CGA vote strengthens Voice financial growth

Members of thc executive board of thc Community Government Association
self sufficiency of The Voice.

ponder on the issue of the finacial
Photo by ChA Lower

Greeks try to build image

by Bridget Sullivan
Staff Writer
Greek organizations on campus arc
striving lo improve their image this
semester, according to Lori Barsncss,
Greek coordinator.
Barsncss sees herself as an advisor
who bridges thc gap between the
administration and students.
"I want to work with thc students
and gain their trust ," she said.
Barsncss added that by working
with the students, she can help the
Greek system restore a positive image
in Bloomsburg following the Beta
Sigma DclUi Raid of Nov. 19, 1987.
Barsncss said , "Tlie Greeks are
very aware that they need to work on
their image and public relations , both

with the community and with the
students."
Althoug h Barsness said it will be a
long process, she added that the
Greeks arc eager to work together and
with thc administration to improve
thc system's image.
"I am trying to encourage IFC
(Inter-Fraternity Council) and ISC
(Inter-Sorority Council) to be more of
a governing body," she said.

"I believe that those two organizations could have a lot of influence on
the student body by sponsoring educational programs, and using some of
to help the
theii^funds
community,"
she added.
However, Barsncss attributed the

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energy, or lack thereof , of each organization to their leaders.
ISC President MaryAnn Patton
said she hopes lo get ISC more actively involved with IFC.
"Last semester was tough ," said
IFC President Jeff Smith. "It was difficult for a new (Greek) administration to come in and do anything positive."
He said that he is optimistic about
the spring semester because more
freshmen will be eligible to rush.
IFC has not met to plan their calendar for the semester yet, but Smith
said that Greeks are hoping to involve
more people in Greek Week, and intend to publish an activities schedule
this semester.

by Melissa Harris
for The Voice
The Voice ' s proposal to become
financiall y self-supporUng in the future was passed at the Mondav night
¦reeling of the Community Government Association .
According to lhe proposal , CGA
funding [orThe Voice has steadily decreased for the past three years while
advertising revenue has increased .
A separate opcraUng account for
The Voice would bc established in the
University Trusl which would receive
any adverUsing revenue and pay opcrating expenses.
The Voice would build up reserves
to be used on an ongoing basis.
Ten percent of the advertising revenues would bc designated as stipends
for the publication staff , increasing
thc stipends currently paid to the staff ,
thc proposal states.

The new proposal also approved
editors taking internship credits in
addition to receiving sti pends.
The advertising staff would also be
eli gible to receive a 10 percent commission on new advertisements sold.
Advertising managers , however ,
would not be eligible to receive commissions because they receive stipends.
Before voting, CGA senators received an amendment suggested by
the executive council staling, "In any
semester in which an editor or manager is receiving academic credit , he/
she shall not be eligible to receive a
stipend or commission."
Thc Senate defeated the amendment 21-18 and passed the proposal.
In other business, CGA announced

that the off-campus shuttle bus routes
from last semester will be in effect
until maps of the new routes can be
published by the university in approximately two to three weeks.
Anne O'Brien , CGA corresponding secretary, reported to senators lhat
thc Board of Student Government
Presidents has decided Uiat students
who wish to join Commonwealth
Association of Students (CAS) will
no longer send $2 to the Bloomsburg
CAS chapter.

David Gcrlach , executive assistant,
discussed the alcohol seminar he attended at Susquehanna University
with Dean of Student Life Robert
Norton and Director of Student Development Dr. Jack Mulka.
After two alcohol-related deaths al
Susquehanna in recent years ,
Susquehanna , along with other
schools, is trying lo motivate students
to be responsible with alcohol .
Student Trustee Karen Cameron

announced that peUUons for the elections to executive council for next
year are available at the InformaUon
Desk and are due Jan. 29.
The Senior Banquet will be Friday,
April 22 at the Woodlands. The senior
class dues, which arc $10, must be
paid in order to go to the banquet.
A number of mccungs were scheduled including: Governing Board ,
Wednesday, Jan. 27 at 6:30 p.m.;
Studen t Organizations , Wednesday
at 3 p.m.; and Awards Committee,
Tuesday, Feb. 2 at 1 p.m.

The senators were reminded that
the Bloodmobile would be collecting
donations in Kehr Union this week.
They were reminded that the
Town-Gown meeting will be held the
first week in February.
As well, they were informed mat a
new pay phone has been installed near
the McCormick Center for Human
Services.

Th eta Chi: not yet a
Bloomsburg chapter
Theta Chi is a colony at ness for IFC this Sunday will be to
Bloomsburg University , nol a chap- come up with probationary requireler, as previousl y stated in a Jan. 18 ments pertaining to Theta Chi.
article of Thc Voice.
We will probably use guidelines
Inter-Fraternity Council President similar to those used with Gamma
Jeff Smith , who previously could not Epsilon Omicron."
be contacted , said , "Theta Chi has not
yet achieved permanent status on
Smith said it is not possible to precampus."
dict at this time when the colony will
He added, "The firsl order of busi- obtain a permanent status on campus

Defective condoms discovered

by Allan Parachim
L.A. Times-Washington Post Service
Officials of a condom-safety research project discovered a batch of condoms so prone to failure - and they said
that might still be on thc market - that researchers intentionally broke the study 's internal secrecy codes to notify
the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.
The researchers, working on a joint program for the
University of California , Los Angeles, and the University
of Southern California , reported Tuesday that they were
able to buy some of the condoms in question from at least
two Los Angeles drugstores as recently as early January,
even though the defective condoms had been discovered
in late November and thc FDA said that the manufacturer
said all stocks had been sold out.
In response, the FDA said Tuesday it was reopening an
inquiry into the batch in question.
The discovery was tlie latest development in the UCLAUSC research , which is attempting to identif y prophylactics that may reliably prevent transmission of the AIDS
virus.
The study has evaluated 35 U.S. and forei gn brands, and
researchers are now concentrating on 10 of those for additional study.
An FDA official , speaking on the condition he not be
idenufied , said that he could not be certain whether the
federal agency 's own condom-testing program - ordered
in March in response to growing questions about the
safety of condoms used to try to prevent the spread of
AIDS - had evaluated the batch in question.

The official said it was unlikely the batch had becn
tested by federal agents.
The focus of the urgent notification from the UCLAUSC team , according to the FDA, is a batch of condoms
sold under thc Protex brand as "Contracept Plus " with an
expiration dale of Nov. 15, 1990.
The FDA said it had issued a recall notice for a batch of
an identical condom product in December because the lot
failed to meet standard FDA tests for leakage.
And while the FDA said the problem with the batch of
as many as 7,500 condoms, distributed nationwide, appeared to be that the products had deteriorated because
they were held too long in wholesale warehouses, researchers here, also speaking on the condition they would
not be named, questioned whether age was responsible
because the batch had been discovered long before the
expiration date of its spermicide coating.
Bruce Voeller of Mariposa Foundation , a condom
expert involved in the UCLA-USC study, said that discovery of the defective batch so concerned officials of the
study that they decided to break secrecy codes built into
the research - to ensure that scientists are not biased by
brand-name affiliation - so the FDA could take immediate
enforcement action.
UCLA-USC researchers emphasized that identification
of the significandy defective condom batch should not be
perceived as a reason to question the safety of condoms in
general. "The fact is that this is arogue condom," Voeller
said, "but condoms, in general, are the major route available for people to protect themselves against AIDS."

Bloodmobile helps BU students
by TJ Kemmerer
News Editor
Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia
(ALL), a disease which effects
while blood cells, has been part of
the life of one Bloomsburg University student for die past eight years.
Daniel Gray,21, was 13yearsold
when he was told he suffered fro m
ALL.
An abnormal producUon of white
blood cells is the main affliction of
the disease.
Gray describes ALL as cancer of
bone marrow. "That 's why you
have an abnormal producUon of
white blood cells," hc said. "Young
blood cells that don 't funcUon correcily crowd out normal blood cells
that fight infecUon."
Currently, Gray is in remission ,
his body is free of the cancer.
Remission , as described by Gray
is when the cancer cells are gone. "It

is held there by medicine, like chemotherapy . Then you are taken off the
medicaUon to see if your body can
function without it," he said.
Chemotherapy is a broad spectrum
treatment, which requires blood
transfusions to replenish the blood
cells lost during the treatment.
Gray states, "Chemotherapy
knocks the system down. It kills Uie
bad cells. It also kills the good white
blood cells and red blood cells. It 's
not selective. So your (blood) counts
drop."
Platelets lost during chemotherapy
are responsible for the clotUng of
blood. Without a proper level, a person could suffer from internal bleeding.
According to Debbie Snyder, a
registered nurse at Geisinger Medical
Center, it takes about 12-14 units of
platelets for each transfusion, depending on the weight of the patient.

Another product needed by chemotherapy patients is hemoglobin,
tlie oxygen carrier of blood.
Hemoglobin is obtained through
transfusions of packed red cells,
described by Snyder as platelets
and red blood cells taken out of
whole blood. This is done to limit
adverse reacUons to transfusions lo
whole blood cells.
When Gray is in need of blood
products, he can use up to one transfusion a day.
Even though there has been a
shortage of blood products, receiving blood has never becn a problem
for Gray. He states, "If there ever
was a problem, they never told me."
Gray feels that donating blood is
very important for everyone. "If the
blood wasn 't there, I wouldn't be
here. I would donate ,but with all the
medicine I have had, I could never
be able to."

The first major snowstorm of this semester made many roads impassable and sidewalks treacherous. Bccarefu l

Of Walks likC this One.

Photo by Ben Gamson

FBI probes Hart contributions

by Kim Murphy

L.A. Times-Washington Post Service

The Department of Justice said
Tuesday that the FBI has becn asked
to invesdgate allegations that Southem California video producer Stuart
Karl improperly funneled campaign
contributions to Democratic presidential candidate Gary Hart in 1984
and 1988.
John Russell, a department spokesman, said that Justice Department
officials contacted FBI agents in Los
Angeles Monday to discuss the probe,
launched in the wake of news reports
that Karl had secretly reimbursed his
employees for contributions to Hart
and put a Hart aide on his payroll in
1986 and early 1987.
Federal election law limits individual contributions to $1,000 per election and also establishes criminal
penalties for hiding the true source of
campaign contributions.
Rama ' Middell , a former senior
executive assistant at Karl' s nowdefunct video company, Karl-Lorimar Home Video, has told reporters
that Karl asked her and other employees to donate to Hart's 1984 campaign
in order to get around the $1,000
contribution limit.
-Other former Karl employees told
the Orange County Register last week

that Karl pressured workers into
making contributions and then reimbursed them.
"That's illegal , if that's what in fact
took place," said one Justice Department official , who asked not to be
idenufied.
"That would be a violation that we
would be very interested in ," he
added.

However, Hart could not be held
criminally liable for any of the purported contributions unless it could
be established that he knew the
money had been secretly funneled
from an unreported source, official s
said.
Russell said the investigation , requested by U.S. Attorney Robert C.
Bonner in Los Angeles, is a "preliminary " probe that will focus "on
whether these contribudons lhat the
employees made violated federal
criminal statutes."
Bernie Schneider, general counsel
for Hart's 1988 campaign , said "no
laws were violated by the campaign,
to my knowledge. We're looking at it,
and Gary's made it very, very clear
that he wants his campaigns to be
conducted in not only a legal way, but
at a standard that exceeds legality."
Campaign officials said they have

already returned a total of S3,000 in
contributions made by Karl employees, including contributions from two
employees who have reported ly denied that they were reimbursed by
Karl.
"We have no independent information that any of these people were
reimbursed , but just to avoid thc hint
of impropriety , Gary said send 'em
back," Schneider said.

Index

Volunteers are needed for Uie
annual Alumni Phone-a-thon ,
to be held in late February.
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A personal interview wilh
Gary Larson proves he's nol
on Thc Far Side.
Page 4
For highlights of last night's
basketball game, sec Page 8.

Commentary
Features
Comics
Sports

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A story of p rincip a ls
by Ellen Goodman
Editorial Columnist
What follows is a tale of three high
schools. Eastside Hi gh. Hazclwood
Hi gh . James Madison High.
The first of these, Eastside High ,
Paterson , N.J., is run by a princi pal
named Joe Clark. In case you have
missed Clark on television, he's thc
man wwo patrols his hallways like a
para-milimry ruler of a unruly country, armed with bullhorn and baseball
bat.
The second, Hazclwood high , Missouri , is run by Robert Reynolds. This
man has used a more delicate instrument lo exercise his authority: a blue
pencil and scissors to snip real life
from student news.
The third , James Madison , is
wholly fictional. It springs from thc
imagination of Bill Bennett, thc secretary of education , who created it as a
showcase for an ideal curriculum.
At firs t glance, the khrec high
schools seem unconnected; separate.
But in some subtle way, they arc current variations on the same theme.
They suggest thc return to control , the
stiffening of authority in thc schools,
the growing popularity of law-andordcr education.
The Eastside success story is in
some ways thc ripest. Joe Clark 's
school (and make no mistake, it is HIS
school) was more a haven for drugs
and violence than for education when
hc took over. It was a prototype, die
worst-case scenario of inner-city anarchy and neglect, in need ofa savior.
In his first year, Clark kicked out
300 of his 3,000 students. Last week,
threatened by the school board for ex-

pelling 60 more who were failing, he
filled an auditorium wilh his fervent
supporters: Eastside students and parents.
Hazclwood High is a less tumultuous place, but is not without its problems. Teen-age pregnancy, and the
aftermath of divorce, for example.
When lhe school paper tried to publish stories about these issues, the
young journalists were censored by
the principal .
Last week, thc Supreme Court supported thc school. It gave thc principal , indeed any princi pal , the right to
censor virtually anything. In the
words of Justice While: "A school
need not tolerate student speech that is
inconsistent with its 'basic educational mission.'"
James Madison High School is happily unencumbered by any students at
all. Yet the curriculum that Bennett
wrote for this school is also about
toughening schools from the top
down. Bennett describes the course of
study this way: "Our children should
know about continental shift and
quadradic equations, about Gothic
architecture and die Gettysburg address, about what a symphony is and
about who Shakespeare was and what
he wrote."
James Madison isn 't a cafeteria
high school where students pick and
choose courses. It offers something
more like a sit-down meal where students are expected to swallow what is
served.
What are we to make of the tale of
three high schools? As a parent I have
one set of feelings. I cheer the sheriff
who cleaned up Eastside High and

made it safe. I empathize with the
Hazclwood principal who wants
power over thc messages going to the
young, at least under his own roof .
I would sign up my children for
meaty fare at James Madison High
School.
Butasacitizcn .I wondcrabouthow
easily we settle for control. How
quickl y wc retreat to authoritarian
habits.
Thc educational hero of the hour ,
Joe Clark , is also an autocrat who
raises test scores by expelling the low
scorers. Thc victor in thc Supreme
Court has forgotten what Justice
Brennan writes in his dissent, the
"mandate to inculcate moral and political values is not a general warrant
to ac t as thought pol ice...."Those who
call for higher standards can also signal a return to a rigid curriculum at
Madison Hi gh.
There is a scent of authoriarianism
in the tale of three high schools. It
goes beyond Uie idea lhat Teacher
Knows Best.
Our concern that 'things ' are out of
control prompts us to shore up the
framework of our institutions. Anxiety about thc future, that vague sense
of national slippage and hard times
ahead, gets reflected in a mandate to
shape up the young.
These are good, caring impulses.
But the best high schools when they
work are like die smoothest adolescence— and maybe just as rare.
They 're a place of transition from
childhood to citizenshi p, a time when
thc controls are graduall y handed
over. I missed those chapters in the
tale of three high schools.

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Senator not satisfied with
executive board's actions

To the Editor
1 am taking Uiis opportunity to profess my pride in our Community
Government Association . After
"discussing" The Voice 's newly proposed budget for over two months, wc
finally called it to a vote and it has
been passed.
However, my joy for the senate's
success is overshadowed by some
statements made by the executive
board during thc meeting in regard to
thc entire matter.
First there was the ever-articulate
Jim Fritchman , CGA vice president,
"Wc, the members of exec board felt
that the whole problem with Uie issue
was the question of stipends versus
credits so that is why we (again exec
board) added thc ammendment D-6."
(Parenthesis mine).
For mose who are not on the CGA
senate, the amendment to The Voice ' s
proposal stated lhat , "In any semester
in which an editor or manager is receiving academic credit, he/she shall
not be eligible to receive a stipend or
commision"
When the amendment went to discussion , several senators slated theu*
dissent to lhe proposed addition to the
proposal. John Walker, representing
the Junior Class, said, "I think that for
all lhe work involved in what they do,
the stipends are very trivial.
As for internship credits and the
stipends, I know for a fact that I'm
hoping to get an internshi p this summer and make quite a bit of money
doing it. "
After Walker finished , another
senator who I was unable to identif y
due to my scat, raised lhe question,
"Arc paid internshi ps available in
other areas?" To which Fritchman
quietl y replied , "Yes."
Then still anoiher senator, again her

Whatever it is, y our op inion counts

by David J ' erris
Staff Troublemaker
Welcome back to the hallowed
halls and steamy sidewalks of
Bloomsburg University . I trust you
had a pleasant holiday.
I' ve had numerous requests to do
another article on how to write letters
to the editor , or editor-letterizing as I
called it last time around.
First let me assure you that we
encourage you to write with your
opinions. We like to get mail, even if
it doesn 't say nice things about us.
More importantiy, I and many other
editorialists write with the primary
purpose of forcing people to think. I
don 't necessarily intend to make you
agree with me, but I hope that I at least
get you to examine your own feelings
about Uie subject at hand and determine for yourself why you feel as you
do.
Often I'll make a statement in my
articles that is diametrically opposed
to Uie actual way I feel , in order to
point out certain patterns of logic.
Usually this is disguised with humour. Since everything else I write is
also disguised with humour, Uie
reader is (hopefully) forced to consider my arguments at depth in order
to determine my true meaning.
Let me also point out that we do not
expect you to write letters with Uie
eloquence of Shakespeare. That
would be interesting, however...
"O Registrar, O Registrar,
Thou hast scathed the depths of my
soul
With thy burning arrows of incompetence..."
Your opinion is valued, regardless
of the quality with which it was applied to paper. Most of you reading
this are college students or faculty, so
we would like to see a level of writing
skills commensurate with that distinc-

tion , or at least high school level.
I have seen a number of articles and
letters from people who were obviously quite intelli gent and felt
strongly about the subject matter, but
the writing skill displayed would
place them somewhere in elementary
school. I'm not talking about a few
misspelled words or a dangling participle, I mean these people couldn 't
write down a proper sentence if their
lives depended on it. No punctuation ,
over a third of the words misspelled,
dismal grammar.
The common reaction to this sort of
thing is to reply, "What I said was
important, not the way I said it." True,
to an extent, but the problem is Uiat if
the author 's writing is that bad, Uie
person reading is not able to decipher
the intent. I ve seen notes in which I
could not determine whether Uie
writer was for or against the topic as
they had left out or terribly misspelled
key words and phrases.
This should not deter you from
submitting letters to Uie editor. I
would hope that if your skills are a bit
lacking, you would have Uie desire to
improve them in order to become a
better person. Keep in mind Uiat few
things impress an employer more than
the ability to write well.
Before submitting your work, ask a
friend (preferably someone who can
read) to look over the piece and offer
advice and constructive criticism.
With useful feedback, you can find
the areas in which you are lacking and
concentrate on them. Practice is also
essential.
We don 't expect a submission to be
in term paper format either, but you
really should make an effort to type
the letter or at least print neatly in ink.
You must also sign your letters and
include a phone number. We can
withhold your real name if you re-

quest, but Voice policy requires that
we have a signature before we print.
This minimizes the papers ' liability in
Uie event of a fraud.
Writing anonymously is acceptable
in many cases, such as when Uie author divulges personal experiences
Uiat should remain private, but most
of the time you should not be afraid to
use your real name. Many readers will
place less credence on your argument
if you are not brave enough to state
your case publicly, using your own
identity. After all, I use my real name
on all Uie rubbish I put out and I
haven 'tbeen mugged yet. (Ofcourse,
the fact that I'm a homicidal psychopath with no moral restraints and a
nasty disposition may have something to do with my prolonged survival.)
Now I must move on to the contents
of the letters. Remember Uiat this page
is an "Opinions" page, devoted to
editorials and readers opinions. By
definition , everyone has an opinion ,
even if that opinion is apathy. You
cannot realistically criticize a person
for being opinionated in their editorial
or letter on Uie Opinions Page.
Try to keep some originality in your
remarks. Quite often , especially concerning hotly debated topics, the vast
majority of letters contain the same
old arguments that have been thrown
around for years. No new ground is
broken, no new points brought out.
This is largely because neither side
is listening to the other and each ignores the cliches and slogans of the
opposing team. Try to find a new
angle and avoid those slogans!
One specificpoint: keep away from
die two cliches Uiat seem to be in
every other letter to the editor these*
days. "Wake up and smell Uie coffee"
was clever when Ann Landers first
used it thirty years ago.

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Since it is usually used to imply "if
you disagree with me or have an
opposing opinion you are being unrealistic", it 's underlying value is dubious at best.
The second editor-lettering no-no is
Uie sarcastic build-up structure consisting of a mocking version of the
opponents' stand stated as a question,
followed quickly by "I think not".The
build-up technique is acceptable, sarcasm is certainly a mainstay of editorial literature, but that "I think not"bit
has to go. That line went sour when
the Roman senators kept using it to
reply to Julius Caesar's letters from
France.
When you are replying to a specific
article or letter, try very hard to discuss Uie actual contents of said article/
letter. Too often a letterizer will reply
to a letter on a topic, Uie budget for
instance, but neglect to address any of
the points in Uie original piece. They
ramble on using the usual collections
of cliches and express a general dislike for whomever wrote Uie first article and finish off by telling them to
wake up and smell the coffee.
This is fine for a discussion over
lunch , but hardly makes a useful rebuttal to Uie offending submission.
Again let me emphasize that we
encourage you to write in with your
thoughts and opinions. We only ask
Uiat you make them legible and intelligent.
Now, if you 'll excuse me, I have to
get working on a letter of my own.

Scranton Commons, den of despair
Thy toast doth not sate the longing
of my maw
And thy potatoes, mashed though
they be by the retinue of contract,
Do indeed embody lumps, so as to
invoice the rage of tny roommate...

name obscured due to my seal , said,
"Il is their budget , and I ihink that they
should be allowed to do what they
want with Uie money. " An interesting
point that had n 't becn raised up lo this
point. My mind was almost made up.
Then , my decision was made for mc.
Marie Graziano, project coordinator and member of thc executive
board , said , "If there was all this discussion about it now , wc should have
been discussing it in earlier meetings."
She's right , you know , WE CERTAINLY HAD ENOUGH OF
THEM!!!
The only flaw in her argument was
the fact Uiat the other meetings were
totall y monopolized by the executive
board arguing and bantering with Uie
then Editor-in-Chief of The Voice,
Donal d Chomiak .
We heard from Executive Representative Tim Kurtz , "Well , Don , if
thc stipends are insignificant compared to thc work you do, then you
could do without them couldn 't you?"
Wc heard from Jim Friichman ,
"Uh, how do wc know lhat you won 't
load the paper with ads so you can
increase your revenue and thereby
increase your stipends?"
OUier statemen ts were made during
the harangues that were unattributable due lo lack of order. Statements
like, "Have you ever thought of paying the reporters instead of the editors?", "If 77*e Voice is a class, why do
you get paid to do it?", and "Why do
you get stipends when no one else
docs?"
If this weren 't enough , we Uien
have Kris Rowe, parliamentarian on
executive board , tearfull y say, "I
busted my butt to do these parking
surveys and didn 't get a dime for it!"
That explains why she didn 't have

the new bus route ready for distribution at the beg inning of the semester,
she was too busy looking for pity.
Every session ended with Uie same
motion to table thc issue "due to its
complexity " and I actual ly began to
think that maybe there was something
I had missed when I read through the
document when it was first given to
mc so many weeks ago.
I began to think that The Voice was
trying to pull one over on the senate
and I was ready to vote "no."
Then when Fritchman made his
statement about D-6, I realized Uiat
senate had no input whatsoever on
any of the two ammendments already
approved or the newly proposed one.
I finally realized it was not The
Voice staff trying to dupe me, or us,
but actuall y our own exec board!
THEY made all Uie ammendments,
THEY asked all the questions and
THEY made us, or me at least, feel
incompetent to make this decision. I
real ized I wasn 'I alone then as several

senators spoke their minds , for the
first time on the issue.
And Graziano had the audacity to
say we should have made these comments earlier?
My perspective on CGA has certainly changed. I don 't know how
much I can trust my exec board anymore. I, for one, will keep a watchful
eye on its members from now on. The
senate must be aware of what is going
on. Hell , the students should be aware
of what is going on.
Do you?
The "C" stands for Community.
The student-elected senate makes Uie
decisions not the executive board.
Maybe someone should tell them
that.
ONE DISAPPOINTED SENATOR

Roommate attack brutal

To the editor
Mr. Robertsarticle *'The Trouble With Roommates"is a vicious
attack on people who are overweight. There are so many colorful
eye-opening events that happen duringyour first experiences with
roommates that I find it distressing that he ch ose to be superficial ,
predjudke and unimaginative.
Supporting his immature concept is the statements "-No one
could give birth to two of those within a four year periods"Also his
sarcastic comment hinting that the college should have warned
him about his fat roommate with a picture further supports my
statement.
Mr. Roberts* exhibits some talent for writing humor, but perhaps he could go easy on the physical traits and attack personality*
After all, it's personality that counts. That is a lesson he failed to
learn living with people,
. ..
Glenn Bateman

aUje lima*
Editor-in-Chief.
Karen Reiss
Managing Editor
;
Tom Sink
News Editors
Lisa Cellini, Tammy J. Kemmerer
Features Editors
Lynne Ernst, Glenn Schwab
Sports Editor
Mike Mullen
Photography Editor
Christopher Lower
Assistant Photography Editor
....Chrissa Hosking
Production/Circulation Manager.
Alexander Schillemans
Advertising Manager
Susan Sugra
Assistant Advertising Manager
Kim Clark
Business Manager
ZZZZ "Richard Shaplin
Copy Editors
Dav id Ferris, Chris Miller

Illustrator
Advisor

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John Maittien-Harris

Voice Editorial Policy

Unless stated otherwise , the editorials in The Voice are the opinions and
concerns of the Editor-in-Chief , and do not necessarily reflect the opinions
of all members of The Voice staff, or the student population of Bloomsburg
University.
The Voice invites all readers to express their opinions on the editorial
page
through letters to the editor and guest columns. All submissions must be
signed and include a phone number and address for verification, although
names
on letters will be withheld upon request.
Submissions should be sent to The Voice office , Kehr Union Building,
Bloomsburg University, or dropped off at the office in the games room.'
The
Voice reserves the right to edit, condense or reject all submissions.

uS^EIrara Foundation sponsors
* Ine Bloodmobile will be at
Bloomsburg University today
between 10:30 am and 4:30 pm
in the KUB . All students are
urged to donate blood.
The Bloomsburg Student
Concert Committee is now
accepting applications. Applications may be picked up at the
Information Desk of the KUB.
Deadline for all applications is
Friday, Feb. 5, 1988. For further information contact Jimmy
Gilliland at 389-4344.
The Inter-Fraternity Council
presents Uie IFC All-Presidents
Talk Tuesday, Feb. 9 at 7 pm in
Multi-A, KUB. Anyone who is
interested in pledging a fraternity must attend.
The Pennsylvania Federation
of Democratic Women is accepting applications for a
scholarship from any female
Pennsylvania studen t in the
junior class who is interested in
making a career in politics or
government or who is preparing to teach government, economics or history.
Applicants must have a
Democratic family background
or be an active participant in the
activities of Uie parly.
The deadline for applications
is April 15, 1988. For application forms write to: Ms. Barbara
Bruno, 2090 Potts Hill Rd.,
Etters, PA 17319.

annual phone-a-thon

by Dawn D'Aries
f o r The Voice
Sponsored by Uie Bloomsburg University Foundation, the Annual Alumni
Phone-a-thon is expecting to raise $ 150,000 this year, and has been scheduled
from February 29 through April 29.
According to Sue Helwig, assistant director of student development , the
phone-a-thon raises money for scholarships, faculty research and development, equipment, alumni services such as Homecoming, and Uie Celebrity
Artist Series.
Helwig estimated that 15,000 phone calls to alumnists by 400 callers would
raise about $150,000.
The BU Foundation is seeking volunteers, including students , faculty
members and .staff alumni , to call on Mondays through Thursdays from 6:30
p.m. to 9:30 p.m.
Volunteers will receive a half-hour training session prior to making calls at
the phone stations in Carver Hall.
Professors from thc Business, Mass Communications and Communication
S tudies departments are encouraging their students to participate in the phonea-thon. Dr. Richard Alderfer, Communication Studies professor, said the
experience allows students to develop a good repoir with alumni while raising
money for the university.
Last year, the six-week phone-a-thon exceeded a goal of $80,000 by raising
$103,000.
By averaging 150 pledges a night , the BU Foundation hopes to reach this
year's goal.
"Getting on the phone and talking to a person is the best way to get a
response,"Helwig said. "A phone-a-thon is the next best thing to being there."
Students interested in participating should visit the Development Office in
Carver Hall or call 389-4213.

Students who have been residents of West Virginia for at
least one year and are full-time
undergraduates may apply for a
West Virginia Higher Education Grant.
Completed forms must be returned my March 1, 1988.
Contact Mrs. Kishbaug h, Financial Aid office, Room 19,
ben Franklin Hall, for applications.
QUEST will be hosting a
cross-country day ski Jan. 31,
1988. The course will take
place at a local cross-country
ski resort and the cost ($17)
includes ski equipment, trail
pass, lessons and transportation .
For more information call
QUEST at 398-4323 or stop by
the QUEST office in Simon
Hall.
QUEST Outdoor Adventures
is offering a snowshoeing day
hike on Jan. 30, 1988. All participants will meet at Centennial Gym at 6 a.m. The price of
$17 includes transportation,
equipment , instruction and
lunch..
For more information call
QUEST at 389-4323 or stop at
the QUEST office in Simon
Hall.
The first performance of Uie
Bloomsburg University Celebrity Artist Series during the
spring semester will be the
award-winning Broadway
musical comedy 'The Music
Man", and will be performed at
8 p.m., Sunday, Feb. 7, in Mitrani Hall of Haas Center for the
Arts.
Tickets will be available in
advance at the Information
Desk in Uie Kehr Union Building (389-3900) or at the box
office Uie night of Uie performance.
The Bloomsburg University
music department is featuring a
faculty recital at 2:30 p.m.
Sunday, Jan. 31, in Carver Hall
Auditorium.
The concert is free of charge
and open to Uie public. For
more information, contact the
music department at 389-4284.
A few brave men are needed
to play: "Skirmish :the friendly
war game,"For more information call Rick Shaplin at 3871662.

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Photo by Ben Gairisoa
Semester.

Lower level of education p robed
by Barbara Vobedja

L.A. Times-Washington Post Service

The mystery began two years ago,
when schoolchildren across the
country sat down to take a reading
test.
Nothing appeared unusual: Nearly
70,000 students penciled in their
answer sheets, as American youngsters have for two decades in the
federal government's testing program.
But something went wrong in this
latest round of tests - reading scores
for two of three age groups dropped
dramatically, raising Uie possibility
that either Uie tests were seriously
flawed or 9- and 17-year-olds had
suffered drastic declines in their
reading ability.
Dozens of possible explanations
have been examined - everything
from a new color of ink in ths test
booklets to the possibility Uiat the
children were upset when they took
the test, which was partially administered Jan. 28, 1986, the day thc space
shuttl e Challenger exploded.
But after months of study, both the
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ing performance over a period of
years, the other age groups showed a
full year's drop in achievement.
In other words, if Uie 17-year-olds
were expected to read at an 11thgradc level, the test showed they were
reading only at a lOth-grade level.
The notion that students across the
country, in two age groups, could
perform so poorly was both horrifying and unbelievable to test givers
and federal officials.
And if reading ability had dropped
as much as the tests indicated , other
standardized tests would have shown
similar slides and teachers across Uie
country would have noticed the problem.
First, NAEP delayed releasing lest
results scheduled to come out in
September 1987 and initiated an investigation.
Then the Education Department
turned over the matter to ils own blueribbon panel to investigate.
Neither investigation is complete,
but Lapointe and Finn agreed that the
mystery will probably not be solved
even with the release of their studies.

Educauon Department and the Educational Testing Service, which
administers the "nation 's report
card," are still perplexed.
"We have gone down every alley
we could imagine and some that
seemed even a Hide frivolous trying
to find what might have made a difference," said Archie E. Lapointe,
director of the National Assessment
of Educational Progress (NAEP), the
testing program administered under a
$4 million annual contract to ETS.
"We're as baffled today as we were a
couple of months ago."
This is the first time federal test
givers have run into such inexplicable test results.
The reading tests are part of a battery of tests given to a national
sample every two years to measure
the academic progress ofthe nation's
schoolchildren .
In this case, reading tests were
given to students aged 9, 13 and 17.
And while the 13-ycar-olds showed
the normal rate of progress, which
was predicted by trend data compar-

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Bloomsburg University

Newly appointed CAS coordinator, Mike Mullen, answers a call concerning his new
Photo by TJ Kemmerer
position .

CAS seeks funding

by John Risdon
for The Voice
The Commonwealth Association
of Students will no longer receive
student monies via donation request
slips, according to CAS coordinator
Michael Mullen.
Previously, these slips were sent
with each student's tuition bill.
The Board of Student Government
Presidents (BSGP) decided to omit
the slips from next semester's bill,
resulting in the loss ofa major source
of income.
According to a memo sent by the
BSGP Uie slips will be omited because no local campus CAS organizations exist in the State System. The
CAS constitution states that the organization does not exist on a stale
wide level.
The BSGP believes the lack of
membership indicates the student
opinion is not represented accurately. The fourteen elected leaders
of universities in Uie state system feel
there is a better way to represent student opinion in Uie State System of
Higher Educaton.
CAS helps students voice opinions

regarding university policies and issues such as tuition increases, state
grant reductions and more. The
organization's goal is to present and
protect student viewpoints of issues.
Mullen is currently struggling to
revive student interest in CAS.
"It's important for CAS to keep an
active voice," said Mullen. "If we
don 't, tuition will keep going up, and
available funds for student aid will
continue to diminish."
Although Mullen said that Uie
omission of the CAS donation request slips wiU decrease funding significantly next semester, he hopes
organizational operations will continue.
"Only a minority of students donate. We raised enough funds to
continue this semester." He added
that students will be able to donate
next semester.
Mullen plans on running an election drive to register and involve
students politically. He stressed that
CAS needs interested volunteers and
will meet in February. Anyone interested can contact Mike Mullen at
389-4457.

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Sign np your Air-Band Now at Info . Desk!!
$5 entry fee

• Roundtrlp air from Philadelphia ,New York
and Boston to Nassau,Paradise Island and
Cancun,Mexico,other cities available.
• Roundtrlp transfers from airport to hotel.
• 7 nights hotel accommodations.
• Welcome beach parties,cruises,club
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A personal interview

Larson not on the far side

Dan Geringer
Daily Ne ws Staff Writer
Gary Larson certainly looks harmless enough. Hc is not , of course. He
is hi ghl y dangerous to people who
believe that tliere is such a thing as
normal life. But hc looks harmless
enough.
He 's built small and he 's got thinning blond hair and wirc-rimmed
glasses and a shy, hesitant manner and
a soft , bookish voice. And even
thoug h he 's on a major league 30-city
author ' s tour to promote "In Search
of The Far Side " (Andrews , McMccl
& Parker , $4.95) - his latest collection
of zen with wits , ya-gotta-brc-ak-afew-eggs-to-makc-an-existentialist
cartoon-Larson 's carry ing his o w n
luggage. And you can see that his
arm s arc fechini the strain , iust like a
regular person ' s arms would.
And when you ask him aboul the
orig in of th e lunatic laughter lhat. in
thc short space of five years . h..s
turned "The Far Side " from an obscure weekl y cartoon in Seattle into
an outrageous dail y Firsi Thing I Turn
To event in more than 125 newspapers nationwide , he manages io look
about as innocent as a 34-year old cull
fi gure can look and hc says:
"It 's a mystery to me. I don ' t have
a good handle on it. I don 't pretend lo
understand it. Every time I think I
have a clue , thc whole thing goes up in
smoke. It 's a lillie scary sometimes. I
mean , you should sec lhe ones lhal
don 'l sec the light of day. "
Like lhe one with thc puppy dog
standing nea r the operating table
begging thc surgeon for scraps.
"Is it a gene?" Larson ponders . "Or
environment? My favorite childhood
book was 'Mr. Bear Squash You All
Flat. ' Mom read it to mc over and over
again. It was about this bear who sat
on everyone 's houses and squashed
'em flat. Finally, Mr. Bear sits on Mr.
Porcupine 's house. And Mr. Bear
gets cured of his nasty habit. Fast. "
Remembering whal Mr. Porcupine

did to Mr. lu* -ir . Larson allows himself a ghoulish litife grin. But the gri n
leavesas suddenly ;\s it appeared , and
Larson replaces ii with his earnest
look. "No one was killed ." he says
quickly. "Mr. IVardidn ' i kill anyone.
He just squashed their houses. And it
wasn 't like my mother came to mc
every nighl and said . 'Now Gary hch ,
heh . heh . it ' s time for another chapter
of 'Mr. Rea r Squash You All Flal '
heh . heh . heh. " She never did Uiat.
AY,;//v. '
So if it wasn " t Doris Larson 's motherl y guidance , what compels her
mentall y .*7'r;'' •'*' ' son Gary to draw a
guilty-looking witch standing in a
middle-class living room and being
yelled at by an angry middle-class
couple w h o have just returned from
an eveninc out. "Now let me gel this
strai ght. " ihe husband screams ai lhe
witch. "Wc hir ed you lo baby-sit the
kids, and instead you cooked and ate
them z*z;h ."
Or the after-hours maternity ward
scene where Uie janitor is removing
newborn babies frem their cribs , rubbing them on his T-shirt , and suspending them from thc ceiling. "Laic at
night and without permission ," the
caption explains , "Reuben would often enter thc nursery and conduct
experiments in static electricity."
Or thc murder trial where thc prosecuting attorney and the assembled
spectators arc shocked when a cow
with a desperate look on its face suddenl y jumps up and shouts , "All right!
All rig ht! I confess! I did it! Yes!
That 's right! Thc cow! Ha ha ha! And
I feci great! "
Larson would have you believe that
he sits quietl y, at home in Seattle,
under his stuffed warthog head
(which is dead), close to his pet
horned I cogs and his snakes (which
are alive) , waiting for a suggestion to
enter his brain. A suggestion like, "I
feci like drawing a duck today." or ,
"Elephants. I' m thinking elephants."
And then , almost subconsciously,

Larson will enter the Weird Area and
emerge with something like "Thc
Elephant 's Nightmare" in which an
elephant sits at a grand piano in a soldoul concert hall. He is staring neurotically at the keyboard. Hc is paralyzed
by fear. Hc is thinking, "What am I
doing here? I can 't play this thing! I' m
a flutist for crying-out-loud!"
Larson would have you believe that
hc is a regular guy. "I don 't feci like
I'm a character who 's stepped right
out of my cartoons," hc says sincerely. So why docs hc have a best
friend like Ernie Wagner , thc reptile
curator at the Seattle Zoo? And why
did he fec i compelled to fill Ernie 's
bathtub with 50 pounds of hi ppopotamus manure?
"Because," Larson replies somewhat defensively, "Ernie's practical
jokes had gotten to a level where it
was clear to mc that unless he was
stopped , someone was gonna die. "
Hc pauses momentaril y to reflec t
on the dangers of knowing Ernie.
Then hc sighs and says, "Don ' t get me
wrong. My friend Ernie is a regular
kind of guy. It 's just that sometimes
he scares mc. I' m not sure if hc knows
thai certain boundaries exist. I don 't
know if . . . Wait a minute. Retract
everthing I said aboul 'a regular kind
of guy. ' Ernie is not a regular kind of
guy. He 's capable of having normal
moments. But he 's nol a regular kind
of guy. "
In 1978 , Ernie asked Larson if he
wanted to go to Mexico to hunt
snakes. "Who wouldn 't want to go to
Mexico and hunt snakes?" They were
camp ing in central Mexico, up in the
hills. Larson had a deep-seated fear of
scorpions. Hc describes Ernie 's whip
scorpions as "large , black , and basically harmless. But if looks could kill ,
you 'd lake one look at them and you 'd
die.
"Earl y one morning, I was ly ing in
my sleeping bag, all zipped up, half-

I G:\ry Larson takes time out from his busy schedule lo answer some questions about hfs life, his friends and "The Far Side."

Vamp ire f ilm has lots of action

by Pat Andrews
StaffWriter
ThcProgram Board 's film committee is off to a good start with their first
Carver-packing success of the
semester, "The Lost Boys. " This is
ihe fi rst of several summer releases
obtained by thc university for Ihe
spring semester.
"The Lost Boys" is not the typ ical
dracula story set in Uie heart of Transylvania in an old rusUc castle with
bats and a coffin. This is a modern day
Uirillcr mixed wilh comedy Uiat takes
place in Santa Carla , California , an
occanside town.
These vampires are not exactl y
caped Casanovas like their famous
predecessor either. Actuall y, they arc
overgrown motorcycle riding teenagers who have quite an appeutc for
human flesh and blood.
Thc film is about a family; a mother
and two sons, who move from Phoenix , Arizona to Santa Carla, the murder cap ital of the world. The incredibl y hi gh mortality rate is largely due
to thc fac t that Santa Carla is infested
with the Undead , more commonly
known as vampires.

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March 6 to April 23, 1988*

Diiector/producer
Steven
Spielberg and director John Badham
arc among the film industry co-sponsors supporting thc 1988 Twelfth
Annual Nissan FOCUS Awards, the
largest national student filmmaking
and screenwriting competition in the
United Stales.
Principally sponsored by Nissan
Motor Ccrporauon in U.S.A. and
additionally supported by Eastman
Kodak Company, FOCUS (Films of
College and University Students)
gives hundreds of aspiring young
filmmakers and screenwriters from
schools across the country the chance
to have their films and scripts seen
and critiqued by some of
Hollywood's leading producers , directors, actors, and agents, as well as
provides the opportunity to win over
$100,000 in cash, automobiles and
prizes.
The competition 's popularity
among the nation 's film students has
been growing as a result of the successes achieved by former FOCUS
winners.

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When you break awaythis7 year,
do it with style.

Your College Week in Bermuda is more than just
sun , sand and surf.
Rig ht from the lirst outrageous "Col lege Bash"
at Elbow Beach , it 's a week of unrelenting pleasure .
Spectacular seaside buffet luncheons. A calypso
and limbo festival like none other. Smashing dancetil-you-drop beach parties , featuring Bermuda 's top
rock , steel and calypso bands. Even a "Party Cruise!'
All compliments of the Bermuda Department
of Tourism.
Bermuda is all of this—and much , much more.
It 's touring the island 011 our breezy mopeds.

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It 's jogging on quiet country roads—including
an early morning 2-k "Fun Run " from Horseshoe
Bay. It 's exploring the treasures in our international
shops, playing golf on eight great courses, and
tennis on over 100 island-wide courts.
But most of all , it 's the feeling you get on a tiny,
flower-bedecked island , separated from everywhere
and everything by 600 miles of sea.
This year, break away with style. See your Campus Travel Representative or Travel Agent for details.
'College Weeks packages not available week of April 10 16.

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Thc Frog Brothers add a lot to the
comical side of Uie story. They tel l
Sam that they have dedicated their
lives to the American Way, which to
them means destroying all vampires.
Soon after realizing that his own
brother is a half-vampire, Sam desperately turns to the Frog Brothers for
help. Edgar and Allan give Sam two
alternatives; either kill Michael by
driving a stake through his heart or do
the same to the leader of thc Undead,
which would return Michael to his

normal state of being. After a little
debaung, Sam convinces the brothers
to kill thc leader, despite the fact they
don 't know who the leader is.
Dressed in arm y fatigues and
equipped with gunbells packed with
stakes and squirtguns , thc Frog Brothers and Sam beg in their pursuit of the
American Way .
Everything comes together when in
Sam 's house, Uie Frog Brothers and
Sam defend Michael and two other
half-vampires from an attack of the
remaining Undead , including their
leader who has been dating Michael
and Sam 's mother. In Uie end good
prevails and the Frog Brothers satisfy
their pursuit of the American Way,
and Michael returns to normal. But
this came about onl y after an incredibl y bloody vampire massacre.
"The Lost Boys " was dcfineUy
suspenseful and sometimes very
humorous, which made it an overall
good movie. " The Lost Boys " was just
one of Uie man y films being offered
by the Program Board. Students can
look forward to future movies offered
during the coming months.

FOCUS gi ves f ilm opportunies

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Thc film instantl y p icks up pace
when Michael , the oldest son in thc
family, falls in love with Star, the
girlfriend to one of the four teen
vampires. Blinded by his emotions,
Michael is intentionally led to thc
Undead 's lair where he falls victim to
thc whims of peer pressure and drinks
thc blood of one of thc vampires, thus
turning himself into a half-vampirc.
Meanwhile, Michael's younger
brother Sam learns that thc cily is
being overrun by vampires from two
Rambo-wannabe brothers, Edgar and
Allan; better known as the Frog
Brothers.

The FOCUS Competition is open
only to feature-length screenplays or
16mm films produced non-commercially in conjunction wiUi an American educational institution.
In addition to cash and automobile
prizes, all FOCUS winners are flown
to Los Angeles for an expenses-paid
5-6 day stay at the Westin Bonaven-

ture with FOCUS board members and
film industry leaders.
The winners ' stay in Los Angeles
culminates in a gala FOCUS Award
Ceremony, traditionally held at the
Directors Guild Theatre.

By offering financial support and
industry recognition , FOCUS helps
ensure Uiat winning studenU make
the contacts necessary to break into
the hi ghly competiUve film business.
The professional respect the project
receives is evidenced by the many
prominent artists and executives who
serve on FOCUS ' Boards of Judges
and Governors, such as Milos Forman , Randa Haines, Robert Wise,
David Puttnam , Randal Kleiser, Joe
Dante, Tony Bill , Fedenco Fellini,
Ingmar Bergman , Robert De Niro,
Neil Simon , David Lean, Sidney
Lumet , Chuck Jones, Faith Hubley,
Carol Littleton , George C. Scott,
Sydney Pollack, and David Wolper.
FOCUS was originated 12 years
ago by Nissan Motor Corporation in
U.S.A. to encourage and reward students seriously concerned with Uie art
of film. As FOCUS Board member
Jack Lemmon said in his recent letter
to the nation 's communications professors , "We can 't give shots for talent, we can 't send for it from some
catalogue, we cannot even guaran tee
that exposure to it will 'take'. However, we can encourage it to be the
best that it can be. Whatever Uie result

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of Uiat encouragement, to fail to do so
might just kill it, and Uiat would be an
unforgivcable crime."
Over the past 11 years, more than
170 young filmmakers and screenwriters from more man 45 different
schools have won FOCUS honors.
Thc deadline for entries in the
Twelfth Annual Nissan FOCUS
competition is postmarked April 25,
1988. For more information , including rules booklet and entry forms,
contact your school's communications, speech, film or creative writing
department , or write to: FOCUS,
1140 Avenue of Uie Americas, New
York , NY 10036; (215) 575-0270.
In addihon to the awards competition , FOCUS exhibits its winning
films at established film festivals
throughout the world, and makes
available winning short subjects, free
of charge, for screenings at colleges,
universities, museums and libraries,
enabling other studen ts and educators
around Uie country to share their
oeers' success.
The FOCUS Film "DistribuUon
program is underwritten by Eastman
Kodak Company

Contest is
open to all

The Coastal Classic Poetry Contest
is offering $1000 in cash prizes. Besides the $500 Grand Prize, there is a
$250 First Prize, a $100 Second Prize
and three Third Prizes of $50 each.
All poems will be considered for
publicadon in Uie "1988 American
Anthology of Contemporary Poetry. "
Winners will be notified by May, 1,
1988.
Each poet may enter one poem , 20
lines or less, on any subject, written in
any style. Poem and poet's name and
address must be typed or printed on
one side of a sheet of typing paper.
Poet should keep a copy since entry
can 't be returned. There is no entry
fee for this contest.
. Entries should be mailed by February 15, 1988, to the Coastal Classic
Poetry Contest, Great Lakes Poetry
'ress, P.O. Box 56703, Harwood
Heights, Illinois 60656.

From the Glovehnx

Super Sports proved popular cars

byGlennSchwab
offered until '63 and then it was with side msunted louvers that alFeatures Editor
mainly a dress-up package consisting lowed cool outside air to be fed into
In thc early 60's the Beach Boys of SS quarterpanel emblems and extra thc carburetor, increasing performwent to the top of the rock charts with chrome trim , with no engine larger ance. And performance was the
a song titled "409", which was about a than the standard 194 cu. in. six cylin- watchword for this Chevelle SS beteenager who was saving his "pennies der available.
cause under its hood lurked a revised
and dimes to buy a brand-new 409."
This was a disappointment to hot- 396 cu. in . version ofthe famed 1963
Thc 409 was Chevrolet's new-for- roddcrs ofthe time because they knew Mark II Daytona Mystery Engine,
1961 hi gh-performance V8, available the lightweight Nova would be ca- which replaced the aging 409.
only in a Impal a Super Sport. The pableof excellent performance wilh a
Thc 1967 Z/28 Camaro proved to be
409's engine quickl y became an auto- hot engine between its fenders. Their such an attention getter that it overmotive legend on both thc racetracks prayers were answered in 1964 when shadowed its less well known Super
and street. The sight of those chrome Chevy shochorned its famous 1957 Sport cousin . While nowhere near as
409 emblems on thc fender of an Bcl Air powcrplant into thc littl e rare as thc Z, the first SS Camaro was
Impala SS was more than enough to Nova, proudl y proclaiming in sales a unique car in its own right. This '67
strike fear into thc hearts of rival stop- literature , "A 283 cu. in . V8 never had as its exclusive powcrplant the
light racers.
found a happier home." Despite its new 350 cu.-in. small block V8. This
Unfortunate ly, legends sometimes late model year introduction this new engine would prove to be incredibl y
die quickly, as happened with the409. V8 Super Sport proved very popular , popular , going on to be used in milThis engine was dropped from pro- selling 10,576 units in 1964, over lions of General Motors cars up
duction in late 1965 and replaced by a thirty-five percent of tolal Nova pro- through the present day. This Camaro
new generation of larger displace- duction.
was also a high visibility musclecar
ment motors. Whi le the 409 may have
This initial popularity was an indi- with large SS emblems mounted on
faded from the scene, Super Sports cation of greater things to come for thc the fenders, grille and rear deck. Uncertainly didn 't. These cars went on to Nova , which came to bc a favored car fortunately, the Camaro has a relabecome the mainstay of Chevy 's per- among budget-conscious perform- tively short Super Sport history, onl y
formance image in thc 60's through ance buyers, generating good sales having been produced from 1967 to
the 70's.
throughout its enti re model run. In 1972.
Basically, Super Sports were regu- fact , thc Nova proved so popular that
A latecomer to the Super Sport
lar passenger cars that were outfitted its SS version was offered for 14 con- family was the Monte Carlo 454 , rewith performance options like heavy- secutive years, through 1976, making ferred to as "the fascinating ghost " by
duty suspensions, Positraction rear it the longest-selling Super Sport in automotive author Terry V. Boyce
axles, becfed-up four-speed manual Chevy history.
due to its limited production run of
transmissions and , of course, high1964 was thc year the mid-sized only 5,742 cars from ' 70 to 71.
output engines.
Chcvelle was introduced and natuThis poor sales showing was
As mentioned , the 1961 Impala was rall y, a Super Sport model was in the mainl y because of two factors. First,
the first car to carry the Super Sport lineup from the beginning. Thc Chev- in 1970 Chevy already had an abunlogo, which was originally designed elle SS remained a sedate looking car dance of performance cars so little
to showcase the new engine. After the until 1966, when Chevrolet gave its publicity was given to the Mon'e.
disappearance of the 409, the Impala sheetmetal a facelift that turned it into Second , while 1970 was the highSS continued to be made until 1969, the first high visibility SS, a success- point year for American automotive
when it was dropped from the Impala ful attempt to cash in on the growing performance, ever-rising insurance
lineup due to declining sales.
"image" market. This restyling gave costs and the soon-to-be enforced
The next Chevrolet car to be offered the Chevelle a mean new look, its emissions regulations mandated by
in an SS version was the compact blacked-out grille emphasized by the the government put a damper on the
Nova, which was an upscale version large chrome and white SS 396 em- sale of performance cars, as more
of the Chevy II. Although the Nova blem set in its center. These cars also Americans began to favor luxury and
debuted in 1962, an SS option wasn 't boasted a specially designed hood economy over sheer horsepower.

The command staff for Air Force ROTC Spring Semester are: Row 1 (left to right) Dale Sinnot , Susan Eck , and Chad
Carver. Row 2 (left to ri ght) Dave Lcr\o , Dave Lunger , Gina Walker , Ncraida Grieco , and Ksith Presing.
Photo by Chris Lower

BU represented at Light Exposure '88
bylmtiazAUTaj
StaffWriter
When ever I go to an opening of an
art exhibition at Bloomsburg University , there arc some questions that
come to mind. Are there any art lovers
at this institution? And if there are,
why aren 't they at the art exhibitions
on campus? Is it thc lack of publicity
which keeps the students away?
Similar thoughts came lo my mind
during the opening of Light Exposure
'88 held last Monday.
Light Exposure '88 is a national
photograph y competition sponsored
by Bloomsburg University and Lycoming College which is now on
exhibition in Haas Gallary.
Rome Hanks, the ori ginator of
Light Exposure and photo instructor

at BUP and Lycoming College said I
started this compclition so that lhe
students at Bloomsburg will be able
to sec a wide variety of professional
work at the national level."
So, how many students saw it? Not
many. This is tlie second year that
Light Exposure has been held. The
judge was Ken Graves, a nationally
recognized photographer and a professor of art at Penn Suite University .
There were 728 prints entered from
all over the nation , and onl y thc top 70
prints were included in the exhibition.
First place went to Joan Cassis (Baltimore , Md.), second place was
awarded to Scott Borden (Tucson ,
Ariz.), and third place was won by

Daniel Pohlman (Holly, Mich.). The
three honorable mentions were Kathleen Langston (Furnace .Pa.), Mashall
Lupp (Essexville, Mich.) and Imtiaz
Aii Taj (Bloomsburg, Pa.).
"Thc juror didn 't know any of the
people who entered, and he was not
given the names. That way his decision was not biased ," Hanks added.
Taj was not the only BUP student
whose work was chosen for exhibition. Others were Sue Kelly, Theresa
Bahner , Jo Benson and Jody
Hoffman. Hanks said that he is honored that five of his students were
selected, cosidcring they were competing with people who have been
taking pictures in the professional
field for several years, and that one of
them (Taj) got honorable mention.

Disney offe rs hand pos itions
They must bring their own instruments except piano , drum scl, timpani
and xylophone. A resume and photo
arc also requested. Musicians must be
at least 18 years old and college students.

Talent scouts will be seeking thc
best of the best for Disneyland and
Walt Disney World All American
College Bands and Walt Disney
World All American College Orchestra during January and February in thc
following cities:

transportation and weekly salary are
provided .

"Every summer is different ," said
Radock. "Thc camaradrie of the kids
is tremendous." Students are chosen
not only for talent, but also personality
For 11 weeks, from early June to and showmanship, he said.
mid-August , thc All American ColEducation is an integral part of the
lege Orchestra performs three shows
summer
program, according to Raghtly
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America
Gardens
slage
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in Walt Disney World Epcot Center. dock. The daily college workshops
The All American CollcgcBands play are college-accredited and students
six sels dail y in lhe Mag ic Kingdom have an oppurtunity to interact with
top artists and industry spokespersons
and Disneyland.
for firsthand knowledge of what it
More than 1,000 are expected lo takes to be a professional.
audition for the 84 spols, said Bob
For more information , write Disney
Radock , manager of lhe Disney Entertainment Work Experience Program. Instrumcntal s Auditions '88, P.O.
Box 10000, Lake Buena Vista, Fla.,
Interns work five days a week , eig ht 32830-1000, or call at 305/345-57 10
hours a day, including a 2 1/2 - hour from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday
dailv clinic . Furnished housine. local through Friday (EST).

NEW YORK CITY - Jan. 23-24.
Del Terzo Studios , eiglh floor , Carnegie Hall.
WASHING TON, D.C. - Jan. 26,
Catholic Univers i ty of America
School of Music,.
BOSTON - Jan. 21, New England
Conservatory.
There are openings for 44 in the
orchestra and 20 in cach band. Auditions arc "informal"; students may
walk in from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. on thc
scheduled days and must play five
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Photo by Chris Lower

Larson tells of his life and work

from page 4
way between sleep and wakefulness.
Semi-conscious. Ernie walked over to
me carrying his jar of whip scorpions
and nonchalantly dumped them all
into my sleeping bag. I was brough t
into full wakefulness by the sound of
Ernie laughing hysterically.
He was just standing there and holding the empty jar. I heard his laughter.
And then I saw the jar, which I suddenly realized as the ja r, now vacant.
And I realized what he had done."

mouse tails prominently displayed in
his car window.
He was working, at the time, a!s an
anti-cruelty investigator for the Humane Society.
He had forgiven Ernie that one, but
the whip scorpions caused him to join
forces with other Emie-victims and
enter the perpetrator's apartment in a
stealthy fashion.
"Originally," Larson says, "we had
thoughts of filling his house with live
chickens. Serious thoughts. But we
finall y decided on the hippo manure.
"And I came out of that sleeping bag Fifty pounds. In the bathtub. I think it
real fast. And didn 't even consider the made quite an impression."
zipper."
Larson notes that ever since that
It was a typical Ernie joke, Larson
says. "All of his jokes have the com- day, Ernie has stopped the practical
mon theme of horror. That 's how jokes. He notes this in a somewhat
Ernie lets you know he likes you. And cautious manner.
"I am really reluctant to discuss the
remember, the scorpions weren't poimatter ofthe hippo manure," he says.
sonous.
Ernie would never have thrown "If Ernie ever thought that it was
poisonous ones in there. That 's what I punitive in nature, well, he would be
highly offended. He would almost
mean by his normal moments."
certainl y strike back. In a dangerous
Nevertheless, the whip scorpions manner.
There s no chance of this paper
led directly to the Hippopotamus
Manure Revenge. It had been bad ending up in Seattle, is there? I mean,
enough, Larson says, when Ernie cut really. Is there?"
the tails off a bunch of frozen mice
I make no promises. You spill your
(snake food) and tied them together
into a fringe and taped them across the guts on the East Coast, I tell him , you
rear window of Larson 's car. And take your chances. And then I bring up
Larson, innocently thinking that it the ugly business of the Hit Dog.
Back in the late '70s, Larson was
was only a piece of shag carpet hanging back here, drove to hisjob with the driving his Plymouth Duster down a

country road near Tacoma, Wa., on
his way to an interview for the anticruelty investigation job with the
Humane Society when he hit a dog. Is
that a FarSide cartoon or whatl
"I want to make something very
clear," Larson replies. "I'm not at all
proud of that incident. I was on my
way to the interview and this bunch of
mutts suddenly ran across the road.
And I hit the last one in the bunch.
I mean , he ran off afterwards, but I
know I reall y thumped him. I think I
thumped him pretty bad."
"People hear about that and they
look at me like these kinds of things
happen to me all the time. Like it's
something I would find amusing . But
being involved in it wasn't funny at
all. Really. I mean, I'm the kind of
person who will swerve off the road to
avoid hitting a small frog. I mean, I'll
swerve off the road and hit humans or
something to avoid hitting a small
frog."
I tell Larson that sounds like a Far
Side idea. This man swerves off the
road to avoid a small frog and plows
through a bunch of people and then
brings the car to a screeching halt and
wipes the sweat off his brow and says,
"Whew ! That was a close one!"
Larson looks at me like he is
shocked and mortified at the mere
thought of such a cartoon.
Then the ghoulish grin creeps
slowly across his face. And he says,
"Hmmmm..."

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HEY GEORGE MICHAEL!! -1
moved! Are you going to come
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What is the best way to unleash
your fantasies?
Happy 18th Birthday Danielle. We
love you!! - Mom, Dad, Amanda &
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Hey BU! The 1988 Student Calendar is back! Pick one up at the
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Hey Kelly - We are so glad to have
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Hello my sweetheart! Pretty good
surprise, huh? How's life in the fast Is anyone ready for another semester of cocktails at The Suite? We
lane? When are you going to make
are.
lots of money so that you can wine
and dine me and possibly (hopeKaren & Patti - The countdown is
fully) take advantage of me? Don 't
on. How many more days are left
let Dolores and Frank see that one.
in your single lives!!
Are we still on for our date in
February? I'm looking forward to it. Lori - Congratulations on SMTC! I
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OSTLER ON SPORTS

Until Sunday,
this game will
rattle the nerves
Scott Ostler
Los A ngeles Times

Wc arc the media and we are on our way to San Diego
for Super Bowl XY Z.
Don 't bother meeting us at the airport. Our plane, the
Enola Gay, will drop us somewhere over Sea World. Who
says tliat it never rains on California?
Don 't send taxis. Wc will sneak into town , like any selfrespecting guerrilla commandos.
You 've heard of the Three Amigos? We are thc 2,387
Amigos, or whatever the latest count is.
Our mission? Bring the Super Bowl to life for the
readers on die home front. That 's our cover, anyway. The
players and coaches will set you strai ght. To them , our
mission is simple: Search and destroy.
So far, in
finding and destroying, we're 0 for XXI.
Each of us is armed with a toothbrush , press pass and,
as Mark Twain said: "A pen warmed up in hell."
Mine is a 39-cent model (Louisville Libeler) that leaks
like a cheap rowboat, spreading fear in its wake of
muddled metaphors.
Don 't try to pick us out in a crowd. We are the crowd.
The National Football League Big Brother Program keeps
us herded together in hotels and assembly rooms, for the
protection of thc players in particular and society in
general.
Still , we are sneaky. In the old days, we were easy to
spot. We wore cheap, rumpled suits and frumpy fedoras
with "Press" cards in the hatband. We've gone undercover. Now we often wear clean clothing, some of it
purchased within the current decade. Our socks match.
We jog and play tennis and eat with utensils, all for deception and camouflage, of course.
Don 't be fooled by the recreational props. We are
coming to work. To probe, dig, pry. To blow the lid off this
annual debacle, to tell the real story, the story "60 Minutes" and Ted Koppcl wouldn 't touch with a 10-foot
boom mike.
Why? Because if we admitted we were here in hopes of
overhearing a couple of good Dexter Manley quotes and
milking them fora week's worth of front-page stories, we
would grow despondent and jump off hotel roofs.
We are armed for destruction .
We have sophisticated weaponry . At press headquarters, in a back room, we keep a large apparatus that twists
quotes out of context. It looks something like a taffypulling machine. We also have a word-garbler, to assist us
in misquoting players who have nothing to say, and a
detonation chamber for taking trivial issues and blowing
them out of proportion.
We are the enemy. The coaches and players know this.
Mike Ditka sarcastically offered to let us call the first
Bear play of each quarter. A brilliant idea, but too little,
too late.
The en tire week before the NFC playoff game, Redskin
Coach Joe Gibbs had a gag order on his players. At the
sight of a reporter, Redskins fled like frightened deer,
crashing ihrough the woods. Cornered, they sweated
bullets and pleaded the Fifth.
It worked. Thanks to Operation Ziplip, Viking receiver
Darrin Nelson dropped that would-be touchdown pass.
We are, as baseball pitcher Bob Ojeda said, "The media
maggots." That 's not quite the swashbuckling
Woodward-Bernstein image we favor , or even Slap
Maxwell, but it's colorful , and we can appreciate a wellturned phrase as well as a well-turned stomach.
The Super Bowl players and coaches, whose collective
IQ would approach genius level, are good sports. They
realize we have a job to do. They just wish that , this week,
we could do it in some other city.
We are carriers
of the dread poxes, hoopla and hype, which we will spread
like typhoid throughout the free world this week.
To the league and the teams, we are like plutonium or
asbestos _ prolonged exposure can result in death , or
worse. Avoid us like the plague? We are the plague. Lock
the doors? We'll come through the woodwork. Wisely,
the league allows us complete and free access to the
players. For one hour each day.
Do not try to buy an egg in San Diego this week. Pete
Rozelle bought every egg within 100 miles and had them
scrambled into Mt. Cholesterol, to be served at our daily
breakfast, while we wait for our shot at the players. A
well-fed predator, the reasoning goes, is less likely to
attack.
It makes no difference. Once allowed in the interview
hall, we are piranhas in savage packs. We would prefer
intimate one-on-one encounters with the gladiators, but
there is a numbers problem. The solution would be to limit
the press-credential allocation to 45, or to expand each
team's roster to 2,000.
We conduct in-depth interviews ... 10-deep around
each star, the rear guard hoping a favorable wind will waft
We quickly identify the talkers,
quotes within earshot.
the colorful quotesmiths, then close in for the kill. One
Dexter Manley or Howie Long is worth 100 superstar
cliche-slingers.
We silently pray that Dexter does not get laryngitis, and
that John E lway does.
We write our stories, turning C-minus college nongrads into profound philosophers, converting borderline
linebackers into brazen kamikazes. Then we come back
the next day and listen politely while the glorified player,
who has been drinking all night , playing Pac-Man, reading, comic books and writing a Super Bowl diary for his
hometown newspaper for more money than we're getting,
refers to us as a distraction.
Since about last Monday, we have been getting on the
players' nerves. And vice versa. Together,united,players
and maggots, we get down on our knees and pray for the
only thing that can save us all - a football game.

Defense only thing Mann and Manley share

By Greg Garber
The Hartford Courant
Though ihey are at opposite ends of the spectrum , both
on the football field and off, Charles Mann and Dexter
Manley are probably the best matched set of defensive
ends in the NFL.
"Look at them ,"Redskins defensive linecoach Lavern
"Torgy"Torgeson said Tuesday with a wave of his arm.
"Two different planets."
The world has always revolved around Manley, who
held court in the scats at Jack Murphy Stadium. More
than 100 media types _ reporters, television crews and
photographers _ crowded around Manley, who spent the
first few minutes of his interview taking pictures with his
own camera. John Elway aside, Dexter Manley promises
to be the media star of Super Bowl XXII.
"In my mind , we've already won the game," Manley is
saying. "You have to think that way and we do. We ve
been bredded (sic) real well, so I think we'll win."
This is classic Manley _ a maximum effort with a few
stylistic flaws.
Meanwhile, Charles Mann is under control , talking in
utterly serious tones about the Denver Broncos offense
the Redskins will meet Sunday. There are all of eig ht
reporters and one local television crew recording his
observations.
Much of Mann 's time is spent talking about Manley ,
something that, instructively.doesn 'tbother him. Listen:
"Dexter always goes all out to make the big play," Mann
says. "Sometimes I have to compensate for that by
playing more under control. If there 's a mobile quarterback, like Elway, he'll kill us if I'm not under control ."
How then , to explain the fact that Mann has more tackles
and sacks than his more famous coun terpart on the right
side?
"It's a couple things," Mann says. "I think with
Dexter's big season last year (a team-record 18 sacks),
people started keying on him more. And then he starts
making all those statements, and that gives people even
more incentive to play well against him.
"Me, I've been quietly doing my job and sneaking up
on people. It's sort of how I operate."
Not for long. Offensive linemen around the league _
thc Giants ' Karl Nelson and Minnesota's Gary Zimmer-

man , for instance _ will tell you that Mann is a much better
football player. He finished the 12 union games with a„careerhi gh 80 tackles, lhe most by a defensive lineman , and a teamhi gh 10 sacks. It was the first season he surpassed Manley's
sack total, one reason he was voted by his peers to his firstPro
Bowl .
Mann was chosen in the third round of the 1983 draft. His
14 sacks led the Big Sky Conference his senior year, but
professional scouts were concerned about the Nevada-Reno
player ' s hyperactive metabolism. There were times when he
played with just 215 pounds on his 6-foot-6 frame.
Eventually, Mann 's weight work increased his body to 270
pounds. His first professional start included a resounding
lackleof Ram s quarterback VinccFerragamo for a safety, the
Redskins ' first in seven years. Hc was a starter a year later ,
joining Manley in Washington 's four-manline. According to
Torgeson , Mann has improved each season.
"He came into his own this year," Torgeson says. "When
Dexter got hurt (in preseason), I think he saw an apportunity
to exert himself , to make a difference. Charles is a more
complete p layer than Dexter and it takes pressure of f of some
of the other players. He's good against the run and he 's
learned to use a combination of strength and speed, depending on what 's necessary."
Mann made his first national splash in the Redskins'
opening playoff game this year _ he sacked Chicago quarterback Jim McMahon three times. Mann admits he has matured
over the past few seasons, that he is prepared to deal with the
increasing recognition.
"If I had had success early, I don't
know how it would have affected me," Mann says. "Butnow
that it 's here, I can handle il. I don 't mind being the second
banana , because it's the role I' ve chosen. On the other hand ,
I don 't think I take a back seat to anyone on the field."
Off the field and in between plays is where Dexter Manley
has made hi s bi ggest impression. Largely, it has been
negative.
I know because of my actions on the field and some of the
things I say, most of the opposing players think I'm a jerk ,"
Manley says. "When R.C. Thielemann came over from
Atlanta , he lold me the word was out on me around the league.
I' m a hoidog."
This is the man who said, "I'm going to ring his clock"
when lhe Redskins faced the 49ers and quarterback Joe
Montana , who had recently undergone back surgery. Two

weeks ago, he got into a war of words with Chicago
Coach Mike Ditka, who said Manley had "the IQ of a
grapefruit."
Clearly, Manley is an intelligent maa; he just didn't
make many good decisions until this past off-season. He
finall y admitted to himself that he was an alcoholic and
faced the problem with a one-month visit to the Hazelden
Foundation in Center City , Minn. He says he hasn 't had
a drink since.
He didn 't talk to the press for much of this season _ "to
stay humble," he said _ but the playoffs have brought out
some vintage material.
"If we don 't stop John Elway, we'll be sucking on raw
eggs. We're done, history," said Manley, who then
added, "You're all (the media) a bunch of suckers is the
essence of what I'm saying."
Manley 's form on the field has returned as well , after
a terrifying moment in preseason. He went down screaming, clutching his knee, in the first preseason game Aug.
14 against the Jets and missed five straight games. If
li gaments had'been snapped, not torn, Manley would
have missed the entire season and the Redskins might not
be here in balmy San Diego.
As it was, he came back in bursts. There were two sacks
and a season- high five hurries against Atlanta. And
another three sacks vs. the Giants. Manley finished the
season with 8 sacks and 39 tackles. He has been steady in
the playoffs , though not spectacular. Manley was in on
two sacks of Minnesota's Wade Wilson , sacks partially
attributable to the attention offensive lines now pay to
Mann.
Manley 's game is speed and finesse. As a 6-3 , 257pound rookie from Oklahoma State in 1981, the fifthround draft choice ran a 4.55 40-yard dash _ the fastest
time in Washington 's minicamp. He started half of the
games that year and became a fixture, thoug h his attention span on certain running plays often wanes.
Most people here seem to think the Redskins ' chances
are directly linked to the performance of Manley and
Mann against the Broncos ' offensive tackles.
"No doubt about it ," Manley says, flashing some
incredible teeth . ' 'We're the key."
The quote is related to Mann , who squirms and rolls his
eyes. He says, "There he goes again."

So far, three blimps at the big event

on a biology slide , ever-shifting pods of reporters gather earrings and The Three Amigos and all his self-promotaround a player, ask questions , get answers, and move on to ing marketing plans, they were just missing the point. It 's
rccombine around another player. The stars , of course, get not like The Vance came here just to get famous. "I did
By now everyone who watches sports on television the most attention . John Elway can 't burp wilhout it being that last year," The Vance said.
knows that thc line of demarcation between an average, heard live in the top 100 American TV markets and most of
And then there are those few players who, even with all
nondescript event and a Big Event is a blimp. Sorry Western Europe.
this hype going around , are ignored. Blissfully alone with
Charlie, but if you don't rate a blimp, you just don 't rate, As you mi ght have expected , Dexter Manley attracted his camera was Denver wide receiver Rick Massie. A reyou're basically cat food. Official certification of just oncoming waves of reporters, most of whom were trying to placement player now on injured reserve, Massie sat in
how big a deal this Super Bowl is came on Tuesday when bait him into say ing something inflammatory or idiotic _ the stands, gazing around him , trying to drink it all in.
the Goodyear blimp, the Slice blimp and the Fuji blimp cither would do. (At one point I heard him say about the "I'm a small town kid _ Paris, Ky., 12 minutes outside
were all in the sky over San Diego. Three blimps! And Redskins, "We've been breaded real well , and we think we'll Lexington. Nothing big ever came out of my town, so to
it 's not even the weekend yet. At this pace by Sunday we win." I'm not sure if Dexter thinks this is the Super Bowl or some people I'm kind of a hero. I want to share this with
could see a world record for blimps. And speaking of the PiUsbury Bake-Off.) But Dexter wasn 't about to start them. I brought my camera so I could take pictures to
blimps, how is it that John Madden doesn't endorse a ranting that he'd ring Elway 's clock , or clean Elway 's show to everyone back home, they 'll want to see everyblimp? He endorses everything else. (I know he's afraid chimes, or wax Elway's car for lhat matter. Indeed, he praised thing: players, reporters, everything.
"I'm a
to fly, but they could attach wires from the blimp down Elway, and recapitulating his gastronomic theme, said, "If scrapbook person anyway . I got Muhammad All' s autoto the Maddencruiser, and he could drive and pretend the we don 't get to John Elway, we'll be sucking raw eggs." My graph in 19 74. I' ve gotten Joh n Elway 's autograph for
blimp was a kite.)
own ever-shifting pod moved away from Dexter when a my friends , and snuck one in for me, too. I'll bring back
So okay, besides more blimps, what else might we see reporter, probably sent here from Billboard , asked Dexter to every souvenir I can: the newspaper stories, the sheet
by Sunday? How a bout Ollie North? (Mike Downey of sing tlie Redskins ' fight song.
You hear a lot of Uul y listing our itinerary, I'm even saving the envelope my
the Los Angeles Times suggested that North 's favorite thoughtful questions asked during Super Bowl Week. For room key camein. They gave mea bag when we got toour
Redskins player was Jay Shredder.) Ollie's obviously a example, Rich Milot was asked: If you were an animal , what hotel. I' ve got 100 bags, I'll probably never use it. But it
team favorite. He gave the Redskins a pep talk before kind of animal would you be? He answered, "a badger," says 'Denver Broncos-Super Bowl XXII,' and the folks
they left Washington, and they cheered for him. Maybe passing up the preferred WCXR Classic Rock answer: Eric back home will want to see it.
the next scheme he cooks up that completely circumvents Burdon. Some players, however, tire of such eclectic ques"See, you spend your whole life hearing about somethe Constitution of the United States he'll give it the code tions, like Vance Johnson , who prefers to refer to himself, thing like this. You never really think you 'll actually be
name Counter-Trey. Ollie ought to.come on out here, and modestly, as "The Vance." The Vance was piqued at so many a part of it. When it comes , you want to get everything."
bring his friend Poindexter, since this is a good Navy people asking him about his hairstyle, which , incidentally, he
He ducked his head , embarrassed at the way he
town. If there's a trend, maybe next year G. Gordon also calls "The Vance," making for some very confusing sounded. "You probabl y think that ':, corny," he said.
Liddy can greet everyone at training camp. To continue conversations at the styling salon. Wh y, after all, should so
"Not at all ," I said.
the politicalization of the Redskins we probably ought to many people care about The Vance's hair? Don 't all football
I asked if he'd like me to take his picture with the
have George Bush and Dan Rather out here, too. Rathei players wear a Boz Cut and dye the upswept hair on top and scoreboard in th e background _ you could see him in his
can come as Bush' s trainer. A few more of these pit bul! the rat-tail in the back a bright orange? The Vance probably jersey next to the writing that said Welcome to Jack
interviews, Bush' s wimp factor will be gone, and the would have preferred to be asked about beating the zone Murphy Stadium And Super Bowl XXII _ so he'd have
Redskins can activate him as a defensive back.
defense, and the reporters who clamored for tales about his it for a souvenir. He smiled as bright as the sun.
News?
Did someone say: Where's the news?
This is Super Bowl Week. There is no news here. There
are no reporters. We're all working for the NFL.
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Tuesday is traditionally "Picture Day."(I need a photc
opportunity . I need a shot at redemption. A whole week
of this and I'll end up a cartoon in a cartoon graveyard.)
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by Lincoln Weiss
Staff Writer
Il was a lale of two halves. Reall y!
Thc Bloomsb u rg Huskies played
thc worslhalfof basketball 1 have ever
seen in the first half of last ni ght 's
PSAL Cast game against thc West
Chester Rams as West Chester look a
14 point lead.
But the Huskies then played one of
thc best halves I have ever seen them
play in thc second half as they
ouLscorcd thc Rams 50-25 and won
the game going away 75-64 to snap a
three-game losing streak.
The second half comeback was
anchored by freshman guard Kevin
Reynolds from Bcihlehem Catholic
as hc scored all 16 of his team high
points in thc second half.
Reynolds , thc game 's MVP , played
like a poised senior at thc point-guard
position last night as he hit key free
throws towards !he end of the game to
help seal thc victory.
"I felt we had lo go out and have
some fun out there ," Reynolds said ,
referring to thc feeling hc had at
halftimc. "Hc (Bloomsburg Coach
Charlie Chronisier) said wc knew
what wc were doing wrong and wc
should just go out and play. "
Thc game was almost a must win
situation for Bloomsburg who were
already 0-2 in confe rence play with
loses to Millersville and Kut/.town.
"We were down losing two league
games," said sophomore forward
Dallas Wilson who played his most
solid game, of the year scoring 12
points. "Bul wc had to go ouland play
our best...and come away with the
win. "
Thc game was a real character
builders a.s thc Huskies came back by
as many a.s 19 points.
"Wc know wc can come back now

and win thc close ones, freshman
Bob Coppolino commented. "I feci
pretty confident going into Mansfield
Saturday ni ght."
Thc game did not slart well for thc
Huskies. Thc Rams scored 16 unanswered points and opened up an earl y
lead 26-7 with seven minutes and 57
seconds left in thc first half.
But West Chester started turning
thc ball over and Bloomsburg closed
thc gap to 14 by halftimc.
»
Bloomsburg opened lhe second
half wilh a 15-5 run with solid rebounding and scoring by Cra ig Phillips and Joe Slepanski to cut thc lead
to 44-40 with 12 minutes and 10 seconds left in thc game.
Thc Huskies then took ihe lead 5755 witli a 17-10 run in which
Bloomsburg hit three pointers in that
slrclch. They took the game over and

hit key free th rows lo linish thc game
with a 75-64 win.
Wcsl Chester 's Mark Caprarola led
all scorers with 23 points. Reynolds
scored 16 points for the Huskies and
Phillips grabbed 14 rebounds to go
with his 13 points.
Bloomsburg is now 1 -2 in the PS AC
Easl and 11-5 overall. West Chester
dropped lo 2-1 in PS AC East play and
7-8 overall.
Bloomsburg now prepares to face
off against Mansfield this coming
Saturday at Mansfield. Game time
8:00.
From there lhe team will face Philadelphia Tcxiilc , a powerfu l non-conference team lhat will give thc Huskies some competition.
A fter thc brcif stint with Philadelphia , the Huskies will return home to
take on visiting Easl Stroudsburg .

Freshman Nina Alston got her first start against the Golden Bears of Kut/.town and turned In a stellar performance last night in
her second start in a row.

Alston nets 21 en route to 77-59 blowout of Rams

by Mike Mullen
Sports Editor
"Starting is alot different from
coming in off the bench ,"
Bloomsburg University guard Nina
Alston said after ihe Huskies ' 77-59
victory over West Chester, "there is
alot more pressure."
Alston handled the pressure of
starting quite well in addition to lhe
added pressure of try ing to come back
afte r falling behind very early, 10-2.
"They were play ing Theresa
(Lorenzi) very close, and I had to
shool lo open her up," the freshman
who gol her first start against
Kutztown this past Saturday said , "if
it was there, I look il."
She did lake them , too. Alston
exploded for 19 first half points lo
bring back the Huskies fro m their

eight point deficit to take a commanding lead into halftimc , 34-22.
Thc Huskies leading scorer ,
Lorenzi , who was held to just two first
half points on 1-3 shooting from the
Held , still finished with 20.
"Wc played a diamond and one
against her and it worked for die most
part ," West Chester head coach
Dicdrc Kane said after the game, "But
it was my mistake in thinking she
(Alston) would eventuall y slop hilling
her shots. I kept thinking that there
was no way she's going to keep shooting thai well. I guess I was wrong."
After taking thc lead , Bloomsburg
was never scroiousl y challenged lhe
rcsl of the game.
"Wc played a good game toni ght ,"
Bloomsburg Head coach Joe Brcssi
said , "They played that junk defense

on us (the diamond and one) and shut
down Theresa , but people have got to
realize that we arc not a one dimensional team anymore, wc have
(Donna) Cooper and (Barb) Hall
making shots. Wc just have to bc palient on offense."
Cooper finished withl 1 points r?nd
two rebounds while Hall had six
points and eight rebounds.
Patience was die word early on as
the Rams demonstrated good ball
movement in opening their lead , then
ihey fell apart when Bloomsburg 's
defense picked up the pressure.
"Their press really bothered us,"
Kane said , "It wasn 't that tight of a
press at times, but they were quick and
had some effective traps."
"Wc used a 1-2-1-1 for this game,"
Brcssi explained. "It's not our normal

press but it still worked. We didn 't
have a lot of turnovers, but we did
succeed in using up a lot of clock
making them take bad shots. Then we
dropped back into our man defense.
That 's our game plan , press until their
worn out , then make it hard for them
to score widi man to man defense."
The Rams leading scorer, Linda
Vidovich was held tojusteightpoints,
mostly due to her foul trouble. She had
three in the first half and picked up a
fourth early in the second half.
"Her fouls really hurt us, " Kane
said "She's plays strong and when
she's in foul trouble she loses her
agrcssiveness and doesn't make those
strong moves that make her effective."
Gretehen Scott played well on both
ends of the floor. "We got her late

because of field hockey, but she
earned a starting spot in ealry January," Kane said. " She's a defensive
specialist but can score, too." Scott
finished with nine.
Brcssi summed up the victory with
one word, depth .
"We have so many players. Carla
(Shearer) although she hasn't been
scoring is so valubale in other areas,
Elaine wolf is still doing a solid job
out there and Becky Pigga, our starting point guard is out with an injury,
when she comes back on Monday we
will be very strong."
But the story of the game was Nina
Alston. She summed up her game
saying, "I definitely played better
tonight than against Kutztown. I was
nervous aginst them, but tonight I
handled the pressure alot better."

ahead 8-2.
Darrin Cummings wrcsllcd well on
his feet with a scries of escapes and a
reversal. But his opponent, Joe Ccsari , former North Schuylkill state
champ, used successive takedowns
against Cummings. Ccsari tallied
2:16 in riding time to win 15-6.
Scott Turner, ranked second at 150
lbs., held Husky Roger Dunn to the
mat for 9 back-points. And with 3:48
in riding time, scored a technical fall
over Dunn.
The 158 lb. match held much antici pation for thc third period to conclude , as Dave Morgan was to advance his flawless record to 18-0. In
thc second period Morgan used two
takedowns to lead his opponent 4-2.
In thc third period , he added six points
in takedowns and an escape to make it
11-4.
The score
final was 12-4, over Rod Mangrum
after Morgan gained 2:08 in riding
time.

At 167 lbs., Mark Banks used two
takedowns and an escape lo beat Mark
Lanlz 5-4. Banks is now 15-3.
In a 9-4 victory, Tim Holler beat his
N.C. Stale opponent Mike Baker.
Holler used two takedowns, two escapes, a reversal and gained a point for
an N.C. Suite stalling penally. Wilh
2:47 in riding time , the final was 10-4.
At 190 lbs., Ty Williams returned to
his hometown onl y to see just how
lough tlie Huskies wresile. Scolt
Brown shot with agility and was ahead
in all three periods , picking up 1:03 in
riding time. Williams was no match
for Brown a.s hc was held to tlie mat a
scries of limes. In a great maleh lhat
would make thc team score 21-11 ,
Brown won 7-6.
At Hwt., third ranked Mike Lombardo used a takedown and an escape
to win over Ron Ippolilc. After addingl:21 in riding time , Ippolite lost40.
Thc Golden Eagles of Lock Haven

lost 3 of their 10 matches as the Huskies defea ted thc Golden Eagles 2512.
Action at 158 saw Dave Morgan
use a quick six lo hold his opponent,
Steve Toboz to the mat in 5:45 in the
third period. In the first and second
periods, Morgan used a series of takedowns adding up 8 points and scored
backpoinls to make the score of the
maleh now 19-3.
John Supsic, once again won for
BU as he countered his Golden Eagle
opponent , Corey Jones 4-3, at 118 lbs.

tough bout against John Flaherty (122), and as Flaherty picked up a takedown and two escapes, also adding
1:01 in riding time. The final was 27.
The final bout, in Hwt. was won by
Ron Ippolite, as he used a takedown
and escape to beat Kurt Angle (15-5)
by a final of 3-2.
The BU matmen won the match by
a final score of 25-12. Good as gold
was Ron Ippolite.
On December 11th, the Bald Eagles
of Lock Haven brought their 15th
ranked team to Nelson Field House to
challenge our Husky grapplers. BU
saw winning action at 134,158, and
Hwt. While Neil Turner's team captured the other bouts.
Dave Kennedy received Good as
Gold wrestler of the night after his 86 decision over his opponent. Kennedy upped his record to 8-2 as he
usdd a series of takedowns.escapes
and gained 1:27 in riding time to win
8-6 at 134.
At 118,John Supsic was held to the
mat as his opponent Craig Corbin had
two takedowns, an escape and backpoints. Corbin used 3:10 in riding
time to win 12-1.
Tony Reed, at 126, coming off an
injury, tied 3-3 with Jeff Husick in the
first period. After gaining four points
in escapes, Husick, the NCAA qualifier, used a takedown and 2:37 in
riding time to win 10-7.
142 saw Tom Kuntzleman wrestled
aggressively as he used three takedowns and three escapes to tie Gary
Chaddock in the third period. But
Chaddock compiled 1:26 in riding
time to win 10-9.
Lock Haven 's Thane Turner beat
Roger Dunn at 150. Turner used
backpoinls and takedowns to compile
3:39 in riding time. The final score
wasl0-0.
At 158, Dave Morgan held onto his
perfect record as he beat John Barret
2-1. Morgan is ranked Sth at 150 and
continues to add to his victories.
The big match at 167 saw standout
Mark Banks meet with 8-1 Jody
Karam. Banks wrestled agressively,
but the experienced Bald Eagle was

quick with takedowns to beat Banks
7-0.
At 177, undefeated Brad Lloyd
pinned Tim Holter in the first period.
NCAA qualifier Bill Freeman, held
Scott Brown to the mat for a gain of
ten points in backpoinls and takedowns to win 12-4 with 1:03 in riding
time.
Ippolite wrapped up our third win
by a 3-0 score over standout Mike
Mazza.
The final score was 28-9.
Results of BU vs Shippensburg:
118- Casey won by forfeit over
Curt Pearson
126- Reed over Cladio Valeri 145 (Reed riding time 3:06)
134- Craig Padua over Hinton by
a pin in 2:83
142- Keith Blessing over Diaz 145 (Blessing riding time 1:35)
150- Pat Klinedenst over Dunn 84
158- Morgan pin Bob Jameson in
2:03
167- Banks pin McAnally in 2:14
177- Holter pin Bill Schaninger in
2:24
190- Brown won by forfeit over
Bob Hart
Hwt.- Tim Bouersox pin Evans in
:31
Final score BU over Ship. 34-19
Results of:
Virginia Duals
BU over Lock Haven 20-19
N. Iowa over BU 26-6
Minnesota over BU 19-15
Iowa St. over BU 26-12
S. Illinois Edwardsville over BU
22-12

Bloomsburg grapplers have busy and succesful break
by Mary Ellen Spisak
Staff Writer

Lasi Friday night , lhe Wolfpack of
North Carolina traveled to Nelson
Field House , onl y to bc defeated by
thc Huskies 21-14. Good as Gold
wrestler of the ni ght was John Supsic ,
who captured a 13-10 win over 6 and
3 Mark Annis. Supsic used takedowns and nea r fall points lo lead
Annis through all ihree periods. His
quick succession of moves .startled lhe
Wolfpack 118 pounder.
Dave Kennedy, at 126 lbs., used
two takedowns and an escape to
counter fourth ranked Mike Slokcs.
Kennedy compiled 1:32 in riding time
to tic his opponent 6-6.
At 134 lbs., thc Wolf pack' s Mark
Mangrum could not escape fast
enough as Tony Reed used two takedowns and a reversal to make the
score 6-4. With an advantage of 1:43
in riding time, thc final was 7-4. At
this point the Husk y grapplers were

Roger Sanders wrestling team has had some recent success and will be heading into this weekends PSAC meet ready to battle
Phowby Jim Loch
Edinboro and Lock Haven.

At 126, Dave Kennedy didn 't let
Owen Hibbard off the mat for long, as
he shot for five takedowns and used 2
backpoinls and an escape. Kennedy
picked up 1:50 in riding time to make
lhe final 14-4. Kennedy beat one of
Clarion 's best mat men to advance his
record to 13-3.
134 saw Kent Lane challenged by
Clarion's new recruit Gary Jones.
Lane used 4 points in takedowns, but
was countered by thc quick escapes of
Jones in the first and second periods.
Jones attained 3 points in his escapes,
but Lane was too experienced as he
added 2:33 in riding time lo make the
final 5-3.
Tom Kunlzleman , at 142, wrestled
opponent Jim Kennedy to the mat for
4 takedown points, 2 for a reversal and
2 for backpoinls. With 1:00 in riding
lime, Kuntzleman beat his opponent
9-4.
A tough match-up at 150 saw Darrin Cummings wrestle against 2 takedowns, 3 backpoinls and an escape by
his opponent Brian Burk. The match
final was 5-8, but our grapplers still
lead 13-3.
It was almost "one of those close
matches" at 167 as Mark Banks was
tied by his opponent 2-2 at the end of
tlie second period. But, in the third
period , Banks added 4 points with a
takedown and a reversal to make the
bout score 6-3 in his favor. Banks had
2:37 in riding time and won 7-3.
At 177, Gerry Armengau of the
Golden Eag les pinned Tim Holter in
the second period at the 4:52 mark.
The team score was now 22-9.
190 saw Scott Brown wrestle a

Millersville vs. BU
118- Supsic over Brown 12-3
126- Yinger over Grant 8-4
134- Kennedy over Wiley 9-3
142- Silsley over Cummings 5-4
150- Dunn tie Schopf 4-4
158- Morgan over Fair 6-1
167- Banks over Harkins 13-5
177- Holter over Gold 15-1
190- Cooper over Brown 8-5
Hwt- Ippolite over Scheib 8-2
The final team score was BU over
Millersville 23-11