CGA Presidential candidates speak at debate
by Bridget Sulliva n
Staff Writer
Candidates for Community Government Association executive positions delivered speeches to a large
audience last night in the Kehr Union.
Presidential candidates Dave "Pinhead" Gerlach and Kri s Rowe gave
statements of their qualifications for
CGA president, then received questions from the audience regarding
pertinen t issues on campus.

Kris Rowe

Dave Gerlach

Art studios move to bookstore
by Nicole Matuella
for The Voice
Bloomsburg University 's art department studio has moved out of Old
Science and is now located in a renovated section of the University Store
building.
The studio was forced to vacate Old
Science Hall when renovations began
in it last year.'
Renovations to the present home
for the art studio included new ceilings, floor tiles, new divisions to the
store room and studio as well as the
Lycoming-side entrance to the store.
The construction crew started
Dec.l , 1987 and were finished by Jan.
18, 1988, the first day of the spring
semester.
The studio will be open to all art
students outside class time to complete their work, and will be used for
graphics , painting and weaving
classes.

Kenneth Wilson , a professor in the larger facility , and in 1970, the Scranart department, said the abundant ton Commons was completed.
number of windows on the north side
The vacant dining hall then tempoof the building illuminates the room raril y served as the student union.
properly.
When Kehr Union opened in 1973,
William Bailey, University Store the University Store moved on the top
manager, said that the addition of the floor of its current location.
The ground floor contains the Deart studio would only affect book
overstock, as far as the bookstore was partment of Safety and Law Enforcement and a large empty storage room.
concerned.
The only effect it will have on its
Since the building had ample room
customers is the location of the sefor the store and Law Enforcement,
mester-end book buy-back.
the bulky kitchen equipment from the
According to Bailey , books will be original dining hall was never rebought back in the lower storage room moved.
behind the Law Enforcement office,
By removing the unnecessary
where it took place last December.
kitchen appliances and using the
The store building was originally empty storage in the ground floor, the
erected for use as a dining hall in University Store was able to surrender
half of its storage space to accomo1956, Bailey said.
A growing student body required a date the new art studio.

After discussing town and university relations, condom availability on
campus was introduced to the debate.
Gerlach , who has worked with the
CGA Executive Board , the Senate
and Kehr Governing Board - organizations which endorse condoms
availability to promote "safe sex" believes that condoms should not be
dispensed at the Health Center because of cost.
He said , "The problem is the
administration 's view that condoms'
availability on campus would promote promiscuity."

store. Working conditions were
slightly better for the Anglo-Saxon
employees. Non-English speaking
workers had been denied certificates
which would give them better jobs,
and the certificate exams were administered by the English speaking
miners.
Before 1897, the census reported an
Anglo-Saxon population of 90 percent. By 1900, this percentage had
decreased to 40. The dominant religion had also changed from Protestantism to Catholicism.
Less jobs were reserved for the
Anglo-Saxon natives of the area because immigrants would work for less
money.According to Turner, all these
facts lead to the inevitable clash between the mining companies and the
immigrant miners.
On Sep. 10, 1897, about 400 immigrant miners from Harwood marched
down public highways in an attempt
to reach other miners located in Lattimer, a mining community on the
other side of Hazleton.
When they reached the Hazleton
limits, Sheriff Martin stopped the
miners and told them to bypass the
town to avoid trouble. The unarmed
and peaceful miners did as they were
instructed.
According to Turner, Martin then
took about 80 deputies, all of whom
were employees of the mining company and of Anglo-Saxon descent,
near Lattimer to confront the miners.
Sheriff Martin and his deputies
carried rifles and shotguns supplied
by the coal companies in order to
subdue a mob described as tumultuous and unlawful , Turner said.
The massacre took place several
miles from Lattimer. According to
Turner's research, Sheriff Martin
stood before the advancing miners
and read a proclamation, in English,
stating the 1860 Riot Act. The front of
the line stopped and listened; although they probably did not understand what he said, they understood

near the tennis courts on campus, and
also near Centennial Gym.
He admitted, however, that this did
not solve the university 's parking
problem.
The idea of a fall break was also
presented to the candidates. Rowe
said that the "incident last semester"
(referring to the Beta Sigma Delta
Raid) occurred at a time of "high tension," and that the hardest thing to get
through is the teachers' unwillingness
to cancel classes.
Gerlach , who said he had spoken
previously with Dean Norton and Dr.
Mulka about this issue, said that
teachers are not unwilling to cancel
classes.
He added , "If we take a week off in
October, it just means we would have
to come back (from winter break) a
week earlier."
Ray Matty, James Rohrbach and
Howard Lieberman, candidates for
vice president , presented their qualifications for office as did Maria
Makowski and Jim Shevclin for treasurer.

prompted full cardiac and pulmonary
arrest, the spokeswoman said.
Her agent, David Wardlowe, said
she had been rushed to the hospital
after complaining of abdominal pain .
Heather's parents, who live in Big
Bear, Calif., but are also believed to
have a home in San Diego, were too
distraught to comment, Wardlowe
said.
What proved to be her final film
will be released this summer, he
added.
Heather, also seen regularly on
television 's "Happy Days," "Webster " and "Still the Beaver," brought
two catch phrases into the language
after Polterge ists I and If . The first
was "They're heeeere!" which she
screamed after coming into contact
with strange forces while peering into
an apparently blank TV screen. The
second was "They're baaaack!" featured in the sequel.
The "Poltergiest " films, first released in 1982, told of a mid-America
family living an idyllic life in the
suburbs, whose young daughter begins communing with creatures she
sees on her television screen after
regular programming ends and the
screen has become only a series of
eerie dots.
Soon family pets begin to die and
trees, blown by hurricane-force
winds , come smashing into the home
of the terrified Freeling family.
Carol Ann is sucked into a light
source coming from a closet and her

helpless parents are left only with her
screams. Finally the family turns to a
parapsycholog ist to exorcise the
demons.
Heather came to films in a tradition
that dates to Lana Turner , when that
actress was supposedly (but wasn 't)
discovered at a drugstore counter.
Heather was 5 and silting in the
MGM commissary, said her former
manager , Mike Meyer. Steven
Spielberg, who co-wrote and produced the first of the "Poltergeist "
series saw her and asked if he could
talk to her. He was told she didn 't talk
to strangers.
But she got permission to speak
with Spielberg and that eventually led
to her role in the film.
Heather is the second actress from
the "Poltergeist " movies to die at a
young age. Domini que Dunne was
strangled in October 1982.
Miss Dunne, then 22, who played
Heather's older sister, had tried to
break off her relationship with her
boyfriend. Los Angeles chef John
Sweeney was convicted of voluntary
manslaughter and sentenced in November 1983 to the maximum 6 years
in prison.
Heather "always looked like 'Alice
in Wonderland' and could memorize
a 60-page script in about an hour,"
Meyer said.
"Of all the things she was proud of,"
he added , "it was being elected president of her fifth-grade class at Big
Bear Elementary School."

by Robert Cooke

microsecond of starting time, or boiling eggs with nanosecond precision physicists are virtually obsessed with
such ultra-precise measurements. In
this case, however, they see Mother
Nature once again doing it justas well,
or even better.

Child movie star dies

by Burt A. Folka r

L.A. Times-Washington Post Service

Heather O'Rourke, the terrified
youngster sucked into a spectral vacuum by supernatural spirits in the
"Poltergeist " films, died on an operating table at a San Diego hospital , it
was reported Tuesday.
The 12-ycar-old ingenue, who finished filming "Poltergeist III " last
June in which she starred as the angelic Carol Ann Freeling for the third
lime, died late Monday afternoon.
A spokeswoman for Children 's
Hospital of San Diego identified the
cause of death as intestinal stenosis - a
severe bowel obstruction that the girl
evidentl y had from birth. The obstruction caused an infection that, in turn ,
brought on septic shock. The shock

BU professor researches local massacre

by Ted Sarnoski
for The Voice
A Bloomsburg University professor has been researching the obscure
Lattimer Massacre in an attempt to
formally document the incident.
History professor George Turner
became interested in the 1897 massacre when he read a book by John
Higham entitled, "Strangers in the
Land."
The book mentioned incidents
about the Hazleton-area massacre
which had not appeared in any other
publication known to him. The only
reference the book quoted was an article in a contemporary newspaper
account.
When Turner began his research, he
found that Higham's reference was of
little help. He found a small pamphlet
published in the 1950's, but said it did
not have scholarly credibility.
Turner investigated the papers of
19th-century Pennsylvania Governor
Hastings. Written correspondence
between Hastings and Luzerne
County Sheriff James Martin, who
was claimed to be responsible for the
incident, gave Turner a substantial
starting place.
Turner relates the accounts that
follow as "the most serious act of
labor violence in Pennsylvania's history - and nationally one of the most
devastating - in which public authorities were responsible for killing 19
people and wounding 38 immi grant
coal miners."
According to Turner 's research,
work in the coal mines near Hazelton
ceased in August, 1897, because
miners - consisting mostly of immigrants - had become dissatisfied with
the conditions.
According to Turner, before the
United Mine Workers union was
formed, coal companies had complete
control of their employees. Salaries
were low, working conditions were
abominable, and supplies were obtainable onl y through the company

Rowe said that condoms should be
accessible to students at the bookstore
as a prevention of AIDS, and that she
would try to work with the administration to that end.
The BU parking problem was another issue raised at the debate. Rowe
said that she hopes to get parking for
students on Second, Third , and Fourth
Streets.
Rowe, who established a bus route
from town to campus to ease parking
congestion, said that the original bus
route designed by the administration
did not work.
Consequently, she designed a new
bus route that included Sesame,
Warhurst, and Iron Streets.
Rowe also said that she would work
with the administration to repair the
Centennial Gym parking lot, and
possibly have the parking lot below
Bloomsburg Hospital paved.
Gerlach said he would try to get
daytime parking available on Second,
Third and Fourth Streets.
He also pointed out that 49 additional spaces were made available

Star keeps time

L.A. Times-Washington Post Service

Mr. George Turner is one of the first historians to do extensive research on the Lattimer
Massacre.
Photo by RobtrlFinch

his authority. Unfortunately, the maintain order. Turner said, That is
group was so large that the miners in one (National Guardsman) for every
the rear did not know what was hap- six miners."
pening and continued to advance on
Sheriff Martin and his deputies
the sheriff and his deputies which had were tried formurderin Wilkes-Barre
lined up along the road.
by a jury which was entirely comTurner said, "With no warning, the prised of Anglo-Saxons.
deputies opened fire and shot directly
The trial claimed that each deputy
must be accused of killing a specific
into the mob."
His current research has indicated person , and Martin claimed that the
that the miners did not provoke the mob was a "riotous group." As a reincident. At the time, a local doctor sult, the accused were declared not
reported that many of the men were guilty.
Turner has done extensive research
shot in the back as they ran from the
and has published several articles on
firing line.
The next day, Sheriff Martin the Lattimer Massacre. He has also
phoned Gov. Hastings and requested done a television special for WOLF2,500 National Guard troops to help TV and a radio show on WVIA.

Quick bursts of radio noise from a
twirling neutron star are giving scientists a natural timepiece that rivals the
accuracy of the best clocks invented
by humans. By focusing a huge radio telescope
on a pulsar named "1937+21," physicists found that the pulsing signals are
so stable, so regular, that they won't
vary by more than one second in a
million years. Soon, using improved
detecting equipment, they expect
even more accurate timing.
The best man-made clocks, based
on the steady vibration of atoms such
as cesium or rubidium , achieve about
the same timing stability, which may
soon also be improved, according to
physicist David W. Allan at the National Bureau of Standards, in Boulder, Colo.
Only the exotic hydrogen-maser
clocks used in astronomy experiments achieve more precise timingj
but these can onl y be used for brief
periods of time before stability deteriorates.
While most people aren't concerned about such accuracy - few of us
fret over getting to work within a

Index

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BU studentsare busted at
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Hess' Tavern on Main Street. GS

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Phi Sigma Pi celebrates its
58th anniversary.

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Nelcha nets 15 as Huskies
down East Stroudsburg.

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Commentary
Features
Comics
Sports

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Commentary

Local versus national

Administration is partial

To the Editor,
Does any Administration official at
Bloomsburg University have the right
to promote one group of organizations
over another? Stated more specifically, does any Administration offi cial have the right to promote national
and international fraternities or sororities at the expense of local fraternities and sororities?
Lori Barsness, the Greek coordinator of BU, and other higher ups, believe that they do. Apparently, the
Gamma Epsilon Omicron fraternity
and the Chi Theta Pi sorority will be
the last 'locals' to be added to the
roster of the Greek community. Two
questions arise out of this administrative policy. One is "Wh y is this unwritten rule of the Administration
being carried out clandestinely?", and
"Why is the Administration activel y
promoting the 'nationals' over the
'locals' ?"
The first question is obvious to all
concerned parties. If people know
about an unpopular policy affecting
them , they will call for an end to that
policy. This will inevitably 'upset' the
Administration , in which case they
would most probably engage in a
face-saving maneuver such as the
creation of a committee to resolve the
'lack of communication' between the
differing parties.
This is what happened during the
Fall 1987 semester with the Greek
community over the anti-hazing pol-

icy espoused by the Administration.
This policy, which took Draconian
meassures against hazing and which
went far beyond the dictates of the
state anti-hazing law, was in fact ,
rammed down the Greeks ' throats. It
was later partially repealed due to the
tremendous Greek outcry of 'FOUL'
and the subsequent 'face-saving '
meetings which the Administration
was forced , by popular demand , to
partici pate in.
The second question, which can be
divided into two parts, may not be as
obvious to the non-Greek and to the
uninformed Greeks as well. The
firswt part, which is fairly easy to
comprehend , is that the 'nationals' are
easier to control than the 'locals'. To
maintain chapter status within national fraternities and sororities , these
chapters must participate in the existing administrative body which oversees and regulates their behavior (the
Inter-Fraternity and Inter-Sorority
Council are just such bodies).That
means if the AB chapter of the XYZ
fraternity decided to secede from the
IFC due to a conflict of interst, that
Chapter would no longer be a chapter
in the eyes of the XYZ national fraternity . This means that whatever the
Administration wants the IFC to do,
the fraternities would have to comply,
or else lose their charters from their
national fraternities.
The second part is that the Administration , apparentl y with Lori

Barsness support, is attempting to
'pack' the IFC and ISC councils with
'nationals'. Over the years, the representation of 'locals' has been ordered
in favor of the 'nationals'. With the
inevitable addition of Theta Chi to the
IFC and the suspension of Beta Sigma
Delta, there will be a stalemate between the 'nationals' and the 'locals'
on the IFC.
This shift by the Administration to
'forced nationalism ' in the Greek
community raises a point though.
Both Delta Pi and Phi Sigma Xi
dropped out of their national fraternities to once again become locals. Does
this mean if , say, ZctaPsi dropped out
of their national fraternity and became
Pi Kappa once again , that they would
be denied their right to sit on the IFC
Council? The Greek community
would not tolerate this affront to our
rights as sovereign social organizations.
One must remember that we
Greeks, the label of being a 'local' or
a 'national' has no bearing. Only the
Administration has made the difference seem of the utmost importance.
If people hav4e the ability to form a
fraternity or sorority and wish to 'go
the local option', they have the right to
do so. This University is here for the
students, not for the Administration!
Wh y can 't the 'fat cats' ever remember that? FREE CHOICE FOR ALL!
James A. Perrotta
Gamma Epsilon Omicron

ASlIIhe call in timeu..

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To the Editor ,t . • >
Imagine this; It's ,9:30 at night and you have decided you have had enough of your
computer program. You exit the'side door of McCormick and you are followed by a man in
a trewefceoat. He has on a hat , dark glasses and looks suspicious. You are scared and star t
to panic, But a quick turn to the Jeft and there is a phone in the distance. Hooray - you are
s
. aved*'
As you iapproach the phone, the man is st«U lurking behind you. You can't find a quarter
becauseyou used all your changefor that Diet Coke, And your AT&T calling card is at home.
It does not matter much anyway because you do not know law enforcement' s number .
As yOU.pull thefuzzies from your Levi pockets desperately searching for (hat non- existant
quarter* the man comes closer,..
This scenario or one similar could easily happen to anyone on this campus. We are not
trying to scare you out we think something should be done . Rape and assault does happen
and we (as other universities) should try to prevent it.
Imagine th is (AFTE1S some BU changes):
It is 9:30 at night and you have decided you have had enough of your computer program.
You exit the side door of McCormick and you are followed by a man in a trenchcoat. He has
on a hat , dark Sunglasses and looks suspicious. You are scared and start to panic.
Then you realise the university installed on-campus phones in all the building lobbies.
You rush to the phone md See law enforcement' s n u m b e r right there and dial away. The law
enforcement office knows where you are and tirey respond immediately. No harm done. ..the
stranger is gone.
Here are some facts: ,
1. Rape does happen on this campus.
1. It does not have to be a man in a trenchcoat.
3. This university tries to cover up fact #1.
4. This university ueeds accessible, on,campus phones in every
building and also more lighting for the walkways.
5. Students must he aware of fact #1 to better protect themselves.
We do realize that it does cost money, but physical and mental well-being outweighs the
costs. There is also a possibility t h a t people would donate money for such a cause.
We have taken off our rose-colored glasses, it is time the a d m i n i s t r n t i n n rtn<»s the same.
Concerned
Students

Thoughts
of a true
snow hater

To the Editor
Why does it seem that no one in
Bloomsburg know the proper procedure for snow removal? Everytime we
get snow, the situation seems to get
worse.
On campus, they clear half of the
snow away and leave the other half to
freeze and refreeze again and again,
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causing students to slip and slide - and I^HBHBI^HBtelflMrtlSiaiMMSa^gfcmHBMMBsil^&Mm!^
fall - all the way to class and back.
Off-campus, hardly anyone shovels their sidewalks, most of the sides
street are left untouched , and most
landlords don 't bother to have the
snow removed from parking lots.
For some reason this town just allows the snow to lay and waits for
nature to remove it. That is fine is
everyone could stay indoors until the
big thaw in the spring, but we all know
that's not even a possibility.
I don 't know what I expect to be
done about this, I just know we are in
or more snow and I'm tired of slipping, sliding, and falling just because
people are too lazy or too ignorant to
remove snow!
A snow hater

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A glance at the Campain Trail , 88

byPaulMellon
StaffColumnist
Well, it 's the start of a new year and
that means Campaign '88 is about to
take off. I can tell this partly due to the
fac t that many people I talk to are
beginning to ask me questions like,
"Who do you think will be the next
president?" or "Who is running for
President?"
At first I fel t this was due to their
intense political interest in America
and a fascination with the fact that in
litde less than one year the peaceful
transition of power will take place in
the most powerful nation on Earth .
Unfortunately, I usually find out
people want to know because they
have a paper due on the subject of who
the
presidential
candidates
are.Whatever the reason, presidential
politics are here, and for the next nine
months the American public will feel
the blitz of the campaigns.
I'd like to start the campaign season
by saying something about who I feel
are the major players in this year's
election.
For the Republicans, the race for the
nomination is presendy dominated by
two front runners, George Bush and
Robert Dole. They are the front runners largely due to who they are, Bush
is Vice President, and Dole is Senate
Minority Leader.
Bush is still considered the party
favorite and, I feel, with good reason.
He has extensive experience in government having served in Congress,
as an ambassador, and Director of the
CIA - not to mention eight years as
vice president.

On the issues, Bush supports the
freedom fighters in Nicarauga. He
supports a strong defense as well as
the Strategic Defense Initiative.
On the economy, Bush has stated he
will not raise taxes. He supports education and will continue the same
politics of the Reagan Administration , which has given us the lowest
unemployment rate in 10 years and
the longest economic recovery and
expansion since World War II.
Maybe it is because Bush is so solid
on the issues that people have called
him a "wimp". George Bush served
his nation as a fighter pilot in Korea
and risked his life when he was shot
down and rescued from the icy waters
of the Pacific . When one reporter
asked Bush if he was indeed a
"wimp", Bush asked the reporter if he
ever had to watch his own son die. The
reported said, "No, thank God." Bush
replied, "Well, I did, for more than six
months." He was referring to one of
his children who died of cancer.
No, one thing George Bush definately is not, is a wimp.
Turning to Senator Dole, he is a
man who has served Reagan well.
Firstas Majority Leader of the Senate,
and now as Minority Leader, he is a
man of sharp wit and knows how to
negotiate and maneuver politics.
Because of his name recognition, (he
has run for president before), Dole is
a front runner.
However, when it comes to the issues, the only way to describe Dole is
"vague." You simply can 't nail him
down as to what he supports. A classic
example was the INF treaty with the

Soviets. At first , Dole said he was
skeptical about the treaty (as are many
Republicans) because the treaty
seems to grant the Soviets a huge
advantage in conventional warfare in
Europe.
Then , a few days later, the White
House held a big ceremony and Dole
announced that he whole-heartedl y
supports the treaty.
If he is to land in the White House,
Bob Dole must show he can make decisions and offer concrete proposals
on the issues. So far he has done
neither.
The rest of the players for the Republicans are Al Haig, Pat Robertson,
Pete Du Pont and Jack Kemp.
Jack Kemp, who is a congressman
as well as former pro football player,
was once considered a strong contender. However, for a variety of reasons, his campaign has yet to take off
and challenge anyone. On the issues
Kemp is loud, strong and direct. He is
one of the original backers of supplyside economics, the engine of our
current economic success. He is totally committed to S.D.I., strong defense, anti-Communism and is has
realistic approach with the Soviets.
He needs a national forum to get
himself exposure.
In the same vein as Kemp is Pete Du
Pont. The former governor of Delaware is rapidl y making a name for
himself by being aggressive on the
issues. He supports mostly what
Kemp does but has some very innovative ideason social security and drugs.
But for now Du Pont is a darkhorse.
Still, we will hear from him again in

1992 or farther in the future.
Unfortunately, because space is
limited, I won 't have the opportunity
to cover the Democrats in depth. But
that's okay because I don 't believe
there is too much to say anyway. The
poor Democrats have basically got
more problems than they can handle.
Problem number one is that Democrats are referred to routinely as the
Seven Dwarfs, the last of the seven
know as Sleazy.
In fact, the latest Gallup Poll
showed "undecided" as the second
favorite pick of voters. The leader, by
the way, was Sleazy - Gary Hart.
From what I've seen so far , all
seven Democrats seem like clones.
They all hate Ronald Reagan, favor
the dismantling of our nation's defense, have no comprehension of
S.D.I, or its cost, are dying to raise
taxes and, in general, wrench the
economy.
However, there will be further articles to deal with exactly why the
Democrats are so confused and
doomed to failure in November.
Just remember, it is not wrong to
support a candidate for president just
becausesomeone else says they are no
good (even if he is a Democrat). The
important thing to know is why you
support a candidate, and to do that you
need to learn the facts about that person and others running for president.
All you need to do is read the newspaper and you will get most of the information you need. To be an informed, voting citizen is something
we owe not only to ourselves, but to
our nation.

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Cade ts receive assignments

by Drew Whittock
for The Voice
Recently, senior cadets of the
Bloomsburg University Army
ROTC received their branch assignments, completing one of the laststeps before they will be commissioned as second lieutenants.
These branch assignments arc
equivalen t to a civilian career or job
and can either be Active Duty or
Reserve Forces Duty (RFD).
The following list includes the

name of cadets, their branch ing and
their duty : Scott Baer, Infantry, Active Duty ; Jeff Boycr, Adjutant General, Active Duty; Gail Gamble,
Military Intelligence, Active Duty;
Bob Karnes, Chemical Corp, Active
Duty; Luisa Sills, Transportation
Corp, RFD; Ron Sowal, Medical
Service Corp, RFD; Jim Unger, Infantry, RFD; Rick Shellenberger,
Quartermaster Corp, RFD; Andrew
Whittock , Armor, RFD; 2nd Lt.
Wade Pickett, Field Artillary, RFD;

and 2nd Lt Troy Rice , Adjutant
General, Active Duty.
Army ROTC would like to congratulate Ron Sowal and Rick
Shellenberger on their commissioning as second lieutenants in the
Army.
We would also like to thank 2nd Lt.
Nancy Davis, a Bloomsburg Army
ROTC graduate, for her help and
hard work. Davis recently left her
position as a recruiter for ROTC to
attend Military Police school .

BU places
at contest

by Missi Menupace
Staff Writer
Pentathalon Speaker Evel yn Thompson placed fifth to help the
Bloomsburg University Forensics
Team take third place out of 15 participating schools in the Collegiate
Forensic Association's (CFA) Winter Tournament in Kissimmce, Fla.,
during winter break.
Thompson also placed fourth in
Poetry Interpretation and Impromptu
Sales, in which the speaker is given
an unidentified object and has seven
minutes to create and deliver a sales
pitch. Thompson placed sixth in
Impromptu Speaking, in which the
speaker gives a speech on a saying or
quotations. She also received a Certificate of Excellence in Prose Interpretation.

Hess' Tavern , the site of last weeks open inspection for minors, prepares for the
upcoming Weekend.
Photo by TJ Kmincrcr

Students charged
in bureau raid

byJohn Risdon
for The Voice
Three Bloomsburg University students were issued summons as
the result of an Liquor Control Board open inspection for minors at
Hess'Tavern on Wednesday Jan.27at 11:30 p.m., according to Sgt.
Ronald Barto, District Office Commander of Division 6 of the
Pennsylvania State Police Bureau of Liquor Control and Enforcement.
Michael G.BIett,20,Northumberland ; KimberlyA.Lieberman; 19 , South Hampton; and Kathleen M. Pearage, 20, Bloomsburg.
were charged and issued non-traffic summons for underage drinking.
The raid was conducted by undercover agents from the Pennsylvania State Police Bureau of Liquor Control and Enforcement
Division 6, located in Williamsport - the same division which
conducted a raid on Nov. 19.
The bureau reported that Hess ' will be issued a citation under the
provisions of the state liquor code.
Hess' declined to comment on the situation.

Brian Sullivan and Phil Hocflich
won first place in the Novice Debate.
Hoeflich took first place as overall
Debate Speaker, while Sullivan
placed sixth.
Mary Pelak placed second in Poetry Interpretation. Missi Mcnapace
placed third in both Informative and
Extemporaneous Speaking. Extemporaneous speakers prepare a seven
minute speech on a current event
question in 30 minutes . Menapace
received a Certificate of Excellence
in Impromptu Sales.
Chinita Williams competed in
Impromptu Sales , Impromptu
Speaking, Prose Interpretation and
Poetry Interpretations. Doris Hayyard -»and Mclarti'c.'WHitebrfad
judged 'the event arid; tabulated 1 the'
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today, according to the university weather service.
Photo by Ben Garrison
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will present the IFC All-Presidents Talk on Tuesday, Feb. 9 at 7
p.m. in Multi purpose Room A,
KUB. Anyone who is interested
in pledging a fraternity in the
spring semester must attend.
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The first performance of the
Bloomsb urg University Celebrity Artist Scries during the
spring semester will be the
award-winning Broadway musical comedy "The Music Man ,"
and will be performed on Sunday,
Feb. 7, at 8 p.m. in Mitrani Hal l of
Haas Center for the Arts.
Tickets will be available in advance at the Information Desk in
die Kehr Union Building (3893900) or at the box office the
night of the performance.
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The Bloomsburg Student Concert Committee is now accepting
applications for committee positions. Applications may be
picked up at the Information
Desk of . KUB. Deadline for all
applications is tomorrow* JSot
further information , contact
Jimmy Gilliland at 389-4344.

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The CGA 1988-89 Budget Request forms have been mailed to
all organizations on campus. All
requests for funds must be submitted to the Community Activities Office on or before Feb. 26.
If your organization is eligible
to submit a request but has not
received a form , please contact
the Community Acitivities Office a.s soon as possible at 3894461.
QUEST Outdoor Adventures
will be leaching a cross-country
ski clinic on Saturday, Feb. 6,
from 1:00 p.m. to 5 p.m. in the
Nelson Field House (room 225).

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For all returning JV and Varsity Football players and others
interested in trying out for the
team , there will be a meeting on
Monday, Feb. 8, 1988, at 4 p.m.
The meeting will be held in Room
257 in Nelson Field House.

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The -Husky Ambasssadors require 15 credits to be eligiable to
apply, not 32 as previously stated.

QUEST Outdoor Adventures
is offeri ng kayak rolling clinics
to be held for the five consecutive Wednesday evenings: Feb.
10, 17, 24, and March 2.
For more information , call
QUEST at 389-4323, or stop by
our office in Simon Hall.
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Students: Student , Speech, Language and Hearing Association
(NSSLHA) will meet Feb. 9,
1988 at 9:15 p.m. in Navy Hall
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will be teaching a cross-country
ski clinic on Saturday, Feb. 6,
from 1:00 p.m. to 5 p.m. in the
Nelson Field House (room 225).
The cost is $8 for all BU staff ,
faculty and students.
For more information , call
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Center opens offices

The Women's Center, which provides services for victims of domestic violence and sexual assault who
reside in Columbia , Montour ,
Northumberland and lower Luzerne
counties, is establishing satellite offices in Millville and Benton. These
join one day a week offices in Shamokin and Mt. Carmel.
The Millville office , at the Borough Building, will be open Wednesday, from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., starting
February 3. An office in Benton will
open shortly.
The sites will offer support groups
each week from 10 a.m. to noon.
Child care will be available at the
sites and transportation to the sites, if
needed, will be provided.

In addition each center will provide individual counseling for battered women and their children, goal
planning, legal advocacy, and information and referral services.
All services are free and confidential.
The offices are funded through a
grant to establish a rural outreach
program designed to reach women
not normally contacted through the
Bloomsburg of Berwick offices , and
to provide support for women who
already used the Center's service.
For more information about the
Benton and Millville offices , contact
the Women's Center tollfree hotline,
1-800-544-8293, or the office , 7846631.

Unrest in Alabama

Gunman takes hostages

by David Treadwell

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A gunman who reportedly has a history of mental illness demanded to
speak with President Reagan, Alabama Gov. Guy Hunt and Tuscaloosa
Mayor Al DuPont in an effort to aid the homeless,was taken into custody, and
26 children and a teacher whom he held hostage at a private Baptist
elementary school were released Tuesday night , police told the children's
parents.
Officers wresded the gunman to the concrete outside the door of the
elementary school building at the West End Christian School, where about
85 children had been taken hostage Tuesday morning.All but 26 of thepupils
and one teacher had been released earlier.
"Please don 't hurt me," said the gunman, identified by police as James L.
Harvey of San Antonio , Texas.
The children walked out single file and their parents burst into cheers in a
nearby gym when told they were safe.
Two gunmen, one white and one black ,had donned ski masks and entered
the school about 8:40 a.m. Authorities said the pair apparently seized the
students and two teachers solely in an attempt to protest alleged government
neglect of the nation's homeless and hungry.
At midday the black gunman , who was not identified , surrendered and was
taken into custody.About an hour later the whitegunman, Harvey , a Vietnam
War veteran with a history of mental illness, released 40 of the children.
Then, about 3:30 p.m., he released nine of the remaining hostage pupils in
exchange for a chance to talk with an Associated Press reporter.

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by Imtiaz All Taj
Staff Writer
"It can 't happen to me." How many
limes have wc said this to ourselves?
It is this type of thinking that makes it
difficult to understand when something devasting does happen. I' ve
known a girl named Ruth Nice since I
was a freshman at BU, a very warm,
friendly, and active student
After having two consecutive deans
list semesters Nice finally got a perfect 4.0 in Fall 1986, her third semester at Bloomsburg . She was pleased
with the way her life was shaping.
During Christmas break her
mother , who is a nursing instructor at
Williamsport Area Community College, was testing her blood pressure
instrument on Ruth. Th^ test showed
that Ruth' s blood pressure was abnormally high. However , at the time, she
didn 't give much thoug ht to it.
When Ruth came back for spring
semester, every thing was going well,
except that she was feeling tired all of
the time. When she told her mother
about it , she instructed Ruth to go to
the Health Center
I remember the ni ghtmare we (she
and her friends) lived for the next few
clays. On January 27th , Ruth went to

the health center. And after being
tested there, they sent her to
Bloomsburg Hosp ital. She had some
more tests and came back even more
tired.
That day Bloomsburg was hit by a
big snow storm and in the evening we
played in the snow, walked down
town and went to Lick'cty Split to have
some hot chocolate.Although we had
fun , she was exhausted.
We soon discovered why. The next
day Bloomsburg Hospital informed
Ruth that there was something wrong
with her kidneys. Wc were told to take
her to Geisinger Medical Center,
immediately. She was admitted for
tests and later we were told her kidneys were too small, and only had 35
percent of their usege left. The damage was irrcversablc , and the only
cure was a kidney transplant.
We didn 't give Ruth much of a
chance to feel down while she was at
Geisinger. Friends were with her most
of the time, keeping her company. All
the time she was diere she was laughing and making other people happy.
But still , doctors could not do much
for her , except put her on low blood
pressure medication and a low salt
diet.

She was released on Feb. 3, and in
the evening all her friends got together
in her room in Columbia to welcome
her and to have a belated birthday for
her former roommate Beth Wentling.
Ruth really started feeling bad
about her condition. There were times
when she was happy trying to forget
about things, other times she was
depressed because of the lack of
knowledge of what was on going inside her. And the medication was
making her tired, which in turn made
her frustrated.
And so, the semester continued
with its ups and downs. Ruth frequently visited Geisinger for checkups. But even with all of her problems,
she didn 't let herself get behind in her
studies. She finshed the semester with
another perfect 4.0.
During summer her health gradually deteriorated. And in July, doctors
advised her to go on dialysis to help
reduce the hi gh level of creatinine in
her blood caused by reduced kidney
function. She was also advised to lake
some time off from school.
By September her illness was leaving her listless, and she was sleeping
16 hours a day, the doctors told her to
start dialysis. Ruth underwent sur-

gery on Oct. 1 in which a tube was
inserted into her peritoneal cavity.
She was sent home two days later.
Wc didn 't keep contact with one
other, besides calls from time to time.
Usually Beth kept me informed about
her. Then I started receiving her letters. In one letter she wrote about a
dance held by Jersey Shore High
School in her honor:
" Everyone was glad that I came to
the dance , and after I was there for
aboutten minutes, the D.J. announced
that I was in the audience, and he
dedicated Michael Jackson 's "I Just
Can 't Stop Loving You" to me. I
wanted to cry because I felt so good. I
was glad that I came."
In another letter she wrote:
" Things arc not as well on this end ,
as I am gcting over a bout of peritonitis. I never felt as bad as I did this
week. I felt like I was run over by a
tank and backed over by a run away
truck. The doctor wanted to keep me
for a few days, however I talked them
out of it. They probably wanted to
keep mc for psychiatric observation.
Ha! I fooled them. I am glad to report
that I feel 50 times better.
See TRANSPLANT page S

Fraternity celebrates 58 yea rs at Bloom
by Ron Gianettin o
for The Voice
Phi Sigma Pi , a national co-ed
h o n o r / s e r v i c e f r a t e r n i t y , is
Bloomsburg University 's oldest at 58
years. Presently, there are 38 active
brothers and their advisor is George
Ay ittey, an economics professor.
When people think of an honor fraternity they see meeting's to discuss
the latest findings in astrophysics.
They also see parties commemorating
Albert Einstein 's birthday and to show
off their computer skills. Many Phi
Sigma Pi brothers find this image
disturbing.
"Wc are actually a fun bunch of
people," said Phi Sigma Pi's IOTAChapter President Sharon Evans,
"We don 't study 24 hours a day . We
have mixers from time to time with
other fraternities and sororities."

Phi Sigma Pi is an active part of
the BU community, performing at
least one service project and fundraiser. Each semester a form al is held
in celebration of the initiation of a new
pledge class and the strong bonds of
friendshi p among the brothers. Service keys are awarded to brothers who
have shown outstanding service to the
fraternity and its ideals.
Two big suprises have occured this
year in Phi Sigma Pi history. First of
all , they participated in the annual
Homecoming parade as a part of their
Homecoming activities for the first
time in years.
"The float pulled the fraternity
closer together than I've ever seen us.
We worked alone and at some points
we wondered if we would even have a
float." said Mike Jurkowski , a senior
brother.

Ruth Nice, a BU student in need of a liver transp lant, is able to smile and keep an
Photo by Imtiaz Mi Taj
optomistic outlook on life.

BTE play breaks
attendance records

The Bloomsburg Theatre Ensemble released its audience figures
for "A Christmas Carol" at its board
meeting held on Monday evening,
The second surprise occured al their ings , social and pledging functions," January 18. "A Christmas Carol"
national convention in Washington , Evans said.
topped all BTE records with a total
D.C. Every year brothers from
For the spring semester , Phi Sigma attendance of 7,994. This year's proBloomsburg travel to a central meet- Pi is eagerly looking forward to a duction was co-sponsored by WHLM
ing with brothers from as far away as national service project with the Radio and Channel 44.
North Dakota and South Carolina as Muscular Dystroph y Association The 24-performance schedule was
well as Pennsylvania chapters in Mill- (MDA) and other Phi Sigma Pi chap- kicked off on Dec. 2 with a special
ersville , Mansfield and Ship- ters. Other service projects they have appeal for the Columbia County Food
pensburg. This year IOTA chapter done have been for the American Red Bank. Persons bringing a can of food
was honored by being presented with Cross Blood Drive and the University to the opening performance were
the Joseph P. Torchia award given by by giving campus tours.
given a complimentary ticket to the
the fraternity 's national office to the
show. A truckload of food was colyear's finest local chapter.
Sandy Dotts and Rick Shaplin have lected to benefit the food bank .
In addition to their other achieve- been elected co-rush chairpersons for
Eight of the 24 performances were
ments, Phi Sigma Pi has also obtained the semester. Farcie Schicdt has been held in the morning for schools: 2,846
a fraternity house located at 602-604 elected pledge educator. Phi Sigma Pi elementary, middle and high school
East Third Street.
also looks forward to an exciting rush students were bussed from as faraway
"We haven 't had ahousesincc 1984 and pledging period. Rush dates have as Hawley and Tunkhannock to attend
and we acquired this one in the sum- been scheduled for Monday. Feb. 8, special matinees at the Alvina Krause
mer of 1987. It has contributed greatly and Wednesday Feb. 10at9:30p.m. in Theatre. A total of 30 schools were
to the well-being of the fraternity and Mulli-A. All potential pledges must represented. BTE originall y schedprovides an excellent place for meet- have a 3.0 GPA overall, a 3.0 last uled six school matinees, but when
they sold out in November, the comDniester and 15 credits earned.

pany added two additional performances.
The 15 remaining performances
played to packed houses, with six
shows topp ing 300 and seven shows
selling out. The company saw a
marked increase in advance sales and
ni ghtly lines of people waiting for
ticket cancellations.
This was the seventh year that BTE
had performed "A Christmas Carol."
The 1987 production was adapted and
directed by ensemble member Whit
MacLaughlin, who also created the
1985 version. It was described by critics as "still powerful" and growing
"richer with the passing years."
Previous high-attendance marks
were received by "A Christmas
Carol," (1985) 7,329; "A Child' s
Christmas in Wales ," (1986) 5,674;
"BeautyandtheBeast " (1984)4 ,676;
and "A Christmas Carol" (1983)
4,546. Of BTE's non-holiday shows,
the tenth season opener "Tartuffe "
ranks in the all-time top five.

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by Sara Dunning
for The Voice
As a computer science major I am
constantly reminded by friends ,
strangers, family, professors in other
fields , and even by an expert on occassion that "computers are only as smart
as the humans operating them." And ,
yet, lime and time again, for what
reason I'm not quite sure, I have found
myself arguing against this virtually
unanimous opinion about the majority of today 's most popular and most
beloved machinery. I have found that
no person has been able to convince
me of this fact. Recently, however, I
have found myself questioning this. It
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will most likely owe my life and fortune to sometime in the future, is only
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computer!
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blamed on everyone and everything,
When I was first exposed to this from the computer to the cafeteria
wonderful machine at the tender age lady who cheated me on my dinner
of thirteen , I thought it was God's portion to the professor of the class for
answer to the "perfect human." It was which the assignment is due, jumped
so much smarter than us. It could do off the paper at me.
things we could only dream about.
Upon careful scrutiny I discovered
But was it that smart? I continued to that , indeed, it is my logic that was
believe so for many years.
faulty, and not the computer's, as I so
In the past five semesters, I have desperately wanted to believe.
come to discover, with the help of late,
Countless other incidents such as
late nights—or early mornings— and this one have truly convinced me that
countless cups of soda or coffee , that "computers are only as smart as the
computers are only as smart as me. humans that operate them." And my
There is one instance, probably the gifted and moct intelligent instructor
one that planted the seed of doubt in on this lesson of life has been my
my mind , that I will carry with me friend and nemisis, the fascinating
forever. As I was staring at a com- computer.

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Ford's Mustang a trend-setter

by Glenn Schwab
Features Editor
One of the most popular trends in
the automotive industry from the mid60's up through the present day has
been the "ponycar" The car that
started this trend was Ford Motor
Company's Mustang, from which the
ponycar label was derived. The
Mustang's immense sales spawned
imitators from rival manufacturers,
such as the Pontiac Firebird and
Chevy Camaro. Three years later,
Chrysler got into the act with Dodge's
Challenger and the newl y restyled
Plymouth Barracuda.
Though these cars were produced
by different companies , they all
shared some common design elements. Their long hoods and short rear
decks gave them an aggressive and
balanced look. The fact that this
wasn't a very efficient design didn 't
seem to matter to the public because
they were snapped up as fast as they
were built, especially the early Mustangs.
April 17, 1964 was the day the original ponycar was introduced , proving
to be one of the best-selling cars ever
made. Ford had hoped to sell 100,000
Mustangs over an extended model
year that ran from the April 1964 introduction to the fall of 1965, but the
incredible demand pushed production
up to 559,451 for the first year.
This astounding popularity was
partly because of the Mustang 's

sporty looks, even the base model was
equipped with bucket seats and a
floor-mounted shifter. The Mustang's
long option list allowed buyers to
order a car that was suited cxacUy-to
their tastes. Grandma could order one
with a six-cylinder and all the power
options neededto drive to the grocery
store in style while the speed seeker
could get a GT model with the 271 -hp.
High Performance 289.
These staggering sales worried
those in charge at General Motors.
Without a sporty
auto in- the
Mustang 's price range, GM would
soon be out in the cold if they didn 't
develop their own ponycar. Their
answer came in the form of the Pontiac
Firebird and Chevy Camaro, both introduced in 1967.
Even though these cars sold well in
their first year, 220,917 for Camaro
and over 80,000 for Firebird , the
combined production was still some
171,000 less than Mustang alone for
the same year.
Although the Mustang outperformed the GM ponycars in the showroom it ate their dust on the street. The
320 hp. 390 engine available in the
1967 Mustang paled in comparison to
the Ram Air IV powerplant of the
Firebird 400 and the Camaro's 375
hp. 396.

siasts a chance to drive away m some
of the best looking and performing
cars of the musclecar era. These , introduced in 1970, were the new Dodge
Challenger and the restyled Plymouth
Barracuda.
The Challanger and Barracuda also
came with an impressive list of optional engines ranging from the highrevving 340 small block to the 426
Hcmi equipped with two four-barrel
carburetors. Rated at 425 hp., the
Hemi was one of the most powerful
^ built.
production motors ever
This level of power matched the
aggressive image these cars projected
with their prominent "shaker" hood
scoops, bright colors and bold performance graphics.
Graphics were an integral part of
one of the most well-known and rare The recent snowstorm served to highlight these bushes near the overpass.
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Barracudas , the All American Racers
(AAR) 'Cuda. This car was produced
in limited numbers , about 2,800, in
order to legalize its full-race version
for competition in the 1970 Trans-Am Bloomsburg Theatre Ensemble years of theatre history in 45 minutes.
racing scries. The AAR 'Cuda sported will begin its Theatre Arts in the In the production, the actors use a
an engine that was uniquely its own , Classroom (TAG) tour on March 1st. variety of theatrical styles (Greek
the 340 "Six-Pak", signifying the use The tour will bring two theatrical mask, Italian commedia dell'arte,
of three two-barrel carburetors . The programs to elementary schools, high mime, melodrama, modern realism,
AAR has been lauded as one of the schools and colleges throughout the and the latest forms of naturalism) to
state.
present the history of Western theatre.
best handling cars ever built.
While, in the present day, the Chal- Tales of Russia, the elementary Scenes from an ancient Greek play, a
lenger and Barracuda have gone the school program , will transport young Shakespearian drama, an American
way of the dinosaur , the Mustang, students to a land of people and cul- drama by Tennessee Williams and
While Chrysler Corporation was a Firebird and Camaro are still showing tures very different from their own. one from vaudeville will be perlate comer to the ponycar craze they their populari ty among those who The program , which is performed in- formed to represent the periods of
made up for lost time by giving enthu- crave performance and style in a car. the-round , uses minimal props, crea- theatre history.
tive costumes and spellbinding narraThis approach seeks to make literative to bring to life the colorful , en- ture easier to understand and to inchanting folktales of Russia. The crease the students' enjoyment of
program seeks to spark the students' great literature. Ensemble member
imaginations and to interest them in Rand Whipple, who directs The Plays
Russian people and cultures.
The Thing, said, "It's hard to get
The high school/college program, everything out of a play just by readThe Play 's The Thing, covers 2,000 ing it. You are only given dialogue

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and minimal stage direction. Actors
bring in nuance and add parts to the
character that you don't get from reading. They bring the play to its feet and
make it active."
In 1987, the TAG tour was a sell-out
and reached over 15,000 students. In
the past, 80 percent of schools involved in the TAG program have
renewed their bookings. This year,
The Play's The Thing will tour 14
Penn State campuses through
Feburary and March.
The 1988 TAG tour is sponsored in
part by WISE/Old London Foods
through a major corporate grant. The
company has supported the TAC
program for 5 years.
For more information , contact
BTE's School Touring Manager
Paula Henry at (717) 784-4912.

Girl needs kidney transplant

BU's Husky mascol is slill standing proud despite the changing weather recently.

from page 4
But I still don't feel like doing
somersaults."
In her letters you could sense that
the hardships hadn 't changed her a
bit. She can still make people laugh ,
and no matter how many problems she
has of her own she is still concerned
about friends.
; So the fall semester passed without
much excitemen t and spring semester
arrived. I was waiting for an excuse to
take some time off from my busy
schedule and go see Ruth. So when
Lynne Ernst asked me to write a story
on Ruth , I grabbed at the chance.

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by Jodie Allen
L.A. Times-Washingwn Post Service
In one of the great understatements
of modern journalism, the business
pages of The New York Times reported last week that "Analysts have
said that food companies with fat
substitutes that can reduce both the
calorie and cholesterol count of such
foods as french fries and ice cream and
still please consumers' palates stand
to develop large markets for their
products."
Stand to develop large markets?
How about stand to produce pandemonium in the supermarket aisles?
For who among us is so effordessl y
slender, so ascetic in taste that the
thought ofa calorie-less, palate-pleasing hot-fudge sundae would not
arouse the most deeply-sublimated
desire to gorge? Clearly the only thing
standing between the NutraSweet Co.
- the developer of Simplesse, the
aforementioned fat substitute (and
Proctor and Gamble, which has its
own variant dubbed Olestra) - and
riches beyond its wildest dreams is
approval from the Food and Drug
Administration.

P&G has already submitted its invention, a synthetic molecule that
passes through the body unchanged,
for FDA approval. But NutraSweet
alleges that its product , which is a
protein digested like all other proteins, doesn 't need FDA approval
because it is a food , not a drug - a
judgment not yet concurred in by the
regulatory agency.
This is not a judgment that FDA
should rush to. At risk are issues far
more abstruse than the measuring of
chemical hazards and the weighing of
nutritional risks and benefits. We are
dealing here with the most fundamental questions of vice and virtue, of
human bondage to the temptations of
the flesh.

Anyone who has ever tasted a
low-calorie cupcake, or low-cholesterol lasagna will attest that what was
lacking, what made the item so
straight-out godawful, was not the
absence of real sugar but the absence
of fat. Margarine isn 't butter, and
neither is sunflower oil. But in a pinch
they will do. What won 't do is no fattasting substance at all.
And that is why the invention of
Simplesse (or Olestra or whatever) is
so momentous an event on the moral
landscape. It opens up entire new
horizons of guilt-free indulgence.
AIDS may have vanquished free sex,
but who, in their hearts of hearts, ever
really believed it was a free ride anyway? Now, at last, the possibility of
retributionless indulgence is in sight.

But , mark my words, there will be
consequences. Big ones. I don'tmean
an inevitable downturn in the economic fortunes of fat farms, spas and
exercise salons. Other industries of far
more consequence to investors and
workers have died on the altar of
consumer choice. What should give
the FDA pause - or, at least, prompt it
to seek the highest counsel before
rushing to approval - is this: When
gluttony has lost its sting, what vice
will replace it?
The importance of this question was
first brought home to me by a colleague, Robert Pugh, now a professor
of decision sciences at George Mason
University, who was the first, as far as
I know, to articulate the theory of the
individual quotient of vice (IVQ).
Pugh , at the time, had recendy given
up smoking, a vice to which he had
been happily addicted.
He observed, true scientist that he
was and is, that within the space of a
few weeks he had not only gained the
obligatory additional pounds but ,
willy-nilly, has also stepped up his
drinking of coffee to the point that it
consumed almost the same portion of

his waking hours that smoking had
previously consumed.
Happily my friend is a man of
moderate temperament so that his
abandonment of the joys of the weed
did not translate into an increase in
more anti-social forms of behavior
such as wife-beating, philandering or
the abuse of controlled substances.
But, as a matter of intellectual interest
and to provide empirical underpinnings for his theory, we undertook a
quick survey of people we had known
or read about who had curbed one or
another form of over-indulgence.
Our researches confirmed , well
within the scientifically acceptable
margins of error, just what Pugh had
conjectured: Each and everyone of
them had, sooner or later, substituted
one or more new vices which, if
weighted on a scale of seriousness of
consequence that seemed to us sensible, offset the vice abandoned.
Each individual , of course, is born
with his or her own distinctive I VQ.
And substitution weights may vary
among individuals as well (one person
may, for example, have to substitute
far larger quantities of alcohol or hot

So now you see the enormity of the
decision that has been thrust upon the
FDA - an agency more habituated to
the fine measurement of chemical and
physical effects than to the weighing
of ethical and social consequences. If
the temptations of fat in all its manifestations - from bacon-cheeseburgers to Sachertorte - is no longer available to sate the human craving for sin
and retribution , what ghastly indulgence of the flesh or spirit will arise to
replace it?

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On Jan. "4,~ she almost got a donor
kidney^.The doctors were fairly sure
that it was a good match. She went to
Geisinger, only to find out that two
people in Philadelphia were high priority cases. She remarked, "At that
timeit wasgoing in my mind that I was
not ready for a transplant, and when
they told me that I was not getting it, I
was sort of releived. I was happy for
those people who got it, but sad for my
family."
Ruth also said that she has a lot of
fears of unknown about the surgery
for kidney transplants.
When I asked about Bloomsburg
she said, "I miss everybody from
school and when I go to visit, its hard
to pack so many weeks of not seeing
everyone into a couple of hours. But
when ever I go to campus, I feel that I
never left. I fit right in."

fudge or dlicit lovers to offset the loss
of a daily pack of cigarettes than another of less nicotine-prone
constitution.)
There is also some evidence (although the scientific community is
still sharply divided on this issue) that
the individual's IVQ tends to decline
with the onset of late middle-age. But
for each individual, and for a society
as a whole at any point in time, the
body of available evidence suggests
Yesterday, I ran into Beth and told
that the removal of one source of vice
her
that I went to see Ruth. Beth said,
will only translate,perhaps after some
lag for adjustment, into another wide- "It always confuses me that the worst
spread form of vice.

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Last Sunday I went to see her at her
parents house in Jersey Shore. Ruth
told me that she is on hemodialysis
and that she has to go to the hospital
three days a week to receive dialysis.
She is working part time at a Weis
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comes to the nicest people you know
and doesn 't go away. I am feeling so
frustrated that I can't do any thing to
help her."
When I think about Beth' s statment,
I have to agree with her. We (Beth and
I) tried our best to get a trust fund
together for Ruth.
It has been exaclly a year and one
"week today/since we found out about
her illness. Ruth's madical and hospital bills have reached $15,000; Kidney transplant usually cost from 35 to
40 thousend dollers. And after the
transplent she has to take anti-rejection drugs all her life which run $300
to $500 a month.
When Lynne asked me to write this
story, I was a little scared that I would
let my personal feel ings show in my
work. So I will let you decide if this
is a feature article or a page in the life
of a fellow student.
If any one has any comment or
suggestions please give me a call at
789-9691.

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Celtics have some curious theories about playing time

By Peter May
The LA Times-Washington Post
When Coach K.C. Jones sent Dennis Johnson back into the game Sunday, with Boston leading by 19 and
less than seven minutes to go, the
move did not exactl y qualif y as a
stunning development.
Not in Boston, anyway. Jones felt
that the game was still up for grabs, so
he went with his best.
That game against Philadel phia
provided yet another illustration of
why the Celtics are differen t from
virtually every other team in the
league in their use of personnel. In
terms of scoring, no team relies more
on its starters - and less on its bench.
The Sixers never got closer than 10
points in the final 24 minutes. And
yet, Jones kept four of his starters on
the floor most of the fourth quarter,
saving onl y Robert Parish. Larry Bird
played 42 minutes, Kevin McHale 40
and Danny Ainge 39 in a game that
could easily be described as a rout
despite the final 15-pointspread(100 85).
The 40-minute stints by McHale

and Bird marked the 72nd and 73rd
time in 43 games that a Celtic has
played 40 or more minutes. Bird has
played 40 or more minutes on 23
occasions, including one stretch of
nine strai ght games. Boston is 18-5 in
games in which Bird has logged at
least 40 minutes.
Five others have played 40 or more
minutes at least three times. On the
other hand, opposing coaches have
used a player 40 minutes or more
against the Celtics on 36 occasions.
Jones' policy of relying heavily on
his starters is based on the Celtics'
long-standing adherence to the Future
Is Now Theory. They have had pretty
impressive results with that policy.
The Celtics are 31-12. They are
starting to put some distance between
themselves and Detroit and Atlanta in
the East.
"It's very important to us that we
have the best record," Danny Ainge
said. "I think that 's the reason we got
by Milwaukee and Detroit last year in
the playoffs."
Los Angeles Lakers Coach Pat
Riley has been saying for weeks that

he wants the best record, too, given
the Lakers' success at home. Riley has
squeezed out 59 games of 40 or more
minutes from his players this season .
The Hawks and Pistons have good
reason for wanting to catch Boston in
the East, for they have had success at
home against the Celtics. Both teams
arc at least eight deep, yet neither
approaches Boston in 40-minute
games by their players. For instance,
there have been just 37 games in
which a Piston has gone 40 minutes.

By playing the starters so much, the
Celtics obviously are giving fewer
minutes to their reserves. As a result,
the Celtics' bench has had some, well,
curious games this season.
Just four times in 43 games has
someone off the bench scored at least
15 points. That 's counting McHale's
22-point performance in his first
game back this season. Of the four
games, three were blowouts.
Not surprisingly, the Celtics' opponents have had more success off the

bench. On 25 occasions this season,
an opponent 's reserve has scored 15
or more points. Vinnie Johnson has
done it all three times the Pistons have
played the Celtics.
It's hard to fault the Boston bench
for not scoring. The only real scoring
threat the Celtics have off the bench is
Regg ie Lewis. And he rarely plays.
Darren Daye's big moments have
come as a starter. He had games of 27,
27 and 26 points as a starter; as a sub,
his best has been 13. Brad Lohaus has

hit double figures three times, twice in
garbage situations.
Part of the problem is the rotation.
Ten different players have been the
first off the bench this season. Mark
Acres is the runaway leader in that
category with 16 "first sub" appearances.
The Celtics are different They differ from most teams in how they play
and how they win. And as long as the
victories keep coming, don't expect a
lot of changes.

By Sandy Keenan
LA Times-Washington Post
There is a big difference between
making the three-point shot and defensing it. As St. John 's Coach Lou
Carnesecca was so fond of repeating
last season, "If you live by the threepoint shot, you may die by it."
Obviously, St. John 's has done
neither. The team has scored a Big
East Conference-low 21 points from
beyond the three-point line while allowing opponents only 60 against

irom that range - also a league low.
"The three-pointer is not as much
an issue with them ," said Connecticut
Coach Jim Calhoun. "They negate it.
It 's like they 're saying, 'I won 't take
it , but you can 't either.' "
It 's hard to say for sure, but one
reason for the Redmen 's success
against the three-pointer could be that
they play man-to-man defense so
well. St. John 's is holding opposing
teams to 30.3 percent shooting from
long range, but until recently that
number was as low as 24 percent.
"That's an amazing stat, the stat of the
year," Calhoun said. "Look around
the country. Nobody is doing that."
Not Georgetown , certainly. The
Hoyas are the big loser in this comparison ranking _ last in shooting and
last in defending against the threepointer.
Should Carnesecca change his
mind about shooting the threepointer , he need look no farther than
his own campus to find someone who
can hit it consistently.
St. John 's has a 5-8 point guard who
is hitting a league-high 62.5 percent of
three-point attempts _ 20 for 32.
Where is the player hiding, you
ask?
Her name is Lisa Smith, and she
plays for the St. John 's women 's
team , more appropriately known as
the Express.

It 's never loo soon to start predicting Freshman of the Year. The big
publicity favorite would have to be
Pitt 's Sean Miller, the starting point
guard who has had a very smooth
transition from high school ball.
Miller will get lots of competition
from his teammates, guard Jason
Matthews and forward Bobby Martin.
Anthony Tucker was the preseason
coaches' pick , but with Georgetown's
.500 record , forget it.
Then there's Eric Murdock, the
plucky backup point guard at Providence who scored seven of the Friars'
13 points in overtime to beat Villanova recendy. "This one came from
the heart," he said. "If we hadn 't stuck
together, we would' ve lost by 40."
Murdock had 17 points, four steals,
seven assists and five rebounds
against Villanova.

utes earlier) rushed onto the court to
embrace the embattled Friars.
Villanova Coach Rollie Massimino
took time out of the post-game interview to chastise the press and the fans.
"It's a disgrace," he said of the boobirds. "They sure were cheering when
they came back. Gordie's a good
young coach with a good young team.
He deserves a chance to build his
program. I wish you would get off
Gordie Chiesa's back."
"No one knows better than
coaches," said an appreciative
Chiesa.

St. John 's lives by killing the three-pointer

Olympic sports; The U.S.
questions 'amateur * status

There is
nity for those players."
another point , too. During last
summer's Pan American Games in
Indianapolis , after a loss to Brazil in
the gold-medal game, some U.S. basketball officials considered maybe it
was time to allow NBA players on the
U.S. team. That consideration ignored the fact that the United States
was a clearly superior team , upset in
part because its college stars repeatedly ignored the coaching advice of
Denny Crum and failed to play together. If players are too self-centered
to pass the ball, what will NBA players do on this level?

By John Jeansonne
LA Times-Washington Post
To make a short story long: There
are plenty of reasons the United States
cast a dissenting vote Monday on the
International Amateur Basketball
Federation 's 18-4 decision to open'the
1992 Olympics to professionals.
For one thing, the Amateur Basketball Association of the United States
has a precedent to fall back on.
Though the international hockey federation has opened its doors to all pros
for this month 's Calgary Games, the
amateur hockey ruling body in the
United States has refused to use established players from the National
Hockey League.
Partly, that's because the Amateur
Hockey Association of the United
States wanted, stability. It wanted to
select its players six months before
the Olympics and run a "season" of
practices and games. It didn 't want a
hastily patched together all-star team
of individuals. It didn 't want stars
from the NHL suddenly showing up
on its doorstep two weeks before the
Olympics and demanding a spot on
the team.
The Amateur Hockey Association
of the United States didn 't want the
headaches of being, in effect , a minorleague farm system, susceptible to
call-ups from the parent club or
hassles over contract and injury considerations.
Furthermore, the association was
convinced that "amateurs" - well,
they're not really amateurs, of course,
because they're allowed to sign their
NHL contracts and still play in the
Olympics, and a couple indeed have
been NHL benchwarmers in the past are more popular with the American
public than NHL heroes."The American public," said Art Berglund, general manager of the 1988 U.S. Olympic hockey team , "is not going to
donate to the Olympic fund if these
guys are making a million dollars."
Anyway, hockey's open Olympic
door is not really open, because the
NH L has the last say in which players
it will release to the various national
Olympic teams. Though most NHL
players are Canadians, and there is
sentiment to have a strong Canadian

Olympic team because the 88 Games
are being held in Canada, there are
Swedes and Finns and Americans in
the league, too, and the league has said
that the best 10 players on each NHL
roster can 't take an Olympic sabbatical. Some players may appreciate
such an arbitrary ruling - it takes the
pressure off such national celebrities
as Wayne Gretzky not to have to
prove his patriotism - others may not.
Because, simply, the choice is out of
their hands.
The Amateur Basketball Association of the United States has considered all of this, though none of its
officials was available for comment
Tuesday. Executive Director Bill
Wall was still at the International
Amateur Basketball Federation meetings in Frankfurt,West Germany, and
his office said it didn 't know how to
reach him. Amateur Basketball Association of the United States President
Brice Durbin refused to comment.
This isn 't, as usual, a discussion of
amateur-professional considerations.
The IOC in recent years has come to
realize that the lines between amateur
and pro are too fuzzy; for instance, a
full-scholarship college basketball
player doesn't fit a lot of people's
definition of "amateur."
"The definition of 'amateur' has
come to mean something very weak in
our society," Berglund said. "You
say, 'Gosh, he took an amateur shot,'
and that means it wasn't good. Let's
call 'em 'elite' athletes."
"I considered myself a professional,"said IOC representativeAnita
DeFrantz of Los Angeles, a 1976
Olympic rowing medalist, "even
though I didn 't make a penny. In fact ,
I had to spend money to be a rower,
but I was a professional, in my mind ,
because I did whatever was necessary
to be the best I possibly could be at
rowing."
This isn't even a discussion of
Olympic opportunity, which U.S.
Olympic Committee President
Robert Helmick likes to use as a
guideline in these matters. Helmick
believes that "ultimately, you 'll see
everyone eligible for the Olympics.
But having NBA players in the Olympics isn't necessary to create opportu-

Bloomsburg University freshman
Nina Alston, Wayne, has been named
the Eastern College Athletic
Conference's (ECAC) women's basketball "Rookie of the Week" for her
performances in the Huskies' two
victories last week.
Alston, a 5'5" guard, led the team to
wins over Pennsylvania Conference
(PC) Eastern • Division opponents
West Chester and Mansfield by scores
of 77-59 and 92-55, respectively.
In the West Chester contest, she
scored 21 points, including 17 of the
squad's first 22 points in the game, as
Bloomsburg took an early advantage
and coasted to the win. She was 10 of
15 from the field , making one of two
attempts from three-point range. In

addition, the first-year player had five
rebounds, four assists and three steals.
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Alston capped the week with an 18point performance in the unit's 92-55
triumph at Mansfield . She shot six of
10 from the floor and made all three
shots she attempted from three-point B /
range, and was one of two at the free
throw line. She was also credited with
two rebounds, four assists and five
steals. .
In the two games, she shot 64 percent from the field and made four of #/
five three-point attempts and all three
foul shots she attempted to score 39 |(
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The two victories raised the Huskies' season mark to 13-5 and 3-1 in
the PC Eastern Division.

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Rookie head coach Gordon Chiesa
has been plagued by boos at Providence. During the team's recent fivegame losing streak, he was hissed
three times at home, before Georgetown , Miami and , Saturday night,
before Villanova. When the Friars
trailed the Wildcats by 18 at the half,
the whole squad was booed .
But the criticism halted when
Providence rallied to beat Villanova,
82-76, in overtime. Many of the
13,041 fans (who had booed 20 min-

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Quote of the week: From 5-3 point
guard Pookey Wigington after Seton
Hall's third straight conference loss:
"I'll have no comment until we win ."
After losing to Georgetown , 60-59,
Connecticut's Calhoun, referring to a
number of subjective calls in the final
two minutes, said, "The worst thing
you can do is go back to your house
and play the videotape. What does it
do? We're 9-7. It doesn 't make it 106 just because I play it back on the
replay."
Notes around the Big East:
-Dana Barros has at least one threepoint field goal in 27 straight games.
-Villanova's perfect league overtime record of 10-0 was snapped by
Providence.

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Huskies dominate East Stroudsburg, winning twice
Men bounce back w ith decisive
18 point victory over Warriors
by Lincoln Weiss
Staff Writer
Alex Nelcha scored 15 points and
grabbed 10 rebounds to lead the
Bloomsburg University Huskies past
the East Stroudsburg Warriors 84-66
last ni ght at tiic Nelson Fieldhouse.
Nelcha , who in recent games has
struggled with his overall play,
played as well as the Alex Nelcha of
last year and he expects to continue to
improve his game as the playoff season approaches. "Well , what happened was dial there was something
in my mind ," explains Nelcha , "I had
a meeting with Coach Chronistcr and
lie told mc I have to work on my own."
"I hurt my foot und I didn 't play for
three months ," commented Nelcha in
reference to his foot that was broken
in the fi rst day of drills.
The. injury sidelined the junior forward from Caracas , Venezuela for all
of the preseason and the first half of
the season.
"1 feel pretty good , I' m out of shape
but I can work out of that. 1 hope I play
this well for good now ," concluded
Nelcha.
Another encourag ing performance
was turned in by Kevin Reynolds.
Reynolds , who has been play ing the

point guard position the last few
games, engineered the offense well
and hit four three pointers for his 12
points.
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The game was a very slow gam e
witii no team trul y dominating. The
Huskies slowly built a ten point lead
with the scoring of Kevin Reynolds
and Craig Phillips and held it for most
ofthc firsthalf. Bloomsburg took a 14
point lead into the locker room 43-29.
The Huskies opened up the second
half with a 10-4 run with strong play
by Matt Wilson and Craig Phillips ,
and took a 53-33 lead with 16 minutes
to play in the game.
The Warriors attempted a comeback by scoring the next four points to
cut the lead to 16, but Alex Nelcha
then dominated along the offensive
boards to score the next six points and
the Huskies pulled away for the
Warriors and eventually won 84-66.
Nelcha led the team in scoring with
15 points while Craig Philli ps and
Kevin Reynolds each scored 12
points.
Jonathan Roberts paced East
Stroudsburg in the losing cause with
20 points.
The victory improved the Huskies
PSAC East record to 3-2 and their

overall record to 13-6.
East Stroudsburg drops to 0-6 in division play and 6-12 overall.
The Huskies next opponent is tonight against the Chcyney Wolves at
Chcyney in a key divisional matchup.
The Wolves run and shoot offense is
led by second team All American
Clarence Green. Says Bloomsburg
coach Charlie Chronistcr on the
Wolves, "They get in alot of hi gh
scoring games. You have got to play
some defense on tiicm. I just hope
Green doesn 't score 50 points."
The game can be heard on WHLM
FM radio starting at 7:30PM.
The next home game for the Huskies will be ill is coming Monday as
dicy host the Eastern Division leading
and defending PSAC Champ ion
Millersville Marauders . That contest
begins at 8:00PM.

Joe Stepanski (12) , Craig Phillips (24) and Kevin Rey n olds (11) play defenscagainst West Chester. The Huskies took on East
Voice file photo
Stroudsburg last night at Nelson and won upping their conference record to 3-2.

Women win, impro ve PSA C record to 5-1

by Mike Mullen
Sports Editor
Theresa Lorenzi hit her fi rst six
shols and Nina*Alston was 6-8 in the
first half , scoring all 17 of her points
in the half as the Huskies took off on
the East Stroudsburg Warriors and
never looked back, cruising to a 70-54
conference win.
Bressi felt that his team had to run

the ball to beat the Warriors, "We're a
reall y good fast-breaking team, we
can get the ball and go with it."
Last night also marked the return of
Becky Pigga, who missed the last five
games due to injury. Bressi said that
Pigga "was very affective tonight. We
saw her moving and running the offense. She made some good crisp
passes and was moving the ball

around the outside well. We got her in
forabout 12 minutes which is what we
wanted for her first night back."
Lorenzi finished with 27 to lead the
Huskies, but the story last night was
Karen DcLullo. DeLullo had six
points, a rebound and garnered two
steals.
Her numbers weren 't impressive
but her presence on the court was.

Bressi said, S he played a good game,
she was everywhere. She's always in
the game."
The Huskies now prepare to face
Millersville this Monday. "Wc are
going all out. They are the only team
that has beaten us and we have a
couple of days rest. So I'm going to
give them a couple of days off ,"
Bressi said. "We have to play our best.

by Kelly Cuthbert
f o r The Voice
"They're not a joke anymore," say.'
Mike Fceley, reporter for the Press
Enterprise, about women in sports.
Today is the day female adiletes will
be recognized for their hard work.
Congress has appointed Feb. 4 as
"Women in Sports Day." Female
athletes everywhere are training just
as hard , just as intensely as male athletes and now they arc being recognized for it.
"We want to promote
women 's sports in a positive way ,"
says Jim Hollister, BU sports information director. Jim staled that they
did not want to take away from men ' s
programs, but to bring women 's programs up to that level. "We want to
give opportunities to those who didn 't
have them before," he says. Jim believes that Bu is striving towards
growth and equal opportunity for
women 's sports. He feels that the
programs have improved tremendously and that "there are more good
athletes everywhere, more resources
are provided for them , and there is

more interest from the outside."
Jim states that in the past
women were looked at in a different
light. Now it 's a more accepted
"thing to do," says Jim , "10 years ago
it wasn't something to do, you didn 't
go to watch women's sports." He
says that football will always get a lot
of coverage, "we're in a small town,
we're one of the main attractions."
He doesn't want to change the attitudes that dcvclopd long ago about
male and female sports, but he docs
want people to come and see both
male and female athletics.
He believes there's probably more
interest in men 's sports because of
longevity—they 've been around
longer.
"Some sports just aren 't spectatortype sports," he says, "like men 's
swimming and cross country." He believes that interest in women's sports
is growing, but "if 100 people came to
a field hockey game that would be
great, but if 100 people came to a
football gam.; that would be a real
problem." He believes that despite
oroblerhs of attitudes in the past

women s sports are really growing.
A
spokesperson
for
"Women in Sports Day" slated that,
"It was fortunate that our administration was willing to support this type of
publicity—it is well deserved for the
women athletes."
BU is celebrating this day
through public recognition of its female adiletes. On Route 487 there is
a billboard supporting BU women 's
athletics. On Channel 22 there is a
scries of commercials, a video which
highli ghts women 's athletics al BU
that will run through today. Channel
16 will also air interviews today with
BU coaches, including Jan Hutchinson, head coach of softball and field
hockey.
The purpose of these interviews
was to "see where we've been and
where we're going," stated the
spokesperson. The local radio stations are also carrying advertising for
women in sports.
Internally, BU has been
given a second training position as
well as a graduate assistant to help
with coverage of women's programs.

although this coverage is not limited
to women 's sports. Since the 1970's
the number of women's athletic programs at BU has doubled .
The women now have bigger
schedules and more money for recruitment. In the last 10 years BU
women have won over 50 PSAC titles
and 14 national titles.
"We've made some tremendous
strides here at BU," states an advocate
of women's sports, "and all of these
teams are competitive at the state
level, and extremely competitive at
the national level."
Jim Hollister describes an athlete as
someone who's aware of capabilities
and plays within those capabilities."
"Women in Sports Day"is a day of recognition for those abilities and for
how women 's sports have progressed
in this country.
States another spokesperson for
women athletes, "The best is yet to
come.
I think the 1990's will be the years
of the female student athletes. We are
laying the ground work for female
studen t athletes in the years to c.nmp ."

'Women in Sports Day ' celebrated today

Sophomore Karen DcLullo played an outstanding game last night and was named
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Bowling club takes championship with undefeated season
Bloomsburg University 's Mens
Bowling Club continued their winning ways this past weekend by capturing four more victories in Lancaster. These viclorics were special because tiiey led ihc team to the conference championshi p and an undefeated season.
The men were unsure of their
chances before the matches as they
had just lost two key bowlers; Jim
Hurst and the injured MikeEstes. The
replacements, Jon Marks and Alex
Arnwinc, were veterans of last year's
matches. Their experience was the
stabilizing factor that the Huskies
needed.
Bloomsburg started on the road to
victory by first defeating Gallaudet
University by a score of 19-0 (one
point for each individual match, one
point for total pins, and one point for
grand total in three games). Convincing performances were turned in by
senior Frank Cccconi (651) and Tony
Dunn (618).
The Huskies next opponent was
third place Shippensburg University.
After a shakey start which put the men
down 1-5 after the first game, the

clutch bowlers rallied to tie the match at
91/2-91/2 , with the help of Jon Marks
(618) and Dary l Sowers (597).
Bloomsburg then went on to win the
pressure filled one game tie breaker by
a score of 216-192. It was a team win for
the Huskies.
The next day, Bloom faced the always toug h Salisbury State College in
die last regular season match. However,
not even Salisbury could stop the Huskies as they won 12-7. The efforts of
Alex Arnwine (201, 200), Frank
Cecconi (225, 211,202), and Jon Marks
(253,211, 222) insured the victory. This
victory locked up an undefeated regular
season at 13-0. However, the men still
had a position round to bowl.
In the position round , first place
Bloomsburg University was pitted
against second place and nationally
ranked Penn State. The Huskies had
defeated Penn State earlier in the season
and now sought to repeat their performance while Penn State needed a win to
keep their hopes for a conference championship alive.
The battle was hard fought from the
start. The score was 4-2 after the first
game, which included senior Tony

enced bowlers coming back this season who were hungry for a championship. This past weekend we proved to
ourselves that we have the ability to
win. Winning the conference will
give us added confidence, providing
the edge we need in the sectional
tournament."

Dunn shooting a 223 in a losing
effort. Bloomsburg then took control of the match going up 8-4 after
the second game. Finally, with
strong games from seniors Daryl
Sowers (231, 200) and Frank
Cecconi (653), the Huskies won the

match by a score of 12-7.
Men 's player/coach Daryl Sowers
was more than satisfied with both the
victories and the conference championship. "Our success was due to a
strong team effort," said Sowers. "I
knew we had talented and experi-

by Edward O'Neill
f o r The Voice
Bloomsburg University now has
another club on its list. It's the
Bloomsburg Rugby Club. Rugby
is a game that not many people
know too much about. It may look
like a primitive game of football but
rugby can become very high tech
with many plays and strategies.
The game is, though , not like
football in many ways. There are no
pads or helmets to protect. Only a
shirt and shorts are worn. There are
no forward passes and blocking is
not allowed. The ball may be advanced through a series of lateral
pitches. A kick of the ball forward
can also be used. The ultimate goal
is to advance the ball across a line.

called the try line, and physically
touch the ball to the ground. This is
worth four points. A kick is then
-Rosters for men 's and women's
awarded and if sucessful , another two (singles and doubles) and co-ed
points.
Table Tennis are due in the IntramuThe fifteen players on each side ral Office by 3 p.m. today. Play will
consist of eight forwards and seven begin in Kehr Union on Monday,
backs. The eight forwards try to win Feb. 8. Check with the Intramural
the ball for the backs who then try to Office for furdier details.
move the ball quickly to the outside.
-Changes in the Aerobics schedThe ball is won through a scrum
ule:
down , a line out , a ruck, or a maul.
4 p.m. to 5 p.m., Monday through
These terms are easier explained
Friday in the Centennial Dance Stuwhen seen.
dio.
A lot of the game still needs to be
5 p.m. to 6 p.m., Tuesday only, in
explained. If anyone would like to
the Centennial Gym with Valerie
learn more about rugby or if anyone is Getz.
interested in play ing, contact Jason 0
6 p.m. to 7 p.m., Monday and
or Ed (784-2565) concerning the first
Thursday ir. the Centennial Gym
practice this Saturday.
*vy/ith Valerie Getz.

Rugby club f ormed

This win gave the Bloomsburg
University Mens Bowling Club the
Eastern Pennsylvania/Mary land
Bowling Conference championship
and an undefeated season. In addition, the team qualified for the sectional tournament to be held in Buffalo, New York, later this spring.

INTRAMURAL DATES
7 p.m. to 8 p.m., Tuesday with
Linda Everest in Centennial Dance
Studio. Monday, Wednesday, and
Thursday in Centennial Gym .
-Rosters for Racquetball are due
next Thursday, Feb. 11. Competition is open to men and women
(singles and doubles), and co-ed
teams. Play will begin Feb. 15 at 9
p.m. and will run Monday through
Thursday until completed.
-The Men 's Intramural Wrestling
Tournament will begin on Monday,
Feb. 22. AH rosters must be turned in
by Feb. 18. In order for a team to
obtain team participation points,
they must have participants in twothirds of the weight classes.
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