Basketball season takes off. see Sports page 11
Holiday season brings music.. see A&E page 6
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The Oldest College Newspaper in Pennsylvania
VOL. 119, NO. 11
DECEMBER 4, 1992
LAFAYETTE COLLEGE
Lehigh-Lafayette game ends quietly
Goalposts gaurds wait for the onslaught which never came.
by Amy M. Saalwachter
The new rules put into effect
for the I28lh Lafayette-Lehigh
football game may have finally
David Johanson
altered the problems of post-game
violence, if the Nov. 21st game
was any indication for the future.
"The game was a great success
thanks to the Lafayette-Lehigh
studenis behaving well before,
during, and after the game," comments President Robert Rotberg.
Even with the $10 charge for
tickets, a representative from the
athletic department reported that
13,724 tickets were sold. This
was full-capacity, since no temporary stands were used as they
had been in pasl years.
According to James Krivoski,
director of student life and associate dean of siudents, the earlier
startmg time and the increase in
security helped lo end much of
the violence, destruction, and vandalism as was seen in pasl years.
While there were three arrests
this year, none of them were
Lafayetle studenis. Two Lehigh
students were arrested and one
non-student. Last year, 38 stu-
dents had charges filed against them
because of participation in the postgame violence.
Krivoski states that the administration had accomplished everything it wanled to as the violence
and vandalism were controlled.
He comments that the tradition of
the game did and will continue lo
be upheld, but without the
violence."I give all the credit to
the students," adds Krivoski. He
furlher speculates lhal similar methods will be used next year although
Lehigh University will have control over the starling time, as the
game will be held there.
Debra Lamb, director of alumni
affairs indicates that alumni reaction over the game was mixed.
"There was a good bit of reaction," she notes, when the 10:45
a.m. game time was proposed.
Before the lime was set, the
Alumni Executive Council committee was surveyed and the largest number of people did not like
the time. They indicated that this
would inconvenience the people
who were not at fault for the
problems, as well as making travelling to the game more difficult.
Still, there were alumni who said
if changes would help the game,
they felt it was worth it. Afler the
time was set, the commitlee said
they would stand behind it.
Student government and the
athletic department sponsored activities before and after the game
which also helped to curtail violence and provide siudents with
new traditions. "We all showed
what a campus pulling together
can do to bring out the best in
everyone," adds Rotberg.
Dull participates in literary conference
Brown Bag
Carolynn Van Dyke, associate
piofessor of English, and Douglas Long, assistant professor of
computer science, will speak at
noon loday in Interfaith Chapel
on "Computer Privacy: Fencing
in the Electronic Future." The
forum is sponsored by the
Chaplain's Office. Lunch will be
available for $2.50.
Relationship Abuse
Turning Point interns Jenifer
Clachko '93 and Lisa Carlson '93
will present a program on relationship abuse al 8 p.m. Monday
jn Interfaith Chapel. The session
•s sponsored by the Association of
Lafayette Women.
German Lecture
The department of foreign languages and literatures will sponsor a lecture on "Aspects of Culture in the Former GDR" al 3:10
pm. Monday in 401 Pardee Hall.
Hildegard Pietsch, professor of
§ernianic and Slavic languages
'ind literatures at Kent State University will speak.
Support Group
There will be an organizational
meeting to form a Lehigh Valley
'Chapter of the Parents and Friends
^' Lesbians and Gays al 3:30 p.m.
Sunday at the UnitarianZ-Univer^3'ist Church of the Lehigh Val^V' 701 Leehauweki Avenue,
continued on page 2
INDEX
News
features
Opinion
'^is & Entertainment
Sports
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1,2
3
4,5
6, 7
11,12
by Kristin McGinn
Lafayette College French professor Olga Dull attended a conference al Rutgers University on Nov.
13 and 14 to examine the idea of
"fin de siecle," a concept concerning the end of the 19th century.
At the conference, which was
attended by graduate studenis and
scholars from schools worldwide including Columbia University,
New York University, and the
University of Paris Vlll - participants explored literary representations of ending from the Middle
Ages to the 20th century.
Fin de siecle was a prominent
theme in the literary and artistic
movemenl in Paris al the end ofthe
19th century. It involved the theme
of the apocalypse, although art of
the time displayed a serene, joyous, and sometimes safirical way of
looking at life. Those attending the
conference discussed whether or
not this idea could apply to the
ending of the 20th century — if the
notion of closure was an artificial
was of looking al history or a
realistic one.
According to Dull, a unique aspect of this conference was the fact
that participants submitted articles
lo be published logether in a book
before the conference, ralher than
after il, as is usually done. The
book, which was put logether by
Christian Bourgois, and is entitled
"Fin de Siecle Rhetoriques," contains two translated articles by Dull,
"L'anti-sublime, ou la Rhetorique
du Progres," by Phillip Lewis of
Cornell University, and "Mieux
vaut Jamais que Tard: Rhetorique
du Desir Mimetique et du
Medievisme a la fin du XlXeme
Siecle," by R. Howard Bloch.
Dull says that the publishing of
the articles prior to the conference
was "rare but very productive,"
Professor Olga DuU
allowing participants lo familiarize
themselves with the topic beforehand, thus making presentations
more infonnal and group discussion
more open.
The conference also featured trips
lo the Zimmerii Museum in New
David Johan.son
Brunswick which is hosting an exhibil co-sponsored by the National
Library in Paris, "From Pissaro to
Picasso," dedicated to fin de siecle
Parisian art. Dull was the assistant
organizer of the colloquium and
coordinated museum activities.
Annual Winterfest scheduled
by Morria Gabbay
The weekend before the final
examination period begins,
Winterfest will take place in the
Farinon Cenier. Sponsored by sludenl govemmenl, the event intends
to unite the campus in an official
celebration to end the semester.
For Friday nighl, Dec. II, several "Pre-Winterfest" events have
been planned. Slarling at 8 p.m.,
there will be karioki in Farinon,
with prizes for all who participate.
There will also be a chain saw
juggling comedian in Farinon that
nighl.
Activities for Saiurday, Dec. 12
include bands playing all day and
an International Student Association sponsored international food
festival on the second floor of
Farinon. Also, snow cones, cotton
candy, hot cider, hot cocoa will be
served free.
In addition, there will be a few
contests awarding $50 prizes. An
ice sculpture contested will be held
on the quad from noon to 4 p.m.,
along with a Winlert'est banner contest. Banners must be submitted to
the student government office by
noon on Dec. 8. The drawing for the
Denny Dent raffle will lake place on
Saturday as well.
Cadence, an a cappella singing
group, will perform a Christmas
conceit in the snack bai-. Also in
the snack bar, "winter" movies,
such as Frosty the Snowman, The
Heatmeiser, and The Grinch who
Stole Christmas will be shown from
6 p.m. to 10 p.m. Lastly, a giant
loy drive is planned for lhal day.
Toys will be collected from noon
lo 5 p.m. in the Farinon fireplace
area, for donation to the children
of Easlon at the Neighborhood
Center.
Phi Delt teters on the brink
by Michael Hilborn
After being cited for two alcohol
violations while on social probation. Phi Delta Theta Fraternity's
fate will be decided tomonow by
their chapter alumni.
On late Saiurday night, Nov.
21, at approximately 2:10 a.m.,
the Office of Security and Safely
received a call from a patrol concerning a disturbance at the Phi
Delt house. According to Hugh
Harris, head of security, two
Easlon police officers—who had
been hired by the college to help
patrol the campus during the
Lafayette-Lehigh weekend-were
in the office during the eall. They
were asked lo assisi wilh clearing
out the house.
Security cited the house for two
alcohol violations. These included
serving alcohol to students and
having functioning laps after 2 a.m.
The crux of the issue is that the
previous Thursday, the members of
Phi Delt were informed that they
had received a year of social probation for a previous violation. They
were also notified that they had
received an additional year of warning probation.
With the combination of probation and the recent violations, the
college administration decided disciplinary action was necessary. The
Commitlee of Sludenl Conduct
informed the alumni chapter of
the violations.
According to Herm Kissiah,
dean of siudents, a preliminary
meeling between the college administration and the fraternity's
chapter alumni was this past Tuesday. Kissiah stales that it was
an exploratory meeting meant
to discuss the options concontinued on [Xige 8
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News-page 2
Log of Security. . .
Burglary of jewelry: Between
10:30 a.m. and 10:35 a.m. Nov.
25, a female student's bracelet,
worth $250, was stolen from her
room in South College. The student had been loading her car, and
had left her room unattended and
unlocked.
Robbery: At 2:10 p.m. Nov.
21, a male student reported that
between noon and 12:30 p.m ofthe
same day, a man stole his wallet.
The student was using a urinal of
Fisher Field's rest rooms (during
the football game's halftime), when
a man came from behind, grabbed
the student's waist and put a sharp
object to his throat. The man then
took his wallet, which contained
$58. The student identified the man
as 6'2"-6'3" tall, and wearing a
green-khaki jacket and a Lehigh
University baseball hat. The student also reported that two other
people were in the rest room's
stalls, but that neither of them were
using the urinals. The incident has
been referred to the Easton Police
and the Lehigh University Police
for investigation.
Firearm possession: At approximately I a.m. Nov. 23, security
confiscated a Glock semi-automatic,
nine-millimeter pistol and a box of
ammunition from a male student
living in a resident hall. The pistol
had two loaded magazines, with 15
rounds of ammunition. The incident has been refeired to the Dean's
Office for disciplinary action.
Non-student arrested: At 1:50
a.m. Nov. 21, James T. Wilson of
Tenatly. NJ was arrested for tampering wilh lights. Security first
discovered him hanging on a lighl
pole. He then hit the light, causing
it to go out. When Wilson saw
security, he fell from the pole, ran,
and then subsequently hit another
two lights—causing them also lo go
out. When he attempted to extinguish a fourth light, security apprehend him. Wilson's arrest has been
referred to the district magistrate.
Theft of purse: Belween 9 a.m.
and 12 noon, a female employee's
purse was stolen from a clothes
hook on the first floor of Marquis
Hall. There was $125 worth of
money and items inside the purse.
Alcohol provided to minors: At
5:25 p.m. Nov. 23, security was
investigating a resident hall and
found two 14-year-old females consuming alcohol. The liquor had
been supplied by a male student
living in the resident hall. The
student has since been refenred to
the Dean's Office for disciplinary
action.
Harassment: At 2:10 p.m. Nov.
22, a male siudent deliberately
pushed a security officer in a fraternity house. The student has been
referred to the Dean's Office for
disciplinary action.
Criminal mischiefs: At 1:54 a.m.
Nov. 21, security cited a male nonstudent shaking light poles outside
Van Wickie Hall. Fie has been
referred to his attending college for
disciplinary action.
Between 4 a.m and 10:45 a.m.
Nov. 27, damage was done to a
non-student's car. The rear window shield wipers were broken and
anienna was bent. The vehicle was
parked in the Skillman Library lot.
Tampering with Ure apparatus: At 5:32 p.m. Nov. 21, a fire
alarm was unnecessarily pulled on
the tirst floor of 2 West Campus.
At 11:17 p.m. Nov. 21, a fire
alarm was pulled for no legitimate
reason on South College's fourth
floor.
False alarm: At 11:23 p.m. Nov.
21, a false fire report was made from
Sigma Alpha Epsilon Fratemity to
security and the fire depaitment.
Friday, December 4, 7992
NEWS
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Fountain Hill. For more information, contact Metropolitan Communily Church of the Lehigh Valley at
439-8755.
Book Signing
Joanne D'Agostino, author of Italian Cooking for a Healthy Heart and
Convertible Cooking for a Healthy
Heart will sign copies of her books
from 11 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Tuesday
in the Farinon College Store.
Science Lecture
Jerrold Franklin, professor of
physics at Temple University, will
speak on "The Structure of the Proton," al noon Tuesday in 107 Olin
Hall. The leclure is sponsored by the
Society of Physics Students. Free
pizza and soda will be available.
Hooking Up
Deborah Bervino and Vincent
LaSorsa of the Lafayelte Counseling Center will speak on "Hooking
Up: Relationships at Lafayette" at
noon Wednesday in the Farinon
Thealer. The lecture is sponsored by
the Delta Gamma Sorority. Lunch
will be available for $2.50.
Espresso Fest
To celebrate the end of the semester, LAF, the Campus Life Committee and the RAs are hosting a gettogether al 4 p.m. Thursday in the
Farinon Snack Bar. Edibles, chilled
beverages and espresso will be provided. Admission is free.
Panel Discussion
Representatives from Air Products will speak on "Life in the Workplace" at 7 p.m. Thursday in the
Farinon Thealer. Topics of discussion may include gender and race
issues, career developmeni and recmiting. The fomm is sponsored by
Minority Scientists and Engineers.
Refreshments will be served.
Holiday Outreach
The Communily Outreach Center
has a wish hst for agencies for the
holidays. They are currendy collecting
personal care products and cleaners for
the Safe Harbor Sheller; children's books
and educational toys for the YWCA
Leaming Cenier; pots, pans, dishes and
kitchen utensils forthe "YWCA Women's
Shelter; and new toys and food for the
Neighborhood Center. Items will be
collected until Dec. 13.
I
Recycling Program
The Lafayette Environment
Awareness and Protection organj?,'
tion will be collecting newspaper,
plastic water containers, and sod,
milk and detergent containers
recycling. Items may be dropped of
in BI5 Watson Courts, the LEAP
office or the Communily Outreacf
Cenier, 120 Farinon.
Ski Trips
The Thursday aftemoon ski trip>
to Big Boulder and Jack Frost moun.
tains will mn from Jan. 28 to Feb
25. The lotal cost for the five tripsin
$40 for lift, $70 for lift and rental ot
$100 for lift, lesson and rental. Fot
more information, coniact Barbae
Young at 250-5480.
Sleeping Bag Weekend
Sleeping Bag Weekend is a three
day program held every spring lo
attract and encourage the interestof
prospective students of color. Tli;
Office of Admissions brings liijli
school seniors lo the college to shoii
them whal siudent life is like. Th;
event will be held from Feb. 19 to21
Informalion conceming the program
is forthcoming.
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As the Christmas season approaches, il is important for all of
us lo follow a few basic safety
procedures. Please use decorations
that are flame-retardant. Christmas lighling must only be done on
the inside of buildings, in accordance with college regulations.
Exterior wiring is prohibited for
safety reasons.
Additonally, when Christmas
shopping:
*Do not leave gifts in plain view
in your car. Lock them in your
trunk.
*Check rear seat of your vehicle
before entering.
*Have keys ready when approaching your vehicle.
*Carry wallet in front pants
pocket.
*Hold onto purse firmly. If
bumped in a crowd, check your
pockets/purse immediately.
Also, as Christmas break approaches, we would like lo stress
the imporlance of laking all valu-
ables. Alarm systems will bo activated and patrols ofthe facilities will
be conducted. However, the safest
procedure is to take your valuables
home when leaving.
For fire safety reasons, unplug all
electrical appliances before leaving
for break. Be sure to secure room
windows and doors prior to leaving
campus. All rooms will be inspected
as a safely precaution.
When retuming to campus, be
sure lo identify all your new valuable items by using Project ID. An
engraver from the Office of Security and Safety may be borrowed
free of charge for this purpose.
The last day for Plant Operations' treatment of student Christmas trees and greenery with
flame-retardant material is today
from 12:30 p.m. to 2 p.m. The
treatment will be done at the
Grounds Shop, near the Steam
Plant.
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Fiiday December 4, 1992
UNSUNG LEOPARDS
h\ Leslie Ann Hobayan
fhis week's unsung leopard hails
from Bedford Village, NY and is a
memberofthe class of 1993. Missey
LaBov, an English major, is presently a resident advisor on second
floor Watson. And when one sees
her. she is always mnning off to a
meeting or lo play rehersal. Starting her sophomore year, LaBov
began giving lours for prospective
students. During the spring, she
became a member of the Pepper
Prize Committee and started the
all-female a capella singing group.
Cadence. This group was a result
ofthe failure of a previous a capella
group, which was co-ed, and to
fulfill a desire for an all-female
voice sound. Coming from an allgiri high school, LaBov and Jody
Forester '93, who also came from
a single-sex school, sel this idea
into motion. Cadence has been
stable since then and continues to
hold auditions for spots in the select
group. They have about two lo five
performances a semester and so
far, all have been successful. This
spring, there are plans for appearances in Boston at Tufts University
and Boston College and possible
stops at LaBov's alma mater.
LaBov is also very active in
student govemment, where she is
presently the chair of the Sludenl
Life Committee. Her duties entail
the organization of Disability Day,
this year's Winterfest, which is on
Missey LaBov
Dec. 12, and the Curtis Bryant
Fund. She also held a position on
the committee organized lo bring
Delta Upsilon Fraternilyback to
campus. Lasl year, LaBov handled
public relations and was member of
the student-faculty committee for
admissions, which .she slill holds
membership this year.
Besides student government,
LaBov was a major part of the
Lafayelte Activities Forum (LAF),
her junior year, acdng as co-chair
of the Coffeehouse Acts Committee, which made sure there was an
act every Thursday-like Dave
Binder. On top of all this, she has
participated in Chaplain musicals,
"Godspell" (sophomore year) and
"Snoopy" (junior year), and WilUams Center mainstage productions,
"AD/BC" (junior year) and this year,
"Dracuia." LaBov comments that
Chaplain musicals are "gratifying
because the money goes to chart ty:
homeless shelters and Safeharbor."
Doing mainstage productions are
different in the sense that "there's a
lol more space to work with. You
live and breathe a show; it takes up
a lot of fime, but [at the same fime]
it's fun." In addidon to her musical
involvement, LaBov is the song
chair of her sorority. Alpha Phi.
Plans after graduation for this
very involved senior? LaBov
hopes to work in the area of
advertising for retail sales. One
can imagine that whatever she
pursues, LaBov will successfully
contribute in whole-hearted efforts.
Features-/7age 3
PHOTO OF THE WEEK
l-);iviil .lohiinsmi
peace
Once again, the town of Easton erects its beloved
candle, promoting the spirit of the holiday
season.
FUTURE
FEATURES
Cooking author signs book
presented by the Career Center Stajf
by Rebecca A. Rowe
Joanne D'Agostino, author of
ItaUan Cooking for a Healthy
Heart and Convertible Cooking
for a Healthy Heart, will be signing copies of her books from 11
a.m. to 1:30 p.m. this Thursday in
the Lafayelte College Bookstore.
Her first book, on Italian cooking, has over 140 recipes that are
low in cholesterol, fat and calories. The recipes use low-fat
substitutes for fatty meats, and
eliminate all added fats and oils in
the preparation of foods. D'Agostino analyzed the recipes and calculated the number of calories,
grains of fal, and milligrams of
cholesterol per serving, which are
listed for each recipe in the book.
She created the recipes after
her
husband.
Dr.
Frank
D'Agostino, was taken ill with a
cardiac disorder and needed to
cul his intake of fat and cholesterol. Within three weeks after he
began eating meals made from
these recipes, his cholesterol
dropped IOO milligrams. Dr.
D'Agostino, who specializes in
gastroenterology, provided medical commentary for bolh books.
D'Agostino created her new
book on convertible cooking after
viewers expressed an interest in
converting their favorite recipes,
and compares the change in the
amount of fat, cholesterol, and
calories.
A television special based on
this book was broadcast on WLVTTV and was then picked up by
over 153 other PBS stations across
the country. This book has also
attracted the aitention of Vincent
Sardi, owner of Sardi's restaurant
in New York City, who converted
a dozen ofthe recipes in his establishment.
D'Agostino is a registered
nurse who resides in Palmer
Township, Pa., with her husband and her daughter. Erica,
a sophomore biology major al
Lafayelte.
The booksigning is sponsored
by the Lafayette College Bookstore. Samples of her recipes will
be provided by M. W. Wood Inc.,
which supplies the food service
for the college. For more information coniact the bookstore al 2505538.
This space is dedicated
to the end of the ethnic
cleansing in Bosnia.
Campus
'JL Connection
The following
information was taken
from
The Chronicle of
0 Higher Education
and Newsweek.
Controversy over freedom of expression resolved
J. Wade Gilley, presidenl of Marshall University, revised his original
plan lo establish a Media Control Panel that would oversee the publicalion of the school newspaper, the yearbook, and the radio station.
His proposal, deemed outrageous by the current edilorial staff and
several joumalism professors, was in response to an article that was
published by 77?^ Parthenon. The article, containing a graphic account
of a sexual assault on campus which included the viciim and the
assailant's names and addresses, caused an uproar. Parents, studenis,
and faculty found the article distasteful and declared it a violation of the
victim's righls. The purpose of Gilley's commitlee, Gilley staled, was
to prevent a similar circumstance from developing again.
Originally, the staff of the committee were lo be selected by the studeni
govemment, faculty senate, and the president, ll has now been decided
that the only six members may be appointed by the organizations above.
The president may not have any say in the matter. Additionally, the board
will have nine members affiliated with the School of Joumalism and Mass
communication.
The committee will no longer have conlrol over edilorial content in the
publication. However, it will sfill retain its privilege to appoint editors
and evaluate their periormance. ll will also maintain its authourity over
the radio and yearbook.
Calvin and Hobbes leads the way in campus literature
According to a recent survey. Bill Waterson's The Indespensible
Calvin and Hobbes, is at the head of the best-selling books on campus.
The survey was compiled from the informalion supplied by bookstores
serving approximately 50 campuses, including Bucknell University,
Lehigh University, and Dartmouth College. Listed below are the topten hottest sellers since October:
The intemational world is in a
constant state of change. Countries and their borders seem to be
in a state of fluctuafion. Globalization has become a buzz word
used to describe not just a way of
doing business, but an atfilude
towards the world. As this occurs, more and more students at
Lafayette College are considering
"international" careers.
An interaafional career can
mean a number of things. Frequently, students think of an internafional career as working outside of the United States. Another
definition involves conducting
work across national borders or
across cultural borders. We encourage students to broaden their
definition to include jobs in the
United States which are crosscultural or intemational in scope.
When searching for this
international job, it is important to
be focused. Employers, be they
govemment, non-profit, or business, do not want someone who
desires an "international job."
They want someone who can do a
job which happens lo be in the
intemafional realm.
For this reason, a student needs
to begin early to explore career
options.
A number of things
need to be taken into account:
skills, in addition to any language
abilities, useful experiences. As
Jeffrey B. Wood says, in his article "Student Dreams and the
Real International Job Market"
{Journal of Career Planning and
Employment, November 1992),
"The bottom line is that language
is not the central skill requirement
for intemational careers; it is only
the Irosung on the cake. In general, employers want the cake
before the trosfing-job skills and
experience before foreign language skills."
Next, you need lo think about
in what segment you would like to
work. Your choices may be in
such areas as non-profit, which
can include educalion or development, government, or business.
We recommend several books
which provide good information
on jobs in the intemational realm
and careers that utilize foreign
language skills. The following
books can be found in the Career
Library in 201 Hogg Hall: Cacontinued on page 9
1. The Indespensible Calvin and Hobbs, by Bill Watterson
2. Life's Little Instruction Book, by H. Jackson Brown, Jr.
3. The Firm, by John Grisham
4. Live, Learn, and Pass It On, by H. Jackson Brown, Jr.
5. The Way Things Ought to Be, by Rush H. Limbaugh, 3rd.
6. The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People, by Stephen R. Covey
7. Saint Maybe, by Anne Tyler
8. United We Stand, by Ross Perot
9. A Time to Kill, by John Grisham
10. 7776- Sum of All Fears, by Tom Clancy
Hey, who's that Naked Guy?
Using a rather inmodest fashion, sophomore Andrew Martinez from
the University of Califomia at Berkley is demonstrating how "sexually
repressive" society is. Dressed in a backpack, sandals, a peace symbol
hanging from the neck, and absolutely nolhing else. Martinez has
appropiately been named "The Naked Guy" by his fellow studenis. His
fellow administrators, however, are nol taking as kindly to his demonstration as the students are. Martinez is currenlly under inlerim
suspension while his case is being decided by sludenl conducl officials.
Oh, well, at least the weather doesn't get loo cool in Califomia.
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Opimon-page 4
STAEF EDITORIAL
Lafayette College has several distinct aspects that sets
it aparl from other colleges
and universities. Our Greek
system is just one of the many
parts of life on this campus
that enhance our experience
here. Students at Lafayette
all contribute greatly to our
community and the Greek system is one way in which this is
accomplished.
The amount of energy that
siudents put into their Greek
o r g a n i z a t i o n is quile c o m mendable.
Philanthropies
such as A n c h o r S p l a s h or
dance marathons not only involve the entire campus, but
also raise money for charities
as well. These events, especially those that involve the
entire c a m p u s , only add to
our strength as a school. However, when so much energy is
put inlo one organization it
breeds competition between
these groups.
It b e c o m e s
harder to remember that we
are actually all part of one
group, Lafayette College.
The spirit that students have
in their Greek organization is
very visible. A stroll through
Farinon on any given day reveals all types of banners promoting certain g r o u p s , ann o u n c e m e n t s from v a r i o u s
organizations, as well as a
myriad of sweatshirts with
Greek letters. The spirit that
we have for the school is not
quite as visible.
Activities
such as Midnight Madness and
the p e p r a l l y b e f o r e the
Lehigh-Lafayette football
game have begun to appear,
and they were successful in
bringing the campus together.
H o w e v e r , now that the
Greek organizations are actively involved in rush, they
are so concerned with promoting their group that they
have forgotten to promote the
greek system as whole. Informal rush especially should
be a time when the Greek
system as a whole is promoted, not just one organization. Lafayette has a strong
Greek system; this is an aspect of the school that contributes to and helps to form
the lives we live here. As a
school we should lake pride
in what m a k e s our school
unique and in promoting the
system we are promoting: our
college.
Lunch in Farinon has become the ultimate competition between sororities. One
must wade through groups of
l e t t e r s , b a n n e r s , even balloons that are all promoting
one sorority. The concern
should be on just getting stud e n t s to rush. C o n v i n c i n g
them where lo join is what
formal rush is for.
Our campus has also recently improved our entire
Greek system with the addition of another national sorority. This was something
worth celebrating, no matter
what group you are in. However, at the campus reception, out of the 16 greek organizations, only one sorority
president attended, along with
some members of the Panhellenic Council.
Panhel recently revised rush
rules for next year with the intention of promoting the idea of
"going greek". Informal parties
for next year will not be given by
an individual house. Rather,
Panhel will give the party with
members of each house present.
This is a step in the right direction. In promoting the idea of a
Greek system, we are also promoting the college. In the end,
students may pledge different
houses, but they are all enrolled
in one college.
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LETTER TO THE EDITOR
Dear Edilor,
What a fall this has been! Two
ofour teams won the Palriot League
Championships: field hockey for
the third straight year, and our
football leam, with their magnificent win over Lehigh. Congratulations should go to Patriot League
First Teamers, Andrea Dagosdno,
Jackie D'Angelo, and Monica
Morgan in field hockey., and Tom
Kirchoff, Eric Marsh, Ed Hudak,
Pete Ravalico, Chris Bellucci,
Craig
Roubinek,
Jason
McLaughlin, and Mark Reardon
in football.
In addition, Tom Kirchoff was
recognized as the Patrioi League
Most valuable Player, Eric Marsh
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as the Offensive Player of the Year
and Bill Russo was named Patriot
League Coach of the Year in Football.
Two other groups deserve special mention for their work surrounding the Lafayette-Lehigh football game: the members of the
Lafayette-Lehigh Game Committee, who planned and guided us
through the events of this transition
year, and particularly, the Lafayette
students who took seriously the
changes incorporated in this year's
game and who came and cheered
our team to victory.
Sincerely,
Hennan C. Kissiah
Dean of Students
NOBODY ASKED, BUT...
by Aaron Snyder
I'm really into late-night television. Almost every night I plop
down lo relax in front of the
television, because to me, latenight TV is more than a way to
avoid doing something intelligent,
like filling out my course schedule for nexl .semester. (Are those
things due yet?)
Watching lale nighl lelevision
also reminds me that-no matter
how many people will argue to the
contrary—there are people in this
world infinitely stupider than I
am!!!
1 realize that's a bold statemenl
to make, especially considering
"stupider" is not, technically, a
word. But il's hard lo believe
some of the idiots they'll pul on
camera after 1 a.m. I'm talking
about those mental boobs on the
"infomercials" who will drone for
about three hours on how their life
has become meaningful because
of some cream that nol only cures
baldness, lakes away wrinkles and
helps you lose incredible amounts
of weight-but can also be used as
motor oil in desperate situations.
Where do they gel the losers lo act
in these commercials?! My guess
is New Jersey, because where
there's idiocy, the Garden State is
usually somehow involved.
Bul the losers in the infomercials look like gods next to the
scrubs on the dating shows. Jessica Hahn has probably the most
famous one called "love phone."
This is where the world's biggest
morons go on national television
and lell you about whal fun people
they are. They hope you will give
them a call and maybe go oul on
a date wilh them, if you happen lo
live in the same time zone, and
have no problem with spending
$3.99 a minute lo talk to some
hairbrain who went lo Jessica Hahn
to solve their love problems.
1 oflen laugh out loud at the people on these love programs. "My
phone may be disconnected," I'll
say, "and I may owe the school
$300 in parking and library fines, 1
mighl be a career college student,
but at least I'm not on national
lelevision begging for a girifriend!"
Bul a closer look al things reveals that maybe 1 shouldn't be so
cocky. Despite my studly looks (see
self photo) and my modest charm,
the women aren't exactly beating
down my door. And let's face il,
it's a lot harder to meet young
women after college. 1 can't see
myself in the swingin' singles bar
scene and while 1 could hardly see
myself married now 1 don't want lo
spendlhereslof my life alone. Oh
God-could it be!? Yes, SOMEDAY I'M GOING TO BE ON
LOVE PHONE!!!
"Hi, I'm Aaron, 1 enjoy slolhering around and scratching myself!!
1 tend lo care much more about the
fulure ofthe Washington Redskins
than I do the fulure of our country!!
If you're lurned on by being ignored by egotistical dirtbags. call
now!!!"
Whew, OK, calm down. All 1
have lo do is find that special someone now so lhal 1 can avoid that
fate. All 1 have to do is figure out
why 1 don't have a babe now. Could
il be because I'm rude and have no
social grace? Is it because 1 can't
carry on a conversation without
burping obnoxiously loud and
laughing about it? Nah, no way.
The reason I'm not landing women
is because I am a big-lime stud and
women are nervous about approaching me.
Which is why I've decided to
make it possible for you, the
average women out there, to become the apple of my eye. YESYOU CAN APPLY TO BE MY
WOMAN!!!! I won't make the
application nearly as complicated as the one 1 had last semesler to be my friend, which I
incidentally received thousands
of responses to. All you have to
do is write a small essay on
notebook paper on why you need
me lo come into your life. Send
these essays to Box 8088. The
winner will be announced!!!
God, this is a great idea!!! It
takes all the romance and spontaneity out of love and makes it
an exact science!!
So apply today!! Please!! 1
don'l look good on TV.
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Politics require
a full sacrifice
by Laura Anne Howell
Doing what is right or best is
not always popular. This is the
problem which is most divisive
for political leaders and politicians. America, land of shortterm fixes, is often willing lo
sacrifice the betterment of the
whole for the benefit of the few.
Unfortunately, those with means
vote, while those who do nol
often deprive themselves of a
voice by slaying home on Election Day.
Needless to say, the person
who wants lo make a living in
public office will be forced to
choose between bettering society, or bettering the people who
pay for his dinner. An idealist
who wants to change society
would have to play the political
game long enough lo be elected
to a sufficiently high posiiion,
then, breaking those rosy campaign promises, implement unpopular plans which would guarantee the l o s s of the next
election. Because of America's
system of checks and balances,
even this strategy would have
limits.
Public educalion is one issue
where the politician's dilemma
can be particularly disruptive.
Businesses and industry are crying out for literate workers, yet
people leaving high school for
the job market know no math
and cannot read. They have not
developed logical Ihoughl processes for problem solving.
The loss to the economy is
tremendous. Not only do taxpayers have to pay for the
worker's educalion for 10 to 12
years, they also have lo pick up
the bill for industrial literacy
programs in the from of higherpriced goods. Higher- priced
products is only the best of several negative alternatives. Taxpayers also pay welfare benefits for the unemployed, or in
this case, unemployable. They
Piiy for prisons when desperate,
impoverished and uneducated
rebel or seek self-improvement
• theft, drug marketing).
Of course, the costs of nol
educating all members of society are hidden. Shoppers do nol
*;now why goods in the United
States cost so much. They can
attribute the cost to other factors. Citizens think prisons are
for their protection. They do
"Ot really know whal prisons
cost them, or they prefer lo pay
lo quarantine large percentages
of the population, rather than
use preventive measures of the
opportunity lhal a solid education provides.
Political leaders could take
actions to create a more equitable education system. Rather
than making small committees,
which vary widely in economic
means responsible for funding
schools funds could be distributed over a county or region.
People in less wealthy areas
might not have use of the tax
base crealed by the places where
they work or shop.
P e o p l e in the b e t t e r - o f f
communities—those who pay
taxes, vote, and are politically
active—would oppose such a
move. They are not thinking of
how much such a move could
save their wallets, in taxes and
cost of goods. They do not see
the improvement of the work
force or the communily, nor do
they see the increased safety of
their own homes and lives. They
see their own child's potenlial
short-term loss. Often while
denying that money improves
educalion, they fight lo prevent
their money from being distributed to another school district,
where their employees might
live. Junior is, understandably,
more important to them than all
the altruistic arguments of goodness, or social improvement.
They are, unwittingly, hurting their own child in the long
run. While the child might gel
into an excellent college and
seem to be on track to an promising carrier, the child will gel
out into the real world and find
no work force. There will be no
jobs. They will all have been
exported to literate places like
J a p a n , G e r m a n y , or K o r e a .
Worse yel, the fear of violence
will cause the child to stay in at
nighl, lock all the doors and
windows, and pay through the
nose lo imprison his fellow citizens.
Only with sacrifice can American high siandards be maintained
or created. Paying for the consequences of illiteracy will,in the
long run, will bring the nation
down. Paying for education now
seems a contradiction of self-interest. Only with real leadership can
the difficult choices be made, and
proper programs implemented.
There's been a great deal of lalk
lately about the question of allowing homosexuals into the nation's
armed forces. Now, for those of
you who think this piece is going to
immediately recline on a tattered
cushion of gay jokes, I'm going lo
stand right up and give my hearty
approval to the idea. Homosexuals
are citizens, and so, at the risk of
sounding like Mr. Spock, logic
demands that they be allowed lo
contribute towards national de-fense. This includes lesbians, as
well—I lend to use "homosexual" as
a blanket term for all those individuals who prefer sexual relations with
those of similar gender persuasion.
I'm not entirely up on the polifically
correct methods of saying things.
Nor will 1 ever be, 1 hope.
Sexual preference doth not the
human being make. As long as a
Opinion-page 5
person is discreet about what they do
and who or what they do it with, 1
don't care. Sex is nol the be-all and
end-all of existence; it does not
determine anything about the individual. Everybody indulges in
erotica of one stripe or another.
Even the lack of such indulgence is
a sexual preference. As long as il is
all nicely relegated lo a secondary
status, and nol too much aitention is
paid lo il, well then, why make a
fuss? Sex is a personal thing.
In fact, it's the morons of either
stamp, hetero or homo, that bray
their prowess to the winds and advertise at every opportuniiy whal superior people they are because they
perform an acl that anyone can perform more often than anyone else
(did that make sense? ummm...yeah.
Good.). Keep your collective yaps
shuL guys (il's primarily a guy thing.
due to skewed and biased cultural
val ues- women don' t have thi s problem because they lend lo get sluck
with the business end of reproducing
the species). Vive la difference, OK,
bullet's keep fvery//7//?g in the closel,
on both sides of the fence.
Judging solely by ability, I'd
say that it makes no difference if
homosexuals fight in our armed
forces or not. If they want lo, let
'em. It's a free country, and they
are raring to die for it. Although
that may sound a bit odd from a
rational standpoint, there is absolutely nothing wrong with it on
the moral scale.
In fact, if you'll pardon the
pun, discretion in this case cerlainly would be the better part of
valor.
...And Putting It On
the Hard Drive.
byscottmccormick
I was completely appalled
that there appeared in The Vid
a pro-legalization of drugs article. The author claimed that
the legalization of drugs would
not only allow marijuana to be
used for industrial purposes,
but would also relieve this
country of P r o h i b i t i o n - t y p e
problems. There is a line of
ihinking which questions the
validity of having ceriain types
of drugs be illegal (such as
pot), while other dangerous
drugs (nicotine and alcohol)
remain legal. It is argued that
no such line should be drawn,
and so all drugs should be
legal. 1 would agree that the
government should not draw
any lines (especially on mirrors). To avoid this, I say that
we should also make cigarettes
and alcohol illegal.
The reason that pot and olher
drugs are illegal is becau.se they
are bad for you. The government
is just looking out for our best
interest. It is a fact that nicofine is
one of the most addictive drugs in
the world, and that cigarettes are
known to cause cancer and heart
problems. Therefore we should
ban them, loo. Afler all, once this
drug is banned, people will obviously stop smoking, and isn't that
good? Alcohol, another addictive
drug, is also known to cause all
sorts of liver problems, as well as
cause accidents on the highway.
This too should be banned.
It is obvious that we cannot take
care of ourselves. When we have a
"good thing" we abuse it. We need
the govemment to take conlrol and
monitor our behavior. Right now
there is too much dmg related crime.
What we need is to tighten our grip
on the war against dmgs. The government spends about twelve billion
dollars a year on this war, and is
only confiscaring two percent of the
now-illegal drugs. We need to all
ban logether to help fight this war.
Many people say that prohibition
never works. When it was last put
into effect, it only created more
violence and monsters like Al
Capone, they say. Well that may be
tme, but then again, die govemment
wasn't die effecfive, well-oiled, finetuned, efficient, machine it is today.
There arejust too many bad things
out there in today's world. The best
thing to do is to close our eyes and
pretend they just aren't there. Other
things that should be banned follows
Nasal spray—this is a useful
drug, for all you allergy sufferers out there, but there are
some people who get addicted
to it—and we can't have that,
now can we?
Saccharine products—cause
cancer. That's bad.
Nutra-sweel—it too causes
cancer.
Red meat—can cause all sorts
of intestinal problems.
Rock c o n c e r t s — t o o many
p e o p l e h a v e d i e d at t h e s e
things.
Los Angeles—let's face it,
it's jusl nol safe. If you aren't
killed by the racial violence,
then the smog gets you. Denver has to go too.
Health problems are not all
that we have to worry about.
There is also a lot of dangerous art and literature out there.
For a free copy of my bestselling book How to Spot Potentially Dangerous
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With your help, we can let the
government help us.
that's what you think
by David Jolianson
Question: What is your opinion about the measures used at this year's Lafayette-Lehigh game?
, ""e A. Care '94
•^ glad we have finally gotten
i^^K
' to thetme iradidon of the
^ ^ P.S. Farber Hall gives a big
'"^ you to our two mighty yellow
^•^tra Guards."
Dan Betjemann '93
"Robbie needs to share the Parking
Deck."
Bryan Stoudt '95
"1 think the administration's ihreat of
losing a semester's luiiion and grades,
coupled wilh the early suuting time,
resulted in die lack of activily
following the game."
Adam Weiner '95
"The game as we know it is over.
Regina Sudiff 'i)5
"Everyone was conccnu-iiting so
much on what was going to happen
alter that we tbrgot to celebrate. I'm
gliid no one got hurt."
Arts & Entertainment/7flg^ 6
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Friday, December 4, 1992
AREA ARTS CALENDAR Kicking Butt &
Taking Names
Friday, Dec. 4
"Heidi"
Johanna Spyri's beloved book
Heidi comes lo life as a musical.
"Heidi" captures the hearts of
young and old al 10:30 a.m. in
Easton's State Theater. Tickets
are $7 for adults and $4 for children 12 years and under.
"A Lafayette College Christmas"
The Lafayetle Choir and Chamber Singers will present two major choral works Friday and Saturday at 8 p.m. and Sunday at 3
p.m. in the Williams Cenier. Tickels for the conceri are free of
charge, bul must be obtained in
advance.
"La Dolce Vita"
The Steiner Film Series continues with Federico Fellini's I960
masterpiece. "La Dolce Vita" stars
Marcello Mastroianni and Anita
Ekberg. The film begins al 8 p.m.
in the Farinon theater. Tickets are
only $2.
Christmas Vespers
The Musical Arts Chorus will
present Chrislmas Vespers at 3:30
p.m. and 7:30 p.m. in St. John's
Lutheran Church, 330 Ferry St.,
Easton. No tickets are required;
however, a minimun offering of
$2 is suggested.
Candlelight and Christmas music from Ireland, Norway, France,
the American Southwest and AfroAmerican cullure will be part of
Lehigh Universily Choral and
Chrislmas Vespers al 4 and 8 p.m.
at Packer Memorial Church. Both
performances are free and open to
the public.
Friday, Dec. 11
"The Nutcracker"
The Anierican Repertory Ballet
Company and the Allentown Symphony Pops Orchestra will present
four performances of "The Nutcracker," on Friday at 1 p.m.,
Saturday at 2:30 p.m. and 6:30
p.m., and Sunday al 3 p.m. in
Easton's Slate Thealer. Tickets
are $17 and $19 and $10 for
children 12 years and under.
Recital
The music departmenl at Lehigh
Universily will present a recital of
ils best music students al 8 p.m. in
Lamberton Hall. The conceri is
open to public free of charge.
Tuesday, Dec. 9
"On The Verge"
Lafayette College Thealer presents Eric Overmeyer's "On The
Verge." The play, directed by
Susan Westfall. will run from December 8 to 12 and can be seen
each night in the Willianis Center
Black Box Theater at 8 p.m. Tickels are $3 for students and $6 for
all others.
Sunday, Dec. 13
Jazz Concert
The Lafayetle College Jazz Ensemble, conducted by Ken Brader,
will present ils Christmas concert
al 3 p.m. in the Williams Center.
Admission is free. No tickets are
required.
Saturday, Dec. 5
Africa Oye!
The world renown dance group
presents Africa Oye!, a cullural
celebration of the diversity of the
dark continent. The program starts
at 8 p.m. in Easton's State Theater. Tickets are $21 and $23 for
adults and $10 for children 12 and
under.
Sunday, Dec. 6
Handel's "Messiah"
The best voices of the greater
Lehigh Valley will present Part
One, the Christmas portion, and
excerpts of Part Two, including
the Hallelujah Chorus ofthe "Messiah" at 3 p.m. in Easton's State
Theater. Tickets for the performance are $23 and $25.
"Holiday Memories"
Touchstone Theatre opens its
holiday season with "Holiday
Memories" written by Truman
Capote and adapted for slage by
Russel Vandenbrouke. Performances will be held Dec.8 through
Jan. 2, 1993 at Touchtone Theatre, 321 E. Fourth
St.,
Bethlehem, PA. Tickets are $10
and $14 with discounis available
for groups, siudents and seniors.
Call 867-1689 for furlher information.
Wednesday, Dec. 8
Wind Symphony Conceri
The Lehigh University Wind
Symphony will perform at 8 p.m.
in Lamberton Hall. The concert is
open lo the public free of charge.
Friday, Dec. 18
Johnny Cash
Superstar recording artist
Johnny Cash along with his lovely
wife June Carter and the rest of
the Carter faniily will present a
holiday program of country and
Chrislmas music al 8 p.m. in
Easton's State Theater. Tickets
are $29 and $33.
Saturday, Dec. 19
Christmas Vespers
The Lafayetle College Alumni
Choir, directed by Dr. John Raymond, will present Chrislmas Vespers on at 3:30 p.m. and 8 p.m in
Colton Memorial Chapel. All proceeds support the John Raymond
Music Fund.
cr^i^ REVIEW: "Home Alone 2"
Home Alone 2
Lost in New York
by Brian Robb
It is not all lhal unrealistic for a
10-year-old's alarm clock lo fail,
be forgotten by his vacationing
parents, and be left home alone. It
is also believable lhal a 10-yearold could successfully defend his
house from would-be burglars.
Something similar to this has probably happened lo each of us at
sometime during our childhood.
Bul being left home alone for a
second time and having the same
things happen damages the credibility of the firsl.
"Home Alone 2" is the sequel
to the third-biggest movie in film
history. Once again Kevin
(Macaulay Culkin) is left to fend
for himself wilh his parents neglecting him again. The plot is
almost the same as the last. Once
again his alarm clock fails. Bul by
some stroke of genius our hero
makes it lo the airport, where a
man wearing clothes like his
father's accidentally leads him
astray. After a couple of more
preposterous coincidences, Kevin
winds up in Manhattan, Luckily
for him, he carrying his father's
credil card, and he uses this to
check into the Plaza Hotel.
Directed by Cliris Columbus; written
and pnxluced by John Hughes, based on
chiiracters created by Mr, Hughes; director of photogTdphy, Julio Macat; edited by
Raja Gosnell; music by John Williams;
production designer, Sandy Veneziano;
released by 20th Century Fox, Running
time: 120 minutes. This film is rated PG.
Kevin
Harry
Marv
Kate
Peter
Buzz
Concierge
Pigeon Lady
Mr. Duncan
Desk Clerk
Fuller
Macaulay Culkin
Joe Pesci
Daniel Stern
Catherine O'Hara
John Heard
Devin Ratray
Tim Curry
Brenda Fricker
Eddie Bracken
Dana Ivey
Kieran Culkin
The gags are the same as lasl
lime: he uses a tape recorder lo
record movie dialog to scare invaders he builds an adult-size
dummy. And jusl like lasl time,
Kevin gets lo malch wits against
those same dastardly villains Harry
(Joe Pesci) and Marv (Daniel
Stern).
Kevin is nol defending his home
this time, nor is he defending the
Plaza Hotel. It is not clear what he
is defending. Whatever il is, the
trio wind up in an abandoned
apartment building on West 95lh
Street. In this unoccupied brownstone, Kevin drops bricks on
Marv's forehead, puts a staple
Ihrough Marv's nose, and sets
Harry's hair on fire (so unfortunate for Harry since he tries to
douse it in a toilet filled with
kerosene), and causes other bonecrunching injuries.
Children will love this movie
and it will probably rake in the
dough, bul what are the consequences of such a dangerous
movie? The violence is cartoonish.
Marv and Harry take more punishment than Steven Seagal could
ever withstand. Rational adults
will laugh at such violence and
consider it absurd, but when your
niece throws paint cans from the
lop ofthe stairs and hits you in the
forehead, then jusl maybe you
won't think it's so funny-but I
digress.
Macaulay Culkin turns in another award winning performance.
(Maybe this lime he won'l be
snubbed by the Oscars committee.)
He does prove that he is a miniature
version of Robert DeNiro.
Sure the movie is funny, but it's
jusl "Home Alone" all over again.
ll is nol a sequel along the lines of
the "Star Wars" trilogy, but it does
have ils moments. Spend your
money on soniething a little more
realisfic. Go see "Alladin."
Hey.
while, but 1 wanted to
avoid picking any of
Music:
the obvious choices.
There's A Riot Coin'
We all know "Annie
On I Sly and the FamHall" (1977 Academy
ily Stone
Award for best picI'm sure you have
ture), "Manhattan"
all heard Sly's big hil
(my personal favorfrom '69: "Everyday
ite), "The Purple Ro,se
People." I'm also sure
of
Cairo,"
and
that you would be very
"Crimes And Misdehappy if you never
meanors" are aweHAVE
heard lhal song again.
some, so there is no
Well, relax, because
point in reviewing
YOURSELF
this classic album does
them. However, few
A MERRY
not have that song, ll
people have seen or
LITTLE
does have "Family
heard of this 1980
Affair," which is
pseudo-documentary
CHRISTMAS
probably the firsl rap
masterpiece. Leonard
byscottmccormick
song, as well as
Zelig (Woody) was a
"Thank You
for
chameleon-man durTakin' Me Back To Africa"— ing the '20s and '30s. This man
reason enough lo buy this album. had no personality of his own, .so
Mosl people consider Sly's ear- he became like the people around
lier album. Stand!, lo be his mas- him—exactly like them. If there
terpiece—and it is—but nol his was an Italian in the room, he
only one. Riot fealures one great became Italian. If there was a fat
groove after anolher: "Running person in the room, he automatiA w a y , " "(You Caught Me) cally gained 100 pounds. The
S m i l i n ' , " and the immortal movie documenis this fictitious
"Spaced Cowboy"—one of the person's rise to fame—as well as
only rock songs to feature yodel- a psychiatrist's (Mia Farrow, of
ing (nol forgetting the classic six- course) efforts to help him. This
ties tune "Five O'clock World"). is a differenl Woody Allen movie
This is the lasl good album Sly in that the dialogue does nol take
made before gelling burned out. cenier stage, as it does with most
James Brown was leaching blacks of his other films. The humor
to be proud of themselves—Sly lies in the special effects. Yep,
and the Family Stone taught special effects. Zelig is seen
people to be proud of being shaking hands wilh people like
people, ll would be a shame lo W.R. Hearst, and Calvin
forgel this greal artist. If you Coolidge—as well as causing
can't decide whal Sly album to havoc at a Nazi rally. One of the
buy, then Anthology is a nice highlights of the movie is when
compromise. Try to avoid the Zelig, after acquiring his own
Greatest Hits because it is nol as opinions for the first lime, meets
complete a package.
a man who commenls that the
weaiher is nice. "Zelig" is an
incredible combination of Allen
Film: "Zelig"
word-play, and visual effects.
I've been wanting to review an You won't be disappointed.
old Woody Allen movie for a
BARGEMATH
CONTEST WINNERS
The Barge Team Competition in mathemafics is over and die math
department is pleased to announce the following results:
First Place
$600...Asela Gunawardana '95, Libby Lee '94 iind
Sapumal Wijeratne '95.
Second Place...$450...Gleb Naumovich (exchange student), Anand
Gupta '96, Afnan Mian '96 and Bryan Lloyd '96.
Third Place
$300...Eileen C. Murray '93, Jen Komsa '93 and
David Ro.sner '95.
Congratulations, kudos, well done, take a bow, right on, good show.
bravo, nice going, best wishes, etc., etc., etc. to all of the winners. Look
for this contest again next semester.
This space is dedicated in loving memory lo "The Rifleman" Chuck
Connors who passed away Nov. 10. The worid will surely miss a nwn
as fine as quick-draw Lucas McCain. Rest in peace.
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Lafayette C o l l e g e Theatre Presents:
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or the geography of ^earning
'Tues. - Sat. 'Decembers - 12 at S p.m.
Wiffiams Centerfor tfie Arts 'B[acl<CBo?i
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Box Office: W e e k d a y s - N o o n - 2 p.in., 4 - 5 p.m.
and 1 hour before performances
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Thursday, December 10 - Farinon Snack Bar - 4-6 p.n
Music provided by....
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Do you go crazy over Jeopardy?
Or would you just like to do something fun
and interesting (and be able to make some
dough in the process)?
Well. . .
is for you!
by Brian Robb
Horace Silver says, "[Keith
Saunders] is a real fine musician."
High praise coming from your idol.
The New Jazz Order, comprised
of Joe Magnarelli (trumpet), Jerry
Weldon (tenor sax), Keitii Saunders
(piano), Bim Strasberg (bass) and
Eddie Ornowski (drums), music
exalts that of Horace Silver. The
group comes to the Farinon Cenier
snack bar at 4 p.m., Thursday,
Dec. 10 as part of the LAF Siudent
Life Committee and Resident Advisors' "Espresso Yourself faculty/student mixer.
Formed in 1990 by Saunders, the
New Jazz Order is a tighl unit
immersed in the be-bop style of the
1940s, '50s and '60s. In addifion lo
original material, the band dips in
the classic jazz archives of Charlie
Parker, Kenny Dorham, Sonny
Rollins and Dizzy Gillespie.
The New Jazz Order has performed extensively throughout the
New York metropolitan area al
such venues as The Village Gate,
Birdland, J's and Steinway Hall.
The New Jazz Order will be
providing hip background music
as faculty and students mingle and
enjoy delicacies such as espresso,
cappucino, biscotti cookies,
chocolate truffles, cheesecake
mini-tarts, a gourmet cheese board
and a fresh fruit tray.
In addition to playing the
Marquis Arts Prize winners
The Marquis is proud to announce the winners ofthe Marquis Arts Piize in the poetry,
short story and black and white photography competition. The winners will receive $75
and will be published in the The Marquis at the end ofthe semester. Winners, judged by
student judges, are as follows:
Judge
Category
LAF is sponsoring a College Bowl Tournament
on February 9 and 10. Teams of four (4) people
must be submitted to Box 9369 by Monday, Dec.
14 (include team members' names, phone
numbers and box numbers).
Winners will receive cash prizes ($100 for the
first place team, $60 for the second place team...)
and will be eligible for regional College Bowl
competition at the end of February.
Farinon Center snack bar, the
New Jazz Order will be appearing
from Dec. 9 to 13 at The Village
Gale at the corner of Bleeker and
Thompson Streets in New York
City. For more information, call
The Village Gate al (212) 4755120.
Winner
Poetry
Carol Kelly '93
Stewart Fyfe '93,
"Problems with Fantasia"
Short stoiy
Amold Lundwall '93
Stewart Fyfe '93,
"and speaking of fertilizer"
Black and while
Photography
Gordon Hiir93
Juan Valdivieso '93,
Congratulations to all winners.
Black Box Theatre
"On the Verge: Or the Geography of Yearning?99
STEINER FILM SERIES
Friday, November 13, 1992
8:00 p.m.
Farinon Limburg Theater
GRAND ILLUSION (Jean Renoir, France, 1937)
Renoir's classic treatise on war focuses on French
I prisoners during World War I and their cultured
German commandant. Extraordinary acting enhances
an eloquent script.
Stars Jean Gabin, Erich von Stroheim.
The varied threads of fime, travel,
space, history, geography, feminism and fashion all converge in
the Lafayelte College Theatre producdon of "On the Verge: Or the
Geography of Yearning?"
Written by Eric Overmeyer and
directed by Lafayette's very own
professor of English, Suzanne
Westfall, the play will be performed
in the Williams Cenier Black Box
Thealer Tuesday Dec. 8 through
Saturday, Dec. 12.
The director and members of the
casl will preview the play al a
noontime brown bag discussion
Tuesday, Dec. 8, in the Black Box
Theater. Admission is free. Lunch
will be available for $2.50, or parficipants may bring their own.
The play is about three Victorian
lady travellers (Brooke O'Hara '95,
Daria Winter ' 9 6 and Alison
Shipitofsky '96), who bushwhack
their way through Terra Incognita.
"As they move through space,"
says Westfall, "they also move forward in lime, 'osmosing' new words
and concepls as they go. Who, they
wonder, is Mr. Coffee? And what's
'Cool' about a 'Whip'?"
As the women make their way
from 1888 to 1955, they meet a
Yeti (an abominable snowman), a
cannibal, a troll, the elusive Mr.
Coffee, a stockbroker, a teenage
gas jockey, and Nikky, who owns
"Paradise," all play by Christopher
Lamphier '93.
Review Mel Gussow, wriling in
the New York Times in 1985, said of
"On the Verge": "Blending Tom
Stoppard's limber linguistics wilh
the historic overview of a Thorton
Wilder, Mr. Ovemieyer takes his
audience on a mirthful safari lhal
leads from darkest Africa to Terra
Icogniia, spinning time travel.
"Three 'sister sojourners,' each
a prototypical Victorian lady
explorer equipped wilh dialogue
as pithy as their helmets, thwack
their machetes through the wilderness while lelling tales of past
jaunts among the natives. As intrepid trekkers, they pul the lie to
any charge that they are representatives of a weaker sex," says
the reviewer, who adds that the
play is "joyfully feminist."
Set is by Richard Kendrick,
costumes by D. Polly Kendrick of
Parrot Designs, sound by John
Steele. Marie Spencer '95 is stage
manager, assisted by Kristin Miller '96 and Bob Stolle '95. Melissa
Pecoraro '95 is choreographer.
Tickets are $3 for siudents and
senior citizens, $6 for all others and
may be reserved by calling the
Williams Cenier box office at 2505009. The box office is open weekdays from noon to 2 p.m. i\nd 4
p.m. lo 5 p.m. and one hour prior
lo Williams Cenier perfomiances.
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BASKETBALL
(C(mtiniied from page
ll)
ienced team, but believes the Leopards can be more than competifive if
they continue the dynamic play they
displayed in the second half against
Princeton.
Tomorrow brings a daunting matchup at Kansas State LTniversity, a
Big Eight squad packed wilh scholarship players. "I'm hoping we
can use il as a learning experience," commenls Leone. "And
who knows what can happen? We're
going to play to win, bul we must
take this part of the schedule as a
learning experience."
Leone's Leopards will hardly have
lime lo lake a breath after facing the
Wildcats, as they take on Rider three
days later. Leone remains cautiously oplimistic about his team's
chances against the Broncs, who
PHI DELT
(Continued from page 1)
ceming die future of die fratemity, but
no actions were detennined at the
fime.
However, a decision will be made
tomorrow. Phi Dell's alumni chapter
will hold a "House Corporation Meeling" lo decide whelher or not the house
will have to recolonize.
And based on preliminaiy meetings, it seems that Phi Delt will have to
recolonize, says Dennis Alimena, assistant direcior of student residence. This
will leave Phi Dell widi two options.
The first option would place all
cumenl brodiers on alumni status. After
an estbablished period of dme, the
house would be allowed to refonn on
campus. A similai" situadon confronted
Chi Phi Fratemity approximately three
yeais ago.
As an altemative, die membership
may be reduced to 15-20 brothers
based on a selective interview process.
In either case, some—if nol all—of
the members will be required lo
move out ofthe house. According lo
Alimena, the new housing arrangements will be the mosl difficult task
to undertake.
With an overabundance of students due lo a large
freshmen class, fitUng all the brothers into the dormitories and all other
college-owned buildings will present
a few problems. "It will be a
painful process," Alimena comments.
Despite any decision made this
Saturday by the alumni, Alimena
stress that the ultimate fate of Phi
Delt lies in the hands of the Commillee of Student Conduct. This committee will meet and finalize the
issues involved in January.
retum four starters and 10 lettermen
from last season.
"We have a big advantage in
that we're playing them al home,"
says Leone, "but they did lose lo
Seton Hall by only a few points.
They're a very athlefic leam which
will be difficult lo match up againsl.
They have a lol of quick and fast and
aggressive players, but we have some
too, which is encouraging. 1 like our
desire and 1 think if we can stay
focused, we'll be OK."
Conceming the Leopards' fulure,
Fontaine echoes lhal sentiinent:"There's going to be a change.
We won't settle for eight wins this
year. Once we start lo know each
olher, and get lo know ourselves and
our roles in the offense, people are
going to be surprised."
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FUTURE
(Continuedfrom page 3)
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Sports-Awge 11
Tigers defeat Hoopsters in opener
bx David Block
Limited after January 25 to only
10 available bodies, some of them
role players wilh limited range,
Lafayette College's men's basketball coach John Leone had his hands
tied last season. Bringing an influx
of seven new faces and increased
athleticism into this season, Leone
had to be pleased that unlike the lasl
campaign, the Leopards would be
able to prevail against some teams
simply due to superior talent.
This pasl Tuesday's season
opener was not one of those games.
The Leopards fielded seven new
faces against perhaps the most respected hoops mentor in college
basketball, Lafayette alumus Pete
Carril '52, and fell to a more poised
and experienced Princelon squad at
Allan P. Kirby Field House, 65-48.
"1 have mixed feelings," says
Lafayette head coach John Leone.
"I'm pleased with our efforl and
enthusiasm, and I saw what I pretty
much expected in terms of our
execution and cohesiveness. We
have a long way lo go before accomplish our the goals, but we have
the desire and will to win that il
lakes."
Junior Keith Brazzo will need to provide leadership and
points if the Leopards are to be succe.s.sful this .season.
Davc Gordon
Leopards dowse
Princeton Tigers
by Bryan Uoyd
Tlie Lafayette College's women's
basketball team opened die 1992-93
.season against Piinceton Universily
this past Tuesday night. The team
went into the game widioul ils lop
three scorers from last year. Last
yetu-, Lafayette beat Princeton at die
university, 67-63. The series was
tied at 10-10 going into Tuesday
night's game.
The Tigers out-rebounded LafayeUe, 23-16, in die firel half Several
times, Princeton shooters gol their
own rebounds as a result of the
Leopards' inability to block oul die
sh(X)ier. The Leopards' rebounding
problems were cancelled oul by
stJoiig shooting. The team ended
the first half shooting 55 perceni
fixim the field. Witii a few minutes
lelt in the half, Lafayette was leading Princeton, 32-23. The Tigers
mounted a comeback, scoring 11
out of die next 14 points, including
two 3-pointeni. The first half ended
with Lafayette on top, 35-34.
I-afayette's defense improved in
^e second half wilh Heidi Camso
'9^+ and Angela Spell '94 causing
'Tiuny tumovers. Camso, among die
nations best in die steal calegory lasl
'Wilson, finished die night witii five.
Head Coach Pal Fisher saidtiiattiiey
^turned it (defense) up a notch" with
eontrolled aggressiveness." She
*elt tiiat the team had to focus more
on defending die Princeton guards
'n order to win tiie giime. Unfortunately, tiie Leopards could not put
f^nceton away. They had diftlculty
converting simple layups and short
^dgoals early in tiie second half
Princeton took over the lead at 4344- for die first time since the score
was 0-4.
The score stayed very close until
Spd\ gavetiieLeopards some breatiiing room by converting two jumpers to exlenl the lead lo 57-50.
Princelon never gol much closer.
They tiied to foul in tiie lale minutes
in an attempt to catch up. Camso
made five out of six free-throws in
die lasl tew minutes of the game,
.securing the win for Lafayette. The
game ended 79-72. Chris Sieling
'94 and Camso sel career .scoring
records with 26 and 20 points respectively.
The leam was able to substitute
more oflen than in pasl years.
This is due mainly to a stronger
bench. Overall, Coach Fisher is
pleased with the way the team
played. Princeton turned out lo
be as tough as was expected. She
felt, however, that the team did
not rebound to its potential. Also,
the team lacked consistency in
certain areas; they had difficulty
sustaining leads throughout the
game. As the season moves on,
the team will likely improve in
this area.
The win agamst Piinceton meant
a lot to die leam. It has given tiiem
a great deiil of confidence and determination. Sieling added,"The game
shows dial we have die Uilent and
ability to win." Lafayette is now 83 against Princeton at home. Under
Coach Fisher, the Leopards are
now 6-7 in season openers. They
have a 1-0 record for die season so
far.
Junior guard Keith Brazzo, senior forward Larry Spigner and
sophomore forward Jeff Schoeneck
led Lafayelte in scoring with 9
points, but the Leopards rarely
found a bucket in the early going.
With six players logging their first
minutes in a Lafayette uniform,
including two starters, freshman
point guard Craig Kowadla and
sophomore forward Elliot Fontaine, the Leopards looked tentative
and uncomfortable in Leone's regimented offensive set.
"Princeton's match-up zone
caused a lot of confusion in the first
half," conveys Fontaine. "We have
a lot of new guys who don't fully
know our offensive system, including myself. It's a difficult
system to leam. We didn't know
what lo gel into and tumed the ball
over."
The Leopards did not fare any
better on defense. The Tigers patiently rotated the ball around the
perimeter against the 1-2-2 zone
defense, tearing it apart with seven
easy three-pointers in the first half,
four of them by senior forward
Chris Pavlic. Leone went lo manlo-man pressure for a short lime
with mixed results, bul switched
back to the zone. The Tigers went
on a 16-2 lear al the midpoint of the
firsl half en route to a 36-17 halffime lead.
Even if the Leopards could iron
out the snags on both ends of the
floor, a 19-point lead seemed insurmountable against the disciplined
Tigers. Princelon, which has won
the last four Ivy League titles, came
in with a national reputation for
near-upsets of nationally-ranked
powers through playing tough team
defense and frequently running the
shot clock to single digits before
taking a shot—almost always a good
one.
In the second half, however, the
Leopards soon showed they were
nol about to be embarrassed in
front of the over 3,000 fans in
attendance for their first game on
the new maple hardwood court.
Shoeneck scored the firsl five
points of the second half, and the
Leopards came oul of the lockeroom a much looser, spontaneous
unit when attacking the hoop.
Switching to a more effective manto-man defense that they used for
the rest of the game, the Leopards
put logether a 20-10 run that broughi
them lo within 37-46 with 11 minutes sfill to play.
"Given the chance to coach in
retrospect, I absolutely would match
up man-to-man much sooner," says
Leone. "But if 1 could coach in
hindsight, I'd win ninety perceni of
the time. The way 1 figured il,
Princelon was playing on a strange
court, and a lol of our kids hadn't
seen their offense before. Rather
than get beat by layups, 1 chose my
poison of giving the outside shot in
the hope lhal they would be off"
"ll seemed lo work OK in the
firsl few minuies," Leone recalls.
"They made some shots, bul they
missed a few too. If we could have
converted on offense, who knows
whal would have happened? Maybe
if we had started off man-lo-man,
we'd be talking about why we let
them beat us with layups."
The Lafayette faithful roared
when the lead was whittled down to
48-41 with jusl under 7 minutes on
the clock. But dreams of an upset
soon dissipated as the Leopards
gave up another 3-pointer to Pavlic
and squandered several scoring
opportunites,
ll became clear in the latter stages
of the game that the Tiger defense
benefitted from facing an offense
similar to their own preferred style.
After trading a few baskets with the
Leopards. Princelon scored the last
Freshman Craig Kowadla had
his first career starter against the
Tigers.
nine points of the contest. "We
lacked a little bil of poise," commenls Fontaine. "We could've
closed the gap, but tumovers killed
us."
Despite the end of the comeback
attempt, the Leopards' level of play
in the second half was a vast improvement over the last yeiir's standard. The young Leopards will
have lo maintain that level against
challenging opponents in the
season's opening stretch if they are
going lo improve on their winning
percentage of 36.6 perceni over the
last two years.
The Leopards travelled lo Yale
Universily yesterday for a 7 p.m.
contest agiunsi the Elis, who retum
only two starters from last season's
17-9 squad. Leone expressed concem about taking to the road this
early in the season wilh an inexpercontinued on page 8
louchdown list with 53 scores and will
graduate as tiie most accurate piisser
in Lafayelte history, having completed over 58 percent of his passes
during his 35-game career. He finished die season firsl in die Patiiol
League and 11 th in Division I-AA
with a 150.4 pass efficiency rating.
"He really hiis done everything
we've ever asked of a quarterback in
our program," says Russo. "He
started by developing as young sophomore, grabbing the reins of tiie teimi
behind an inexperienced offensive
line, taking his lumps and culminating in tills year, when he led us lo die
champioaship. It's just a greiit success story which is atttibulable lo tiie
kind of character Tommy has. He's
afii-stcliLss guy and as captain did as
greal a job off' the field as he did on."
Tiiking much of the pressure oft"
Kirchhoff' in die pasl two seiLsons was
Miirsh, who eiimed tiie Padiot League
Oflensive Player of tiie Yeai- iiward.
Marsh led the conference and finished fifth in Division 1-AA wilh
1,365 yards mshing in 10 contests.
Widl half his collegiate career yel lo
come. Marsh already stands sixtii on
Lafayelte's all-time aishing chart witii
2,144 yards on 434 ciuries and 15
mshing touchdowns.
Russo Wiis selected by his peers as
die Patriot League Ftxilball Coiich of
tiie year for directing die team to an
8-3 overall record and ils second
leiigue crown in die pitst five yciUN.
Russo hits collected 74 wins. 54 losses
iuid one lie in 12 seiisons on College
Hill, gamering more victories than
any otiier football mentor in Lafayette
history.
The 1992 All-Pauioi Uague team
includes 11 Leopiirds, eight of whom
are first-teamers. Senior; lid Hudak,
Pete Riivelico and Chris Bellucci
represent the offensive line on the
first teimi, iiccompanied by Roubinek
at tighl end, Kirchhoff' at quarterback
and Miirsh al mnning back. McLaughlin makes his second consecutive iippearance on die fii-st unit by
virtue of converting 46 of 47 PATs
and 10 of 19 field goal attempts.
Senior safety Mark Reiu-don is die
lone defensive representative for
Lafayette on the firsl leiuii. finishing
his Lafayelte season witii IOO lackles,
six forced fumbles and three fumble
recoveries.
The All-Patriol League second
team includes Jordan, senior linebiicker Kevin McManus and junior
defensive end Pele Ohnegian. Despite splitting playing time wilh
Grau this season, Jordan grabbed
42 catches for 890 yiirds iind 11
touchdowns, six of which came on
scoring plays of 70 yards or more.
McManus made a Lafayette teamhigh al 141 stops to record his third
season as team leiider in that calegory. Ohnegian was second from
the Leopards in sacks wilh six.
Russo has his work cut oul for
him in replacing the many gradualing standouts on the championship
squad, bul will enjoy the \ iclory for
a few more weeks before removing
the seniors from the depth chart
lhal hangs in his office.
"1 tiiink we're going lo have some
real quality skill kids," siiys Russo of
nexl seiison. "A lot of kidstiiatslimed
tills yciu- will be biick dcfcnsi\cly.
The defense v\ ill have to ciUiy us until
we can develop a new quarterback in
the system imd gel ii new offensive
line working together. But we're
going to come back witii s(.)iiie greiU
skill playeiN, which is encouraging."
FOOTBALL(Continued from page 12)
Continuing his brilliant performance. Marsh gained 46 yards on
seven canies on the nexl Leopard
possession afterthe defense kept Lehigh
from gaining a first down. Marsh
burst into the endzone from five yards
oul and die Leopards led, 32-21, witii
5:58 remaining to play. Marsh's
running also bumed precious time
from the clock afler the Engineers
came lo, trailing by three (32-29), on
a five-yard timing pass lo Christino
and a successful two-point conversion. Only 24 seconds remained for
Lehigh to move the ball from their
own
47-yard
line,
where
Semptimphelter aired oul his unsuccessful Hail Mary pass.
Bolh teams lined up at the middle of
diefieldand shook hands al die game's
conclusion. For diefii^sttime in many
Lafayette-Lehigh matchups, tiiere was
no msh onlo the field or fighting by
fiuis after tiie game.
"Especially since tiiis was really the
year tiial botii schools wanted the stop
die violence tiial has happened at tiie
end of tiiese games, il was nice lo have
the game itself as the focus," says
Russo. "I think the closeness and
excitement of the game added to lhal."
The win continued a six-game winning sQieak for die Leopards and gave
them a pertect 5-0 mark in conference
play. Kirchhoft"*s peifomiiuice leaves
him second in the Lafayette record
books in passing attempts (878).
completions (510), and passing yardage (6,721) behind Frank Baur "89,
who led the Leopards lo their last
chanipionship the year before Kirchhoft" arrived in Easton. Kirchhoff
idso eiuiied tiie PiiUiot League Mosl
Valuable Player awiud for die 1992
campaign.
Kirehhoff ranks third on tiie career
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Sports-page 12
Friday, December 4, 1992
Leopards down Lehigh, claim title
by David Block
It was a game that featured a
record performance by the home
team's star, and another by the
archrivals' top weapon. The first
place team which had everything to
lose risked five fourth down conversions; the league's second bestscoring offense twice failed on firstand-goal at the one yard-line of the
league's basement-dweller in total
defense. After three quarters, the 73 tide contenders were trailing the
3-7 visitors before a capacity crowd
of over 13,000 fans.
At the end of 128th game of
college football's most-played rivalry, the Lafayetle Leopards football team had won a storybook game
to end a storybook season, defeating the archrival Lehigh Engineers,
32-29, to win their second Patrioi
League championship.
"Winning the league tide is a
great situation for Lafayette College," says Lafayette head football
coach Bill Russo, "especially considering we're the smallest school
in the league and the only one to
win it besides Holy Cross. We're
the only school lo win it wilh financial need-based players only, rather
than with athletic scholarships,
which is a testimony to our players
and how hard they've worked."
"The game was a great way for
us to finish our season," conlinues
Russo, "and a veiy exciting way
for our fans. But it sort of ages you
more than olher games."
Lafayetle sophomore tailback
Eric Marsh proved lo be the Engineers' undoing, scoring the winning touchdown and lieing the Patriot League record for single-game
rushing yardage with 251 yards on
46 carries. Marsh, who eamed the
game's Most Valuable Player honor,
had only 69 yards on 16 carries at
the half
"One of the things we wanted to
do was control the time of possession," explains Russo, who succeed in consuming over 22 minutes
in the second half "The way to do
that was to run the ball. Our long
David .lohanson
Senior flanker Jamal Jordan burned his way through Lehigh's
defense for two touclidowns of 31 and 86 yards.
passes in the first half backed up
their defensive backs and gave
Marsh some extra room."
"I looked at our experiences
against Lehigh for as long as I've
been here," says Russo. "Every
game we've won has been through
a monster effort by one of our top
backs. I felt this game would have
lo be the same way."
The Engineers countered wilh
their own unstoppable offensive
force in senior receiver Jason
Christino, who shattered the league
mark for lotal receiving yardage
with 319 yards on 11 catches and
scored three touchdowns along the
way. The Leopard defense finally
thwarted Christino on the game's
fmal play when freshman defensive
back Tramont Evans stepped in
front of him to intercept a desperation pass.
Lafayette opened the scoring on
a 34-yard pass play from senior
quarterback Tom Kirchhoff to senior flanker Jamal Jordan, then
extended the lead to 14-0 on another Kirchhoff-Jordan connection,
this one a play action pass caught
over-the-shoulder for 84 yards.
The touchdowns were the beginning of a solid, intercepfion-free
performance by Kirchhoff, who
completed 14 of 20 passes for 228
yards and three touchdowns when
he was not handing the ball off lo
Marsh. Along with the effective
running attack, the three-year starter
behind center had the benefit of a
fireless offensive line which did not
allow a sack the enfire day.
Lehigh junior quarterback Scotl
Semptimphelter outdid his counterpart in aerial fireworks, however,
finishing with a gaudy total of 480
yards in the air with three touchdowns on 25-for-39 passing.
Sempfimphelter cut the 14-0 lead in
half by splitting double coverage
with a 41-yard strike to Christino,
then set up a one-yard louchdown
run by connecting on a fourthdown-and-fifteen pass from the
Leopard 26-yard line.
A 24-yard field goal by sophomore Jason McLaughlin broke the
14-14 deadlock on the Leopards'
first drive of the third quarter, bul
the Engineers took a 21-17 lead
Eric Marsh exploded for 251 yards against Lehigh. He
was itamed the game's most valuable player.
only 28 seconds later on a 77-yard
missle from Semptimphelter to
Chrisfino.
Two possessions later, Russo
made his most important call of the
season. On fourth down at the
Engineer seven-yard line wilh five
yards to go for a first down, Russo
eschewed a field goal attempt.
Kirchhoff had been heavily pressured the play before, throwing a
pass intended senior flanker Mike
Grau that was baited away. This
fime, he released the ball jusl as he
was being hit by a blitzing linebacker, finding junior tight end
Craig Roubinek alone in the end
zone to put the Leopards ahead for
good.
"Coming into the game, I felt we
had to score a lot of points," says
Russo. "Their offense played lo
the weakness in our pass coverage,
and they came in wilh the best
passing game in the league. We
couldn't play not lo lo.se il; we had
to play to win il. I had enough faith
in the team that we could carry it
out."
David Johanson
Of the nine times Russo was
faced with fourth downs, he opted
twice to punl and twice to attempt a
field goal, going for the yardage on
the remaining silualions. The first
attempt to gain the first down failed,
but the next three were successful.
An attempt on Lafayelte's last possession fell short, but succeeded in
ticking off more seconds than a
punl would havfe.
"I'll lake full responsibility for
the firsl fourth down call," says
Russo of a mn that failed on Leopard 20-yard line. "That was an ego
trip on my part, and 1 wouldn't
make call that again. The other
ones were worthwhile chances to
take."
Another risky call turned the
trick on the two-point conversion
attempt when junior holder John
Troxell stepped left on a fake and
completed a pass to freshman tight
end Glenn Hunzinger, who barreled through a defender into the
end zone.
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Hudak named All-American League Honors
by Aaron Snyder
It is hard lo think of a more
fitting exclamation point lo the
Lafayette football team's excellent season than the naming of
senior left guard Ed Hudak to the
Kodak Division 1-AA All American Football Team.
There were so many standouts
on this year's squad that it was
impossible for all of them to get
their due exposure. Some—such
as Erik M a r s h ' 9 5 , T o m
Kirchhoff '93 and Jamal Jordan
'93—received their fair share
of coverage and accolades. Others who had outstanding seasons—which include Craig
Roubinek '94, Mark Reardon
' 9 3 , and Eric Perry '93—were
somewhal overshadowed by the
excellent play of their teammates.
Bul Kirchhoff can throw no
touchdowns and Marsh can gain
no yards unless they have an
offensive line. And while Marsh
and Kirchhoff can be justifiably proud of their post-season
accolades, it would be hard lo
argue that the front five of
Hudak, Pete Ravelico ' 9 3 , Chris
Bellucci ' 9 3 , Dave Pyne'93 and
Tom Hopkins '95 were in many
ways responsible for their excellent seasons.
This line was simply dominant
all season long. The Leopards' offense finished the season I Olh in
the nation in lolal offense. Because
of its ability lo open up wide holes
for Marsh, opposing defenses were
forced to overplay the running
game. When Kirchhoff would
Eil Hudak
launch his aerial assiiult, the line
gave him the lime he needed to find
his receivers. Riirely was Marsh
tackled by a member of the opposing defensive line and Kirchhoff
was hardly ever forced to scramble;
bolh are attributes of excellent play
up front.
Perhaps the shining example of
Just how good this unit was came
at the game against Division I-A
Army. Wilh Marsh out for the
game with an injury and facing a
leam heavily favored to win, the
offense didn't miss a beat. The
line gave Kirchhoff the lime to have
his best performance of the season
and continued to push back Army' s
defensive front so that freshman
Jarret Shine would be able to have
the best game of his short careier.
Three members of the group,
seniors Ravelico, Hudak and
Bellucci were named to All
P a l r i o t League T e a m . It is
H u d a k , h o w e v e r that has
achieved the loftiest status. He
is the firsl player chosen from
Lafayetle College lo become
an All-American since Tony
Green accomplished the feat in
1983.
He was also chosen as an honorable mention pick for the Sports
Network All America 1-AA Squad.
A three-year starter, Hudak started
thirty- three consecutive games for
the Leopards.
When the hard-working Hudak
graduates in May, he will have a
degree in mechanical engineering, and memories of anchoring
an offensive line that is one of the
best in Lafayette's long football
history—accomplishments he has
a right to be proud of.
Tom Kirchhoff-League Most Valuable Player and First
Team Offense
Erik Marsh-Offensive Player of the Year and First
Team Tailback
Ed Hudak-First Team Offensive Guard
Chris Bellucci-First Team Offensive Tackle
Pete Ravelico-First Team Offensive Tackle
Craig Roubinek-First Team Tight End
Jason McLaughlin-First Team Place Kicker
Mark Reardon-First Team Defensive Back
Jamal Jordan-Second Team Wide Reciever
Kevin McManus-Second Team Linebacker
Pete Ohnegian-Second Team Defensive End
Coach Bill Russo-Patriot League Coach of the Year
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