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Sets new section n indoor record with toss BloODl captures State ChaDlpionship

by Jeremy Goldberg With a 61' 6.5" throw, junior

Andy Bloom put himself in the record books, capturing the gold medal in the shot put dur­ing the State Indoor Track & Field Championships at Cor­nell University.

Bloom's toss also broke the Section II record, which had stood for 16 years at 60' 10.5". That mark was set by John Dunn of Taconic Hills in 1974.

His closest competitor was Vincent Steward of Longwood, Long Island, who threw 60' 2".

Related story on page II

Winning the State Champi­onship and setting a new sec­tional mark has capped a year of success for Bloom, who shat­terred the school record earlier in the year.

In the Eastern State Champi­onships, held recently at Prin­ceton University, he had finally

defeated his nemesis , Larry Stone of Christian Brothers Academy, on his way to a fifth­place finish.

good that Bloom could medal in the upcoming National Indoor Track & Field Championships Sunday at the Carrier Dome in Syracuse.

pating in the nationals. After that, it's on to the out­

door season, where Bloom could break more shot put records, as well as discus records. And the His 58' 3" heave at the East­

ern States was his personal best until his stunning upset in the states.

He is among six Niskayuna discus is the event that Bloom members who will be partici- has traditionally been stronger.

Bloom was not the favorite to win going in to the states, as experts had predicted Stone as Section II's best hope in the shot.

Students face faculty basketball game •

In The major reason why Bloom

had shocked the Indoor Track world was that he had barely qualified for the states with only a 52' O"throw in the State Qualifiers the week before. He was beaten in that meet by Stone anA f.aul Paquin of Sch­enectadl '

by Kathleen Reynolds In a Class of 1992 fundraiser

Sat., Mar.10, the faculty and staff will compete against stu­dents at basketball in the Blat­nick Gym at 7:30 p.m.

According to Steve Collins, the vice-president ofthe sopho­more class, the sophomore class sent flyers to the faculty and staff asking for volunteers to be cheerleaders, players, or musi­cians in the Pep Band.

The faculty/staff baskatball team consists of: Foreign Lan­guage teacher Vince Bianchi,

try this season and chances look captain, Assistant Principal

However, Bloom had thrown over 60 feet in practice so those close to him knew that his 52-foot throw at the qualifiers did not show his potential.

Bloom's state-winning throw was the fourth best in the coun-

Brian Aylward, math teacher Joe Baciewicz, science teacher William Bandura, Rosendale Principal Thomas Buckley, retired Varsity basketball coach David Crandall, human ecology teacher Ann Coleman, art teacher Larry Cottrell, English teacher Thomas Flood, science teacher Gary Goodness, art teacher Paul Kant, Rosendale custodian Sean King, counselor Dave Motta, psychologist John Parisella, and , in special education, Mark Treanor and Kathy

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Junior prepares for recitation state finals tomorrow by Jonah Alben

Junior Racheal Esch's hopes for recognition as the state Shakespeare Recitation contest winner will have a chance to come true at the final round, set for tommorrow, of the state level.

The competition will begin at 2:00 at Chanceler's Hall in Albany. Anyone may come and watch the performances ofthe eight state finalists picked Sat., Mar.3.

Each has selected an excerpt from one of Shakespeare's plays, as well as a sonnet, to recite. Esch will recite Act III, Scene 2 of A Midsummer Night's Dream and Sonnet 130.

For her victory at the school level, Esch received Great English Poets .

The top three state finishers will receive passes to the annual Shakespeare Festival in Stratford, Ontario, and the top finisher will proceed to the national competition in New York City.

Commenting on her selection as school representative, Esch said, "English is one of my favorite subjects, so it's nice being recognized .. . l'm excited [about competing]."

She added that she believes she has a shot at winning, saying "I have worked very hard, but I definately have some competition."

High school runner-up Steven Collins, sophomore, recited Act I , Prologueof Henry V.

Warrior photo I Eric Musser

Junior Racheal Esch performs Act III . Scene 2 of A Midsumme r Night's Dream during Shakespeare Recitation rehearsals. Esch. Nisky representative at the sta te level. is one of eight state finalists tha t will fight tomorrow for a berth a t the national contest.

2 Editorial Bill would decrease student working hours

Support new child labor bill The state Labor Depart- ported, though there is one

ment is introducing a bill to flaw which ought to be fixed. reduce the number of hours This law is necessary be-17-year-old high school stu- cause, as most would agree, dents can work. it is very difficult to responi-

Currently, 17-year-old bly juggle 48 hours of work students can work up to 48 and still fulfill their hours a week and eight schoolwork obligations. As hours a day. This bill would well, only a small minority of cut that amount to 28 hours the working young, espe­a week when school is in cially here, need to work. session and four hours on a The only reason most stu­day preceding a school day. dents have jobs is to earn

Also, students could not extra spending money. work past 10 p.m., as op- Therefore, a maximum of28 posed to midnight, which is hours a week students can the stopping time now. work is perfectly reasonable.

This potential law should The number one priority be enthusiastically sup- for students is to get an

Board deserves praise for new gym, library

In the midst oflast year's budget-cutting, many in the school system, including the Warrior, expressed concern that the School Board would choose to sacrifice quality to close the $2 million school budget deficit.

Areas of special concern for those in the high school were the library expansion and new gym plans, bot· of which were cut signifi­cantly.

However, as was clear to all who attended the library opening and the opening ceremonies for the new gym, these facilities are in no way substandard and will be a source of pride for the high school and the district for years to come.

The new gym and library have already proven their worth as valuable and useful facilities. The new

library seating has relieved the serious overcrowding which was characteristic of years past, while the gym space allows teams to play in more spacious and respect­able quarters in front of more fans from throughout the Suburban Council.

As well, the gym opens up much-needed practice areas in the small_gym.

Thus, it will surely raise Niskayuna's reputation as a school with a high commit­ment to athletics.

This meshes with the li­brary expansion, a long­needed addition to the acedemic environment.

That these projects have been finished near their target dates despite set­backs beyond district con­trol is another credit to the board and construction workers.

education and, if they work too much, they might not get their homework done and have trouble paying atten­tion in class the next day.

If this kind of behavior be­comes a pattern, the effects it might have on students later in life could be devas­tating.

The extra money that may be earned by working more hours would pale in com­parison to the amount of money lost by not being able to get a decent job after graduation.

While for the majority of students, this bill is a posi­tive step and will help them in the long run, for some families, it could be harmful. In certain cases, the money that a student earns is es-

.. .. , I ' sential for a family's sur-

vival and the state could deny some families much­needed income by passing this bill.

Thus, the bill should also be amended so that students who demonstrate a financial need can apply for extra working hours through the welfare system. Certainly, poor families should not be denied the opportunity to honestly earn more money.

Hopefully, the state legis­lature will pass this pro­posed bill and bring stu­dents' priorities back where they should be, in the class­room.

The legislature, however, must tack on something similar to the previously mentioned amendment in order to make the law fair for everyone.

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March 9, 1990 News 3

Science OIYDlpiad dODlinates regionals by David Harrison

With a total of 100 points out of a possible 110, Niskayuna's Science Olympiad team finished first in the regional competition at SUNY Cobleskill Mar. 3.

The team, coached by science teacher Gary Goodness and Union intern Steve Compton, won seven individual events and captured two second place ribbons.

In A is for Anatomy, seniors Kathleen Reynolds and George Viertl won first place. Senior David Nelson came in first place for Metric Estimation, while senior Michael Arendt won the Periodic Table Quiz.

Senior Jeffrey Oplinger and junior Sonam Singh came in second place for the Physics Lab.

Seniors Arendt and Emily Su won Quali-

Students battle faculty, staff (continued from page 1)

Ylvisaker. The Class of 1992 approached the Varsity and JV girls and boys basket­ball teams for volunteers.

halftime. Math teacher Richard Beeler and junior

Scott Menhenick will announce. Gym teacher Charlie Zubal and senior Doug DeGraff will be the referees. A silver cup will be awarded to the winners.

tative Analysis while Reynolds won Rocks and Fossils. The Science Bowl team, con­sisting of seniors Michelle Henry, Oplinger, Viertl, and junior Amy Szczepanski, placed fourth.

Freshmen Pintu Goel and John Lin won the Scrambler event. Singh placed sixth in Tree Identification. Junior Amy Lin and freshman Eric Shiffman won second place in the Water, Water Everywhere event. In Write It, Do It, juniors Henry Chang and Andrew Miller finished first.

The alternates were juniors Jonah Alben and Punit Agrawal.

The team now proceeds to the state com­petition at West Point Mar. 31. Schalmont came in second with 66 points and Emma Williard finished third with 60 points.

Since there were too many volunteers, the team was restricted to mostly Varsity play­ers although some sophomores were added later. Board of Regents announces scholarships

The student team captain is senior Steve Gregory and the team consists of seniors Dave Belardo, Deana Castle, Justin Coffey, Ken Gau, Bill Lagasse, Nancy Moon, Mike Rubilotta, Anan Sokkar, and Kelly Sprar­agen.

Also on the team are juniors Gautham Akula, Kathy Druzba, Marcie Heffernan, Tootie Loffredo, and Brian Roberts, as well as sophomore Chris Fox.

Faculty and staff cheerleaders include special education teacher Candy Bandura, music teacher Karen Bowry, food service helper Tammy Boyd, science teacher Pat Fritz, Eileen Johnson, and science teacher Sherra McGuire. The student cheerleading team is made up of a mixture of Varsity and JV cheerleaders.

There will be a student Pep Band organ­ized by sophomore Jill Albanese and a fac­ulty/staff Pep Band, which will perform at

by Jonah Alben 84 seniors have qualified for one of the

three scholarships announced by the state educational testing division.

Empire State Scholarships of Excellence and Regents Scholarships were given to seniors Michelle Henry, Nandini Mani, Dan Markiewicz, Jeff Oplinger, Kathleen Reynolds, Emily Su, and Jeff Titterton.

Regents Scholarship winners include Jim Andrews, Michael Arendt, Evan Ara­nowitz, David Belardo, Thomas Bendl, Elana Bier, James Birnby, Haim Blecher, Michael Burns, Jason Cartwright, Christo­pher Cecot, Alvin Chu, Geoff Collins, Erin Corrigan, Ashley Dolan, Joshua Doolittle, Rebecca Emery, Jeremy Epstein, Alec Feuerstein, and Michelle Finkel.

Elizabeth Gaston, Ken Gau, Matt Gebo, Rupirtder Gill, Renu Goel, Jeremy Gold­berg, Edward Grant, Arielle Greenberg,

SADD sponsors dance, lock-in by Nicole Possin

Students Against Drunk Driving is spon­soring a deejay dance and lock-in Sat., March 17.

The dance, which will be held at the Van Antwerp gym, will run from 8 p.m. to mid­night, said SADD president senior Christo­pher Rooney.

Rooney commented that the dance will feature student discjockeys. Tickets are $3 and will be on sale at Crossroads during lunch peroids all next week.

The lock-in, held in the Community Center, will begin at midnight and end at 8 a .m ., Rooney said.

He added that entertainment will in­clude movies and a possible giant 'Twister' game.

Students attending the lock-in won't be allowed to leave until the end.

Tickets for the lock-in are also available at Crossroads for $3. Students wishing to attend must have their parent sign the ticket for consent, Rooney said.

Combined tickets for both the dance and lock-in may be purchased for $5.

Junior Shannon Wendel, SADD secre­tary, commented that the "lock-in was very successful last year," and that the purpose was to have fun.

Alex Hammett, Jason Hatch, Emily Heller, Traci Heskett, Paul Hirsh, Rich Hirshen, Adam Hoffman, Brian Jaquette, Chris Johnson, Arthur Kabat, John Klucina, and Jean-Pierre Koniaris are also winners.

More commended students are Marc Levin, Abby Levine, Isaac Mathes, Nancy Moon, Laurie Murawski, Priya Nair, Jen Neal, David Nelson, Jen Phillippe, James Pittman, Nicole Possin, Erin Powers, Sherry Rosenkrantz, and Ari Rubenfeld.

Rounding out the list are Micheal Ru­bilotta, Lincoln Shepard, Preeti Singh, Rebecca Sluiter, David Snyder, Micheal Starkey, Karen Steigman, Jennifer Strang, Gregory Suchon, Rachel Taylor, Timothy Terrill, Geoff Trukenbrod, Tammy Van Patten, Scott VanValkenberg, George Viertl, Karen Vincent, Kristine Vrtiak, Eric Walmet, Steve Watts, Brad Westcott, Mark Woodmansee, and Andrew Yang.

As well, senior Daniela Hess won a Nurs­ing Education Scholarship.

Regents qualifiers needed a 90.5 GPA and 1100 combined SAT; Empire State winners needed a 96.55 GPAand 1430 SAT.

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4 News ARRI 0 R Victorian masquerade theme to highlight prom

Junior Prom plans begin to solidify by Stephen Collins

Preparations for the Junior Prom, still set for April 28, are moving along.

The Prom is organized into four committees, all supervised by the chairpersons of the prom, juniors Jill Sheedy and Melissa Johnson.

Juniors Henry Chang and Joanna Bowler are in charge of tickets, and juniors Colin Brazell and Tracy Attanasio are planning the after-prom.

seems to be in not starting ear­lier.

Preparations began right af­ter Christmas vacation with the committee selection and have enticed those involved into al­most an obsession ever since.

Sheedy commented, "AI-

though we've had a slow start, things are moving along, and it should be the best prom yet. Organizing and carrying out a prom is an inconceivably im­mense task, and people will receive what they want, a night to remember."

The system has run into some problems, many stemming from communication difficul­ties, but they are overcoming these obstacles and as Class of 1991 President Rachel Esch au­thoritatively assured, "There will be a prom."

The theme for this year is the Victorian masquerade, high­lighted by Peter Gabriel's "In Your Eyes." The Blatnick Gym is planned to be split into three sections: a lawn area, a terrace, and a house.

Interns to help students

The prom chairpersons were chosen from a group of volun­teers by the class officers and their advisors.

The chairpersons then picked from another list of volunteers, the heads of the four commit­tees.

The decorations committee is run by juniors Carie Stephens, Jeff McPadden, and Norah Moak.

Refreshments are lead by juniors Sara Greenfield, Amy Lin, and Jessie Sondheimer.

The house will also be divided into three sections: a dining room with refreshments, a music room, and a living room. Stephens described the present situation as, "rather hectic now, but everything will turn out fine in the end."

The estimated price of this atmosphere is unknown, but it is well under $4500, which is moderate compared to $7000 for past proms.

Tickets are promised to be no more than $15 a couple, even less if you sold five or more boxes of fruit, and included in this price are masquerade masks as prom memorabilia.

A main regret in the project

by Lawrence Paska Each semester, the special

education department has five interns from the State Univer­sity of New York at Albany in residence at the high school to help provide support for stu­dents who have difficulty in any subject.

This includes social studies, English, math, algebra, great issues, global studies, vocabu­lary, American history, and geometry. Interns are respon­sible for helping students in both academic and organiza­tional skills.

A teacher, parent, guidance counselor or the student him­self can request the services of

an intern. The goal of the pro­gram, which has been continu­ing for 20 years, is to help stu­dents develop independent study habits.

This semester's interns are Carol Cooney, Maureen Murphy, Hillary Fink, Laura Gansrow, and Kathy Roche.

Their varied backgrounds in­clude a former margin clerk on Wall Street and a registered nurse.

Gansrow and Fink both enjoy the program, but say it is a lot of work.

Cooney said, "The students are nice and the program pro­vides good training."

District purchases new tow truck by David Harrison

Niskayuna Central Schools has just purchased a tow truck for emergency use by the school buses.

There was a contest, called "NameThat Truck," between the bus drivers to choose the best name for the red tow truck.

Many different names were submitted and reviewed by judges, consisting of Nis­kayuna Schools mechanics and Robert Peters, head of transportation.

The name, announced at the Safety meeting held March 6, will be Robin Hook.

This truck is a used model and was pur­chased for $6500.

A prize was awarded to the person who chose the name of the tow truck.

All the possible names had to have been submitted by March 2.

"I think it was a good idea to let the bus

drivers name the tow truck because it is us who call in to get the tow truck if we [the bus] break down," commented Gladys Pinze, one of the bus drivers.

Another bus driver, Ralph Fazio, said that, "by having the contest, there will be a personal touch for the tow truck."

It is nice to look at and reassuring to know that we have it, but we hope we never have to partake of its services."

"I think it is great and it is a fair idea," said Al Page, also a bus driver.

Pinze also commented that the contest "brought us together and there was some friendly competition."

"It was a good idea for the mechanics to be judges because they are the ones who have to drive it, so they should pick the name of the tow truck," she added.

According to Peters, the last tow truck

Niskayuna had was retired from use one and a half years ago.

That tow truck was in use throughout the Niskayuna district for 10 years and was sold for $3000.

The truck was a used 1952 model army surplus.

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Recycling elllblellls to be placed on products by Crystal Heshmat

In order to encourage conser­vation of resources, the New York State Department of En vi­ronmental Conservation (En­Con) drafted Recycling Em­blems Regulations in Sept. 1989, according to the DEC re­lease describing the new volun­tary restrictions.

Emblems and standards for

Picture A

their use were established and the emblems will be put on products which are sold in New York State, but their use is strictly voluntary.

One of the goals the program hopes to accomplish is to gain

PictureB recognition for companies that are environmentally conscious, and to improve sales of their products.

Warrior photo / Peter Rose

Performing an excerpt from Phantom of the Opera is violinist Hae Suk Suh, freshman. Suh, a member of the Symphony Orches­tra, performed with various high school and middle school en­sembles at a concert held Mar. 1 at the hi h school auditorium.

This may also improve con­sumer awareness environ­mental issues.

The New York State recycled emblem (picture A) will be placed on products which con­tain a minimum percentage of material recovered from the solid waste stream.

The New York State recy­clable emblem (picture B) will be placed on materials which can be fully recycled.

The New York State reusable emblem (picture C) will be placed on products or contain­ers which can be washed and then reused or refilled.

Identification of the resin composition of plastics will be made easier by a symbol con­taining a number (the variable X in picture D) and the corre­sponding letters (the variable Y in picture D), according to the

state brief describing the law. The chart below is from page

1-11 of the Recycling Emblems Regulations Draft of Sept. 1989. According to the Times Union, only resin numbers one and two are currently recy­clable.

Picture C Some companies, such as

Price Chopper, have already begun using the emblems on their products.

The goal of New York State for reduction, reuse, and recy­cling of waste is 50% by 1997.

Resin Type NumberCX) LetterCY) PETE HDPE

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PP PS

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Polyethylene 1 High Density Polyethylene 2 Vinyl 3 Low Density Polyethylene 4 Polypropylene 5 Polystyrene 6 Other 7

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. Warrior photo / Eric Musser Rehearsing a scene for Oliver are sixth grader Ryan Savage as Oliver, senior Dave Brooksby as Mr. Bumble, and senior Nicole Possin as Widow Corney.

6 Opinion Steve's music review

Nevv Kids offer volullles of entertainlllent by Steven Crafts and Pete Gershon In a year marked by historic comebacks

by The Who, The Rolling Stones, Jefferson Airplane, and a host of other 60's super­groups, it's refreshing to see some new faces in the music scene.

"000 baby, I love 'em!" said junior J.R. Reid, who seems to be among the majority when it comes to these talented young per­formers.

The group consists of Jordan Knight, vocals, Jonathan Knight, vocals; Donny Wallburg, vocals; Danny Wallburg, vocals; and little Joe MacIntyre, vocals.

A reliable source, 13-year-old Meaghan Gershon, informed us that though it does not appear on their albums, each member really does play an instrument.

This presents a strong argument against anyone skeptical of these youngster's tal­ent.

Though the band is only a few years old, they have been spewing out hit after hit, including such catchy chart-toppers as "Hanging Tough," a song about "just saying no," "111 Be Loving You Forever," a song about loving someone forever, and "The

Radically Right

Right Stuff," a song about, evidently, seven men who go off into space.

The "Kids" display a sensitivity and maturity that is seldom found in most of today's artists. Their songs are honest and profound and only kindle the imagination.

"The New Kids on the Block are the most talented group I've ever seen," commented junior Jeff McPadden.

"I couldn't agree more," added junior Dan Smith.

What's nextfor the "New Kids" in a world where groups come and go so quickly? Will the record buying public turn a cold shoul­der on them?

If so, the Knights both want to be baseball players when they grow up. Danny feels

that he would one day like to be a fireman. Joe and Donny are undecided, although Donny would like to continue his paper route.

But like Strawberry Quick (Donny's fa­vorite beverage) and chocolate chip cookies (Jordan's after school treat), it appears that The New Kids on the Block will not go out of style anytime soon.

NEWSWEEK photo / Jaques Chenet·used with permission

News Kids on the Block "fashion figures" are the latest product of the band's instant success. Though their "teeny-bop" music has earned them the adoration of many young female fans, others hold nothing but spite for the young group.

Committee on religion politely says nothing by Brian Smith

The committee for Holiday Activities recently met with students to discuss a draft of the recommendations they are going to pass on to the Board of Education.

This event, which was sponsored by.the Student's Political Interest Forum, lasted over two hours, and was attended by nearly a hundred students. However, students left with as many unanswered questions and concerns as they arrived with.

One of the major areas of concern ad­dressed by students was their lack of repre­sentation on the committee. As the committee was quick to point out, the Board of Education is to blame for this lapse because they alone decided who was quali­fied to be part of the committee.

This was an insult to the student body. The Board seems to be saying that although the students are the ones who will be pro­tected or restricted by the policy, the ones

who must live with thecommittee's policy, and the omis most affected by it, that they are the only ones in the community not qualified to take part in making it.

As it became clear that the committee was not responsible for this, students moved on to what the committee could do to involve students-yet has failed to do. In the committee's draft there was the proposition for two future committees.

One would, in effect, oversee the applica­tion of the guidelines, and the other would review the effectiveness of the guidelines after a two year period. Put most simply: the committee could have recommended that students be involved in either, or both, of these processes but chose not to.

Throughout the meeting the Committee frequently conceded that they were at fault for not including students, but did very little to assure that this pattern would change. It came out that the committee had

not intended on meeting with students to discuss the draft (apparently they felt that they were too busy meeting with the nu­merous other local groups).

With this in mind, students felt unsure as to what the frequent "Point well taken," from committee members really meant.

The questions on what assurances the committee could give, that consideration will be given to the ideas presented by students, were skillfully brushed off.

In fact, there was no sincere indication given that student representation will be given any serious attention.

The situation, however, is not altogether hopeless. I urge all students to contact the committee or the School Board and voice your opinions. Letters can be directed to the committee through school district of­fices . This school came together and pre­vailed on the ramp issue and we can do the same here.

March 9, 1990 Opinion 7

The big screen Scene Take

Columnist predicts the Oscar winners 4 12

by Chris Rooney It's Oscar time again, and of course ev­

eryone is trying to predict this year's win­ners, and gripe about those who weren't picked.

And so, without further ado, here are this year's major catagory nominations and my picks for the winners.

Best Picture: Born on the Fourth of July Dead Poets Society Driving Miss Daisy Field of Dreams My Left Foot

My pick for this category would be Driv­ing Miss Daisy. This was definitely a four star film. I'd like to note that it's interesting that Dead Poets Society and Field of Dreams were nominated.

Both of these films were released during the summer, thus entering themselves into a time period that, though profitable, is often ignored when the Oscars come around.

Perhaps this recognition is a sign that, in the future, more summer movies will be getting some recognition from the Acedemy.

Best Actor: Kenneth Branagh, Henry V Tom Cruise, Born on the Fourth of July Daniel Day-Lewis, My Left Foot Morgan Freeman, Driving Miss Daisy Robin Williams, Dead Poets Society

The the vote between Cruise and Free­man will be close, but I don't think Cruise's performance in Born was absolutely flaw­less; Freeman, on the other hand, put in a truly brilliant performance and should receive the Oscar.

I'd also like to point out that, although Robin Williams did a goodjob portraying an English teacher that refuses to conform, I think he was nominated for the wrong category.

Dead Poets Society focused primarily on the personal struggles of the students, and Williams served more as a supporting ac­tor.

Best Actress: Isabelle Adjani, Camille Claudel Pauline Collins, Shirley Valentine Jessica Lange, Music Box

Michelle Pfeiffer, Fabulous Baker Boys Jessica Tandy, Driving Miss Daisy

This is another close call between Pfeiffer and Tandy.

I think I'll go with Pfeiffer just because I think she really deserves an Oscar. I have yet to see her not give a great performance in anything. She's terrific.

Best Supporting Actor: Danny Aiello, Do the Right Thing Dan Aykroyd, Driving Miss Daisy MarIan Brando, A Dry White Season Martin Landau, Crimes and Misde­meanors Denzel Washington, Glory

Here's another close call. This time the battle will be between Aykroyd and Washington.

Aykroyd did a fabulous job but his past as a comic may hurt him. Personally, I think that's ridiculous, but that's how the Acad­emy works. Anyway, I'll have to pick Wash­ington.

Best Supporting Actress: Brenda Fricker, My Left Foot Anjelica Huston, Enemies, a Love Story Lena Olin, Enemies, a Love Story Julia Roberts, Steel Magnolias

Dianne Wiest, Parenthood To be totally honest, I didn't see any of

these movies. I had trouble enough catch­ing up on all the others.

However, my theory on Oscar winners, at least in major categories, is that they must be in wide release for a long while so that a large enough audience can see them.

This narrows the competition down to Roberts and Wiest, both of which were given parts in films that have racked up plenty oftheater time. Since I have to pick someone, 111 choose Wiest, just for the heck of it.

There were a few other films that I feel got jipped. The big negative suprise was Batman, which pulled in only one nomina­tion, for the relatively minor catagory of art direction.

I think it also could have been nominated for costumes and maybe makeup. Also, Danny Elfman certainly should have been nominated for his original score.

Another jilted film was Always. It could have brought in any of a number of nomina­tions, for best picture, best director, and best screenplay, and John Goodman really deserves a Best Supporting Actor nomina­tion.

In Your Opinion: "What do you think of the state bill reducing student working hours?"

"I think it's good in that it gives more time for school work, but students should have the right to earn money."

Blaise Arsenault Class of 1991

"Students are responsible enough to allow time for school work and work ajob."

Amina Chaudhry Class of 1992

Warrior photos I Andrew Miller

"Although I don't work over 28 hours, the bill reflects the overprotective and pa­ternalistic policy started by Matilda Cuomo and the sweets law.

Chris Johnson Class of 1990

8 Feature

Changes planned for English curriculum by Courtenay Dunn

Recently, there has been a concern about the high school's English reading curriculum, as it is believed to be oriented to­ward white, male authors and Western society.

"I think the curriculum is lacking in variety, and we should read books which would introduce us to different back­grounds," commented fresh­man Lisa Ginsburg.

"I Clcl.n count on one hand the number of books the students read in school by women and minority authors," remarked Lillian Turner, English Depart­ment Chairperson.

Currently, committees are working on developing the reading curriculum, especially in ninth and tenth grade.

"We think it is important that we provide a broader experi­ence at the 9th and 10th grade levels because everyone has a standard curriculum. Our goal is to broaden their perspectives

of reading," said Turner. Not only has the English

Department worked on expand­ing the canon, which is cur­rently the group of books that have assumed the rank of"clas­sic" and have become standard teaching texts, but it is also considering new issues and angles to address.

Am example of this is when reading Julius Caesar in the ninth grade, new emphasis will be put on the female characters of the play.

Two committees have been formed; one cuncentrating on the 9th grade curriculum and another on the 10th grade pro­gram.

According to Linda Witkow­ski, a member of the 10th grade committee, the committees are divided into two groups, one for reading books ' that could be added to the curriculum, and another that is "looking for new approaches to the existing cur­riculum."

Sophomore Elizabeth Merrill said, "It's okay, because we read the classics, but we should read more modern stuff and more works by foreign authors."

James Wilson, a member of the ninth grade committee, said, "Our main focus is to open up to works other than the tra­ditional white male Western authors.

"Weare ::onsidering the works of women and blacks as well as literature from Indian, Asian, and South American cultures."

Contemporary works may be added as well.

When considering new books, the teachers are chiefly looking for works that will use a sub­stantial amount of class time and that preferably have been written within the past 20 years.

Some books they are consid­ering are That Night, Annie John, John Dollar, Members of the Wedding , and the play ver-

sion of The Diary of Anne Frank.

Turner emphasized, how­ever, that these suggestions are definitely "not written in stone." She added, "The stu­dents can look forward to a more broad spectrum of read­ings."

Yet this is only the beginning ofthe committee's work and the decisions may not be made until June.

Freshman Julia Starkey said, "I agree with the idea of there being too many white, male , western authors, but when going to women and for­eign authors, we should also have more modern books along with the classics because many books we read are very out of date ."

Junior Chad Kilbourne re­marked, "If they're going to eliminate a book to make room for the new ones, they should definitely eliminate David Cop­perfield."

Proper nutrition essential during diets by Lisa Ginsburg

Dieting is a common practice for many Americans, who want to improve physical appearance and self image.

Dieting, however, can also result in disaster, for many di­eters do not receive adequate nutrition.

School nurse Eileen Johnson agrees that the best diet is "a well-balanced, reduced calorie diet which is low in fats and carbohydrates. "

According to freshman Janet Yee, the best way to diet is to "cut down on junk food and saturated fats ."

She added "a good diet [should include] about 1200 calories."

According to biology teacher William Bandura, "crash diets aren't any good because the body will actually burn calories

at slower rates. Also, you need to take in a certain number of calories to balance your me­tabolism or else you are robbing yourself of energy. "

School nurse Janet Johnson said, "The best thing to do is to cut down on amounts [offood], but still eat three meals a day."

She added that "the worst thing about dieting is the main­tenance afterwards."

J. Johnson said that one of the worst methods are fad diets, because "you shouldn't put anything into your body that shouldn't be there."

Math t aacher Irene Jovell recently lost 60 pounds on a diet which did not require calorie counting. It monitered her carbohydrate intake.

"It was called a 'protein-spar­ing diet,'" she said, adding that the principal is the same as liq-

uid diets except that instead of drinking meals, she ate natural foods .

Jovell worked with a doctor and a dietician at Community Health Plan. "When you drop your carbohydrates that low, it is hard for your kidneys to func­tion."

She said the program in­cluded monthly check-ups, not­ing that such a diet cannot be done without doctor supervi­sion.

"Be careful," Jovell warned. "Many teenagers would hear 'low carbohydrate, 750-calorie diet: I can do that-' but to do that by themselves is very dan­gerous."

There are many products sold today which are advertised as diet aids, but they actually can cause harm to your body. "Diet pills can cause cardiac prob-

lems such as irregular heart­beat," said E. Johnson.

She added, "One should avoid fiber diets, diet pills and liquid diets."

E. Johnson also observed, "Unsupervised liquid diets are dangerous because they cause electrolyte imbalance."

She cautioned, "One should be careful of over the counter stuff, otherwise you are like a mouse in treadmill; you will never lose weight."

Bandura noted, "A lot of people tend to overlook and not take in vitamins on a daily basis ."

He also cautioned against ketosis. Ketones, a byproduct of fat breakdown, build up if fat reserves are destroyed too quickly and can alter the pH level of blood.

(continued on page 10)

March 9, 1990 Feature 9 Faculty focus

DePaoli forsakes business for teaching by Nicole Possin

Melissa DePaoli is an example that it is okay to change your mind.

"After graduation, I was pretty burned out about teaching and decided to go into business and stayed in that field for five years before I realized that wasn't what I really wanted."

DePaoli worked for five years with com­panies that put on computer training con­ferences and management information systems seminars.

Now DePaoli is working on her Masters in Teaching at Union College, and teaches two Niskayuna English courses: Creative Writing and Composition and Rhetoric. Balancing taking classes and teaching them, DePaoli said, leaves her almost no free time to do the things she enjoys, like skiing and dancing.

Switching from business to teaching, DePaoli admitted, is a switch of status and salary, but "I was brought up in a commu­nity where money was not the thing to follow. You would do what was right for you."

"When I told people I worked with [in business] that I was going into teaching, they said 'What do you want to do that for?' They didn't come out and say 'That's not a respected profession' but the implications were there," DePaoli commented.

DePaoli is of the opinion, however, that "U.S. education has got to change-and I think that teaching will become a more respected profession."

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She added, "You can always say to your­self that 'I am giving these kids a chance to be avid intellectuals in the future,' and that you are affecting a key time in their life.

An idealistic view? "I'm no dummy," DePaoli said, "And I do

think about 'idealism versus burnout' and what will win in the long run. I will milk my idealism as far as it can go and balance it with a realistic view."

She noted that "my parents were all for me going into teaching-they wondered why I didn't do it in the first place."

DePaoli finally made the decision to go into teaching after volunteering at the Museum of Science at Boston. There, she worked as a tour leader, dressed in cos­tume.

She saidthat the museum had an exhibit on Ancient Egypt which she liked teaching and explaining, and it fell right into place that she should teach high school.

"It is a switch, made partly because I didn't know exactly what I wanted to do when I graduated; but it's not a switch if you look at what I majored in, which was Comparative Literature."

DePaoli does confess that "during down modes, I do feel as ifI'm starting over, as if I have 'wasted time'-it is part of that psy­che. But then I tell myselfI've learned a lot in five years doing something else."

DePaoli is in an unusual situation in that she is not officially a teacher yet she is basically in charge of two classes.

Students in her two classes received a

.P&I-e Gersho."

Warrior photo I Nicole Possin

Melissa Depaoli assists in the Drama Club production of the play "Left Alone."

schedule printed with her name as teacher. "Mrs. Ludwig [DePaoli's mentor teacher]

and I have set it up so that my situation is as teacherly as possible," DePaoli said.

She said she didn't think that students see her any differently because she is a student teacher, but commented that "I can never know what the students feel."

DePaoli does feel a certain advantage over other student teachers, though, in that "I have that feeling of security. I have more self-confidence with the thought that I bring a lot more into teaching than new graduates because I have had five years in the work world."

One sad story of her career switch is loss of information from college: She took a course in college where she studied Latin American short stories with the original Spanish texts, imported from Spain.

"When I graduated from college , I thought I wouldn't need that stuff in the business world and threw away my notes and gave my books to the library."

But overall, DePaoli said that she is "an advocate of trying things. If I were to say anything to students leaving high school­or college," she said, "I'd say it's okay to do what I've done.

"I may seem to have lost time at first, but in the long run, I know I'm doing w ha t I'll be happy at."

10 Feature

Students curl, compete in "bonspiel" by Rachel Coffman

Curling may not be a well-known sport, but several high school students enthusias­ticallyy practice it twice a week.

"A friend brought me to the club and 1 fell in love with it. That was in ninth grade. I have been curling steadily for four years," said senior Aaron Hull who is now presi­dent of the teenage curling group at the Schenectady Curling Club on Balltown Road.

Niskayuna students involved included Hull, juniors Andrew Miller and Melinda Grover, sophomore Tom Nappi and fresh­men Courtenay Dunn and Kate Possin.

Curling is played on a sheet of ice which is roughly 150 feet long by 12 feet wide.

At the end of the ice is a bullseye into which the curling stone must land.

"It is kind of like playing shuffieboard on ice," Dunn said.

Teams are made up of four people: lead, second, vice-skip and skip.

other players sweep the ice in front of the stone to make the stone go farther or curl in a certain way. The sports name is derived from this action, said Dunn.

Next the opposing team shoots, after which thoe other players on each team take their turns .

In all, each player shoots twice alternat­ing with the opposing team's corresponding player.

The game is divided into innings which are called ends. After each end, the team with the stone which is closest to the center receives a point for each stone closer than that of any other team,

In a game there are usually eight or 10 ends. The team with the most points at the end of the game wins.

While the skip is curling, the vice-skip signals where to put the stone.

Hull noted that the skip is generally the best curler. Freshman Happy McPartlin said that vice-skip is usually the most diffi­cult position. The curler stands at one end ofthe ice and

flings the stone weighing about 40 pounds, across the surface ofthe ice to the other end.

The object of the game is to try to get the rock as close to the bullseye as possible. The Skip stands at the opposite end of the ice from the person who is curling.

The curling season runs from the end of October to mid-March. The club competes in several tournaments, called "bonspiels," and they compete in nationals once a year.

"Nationals are purely competitive," McPartlin said, "but we have fun too. We meet a lot of people, mostly from Canada."

Warrior photo I Nicole Possin

At a recent practice, senior Aaron Hull shoots for the target as junior Andrew Miller and freshman Kate Possin get set to sweep the curl­ing stone to the bullseye.

By moving his broom, the Skip signals to the other members of his team where to deliver the stone, Hull said.

To start the game, one team's lead pushes the stone up the ice and curls his hand to deliver the stone to the right spot. The

Hull said that before nationals, the team curls about five days a week after school and on Sundays. For the rest of the season the team practices twice a week.

als in Chicago. Other members of the team also attended the recent bonspiel in Utica, where all Schenectady teams made the finals and one team earned first place in the fourth class.

Anyone can join the club, Dunn said. McPartlin and Hull attended the nation- Practices are held Sundays and Thursdays.

Dieters must excercise, plan meals carefully (continued from page 9)

Thus, it is a serious medical problem which crash dieters often suffer from.

Less dramatic methods of dieting are, on the whole, much safer and healthier.

Excercise is an essential part of dieting, said Jovell.

"I was yelled at constantly if! didn't excercise ," Jovell said.

"I could cheat as far as food was concerned, but I had to ex­ercise."

She commented that one of her problems was finding time to exercise.

"As a teacher and a mother, I didn't have the time for myself. Then I made myself time to excercise."

Freshman Erin Savage said that she does not diet; she just "tries to swim often for exercise and eat right."

Freshman Katherine Possin also said she does not diet, "be­cause I like to eat whaVwer I want."

Sophomore Gina Cippitelli remarked that she diets "to look better," and recommends fruits and vegetables.

Freshman Gabrielle Soron

commented, "I diet occasionally by cutting out of my meals all snacks and eating anything low in fat."

E. Johnson said, "'Lite' foods are higher in fat and choles­terol, so you are better off with natural foods. "

She added, "Any diet should be medically supervised ifthere is a lot of weight to lose."

Jovell said, "Losing weight was easy. It's maintenance which is difficult."

She added, "I was never hun­gry. The body is amazing in the things it can tolerate."

"Dieting is not martyrdom­just be careful," Jovell said. . Jovell was dieting from May

to October of 1989. "I lost weight until 1 was comfortable, until I liked me how I am," Jovell said.

Senior Renu Goel lost 75 pounds last year by following a balanced diet where she ate 1000 calories a day. She also did aerobics regularly.

She commented, "It's hard­you have to stick with it [for the diet] to work."

She added that the most es­sential part of dieting is

March 9, 1990 Sports 11

Kelly takes second in states

Indoor Track sends six to nationals by Jonah Alben and Jeremy Goldberg

Six members of the Indoor Track team, coming off impres­sive performances at the states, will compete in the seventh annual National Scholastic Indoor Track & Field Champi­onships Sunday at the Carrier Dome in Syracuse.

Junior Andy Bloom, aftercap­turing a gold medal in the shot put at the State Championships at Cornell University in Ithaca, will be Niskayuna's best hope for a medal in the nationals. His winning Section II record throw of 61' 6.5" is the fourth best in the country.

Senior Jennifer Kelly will compete in the one-mile race­walk at Syracuse. Kelly came in second place in the 1500-meter walk at the states, and is the only other Niskayuna individ­ual to qualify for the nationals.

In the 4 x 800-meter relay, Niskayuna will send a team consisting of senior Chris Swere, juniors Paul Lupi and W es Neary, and sophomore Tom Moon. In the states, Neary was part of the Section II in­tersectional relay team which fInished third.

In order to qualify for the nationals, participants had to meet minimum entry stan­dards in previous meets. This meet is independent from the state meet. Niskayuna's par­ticipants had already qualifIed for the nationals before some of them went to Cornell.

This meet is not sanctioned by any high school federation because it is after the official high school indoor season in most states.

At Cornell, Kelly had origi­nally fInished fourth in her race with a time of 7:44.12 before moving up to second when both the fIrst and third place fInish­ers were disqualifIed.

Besides Bloom, Kelly, and

Neary, junior Geoff Chang placed in the states with a sixth place fInish in the triple jump, with a leap of 45' 3".

Overall, the boys' Section II came in fIfth place as a team with 46 points. Bloom was the sole gold-medal winner but other schools turned in strong performances, best among them include a third place fIn­ish in the shot put by Larry Stone of Christian Brothers Academy.

The girls' Section II team fIn­ished up with 57 points , good enough for fourth place. Krissy Haacke of Shaker in the 1500-meters and Glens Falls' Shelly Choppa's 5' 9" in the high jump were the lone gold medalists for the Section II girls.

The nationals will cap a tre­mendous year for the Nis­kayuna Indoor Track team.

Aside from the four people who placed in the states, two others qualifIed for the states. Junior Jeff Murray won the pole vault in the state qualifIer competition with a 12' 6" jump. Sophomore Glenn DeLorenzi qualifIed in the high jump with a jump of 5' 8". Chang also qualifIed in the long jump with a leap of 20' 2.5".

In a sneak preview of some of the competition Niskayuuna participants will face in the nationals, the Eastern States were held a week ago Monday at Princeton University, N.J. In that meet, Bloom fInished fIfth in the shot put with a 58' 3" throw and is favored to do even better in the nationals.

After going undefeated in the regular season and winning the Suburban Council, the Boys' team were beaten only by Christian Brothers Academy in the Class A Sectionals. The girls' team was incorrectly reported last issue as winning the Suburban Councils, although they did well too.

At the sectional meet three weeks ago, sophomore Paul Lupi, third from left, fights through the pack at the start of the 3200-meter relay.

Nis-kayuna had both its 1600- and 3200-relay teams place in the top fIve, Bloom, Chang, DeLorenzi, and Murray all placed in the top four, and senior Albert Lee, and juniors Greg Gatto and Lupi all placed in the triple jump, pole vault,

and 600-meter run, respectively.

After the nationals, nothing should stop this team from blowing away the Suburban Council and setting countless outdoor records, school and sectional, in the spring.

Boys' Basketball ends season with loss to CBA

by Noah Kravitz Although most coaches might

not be happy about a team fIn­ishing the season at 4-17, Boys' Varsity Basketball Coach Vince Bianchi said that in his 20 years of coaching at Niskayuna he's never had more fun coaching a team and "couldn't be prouder" of this year's squad.

On Feb. 21, the Silver Warri­ors dropped a fIrst round sec­tional game at CBA, 81-54, to end Bianchi's second year as coach of the varsity. Ironically, last year's team also lost in the

fIrst round to CBA, who played in the Section II Class A fInals against Shenendehowa earlier in the week.

Bianchi said that although the fInal score may have been lopsided, the game was closer than that, and that CBA pulled away down the stretch when Nisky was forced to foul in an attempt to stay in the contest.

According to Bianchi, a high­light of the season was an early upset of Burnt Hills on the road. He called this game a "tremen-

(continued on page 13)

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Undefeated Varsity Wrestling season ends at sectionals

by Jonah Alben The Varsity Wrestling team,

unbeaten at 13-0 and tops in Section II, had its last tourna­ment Sat. , Feb. 17, as all 11 varsity wrestlers qualifying for sectionals were eliminated.

However, the team was far from shut out. Chris Mergen, sophomore, was a runner-up at 105 pounds, and Mike Bendett, senior, finished second at 128 pounds. At 155 pounds, Dave Newcomb finished fourth.

In the Class A tournament the week before, the team fin­ished second out of 13 teams. Sectional qualifiers were: Josh Goldberg, sophomore, third at 91, Matt Klucina, sophomore, second at 98, Chris Mergen, sophomore, "first at 105, and Paul Hirsch, senior, fourth at 112.

Also placing were Mike Ben­dett, senior, second at 126, Shawn Nautel , sophomore, third at 132, Dan Newcomb, senior, first at 145, Dave New-

comb, senior, second at 155, Phil Prest, junior, second at 167, Art D'Isabel, junior, third at 177, and Matt Moskov, jun­ior , fourth at 215.

According to Varsity coach Joseph Bena, Niskayuna had more wrestlers advancing to the state qualifier than any other team in section II.

He added that team captains Dave and Dan Newcomb and Bendett wereamong the team leaders, and that the N ew­combs "wrestled whenever [they were needed]."

The team has excellent chances for next year, Bena said. "[This year,] tenth grad­ers dominated the team .. .in some matches nine of 14 varsity wrestlers were sophomores."

To keep in form during the off-season, the wrestlers have started a wrestling club, which will meet every Monday from 7 to 8 p.m . School psychologist John Parisella is serving as coach.

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March 9, 1990 ------------------------ Sports 13 Crandall retires after 10 years as coach

'Inconsistent' Girls' Basketball team finishes 11-9 by Nicole Possin

The Girls' Varsity Basketball team fin­ished an "inconsistent" year, according to Coach Dave Crandall, with an 11-9 record.

"I had predicted that the league would be balanced, and it was: We finished 7-8 in the league," Crandall said.

He said that several members ofthe team sustained minor injuries during the sea­son. He cited that forward junior Tootie Loffredo played the season with an injured back, which "hurt her consistency."

The team played its best during the last five games of the season, Crandall said, noting that they won three out of the last four league games.

The one loss was to Colonie, only by a few points, Crandall said. He also commented that the team only lost by six points to Saratoga, the team with the best record in the league.

"For the most part, the team worked well together," Crandall said, though he wouldn't call their teamwork "phenomon­ally more or any less than any other team. "

Crandall said that the team played in­consistently due to a lack of Varsity experi­ence, though senior Nancy Moon returned after two years on varsity. Loffredo and junior Marcie Heffernan returned after one year of experience.

Starters included seniors Moon and

Kelly Spraragen and juniors Hefferenan, Cliona Jennings, and Loffredo.

Other team players included seniors Deana Castle; Sue Green, Anan Sokker, Kathy Druzba, Jenna Erps, Kym Kittle, Lysa Kramer, Kellie Van Kampen, and sophomore Christine Fox.

Senior Stephanie Pommerer was the team's manager, with junior Jennifer Davis assiting.

"The team next year will do very well," Crandall predicted. "They will have a good nucleus with Tootie, Marcie and Cliona."

He also said that upcoming players will be strong, noting that all four levels of teams had winning records.

Boys' Hoop concludes season Crandall is retiring after coaching the

team for 10 years. Regarding his decision to retire, Crandal

said, "With various things I and my family are doing, I have less and less time to devote. Rather than do a partial job, I will hand the job to someone who will give it the attention it deserves."

(continued from page 11) dous victory", and it helped his club to

finish with a 3-12 record in the Suburban Council Gold Division. Other team high­lights included a non-league victory at Johnstown, who was the eventual runner­up in the Class B sectional final.

Led by senior forward Mike Rubilotta, the team was comprised mainly of juniors, and Bianchi was very pleased that so many of them gained varsity experience this year. While Rubilotta led the team in scoring at 15 ppg and overall rebounding with 149, junior forward Eric Emerton grabbed 148 boards for a team high 7.4 per game average, and also contributed 11.3 ppg.

Other individual leaders included senior Steve Gregory (7 ppg) and junior Dave Sommer (6 ppg) in scoring, and seniors Justin Coffey and Rubilotta and juniors Gautham Akula and Emerton in foul shoot­ing (all at 71%). In addition, Rubilotta set a school record for most three-point goals in a game with 8 against Burnt Hills. His 80% three-point shooting in that game also ranks among the school's best.

While the team put out maximum effort every night, Bianchi noted that his club was usually undersized and weaker than their opponents. He went on to say that this contributed to poor shooting, especially at the end of the game, and that strength conditioning and shooting accuracy are major off-season goals.

Junior Brian Mika commented, "I'm really looking forward to returning next year. We've got eight players returning

and the got alot of experience this year. Hopefully that'll pay off next year." Seven of the juniors played in 15 or more of the team's 21 games this season.

Although they need to improve skill and strengthwise, Coach Bianchi said that the Silver Warriors never lacked in courage and perserverance, and gained the respect of many a foe. Hopefully next season that determination will payoff in the form of a winning record.

Crandall said he hopes someone will experience will take over his position.

"There are some really good players for next year," he said. ''The coach will be in a good position in that they will not have to rebuild a team."

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One-on-One

Cosell makes return to television by Noah Kravitz

Let's get this out of the way right now, up front, no ques­tions asked. I really don't care that baseball won't be played this year, I don't enjoy watching baseball on television, and Jesse Orosco does not deserve whatever he's currently mak­ing for throwing 10 pitches a game.

Now then, did anyone happen to catch "The Sports Reporters" on ESPN last Sunday morning? For those of you who did, "Re­porters" is a half-hour show hosted by Dick Schaap, in which sports writers sit around a talk about prevelant sports issues. This week's guests in­cluded none other than Howard Cosell himself, who was also featured in a one-on-one inter­view later that evening.

No folks, you can't teach an

old dog new tricks, and nobody seems to know how to get How­ard to stop talking. Just for a minute.

One of this week's subjects was the point shaving scandal involving the N.C. State bas­ketball program, and Dick Schaap asked Mr. Cosell if he had ever seen a similar incident in his years of sports journal­ism. Howard thought for a sec­ond, gathered his thoughts, and answered, "Every decade." Si­lence.

Schaap was left hanging, waiting for Cosell to elaborate on his profound statement. When nothing was said, Schaap turned to Leslie Visser of CBS Sports (another of the show's four guests), and asked her a related question. As if on cue, Cosell began to answer thE; pre­vious question, cutting Visser

off just as she opened her mouth.

Cosell proceded to tell of a point shaving story from the 1950's. And the 60's. 70's. 80's. Get the picture? The man is simply unstoppable. When it comes to immorality and cor­ruption in sports, Cosell will not be denied. Not only did he rip apart the recent wrongdoings in college basketball, but he also denounced all "big-time" college athletics, saying that they were immoral and should be done away with.

All of the reporters (and all the king's men) couldn't get Howard to be quiet again. When it was finally time to break for a commercial, Schaap poigaigntly said, "We'll be back to talk about the world of box­ing, if anyone can get a word in over Howard."

For the remaining time, Howard went off on the immor­ality of basically everything, starting with a tirade on Don King and a plea to ban profes­sional boxing, and ending up with a heartwarming story about a childhood pal who was caught in the middle of a poten­tional point shaving scandal in­volving a bet on whether or not he could throw a rock over a fence. Makes you long for the days gone by of Monday Night Football, huh?

Although it was kind of sad to see three grown men and a woman laughing at Howard on national TV, it was worth it to hear Leslie Visser say that she "idolized" Cosell when she was just starting out as a journalist. I guess I'm just lucky that I didn't have to miss "Charles In Charge" for this.

The Coffey Shop

Baseball lockout jeopardizes season by Tom Coffey

The baseball season is in serious jeapordy. Sure, they will eventually play, but the drama and the fun of baseball will be ruined because of Major League Baseball's greed. The problem this time is not the player's strike, but an owners' lock­out. The owners are refusing to let the players play, but is not entirely their fault.

So far, in previous players' strrikes, the players have gotten almost everything they've wanted. For instance, they have unlimited free agency, and they have arbi­tration for players who have played a cer­tain number of years. To go along with thisss, seven players have contracts of $3 million a year or more, and more than 20 have $2 million-plus contracts. Now the players want to be able to take all contracts to arbitration and raise the league's mini­mum salary. Finally the players have

calmed down though, and said that they won't strike based on those ridiculous de­mands.

The owners, on the other hand, are fed up with the players and want to put a limit on the advantages the players have. They want a salary cap and a performance based pay scale instituted for players ineligible for arbitration. The performance pay scale is ridiculous, but the salary cap is a great idea. It's already been proven to work in the National Basketball Association, and it would eliminate the recent trend of"buying the World Series", which seems to be hap­pening every year now.

The problem is getting the players and owners to agree on salary cap and try to make it co-exist with the arbitration sys­tem. The new ESPN TV contract, which will pay the owners over $10 billion over the next four years, is much owed to the play-

ers. The players feel that most of that money should be theirs, and it is. But the arbitration cases are sending salaries through the roof.

The end has to come, but right now none is in sight. There's no doubt the owners will lose more money from the lockout, espe­cially when you consider that almost 10 players have $2 million guaranteed con­tracts. Many players are also losing needed money, though, and they may be forced to make a bad deal with the owners. This, of course, will be the big issue in baseball over the next few years, and the players should strike again by then.

Lockouts and strikes aren't the answers, and they only postpone inevitable solu­tions. Fay Vincent should take control and force the players to take to the diamonds, make the owners accept it, and strike a deal himself.