Parents honored at BU

by Judy Kosman
Staff Writer
By the appearance of thc football
stands Sat. Oct. 8, thc 18th annual BU
Parents ' Weekend was a great success.
Mothers wearing BU Mom sweatshirts adorned with Mums for Mom
and fathers donning BU Dad sweatshirts and baseball caps joine d students in cheering- on (li e Huskies ' victory over the Warriors. •
The crowd showed its enthusiasm
from the very first kick-off when the
Husky Cheerleaders sponsored a balloon launch.
Upon entering thc stadium students
and their parents bought maroon and
gold balloons. At thc kick-off, tliey
filled the sky inviting cheers from the
crowds.

This enthusiasm increased at halftime. First, the Maroon and Gold
Band stirred up the crowd with color
and music. Then, the Parents ' Weekend Committee took over the halftime activities. Parents received welcomes from University President
Harry Ausprich , chairperson of Parents ' Weekend Committee Gwenda
Dunkelbergcr, and CGA president
Dave Gcrlich. Gcrlich honored the
parents ofthe student body in a speech
thanking them for their "support, care,
love, and not to bc forgotten, money!"
Thc committee then selected the
names of the Mom and Dad of the
day. Parents entered this contest upon
registration . The names randoml y
drawn for Mom ofthe Day were June
Serpico from Scranton; she is the
mother of William Serpico.

Dad of the Day was Dave McKee
from Pottstown; he is the father of
Dave McKee.In addition to the honor which
these parents received, each won a
BU Mom or Dad sweatshirt and a BU
mug. However, the committee asked
all parents to stand and accept thc
cheers and gratitude of their children.
Dunkelbergcr ended the ceremony
by encouraging the parents and students to make the most of their time
together. She told the crowd, "It's
your day, parents, enjoy it!"
Parents' Weekend Committee advisor Jimmy Gilliland estimates that
1800-2000 people participated in the
many activities created by his committee with the intention to bring students, their parents, and Bloomsburg
University together.

by John Risdon
News Editor
Afler serving a probation period of
one year, Theta Chi National Fraternity was officially inducted into the
Inter Fraternity Council last night.
Mike Morrissey, fraternity president commented, " Its been a long
yearon probation and the brothers are
glad to be in. The IFC and Theta Chi
are joined together now and we can
move on to bigger and better things."
"We want to build on the Greek
image," Morrissey added. "We're
looking forward to working with the
IFC."
IFC president Cortland Bigelow

announced that as of the IFC meeting
held at 5:00 p.m. Sunday that Theta
Chi is now a part of the IFC and will
hold full voting privileges and sport
participation as well as wearing letters and taking a pledge class this
semester. Bigelow said, " The addition of Theta Chi to Bloomsburg will
help enhance the IFC. Now we can
concentrate on other issues and goals
concerning the council for the remainder of the semester."
During their probationary period
the fraternity completed a number of
service projects and Chris Zukoski,
Theta Chi service chairman commented, " We have more in store for

the restof this semester. They include
raising funds and helping Special
Olympics, visitin g the local nursing
home on Thursday nights, volunteering for Cheers nigh tclub, and we are
trying to set up a dance tentative for
November with Alpha Sigma Alpha
sorority to benefit Danny Appleton."
Appleton is a local youth with massive medical bills stemming from
removal of a brain tumor.
PresidentMorissey stated, 'Tonight
was a double thrill for us as we received our first pledge class of 22
members as well as being admitted to
the IFC. On Monday people will see
a lot of Theta Chi letters on campus."

standing figures in the history of t he
party," Pravda said, "All that is valuable and that retains its relevance in
his works is being taken up by the
communist party."
In particular, it cited Bukharin 's
writings and speeches on cooperatives, on the dangers of bureaucracy,
on the precedence of common human
values over class interests and on the
"humanistic character of socialism,"
all themes sounded frequentl y by
Gorbachev.
Bukharin was a major figure in the
Russian Revolution and the early
years of the Soviet state who later,
like dozens of other prominent Bolsheviks, clashed with Josef Stalin.
He was expelled from the Communist Party, convicted of trumpedup charges at a show trial and finally
shot in a Moscow prison 50 years ago
last march.
The rehabilitation of Bukharin provides Gorbachev with critical ideol

ogical underpinnings for his reform
program.
With the approval of Gorbachev,
Soviet journalists and historians now
routinely portray Stalin 's 30-year
reign as one of economic mistakes
and political terror.
The 18-year era of Leonid I.
Brezhnev is roundly condemned as a
"period of stagnation."
Lenin is still nearly deified as the
peerless father of the Soviet st ate.
But after Lenin's death in 1924,
only the decade-long leadership of
Nikita S. Khrushchev and the brief
rule of Yuri N. Andropov are currently portrayed in a positive light ,
and Khrushchev's rule is seen as seriously flawed.
So Gorbachev faces the problem of
preserving respect for the Communist Party while acknowledging that
its leaders for about 50 of the 70 years
of soviet history were either criminal
or incompetent.

By reviving Bukharin , Gorbachev
Gorbachev , in a major speech last
has suggested lhat Stalinism was not November marking the 70th anniverthe inevitable outgrowth of Lenin- sary of the revolution , finally gave a
ism; that "the Bukharin alternative" mixed but generally favorable evaluwas an opportunity tragically missed ation of Bukharin, quoting Lenin 's
as a result of Stalin 's bloody consoli- praise.
dation of power.
The Soviet leader thus implicitly
The resulting revival of Bukharin authorized a re-evaluation of
has been meteoric. In addition to his Bukharin , which soon followed. The
revolutionary significance, Bukharin same month, the magazine Ogonyok
sat on the ruling Politburo, served as published Anna Larina's passionate
editor of both Pravda and Izvestia, appeal for his rehabilitation.
and was praised by Lenin as "the
In February, Bukharin was offifavori te of the entire party ." But he cially cleared ofthe crimes he had bee
had been all but unmentionable in the n convicted of in 1937.
Soviet Union since his execution in
In July, he was restored to full
1938.
party membership.
The Great Soviet Encyclopedia, a
Soviet publishing officials have said
standard reference work, has no entr y the 1973 biography of Bukharin by
on Bukharin and mentions him only Princeton University historian
in passing as a "right-wing deviation- Stephen F. Cohen will be published
ist." Bukharin 's widow , Anna M. here next year in Russian translation.
Larina, and his son, Yuri Larin , cam- His theory of "the Bukharin alternapaigned for decades for his rehabilita- tive" has been echoed by Mr. Gortion without success.
bachev and many Soviet historians.

of Stanford University, speaking recently at the American Psychological
Association convention in Atlanta.
She cited what she called the potential
for psychologists to make an impact
on the epidemic.
So far, success at changing behavior has been mixed. Risky sexual
practices among gay men are decreasing; intravenous drug users are sharing needles less often. But it is proving more difficult to persuade heterosexuals and drug users to protect
themselves and their partners by using condoms, researchers say.
One problem lies in the way people
think about dangerous but relative ly
unlikely events, such as becoming
infected with HIV, said Don Des Jarlais of the New York State Division of
Substance Abuse Control. Some
people simply ignore such risks; others exaggerate them. Either way, those
dangers become difficult to discuss,
he said.
Furthermore,AIDS education may

be insufficient to change behavior,
reported Vickie Mays, an associate
professor of clinical psychology at
the University of California , Los
Angeles.
Mays has found that young, black
women change their habits only when
they come to see themselves as personally vulnerable.
"It's one thing to have knowledge
about AIDS and risk," said June R
einisch of the Kinsey Institute for
Research in Sex, Gender and Reproduction at the Atlanta convention. "To
perceive your own risk is another
matter."
Questions being examined by psychologists include: In what ways do
people place themselves at risk of
infection? How can people be persuaded to change? What works with
which groups? What stress-management techniques might bolster the
immune system, the body's defense
network, which is crucial in fending
off the AIDS-related infections that

lead to death?
Current sexual practices nationwide
are poorly understood , in part be cause
there has been no comprehensive
survey since the 1940s, researchers
say. However, a number of smaller
studies are beginning to sketch a picture of habits that may be helping to
spread the AIDS virus.
A study of gay male teen-agers
found them tobe well-informed about
h ow the virus is spread, reported D.
Bruce Carter, a Syracuse University
psychologist. But they were "highly
unlikely" to take precautions because
most of their sexual encounters were
anonymous.
Similarly, a study of Cleveland
residents, mostly minority women,
found that 73 percent of those questioned knew that condoms should be
used as protection. But only 12 percent reported having used them in the
past year with all their partners.
How best to change people s
habits varies from group to group,

fheta Chi inducted into IFC

Dad of thc day Dave McKee and Mom of thc day June Serpico share a word during half-time at thc Parent's Day Game.

Former Russian 'non person 5 honored by Gorbechev

by Scott Shane

L.A. Times-Washington Post Service

MOSCOW - In less than a year,
Bolshevik revolutionary Nikolai I.
Bukharin has been resurrected from
the status of a non-person , virtually
written out of Soviet history books, to
become patron saint of Mikhail S.
Gorbachev 's ambitious reform program.
Sunday, on the 100th anniversary
of Bukharin's birth , Pravda capped a
mountain of recent articles in the
Soviet press about his life and thought
with a full-page hymn of praise.
In an article signed by two historians , the newspaper portrayed
Bukharin as the true heir of V. I.
Lenin, the founder of the Soviet stale,
and suggested that Bukharin 's political legacy now is guiding Gorbachev 's rJerestroika.
Calling Bukharin "one of the out-

Photo by Chris Lower

In recent weeks, in connection with
the centenary of his birth , Bukharin
has become the subject of a major
public exhibition in Moscow and has
become a dominant topic in the press.
Virtually every major Soviet publication has published material about
him , and many newspapers and journals have published excerpts from his
political and economic writings.
Indeed, more articles by Bukharin
have been published in the past month
than by any single contemporary
Soviet writer.
Pravda Sunday even suggested that
B ukharin's numerous arguments with
Lenin; in the past cited as evidence of
his dangerously heretical thinking;
were a model of intraparty debate.
"They were scientific arguments,
discussions on theoretical questions
between like-minded people, which
were and should be the norm in the
party," the paper wrote.

Psychology offers some solutions toward controlling AIDS

by Janny Scott

L. A. Times-Washington Post Service

Psychology, the science of human
behavior, faces an unusual challenge
in the AIDS epidemic: In the absence
of a cure or vaccine,society has turned
to psychologists to figure out ways of
controlling the disease by changing
how people behave.
Psychologists are studying why
people do what they do: Why do they
sh are needles or engage in sexual
practices linked to the spread of AIDS?
Why do some people, well aware of
the protection offered by condoms,
continue to have unprotected sex?
They are also exploring one of
medicine's most provocative questions; how the mind influences the
body's battle against disease. Specifically, can some behavior bolster the
immune system , delaying the effects
of the human immunodeficiency virus, which causes AIDS.
"This is an area of intense interest
to psychologists," said Gail Ironson

researchers find. Mays of UCLA
suggests that "one-shot interventions"
like AIDS-prevention brochures
won'tchangebehavior.atleastamong
the women she studied. Something is
needed to help them develop the
"emotional focus"necessary to change
something as highly charged as sexual relations.
Thomas J. Coates of the University
of California, San Francisco, who has
documented the dramatic changes in
sexual practices among gay men,
contends that the most effective approach is communitywide. It should
focus on changing social norms,which
create peer pressure, rather than simply changing the individual.
Researchersagree thatapproach has
succeeded among gay men. "I think
it's safe to say at the moment that the
epidemic of new infections is coming
to a halt in New York City,"said John
Martin, a psychologist at Columbia
University, referring to gay men. "But
new AIDS cases are not."

Because people infected with
human immunodeficiency virus can
go for years before developing AIDS
symptoms and because even people
with full-blown AIDS are living longer
than in the past, attention has turned
to ways of delaying the onset of
symptoms and slowing the progress
of the disease.

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Place the blame where it belongs
exorbitant spending, that caused the
national debt.
Mr. Kahn complains about federal
education funding being cut. Where
did he want the spending cuts to come
from when itis impossible for Reagan
to cut pork barrel from the budget
because the democrats con 't give him
the line-item veto?
The money that should have gone to
education went to the various
congressmen 's pet projects. Then,
during election year they can say they
bought "X" amount of money into
their districts. Don 't blame Reagan
for deficit spending when it was the
spend , spend, spend attitude of the
liberal democrats.

Reagan sumulated the economy
through such measures as the KempRoth tax cuts of 1982, to such mammoth proportions that he caused thc
longest, peace-time economic expansion in history.
When the entire economy expands
as it did under Reagan, everybody
benefits, the rich , the middle-class,
and the poor. Kahn seems to think that
thc economic good times we've enjoyed in the eighties will result in a
great depression , as occurred in 1929.
Today 's economy is nothing like
the economy of thc 1920 and anybody
who would suggest that this is ignorant of economics. Mr. Kah n , have
you ever heard of thc FDIC or SEC?

is not for everybody. However every
To the Editor
In response to "No need to change young woman at BU should be afrush", printed in thc Oct. 6 issue of forded the chance to see what the
Thc Voice , I commend Ashleigh for greeks are all about.
being one of the brave and bold to
From what I've seen of Lori, she
speak out on the touchy subject of does what she needs to do to get by.
women 's rush.
She sees things one way — her way,
I had the opportunity to speak with and that cannot be. She 's the advisor
two of these young ladies who "gave to the largest organization on this
it their all" during rush only to have campus, and I realize she has a great
"slipped through the system." This is deal of responsibility.
extremel y unfortunate for those 14
That 's understandable. I assume
she is also intelligent enough to have
bidlcss girls.
I agree with Ashleigh —greek life realized these responsibilities before

she accepted the posiUon of greek
advisor.
When you are in a leadership position , people come to you for guidence
and advice. I do not feel as though I
can go to her for either. She has violated the confidentiality of some of
my sisters and changed her story as
rapidly as I change socks!
The question we should ask ourselves is this: Is this lime to re-vamp
the greek system or time to re-vamp
the leadership behind the system?
Marcie Shaffer

To the Editor
Tliis letter is in response to Richard
Kahn 's letter published in the Oct. 6
issue of The Voice. Mr. Kahn seems to
think lhat President Reagan 's and
Vice President Bush' s policies of the
last eight years wcre mistakes. I feel
compelled to enlighten Mr. Kahn and
bring " his political thinking into the
real world.
Why do people insist on blaming
Reagan for the national debt? Remember , Congress has final say on all
federal budgets. Every budget Reagan sent to Congress in tlie carly
years of his presidency was dead on
arrival. It was thc liberal democrats in
Congress , who couldn 't control their

Nobody needs to bc reminded ofthe
Jimmy Carter years — double-digit
inflation , hi gh unemployment ,
double-digit interest rates. Mike
Dukakis, like Jimmy Carter, is another tax , tax , tax , spend, spend, spend
liberal. If he gets elected president the
economy, and therefore all of us, will
bc the losers.
Russell J. Ulshafcr

Where is the problem here?

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Something 's in the air

There 's a certain feeling in the
air that always comes around this
time of the year. No, it's not autumn , atleast not in this case. It' s
time for our first exams and papers of the semester.
You can always tell because
students have actually started to
study. There 's a look of panic in
their eyes that results from the realization that somehow the class is
on chapter six and you 're still in
the introduction. There is also a
marked increase in the amount of
obscene words one person can
utter under his breath about a
professor in one minute... my last
count was 35.
Another indication of this particularly stressful period is arguments between you and your

roommate or you and your "signilicant other". Do you find yourself say ing to your roomie," Wh y
don 't you p ick up after yourself.
You're a such a slob!" When you
know that you haven 't made your
bed since you 've been here.
Then there 's the night with the
significant other... you scream and
fi g ht for an hour and then you
yell," Why do you always say 'Ya
know what I mean?' at the end of
every sentence?" Yes, you do it
too!
Okay, so life isn 't fair and these
don 't feel like the best days of your
life as was promised by parents,
friends , and the college catalogues.
But have patience, this too shall
pass. Well , maybe until midterms
start!

be thinking of giving something
back? Or are they cut off from their
affluence, removed from the cares
and concerns of others?"
In fact, perhaps the young people do
have a concern for helping other s in
need to a degree that might surprise
their parents, who often resisted sending their youths to the same schools as
their poor urban cousins. Maybe they
would be willing to spend some hours
each week working with less-advantaged young people and senior citizens. Certainly their parents would be
dubious about sending them onto
streets where many adults fear to
walk, even in daytime. With the
proper faci lities and trained leadership, however, some real progress
might be made.
B ut such program s are no substitute
f6r the very basic heeds that can only
be provided by government. In his
address to the Comstoek Club in Sacramento, Bush repeated the old canard that federal poverty programs
only made things worse, a variation of
President Reagan 's erroneous quip
that America declared war on poverty
and poverty won. Some were misguided and did not achieve their goals.
But basic programs such as welfare,

food stamps, aid to women , children
and infants and Medicaid are all that
allow thc poorest of the poor to survive.
And cuts during the Reagan administration have let hundreds of
thousands of people slip into poverty.
Just the other day , Republicans in the
Senate blocked an increase in the
minimum wage from thc present level
of about $6,700 a year.
Some liberals will sneer at his proposal, Bush predicted. They should
nol sneer. Bush' s intentions surely are
sincere, even if there was a tinge of
noblesse oblige to thc manner in
which he sketched out his program.
B ut many Americans may properly be
angry at an administration that still
treats with disdain the many legitimate and successfu l program s that do
help the poor.
Bush said he wants Uie young men
and women of the tree-lined suburbs
to get on a bus or subway and go into
the cities where the want is. But this
should not be a one-way busing project. Just as importan t, perhaps , is to
get thc poor children out of thc ghetto
at least for a few hours at a time, so
they can , indeed , sec thousands of
points of light.

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Volunteers can t meet needs
L.A. Times-Washington Post Service

George Bush had a neat idea the
otlier day, one of his thousand points
of light. Get the affluent, suburban
teen-agers who munch Dove bars in
front of MTV to get on the bus down
to thc ghetto to help out thc poor folk.
Bush' s proposed volunteer program
of Youth Engaged in Service to
America is part ofthe vice president 's
kinder, gender nation designed to fill
in where liberal programs have failed.
Voluntecrism is essential in American society . It is particularly commendable in terms of thc most disadvantaged youth in the grimy urban
centers of America where too many
young people suffer poverty, broken
homes , poor health , dangerous
schools and constant invitations into
lives of drugs, gangs, gunsandcrime.
There have been many volunteer programs attempting to dojust thissort of
thing for years and there are many
untold success stories. Thc need persists for more. But the most urgent
necessity in the ghetto remains the
basic elements of survival, of rent
money, the gas and electric bills , food ,
a proper education , finding a job and
living without fear.
Presumably, Bush' s Youth Engaged in Service to America would
provide some sense of purpose for the
more fortunate young people. As
Bush put it in his speech in Sacramento on Tuesday: "Do they know
they 're fortunate? Do they have a
sense of thanks? Of citizenship? Do
they realize that perhaps they ought to

Writing s on the wall

able behavior. Instead , it is a sign of
To the Editor
Illiteracy is a growing problem in the lack of intelligence that these
this country, so is poor taste and low "Restroom Rembrandts" have.
mentality . Need an example? Simply
What they do is not considered art
use one of the bathrooms on campus. or humor; it is vandalism and does not
I don't go around reading bathroom promote the dignity of BU.
What makes someone deface a
walls, but when it is staring you right
in the face in bold black marker, it is public facility? Could it be that they
don 't have anyone to talk to? Could it
hard to ignore.
I enjoy numerous cliches as much be the urge to develop a creative style
as anyone else. But when you go into of writing?
It is scary to think that this generaa restroom and see slang expressions
and demoralizing statements, it is tion of college students won 't be able
to get a degree in anything but Bathenought to make you sick.
Some people think that this form of room Graffetio.
So there can be no truly happy self-expression
is funnv and accentScott Beaver
ending for two families that have had
such troubles. But it is too much to
hope that these two families could get
out of court and come to some private
Kehr Union Building
resolution?
Bloomsburg University
If I were the father, I would agree to
Bloomsburg, PA 17815
genetic testing if only because this
Editor-in-Chief.
Karen Reiss
daughter 's name and face is unlikely
Managing Editor
Glenn Schwab
to remain secret for long. Identity is
News Editors
John Risdon , Dawn D'Aries
not a thing to read about in the superFeatures Editor
Bridget Sullivan
market press. I would do it as well to
Sports Editors
Kelly Cuthbert , Sean Ryan , Lincoln Weiss
squelch any unfounded suspicion that
Photography Editor
Christopher Lower
he was party to the swap.
Production/Circulation Manager
Alexander Schillemans
If the girl proves to be the genetic
Advertising Director.
Susan Sugra
offspring of the Twiggs, I would hope
Advertising Manager
Amy Crimian
those good people, Regina and Ernest
Assistant Advertising Managers
Jim Pilla , Lisa Mack,
Twigg, would have the wisdom and
David Marra, Jodi Donatelli
control not to sue for custody but to
Business Manager
Adina Salek
become part of their daughter's exAssistant Business Managers
Kris DaCosta, Carol Yancoski
tended family. I would hope both
Sales Managers
Bob Woolslager, Vince Verrastro
families could in some cautious way
Copy Editors
David Ferris, Chris Miller
be available to her, and she in turn
Contributing Editor
Lynne Ernst
could be linked to both.
Advisor
John Maitden-Harris
VoiceEditorialPnlirv
Courts deal in conflicts and this one
Unless stated otherwise, thc editori als in Thc Voice are the opinions and
is easy to exacerbate and very hard to
concerns of the Editor-in-Chief, and do not necessarily reflect thc opinions
settle. But if these were the two chilof all members of The Voice staff, or the student population of Bloomsburg
dren swapped at birth, then these are
University.
The Voice invites all readers to express their op inions on thc editorial page
also parents who learned the same
through letters to the editor and guest columns. All submissions must be signremarkable truth.
ed and include a phone number and address for verification, although names
They learned that you don't heed
on letters will be withheld upon request.
the same bloodlines to love a child, to
Submissions should be sent to Thc Voice office , Kehr Union Building,
Bloomsburg University, or dropped off at the office in thc games room. The
make it yours. Surely people who
Voice reserves the right to edit, condense or reject all submissions.
share that understanding could learn
to share a child.

A unique story of two children
BOSTON — If this were Gilbert
and Sullivan , we could be sure of
happy ending. Two babies switched at
birth would be returned to their rightful place amist a chorus of approval
before the final curtain. We would
leave the theater smiling.
But this tale of two babies is so
unique , so layered in complex family
histories lhat it 's hard to write a way
out of its tragic oudines.
On Dec. 2, 1978, a woman named
Regina Twigg gave birth to a healthy
baby girl in a Florida hospital . Somehow, someone in the first days of its
life , switched that baby with another
who had serious heart disease. The
Twiggs loved and raised Arlena as if
she were there own. Indeed she was
their own by every test except the
genetic one.
Only last summer, in preparation
for a heart operation, did Arlena's
parents learn from blood tests that she
wasn 't their biological child. When
the girl died, the mourning family
faced torturous questions about the
fate of the other girl as well. Where
was she? Who had her? What was her
life like? These were questions made
even more painful to Regina Twigg,
who was herself adopted.
Now the Twiggs believe they have
found the girl. The only other white
baby born in the same hospital at the

same time as Arlena lives in Florida
with her father. But they want to know
for sure.
So the Twiggs went to court this
week to force another parent to test
another 9-year-old. The petition they
filed , not surprisingly, had the earmarks of a future custody suit. They
claimed the legal father "wrongfull y
retains custody." Moreover, they
said, he has failed to provide "an
ongoing stable home environment
with the presence ofa mother to love
and care for her."
Indeed from the details, the life of
this second child, whatever her genes,
hasn't been easy. Her mother died
when the child was three and a half.
The father, who had been estranged,
remarried soon after and then divorced the girl's stepmother. But this
father also claims that the child is his.
Though willing earlier to go through
the testing, he now says the Twiggs
have no right to intervene.
In some ways, this story is so
unique as to make it a legal and jo urnalistic freak show. But in another
way, it resonates with us, because it
raises a series of moral as well as legal
questions about parents and children.
Do the Twiggs, however horribly
wronged, have the right to pursue a
child into another famil y's private
world in search of bloodlines? What

gives them that right? Their wounds?
Their genes? Do they need proof that
the child's home they would enter is
not a happy one, not "ongoing,
stable"?
On the other hand , does the legal
father have the ri ght to bar the
Twiggs, who have suffered so much
injustice, from knowing whether this
child is theirs? What gives him that
right? Possesion of the girl? Protection of his family?
And is this a matter of parents'
rights at all?
The Twiggs petition says that the
genetic testing (and presumably the
custody claim) is in the "best interests
of the child. If they are sure of that,
the lawyers are far wiser than most of
us.
A child has many interests. . An
interest in knowing her biological
parents? Yes, we have said that in
adoption cases. An interest in a happy
home? Yes, if you can define it. An
interest in continuity? Maybe even an
interest in being left alone? Sometimes these interests conflict.
It is morally outrageous to imagine
that the Twiggs, victims of a terrible
theft, could not win retribution.
Surely they have rights. But just as
surely there are times when you cannotrightone wrong without the risk of
creating others.

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Organizations are finding new and
better ways to hold these functions
and entertain students who attend nonalcoholic parties.»
SIO President Paul Hayward and
brother Pete Liebach performed and
a DJ played tunes for the crowd of
about 200. Soda and pretzels was also
provided.
Two CGA vans, driven by SIO
brothers, picked up students in front
of Elwell Hall and transported them
to and from the barn. The barn is
located on Frosty Valley Road in the
locality of Hemlock, which is about
15 minutes from the Bloomsburg
University campus.
According to Tina Magray, president of Chi Sigma Rho, and Sharon
Zuzelski, Chi Sig social organizer,
the party was organized after a meeting with Dr. Griffis on how to improve relations between the university and the community.
We wanted to show him that we
can have a great time without alcohol," said Magray."We didn 't do this
to make money. We just wanted everyone to have fun ."
Expenses,after the cost of the CGA

vans, the DJ , generator, and foodwill
probably exceed money contributed
by students who payed $1 for tickets
to the function. Both Chi Sig and SIO
will pay the extra costs.
DaveHulmes, SIO social chairperson, said everyone seemed to be enjoying themselves and thought the
party was successful.
"We tried a couple of non-alcoholic parties at the (SIO) house last
semester, but they weren 't real successful ," Hulmes said.
Magray explained they decided to
hold the event at the barn because it
was the only big space they could usd
without disturbing neighbors with thQ
noise level.
Despite their precautions a policeman stopped and told organizers to
turn the music down. He also warned
them the bonfire could be seen from
the highway and to check with local
authorities before having another.
Griffis said prior to attending the
dance himself and Norton met with
the mayor and the chief of police in
town to discuss how the alcohol situation is changing.
"There is no question in my mind

or m the minds ofthe local police, that
this is adifferent time,"he said.'There
are pressures to take action. There is a
sense that things are different. People
are becoming more aware of the new
laws affecting underage drinkers and
those serving alcohol to mino'rs. And
it isn't just college students, it's a
societal problem."
Hulmes said even though there was
no alcohol available the crowd seemed
well-balanced between those under
the legal drinking age and those over
21 years old.
Invitations to the dance party were
sent to Griffis, Norton, Director of
Residence Life Jennie Carpenter,
Director of University Relations
Shcryl Bryson , and Greek Coordinator Lori Bareness. Only Griffis and
Norton attended and stayed for about
45 minutes.
"It was a nice crowd. The people
were having fun and enjoying themselves,"said Griffis.'Tm pleased that
people will find out you don't have to
have alcohol to have fun. If alcohol or
other stimulants must always be used
to break down inhibitions and talk to
someone then there's a problem."

chairs the House civil service subcommittee. "The question is, what is
The Environmental Protection the quality?"
Agency, struggling to cope with
Part of the answer can be found in
mounting pollution and hazardous statistics: When 1,841 men and worn
waste problems in the New York area, en applied for clerical jobs in New
saw 33 percent of its employees there York City earlier this summer, only
quit last year.
504 passed a test of simple reading
"We're always working with new and alphabetizing skills.
people," said Herbert Barrack, the
For a host of reasons, the governEPA assistant regional administra- ment has become what the late Ameritor. "We hand them a gun and say can University Prof. Charles Levine
'Fight.'Iwouldn 'tbehonestifldidn 't called "an attractive employer for lesssay we have had some compromise in qualified employees."Applicants who
quality."
can barely read and write Une up for
The administration told Congress many federal jobs on the off chance
recendy that the government may face they will be hired, he said, creating
a "crisis of competence" in the year long queues for jobs they are notable
2000 because of its inability to hire to perform.
employees competent to perform
A federal executive in New York
increasingly complicated and techni- said, "She can't read, write or speak
cal work.
English, but I'll take her because I
A wide-ranging review, however, must have someone to answer the
suggests that the crisis arrived long phone," recalled Lisa Surplus, who
ago. It is a crisis like the drought, staffs the Federal Executive Board in
spotty and hard to measure, and a New York.
crisis of quality rather than quantity.
Attrition rates are historically low
The government, according to the because the longtime government
Office of Personnel Management, is retirement system tiedworkers to their
unable to fill 35,000 jobs in the most federal jobs with "golden handcuffs":
if workers left, they lost their best
competitive fields.
It is most apparent in the big cities, federal benefit: retirement.
New York and San Francisco,Boston
"We have trouble getting the
and Los Angeles, where federal base number and the caliber of person we
salaries are no higher than in Wichita, need" to handle taxpayer questions,
but the cost of living is.
said Cornelius Coleman, regional
It affects some jobs but not others, commissioner of the Internal Revesuch as engineers and secretaries, but nue Service in New York.
not park rangers. The government
One of three answers given by his
suffers from the same national short- office is wrong, according to a surages as businesses without the same vey. "We do get some good people,
flexibility to offer more money or but they're hardly in the door before
better benefits or to move quickly in they go out," he said.
all but the most extreme circumColeman said that he gives his newly
hired accountants the same profe
stances.
Some critics dismiss the issue as a ssional test given by accounting firms
mere effort by federal workers to get in an employee's first year. The IRS
themselves more money, noting that agents scored in the bottom 20 to 30
five applicants sign up for every job, percent, he said.
on the average.
Tax lawyers in Washington comMoreover, the government attrition plain bitterly about dealing with some
rate is only 5.2 percent, less than half of the new crop of IRS agents, who
score on the average in the 54th perthe rate for the private sector.
"There are always a whole lot of centile of all those taking the Ameripeople who want any job," said Rep . can Certified Public Accounting
Patricia Schroeder, D-Colo., who Examination, according to Dr. Patri-

cia W. Ingraham , a professor at State
University of New York-Binghamton.
The Big Eight accounting firms ' new
employees score in the 86th percentile on the same exam.
Consider the situation ofthe Patent
and Trademark Office , with a 28month backlog of 8,000 applications
in the highly competitive biotechnology field.
Someoftheagency 'shighest-ranking officials made 111 campus recruiting visits in 1987 at a cost of
$161,387. After the recruiting was
finished, the agency had four fewer
examiners than when it started because so many experienced employees left.
Or take the plight of Westover Air
Force Base in Massachusetts, which
spent about $500,000 activating reserves because it had a 93 percent
turnover rate among security guards.
Consider the Fitzsimmons Army
Medical Center in Colorado, which
received special permission from
OPM to recruit five nurses at higher
salaries, and all five quit within 18
months.
At FortRucker, Ala., officials looking for a pharmacist reported that "an
employee finally accepted our offer
after the special rate was approved in
May of 1987.
She arrived on June 8, and quit
August 12 to work at K-mart: starting
salary $42,800."The government had
been paying $32,608.
But at the same time federal managers in Boston, Chicago and Los
Angeles are desperate, the situation in
Wichita, Kan., is entirely different.
OPM Kansas regional official Virginia Ruedebusch had 20 applicants
under the Outstanding Scholar program, each more qualified than the
last, for a $15,118 personnel specialist position there.
"I read about the quiet crisis," said
Ruedebusch, "but we don't fe el it
much here."
"The level of interest depends on
where you go," said Gil P. Suniga , a
personnel specialist attached to the
Sacramento field office of the Army
Materiel Command. "In Iowa, Mis-

souri and Nebraska, all the interview
schedules were full and we had overflows." At the same time, "We sent
information to Cal Tech and Stanford
(without hearing back)," he said.
Federal jobs, as a generic occupation , have sunk so much in prestige
and attractiveness that most college
students do not see the federal government as an "employer of choice,"
according to a recent survey by the
Merit Systems Protection Board .
But some, like the job of park
ranger, still attract applicants in dr
oves. The Interior Department has so
many applicants for the outdoor jobs
that officials can fill every position
with someone with higher qualifications than needed.
Central Intelligence Agency recruiters, after years of being chased off
campuses, are having a banner year,
according to Mark Abramson, head
of The Center for Excellence in
Government.
But in critical federal fields , such as
law and accounting, many stud ents
are simply not interested, according
to the merit board 's survey of colleges and universities with highly rated
programs. The board attributed it
partly to the poor public image of the
federal worker,partly to pay and partiy
to graduates receiving more attractive offers elsewhere.
Determining whether the government is attracting lcss-qualifed workers is difficult, and the government
has not even tried. Without a general
entrance examination since 1982.
when the last test was thrown out
because it discriminated against minorities, no one knows the quality of
the new workers.
The military, which has a virtually
insatiable demand for engineers, has
developed a technique: Recruiters
don't bother with the elite schools
where returns don't justify the cost of
the trip.
Where they recruit, they stress the
future, the near-automatic promotion
for good performance, the stability
and the ability to work on important
projects much earlier than in private
industry.

by Dawn M. D'Aries
News Editor
Two local Greekorganizations held
a dance party last Thursday in response to thc new state laws governing underage drinkers.
Keeping with the current alcohol
awareness trend, Sigma Iota Omega
(SIO) fraternity and Chi Sigma Rho
sorority held a non-alcoholic party
and bonfire at a barn owned by SIO
advisor Dr. Robert Warren .
Vice President for StudentLsfe Dr.
Jerrold Griffis and Dean of Student
Life Robert Norton attended the party
which was held from 8 p.m. to midnight.
"I' m pleased with the fact that
groups are moving in this direction
and having these kinds of events. Nonalcoholic events arc increasing," said
Griffis.
"It was well-organized by tlie fraternity andsorority ,"addedNorton."It
was my first trip out to the barn and I
was impressed by its size."
Wilh the realization that ncw laws
are effecting underage drinkers, nonalcoholic parties are becoming more
freauewt.

Husky Announcements
Young Democratswill meetThurs.,
Oct 13, at 7 p.m. in the Sociology
Conference Room, MHSC. Get
involved,newcomers welcome. Be
progressive.
The Anthropology Club will be
meeting on Wednesday at4 p.m. in
Bakeless 106. The film "Amish:
Not to be Modern", which reflects
on what it is like to be raised Amish,
will be shown. Refreshments will
be provided and all are welcome to
attend.
Freshman Sweetheartelectionswill
bc Wed., Oct. 12.
"Spirit Week" will be the week of
October 17 to 21. There is a dress
theme and free items will be given
away in the Union from 10 a.m. to
1:30 p.m. each day of the week.
Monday wear tie dye snd pick up
free buttons. On Tuesday wear
stripes and get a free lollipop.

by Judith Havemann

South African party faces challenge

by Scott Kraft

L.A. Times-Washington Post Service

Assailed at home and abroad for
dragging its feet on apartheid reform,
President Pieter W. Botha 's ruling
National Party faces a serious challenge in the upcoming municipal elections from a political party that wants
to turn the clock back to the days
when apartheid was stronger.
The far-right Conservative Party
has transformed the Oct. 26 racially
segregated city council election here
in the nation's capital, and in hundreds of towns across the land, into a
referendum on Botha's more moderate national government.
"We are not fighting the municipal
elections on issues like pavement s
and roads but for the survival of Afrikaners and whites," a Conservative
Party candidate for the Pretoria City
Council declared at a recent rally.
The Conservative Party, whose
membership rolls have swelled since
winning 26 percent of the vote in the
1987 general election, hopes to wrest

control of most white municipal coun- ring to the coalition that led the anticils from the National Party in two of apartheid fight among the black mathe country's four provinces, includ- jority until it was banned earlier this
ing here in the Transvaal, the most year.
"But it hasn't shown it can control
populous province.
If the Conservatives succeed, they the Conservative Party," he said.
will be in their strongest position yet
To stave off the Conservative Party
to challenge the National Party 's 40- attack, the government has, among
year stay in power in the next general other things, raised the salaries of
election, many analysts believe.
civil servants and teachers, a core of
"We're growing so fast it's unbe- National Party support.
lievable," said Moolman Mentz, a
It also is pushing through legislaConservative Party spokesman.
tion to put teeth back into its 40-year"Wherever we go, people are flock- old Group Areas Act, demonstrating
ing to us. If it continueswe'll rule this its commitment to residential segrecountry after the next (general) elec- gation for those who want to live in
tion."
their "own areas."
Some analysts say that the battle for
Botha also has withdrawn the counthe 5 million white votes in the mu- try's troops from Angola, pushed the
nicipal elections is as important to the Angolan peace process and initiated
government as the concurrent local talks with black leaders in neighborelections being held in South Africa's ing countries diplomatic initiatives
black townships.
that have been praised by all but the
"The government has shown it can most right-wing whites.
control the United Democratic Front
The National Party also has gained
," said Rory Riordan, of The Human some converts from the more liberal
Rights Trust in Port Elizabeth, refer- Progressive Federal Party.

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Intramural flag football begins
today. Team captains are asked to
stop by the Intramural office for
schedule and rules.
Reminder: Men and Women
Raquetball rosters are due Wed.,
Oct. 19 by 3 p.m.. Please stop by
the office to sign up.

Primary voting for sweetheart
candidates will take place today
and tomorrow in KUB from 10
a.m. to 2 p.m. and in the Scranton
Commons from 4:30 to 6:30 p.m..
Students must show a valid BU
I.D., have a minimum of 24 credits
and may vote fbr three candidates.
e o o e e a o a e a e m e a a o e

Today is the deadline for float ,
banner, and residence hall decoratAmerican Marketing Association i
ing registration.
holding a general meeting tomora
e a e e e a e e e a m m a m e e
row at 8:15 p.m. in Multi-B , KUB,
A
variety of part-timejobs area vailAll are welcome.
able in the Bloomsburg area. Be
Big Brothers-Big Sisters of Co- sure to check the part-timebulletin
lumbia County will have an infor- board on the top floor of the Ben
mation meeting today at 4 p.m. in Franklin Building or contact the
the President's Lounge. Anyone Career Development Center.
interested in learning more about a a a m e a m m a m a o a m a a m
becoming a big brother or big sister There will be an organizational
is invited. For more information meeting of the Intercollegiate Friscontact the Big Brother-Big Sister bec Football Team tomorrow at 7
office at 784-0791.
p.m . in the Coffeehouse, KUB.
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Government may face job crisis in f uture

L.A. Times-Washington Post Service

Theta Tau Omega is having an
open, non-alcoholic dance party
on Fri., Oct. 14. Anyone may
attend. Cost is $2 at the door.

The top 10 candidates for Homecoming Sweetheart will be announced on Wed., Oct. 12and final
elections will occur on Mon., Oct.
17 and Tues., Oct. 16. Be sure to
vote for your favorite sweetheart.

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Students unite against MS

by Kelly Breshn
f o r The Voice
Students Against Multiple Sclerosis (.SAMS) is a national student
movement design ed to increase public awareness of multiple sclerosis
and to establish long-term fund-raising and volunteer support for the
National Multiple Sclerosis Society.
S.AMS was created to involve students in a fight against a disease that
commonly affects their own age
group.
The national Multiple Sclerosis
Society, founded in 1946, is the only
non-profit health organization in the
United State s supporting programs in
national and international research to
find the causes and prevention of ,
better treatments and cure for multiple sclerosis (MS).
The Society also supplies services
to people with MS and their families
through its network of more than 140
chapters and branches.
Programs offered by the society
are supported by voluntary contributions from individual s, corporations

foundations and organizations.
Just when you 're starting to live ,
MS can strike!
Multiple sclerosis is a chronic , often disabling neurological disease
affecting an estimated250,000 people
in the United States alone.
The disease "short circuits" the
central nervous systems of approximately 200 adults ever>' week , most
of whom are between the ages of 20
and 40.
There is no known cause or cure ,
but there is hope through biomedical
research supported by the National
Multiple Sclerosis Society.
Students involved in SAMS raise
money for MS through a variety of
activities , including the "Rock Alike"
competition , "Skip-A-Meal for MS ,"
canning drives, sweatshirt sales and
other uni que fund raisers.
At the end of the year, one college
is chosen from more than 200 colleges nationwide with SAMS programs which has raised the most
money for MS.
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conclusion , the soldiers leave Hue
city chanting the theme from the
Mj ckcy Mouse Club. The innocence
of\hcir youth is now gone forever.
Full Meld Jacket is a powerful
anti-war film lhat may bc hard to
watch al limes because of its graphic
violence , but it 's a film that deserves
to be seen.
ll will bc shown Wednesday, Oct.
12, at 2:30 p.m. in Kehr Union; 7 and
9:30 p.m. Wednesday, Thursday, and
Friday, Ocl. 12-14 , and 2 p.m. Sunday, Oc» 16, in Mitrani Hall of Haas
•auditorium.

Also celebrating Parents ' Weekend is Murph: The No. 1 Physical Mag ician in
thc World at Carver Hall , which was filled to capacity, Sat. ni ght, as he prepares
to take two for a ride on his unicycle.
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Here, specific references are made
to Vietnam as Kubrick explores the
media 's role in thc war. Private Joker
becomes a journalist covering thc
fi ghting, but soon a gun will replace
the pencil in his hand.
Kubrick also shows thc comeraderie thc soldiers share in battle during
ihe final battle scene between the
soldiers and a sni per. Thc absurdity of
war is vividly shown by Kubrick as
thc soldiers attempt to retrieve the
dead bodies of their fellow soldiers
while under sni per fire. In an ironic

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MTV. Hopefully, this year
BLOOMSBURG SAMS can raise
the most money for MS and play host
to MTV !
BLOOMSBURG SAMS is also
looking for interested , motivated,
responsible students to fill voluntary
positions on the SAMS Campus
Board of Directors.
Join in the fight against MS while
develop ing valuable skills in organization , public relations , and magement through leadership involvement
in SAMS.
Those interested in helping
BLOOMSBURG SAMS shortcircuit
MS can findouthowto makeadifference by attending a general information meeting on Oct. 13at7:30p.m.in
Room 102 in Bakeless.
Fraternities, sororities, and other
groups looking for a sevice project or
just a great cause to support are
strongly urged to send a representative.
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Though the setting for director
Stanley Kubrick' s masterpiece. Full
Metal Jacket , is the Vietnam War, it
could be in any country, or any soldier 's mind that has ever contained a
war.
The film isn 't about thc Vietnam
War in general; it 's about life, death ,
comeraderie in battle, and lhe dehumanizaiton of man into a senseless
killing machine. It 's about war in
general; about all the wars lhat have
ever been fought , and the wars that
will be.
The film begins on Parris Island
during the hei ght of the war as we
watch the recruits in training.
Matthew Modine stars as Private
Joker, thc narrator of this horror tale.
In the opening sequence, Kubrick
explores the psychological damages
done to the recruits ' minds by a
demanding, sadistic drill sergeant.
His aim is to transform ihese innocent young men into demented killing machines. In other words, they
will become "full metal jacke ts."
As with most Kubrick films (such
as Dr. Strangelove and A Clockwork
Orange), Full Metal Jacket explore s
the themes of sex and violence in
relation to human nature.
The violence in the film is often
obvious , but the sex theme is more
subtle. The sex relationship is not
between the soldiers and women , it 's
between the soldier and his gun.
The drill sergeant has the soldiers
name their guns with female names.
In one of the film 's best scenes, the
soldiers recite love poems to their
steel beauties before bedtime.
After 45 min utes of boot camp, the
film travels over to Vietnam and into
the city of Hue during the Tet offensive (with the Communist-formed
National Liberation Front and the
Vietcong attacking 36 provincial cities in South Vietnam; their fighting

DATE

CHANGE !

by Glenn Schwab
Managing Editor
If you ventured downtown this
past Saturday between 9 a.m. and 4
p.m. you would have found a car
show in progress on the middle of
Main Street. No, the folks at Carlisle
don 't have anything to worry about,
Bloomsburg isn 't going to take over
their position as the number one car
town in Pennsylvania. No hot rods or
pro-streeters here, just some of the
local auto dealers getting together to
show off their 1989 models in hopes
of generating some extra business.
While there wasn 't really anything
to make a speed freak' s heart beat
with joy, there were a few interesting
examples of new iron from Detroit
and other regions. I would have liked
a looklit something like a ZR-1 Corvette, aTaurus with the new 24-valve
SHO (Super High Output) V6 or even
an All-Wheel Drive Pontiac 6000
STE, but no such luck .
The only real contenders in the
performance section present were a
Quad-4 Grand Am , a Chrysler Conquest TSi (i.e. renamed Mitsubishi
Starion) and a Mustang GT along
with a Lincoln Mark VII LSC (Luxury Sport Coupe).
The Pontiac Grand Am looked
pretty good with it's hood open , showing off a 2.3 liter, 16-val ve four-cylinder featuring dual overhead cams and
the most header-like exhaust manifold seen since someof Pontiac 's mid
60's free-flowing pieces. This is one
of the few new engines that General
Motors has developed recently and it
is slated to see widespread use in all
GM divisions in years to come. Buick
presentl y offers a Q-4 in its Skylark
and Oldsmobile does the same for its
Cutlass Calais S and SL models. This
engine delivers 150 hp. and 160 lb./ft.
of torque in all applications and a 180
hp. HO (High Output) version is
supposed to be offered in selected
cars in sometime in 1989. The Grand
Am on display was equippedwith a 3-

speed automatic transmission to back
up the Quad-4 and listed at 513,760.
Another Pontiac standout was a
Grand Pri x SE (a personal favorite of
mine since it was introduced) equipped
with a 130 hp. 2.8 liter V6, the car's
only available engine at present , and
a 4-speed automatic. This car is the
Pontiac version of the corporationwide GM10 program that General
Motors introduced last year. I had lhe
opportunity to drive one this summer
and the onl y shortcoming, in my opinion at least, was that the V6 engine
was too underpowered for a car that
weighs over 3,100 pounds. The SE
was listed at a hard to swallow
517,660. A lot of money when you
consider a new , loaded Formula 350
Firebird can be had for around
515,000.
The only interesting Mopar offering wasn 'teven really a Mopar, which
may be good or bad depending on
your pointofview.Thc ConquestTSi
on display was actually manufactured
for Chrysler by Mitsubishi and is
merely a Starion, the only difference
being the name and a new set of
wheels. Despite its Japanese heritage,
the Conquest is an impressive car. Its
2.6 liter4-cylinderchurns out 188 hp.
with the help of an intercooled turbo
and an overhead cam. I've seen one of
these cars blow the doors of f of an '87
IROC-Z Camaro, but this isn 't too
astounding when you consider the
TSi weighs only 2,900 pounds.
At the other end of the spectrum
from V6's and high-tech inline-4s are
the good old large-displacement V8s,
represented at the show by the Ford
Mustang GT and Lincoln Mark VII.
Both of these cars use the same HO
302 V8, putting out 225 hp. and 300
ft./lb. of torque in boih applications.
All similarities end here. While the
Mustang is an out-and-out performance car with minimal luxuries, the
Mark VII is outfi tted with seats as
comfortable as the living room couch
and enough gadgets to keep any yup-

pie happy for years to come. The GT
listed for 515,072 fully optioned and
thc Lincoln for a very hefty 530,064.
While not a performer , there was
another car present tliat caught my
attention. It was a reddish-brown RS
(Rally Sport) Camaro. While it was
great to sec a Rally Sport after this
model' s seven-year absence from the
Camaro lineup, it turned out to bc an
undi stinctive option package. Thc only
difference from thc base Camaro of
last year was thc addition of small RS
badges on right of thc rear bumper
and on the leading edge of each rocker
panel . Thc RS will surel y never be
mistaken for a performance car since
thc onl y available engine is a 135 hp.
2.8 liter V6. The price was a fairly
reasonable $12 ,543.
Though none of thc Hondas present were of any real interest tome, one
ofthe Metro dealers let mc in on a fact
that would he a lcklown lo those in the
East who buy a I londa I'or the distinction of owning a fore ign built car. It
seems thai all Hondas sold cast of the
Mississippi never see Japan since they
arc actuall y built in a plant in Ohio. In
fact, this plant is supposed to bc exporting 50,000 Hondas a year to Japan by 1991.

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Imagine ' a realis tic portrayal of Lennon

By Patrick Ercolano
L.A. Times-Washingto n Post Service
The print and electronic media have been fairly throbbing with jui cy stories about John Lennon, many of them
based on extracts from Albert Goldman's new, harshly
negative biograph y of thc late ex-Beatle. In "The Lives of
John Lennon," Goldman paints his subject as a violent,
drug-addled no-talent who lived a hermit 's life in his last
years and was afraid of letting his skin touch anyone
else's, even that of his young son Sean.
In a new film biography, a different Lennon is shown.
This is the Lennon familiar to fans who have followed and
admired him since the Beatles first appeared on the international scene some 25 years ago. "Imagine: John Lennon" uses newsreel footage and Lennon's own homemade films to show a man who, though certainly no saint,
was not the incorri gible sinner drawn by Goldman.
We a'eean artist, a human being, who was at times witty,
profane, warm, arrogant, cocksure and confused, and
usually inclined to speak his mind , true to being, in his
own words from the film , a "loud-mouth lunatic-poetmusician."

One scene from the documentary shows Lennon 's ugly
side, as he chews out producer Phil Spector during the
1971 recording of the "Imagine" aftum. Another scene
from the same period shows a kinder Lennon, as he talks
to a lost-looking young man who had been camping
outside Lennon 's English estate, waiting for a chance to
meet his idol. Lennon gently but firmly tells the visitor ,
"Don't confuse the songs with your own life. I'm just a
guy who writes songs." Then he invites him in for breakfast
These and other bits of previously-unseen film , skillfully woven by director Andrew Solt and producer David
L. Wolper from more than 200 hours' worth of celluloid ,
give a gripping quality to the documentary. Even casual
Beatle-Lennon fans must know the basic particulars of
his life, and while most of these are covered in the movie,
they are made fresh by the various film clips.
For example, thc 1969 bed-in for peace staged by
Lennon and Yoko Ono on their honeymoon is a wellknown even t, but seeing it here offers insights that simply
cannot be gleaned from any of the its many written descriptions. Especially fascinating is a nasty confrontation

between "L'il Abner" cartoonist Al Kapp and the Lennons, all of them trading barbed words while sitting on a
bed surrounded by reporters and photographers.
Solt and Wolper were responsible for the 1981 film
"This Is Elvis," a biography-documentary that used
actual footage of Presley and scenes with actors. Fortunately the pair did not have to resort to such trickery in
"Imagine. "
They had, in fact, an embarrassmentof riches in the copious film archives of the Lennons, along with televised
interviews Lennon did wilh Dick Cavctt, Mike Douglas,
Tom Snyder and others. Most of the "narration" is done
by Lennon himself, taken from the countless radio and
TV interviews he gave over the years. The film 's sound
track features more than 30 songs performed by Lennon
during and after his time with thc Beatles.
"Imagine" also includes interviews done especially for
the film , with Cynthia Lennon , John 's first wife; their son
Julian; Ono; Sean Lennon (whose skin, by the way, is
frequently seen coming in contact wilh that of his supposedly germ-nutty dad); John 's Aunt Mimi , who raised him
after he was virtually orphaned as a boy; May Pang,

Lennon's "companion" during his debauched "Lost
Weekend,"the 14-month period in 1973-74 during which
he was separated from Ono; and Elliot Mintz, a close
friend of the Lennons during their New York years.
Ono reportedly approached Wolper two years ago to
sound him out about the "Imagine" project. He admitted
to her at the time that he knew nothing about Lennon. He
told her Frank Sinatra was more his speed. Nonetheless ,
she was impressed enough by his previous work to hand
him all of the Lennon "home movies." She also gave
Wolper and Solt complete creative control , which should
bc a relief to those who may fret that the finished product
has been sanitized by Lennon's widow.
Granted , "Imagine" is largely sympathetic to its subject, a view that Wolper says he arrived at naturally, with
no previous bias. But the film gives us John Lennon, warts
and all. Clearly he was no stranger to emotional pain, and
he seemed to seek constantly to fill the hole created by his
painful early experiences. That he did so with the wit,
honesty and determination shown in this film is an accomplishment that even Albert Goldman might have to
admire.

Audi on the comeback
Alienation the outcome
of new James Cann movie with Quattro 100 modei

By Stephen Hunter

LA. Times-Washington Post Service

The Dutchess of Windsor is reported to have said, "You can 't be
too rich or too thin ," but "Alien
Nation" proves her half-wrong: It's
too thin.
An elaborate premise, an exquisite workup of a subculture, clever
special effects, millions of dollars
spent, and when it's over, you're
thinking, that's it? That's all?
That's it. That's all. The movie,
like "The Terminator" (which also
was produced by Gale Anne Hurd),
means to combine elements of classical film noir with high-tech, '80sstyle violence and science fiction ,
and a bit of cop buddy-business,
mixed in equal proportions with a
few fancy weapons and hip conceits. But the movie stubbornly refuses to get interesting; and never
fully explores its metaphorical potential. It's just bugs and guns.
And, for the record , whatta gun.
The gun that James Caan's Detective Sgt. Matthew Sykes ends up
toting around is currently the most
powerful production handgun ,
making its movie debut. The Casull
.454 magnum, a stainless steel,
oversized single-action six-gun,
fires a bullet large enough to knock
down a cape buffalo or a man with

two hearts. It's strictly necessary
because Caan is up against men with
two hearts.
The movie is set a few years in the
future, in a peely, cruddy Los Angeles
(this is new?) further bloated by the
arrival of 300,000 immigrants from
outer space.
The best things about the newcomers is that they don 't have an antidefamation league yet, and so they
may be happily stereotyped to the
nines without fear of demonstrators
showing up outside the theater. They
are humanoid but not human , with the
two tickers and the sightly swollen
upper torsos and heads that look like
fish eggs about to hatch.
The movie's best sequence follows
as Caan and his partner bump into a
stickup in "Slag town,"the alien quarter. But the robbery turns mega-violent, as the newcomer thieves turn out
to be potently armed and on a mission
of murder. His partner is killed, Caan
re-arms with the significantly larger
artillery, and meets his new partner.
Welcome to the force, Detective
Caviarhead. Here's the movie's gimmick: interspecies cop buddies. "Sam
Francisco," the odd name given the
newcomer by an exhausted customs
man three years earlier, is played with
a great deal of charm under a great
deal of makeup by Mandy Patinkin.

Patinkin, a pdrformer of forceful
charm, was even charming as a redbaiting FBI fascist type in the littleseen "House on Carroll Street" and
his charm is about the best thing
"Alien Nation" has going for it,
along with the amusing patter of
buddy-needling that comprises his
relationship with the surly, embittered, but utterly conventionally
conceived Caan.
But the mystery that they penetrate is strictly from who-caresville, a wispy little conspiracy to
brew and distribute the alien
equivalent of crack, which will, as
Patinkin explains, immediately
cause the moral collapse of alien
culture, as his people are powerless
to deny its rancid allure. Once you
hear Terrence Stamp's silky tones
gliding out from behind a fish-egghead mask, you know who the villain is and the movie persistently
refuses to suprise you, ever. But it
also cheats terrihlv on thrills: The

rmai acuon sequence, an eiaooraie
shootout-chase set at the docks,
never quickens into life, it feels as
stale and generic as something off
"The Rookies."
It's a shame. "Alien Nation"
seemed to promise so much, but the
only thing it delivers to its audience
is the object of its title: alienation.

By Warren Brown

L.A. Times-Washington Post Service

Quality 's back, and Quattro 's got
it. There was a time, about two years
ago, when lots of us wondered if Audi
could go the distance. The company
was reeling from charges that its 5000
series cars were possessed by a tendency to zoom out of control (although Audi was no more demonridden than its competitors, nearly all
of whom had sudden-acceleration
problems, too).
That was then, this is now. The
1989 100 Quattro, one of three replacements for Audi's 5000 series,
must be judged on its merits. And any
company producing a car this good is
serious about sticking around for a
while.
Aw, c'mon. Audi didn 't just
change nameplates. It changed the
cars (a new cabin design and a more
goof-proof pedal arrangement are
examples). And changing the cars
doesn 't mean the
previous
models
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Indeed, much new evidence from
independent research indicates that
many sudden-acceleration mishaps
were caused by driver error. You
hungry liability lawyers can chew on
that a bit.
The rest of you , let's go for a drive.
I think you'll enjoy it. Praise:- The
interior of the 100 Quattro is as comfortable as you can get in a five-seat

Fall TV season off ers little new
By James Endrst
LA, Times-Washigton Post Service
There are so many things to say
about the 1988-89 television season,
but few of them are positive especially for the Big Three.
For the networks, this is destined
to be the season that never was a
patchwork of big sports, miniseries,
so-called reality programming and
special events to bridge them safel y
from one season to the next.
Although it may be the year of
opportunity, cable appears unprepared to take full advantage of the
networks' vulnerability.
The five-month-long strike by the
Writers Guild of America did more
than delay the season ; it eroded the
networks' already crumbling foundation and disturbed the fragile primetime rhythm that creates habitual
viewers.
If and when viewers do find the
new shows on ABC, NBC and CBS,
some of which will not show up until
January, they are not likely to be
overwhelmed by what they see.
The American TV family this season is in even worse shape than its
real-life counterpart , hardly a haven
of escapist fare. A large number of
leading prime-time men and women
in new shows are either abandoned,
divorced, widowed, single with children or some combination of the
above (They include "TV101,"Mary
Tyler Moore's untitled new show and
"Raising Miranda " on CBS, "Empty
Nest" and "Dear John " on NBC and
"Murphy 's Law" on ABC).
About the only positive trend is that
women seem to have taken charge
more firmly ("Baby Boom ,"
"Murphy Brown " and ABC's "Roseanne"), though even then it is not
without a struggle.
Ironically, it may be the budget-

busting miniseries "WarandRemembrance," ABC's 30-hour-plus opus,
that will make this season memorable
despite the fact that the networks
cannot afford such major-production
luxuries anymore.
But the first six hours screened for
critics in Los Angeles were powerful
and well-paced, boding well for what
could be the television event of the
season as well as the miniseries form.
In fact, movies and miniseries,
which viewers will be seeing a lot of
on this season's schedule, may save
the networks from ratings disaster.
Intriguing miniseries topics and
titles abound.
There is the eight-hour "Lonesome
Dove" on CBS, based on Larry
McMurtry's best-selling novel and
starring Robert Duvall, and the fourhour "Jack the Ripper," with Michael
Caine taking up the case of the famous serial killer of the 1880s. Ar-

mand Assante and Jane Seymour costar.
NBC has "Favorite Son," a sixhour saga with Harry Hamlin of
"L.A. Law,"and Linda Kozlowski of
"Crocodile' Dundee" heading the
cast in a thriller about a presidential
race that is literally a killer. There is
also "Around the World in 80 Days,"
a six-hour remake starring Pierce
Brosnan in the Jules Verne classic.
ABC
has "The Women of
Brewster Place" with Oprah Winfrey
in a story spanning several decades,
about seven black women who overcome racism, sexism, poverty and
violence in a big city tenement.
"The Kennedys of Massachusetts"
is a six-hour docudrama covering half
a century in the life of the famous
family. Steven Weber ("Hamburger
Hill") will play Jack Kennedy. The
miniseries is basedon the best-selling
book "The Fitzgeralds and the Ken-

nedys" by Doris Kearns Goodwin.
And there is Fox Broadcasting,
which shows fitful signs of progress
with the already established "America's Most Wanted," the critically
acclaimed "The Tracey Uilman
Show," "It's Garry Shandling 's
Show" and the new "Beyond Tomorrow."
Finally, syndication, though still
loaded with lame sitcoms and abhor
rent reality programming, has one or
two new shows to tout , including a
weekly series update of "War of the
Worlds." And, of course, there is
always the VCR, a machine that is the
video equivalent of "Jaws" to the
networks.

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sedan. No squeezing tlie rear middle
passenger in this car. Everyone has
space. Up front , there's a commonsense, easy-to-rcad, easy-to-use instrument panel , elegant in its simplicity .
Simple function , in fact , is all over
the place. Hear that thunder? See that
rainstorm? No problem. Push the differential butlon near the gearshift.
Presto! The 100 Quattro moves into
four-wheel-drive with nary a jerk or
twitch.
Concern: The all-wheel drive
Quattro uses three separate differentials front , rear and center arranged to
compensate for different wheel
speeds in cornering. That hi gh-tech
triad prevents damage to the drivetrain , the system that generates and
transmits power to the wheels. But I
gotta believe all those differentials
will cost a bundle to maintain postwarranty.
Ride , acceleration , braking, handling: This would be a terrific car to
take across country, even in the winter. The car has a four-wheel independent suspension. The ride is
smooth, firm , pleasant. Handling is

excellent, devoid of pitch and sway
around curves. The feeling is total
control, enhanced by a super-slick
five-speed manual gearbox.
Acceleration? The 100 Quattro
moves fast enough for common
needs. It has a 2.3-liter, inline 5-cylinder, fuel-injected engine, rated 130
hp at 5,600 rpm.
Sound system: Six-speaker, electronic stereo radio and cassette by
Audi-Bose. Grand sound. Mileage:
About 23 to the gallon (20.6-gallon
tank, estimated 462-mile range on
usable volume), mostly highway and
driver only with no use of climate
control system.
Price: $30,805, full y optioned ,
including anti-lock brakes and other
goodies. Add a $335 destination
charge. Estimated dealer's invoice
price is $25,876. Purse-strings note:
The new Audis come with "The Audi
Advantage," an extra-protection
warranty under which Audi pays for
all routine scheduled maintenance oil
changes, wiper blades, brake pads,
etc. for the first three years or 50,000
miles of ownership. (The work must
be done at an Audi dealership.)

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COACHES ' CORNER
by KeUy Cuthbert
Sports Editor

By Louis Glaser
L.A. Times-Washington Post Service
The Soviets have come to town
with Cuban-made gloves, old black
oaseballs and a big desire to learn
America's pastime.
They stood, eyes wide and jaws
slack, watching the first balls fly ou t
ofa pitching machine. They climbed
a pitcher's mound and threw harder
than they ever had before.
They visited the aquarium. They
ate crabcakes all in their first af ternoon in the United States.
Wednesday,the baseball team from
Moscow's Mendeleyev Institute of
Chemical Technology will play Johns
Hopkins in the first Soviet-American
baseball game in the United States.
When the Blue Jays traveled to
Moscow last summer, they won three
games against Mendeleyev working
with the Soviets on their hitting and
fielding. The Soviets toured them
around Moscow, and taught them the
finer points of surviving a vodkafilled night. Now Johns Hopkins is
returning the favor.
Besides playing three games here,
members ofthe Hopkins team and fac
ulty are escorting their counterparts
on trips to Washington, New York
and Maryland's Eastern Shore. They
are visiting the Air and Space Museum and a suburban shopping mall.
They are traveling to the Bowery and
Bloomingdales, Dewey Beach, Del.,
and the U.S. Naval Academy.
But most importantly, they are
sharpening their skills at catching
flies, fielding grounders and hitting
curveballs.
Friday was the second anniversary
of the first baseball game played in
the Soviet Union , said Vadim
Petrenchuk, the vice president of the
Moscow City Baseball Foundation.
It pitted a team of Soviet students
against Latin American students
studying in Moscow.
There are now six organized Soviet teams, created in large part becau
se baseball was named an Olympic
sport. They have a great deal of enthusiasm but scantre sources, according to Mendeleyev'-s Coach,, Rick
Spooner,a Philadelphia native, fluent
in Russian, who works for the U.S.U.S .S.R. Trade and Economic Council in Moscow. During a tournament
last month, play was temporarily
suspended when the last of three
available baseballs was hit into a
nearby pond. Their diamonds are
carved out of soccer fields, and field
hockey balls are often used.
Spooner was walking by Sokolniki
Park in March 1986 when he noticed
a game of lapta a combination of
baseball, tag and box lacrosse. He
met a few baseball players from Mendeleyev there, went to their practice
the next day and has been their coach
ever since. An avid Phillies fan ,
Spooner gets videotapes of National
League games from the Pontel American Film Club in Dusseldorf, West
Germany. He shows them to his team,
trying to teach those skills to his
players.
But there's nothing like learning
first hand. With the help of Hopkins
alumnus Max Flaxman, a fur trader

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QUESTION: Now that you 're in a position where people depend on you and look up to you as a role model, who was your role model and why?
Note: This week's question was submitted to The Voice by a student who was interested in knowing who BU coaches looked up to as role models and
why.
PETER ADRIAN
HEAD COACH
FOOTBALL
"My role model was my father. He just really showed me the way, through hard work and determination, that you can get things done—regardless of the
obstacles in front of you."
JOSEPH BRESSI
HEAD COACH
WOMEN'S BASKETBALL
"There wasn't really anybody that I set for myself as a role model when I was getting into coaching. I know that I wanted to coach and work hard at being
a good coach. I never reall y modeled myself after anybody in particular. I looked for a coach that runs a very disciplined program. I've always looked at
Bobby Knight as a real disciplined coach, though not agreeing with everything he's done. A lot of the things in our program are based on his program. His
discipline is what I' ve always tried to emulate. But I don't agree with all the things he does!"
CHARLES CHRONISTER
HEAD COACH
MEN'S BASKETBALL
"My role model was my high school basketball coach. He was probably the most important person other than my parents, and certainly the most important
in career choice. I was always interested in athletics and I went to a small school where this person coached all of the sports.There were very difficult coaching
situations. I was around him a great deal and I wanted to be an athlete and then a coach. There was no question—he inspired you."
STEVE GOODWIN
HEAD COACH
MEN'S SOCCER
"I would say it was probably my parents and my family. Both ofmy parents are health and physical education teachers. They both coached. That was just
the environment I grew up in, and I just decided that that was what I wanted to do. Most of my close friends were from West Chester and their fathers taught
and coached. It just seemed Uke the thing to do to me."
TOM MARTUCCI
HEAD COACH
WOMEN'S CROSS COUNTRY
"Being a wrestier, my role model was probably Dan Gable, who is now the head wrestling coach at the University of Iowa and was also a national Olympic
champion. I think he's won everything you could've won in the wrestling ranks. I looked up to him wben he was competing for the 1972 Olympics. He used
to work out seven days a week, seven hours a day—pretty intense. He's just an incredible person as far as dedication and intensity. He also didn 't have a
lot of natural ability. When someonemakes a mental and physical commitment, it makes up for lack of natural ability. That always impresses me as an athlete
ana a coach—someone wno reaUy excells above their potential. They may not be gifted, but they achievethe' highest because of dedication."
BURT REESE
HEAD COACH
MEN'S TENNIS
"The role model that I had was my father. He was a physical education teacher and a coach. He influenced me to go to college, and I went to the same
small-college that he did. I was coaching the same things in the beginning that he did. He was my father, he was successful at what he did, he looked like
he was having fun doing it, and I saw that other people, older kids, looked up to him very much."
DAVID RIDER
HEAD COACH
MEN'S AND WOMEN'S SWIMMING
"My role model was a professor John Wilson. He was a good serious scholar, very calm in his handling of students, patient, and demanding. That was
the most important part."
ROGER SANDERS
HEAD COACH
WRESTLING
"I really had a lot of role models. My high school coach and my college coach were the two people that influe need me more than anyone else. They had
strong values, high values, great integrity, and they had respect from everyone. They were hard working people. Their standards of living were very high."

BU soccer defeats Kutztown in
conference match-up, 5-0
by Jamie Calkin
Coach Steve Goodwin. "It's just the
Staff Writer
shots went in the goal, instead of hitTheBloomsburgMen'ssoccerteam ting the post or goal or going wide."
bounced back yesterday to defeat
Thefirstgoal of thegamewasscored
Kutztown University after a tough by BU's John Marshall. D. J. Metcalf
loss on Thursday.
put in the second score. Co-captain
BU traveled to Philadelphia on Jack Milligan finished off the first
Thursday only to be defeated by St. half's scoring by knocking in two
Joseph's University 2-1 in overtime. goals, as well as booting in the only
The game was lost in a manner much score of the second half. Milligan
like so many of the past games this becomes the first BU player to obtain
season. Bloomsburg outplayed St. a hat trick this season. D. J. Metcalf
Joe's, and was able to put one ball in also assisted in one of the goals as did
the goal, but gave up two. The goal Jerry Crick.
was scored by Junior Don PhomThe defense did a fine job of leaving Kutztown scoreless. Keith Cinsouvanh.
The team had to win yesterday, and cotta made a couple of nice saves in
win they did. In a decisive victory goal. Alfred McKenzie also played
against conference rival Kutztown well to help keep the ball on the ofUniversity, Bloomsburg scored five fensive side of the field.
goals ih their best scoring effort this
The team will playEast Stroudsburg
season. Goalie Keith Cincotta picked University at home on Wednesday.
up his fourth shutout of the season , as "It's our biggest game of the year.
Kutztown went scoreless. "We have East Stroudsburg hasn't lost to any
played as well and better in many of conference teams in two or three
the other games this season," stated years," said Coach Goodwin. "We

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in Moscow, plans were made to send
the Blue Jays to the Soviet Union.
Now the Soviets have come here,
just in time to watch the playoffs on
television.
"The Hopkins visit in June had a
big effect on baseball in the whole
country,"Spooner said. "Peoplecame
from all over to see what a real
American team looked like."
It spurned the interest of 18-yearold Alexander Leshansky, a freshman cybernetics major and second
baseman at Mendeleyev. "I had to
choose a sport when I entered school,
and I chose baseball,"Leshanskysaid
through an interpreter.
"The hardest thing to do is keep
your eyes on a hard-hit ball. When
you play tennis, the ball flies at you,
and you can knock it away. In baseball, you have to catch it."
Spooner said the Soviets have
improved a lot in understanding the
rul es and thinking more quickly on
the field. "My very first observation
was one of amazement," he said.
"Seeing grown men struggling with
things that we take for granted like
catching grounders and throwing a
ball 30 feet accurately.
"Now they have a feel for the
game."
A few showed signs of promise.
While some of his teammates have
troub le judging fly balls and turning
a double play, 6-foot-7 Aleksei Koshevoi was throwing hard strikes
from the practice pitcher's mound,
only the second time he's everpitched
on one.
Blue Jays Coach Robert Babb
worked on Koshevoi's technique his
rele ase and leg kick and toward the
end, Koshevoi was throwing a fast
ball nearly 80 miles an hour. "I have
more speed and control. It feels better
throwing off a mound," said Koshevoi, a minor-league basketball
player in Moscow. Behind the
pitcher 's mound, Gennadi Dyachkov
was smacking line drives in the batting cage. A big smile crossed his
face when asked if he enjoyed hitting
off a pitching machine, something he
said he had never done before. "It's
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Field hockey wins
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Be prepared to be
glued to the tube
Sean Ryan
Sports Editor
All will come to a hal t and everyone will cither go to thc Vet or glue
their eyes to Monday Night Football when tlie Philadel phia Eagles
(2-3) will take on thc Ncw York
Giants (3-2) at Veterans Stadium in
Philadelphia on national television ,
tomorrow nig ht at 9:00 on ABC.
Hey, maybe not , but this Phill y
fan will certainly bc in front of his
Boob tubc,(along with everyone
else after they read this column).
Tlie last time the Eagles were on
a Monday Nig htFootball game was
in 1981 against the Miam i Dolphins , and they lost 13-10. Now thc
Eagles look to beat the Giants, lo go
into a three-vVay tie for second place
in the NFC East along with the
Giants and tlie Washington Redskins.
As far as injuries for both teams,
thc giants only injury is Odessa
Turner ,widc receiver, who is out
with a knee injury.
Thc Eagles unfortunately lost
All-Pro Mike Quick , who broke his
leg in last week's game, for eight to
nine weeks. .Running Back Anthoncy Toney, Corner back Roynell
Young, and Punter John Teltschik
are all questionable for tomorrow
night 's game.
The Giants have won their last six
meetings with the Eagles, the laSt
three have been won by three points.
But in this game, the Eagles are
picked to win by two, (Yeah for my
Birds).
The Eagles will look to put a lot of
pressure on quarterback Phil
Simms, who has been sacked 20
times already this season. Also look
for tight end Keith Jackson, who
leads the National League tight
ends for receptions with 29, to pick
up the slack for injured MikcQuick.
The offense of the Giants is ranked
23rd in the league, so it could be a
big day for the Eagles defensive
line. TheEaglesmusthave better results from their secondary which is
ranked 26th in pass defense in thc
league. The one bright spot of the
Birds defense is they should be able
to contain Running Back Joe Morris, with a defense that is ranked second in the league on the ground. The
Eagles offense must have a good
day. Look for Randall Cunningham
to pass a lot against tlie Giants,
which areranked 27th on the pass in
the league.
Tlie Eagles recently made a trade
with the Indianapolis Colts, to acquire All-Pro guard Ron Solt to add
a little bulk on thc Eagles offensive
line. But Solt isholdingoutbecause
thc Eagles refuse to pay him an extra
$400,000 that was overlooked in his
contract So basically what I am
saying is lhat no Solt for at least tomorrow night's game.
Well now that you are well prepared for tonight's game, let's get
out and support those Eagles. The
onl y drawback for tomorrow
night 's match-up is that I couldn't
squeeze out any money from my
Mom to go to the game.
A "quick" note;
The Dallas Cowboys are presently
looking to acquire Ben Johnson, the
Canadian sprinter who was stripped
ofhis world record in the 100 meter
dash and gold medal because of
steriod use in the '88 Olympics. The
man has never pl;ayed organized
football in his life..

Christy Gibson had a hand in thc Huskies' hard-earned win over #1 ranked Kutztown.

Huskies win Parents*
Day game over East
Stroudsburg, 18-7

Photo by Jim BcUcndorf

by Da ve Sauter
Staff Writer
Parent's Weekend found 5,231 fans
in attendance to witness the game between Bloomsburg University and
East Stroudsburg. They did not leave
disappointed as the Huskies defeated
the Warriors, 18-7.
Bloomsburg, which entered the
game ranked 18th in the NCAA Division II poll nationally , was sparked by
a complete team effort with everyone
chipping in contributions.
The Huskies opened up the scoring
midway through thc second quarter
with a Mark Weiss 26- yard field goal.
The 3-0 lead was sparked by the return
of Paul Venesky to the lineup.
Quarterback Venesky had been ailing all week with an ankle injury, so
the starting assignment was given to
backup, Dave Robson.
However, after an interception by
BU strong safety, Delmas Woods on
the East Stroudsburg 32, Venesky
entered the game to try and spark the
Huskies.
Two completions to tight end Paul
Lonergan brought the ball to the ESU
10,before the drive stalled bringing on
the field goal by Weiss.
Another East Stroudsburg turnover
set up Bloomsburg's next score, a 25
yard touchdown pass from Venesky to
wide receiver Jeff Sparks early in the
third quarter.
On the BU35,a hardhitbyBUlinebacker Gene S traface caused a fumble
which free safety Dan Shutt pounced
upon for the turnover.
Again Venesky's passing set up the
touchdown as he completed a 44 yard
bomb to Steph Kern. Two plays later
he found Sparks in the left corner ofthe
endzone.
The extra point attempt by Weiss

was no good as he hit the right upright.
•Later in thc third quarter , Ron
Sahm of Bloomsburg intercepted a
pass at the Huskies 16 and returned it
67 yards before being dragged down.
The Huskies, though , could not
move the ball any further and were
forced to settle for a 36- yard field
goal by Weiss.
Midway through the fourth quarter, the Warriors finally got on the
scoreboard , via a Bloomsburg Turnover.
Husky running back Leonard
Bluitt hobbled a pitch from Robson
which ESU linebacker Ernie Sebastianelli recovered in the air and
sprinted for a touchdown. Todd McNamee's kick was good and the
Bloomsburg lead was cut to 12-7.
Bloomsburg, however, would not
be denied as Bruce Linton rounded
out the scoring for the Huskies by
returning an interception 53 yards for
a touchdown. Although Weiss
missed the extra point, the Huskies
held the lead for the last minute to
register victory number five.
It was a hard hitting game that went
to the better defense, in this case,
Bloomsburg.
The Huskies held the Warriors to
only 210 total yards, a light 47 on the
ground. In addition , the BU defenders forced eight ESU turnovers, five
interceptions and three fumbles.
All of the Bloomsburg scoring
came as a result of turnovers.
Besides the yardage and the turnovers, the Huskies also sacked the
Warrior quarterback four times for a
loss of 31 yards.
Right tackle Joshua Lee was again
the Bloomsburg star on defense as he
led the team in tackles with ten, six

coming unassisted . He also had
two sacks, and as usual, refused to
take any credit. "It was a great,
total defensive effort," Lee said.
Indeed it was as Shutt and safety
Trent Dennis also had good days.
Shutt recovered a fumble, grabbed
an interception , and registered a
sack. Dennis also had a fumble recovery.
Left tackle Chris Gross recorded
five unassisted tackles of his eight
total, and linebacker Wade Picket
had six tackles along with a fumble
recovery.
Offensively for the Huskies,
Robson and Venesky both did
good jobs. In his debut, Robson
completed four of eight passes for
34 yards. Venesky completed five
of 15 passes for 108 yards and a
touchdown.
Rushing the ball, Bluitt led everyone with 101 yards on 22 attempts, the fourth time this year he
has broken the century mark in a
game. Cornerback Tom Heavy
gained 20 yards on his only attempt which came on a successful
fake punt.
By way of receiving , Lonergan
and running back Mike Medina
each caught three passes to lead the
team, for 17 and 39 yards respectively. Kern pulled in two catches
for 61 yards., while Sparks had his
one catch for 25 yards and a touchdown.
With the win, Bloomsburg improved its mark to 5-1 on the year
while East Stroudsburg dropped to
2-3. Next week the Huskies go on
the road to visit Cheyney University for a tough matchup against
the Wolves. The game is scheduled to start at 1:30.

Leonard Bluitt (7) ran for over 100 yards for the fourth time this season in an 18-7 victory over East Stroudsburg.

Photo by ChrisLowtr

by Lincoln Weiss
Sports Editor
Cindy Hurst scored with 3:41 left in the
second overtime to give thc Bloomsburg
University Huskies a huge win over previously top ranked Kutztown, 1-0.
It was a big win for the Huskies-- nol
only because Kutztown was the number
one ranked team in the nation in Division
III, but the Golden Bears are also in the
Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference.
Bloomsburg came out aggressively this
past Saturday afternoon and dominated
most of the game as it was played mainly
in thc Kutztown half of the field.
Thc Huskies had many scoring opportunities, based on the fact that they had 43
shots on goal compared to Kutztown 's 12
and Bloomsburg had 17 penalty corners to
the Golden Bears' six. But Kutztown 's
goalie Gwenn Kerr continually frustrated
thc Huskies as she made 17 saves.
Bloomsburg had two big chances to win
the game as they had two penalty strokes in
the game.
The first came in thc second half of play
as Hurst, who eventually scored the game
winner, missed her penalty stroke. The
second penalty stroke was awarded to
Daneen Fero in the first overtime, but she
too was frustrated by another big save by
Kutztown 's Ken*.
We dominated the game, said
Bloomsburg Head Coach Jan Hutchinson,
"and we had many opportunities to score in
the game. Their goalie just kept them in it.
"But I felt that we rebounded well from
not playing well against Millersville. We

Two out of three doubles teams went into three sets before BU fell 9-0.

Tennis
loses 9-0
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outhustlcd Kutztown today and really
"deserved to win tliis game,"concluded
Hutchinson.
Bloomsburg finall y converted with
3:41 to play in the second overtime as
Christy Gibson fed a nice pass lo Hurst
inside Kutztown's circle, and Hurst
deposited the ball into the cage to give
Bloomsburg a 1-0 lead.
Then the defense took over as the
Golden Bears never got close to the
Huskies' cage the rest of the overtime
and Bloomsburg won the game 1-0.
"I was psyched after I scored," began Hurst. "We felt like Kutztown was
the team to beat, and the pressure was
on them today becauseof their number
one ranking. I didn 't care who scorcd
for us, I just wanted to win today."
BU should now move up in this
week's rankings, but, according to
senior Alicia Terrizzi, the Huskies
"don't worry about that. We wanted to
show that we could play well against
the best teams in the nation.
"After we dropped that tough loss
to William Smith , I think people might
have been doubting us. This victory
today should show everyone what we
can do. I am really psyched for the rest
of the season."
Bloomsburg, 12-1-1, continues play
today against another PS AC opponent
as they play Mansfield University at
3:00 p.m. at home.
The Huskies will then travel to
Franklin and Marshall for a game on
Wednesday.

by Kelly Werkheiser
Staff Writer
A season record of 5-8 prevailed after
losing to Shippensburg University last
Wednesday afternoon. The Bloomsburg
women's tennis team was defeated, 9-0.
Even though it seemed to be an easy
victory for the women of Shippensburg,
two out of our three doubles teams went
into three sets. Chris Labosky and Jaymi
Arlow were defeated by Chris Logun and
Morei Steherski (7-5,2-6,5-7). And Leslie
Troglione, pairing with Laurie MacGregor,produced a competitive match against
Laura Herman and Jane Tinney but lost(64,4-6,4-6). Meanwhile the number one
doubles pair of Nancy Buie and Cathy Von
Luehrte lost to Jen Meatrauor and Karen
Keffer (0-6,3-6).
In singles matches, as well as doubles,
the Huskies were defeated in every set by
Shippensbury; Buie (1-6,0-6), Von Luegrte (1-6,1-6), Labosky (4-6,4-6), Jeanne
Cancelliere (2-6,1-6), Troglione (2-6,26), and MacGregor (2-6,0-6).

Photo by Chris Lowtr

Scoreboard

Field Hockey
Bloomsburg
Kutztown

1
0 20T

Football
Bloomsburg
East Stroud

18
7

Soccer
St. Joseph's
Bloomsburg

2
1 OT

Bloomsburg
Kutztown

5
0

Women's Tennis
Shippensburg
Bloomsburg

9
0

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