply theNicaraguan rebels in addition toserving on the board of aManhattan arms company thathad connections with the Iranarms sales project.

The question still remains asto whether or not the privatearms dealers were acting of-ficially or unofficially. TheReagan Administration publical-Iy supported its' embargo onarms sales to Iran while shippingarms to Iran in August 1985.

The Demavand Project, thelabel given to the arms-sales af-fair, began in 1983. Althoughthe exact number of arms ship-ped and dollars transacted re-mains nebulous, documents con-firm that arms contracts weresigned and that millions ofdollars passed through banks asa result of the transactions.

The Defense Department andintelligence agencies claim thatthey have been aware for severalyears that private dealers wereinvolved in shipping arms toIran. The transactions wereallowed to take place as a possi-ble means of improving U.S.relations with Iran.

A key player in the DemavandOperation was Richard J. Bren-neke, a businessman and formerCIA agent. Brenneke was in-volved with providing thegovernment with valuable infor-mation about the project untilAugust 1986, when Americanmilitary officials ended theirassociation with him.

Brenneke is now disclosinghis infonnation because he is an-noyed that Lietenant Colonel E.Douglas Menarchik, a militaryaide in the Vice President's of-fice, publically stated that he hadno recollection of any en-counters with Brenneke. Bren-neke claims that he had threetelephone conversations withColonel Menarchik.

In the realm of arms-for-hostages dealings, ManucherGhorbanifar, an Iranian armsbroker and major player in thearms-for-hostages affair. insiststhat he is being blamed unfairlyfor the collapse of the U.S. armssales to Iran and the diversion offunds to Nicaraguan rebels.

The Senate committee's reportquestions Ghorbanifar'scredibility due to the fact that theCIA considers him to be a"Talented fabricator .' , Apolygraph test was administeredto Ghorbanifar in January 1986.The test results indicated decep-tion "on virtually all the ques-tion, including whether he wasunder control of the Iraniangovernment ... whether hecooperated with Iranian officialsto deceive the U.S. and whetherhe acted independently todeceive the U.S."

Meanwhile, Israel is angeredby the U.S. Senate's claim that itplayed a role in the funneling ofarms to the contras. Israelclaims that, in fact, it turneddown several requests from the--White House to supply arms tothe rebels. Israel does admit thatit agreed to send a shipment ofhundreds of Soviet made riflesto the contras. However, theIranian arms affair was exposedbefore the arms reached theirdestination.

by Michelle ConlinThe CoUege Voice

Despite President Reagan's at-tempts to quell the Iran Armsscandal, the situation has evolv-ed into a foreign policy disaster.The latest chapters of the affaircontinue to unfold as Americanofficials attempt to sort out thefacts.

Recently, Secretary of StateGeorge Shultz testified at a clos-ed hearing of the House ForeignAffairs Committee that heordered his emissaries homewhen he learned of Iran's con-tinuous demands for arms.However, the channels to Iranremained open even after thePresident declared them shut. Indirect opposition to Shultz'sorder former CIA agent GeorgeCave stayed in Iran to hold fur-ther discussions with the Ira-nians.

In addition to the informationprovided by Shultz's testimony,the private arms sales to Iran arebeing traced. The Pentagon hasbeen aware for more than a yearthat private arms shipmentswere taking place but the illegaldealings continued because themilitary was able to obtain in-telligence information in returnfor the arms.

Stated one source, "The Pen-tagon confirmed that it was toldas early as December 1985 ofthe private efforts, which beganin 198J·. ' But, various -armsdealers contended in interviewsthat some high Government of-ficials knew of the project byearly 1984."

Government sources anddocuments also provided otherwide-ranging disclosuresbesides the Government'sawareness of large amounts of

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by Brett TroyanThe College Voke

A professor fom India andthree American professors werekidnapped in Beirut on Satur-day, January 24.

Four men, disguised as riotpolicemen, entered the BeirutUniversity College, situated inthe Muslim West Beirut andtook by force the threeAmericans Polhill, Steen, andTurner along with Indian citizenSingh.

The group that is responsibleis a pro-Iranian Shiite Muslimgroup called The Organizationof the Opressed on Earth. Thisgroup wants tne release ofMuhammad Ali Hamadei, i2,who is accused of being anairplane high jaker and was ar-rested in Germany two weeksago.

This same group has seizedtwo West Germans earlier on inthe week. The new kidnappingsin Beirut weaken Washington'sstand for the extradition.

A question that is raised iswhy did these Americans choose

. to remain in Beirut despite therepeated warnings from the U.S.State Department to leave.

Steen, 46, a journalism pro-fessor, and Turner, an assistant.a r it hm et ic and .. com-puter professor are said to havestayed 'in Beirut for love of

Lebanon. The two otherhostages Singh, 60, Chairman ofthe business department, andPolhill, 56, assistant professorof business srudies. were mar-ried to Lebanese women.

John Nesbett said, "I thinkthat these professors were verycourageous to stay in Beirut. Ina way they were combatting ter-rorism through education.However, I think that the otherAmericans should leave Beirutbecause by staying they arebecoming a pawn in the ter-rorist's hands. "

R. Swanson, the chairman ofthe government department atConn _.s&i\l,. ~'lfeel mat the

:Reagan Administration has in-creased the value of the hostagesby dealing with rcrronsrs.The Iran Arms deal was amistake and now leads terroriststhink that they can only gainfrom kidnappings. Certainly,we mUMnegotiate, but throughthe international politic channel.

I I do not see an immediate releaseof American hostages, but in thelong run we should be able towork out a solution."

In February 1987, there is yetto find an effective way of deal-ing with terrorism. As timegoes by, terrorism becomes anincreasing threat to internationalrelations.

Iraq-Iran War Continuesresponding to the Iranian pushwith an increased number of airraids that have been very damag-ing to Iranian cities. The raidshave added tremendously to the17,000 dead and 45,000 wound-ed in Iran.

To accommodate the heavycasualties that Iran has suffered,a make-shift cemetery has beenset-up outside Teheran. BeheshtZahra is a place for militaryheroes, soldiers that have diedfighting for the Iranian cause.Funerals occur frequently andthe funeral orators must use bullhorns in order to be heard overthe constant sound of the bulldozers clearing new land in thecernetary.

Said a Teheranian rug mer-chant, "What kind of life is this?It is anything but life when youcome to work and your friendsays he has lost his brother or

. your neighbor is weepingbecause he lost all three of hissons in the battle for Basra, butthey are martyrs so they will geta place in [the cemetary of]Behesht Zahra."

I The people of Basra, the• center of Iranian shelling, have

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State Departmentspokeswoman Phyllis Oakleysaid, however, that they "do notbelieve that Basra is in imminentdanger of falling." "The Ira-quis possess a great advantage inequipment and are committed todefending their territory. "

Iraq claims that they have theBasra situation in hand. Iraq is

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Despite efforts by Iraq tobegin peace talks, the sevenyear-old war between Iran andIraq continues. Iran claims tohave captured Duayji, a cityabout six miles from Basra. Ira-nian communiques say thattroops have a firm hold on thecity and are making significantadvances towards Basra, the ob-

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was accepted. ., I composedsong scores to go along with theshows. "

In regards to working with thedeaf, the red-headed Basingersaid, "As far as the theater partgoes there really is no dif-ference ... what you're after iscreating an illusion that the au-dience can enter into and sweepsthem away and makes its point,

. whatever that might be."Because the deaf are visually-

oriented means that the materialis presented with a concentrationon "The visual physicalization"of the stage arrangement."They're human beings withtalent and energy and emotionand passion so there's alwaysthat' parallel," Basinger-em="'phasizes.

After his work with the theaterfor the deaf he freelanced for ayear and then began teachingtheater at Mohegan CommunityCollege. He has taught highschool and elementary age'children but prefers students ofcollege age and above."Although these days collegeage is above. It can be anyonefrom 17 up to ... the sky's thelimit. "

Basinger's involvement withConn is a result of previousassociations with members ofthe Theater department. Duringhis first week here he auditionedpeople for the play he is direc-ting which he wrote himself."What I saw was just a lot oftalent, committrnent, a lot of... human stuff." He explainedthis by saying" ... here I sat andthere they are. They're notmannequins or wind-up dolls,they're flesh and blood. Theyuse they're imagination and theyenter into it. .. then they changebefore your eyes."

Basinger's own eyes begin tosparkle more than usual as hedescribes this transformation."Their eyes light up, their juicesbegin to flow and this whole im-aginary world begins to come tolife." The only real differencebetween a college and a profes-sional actor, according to Bas-inger, is the experience andseasoning, but •In terms of themiracle of theater and the magicof causing another world to exist-- they do it!"

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The family is breaking up. andas usual. Eugene subconsciouslyuses humor to deal with it. Inthe end, unlikethe other twoplays two plays which focusedon Eugene and his growth as aperxon. Broadway Bound isabout Kate.

Kate Jerome. the quintessen-tial Jewish matriarch. is the'reaon that this play is very dif-ferent from anything Simon haswritten thus far. Linda Lavin(of television's Alice) brings apain to her that one cannot helpbut feel. In her critically ac-claimed second act monolouge,she delivers what is possiblySimon's greatest piece ofwriting ever. The six pagespeech deals with her lostdreams, and for a fleeting mo-ment, this middle agedworkhorse transforms herself in-to a graceful teenager, dream-ingabout the night she dancedwith George Raft. It is the kindof scene an actor waits a lifetimefor.

Jonathan Silverman does anadmirable job as Eugene, butone cannot help but miss Mat-thew Broderick. Whatever thedifferences he reportedly hadwith the producer. it's a shamethey could not be solved. Therest of the cast do well, par-licularly John Randolphsunassuming Ben.

When a writer is exploringnew territory, he is likely tohave some difficulties .... Boundhas it's extraordinary moments,but it suffers from structuralproblems in the first act, andmisguided character develop-ment as well. The usually firstrate Jason Alexander ca~ do lit-tle with the character ofStanley. as he is so one dimen-sional. Zeljko Ivanek's Stanleyin Brighton Beach was infinitlymore successful. because thecharacter went so much deeper,Phillip Sterlings Jack is simplytoo unlikeable. One forgivesthese inadequcies, for there is somuch else in store. that satisfac-tion is inevitable.

Simon's previous plays havebeen comedies, and ... Bounds adrama with comedic overtones.It is shocking [and refreshing] tosee this writer explore a new andrevealing side of himself. and doit with such poignancy. Thosewho reel he is only a playwrightof "one-liners" shouldseeBroadway Bound and thusrealize their mistake. Not onlyhas Simon surpassed himself asa humorist, bUI now he hasreached a sensitive side of hisaudience and gripped them withan emotional force, rarely felttoday.

Vis;Tin8 Director John Basinger.

Guest Directorby Jackie WhitingThe College Voice

"Gee, it's too bad," said JohnBasinger, a visiting director atConn College, of his opportuni-ty to audition for a role in the re-cent movie Children of a LesserGod "A Miracle happens:Warner Brothers calls aod Ican't respond ... Then I said,'You idiot! What do you meanyou can't respond?" With anexcited laugh he remembers thisopportunity which provided himwith his first role in a major filmproduction.

Basinger was especially pleas-ed with one particular scene hemade with William Hurt but wasdisappointed when it was cutfrom the movie because it didnot follow the lines of the lovestory between Hurt and MarleeMatlin. "It was just that I feltawfully good that I had a chanceto do that scene with him andthat everybody liked it and theyreally wanted to use it. ..Although the world doesn't seeit. I know it, and that's gratifica-tion." _

He was able to ~et somerelease time from the project hewas working on at the time themovie was being shot so that hecould work on the film.Although he thinks of it as awonderful experience and op-portunity such jobs are the kindwhich " ... you have to goafter .' ,

Basinger continues to pursuehis other talents which includewriting his own plays. directing,and "some acting as the occa-sion presents itself and the timepermits .. .1 do have a profes-sional side to my life and I pur-sue that as much as I can, but Ithink of myself primarily as ateacher." Would he be in-terested in pursuing other suchroles if the opportunity arises?"If the phone rings again, fine,and if it doesn't, well, it rangonce. "

Basinger's theater careerbegan in 1968 with the NationalTheater of the Deaf. He beganto sign as he simultaneously ex-plained his association withthem. They were trying to cast amusician at the time. Being un-committed, he auditioned and

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"Ready ... here it comes..bah , spzz, bah--bah-bah,pow!" Anne-Alex Packardhollers from the front of thestudio. "Randy, you're reallygross; that's good. .AndMichaele, your solo is reallysteamy, but you look like a wetnoodle next to Holly in the trio.You need to be really sharp inthat section."

Packard, an MFA Candidatein Dance here at Conn. will pre-sent her concert .. ,Dreams in theRoom With You" (Feb. 13, 14in Palmer Auditorium) whichpromises to be a unique and ex-citing evening of dance ..

In watching Packard'schoreography, the audiencemember travels from onedynamic extreme to another in amatter of seconds. Opposingqualities and sensations, curiousjuxtapositions, and unexpectedstop-starts- are characteristic ofPackard's choreography.

Discussing her work, Packardfocuses on the "fine line" bet-ween what is funny and what isserious, both on stage and inlife. She said, "I don't wantpeople to be uncomfortable, but[ would like them to feelsomething. It's a tension ....Thar's the way life is; it's reallyhard sometimes; a sense ofhumor is essential to survival."

Even in pieces as sobering asElectra, Packard believes thatthere is still an element ofhumor. Choreographed by LiaMeteloupou and directed by

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"Babe ... Babe, why did youtry to kell yourself, girl?"

"Oh, 1 don't know, [ guessI'm just having a bad day."

This pretty well sums up thenew movie "Crimes of theHeart", which is centeredaround the lives of three middleaged sisters, living in the South.[I is at times hilariously funny,Then quickly turns and drives apoignant message home.

The beginning is rough cutand doesn't answer any of thequestions it raises until halfwaythrough the movie. BethHenley, who wrote the screenplay and the play upon which themovie is based, obviously had afew problems adapting heroriginal ideas to the silverscreen:

But, whatever mistakes BethHenley might have made, thecast and the director more thanmake up for it. Director BruceBerestord displays hisknowledge of the South in the

beautiful interiors and flowingmeadows, as well as by the com-pellingly realistic minorcharacters. .

Diane Keaton's 'Lenny' is aperfect contrast of innocenceand inner desires. As she strug-gles to keep together what is leftof her family, she displays in-credible strength and tolerance.Then, when she's been steppedon too many times, she explodesin rare fits of emotion and irra-tionality. Keaton's portrayal isflawless, she makes Lenny a realperson, shows clearly the'

.ch ar acter ls evolutionthrougbrout the movie.

Lenny's sister, Babe, [SissySpacek] is a wonderful,bewildering jumble of depres-sion, confusion, eccentricity,and above all, sense of humor.For instance, she shoots herabusive husband in the stomachand, as he lies wheezing andbleeding on the floor, politelyoffers him a glass oflemonade.Sissy Spacek is marvelous in thispart. She creates a believablewoman, but who has an un-

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& heavenfriend and Assistant Professor,Ed Groff. Similiarly, The Truth,a narrative revealing a smallboy's experience after losing hisfather, sister, and dog in a Lon-don air raid, is a coll tborativeeffort with musician Wall Mat-thews on both sound and dance.

Finally, Packard has been in-volved with the fast-flying,high-energy choreography ofMichelle Bach's Snails sinceAugust. In each instance,Packard speaks enthusiaticallyabout the creative spark thatcomes from ajoint effort: "Thatprocess made me grow about 80feet. "

From talking with herdancers, it is clear that they alsovalue the cooperative process inwhich they are involved. Retur-ning five days early from vaca-tion to eat, sleep, live and dancewith Packard, they are a close-knit group of lean muscle andspirit. "Energized," with "asense of humor" and "alwaysencouraging" are the terms usedto descripe Anne-Alex Packardin rehearsal. Sound effects andcharacter images are her work-ing hallmark.

"Remember, you're veryelegant," she calls from thefront of the studio, "and thenyou slipped on a banana peel.And you're pissed 'cause youwere looking so good." Andthen, "ready ... hear it comes ... bah, spzz, bah-bah-bah-pow!"In Packard's own words, she'sjust "creating all kinds of havoc,energy and heaven."

predictable and moody disposi-tion.

If Jessica Lange can betypecast in a part, this is. it. Megis a burnt out beauty and the onlysister who tried to make it in thetough outside world. Shereturns to her little old towntired and worn out, but still arebel with an uncanny ability ofgetting what she wants. WhenDoc [Sam Sheppard], herformer boyfriend, spends a fun-but platonic night with her, Megbegins to gain self respect and tolook at life in a new morehopeful way. Meg's life has astrong similarity to JessicaLange's own, and she uses thisto her advantage.

However,it is not the in-dividuals which make thismovie, it is the simply incrediblerelationships which evolve inand around this family. Theseactresses work very welltogether and Bruce Bersford hasbeautifully choreographed theirscenes and interactions. If youwant to see a movie that willmake you laugh, cry and think,see this one.

Sinclair's Artby Lisa Broujos

Associate News EditorThe College Yoke.~.

~~ At the age of two, Peter~ Sinclair was drawing detailed

tt:: pictures of trains, planes, and~ cars on his pre-school

chalkboard. Now at the age of20, Sinclair is basically an ex-presionistic artist and is sellinghis art work for money.

Sinclair, '88, is an Art majorat Conn with exceptional artisticability. "When I was two andmy parents gave me achalkboard for my birthday, Isuddenly started drawing pic-tures," he said. The pictures,however. were more detailedthan most two year old's pic-tures of sticks for trees andcircles for suns. Sinclair thenbegan cartooning in middleschool and took private artlessons from Caroline Chandler,an artist in his home town.

He said, "She is the bestteacher 1 ever had. A good artteacher doesn't teach you to doart the way he or she does, buthelps you with your [own]style." Sinclair goes on to say,"Artists shouldn't paint for thecritics. That is a big problem to-day. An artist should show theimages through his heart and notworry about the critics."

Buyers have certainly seen theimages in Sinclair's art and he

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...Anne-Alex Packard. left center. and company.

Packard's havoc, energy,By Meggan She~le Packard, Electra is a highlyThe College VOice emotional dance/theater piece to

be performed by soloistMichelle Bach.

"It's difficult," said Packard,"you have to do it gut level; ithas to be real. Yet it has to com-municate somebody who'scrazy. And it hurts. It reallyhurts. You're bruised. Yourpsyche and your body are hur-ting ... Again, you have to becareful; it can be corny. you'reon a fine line the whole time. "

In contrast to the somber emo-tional content of Electra, Angelsin the Attic offers crystal-likeimages of white sprites flirtingamong themselves and with theaudience. "I'm just making air-waves," laughs Packard.

Originally a solo work,Packard has transposed thispiece onto a small group ofConn. dancers, each bringingher own distinctive character tothe movement. "I've told them[her dancers] right from thebeginning: "'I want -you- to thinkof yourselves as independent ar-tists. You're not my bodies towork with. You're not my clay.You are your own,' " she said.

Overall, it-is this artistic col-laboration that seems to most ex-cite Packard in herchoreography. "It's the way 1like to work. 1 choose mydancers carefully, challengethem, and they challenge me."

Too Little Too Late, a piecewhich explores the variousgames and scenarios played outin male/female relationships, isthe product of a jointchoreographic process ~ith

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clean which involves shovelingsnow."

I Don Johnson, '90, said, "Thewhole campus is one big skating

,rink. [ really think that thesidewalks could be kept much

· cleaner. [ think the shovelingcrew must be pretty inept."

The crews have been workinglong hours to try to improve thesituation. Tveskov said, "Dur-ing the last couple of weeks,when we had the three snowstorms on top of each other, wehad five guys plowing andanother four shoveling. Theweekend of the nineteenth, thefive men [plowing] workedthirty-six hours straightthrough. "

Hutton said, "We just addedNorth Parking Lot and it has adirt base that can onty ne ptoweddown so far without digging upthe dirt."

Other areas of the campusbave also caused problems. TedWilgis, '88, said, "A lot of thestairs around campus are like ski

1 ramps now. It makes going to'class an adventure."

Jonathan B. Leff, '88, said,· "It is ridiculous that in additionto the 14,000 some dollars I am

· billed for attending thisvenerable institution, I must alsobuy ice shoes in order to navigatethe ice bridge over Harris. "

r According to Tveskov,, students "expect that somebody

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work since high school. Giving ~credit to his Aunt and Uncle, he <explained that they showed 2.much of his work to people in £the community. "Selling apiece of work is exciting," saysSinclair, and contrary to manyartists, he believes "It's good toget rid of a piece of art, becauseit allows you to go on tosomething else." He also lovesworking for a commissionbecause it inspires him to makethe painting perfect.

Some of Sinclair's favorite ar-tists are Picasso, Caravaggio,and Matisse, but he said he likescertain pieces from all periods ofart. As for the subjects of hisworks, he says he uses a menageof different ideas in his art work."Ideas come from experience.

Without experience there reallyisn't art. "

Sinclair is also interested inwriting. In fact, he gives muchof his time to cartooning andwriting poems. "I see a bigsimilarity between writing andpainting," he said. He explainsthat both art and literature re-quire a building up of images,and "Often times, like a poem,what you leave out of a picturecan be more important than whatyou put in. With a poem it couldbe a wrong word and with a

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Alcohol

A student raised the questionof the possibility of an increasein drunk driving cases for Connstudents since thay are now fore-

On Thursday, January 30th, ed to pick up their alcoholicthe Alcohol Policy and Recom- beverages off campus and couldmendarions Committee spon- drive back to campus possiblysored a forum entitled "Will inebriated.Conn College Go Dry?". Ap- The committee responded thatproximately forty students at- alcohol deliveries has caused atended the forum in Blaustein. number of violations to the col-Members of the administration lege already and it was a pro-in attendance included Oakes blern that "we were unable toAmes, President of the College. tum our backs on."Eugene Gallagher, Acting Dean Margaret Watson added that,of the College, Margaret Wat- "the college recently becameson, Dean of Student Affairs, more aware of the deliveries andand David Brailey, Health the increasing liability."Education Coordinator. Students felt the alcohol

The Alcohol Policy and policies were a "good thing"Recommendations Committee but there are "too many incon-was formed three years ago in a sistencies." One student felt anresponse to the raising of the obvious example of this was thedrinking age in Connecticut to excessive amounts of alcoholic21. The committee is a compo- consumption during lastnent of S.G.A. and makes sug- semester's Christmas party.gestions to the Student Govern- The committee said that therement. is only so much theyare able to

The forum commenced with a do. They think that the overalldiscussion of why alcohol situation has improved in fourdeliveries were banned on cam- years. The once popular Mon-pus. The committee felt there day night kegs are a thing of thewas no positive side to the past, and the introduction of stu-deliveries and that they were dent bartenders were cited as ex-made to students regardless of amples of this improved trend.their age. Thus the deliveries Yaw Gyebi, President ofwere inconsistent with the SGA, commented, "One goodalcohol policy of this school. thing about the policies is ·thatThis inconsistency in policy iiw''''as--'''eaarrilnlslra(ron rS-nor making"the main impetus behind bann- them. The students are takinging all alcohol deliveries on the intiative and making thecampus, a decision made solely policies.by the Alcohol Committee. Students suggested the need of

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educating students about thedetrimental side of alcohol.David Brailey commented,

"Awareness has to be raised'through such vehicles as donnforums and other educatingdevices.

He also added that educatingis difficult due 10 the apparentapathy of students. For instance.only four people attended thelast forum on alcohol. 1.

Geoff Wagg, '~Y, com-mented, "you can lecture all youwant, but we need other activitesthat do not promote alcohol. Weneed another alternative to goingto the bar."

The committee felt that theywere providing other extra-curricular activites that were notalcohol related. They added,"kids who want to drink are go-ing to drink - no other recrea-tional activities will please them.

Yet, other members of the ad-ministration feel that the schoolis clearly not offering enoughextra-eurricular activities thatare alcohol free. Jane Bredeson,Assistant to the President forCollege Relations and Secretaryof the College, commented, "Ithink we should become muchmore active in planning alcoholfree activities. We need morevariety to replace the Thursdaynight keg parties with other ac-tiviues, We need to pay attentionto the weekend programming forsome good alternatives to liquorparties. "

by Austin WrubelProduction EditorThe College voke

SinclairCOlli. from p, 9

painting it could be a wrong col-or. "

His poems are of many dif-ferent subjects, but most of hiscartoons are the adventures ofSherlock Shea which deal withpolitical and social satire.Referring to the cynical natureof his cartoons, he says "Mostpeople have pessimistic views ofcynicism. But cynicism causesyou to see things the way theyreall yare and not the way youwant them to appear to be." Hepoints out the importance ofcynicism by saying that "In theart world, the artists who madeit went against everything."

As intent as Sinclair is on arthe also believes that "It's bad tolive and breath an because youlose the outside experience need-ed. Besides," he laughs," theturpentine fumes can give you aheadache!"

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ed a formal request in writingasking for a third student com-mittee member, even thoughBrodkin informed Gyebi lastsemester that the FS&CC cannotconsider any proposals unlessthey are in writing.

At the beginning of thissemester, SGA decided that it"waited too long" to sendrepresentatives to the meetings,Gyebi said.

SGA, in response to Gallagherand Sam Luebke's (House Presi-dent of Abbey) criticism of the

election process and the wholeissue of representation on thecommittee, is in the process ofrequesting a third studentrepresentative from the FS&CC.

And if it succeeds in increas-ing student representation onthe PP&BC , Popli Khalatbari,'87, House President ofHarkness made a motion tomake sure that-the third memberwould be a student at large. Thevote in favor for the motion wasunanimous.

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Streak EndsMen's A League Basketballby Kieran Xanthos

The CoUege Voice

Despite a final second winover a usually weaker TrinityCollege (59-57) and a loss toClark University (73-52), whichended CONN's 26-game Divi-sion III winning streak, theWomen's Basketball Team isconfident that it can repeat thisyear as NIAC champions.-

Senior co-captain TraceyFiner commended the play of theLady Bantams of Trinity.

"They played very well,"Finer said. "And we weren'tshooting or rebounding as wellas we could have."

Against Trinity. senior co-captain Lynne Quintalexplodedfor 30 points and junior forwardBeth McKiernan grabbed 13 re-bounds.

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Against Clark, freshmancenter Pam Mitchell led the teamwith II points and II reboundsin their losing efforts.

This past week washighlighted by the naming ofQuintal as ECAC Division IllPlayer of the Week. She waslauded for her MVP award in theSubway Classic and her outstan-ding all-around play. She finish-ed the four-game stretch with 92points. 33 rebounds. and 18asssists.

The team is proud of Quintal'sachievement. Finer called herback-court partner's award "awell deserved honor ."

"I was very happy andhonored," said Quintal. of herfirst-time accomplishment.

The Lady Camels (11-2) havewon six of their past sevengames over the last 10 days.

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BARKING TREE SPTDERS 3 I Burns, Noone (13 ppg)CAMPUS SPIRITS 3 I Bellamy, Tuitt (20.3 ppg)LOBSTERS 3 I Borah (13 ppg)TEAM 6 3 I Powell (28 ppg)ALUMNI 2 2 Cawley (15.3 ppg)TEAM 5 2 2 Tarca (23 ppg)SPUDS 0 4 Meirowitz (8 ppg)SQUIDS 0 4 Schauster (17.8 ppg)

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Men's Hockey

Four in a Rowthrashing. Sophomores MikeMoccia (two goals) and Jim

The Connecticut College Alissi (one goal, two assists),Men's Hockey Team is riding and seniors Dave Talanian (onehigh on the waves of a four- goal, two assists) and John Me-game winning streak. Cormick (one goal, one assist)

After being shocked by Quin- led the onslaught on the Fairfieldnipiac 4-2 (1121), CONN shifted goalie.into overdrive as it overpowered The Assumption game wasFairfield 10-2 and Assumption "probably the best game we6-0. have played this year," accor-

CONN then escaped with a ding to Shields. "You could call2-1 overtime victory over it the perfect game. We wereWesleyan (1/3!). Last Tuesday, flying."the Camels dominated Amherst Moccia (one goal, one assist)5-1. and sophomore Todd Taplin

CONN holds a 9-3 overall (one goal, one assist) spearhead-record and a 7-2 division mark. ed CONN's offense.

Assistant Coach Fran Shields Sophomore goalies Lou Schw-commented on the loss to upstart jog (19 saves) and MarcQuinnipiac. Mestanas (eight saves) combin-

"They came to play," Shields ed to shutout Assumption.said. "They are a good team. In the Wesleyan battle,We were a little bit overconfi- freshman Joe Cantone gavedent against them." CONN the win on a goal

Against Fairfield, CONN assisted by freshman Geoffspread its scoring around as Schaefer and sophomore Randyeight players tallied in the 10-2 Berner at 3:58 of the overtime.

Men's BasketballRiding the Rollercoaster

them," Schoepfer said."Especially when one playergets hot for them, like their for-ward McElroy (27 points), itisn't going to be an easy game."

M[T's persistent play wouldnot be enough, however, asCONN outscored M[T 13-7 inovertime, to Win 78-72.Another fine performance byPhilippi (22 points, 9 rebounds)was key, as was Hoffman's 16points, seven of which werescored in overtime.

"Chris had a great game,"Schoepfer said, "and Ed Hoff-man's second half and overtimeplay was fantastic too."

The Camels head into the finalstretch of their season with arecord of 10-5 and a two-gamew!nning streak.

by Doug HobbsThe College Voice

by Gregory LongThe College Voice apart. " .

With the Trinity game behindthem, CONN took it to Nichols85-72 on 56 percent shootingfrom the floor. Senior centerChris Philippi exploded for 25points on II of 13 shooting.

Aided by junior ScottSawyer's quiet 23 points andanother solid performance bypoint guard Dave Schner (sixpoints, eight assists), CONNlooked to MIT to shake off theTrinity loss.

The Engineers were not to beas easily dispatched as Nichols,however. Head Coach MartinSchoepfer did not expect them tobe either.

"M[T plays hard and you canalways expect a good game from

CONN's Men's Basketballcontinues to ride the proverbialrollercoaster on their way to apossible ECAC playoff bid, sus-taining a crushing defeat .byTrinity 76-54; while posnngwins over Nichols 85-72, andMIT 78-72 in overtime.

The Trinity game remainedclose until the second half whenthe Camels fell apart under theBantams' offensive barrage.Sophomore Ed Hoffman creditsthe obvious lapses to lack ofcomposure when CONN fallsbehind.

"We can play the big teams,"Hoffman said. "But when wefall behind, we simply fall

Schwing amassed 36 saves toearn ECAC Division III Goalieof the Week honors for his ef-forts against Assumption andWesleyan.

McCormick reflected on thesignificance of the Assumptionand Wesleyan games.

"With the win over Assump-tion and the overtime win overWesleyan,. we cannot be downabout our defense. The teamnow has a more balanced attackbecause we are getting goalsfrom our second line."

Sophomore Jay Ackermancommented on the loyal CONNfans who travelled to Wesleyanto root the Camels to victory.

"The strong fan support reallymade a difference going into theovertime period."

In the Amherst contest,CONN struck for four goals inthe second period on its way to awell-skated win. Moccia andjunior linemate Tim Buono eachcollected one goal and oneassist.

Late ScoresMen's HockeyCONN Svlona I

Women's GymnasticsCONN 155.20-Bridgewater 128.20

Women's SwimmingCONN 70-Trinity 52

Men's BasketballWilliams 78-CONN 72Women's Basketball

MIT 56-CONN 55

Spor tsShor tsby Marc LaPlace

Sports EditorThe College Voice

Athletes won't be the ones using the Connecticut College AthleticCenter during this year's Spring Break; instead the facility will beoccupied by scientists.

According to MAR[L YN CONKLIN, recreation director of thecollege, CONN's sports complex will be the sight of the annual Con-necticut State Science Fair during the third week of March.

"The fair will be here this spring, as well as in 1988," Conklinsaid. "Our facilities should work out well for an event of this sort ....

BOB ERICKSON, layout chairman for the fair, explained that In

past years, fairs have been held at UCONN and at Quinnipiac Col-lege. . .

"There should be between 500 and 600 projects on display bypeople from all over Connecticut," Erickson said. "It should bequite impressive. "

• • •INTRAMURALS UPDATE

''I'm really pleased with the way intramurals have been going thiswinter," AMY CAMPBELL, Director of Intramurals, saId.,"We've tried to offer different things for different people and It sbeen working." .

A LEAGUE BASKETBAll,: After two weeks of play, there IS afour-way tie for first place. Campus Spirits, the Barking TreeSpiders, the Lobsters and Team 6 are deadlocked with 3-1 records.

The Alumni and Team 5 share the next spot In the standings WIthmatching 2-2 marks; while the Spuds and the Squids are both winlessin four outings. .

"The competition is keen and the participation .and enthusiasm h.asbeen really good," Campbell said. "Frank Tuitt (league comrms-sioner) is doing a great job organizing the league."

Games are played on Wednesday nights (8 & 9 pm) and Sunda~afternoons (1 & 2 pm) at the athletic center. League playoffs arescheduled for February 22 and 25, with the championship game onMarch I.

FLOOR HOCKEY: Playoffs begin this week with two games onThursday night (8:30 & 9:15) in the Cro gym.

In the eight-team league, the Reiling team leads the CampbellConference; while in the Twomey Conference, the Wachtel squadholds the first spot. . .

TOMMY RE[L1NG is the league's top scorer WIth 22 points,followed by MARK SUTTON (17 points) and RICK WALKER (16po~ .

"It's a new sport and it has caught on real well," Campbell Said."It's really aggressive and a fun game to watch."

C LEAGUE BASKETBAU: Just unuerway trus past week, theleague has four co-ed teams. According to Cambpell, this activityprovides a low-key, but competitive way to play organized basket-ball.

The Intramural Department is also sponsoring a squash and rac-quetball tournament next weekend, February 14 and 15. Faculty,staff and students are invited to enter.

• • •ATHLETE OF THE WEEK: Senior CHRIS PH[LIPP[ has been

a dominating force on the court for CONN over the past week. The6'9" center has averaged 22 points in his last three games, scoring25 against Nichols, 22 versus M[T, and adding 19 in the Williamsgame.

Senior Swimmer Cathy Landis ill the pool last Saturday.

Swimming & Gymnastics Next Week