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VOLUME ·77, ISSUE 4
the Students and the Community
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FEBRUARY 23, 2000
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CUNY Raises
Salaries for
Its Presidents
Baruch Faculty
Speak Out On
Staff Diversity
By Hubert Reyes .
News Editor
On Feb. 23, the CUNY Board of
Trustees approved a plan that will
raise the salary of all CUNY college
presidents. The plan is to make
CUNY college salaries competitive
with other universities .across the
nation.
As of now, CUNY presidents
make about $136,.661 regardless of
what College they preside over.
Once the plan goes into effect, on
May I, presidents of research campuses like Baruch, Hunter, City,
Brooklyn, Queens and the Graduate
Center will earn between $136,661
to $201,000. The presidents of institutions that offer postgraduate
degrees like John Jay, Lehman, and
the College of Staten Island will
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Students andfaculty
voice their opinions
By Macollvie .Iean-Francois
News Editor
"The more integration, the better,"
said one Baruch student about the
number of black, Latino and Asian
faculty and administrators at the
College.
On March 3, representatives of the
Middle
States
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Association
of
Special
Colleges
and
Schools will land
Report
.
Ticker
News
at Baruch to deterAdministration may be put on notice by wave of minority faculty complaints.
Part 3 of 3 mine
the College's
re-accreditation
meritocracy. The team will review all
aspects of the College in making its
decision.
"It is vital that all members of the
College community participate," said
Interim President Sidney Lirtzman in
. By Shan-san Wu
appointees. Segarra is commonly
a memo.
referred to as a member of the
News Editor
Among the facets of the College
Mayor's inner circle and has been a
\ that will be scrutinized is the integrastaunch backer of Giuliani's policies
While Mayor Giuliani denigrates
tion factor. The percentage of blacks.
on education, welfare and the homethe quality of a ClJNY education,
Latinos, and Asian faculty and
less since her appointment in J994.
apparently some in his administraadministrators
will be reviewed to
According to the New York
tion are not as quick to put down the
determine the college's current state
Times. Segarra is also the only
quality of a CUNY paycheck.
regarding the Col lege's recruitment,
-- F"611owifig in-t1ie.-fontsteps of'for- .. femate deputy. mayor in the adminisretention. and promotion of non-·
'mer Giu"I1ani·· Communications
tration and has been invaluable to
white faculty.
Giuliani as a conduit to the pulse of
Director Cristyne Lategano, who
The last time that an accreditation
the Latino community.
left the administration for a fall
team was here" however, the reviewBudget. Director Robert Harding
adjunct professorship here at
ers questioned Baruch's lack of ethand senior advisor to the mayor TonYI
Baruch, city officials announced last
nic diversity in the 'faculty. Due to
Coles are slated to fill two vacant
Tuesday that Deputy Mayor lor
pressures from the few non-whites in
deputy mayor positions left by
Education and Human Services
administration. the College almost
Segarra and the recently departed
Ninfa Segarra will be stepping down
lost its accreditation. The MSACS
Deputy Mayor Randy Levine.
from her post to accept a staff posiSite Team deferred Baruch's reAlthough Segarra will be leaving
tion at CUNY headquarters.
accreditation for one year because it
the employ of City Halt the Times
As vice-president of the CUNY
was dissatisfied with such problems
reports that she will keep her posiResearch Foundation, her new
as the dropout rate for non-white stution as one of the mayor's two
responsibilities will include leaderdents, poor student services and a
appointees to the city's Board of
ship of CUNY recruitment efforts in
lack of planning.
Education, where she has also voiced
the city's public schools and .coordiDonald H. Smith. the former school
constant support of administration
nation of inter-CUNY programs.
of education chair. and a few faculty
education policies.
One of Giuliani's original cabinet
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Another Giuliani Administration Member
Departs From City Hall for CUNY Posting
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The City Hall facade in the mid-aftemoon sun
Ticker News
Continued on Page 3
February Brings New Plans and Programs to CUNY
~n Interview with Buckcherry"s Keith Nelson
In Features:
An evening at
the Met and fried
books.
seepage 5
In Op-Eds:
Cop/Killers,
Paranoia, and
Ticked-off Profs.
see page 9
In Business:
The United
Nations teams up
with a Japanese
conglomerate to create SoftBank Emerging Markets. College students compete for the opportunity to pursue start-ups.
seepage 11
In the Asylum: Music Mania, Minners, Buckcherries, more.
.
see The Asylum
By Hu bert Reyes
News Editor
CUNY
-The CUNY Board of Trustees
has authorized the colleges to purchase workstations, servers, networking equipment, and related
peripheral devices. The costs will
not exceed a total estimate of
$5,000,000.
The move is an effort, according to
the Board of Trustees Calendar. to
bring ."compatibility in computer
hardware. software, applications and
connectivity." to all the campuses.
-In
compliance
with
the
Americans with Disabilities Act and
the New York City Building Code.
CUNY will upgrade bathroom facilities at various senior colleges.
-The Dormitory Authority of the
State of New York ('"DASNY") will
renovate bathrooms in eleven build-
ings at five CUNY Senior Colleges.
City, Hunter, John Jay, New York
City Technical.
and Queens
Colleges.
Hunter College
-The CUNY Board of Trustees
has approved a master's program in
Physical Therapy, replacing the
existing baccalaeseate program. .
Hunter has been offering a fouryear program in Physical Therapy
since 1969 but it's curriculum no
longer meets the required professional standards.
The program is intended to prepare .
"clinical professionals who are
capable of providing a full range 'of
physical therapy rehabilitation and
health care services to meet the
diverse needs of patients as well as
promote health and wellness services to the general public."
Those students who graduate from
the program will be eligible to take
the New York State license exam
and the National Physical Therapy
Licensing Examination.
The new master's program ~s
scheduled to phase out the baccalaureate program by 2002.
-CUNY has cited Hunter as the
senior college that is in urgent need
of a new central heating and cooling
system.
The Project, as it is being called,
will be partially financed by the
Power Authority of the State of New
York C'NYPA") and The Dormitory
Authority of the State of New York.
"The total cost of the project is
estimated not to exceed $19.5· mil~
lion." states the Board of Trustees
Calendar.
The Project will provide Hunter
a
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CUNY Colleges Mark February WithMultitude of Program Additions
Continuedfrom front
with a new chiller plant and a
central high-pressure boiler
plant that will replace the
"aging and inadequate equipmerit" that are in place at the
moment.
Borough of Manhattan
Community College r
-BMCC will offer a certificate in office automation ,
effective Sep. 2000. The purpose of the program is to help
students gain skills that will be
of assistance in a modern
office, one that has now fully
moved into the electronic era.
"The program is designed
for individuals who are currently employed and need to
upgrade their skills, as well as
for those who need to prepare
for immediate employment. n
-As of Sep. 2000, BMCC
will also offer an Associate in
Arts degree in Writing and
Literature. The program is
expected to prepare students
in the basic liberal arts and
sciences, focusing on writing
and eliterature. Once the twoyear degree has been attained
students will be able to move
to a four-year senior coUege
where they may transfer into
a baccalaureate program in,
English related disciplines.
City College of New York
-Introduction to medicine
and physical diagnosis will
be taught at City College by
Maimonides Medical Center.
The initial one-year cost will
not exceed an estimated
$582,849. The contract will
include four one~year options
for the university to renew.
Introduction to Medicine I
and
II
and
Physical
Diagnosis will be taught at
the Sophie Davis School of
Biomedical Education.
Grassy knoll at CCNY (L)
and comer of Lexington
Ave. and 66th Street at
Hunter College. (R)
In Effort to be Competitve, CUNY Executives Receive $alary Hikes
According the Chronicle of Higher
Education UCLA's President Albert Carnesale
earn between $129,000 and $177,500.
was among the country's highest paid public
Presidents of Medgar Evers, New York City
university presidents, earning $271,400. In
Technical and York colleges will earn between contrast New York's highest paid President is
$127,500 and $168,000. The heads of SUNY Buffalo's William Greiner, who earned
-UN-Y's six -community colleges will-earn $175,950 last year.
between $124,000 to $162,000.
With the new scale other CUNY executives
This will be the first major salary change in will also receive salary changes, including
13 years. Matthew Goldstein, CUNY chancel- Goldstein. Even though his salary was
lor and former Baruch president, believes that increased in September from $178.523 to
the new salary change will be helpful in . $250,000, Goldstein's salary may now grow to
recruiting new presidents. "It's long overdue,"
almost $350,000.
sai~ Goldstein, as quoted in the Daily News.
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DiversityofFaculty a Factor in Upcoming Middle States Evaluation
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are AsianlPacific Islander and 1· is Puerto
Rican. One reason offered in explanation is
that the number of non-whites available is
limited.
"The pool of people of color is relatively
small," said, Stan Altman , dean of the school
of public affairs
Compensation is another matter. Many faculty members feel that Bar-ich is not up to par
with other colleges' offers.
"It's not because we're not interested...it's
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desired in hiring non-white faculty, a few
process ideally takes at least a year.
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that many new professors who 00 receive isfied. _
"Now apartheid is over in South Atrica but
tenure are usually white women.
Apparently, finding and retaining qualified the hierarchy' of power there has hardly
changed.,. said Lewin. "The same is true at
professors is a herculean task for administraBaruch."
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of the 13 faculty who were eligible for, and
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FEBRL~~RY
.-23, 2000
Al!Plications for Scholarshins
Provided through the Baruch College Fund, are available
in the Office for Student Development
(Room 1702, 360 PAS)
Academic excellence is the primary criterion, but need and
other factors such as extracurricular activities may also be
considered. The majority of the recipients have achieved a
GPA of at least 3.5 and have completed 24 credits at
Baruch.
The deadline for submission is March 10,2000. These
opportunities are open to all Baruch students.
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"Rigoletto" at the Metropolitan Opera
Sabiba Sattar
Contributing Writer
Being able to watch the performance
Giuseppe Verdi's "Rigoletto" at the
Metropolitan Opera in Lincoln Center was
probably the most fascinating experience I
ever had in the world of arts and leisure. I
must mention that I was taken aback by the
magnificence and glamour of the place, somethi ng I had rarely been exposed to. The stage
was impeccable in terms of bringing out the
image of a real ballroom in a ducal palace, a
jester's home of modest appearance, a room in
a ducal palace and an inn, all in Mantula, Italy,
taking place in the sixteenth century.
Rigoletto is a story about imposing relationships of love, deception, and of a father's love
for his daughter.
The three act performance was set to carry
the imagination of the audience far in time
with different stage settings. At the commencement of each scene, when the curtains
were drawn and the audience was silent, I felt
like I had been taken to a place far back in
time. The artificial lighting was so genuine, it
seemed to me that I was present amongst the
grandeur of the hall, even though my companion and I were seated in the Family Circle and
were grasping this from quite a distance.
One thing I had not expected at all but was
glad to see were the small screens in front of
every seat, where the libretto were being displayed. I was under the false impression that
for non-Italian opera going audiences, the only
guide to understanding what was happening,
was by reading the summary of the acts in the
program. So, the 'electronic translation' was
very welcome. Acts I and II were fairly short
and were performed before the intermission.
The character of Rigoletto, played by Kim
Josephson
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of the charac-
appeared in the
first two acts,
where a variety
of voice types
were
heard,
ranging from
Sopranos
to
basses. I felt
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daughter,
played
her
parts. This was
because
her
VOice
was
flowing softly
and smoothly,
as if in waves,
and did not
cause the room
to send bade reverbetations, wtrich -normally
happens when a loud voice is playing in a
closed hall. I thought the cast, particularly
those playing the Duke, Rigol~o and Gilda,
were superb in using the skill of raising their
voices to a certain pitch one moment and low-
ering it the next, in a matter of seconds
. one ~asPect of the settIng or" the.opera hai I
was quite surprising to me: I did not understand why it was designed in such a way that
the audience members who sat on the upper
levels were blocked from the view of the
orchestra down below. I had difficulty in get-
ting even a slight view of the musicians from
where I was sitting at. Nevertheless, the sound
system in the hall was very clear.
The costumes were well chosen to portray
both the glamour and prestige of the guests at
the Ducal ball and the plain and humble
lifestyles of the less affluent.
Commenting on the opera itself, I must admit
that despite the story being a humorous yet.
tragic one, with a cast that seamed to perform
at their full potential, I found that it was all
overly dramatic.' I certainly; did not get the
same effect I get from watching movies on the
big screen -- the sense that what is being acted
out is so closely related to real life that I can
identify with the given situation. I felt that the
entire production sounded very much the same
due to the fact that the language was not within my comprehension. although I had the
English translation for my convenience.
Nevertheless, I kept in mind the fact that this
was an opera performed live and within limited space..
Altogether, I found the opportunity to be
delightful. Perhaps, without been assigned to
assist this event, I would have never thought of
going to see an opera, unless there was some
kind of motivation. Now. after being presented with the opportunity of visiting a most
splendid and acclaimed opera house. I have
opened my eyes to a whole new world.
Despite the fact that the majority of the audience consisted of white Americans, who were'
part of a more distinguished society, I do
believe that the opera is not about race-or social
standing. Rather, it is about under standing and
appreciating the value of the arts as one perceives it.
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Cooking the e-Books
Bigwords.com and eCampus.com claim unsubstantiated discounts
By Germania Vasquez
Features Editor
On February 3, 2000, The National
Association of College Stores Inc., (NACS) ,
the professional trade association representing
the collegiate retailing industry, asked
Bigwords.corn and ecampus.com to change or
substantiate their advertising claims. The
requests issued in writing by Marc L.
Fleischaker, partner and chairman, Arent Fox
Kintner Plotkin and Kahn, on behalf ofNACS,
are the latest steps during an ongoing investigation into false, misleading, and unsubstantii.ated claims made by on-line-only college textbook sellers.
"We are not against e-comrnerce," said Laura
Nakoneczny, a representative of NACS. "We
want to protect the student interests, because
they are a big target market," she added.
Bigwords.com and ecampus.com detail
claims that NACS believes are false and misleading. On the web page, ecampus.com
states it is the globe's largest college book
store --with over three million items. That
could be questionable. Students might be misled. In fact, most of these textbook stores
don '(just offer books. They also sell items for
men, women and children, that do not include
books. These stores may be using their general advertisements to cannibalize on the students. Furthermore, been the largest book
store may imply that it has more textbooks
than the competition.
Bigwords.com and ecampus.com offer
huge discounts.
NACS is challenging
Bigwords.com's claims that it offers its top
40 textbooks at a 40% discount and that student consumers can save up to 400..10 off textbooks they purchase from the company.
NACS is also questioning ecampus.com's
claim that it offers students its top 50 textbooks at a 50% discount and that the site
offers students up to 50% off on their purchase of textbooks. NACS believes the
prices from which Bigwords.com and ecam- ~!:~~_~~_~,
pus. com calculate their discounts are inflated and thus represent a lower discount.
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book prices, which many virtual stores
claim to have a suggested' retail price. The
fact is that many of the prices Me inflated
and there is no such thing as a suggested
retail price for textbook, according to
Nakoneczny.
According to Nakoneczny, complaints
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from students and college bookstore mem- IGJ===~=
bers prompted the investigation. Their goal Ii
is to promote fair competition. "NACS supports fair competition, including on-line textNACS chief staff officer.
books sellers, because ultimately this competiAccording to their web sites, Bigwords.com
tion benefits student consumers. In fact, many
and ecampus.com have the highest number of
NACS members also make textbooks available
unique users. This means jhat .more people
for purchase on-line," stated Brian Cartier,
look into their web sites than any other.
Until now,
on-line college textbooks
stores have responded to the requests made by
NACS, but no decision has been reached. The
question is still there: Will they change or substantiate their advertising?
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Jus t rec ent ly it wa s rep ort ed in the Da ily Ne ws tha t the CU NY
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pre sid ent s. of the fla gsh ip sch ool s, suc h as Ba ruc h, Hu nte
Bro okl yn an d Qu een s Colleges.
At thi s po int in tim e, all CU NY Pre sid ent s ear n rou ghl y $13 7,0 00
na year. In the fut ure , com mu nit y col leg e pre sid ent s wo uld be ear
ing $12 4,0 00 to $16 2,0 00 yearly, wh ile pre sid ent s of sch ool s like
Ba ruc h ma y be tak ing in $13 6,0 00 to $20 1,0 00 a year.
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As people are certai nly becom ing aware ,
enorm ous innov ations are occur ring in technology. There truly is some thing of a techn ological revolution occur ring in the count ry and
the world .
Howe ver, what I do not suspe ct peopl e fully
realiz e is that the same is true with regard to
techn ologic al innov ation usefu l for espio nage
purpo ses. It is my view that world espio nage
,*
( thoug ht about not writin g an op-ed s piece
this week bu] then I imagi ned the clamo ring
masse s beating down the door to the office s of
the Ticker, shred ding whate ver obsta cles may
be in their way. to dema nd these words from
my self, the risk of life and limb is too great to
. not write somet hing. Then I woke up and
decid ed to write some thing anywa y.
I don't know what to write thoug h. it's easv'"
enoug h to ramble on and on about anyth ing but
peopl e get bored and want more, they want
substa nce. Since my last piece was so abstract
( figure it is time to get down to concr ete.
New York. being the concr ete jungle . let's
talk about it. The big things going on right
now are of cours e the electi on shite and the
trial of the four pigs who killed Amad ou
Diallo. Truthfullv'" I could care less about
wheth er or not Hillary or 11 Duce [Giul iani)
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wins. So I'll speak on the trial.
If you think about it. if four "regu lar" people
were to roll up on a dude stand ing in the front
of his own home and shoot him severa l dozen
times there would not be much debat e as to
wheth er or not they were guilty of "murd er,"
(If you kill some one I say its murd er no matte r
what, but we can deal with legale se for the
mome nt).
Now, the thing which gives these cops any
groun d to stand on is the simpl e. or comp lex.
fact that they are cops. Cops, by some strang e
turn of events, have some kind of autho rity to
shoot peopl e and not be held comp letely
accou ntable for it. Suppo sedly they can be justified if they feel threat ened. It is this special
status of police office rs which keeps them from
worki ng for the peopl e as oppos ed to again st
the people.
It is this strang e "elite " status of our porcin e
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Produ ction
Bryan Fleck, Maco llvie Jean- Franc ois, Hasan i
Gitten s, Grace ann Hall. Elaine Hui, Kin Ping Koo,
Jon Minn ers, Keny atta Pious. Jessic a Ruben stein.
Vanessa Singh . Germ ania Vasquez. Shan- san Wu
Senio r Staff
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Hame em Kadar, Kiro, Omol ara Laniy an, Fred
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Zhou
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Cont ribut ors
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Menn el, Franc k Mong be, Carol Ng, Que Que.
Umun yana Rugeg e, Sabih a Sattar, Stace y Youn g
Illust ration
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Photo graph y
Shan- san Wu, Davis ak Rangs iratan akul
organ izatio ns now have technological capab ilities that allow them to demonstrate more
powe r in influe ncing the affairs of societ ies
than ever befor e in history.
All the secret satell ites regularly being sent
up into space likely allow world espio nage
organ izatio ns increa sed power s to contro l soci. eties. I suspe ct many of the techn ologie s present on these satell ites would shock peopl e
with regard to how powe rful they arc:: in influencin g event s on earth.
One techn ology I believ e is curren tly prese nt
is a techn ology called , "Min d Contr ol
Techn ology ." I believ e this techn ology is now
devel oped to such a degre e that CIA and other
world espio nage organ izatio ns can influe nce
the thoug ht proce sses in peopl es' mind s.
Conse quent ly, I suspe ct these organ izatio ns
can drama tically influe nce the outco mes of
elections in suppo sedly free demo cratic societies.
I feel the public shoul d be made more aware
of these possib ilities , Ii seems that the Unite d
State' s news provi ding industries have been
unusually silent with regard to report ing on the
state- of-the -art techn ologic al capab ilities of
espion age organ izatio ns.
I also suspe ct It is no longer safe to watch
television or listen to the radio witho ut riskin g
being unkno wingl y influe nced in views and
attitudes.
Sincerely,
Joe Kinn ey
.
protectors that make s it so bad to shoot (JOe of
them. If you were to shoot a regular perso n.
they migh t look for you, they might care, might
get some time in jail. If you kill a cop, howe ver. they will hunt you down to the ends of the
earth and if they find you they will strap you to
somet hing and ki 11 you. Ask Assata Shaku r or
Mumi a Abu Jamal . To me. this doesn 't make
much sense . Us regul ar people, when we walk
aroun d on the street , we aren't looking to save
the day or anyth ing.' we aren't 'expecting to be ..
in the line of dange r. Cops on the' other hand
are expec ting it. They 've gone to some acade my type thing and traine d all their ill-bred lives
for stand ing aroun d on street corners waitin g
for trouble. They 've even got guns (ok, mayb e
we have guns too. but the cops are actual ly
*allowed* to carry them). There fore it seems
that since a cop shoul d be expecting to get shot,
he volun teered for it. So why all the uproa r
when one of them gets offed?
If the mayor. the system , the city. the peopl e,
cared as much for an innocent young Black
man as they do for a group of contra ct ki lIers in
ugly blue unifo rms, those four cops would be
on death row right now.
They say the verdic t will come in soon. and
some peopl e think the fate of the world hinge s
upon it. Think about it this way: If the cops
are found guilty of murder, nothing specia l, the
system can say it really does "work ," preac hers
and civil liberties lawye rs can declare a "win,"
and the rest of us will have to get up and go to
school or jobs the next day. Big woop . If the
cops are cleare d of all charges then perha ps
there wi II be a riot and I can get some new
shoes and a TV set.
The so-ca lled exper ts are predic ting that the
cops will be convi cted on lesser charg es, some thing like mansl aught er. This would be most
in the end, nothi ng really
fitting, since,
changes. Anyw ay, peace. (No justic e... ?)
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enjoy going to the clubs then the club members shoul d chip in and buy their own food.
Leave the rest of us out of it. It is unfair. and
you know it.
I have some thing to say to [USG Presid ent
] Ms. Sara Garib aldi, just who do you think
you'r e doing a favor for? Your new propo sal
for an increa se in stude nt activi ty fees for
eveni ng stude nts is ridicu lous [TIck er OpEds, Vol 77 Issue 3. Feb. 16]. There are alot
more day stude nts than eveni ng stude nts, and
obvio usly this will benef it them, so of cours e
your propo sal will win. Have you stopp ed to
think that this is unfair to many eveni ng students ? I've been in this schoo l for 4 years
now, I have never once partic ipated in. any
clubs or event s. Shoul d I pay for scme thing I
don't have time to partic ipate in, perso nally J
don't like the clubs to begin with, every one is
so exclu sive. So far I've paid close to $500
dolla rs for these stupid activi ty fees, and no I
don't enjoy payin g for pizza for some one who .
ignor es me in the halls, or some one who plays
loud music throu ghout the 14th and 15th
floors of the 26th street buildi ng, but I put up
with it. Now you want to increa se it, well listen up missy, you shoul d start think ing about
the peopl e who can't attend club hours , peopl e
who don't have childr en, peopl e who don't
care about athlet ics, start think ing about the
stude nts who don't get financ ial aid and is
strug gling as hard as they can to get by, your
little increase.is book mone y for us. Ifpeo ple
Name With held
Taking Issue With
Tic ker Editorial
To the Edito r of the TICK ER:
In respo nse to the Ticke r Editorial ofpg 10 of
the 2/16/0 0 issue of the TI CKER . (The editor ial appea rs to be a comp anion piece to the pg 1
article on Baruc h Facul ty Recruitment by
News Editor M. Jean-F ranco is.)
As a white male faculty member who has
tried his best for 22 years to relate to the diversity of stude nt exper iences.. to never ridicule or
belittle those in my classr oom, and to pick up a
little of the many langu ages spoken by my students. I have a dream . I have a dream that a
day wilI come when I shall be judged by the
conte nt of my chara cter and not the color of my
skin. I have a dream.
Since rely Yours.
Dr. Geor ge Schne ller
Assoc . Prof. of Mana geme nt
Baruc h Colle ge - CUN Y
Does Culture Confine Fleedom or Does Man?
M ee t T he N ew
P re si de nt O f B ar uc h
Over the past two years, Baruc h Colle ge has
gone throu gh a period of stagna tion a period of
two Interim Presidents and many acting positions throu ghout the high levels of admin istration. There has not been enoug h time or stability to devel op any long term relatio ns, to
raise Baruc h's reputation and to accom plish
any long term seriou s goals.
What we need is someo ne who will stick
aroun d and have time to represent us in the
comm unity. A Presid ent who. will increase
Baruc h's reputation in the busin ess world ;
who is proud of Baruc h. Some one- who will
make Baruc h one of the top 25 busin ess
schoo ls in the nation. Some one who will attrac t
emplo yers to our stude nts and some one who
will establ ish relatio nship s with our many successfu l alumn i who are waitin g to suppo rt their
schoo l. Baruch: the time has finally come for
us to have our share of a real President!
The Presid ential Searc h Committee has narrowed the search to three final candidates who
will soon be visitin g our campus. Stude nts I
urge every one to attend the Open Forum s that
will be held Febru ary 28th. 29th and Marc h
2nd from 3:00 to 3:55p m at the 25th St.
Confe rence Cente r on the 7th floor. This is
your chanc e to ask your future President questions about issues that concern you and give
feedback, any of your comm ents about each
indivi dual to the Searc h Committee. Have a
say in the final select ion! Come to the Open
Forum s and meet who will be your future
Baruc h Colle ge President!
Sara Garib aldi
Unde rgrad Stude nt Gove rnmen t President
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Bank Teams Up With Private Sector
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Seeks to 'Close Divide Between
Internet Haves .and Have Nots
(UN WIRE)
Looking to help poor countries bridge the
growing technology gap, Softbank, a Japanese
technology
conglomerate,
and
the
International Finance Corporation (IFC), an
arm of the World Bank, announced the creation
of a $200 million investment fund for Internet
companies in the developing world.
The new venture, named Softbank
Emerging Markets (SBEM), brings the partners' total commitment to global Internet
development to $500 million. SBEM is slated
to provide seed capital and expertise for
Internet startups in some I00 developing countries, and build on existing Latin America and
China-focused funds.
The program capitalizes on the Japanese
firm's experience in turning business concepts
"The digital divide is one
ofthe greatest impediments to development. "
into working Internet enterprises. S6ftbank is
one of the most successful backers of e-commerce.Initiatives in 'the United States, providing start-up money for e-commerce ventures
such as Yahoo, ETrade and Buy.com.
In a statement, World Bank President
James Wolfensohn warned that, without
Internet technology, poor countries are at risk
of falling behind in the new global economy.
"The digital divide is one of the greatest
impediments to development, and it is growing
exponentially," he said. "[The SBEM] will
transfer technology from rich countries to the developing world, fostering sustainable new local businesses
which will promote prosperity and
reduce poverty. And it will, I hope,
encourage others to follow with their
own investments and initiatives to
establish technology and information centers all around the world."
Providing access to the Internet,
Wolfensohn added, is as important
as securing housing and clean water,
"My experience in poor communities is that they don't want a handout of money, they want a chance to
earn and to be able to develop themselves, and there is no more efficient
mechanism to convey knowledge
and to get knowledge back than use
the use of the Internet," he said.
The SBEM, which will be based
in Silicon Valley, California, plans to
make its first investments this
spnng.
In the United States, the technolo~ gap was thought to exist -,
between high income earners and -,
their poorer counterparts. But
according to a recent Stanford
University survey, the "digi~a1­
divide" is a myth.
The survey found Internet usage ',.
was 40 percent more common
among people under 25 than among
those 65 or older, and that race was
not a primary factor in having access
to the Internet.
Baruch students utilize the College's computer
resources. (PhotolBaruch Press)
Hummer Winblad Names 64 Qualifiers
For 'February Madness' Business Plan Competition
Teams From Across the United States and Around the World
To Compete for Bragging Rights and Top Prize
In International Business Plan Competition
BUSINESS WIRE via COLLEGIATE PRESSWIRE
Sixty-four teams comprised of college
business students from across the country and
around the world, today took their first steps
towards the top prize in Hummer Winblad
Venture Partner's "February Madness" business plan tournament for college and university students.
The winner, to be announced in late March,
will receive a guaranteed funding offer from
Hummer Winblad to pursue their business
opportunity.
Qualifying student teams hail from a
diverse range of schools, including Harvard,
Columbia, University of Tokyo, London
Business School, Wake Forest, MIT. Stanford,
University of Nebraska, University of Miami,
Purdue and Claremont McKenna College.
.. The qualifiers were chosen from a field of
hundreds of entries, and were selected for the
quality of their plan, the size of the market that
the plan addressed and the .experience of the
individual team members.
"We've been extremely impressed, but not
surprised, at the quality of the submissions we
received," said Dan Beldy, Hummer Winblad
partner. "Some of the greatest ideas for new
Internet ventures are coming out of the universities, and we believe the 64 teams we have
chosen to participate in 'February Madness' all
have something great to offer.
The next step in the competition will be
selecting the best 16 teams to compete in the
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person to a Hummer Winblad partner at one of
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Midwest competition; Thunderbird will host
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Louisville will host the Southeast regional.
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GHOSTFACE KILLER
Supreme Clientele a Supreme Failure
Epic/Razor Sharp Records
By Jon Minners
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The Night
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Make Yourself
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By Jeffrey Belskv
A long w ith Mr. Bungle. Puya. and System of a Down. Incubus will be on SnoCore 2000. in support of MAKE YOURSELF. their latest offering since
S C I.E.N.C.E . which featured "elf Skin. Space-age electronic rock. combined
with metal guitars describes most of the album. The top spot couldn't have been a
better slot for "Privilege." WIth Its classic crunching metal opening riff. Sounding a
lot Iike the new Bush on "The Warmth." the: come down hard. mellow out. and
bring on the noise Contrary to popular belief. there actually are some worthwhile
I~ ncs In here. such as thetitle track "If yOU let them make you. they'll make yOU
papier-rnache .. But It"yOU really want to live. why not try and make yourself? If
I hadn't made me. l'dve fallen apart by now ,. A ballad w ritten by a group that's tour109 with SOAD? Apparently. I .Hi'S }f)U IS beautiful and sweet with "To see you
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But If each of the other songs' opening riffs were as good as the remainder of the
songs. they 'd have a much better album. What they lack musically [sometimes].
they make up for I: rically.
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visual and meaningful as the band's own
name., the message to listening ears,
"You never minded giving us the
starsffhen showing us how blind and
unaware of You we arefYou painted me a
picture and showed me how to
ny-bop- seeffhough I just won't behold itlUnless
tages of it pertains to me." is not only a gratefullief and ness to God for His provisions, but a
musical
self-revealing attempt to recognize the
hristian human paradox fueled by selfishness and
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pride.
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preach, the four guys teamed up with
New York Cares to collect clothes and
toys during their concert at Irving Plaza
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cities while on tour for
this album. Explained
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vocalist
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Gifts is our way of
reminding people that
even the smallest effort
can
reap
great
rewards. Community
involvement and a
commitment to people is what can
change the things that
are wrong in our society. We must remember that helping oth-
Two words can describe how I felt after listening to the latest single outing from
the Wu-Tang Clan. this time from Ghostface Killah. Those two words would be
utter disappointment. I mean, this is Wu-tang Clan for God's sake. Wu-Tang Clan
only features the best, and this was far from it.
I don't know what it was that made this CD annoy me. Maybe I was having a
bad day. or maybe I was upset that I was so happy to get this CD and felt so
cheated after listen ing to it. I didn't even spend money on this CD, but I fe It it
necessarv to write a letter asking Razor Sharp Records to refund me the $1 I spent
on batteries in the train station so I could hear th IS trash. Too bad you can't refund
time w asted.
I am a huge fan of Wu- Tang Clan, and to hear this CD is like an insult to the
bad. Ghostface Killah's Supreme Clientele can't compete with the previous works
from Method Man. Raekwon, U-God, RZA. or even Old Dirty Bastard. The raps
were lame the skits were shittv, and the sonas lacked anv real bite.
What was cool about the CD? Not much. but some real quick Iron Man skits
that were featured were a blast. I like Iron Man. and I guess he does. too. since it
permeated several tracks throughout the CD. seem ingly replacing that cool 36
Chamber karate shtick they had going on in prey ious CDs. Song? Well. One was
pretty good. It had a nice beat. a strangely. interesting hook. but no good rap.
About the only times the raps sound good is w hen Killah is getting his ass pulled
out of the fire by his friends at Wu- Tang. Method Man and company help make
Buck 50 and Wu Banga 101 worth listening to.
Some girl sounded really coolon a catch) Cherchez Laghost. Maybe I should
have taken the time to find out who she is. but since no one took the time to make
this CD sound good. I feel I have done enough.
Iron Man skits aside. Wu- Tang's armor takes a serious pounding after this CD.
Bootleg songs, boring ass beats in most cases. and nothing really worth tooting
your horn about. make this writer think that Killah killed his chances for solo success. This bee lost his stinger.
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I came into Morphine late in life. I discovered them in 1995. eons ago to me. and
bought them completely by accident. Now Morphine and I have crossed paths
again. This time they are marvelous. as opposed to merely strange years ago, and
this time it is farewell. Mark Sandman is now dead. dead of a heart attack onstage
last Ju ly.
Such a haunting beginning it starts, my dream stage which yearns toward
Morphine. E\ en the words and the names are haunting: Morphine. Sandman. The
Night. Morphine is the band. also the opiate drug derived from poppyseed that
brings a sweet dreamlike slumber. Sandman is his last name. also the lead vocalist.
also the Dream King. Morpheus, Oneiros, whichever name he is referred. the one
who brings dreams. The Night is the farewell album. also the traditional time in
w hich we sleep. in w h ich we dream. in which we spend one third of our lives.
It is against this dreamscape that The Night begins. Picture the incessant throb
of the drums. the honey -sweet voice that Mark Sandman drips into our minds like
the most easing tranquilizer. the trance-like lyrics of "She ripped the wings right off
my back! She whispered deep - keep it on the track / She said you're no angel, no
angel anymore". It is the way that t is done; the way that Sandman's voice can bring
calm into a chaotic statement. You almost wish your wings could be tom off again
and again. Picture this happening for almost forty-eight minutes and there you have
it: The Night.
The tracks are delicious and defiant. Piano, organ, bass guitar, and baritone sax
are an the players. the listener's mind is the stage~ The Night. the first track and the
namesake of the album. swoons of blue smoke and paints Lilah. the beautiful tragic subject, as a woman who wears her eye makeup like warpaint. In Souvenir the
same honey voice melds into regress and begs the listener to taste what he had.
LIkL d ~flrn,r beckons \\ ith a slow stead: bass crawl: Rope on Fire reads like the
mcrnory of cl trance resplendent \\ ith cello and upright bass as condiments.
Morphine came to me at a time when it was an accident. at a time when I need-:J to feel and taste honey
And v\ hat better gift than Mark Sandman's dnpping
.. ,)ICe) The :\igh: rs Sandman's perfect farew ell album. a bittersweet end to a deli-
JARS OF CLAY
If I Left the Zoo
Essential/Silvertone Records
By Carol Ng
Part metal, rap, and dance beats. The Gift of Game is one fine debut album's
worth of tunes about alcohol, drugs, and women. A seven-member band
including two vocalists, two guitarists, a OJ, a bassist, and a drummer, the
album can't help but being heavy. Think Fast shows the usually annoying voice
of lead rapper Shifty Shellshock (Seth Binzer) but is saved by the heavy level
of distortion on the guitars of Rust Epique and Trouble (who plays a sevenstring). and the vocal velocity of guest rappers Dirty Unit. Neo-new wavers Jay
Gordon and Amir Derakh of ORGY (what happened to them?) lend vocals and
synth to Black Cloud, which discusses life's troubles and the reality of superstitions.
As loco as CRAZYTOWN appears to be, a sane side emerges on Butterfly,
in which Binzer and Bret Mazur (a second rapper) talk about a special girl over
a sweet psychedelic Chili Pepper's sample: "You're always there to lift me up
when these times get rough /1 was lost. now I'm found ever since you've been
around! ... I see the sun breaking, shining through dark clouds." Reggae star
MAD LION guests on the truth of show biz (Hollywood Babylon) and KRSOne is featured on the boastful and spacey B-Boy 2000. CXT. as CRAZYTOWN is also known as, can go from mellow, deep, and loving ("Cuz what
I'm really looking for is the one that'll last and make my present a past ... I'm
looking for something
real in a world of fake" "Revolving Door")
to razor-edged. and tlatout wanton and offensive
like EMINEM ("More
hos than Vivid* ,/ Lyrics
explicit. so ---- the critics
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like INXS." - "Toxic").
but in such a way that's
tough to resist.
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If I Left the Zoo is a whole new triumph for the band, edgier and more
diverse in sound and arrangement.
Always introspective if not more so,
their poetic lyrics hit both heart and mind
in an honest self abating search for God.
and a desire for Him to find us. Still creating some infectious tunes that leave us
wanting more, JARS OF CLAY is a
breath of fresh air and you are worthy to
breathe.
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Boys" to spread some John 3: 16 the right
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What are little girls made of? Sugar, spice
and everything nice, right? Now, add chemical X to the mix and you get the premise for
the hot animated series, The Powerpuff
Girls.
Normally, we take a look at Japanese
Anime, but this show deserves the attention
it gets as merchandise with these new superpowered heroines is popping
up all over the place. From
notebooks to T-shirts. from
watches that talk to umbrellas,
The Powerpuff Girls are
exploding everywhere.
Don't know who the
Powerpuff Girls are! Well, we
at the Asylum like to keep people in the know. so here goes.
The Powerpuff girls are three
little girls created in a lab and
when
given superpowers
chemical X (how original) falls
into the stew. Now, these girls
must go to school and then
keep the city safe, beating all
the bad guys before bed time.
And you thought Superman
had it hard.
The Powerpuff Girls were
created by Craig McCracken.
His first drawings were actually drawn with
colored pencils on orange construction
paper. The drawings seen today and the ones
first created don't show much in the way of
change. The animation isn't of the Disney
variety or even Japanese Anime kind. This
.cartoon fits more in the Simpsons/South
Park genre in terms of animation. Still, it
works for this entertaining. and often umes.
hilarious show.
Stranzelv, the name of the show has a lot
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were created from sugar, spice, and everything nice plus a can of whoopass. Sounds
cool at first, but Cartoon Network standards
could not let that title stay on, so the
Powerpuff Girls were born. This title is
more fitting in that it makes you laugh to see
also the one to get the most scared in the
fight, unless you provoke her enough. Then
she's not above ramming her fist down your
throat.
Together, under the ,.-atchful eye of the
Professor who made them, the Powerpuff
Girls patrol the streets of Townsville, keeping the citizens safe. They even have a
Powerpuff phone
that keeps them
in contact with
the mayor, just in
case something
bad goes down.
And there is a tot
of trouble going
down with a list
of bad guys like
Mojo 10 Jo, a pet
lab monkey that
turns into a talking, evil monkey"
genius, and The
Gang
Green
gang, who like to
commit dastardly
acts like making
crank calls. Oh
my God!
The Powerpuff
Girls is absolutely lrilarious. This is a kids
OffBroadway
show, but there are some adult themes and
enough funny action packed scenes to keep
us older people glued to the screen. One bad
guy is known as Him, and let's just say he
likes to dress like a Her. Strangely, no parent group has commented on that, but why
should they. It's funny, and not so in your
face. Also, scenes with blood are shown
here and there, and the Powerpuff girls aren't
above beating down an old lady when she
comes under the influence of the Him's evil
powers.
One particular episode contained a bet
between Him, Mojo and some other baddies
as to who could destroy the Powerpuff Girls
with their dangerous gifts. The girls get past
all that is thrown at them" but Him's gift is
just candy, and they eat that. Him declares
himself the winner, because he will ruin the
Powerpuff Girls through the slow torturous
destruction
of
tooth
decay.
Hahahahaha... urn...well that was an example
of one truly funny episode that you have to
see to enjoy.
The Powerpuff Giris are part of the What a
Cartoon Show with Johnny Bravo, Cow and
Chicken, and others. Check your local listings for times as the show is shown throughout the week and more than once on the
Cartoon Network. Enjoy" jhe show and let
the Powerpuff Girls save your day.
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Romeo and Juliet. a tale of two starcrossed lovers caught in the middle of an
old. bloody. and unreasonable conflict
between their families. surely a play for
the ages. Many years later. the West Side
Story rehashed the theme. adapting it to
a more modem setting and proving that
even though times have changed. people
and their problems hav en't. Since then.
hordes of writers, directors. and theatre/movie producers have taken (often
unsuccessful) stabs at us ing the original
blueprint to create something. entertaining and at the same time to make a point.
The only point they collectively succeeded in making wa that Shakespearean
ripoffs are not worth anyone's time or
effort.
So as I approached Tribecca
Playhouse where Night Blooming
Jasmine recently prem iered, I was filled
with skepticism of Shakespearean proportions. About an hour and a half later,
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Anirne series entitled Lain. From the first
episode. called Weird. I knew I was in for
a strange ride. So far. I have not been disappointed.
How can I describe this series? I'm not
exactlv
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but after four episodes. or "layers." as they
call them, I'm hooked. Hooked on what?
Hell if I know, but I'm willing to find out.
The prem ise of the show is that we are
all connected. There is a w ired world all
around us. The computer age has finally
taken over. and the Internet which IS
called the Wired. here. is the way of the
\\ orld. Seems Iike every one knows about
it. and everyone wants in.
This wired world has taken on a personality and a culture all its own. It's like
there are two worlds, but each one is closing in on the other.
When a classmate of Lain's, who looked
happy, suddenly commits suicide, Lain
receives an e-mail from her. The e-mail
comes after her death, and says. "1 just
abandoned my body. I still live here." Is
it a hoax or have people found a way to
1ive in a world \\- ithout a body. Can people live in a world where programming is
everything and it's all about being connected.
The world of Lain is very strange
indeed. One minute vou think vou know
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One minute people are
claiming to see a wild Lain in a club. Lain
seems to have another life within this
computer world. but she hadn't even
hooked up to this world yet. She didn't
even know much about computers to
begin with. Only after hearing people
identify her from this other world. did she
decide to check it out. So. what gives?
And, who are these strange guys following her. Finally. why is Lain starting to
see things blurry, almost looking like
computer code?
Weird more than
describes this Anirr.e.
I had so' many questions that I thought
there would be no way that I would watch
this show past the initial IDO-minute tape.
Strangely, when I was done. I was hooked
in. I have to know how this all ends. I
need to know where this is going. It's like
X-Files. when you get really confused, but
still check it out because you just need to
know.
If you like Anime, and want to experience something different. then check this
series out. Lain combines great animation
with an interesting plot. There isn't much
dialog, so watch the show and ray attention. Miss one scene and you may totally
lose your place. Hell, I watched from
beginning to end, and still don't know
what's up. But I think that's cool, and I'm
willing to find out.
Sight Blooming Jasmine takes place
in modern-day Israel. the worst place in
the world for a Jew and an Arab to fall in
love. However. that is exactly what happens to' David (Ian Kahn). an Israeli soldier from the Jewish border settlement of
Kadima.
and
Jasrn ine
(Francis
Anderson), an Israeli Arab from the
nearbv Arab village
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Dav id and Jasrn ine come from prom inent fam ilies in their own villages: their
fathers are respectabie men \\ ho claim to
be political moderates. However, everyone's beliefs and attitudes are tested
when David and Jasmine accidently
meet during a violent riot and- surprise!fall in love.
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Thankfully, the bod) count here is
now here near that of Shakespeare's enginal bloodbath. The setting and subject
matter should leave no one who follows
international politics uninterested. and
the dialozue
is verv
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dealing not only with problems of the
middle east but also with issues of
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racism, women's rights. and the general
futility of prejudice and violence. Night
Blooming Jasmine nicely presents the
viewpoints of both Jews and Arabs.
never actuallv leaning to either side more
than the other. Just as one of the characters is about to convince you of something. the scene changes an a different
character has you considering an opposing viewpoint. In the end. the one thing
you're convinced of is the fear and frustration on both sides.
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What really makes this play worth seeing, however. is the acting. which, considering the production's limitations is
quite impressive.
An off-Broadway
affair. Night Blooming Jasmine has a
rather uninspiring set, which consists
mainly of wooden boxes. some on
wheels. painted yellowish brown. At the
end of each scene, the actors move these
boxes around a bit and this signifies
change of scenery; but the changes are so
frequent that the audience may occasionally have a hard time guessing where the
action takes place. The cast is understaffed, with most actors having to play
at least two characters each, one Jew and
one Arab: and since the play kicks off
with a rather quick pace. it may be hard
at first to distinguish who's who and
when. (the playbill will come in handy)
Fortunately, the actors shift from role to
role with surprising ease. and their passion soon overshadows the shortcomings
of the set. Thorn Ch ristopher does an
excellent job portraying both fathers. and
Joshua Annez is dynamic as Ibrahim,
Jasmine's terrorist brother and the Tybalt
of the play.
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"I do because the obvious is true"
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Pull out couch feature
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Christian manifestation of hip
hop
8 Applause
12 Win, _ or Draw
13 Jordan's title
14 Night time wrap
15 A virtue
17 Somewhere _ _ the rainbow
18 Unhappy
19 Positive feature
21 Simpson creator
23 . Follower of John
24 Surrealist Salvador
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Cool Cat on the prowl
Cool Caton the loose
Cool Cat can hunt
Cool Cat can be hunted
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She travels far and near
But seldom know her faith
She appears to be happy
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Cool Cat may be an adult
Coot Cat may be single
Cool Cat may be married
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The only one who could reach
Created, abbrev,
Peter was hung upside on this
Eros
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Job- safety agency
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Revolutionary Guevara
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Taking flight
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Not good
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Conquistadors quest
Serf
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Adam's partner
Old computer system
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Refuse
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Adjective associated with foxes
must abide by
Part of a herd
Agnus_
Laughter
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What the government says we
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"Those who belong to Christ
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She only sleep at day
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And rarely to be trusted
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Eat
Shorten by sewing
A.Caesar or S.Severus
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Lonely land
Taught
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What the leader did
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Drains
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Baby chickens have their beaks cut off with no anesthesia. This is done
to prevent them from pecking each cther-, which they tend to do, growing up in these crowded torturous environments they ar~aised in (it's
called going insane, people do the same thing when put in similar environments, read up on history for examples).
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