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By Tamim. IslamNEW YORK, April 23 - The

Student Election and GovernanceReview Committee (SEGRC) in a

t . special hearing session held dur-~ ing the evening of Friday, April 19til in room 1542 of the 360 Park Av-~ enue South Building, resolved tog place the controversial "Child Carel2': Health Center" referendum on the

ballot of the upcoming Baruch Col-lege general elections.

The Council of Student Gov-ernments(CSG), a body consistingofthe executive boards ofthe threestudent governments, Day SessionStudent Government (DSSG),Evening Session Student Assem-bly (ESSA) and GraduateStudentsAssembly (GSA), protested the"Referendum to increase studentactivity fees for child care and.health--ceRtert-whreh-proposesto "merease seudentnettvttyfees by$15 for full time students and by$7 for part time students and thestudents of the summer session,citing various "illegalities."

A memo to SEGRC dated April2, 1996 from Andrew Heller, presi-dent ofDSSG, states: "the fact thatthis referendum was proposed byan administrator, Debbie Bick-Duggan, raises questions if thisstudent activity fee increase wasactually a student born concept."The memo also alleges "ambigu-ity" in the proposed referendum.''There is no mention of a specificbudget outline" and "no specifichours of operation are given [tofacilitate evening and graduatestudents]," says the memo.

Heller's memo also states:"Health Care and Day Care areseparate, distinct issues and shouldbe treated as such."

Citing "Article VI, section B,2"of the Baruch College Proceduresfor Government Elections, whichstates: "no additional expense re-

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says Jim Davis;' The state hasoffered $7500 to each tenant torelocate. Davis claims that theoffer .is inadequate because of thehigher rents that would be de-manded by the new housing.

Tenants in the Gramercy Hotelcurrentlypayrent that ranges from$140 to $260 per month. Real es-tate agents in the Gramercy Parkarea say that the rents for studioapartments in the area range from$900 per month up to $1,500 permonth,

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them relocate to equal or betterhousing.

"So far they have offered usthis collection ofold folks' homes,section B's, and buildings .slatedto be tom down," says Davis.

Scaffolding DOW Ones the 24th side of the Gramercy Hotei.

The Gramercy Hotel on the northeast comer ofLexington"and 24th Street.

The Gramercy H6tel SRO Awaits Its FateAs the Demolition Date Nears for Site 'B"

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NewYorlt;April23 -'A small'group of tenants at the GramercyHotel on Lexington Avenue and24th Street charge that the plansfor constructionofBaruch College'sSite ''B" will "move people out ofNew York," accordingto Jim Davis,one ofthe more outspoken tenantsin the building.

The tenants charge that the Dor-mitoryAuthority (DA) promisedtobuild new low-income housing inthe area, although the tenants didnot believe that would happen.They did believe that they wouldbe assisted in finding "equal orbetter housing in the community,"

While the New York State Dor-mitory Authority (DA) awaits forthe tentative date of July 15 tobegin demolition, the remainingsix single-room occupancy (S.R.O)tenants also await their fate.They argue that the DA has re-neging. on their .promise to, help

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Vol. 69, Number 14

DSSG PreidentUpset AfterBeing Excluded

By Dusan StojkovicNEW YORK, April 23 - In what

may be becoming a dubious springtradition, a Retrenchment Com-mittee has convened at Baruch forthe second year running, seekingto decrease the school's expendi-tures in face of looming budgetcuts. And the current President ofthe Day Session Student Govern-ment is pouting because he wassnubbed from the activiies.

. "President Goldstein simply ig-nored the request of the studentgovernment," maintains AndrewHeller, the DSSG leader. At theCollege President's request, Hellersubmitted a list of nine day stu-dents, including himself, as nomi-nees. for the four positions on theCommittee allotted to-studentsOfthose nine, only Kumarie Bhoop,DSSG Executive Vice President,was accepted by Goldstein... But accordingto Heller, 'Thepresi--

dents of the day session, evening ses-sion arid graduate student 'govenl-:ments have traditionally been askedto serve on Retrenchment Commit-tees."Twooftheremainingseatsweregiven to Michelle Knox-Pace aridAdrian Nicholas, nominated by thegraduate and evening governments,respectively. Goldstein hand-pickedthe fourth student representative,Renata Colon, President of Baruch's'Chapter of the Golden Key NationalHonor Society.

"Renata is a good student," saysHeller, but suggests that Goldsteinwrecked the democratic component

Residents of the Hotel Gramercy Refuse to Accept Relocation Plans;Will Fight Dormitory Authority Through Series of Court Appeals

By Eric Thorsen

NEW YORK, April 22- Enter-ing through the green tiled arch-way of 137 East 24th Street, oneopens the heavy silver door to alobby filled with history. A mustysmell clings to the air and a feel-ingofthe past comes alive. Amongthe faded green walls, which hangdusty 20th century works of art,many personalities have passedby the weathered, oak front deskof the Gramercy Hotel.

The Gramercy has given hopeto writers and musicians alike,providing inexpensive housing foralmost a century. With a brickfacade that contains the outlineof a once prominent hotel name,the seven-story building has notonly created history, but has be-come history. But as the demoli-tion date nears, the once timelesssite will be nothing more than amemory in the minds ofabout onehundred years .worth of tenanta,

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The Baruch College EarlyLearningCenter at the second floorof 110 East 19 Street currentlyaccommodates 38 students in twoclasses. Besides one administra-tive director and an assistant, thefacility employs four full time-andtwo part time teachers. It faces areduction of 25% in the $88,000federal grant of its operating bud-get of nearly $250,000 and alsofaces a rocky future in the statebudget cuts and the college re-trenchment committee as well.

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though the State hired a firm, Re-location Management Associates, toassist tenants with relocation, theyhave not been shown "equal or bet-ter housing." Mr. Davis cites as anexamplea retired school teacherwhowas referred to Woodstock House, abuilding in the Times Square area.Regina Bollman, a spokesperson forthe DA, states that the agency 00-

. lieved that the woman requested tobe relocated to the Times Squarearea. She further states that resi-dents of the hotel have been shownvarious buildings that are similar tothe Gramercy, and many have al-ready relocated or are in the processof preparing applications for hous-ing. Those tenants who ''have beensuccessful in cooperating" with relo-cation efforts have found housing,says Bollman. ''We feel like we'vedone everything we can."

After years of planning by theDA, construction ofBaruch College'sSite"B" is scheduled to begin on May1. As reported in the February 1996issue of the Reporter - Baruch'sevening session student newspa-per- the new building will houseathletic facilities, a theater, a recitalhall, the Student Activities Center,cafeterias, and sixteen floors ofclass-room space. .

At press time, the first phaseof demolition for Site "B" re-mained schedule. Bollman statesthat the first phases ofthis projectcan proceed as scheduled becauseother buildings on the block were

. being demolished. Davis' 'stat'es'-tbat..-the-demolreicn- could ·be"an·,;:--·noying .and dangerous to thepeople still living on the block.

''What's been lost is the valueof the project to Baruch," saysBollman.

Davis and his neighbors atthe Gramercy do not begrudgeBaruch's plans for a new build-ing. 'We are just asking for fair-ness," Davis says.

As for the college's stance,they are waiting until after thecourt's decision is finalized. JamesMurtha, Vice President ofAdmin-istration at Baruch College, de-clined to comment on the issue,citing pending litigation.

While both sides prepare fora court appearance on May 6, thetenants are hoping that the willfinally get a favorable decision.The DA is hoping to at least begranted a vacate notice, whichwould essentially order the ten- .ants to leave the building.

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and Peter London, who is running asan independent.

Serving on the Committee isno piece of cake. Members are oftenforced to reach uncomfortable deci-sions with respect to where cuts haveto be made. ''It's just like last year,"says a Committee veteran, adding,"Everything's Still pretty much in thepreliminary phase." The ad hoc Com-mitteehasbeen dividedintothreesub-committees thatwill focus ondifferentareas: facilities and administration,academic programs and student sup-port services. The members are pro-hibited from publicly discussing theirwork on the Committee.

NotoneofthePresident's fiveadministrativeassistants,orPresidentGoldstein" could be reached for com-ment.

said they ''volunteered'' and "tooktime out of'[their] busy schedulers]"to collect the required signatures.One witness, who collected 125 sig-natures, said "it was hard to get[all the signatures] in a week's no-tice, but we got more." Another,who did not get any signatures, butis employed under the work studyprogram, said, that she "did notfeel threatened in any manner for[her] job" as was alleged by CSG.

The eSG witnesses were notaccessible for any comments.

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Appeals, Baruch College's plans aretemporarily on hold. The college isawaiting to begin erecting a new com-plex on the site, which will includeclassrooms, offices, and a gymnasium.The 400, 000 square-foot building,which the collegerefers to as Site ''E,''will cost an estimated $250 millionand will be completed around theyear2001.

With the state and the college bothwaiting at the doorstep of theGramercy, the tenants remain undersiege, but continue to demand that thestate honor its commitment, Davis,who has become somewhat like aspokesman for the tenants, has kepttheir spirits alive by challenging thesystem.

Davis-s-a Trenton, New Jerseynative-had come.along w.ay before

DSSG President warns, 'We will bekeeping a vigilant eye on the work ofthe Committee, and we will make ourvoices heard strongly to the President,whohasfinal sayon anyretrenchmentplan, if we're not satisfied with itsdecisions."

Inparticular, HellersaysthatDSSGwill not allow"one paperclip"tobe taken away from the Black andLatino Studies Department. He alsosees the establishment ofAsian Stud-ies at Baruch as imperative. ''Ifover athird of our students are Asian, wemust address their culture in the cur-riculum," states Heller, hoping thathis successorwill continuethepushformore Ethnic Studies. The next DSSGelections will be held from May 6th to10th. Thecandidates for PresidentareDavid Kinzelberg of the Unity party

collect over two thousand signaturesto put the referendum on the ballot.

''I believe in campus child care andaccess to health care. I will do what-ever is necessary to help students,which is legal," said Bick-Duggan ofher involvement in the controversy. "Istarted Child Care at Baruch," shesaid.

The three witnesses, two ofwhomare student mothers with childrencurrently enrolled in the Baruch Col-lege Early Learning Center, testifiedin thehearingin favorofBick-Duggan

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Gramercy's Tenants Want to be Treated Fairlyfinally residing at the Gramercy. Hewas previously a construction workerin Chicago, who helped give berth tothe largest cement apartment build-ing in the nation-87 floors. Whenwork became scarce, he came to cityofdreams, New York. He found a homein the now endangered hotel and hasbeen thereeversince. Withahandbagbusiness that is presently on hold, he

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.~ City forall of m~~~ys.~rlavis.;.. "Places like the. Gramere.Vmaae that~ possible."~ Awaking every day with a newg missionathand, the52-yearoldformere: union carpenterfeeds the lobbyphone

with quarter after quarter, attempt-ing to reach as many legislators andmedia sources as possible. So far, he

The Gramercy Hotel on the comer hasreceivedresponsesbackfromSena-of Lexington Ave. and 24th Street. tor Catherine M. Abate, as well as

from Assemblyman Steven Sanders.Publicity has been at his beckon call,as articles have run in the New YorkTimes, theDailyNews, andothervari-ous community newspapers. Therewas also a spot done on channel sevennews about what tenants claim to be aten year battle that the hotel has beenundergoing.

The Gramercy Park Hotel is soonto face the consequences ofthe wreck-ingball. The historic haven, which hasseen such people like writer MurrayKempton take up a room, will be nomore. Instead, the little brickbuildingon the northeast corner of LexingtonAvenue will be replaced by a modern,large-scaled eomplex..

''I don't want Baruch to be the badguy," said Davis. "It's the DormitoryAuthority that's the bad guy."

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of the selection process by appoint-ingaCommitteememberwithoutcon-sulting the various student govern-ments first. "He misrepresents thestudent body by putting two nightstudents on the Committee," Hellermaintains. Colon is, in fact, a daystudent who (like many of her peers,thanks to the newly implementedscheduling grid) takes most of herclasses at night,

Heller also criticizes the factthat only four of the 27 seats on theCommittee are held by students andthat the two open hearings on theCommittee's findings are set to be heldduring finals week. (According to amemorandum from PresidentGoldstein dated April 11th, a prelimi-nary retrenchment plan should beready by early May.) Nonetheless, the

ity fee funds," CSG alleged possibleillegalities on behalf of the Office ofStudent Life (OSL). 'The Office ofStudent Life is funded by student ac-tivity fees, and therefore any use ofthat office in Petitioninga referenda isa clear violation ofthe SEGRC guide-lines," said the memo.

Bick-Duggan, assistant director,Office of Student Life, characterizedthisfiasroasa "witehhunt"andclaimedno wrong doing. She claimed at least20 ''volunteer'' student mothers andanother ten club leaders helped her

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in the U.S. and are qualified to take care ofpatients like Gabriela. The media in this coun-try did not even question whether or not thestory was true. It is a heart-rending story, andsells papers, but the media was not even-handedin handling it. What if the family has money topay for the operation and chemotherapy? Do wejust believe the word of the parents when theysay they have no money? Theyhad enough to flyGabriela, herfather, and an aunt to New York,but not enough to pay hospital bills? This isnonsensical. The media exploited Gabriela'ssituation so much that one could not avoid read-ing or hearing about it. It seems to me that theAmerican public was made to think Gabriela 'was our problem. She isn't, and it was unjust forthe media to present things in that fashion.

By now, I must appear to be cold-hearted.Believe what you like, but it's not true. I do careabout this seven-year-old and want to see herget better, but not at the expense ofan Americanchild.

St. Jude's Children's Research Hospital, aCatholic charity hospital, agreed to take care ofGabriela for free. Hopefully, there was not anAmerican child waiting for an expensive opera-tion-that would have been a travesty.

Gabriela Salinas is going to recover, andthat is great. Hopefully, Mount Sinai Hospitalwill not be seen as the bad guy in this equation.But the media's portrayal of Mount Sinai tendsto sHlnt that way. That is unfortunate, becauseMount Sinai would rather put that money intof:·

for treatment. Mount Sinai said they would notpay either. What is upsetting is that the par-ents were relying on Americans to foot the billby appealing to the public through the media,and since they were not American citizens, thisshould not have been allowed tohappen.

At a time of serious cutbacks in govern-ment spending, Americans shouldn't have topay for the care ofsomeone who is not a citizen.There are forty millionAmericans whodo not .

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Are you a Baruch student dissatisfiedwith the present state ofaffairs regardingstudent issues?

Do you feel that there is nothing you cando to change the situation?If your answer to these questions is YES,then you ought to know that your influenceregarding the affairs that affectyou directlyas a student is greater than you think.

We encourage your participation on theupcoming Student Government Election,which will take placeMay 6-10.

Don't forsake your opportunity to letyour voice be heard regarding your futureat Baruch!

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"You have the majority ofvotes;you can vote not to retrench any

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the Chancellor's office, the President ofBaruch CoI-lege, MatthewGoldstein, has establisheda Retrench-ment Committee offacuIty, administrators studentsand staff representatives.

As the soon to be Baruch College PSC UnionChapter Chairperson, I want to remind the facultyand students serving on the Committee that finan-cial exigency circumvents the Collective BargainingAgreement arrived at through due deliberation be-tween your elected representatives· and 80th St.Retrenchment and restructuring - its partner-jeop-ardize the seniority and tenure of all faculty, notsimplythose in designated retrenchment units. Thisis a tactic to decimate unpopular programs and~lectivelyhire new People. No one will deny that

with them, such as the so-called PIRG groups. Orga-nized by Ralph Nader and friends, these groupsbenefit from compulsory student activity fees at mostcolleges and universities. A student who objects canget a refund bystanding in line forever and filling outlots of forms. Most would rather forget it. .

A major issue in last summer's campaign fmancedebate, Weyrichalso cited,washowpublicly-financedorganizations are allowed to use tax dollars to lobbyofficials for more tax dollars. "Yourfederal dollarsaregoing to organizations such as theAmerican Associa-tion of Retired Persons (AARP) and they use lots ofthat money not to help the aged and infirm but tolobby for ever more federal dollars for themselves."

While it should be noted that the RepublicanParty and conservative organizations are generallybetter financed thisyear, far fewer.ofthese dollarsarecollectedbycoercivemeans. Corporate revenue comefrom consumers and investors, both of whom givemoney voluntarily to get something in return. Fromthe turn the of this century, ifa business didn't havecompetition, the government would impose competi-tion by breaking that company up into smaller ones,as with Bell Telephone in the 19808. The best mostbusinessescan hope for from Uncle Sam is taxexemptstatus ,ifthey can prove to benot-for-profit. No doubtthere has been. abuse of not-for-profit status, but itstill doesn't comparewithgetti-igdirect taxsubsidies.

Religious institutions are another example: un-,derthe First Amendment religiousorganizationsareforbidden to collect any tax or involuntary base offunding. Even with student vouchers, where parentsareoffered choices that include religious schools, suchpolicies have been challenged in court. It couldn't beclearer: left-leaning political, social and economicviews aregiven monopolystatusundercurrentpolicy,while the people's rights are repressed. It is time tostand up and say to those collecting taxes, studentfees and union dues, 'This isAmerica and I will decidewhat happens to my money!" If not, these upscalebandits will continue to take and get stronger witheverv dollar.

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~ By Cecilia McCalleft Once again government policy as it relates to• higher education is short sighted. Governor PatakiQ)

co made two campaign promises. One was to enforce~ the death penalty. Theotherwas to cut taxes. Hehasw~ already achieved the first, Realizing the second willQ)-5 mean the downsizing ofthe public sector, including~ public higher education. I do not believe that the

average New York State tax payer understood theramifications of Pataki's tax promise, Democratshave always been accused of a ''tax .and spendpolicy;" the Republican policy can well be character-ized as "slash and bum.

Since 1976, the university has been asked torespond to one financial crisis after another. Thenfaculty were retrenched, today faculty will be fired.Then tuition was imposed for the first time, todaytuition may be increased by another $250.00. Thenstudent access was curtailed, today students areleaving because they can no longer afford CUNY.

On April 15 Baruch College hosted a conferenceentitled Education and the American EcoJtomy:Preparing for a Competitive and Equitable Future. colleges and departments benefit from the hiring ofPanelists representing the business community young faculty, but appointments should be in addi-decried an educational system that is not producing tion to not at the expense of older, experienced,students who can help them sustain a competitive tenured colleagues.advantage. Business wants people for entry level There are several courses ofaction for the facultyjobs who are trained in financial numeracy, higher and students servingon the Retrenchment Commit-order thinking skills, decision making, and can tee:perform with a team. At the same time, business One, you can decline to serve ifyou are sworn todoes not seem to be willing topay for the education secrecy or confidentiality. Faculty authority comesofthe new workforce. In her book Chaos or Commu- from that body. You represent other faculty, andcannity the economist, Holly Sklar, declares that corpo- not do that adequately withoutconsultingwith themrate taxes have fallen from 23% to 89C in the last and beingadvised appropriately. Ifinfonnation is nottwenty years. shared openly, then destructive rumors will circulate

On March 25, the Board of Trustees declared a with inevitable damage to individuals.financial exigency, following fast on the heels of its Two, You have the majority ofvotes. You can voteFebruary 1995resolution.Thedeclaratioii triggers a . not to retrench any faculty, including librarians andprocess of retrenchment at CUNY's nine senior counselors.colleges. To complywith subsequent directives from , Three, you can ask to be apart of~hedevelopment

Hey, It's Your Money, PaJ.•••MaybeBy Kevin Degidon

1996 continues to be a definingyearfor Americaand much of the world. It :s undeniable that oursociety's destiny on issues from deficits to U.s-Rus-sian relations to the welfare state may depend onoutcomes ofthe next few months. But to reallygraspthe significance of what lies ahead, one must lookbeyond surface headlines to the deeper questions.The number one question is about your money andyour freedom.

In regard to the presidential elections, you mustlook past what politicians are saying, Fundraisingis the key to the realitybehind the talk. Wheredo theyget their money, and Perhaps more important, hoiodo they get it? This year controversy has beenbrewing over a decision by of the new leader of theAFL-CIO, John Sweene, to impose dues hikes for hismembers, to raise $35 million to reelect PresidentClinton and elect more Democrats to Congress. Thisdoes not coincidewith thewill ofall the rank.-and-file.

Legal protections for union members forced tofinance a candidate they oppose are being put asideby both politicians and union leaders.

On top of coercion, many union members areforced to finance an agenda that goes directly againsttheir interests. Sweeny is pushingfor higher Federalspending, attacking most balanced-budget plans. Tounion members, such an agenda can only mean oneof three things: higher deficits, higher inflation orhigher taxes, so why is he pushing this? He recog-nizesthat union membership inthe traditional manu-facturing sector has been shrinking since the 1970swhile public sector membership has grown. So Heturns his back on private sector labor while forcingthem to pay twice, once with higher dues and againwith higher taxes.

This is only one example ofa larger campaigne ofcoercion. Students around the country have beenforced to subsidize organizations and propagandathey disagree with, as Paul Weyrich of the FreeCongressFoundationwrote in theWashingtonTimes.Through student activity fees, many left-leaningorganizations get money from people who disagree

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,bells," will create the secondlargest telecommunicationscompany in the U.S., trailingonly AT&T Corp. The newcompany will employ approxi-mately 133,000 and providetelecommunications, entertain-ment, and information servicesto 26 million customers.

Talks of the merger, valuedat an estimated $23 billion,were reinvigorated with therecent announcement by babybell SBC Communications tobuy Pacific Telesis for $16.7billion.

"This new company willserve the world's best commu-

, nications marketplace. By com-bining, we will be able to in-crease our revenues, reduce ourcosts, and improve our service,"said Bell Atlantic chairman andchiefexecutive officer RaymondSmith.

-Bell Atlantic and NYNEXalready are partners in a jointventure that provides mobilecommunications to more thanthree million customers. BellAtlantic NYNEX Mobile, thelargest wireless provider on theeast coast, offers cellular, wire-less data, and paging servicesto their customers.

The' new company, whichwill be known as Bell Atlantic,will be headquarted in NewYork City, and will retain sig-nificant operations in Boston,Philadelphia, and Arlington,VA.

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currency instability has beengrowing. In the past threemonths, foreign currencies, andourown have been caught in long

. decliningtrends. But gold, whichshould have been soaring invalue, was touching 12-monthlows itself. This may mean that"Barry Eichengreen was right. Ifthe gold standard was in factstable, the value of gold shouldhave been a safe havenfor com-modity traders, and other inves-tors to put their money in.

The United States left theGold Standard in 1971. It wasforced off by budget deficits andmonetary policies that led to ex-cess dollar creation and inflation(The Great Societyprograms and

. the Vietnam war were financedwith debt rather than highertaxes).

, Many of the Dollars werespent abroad for imports; theywere converted to local currencyfor use and landed at the foreigncentral banks. The banks thenexchanged the Dollars for U.S.gold as the free market gold pricewas higher than the "officials $35per ounce price. This created aprofit opportunity for the bank.

In May 1971, the foreign cen-

ments of the communicationsmarket, including local tele-phone and cable television. TheFCC isin the process of promul-gating rules necessary to effectthe smooth implementation ofthis law. Only two months afterits passage, the new telcom lawhas already caused a stir withinthe industry, with alliances be-ing formed among companiesonce arch enemies in hopes ofdeveloping the winning combi-nation of services and locationthat will gain the largest mar-ket share.

In the highly competitiverace among companies to pro-vide t odays broad spectrum ofcommunications e.asu ing as aresult of the new telcom law,AT&T is in the process imple-

currencies.After the end of World War II,

the InternationalMonetary Fund,and Bretton Woods started tobreak down. The fall of BrettonWoods was caused by the UnitedStates inability to guarantee theconvertibilityofinternational Dol-lars into gold (On demand at afixed rate of exchange). In addi-tion' the worldwide production ofgold failed to keep up with therapid growth of internationaltrade.

Competing forms of worldmoney, flexible exchange rates,and the movement of capitalthrough large unregulated bank-ing networks replaeed BrettonWoods with a system that wasvery unstable (Eiehengreerr.,Barry, Golden Fetters, 1992, pg19).

Guttmann also noted that de-regulation of interest and ex-change rates has caused prices ofmoney to fluctuate violently. Inaddition, since the collapse ofBretton Woods, the Dollar's glo-bal position has been' weakenedwith the increased trading of for-eign currencies, futures and for-wards contracts, and the practiceof arbitrage.

According to John C. Doody,

Part II:Should The Gold Standard Be Revived?A close-up look at u.s. currency policies

By Pamela EbanksThe monopolization of industry

and the spread of forward moneycontracts increased the downwardstickiness ofmany prices, and in-creased intergration of nationaleconomies made trade patternsless price-elastic Eichengreen,Barry, Golden Fetters, 1992, pg.8).

But the Bretton Woods agree-ment set up a powerful centralorganization, the InternationalMonetary Fund, to administer acomplex system of rules and toprovide balance-of-payments as-sistance to countries troubled withdebt. Bretton'Woods introduced

" an adjustable peg, which allowedfixed exchange rates to be alteredin response to persistent balance-of-payments disequilibria. More-over, Bretton Woods' establishedthe U.S. Dollar as the new keycurrency. The United States gov-ernment agreed that foreignerscould exchange their dollars forits gold reserves on demand at theprewar parity of $35 per ouncef Itwas first set in 1934).

The convertibility guaranteemade the dollar "as good as gold"in international trade, and allo. ledit to become the unit of accountagainst which other countriescould value their own

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and the expansion of the currentservices of the Baruch EarlyLearning Center. Additionalservices to accomodate eveningand graduate students in need otchild care will be provided.

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"As Editor-in-Chief of The TOUTOLaw Reoieui. f was well prepared to goright to work. The demands of LawReview were commensurate with thedemands of a large lawfirm."

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The company will servethirteen states in the N orth-east and Middle Atlantic re-gion, as well as the District ofColumbia. This combined re-gion is the most communica-tions intensive region of theU.S.' "With over $20 million oflong distance traffic originat-ing within our region, we seethis as a significant businessopportunity," said NYNEXchairman and chief executiveofficer Ivan Seidenberg.

The terms of the all stocktransaction will have NYNEXshareholders receive one shareof the new Bell Atlantic for ev-ery share of NYNEX they pos-sess. Bell Atlantic sharehold-ers will receive 1.302 shares ofthe new firm for everyone shareof curren t stock they hold.

Under the new Bell Atlan-tic. Smith, 58. will become thechairman and chief executiveofficer. Seidenberg, 49, will be-come the new vice chairman,but will assume the C.E.O. po-sition approximately one yearafter the merger's completion,expected to occur around thistime in 1997. Seidenberg willbecome chairman upon Smith's

, retirement.Other key executive level

positions will be occupied bycurrent Bell Atlantic andNYNEX executives. FredericSalerno, currently vice chair-man, Finance and Business De-velopment, at NYNEX, will be-come chief financial officer andvice president, Finance andCorporate Development. Rich-ard A. Jalkut, president andgroup executive for NYNEX,will become president andC.E.O. of Network Services.The Bell Atlantic vice chair-men that wi 11 take on leader-ship roles in the new companywill be Lawrence T. Babbio, Jr.,who will become president andC.E.O. ofWireless & Global En-terprises, and James G. Cullenpresident and C.E.O. of theTelecom Group.

One downside of the mergeris the anticipated loss of 3,000jobs, primarily corporate andadministrative managementpositions according to the twofirms.

At the end of day's tradingon April 22, Bell Atlantic stockwas trading up 2 1/4, closing at67 1/4 on volume of 1,583,400shares.

However, shares of NYNEXclosed down 2 1/2 po i nts to 501/2 on volume of 3,012,800shares.

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"With Revenuerising 7.5%, earn-ings were hurt bythe 30%-50% pricedrop of DRAMs."

lower than an ticipated sales willeventually impact the earnings.Therefore, ifdemand does not pickup, there will be the risk that plantexpansions being delayed or de-ferred.

It is hard to see the semicon-ductor and related stocks out per- 'forming the market over the nearfuture.

has fallen to second in sub-scriber base. WhileCompuServe has more than 4.5million subscribers worldwide,the Vienna, Virginia-basedAmerica Online has more than

. five million subscribers.Perhaps not coincidentally,

the "look and feel" of theCompuServe Information Man-ager, the user interface programused to access CIS, has recentlytaken on an appearance similarto that ofAmerica Online. Also,C.E.O. Massey has a monthly"Greetings from Bob Massey"message to subscribers, focus-ing on the current and futurestatus of the service, that is veryequivalent to a similar vehicleof communication used byAmerica Online C.E.O. Case forthe past three years.

In March, CompuServelaunched a new online servicecalled WOW! The new service,target marketed as a family-ori-ented consumer service, that al-lows parents to better controlwhat their children access viacyberspace.

A WOW! account can allowup to six individuals to registerto one account. It also allowsparents to screen theirchildren's' incoming E-mail and

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the first time in five years. Nev- sive growth of the semiconduc-ertheless, the surging world tor market, which is also goingwide sales of microprocessor to benefit the equipment com-might offset this slump in the panies. However, even thoughU. S. market. This trend has this plant is very large, it isbenefited the Intel Corpora- still only a small part of thetion, the dominant semiconduc-overall semiconductor indus-tor supplier. try expansion plan.

In February, Intel reported Overall, it appears that com-that its book-to-bill ratio was ',. puter demand is still strong, itabove 1.00. It is believed that . just isn't as strong as compa-the decline in memory chip nies expected it to be. Whileprice benefited Intel by leading Intel should be fairly immuneto lower PC prices. to price cutting because there

On April 12, Bloomberg re- essentially are no competitors,ported that TexasInstruments' first quarter netincome fell 29 percent, morethan what Wall Street had ex-pected. With revenue rising 7.5Percent, earnings were hurt bythe 30 percent-50 percent pricedrop of DRAMs (Dynamic Ran-dom- Access memory Chips),

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In ternet-related firms, such asNetscape Communicationsarid Yahoo!.

"The move was made tomaximize shareholder value,"H&R. Block president andC.E.O. Richard H. Brown said.It is believed that by separatingboth companies, it. will allowboth firms to become more ag-gressive in the pursuit ofgrowthopportuni ties in their respec-tive industries and markets.Brown stated that the move "willcontribute to the continued long-term success of both companies."

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Due to the aggressive mar-keting strategy of their majormarket rival in the online ser-vice industry, America Online,Iric., led by their C.E.O. SteveCase, CompuServe, the firstmajor consumer online service,

The Unfailing and Uncertain Industry:With the shifty PC demand, semiconductor's leadingindicator plunged to a new low

Industry Outlook

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Compuserve:A Firm In Transition

The ~Veu.: Yorh Times re-portedt hat the s e m ican d u ct a I'industry's leading indicator.Book-to Bill ratio. plunged to anew fiv e year low in Ma rc h. InJanuary. this ratio fell belowt he b rea k -e '" e n poi n t 0 fLO 0 for

By Sonni CoxCompuServe Incorpo-

rated, the consumer online com-puter service and Internet ser-vice provider, is a firm in tran-sition, The company, foundedin 1969 as a computer timeshar-ing company, is seeking to es-tablish an independent identityfrom its parent company, H&R.Block, Irrc., the financial ser-vices company, prominentlyknown for their tax preparationdivision.

On April 19, the Columbus,Ohio-based CompuServe ex-ecuted their long-awaited ini-tial public offering of approxi-mately 209C of their stock. Theremaining 809C will be spun offby H&R. Block via a tax-freespin-off or split-off in the com-ing 12 months (subject to IRSapproval). The company, whichis trading on the over-the-counter NASDAQ stock ex-change under the ticker symbolCSRV, debuted at $30/shareand closed its first day of trad-ing at $33/share, a 100/, increase.The stock was the second mostactive stock on the NASDAQFriday, with its 14,115,000shares traded trailing onlyPlanet Hollywood, the otherhot IPO of the day. This firstday gain was substantially lessthan gains enjoyed by other

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disables the chat option for chil-dren. The WOW! service willalso allow a subscriber to ac-quire any other subscriber's realname as stored in the WOW!database. A great complaintmade against existing onlineservices is their subscribershaving the option of concealingtheir real identity to others,thus increasing the risk of ex-posure of children to individu-als who exploit children.

WOW!, which will provideproprietary (exclusive, copy-righted) content from Sports IL-lustrated For Kids and NationalGeographic, will also provide di-rect access to the Internet. Allof this will be priced at a flatrate of .$17.95 per month,thereby making it the firstonline service to combine pro-prietary content and Internetaccess for a flat monthly fee. Amajor complaint about theonline services is that they are'too expensive. 20 hours ofmonthly usage (less than onehour per day) on America Onlineor CIS will cost the subscribermore than $50.

WOW! is available for theWindows 95 operating system,with a Macintosh user interfaceto be made available in the fallcii-thfs-year:" '-"

CompuServe also providesa stand alone Internet Accessservice called SPRYNET, whichthey acquired in April of 1995.SPRYNET was acquired as ahedge against the concern thatthe proprietary online servicemarket was fading in favor ofdirect Internet access.

Moreover, CompuServe hasentered into business relation-ships with Netscape and AT&T,to strengthen their Internetpresence. CompuServe will bedistributing the popularNetscape Navigator client soft-ware web browser to CIS andS~RYNET users at no addi-tional charge. Netscape will alsouse SPRYNET as its Internetaccess provider in addition toits other access options.CompuServe will provide cus-tomers ofAT&T's new WorldNetService access to the resourcesof CIS at reduced prices. AT&Tin turn will provide CompuServeaccess to its growing numbersofWorldNet subscribers and willemploy their marketing muscleto feature and promote

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A Closer LookAt The Gold Standard

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also appreciated. condi tions. Bayoumi andBut Tamin Bayoumi and Barry Eichengreen also believed that the

tral banks held $32 billion, all Eichengreen argued that the shift from fixed to floating wasclaims against U.S. gold reserves. change in volatility of prices and associated with a gradual increaseByAugust 1971, U.S. gold reserves . output following the shift to float- in positive demand. The greaterhad fallen below $10 billion. So ing rates from fixed rates of ex- the·differences in prices,and theafter years of gold outflow and. changedidnotappeartohavebeen lesser volatility of output duringfearing the loss ofwhat remained, associated with differences in ag- the subsequent period of floatingthe U.s. ended all redemption of gregate-supplyand aggregate-de- seem unlikely to reflect thediffer-dollars for gold. This marked total mand. Rather, under fixed rates; ences in prices and exchange rates.abandonment ofthe gold standard. monetary-policyhad to be adjUsted Under fixed rates, monetary

The 1970's saw great worldwide to stabilize the exchange rate, and policy had to be adjusted to stabi-inflation, brought jnpart by the flattening the demand lize the exchange rate, flattening1973 and 1979 OPEC-oil price in- curve,therefore, increasing the' the AD curve and increasing out-creases. Gold perfornied ita "store output response to aggregate sup- put and reducing the price reac-ofvalue" role as it soared from the ply. ·tiori'to supply.'

Following the shift to floating, .' '.c.In conclusion, both the fixedmonetary policy was freed, thereby exchange rate system and therequiringlessgovernment interven- floating exchange rate system hastion. This led to the steepening of their shortcomings. For example,the demand curve and increasing although the fixed exchange rateprice volatility relative to output system corrected trade imbal-volatility (Bayoumi Tamin, ances, its most important short-

19G8 free market high of $42 to Eichengreen Barry, Economics coming was its negative impact on$850 per ounce in 1980, a 2024% Journal, July 1994, pg. 813-827). the country that suffered gold out-increase in value. They also concluded that more than flows.

The smaller the gold advances two decades after the transition If a country was in a deficit,in DM and' yen hinted at the from fixed to flexible exchangerates, the country's economy would gometal's price troubles today. From there is no relationship to the con- through deflationary shocks. ·In1968 to 1980, the dollarfell..,5G% sequences of the shift. addition, under the fixed exchangeagainst the DM .and -35% against The fixed exchange rates al- rate system, the role of monetarythe yen. Because throughout the lowed countries to stabilize rela- policy was very complicated, and1970's, the United States contin- tive growth rates between one an- less-effective.ued to pump dollars into the world other at the .expense-ofthe rela-· ,.Under the floating exchangemarket (Deficit spending-an easy tive inflation rates. This would be rate system, the unit of currencymonetary policy and' 'oil import the case if countries experienced is subject to exchange rate insta-payments). This continued the different shocks but, were re- bility. For instance, individualssame excess Dollar supply that stricted under fixed rates .in the andfmancial institutions doingforced the U.S. from the gold 'stan- ;. policies that.might be.used to off- bustnees interna:tionally mightdarci.\ " set"theU\t . .- - :* «, . ~,,' ha~~1.iuy a fofw~ contract to

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The society for Human ResourceManagement, which is affiliated with theNational Organization, provides HumanResource majors, and other interested stu-dents, with the opportunity to interact withfaculty and professional practitioners inthe Human Resource and other BusinessManagement areas.

Professionals come in and give ad-vice in areas such as resume writing, cri-tiquing, and interviews, and also, giving in-sight into what prospective employers arelooking for in job applications.

An important benefit of SHRM mem-bership is the ability to regularly networkwith professionals, giving students themuch needed contacts for entering thetough job market.

The S.H.R.M. meets on Thursdaysduring club hour, at 360 PAS, Room 1816.

THE SOCIE'IYFOR HUMAN RESOURCEMANAGEMENT·(S.H.R.M.)

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CHINESECHRISTIAN

FELLOWSHIPChinese Christian Fellowship believes that

there is only one True G-d, the G-d of Israel. Webelieve in the infinitely perfect, sovereign, eternal

, ;'l¥inity of the Father, Son and Holy Spirit. We alsobelieve that Jesus Christ was sent from Heaven toEarth to serve as a sacrifice on the cross for oursins. Believingand livingby G-d's commandments

::, 'will brmg5a1vaiiOn~ ···He· Will. ietlirri' to, ~earth to es-tablishHis kingdom ofrighteousness and peace. Weare here to spread the Gospel to the campus ofBaruch College with an emphasis on theChinese(American and overseas born) students.

We meet every Thursday at 12:25-2:3Opm

Golden Key National Honor Society is an in-ternational academic organization committed torecognizing and encouraging scholastic achieve-ment. The 235 chapters around the country and inAustralia are also active in community services ona national and local level. 'Ib become a memberstudents must have completed. at least 61 credits,minimum 28 completed atBaroch, and attaina GPAof3.25 orhigher. The programsand activities oftheBaruch College Chapter are open to all students.

The officers of the chapter can be contactedthrough the Dean ofStudents Office,360 PAS, Room1702, (212)802-6820. The general meetings of thechapter are scheduled' for May 9 at 12:45 in Room1814, 360PAS andMay 10 at 5:45pm, location'IBA

Scheduled Events:(not all are listed due topage constraints. Contact Golden Key for more in-formation).

ACibpt,a school, where studentsvolunteer onweekly basis as teacher's assistants at PS 2. Callcoordinator Kim Villanueva at (516)231-1670.

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continue to listen and will besensitive to any other problemsthat may develop in the future.It is my hope that I can uniteall of the students to work to-gether toward our commongoals and concerns.

I will continue to press ourcollective voices to our electedofficials. They must be made tounderstand that we will nolonger toler-ate increasesin our tuitionand the can-cellation ofclasses. I ex-plained tothem that it isjust not fair tohave many ofour studen tswork two jobsto payofftheir tuition.ENOUGH ISENOUGH!

I havebegun tomake theprogress thathas 'to bemade. I amvery hopeful

paying a student activity fee.I would as Treasurer defi-

nitely disallow any corruption,and incompetence of any mem-ber of the Student Governmentand believe me, I do have a bigmouth.

Services would be publi-cized so that the social circlesof Student Government itselfwould not only thrive on them.

There is a need for a refor-mation with the Student Gov-ernment we have currently. Iam sick of seeing people beingtalked down to and people withpower overwhelming them-selves with it.

DSSG needs a reformationtotally. New people with newfaces and a new voice that rep-resents the "common studentbody" who are active in the Stu-dent Center. When currentmembers of the Student Gov-ernment are running for lead-ership positions, don't you askyourself "wow, what have theydone currently, since they arein office already?" Is the posi-tion their only incentive to dogood for t hi s college. Come on.It's easy to see...you can't teachan old dog new tricks ... thinkabout it.

INDEPENDENT CANDIDATE

hand experience to what stu-dents want and need being amember and a leader of differ-ent organizations, I know manystudents that are running forgovernment have these greatplatforms with intriguing prom-ises. I can only promise thatwith your help and suggestions,I can help this school be the bestplace to acquire an education aswell as an atmosphere of socialfulfillment. Many students whoare currently running are on apower trip, and being that I aman ordinary active person in theStudent Center, I hope you be-lieve I would be the best choice.

My goals when I get intooffice would be to actively in-volve the whole school with dif-ferent issues of concern by ac-tually having a voice to letpeople know that there is a Stu-dent Government concernedwith their individual needs.I've heard some people say thatthey don't even know that thereis a student government.Doesn't that puzzle you?

Many students resent pay-ing activi ty fees. I want tomake the Student Center aplace where people would wantto get involved' in. Therefore,the students would not resent

These are items that myfellow students have told meare important to them. I will

• Stopping the DraconianBudget Cuts

• Restoring financial aid• Increasing student repre

sentation• Improving the Career

Services Department• Strengthening the Asian,

Black, and Hispanic Stud-ies Departments

• Increasing voterregistration, voter turnout, and US Citizenship

• Alleviating the elevatorproblem by increasingtime intervals betweenclasses

• Fighting for a price reduction in the bookstore

• Improving tutorialservices

• Improving the Day CareCenter

If elected, I will work ashard as it takes to make our col-lective voices heard, and will useall of my energy to improve all as-pects of student life at Baruch. Iam very committed to:

]O>AV][]O> ]Kl[NZlE]L]B]E]Rt(Gr~ lP>]RtlE§][]O>]E'NlfUNITY PARTY CANDIDATE

My name is DavidKinzelberg and I am running forDay Session Student Govern-ment President under the UnityParty.

I am currently an UpperCouncilman for the Day Sessionstudent Government and I amthe Chairperson of the Public Re-lations Committee. My respon-sibilities range from creating theDay Session Student Govern-ment Newsletters to handling theproblems and concerns of the stu-dents with the use of the sugges-tion boxes. I also arrange theFreshman Orientation classes sothat the Freshman at BaruchCollege can get involved in schoolactivities.

I am extremely active whenit comes to fighting for studentrights. I have gone to Albany onnumerous occasions to lobby ourAssemblyman, Assemblywoman,and Senators. I take pride in par-ticipating in rallies backed by theStudent Government and clubs.As an Upper Councilman, I usedmy position to help the many fac-tions raise their voices and beheard. I have in the past and willcontinue to help my fellow stu-dents stand up for their rights.

I have been President andTreasurer of The Italian Soci-ety, While at the Italian Soci-ety I have increased member-ship by 1'00%, I am currentlyan active member of the Ameri-can Marketing Association andPRIDE. I have also helped raisemoney with AMA for BreastCancer Prevention, hosted aDate Auction for charity, par-t i c i p ate d in PRIDEs fashionshow to raise money for His-panic Week, received an awardwith AMA for outstanding col-legiate association in the-east-ern coast, and have interactedactively with the current DSSG.

I feel that I have an out-standing ability to handle mon-etary transactions that existwithin this college (being thatI was Treasurer and Presidentof The Ita li an Society). Also, byparticipating actively withinthe. Student Activity Center Ihave a feel for what students,like myself, need and want froma student government. I feelthat in order to do a job right,it is necessary to know whomexactly you are doing that jobfor. I want to help not only mypeers, but also my friends, bybeing an active member in thegovernmen t. I feel I have first

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While being a member ofD.S.S.G., I gained the experienceand skills a leader needs for his/her organization's growth and de-velopment. I became aware ofboth the government's financialand political system, which en-couraged me to run for the posi-tion of Executive Treasurer of theDay Session Student Govern-ment. Therefore, as the mostqualified person for the position,I ask for your trust in voting forme in the upcoming elections.

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Hi! I am Yojna Verma. danced again for the Indian In-Some of you might know me if ternational Club in the Asianyou have ever dealt with the Week of 1995. At this point, IFinance Committee of the Day became exposed to the center ofSession Student Government. I all the clubs/organizationsam the current Chair of that which is the Day Session Stu-committee. For the academic dent Government. My curiosity'year 1996-97, I am running for about its functionthe position of Treasurer of the lead me to join theDay Session Student Govern- team. I got electedment. Here is some more infor- as a lowermation about me, which I think councilmemberwill aid you in your decision to and became thevote for me in the coming elec- Chair of the Fi-tion. nance committee.

I am an Accounting major I also decided toand a Junior at- Baruch College. join the CampusI have been involved with a lot Affairs Committeeof activities that might help you which plans,in making an appropriate choice implemen ts, andwhen voting. ensures qu a li t y

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Lexis/Nexis is a compre-hensive information service thatexpedites research at the speed oflight via. computers, available toBaruch students free-of-charge.Think of LexisINexis as your su-per-librarian with access to manylibraries. By entering key wordsyou instruct the librarian to lookthrough zillions ofbits ofelectronicdata, in a number of libraries, allover the globe and flash on a moni-tor material relevant to your re-search. Next, you record the in-formation onto a disk and you haveachieved within minutes what acouple of decades ago would havebeen considered a miracle.

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d N· zhti I blue b along with Bob Marley, and Jerryen ary rg mga es ues ~r Garcia, whose influence on GSWthat gave us Blues Traveler, Spin . f It th h t th Ib. IS e roug ou e a urn.Doctors, and Joan Osborne, comes H lik I id it' th tGodS W · Whil h h owever, 1 e sal, 1 s atreet me. I et ey ave dd . f t 1 th t th. 0 mIX 0 s y es a can rowall the traits that make a great th 1· t "I'hi GSW thb d s: h as orizi li e IS ener. IS IS as eyan lor me, sue as origma ity, II t t b d I h trea y wan 0 e an ave 0groove, and melody, GSWs first t th t GSW 1 drespec a . were re easealbum for Mercury records en- ff d d d. I d "R d "1 . h . d from Ge en Records an recor e

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previous CD for Geffen has a co- s ibl this is hat they have beenh . he musi h "R d" 1 y, W. eSIvenes~ to t e mUSIC t at ~ wanting to do all along. Says Lo~ust doesn t have;, The va~,tmajor- Faber in the press release "It wasity of songs on $1.99... are all the first time in our whole careerdosed with that southern-blues- that the band had a collective senserock sound, reminiscent of bands of anger and frustration that we

.like Lynrrd/Skynyrd and The God Street Wine, formerly on Geffen Records, releases their new needed to vent. We were forced toBand., It s not to say that GSW album on the Mercury label. question everything: our talent,doesn t serve up some of the same ourcareer our existence as a band.

"R d" F th huffie of"G t songwriter chronicles' his dealing ,on e . rom e s e It didn't matter who heard it if iton the Train," to the funk-rock if with the world on "Get On the Train," very much and whom he's going to became a hit if we got another"ru4 real?" to "Don't Tell God" and relationships on "ru4 real/[", ride with off into the sunset. "So ' .. , record deal or if we ever touredGSWdl·shes 'em ou t good 'n ' plen ty "Which Way Will She Go?", and "Girl many years we've been waiting! ,_. again. We just wanted to make a~ th S d t th on Fire." However all seems to turn F the 1 I . ht t dI S'n.ow~ver ese u~ ,ay a e or IS one y mg 0 en 0 good album." I tip my hat to FaberBaptist church ~ul n roll tunes out well f()l,:.Fab~.r.in th~.ep.,d.b~~~~~~ manytears we've been crying/Stop. and GSW, they accomplished ex-:~re thro~ against s.ome odd, .al- h h ffl f lying my only friend." The lyries actly what they set out for. While;;:~~hs~ Eh~~h§.tLs_S~"l!.X:~lngpop like "From t e sue 0 goon to say, ''We'll go out and play I feel this isn't their best work, itis

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Artist:' BahamadiaAlbum: KOllageLabel: EMI/Chrysalis

There are very few female MCand most are not very good.' Thigives rise to the idea that only meshould Me. If there was a trulskilled female Me, she would havthe power and lyrical skill of hemale counterparts and still maintain her femininity in her voicecontent, and style. Bahamadia ijust that.. Her production ereincludes DJ Premier, Guru, DBeatminerz, N.D. Joe, Ski, and thRoots. Each one ofthem brings aua different side ofBahamadia. AIthough the album seems to be toshort, there is clearly a completcollage of topics, flows, and wordplay. On "UNKNOWHOWWEDU,'"Spontaneity," and "Rugged Ruffthere are varying freestyle flowsfrom fast to slow, that bringout heunique style of wording ansmooth, choppy deliveryBahamadia has a natural ability twork with the track she is givenWith DJ Premier, her voice seemto crackle along with the crunchbreakbeats. Guru brings out he"poetry spotlight at the Nuyoricacafe" style with hisjazzy horns anbe-bop drums. N.O. Joe's marcommercial vibe highlights hewarm lyrics about the beautifubond between woman and childDa Beatminerz,. on the other handbring out her midnight ciphefreestyles while Ski draws out heparty flavor., This "Kollage" .is aextremely well put together albuthat shows female MCs did nocome from the womb of the malMC.

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a sampled loop of the low point 0a Squeeze album.

On the plus side, the advancopydoes come withacoloringbooofthe self-designated heroes andfour-pack of Crayolas. If youlucky enough to get a hold of thipackage, and the uneventful 800of the bands humble beginnin(which read like a kindergarte"Tell us about your family" assignment) does not excite you, you caalways put on the disc and colothem interestingly.

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Artist: Little JohnAlbum: DerailerLabel: EMI

First, I must confess that Bos-ton based Little John's debut al-burn did derail me every time. Imade several genuine attempts tolisten through the entire disc, butfound myself in the grip ofan anxi-ety attack each time. I found thatthe band borrowsthe elements fromother band's styles that remind mewhy I might question myjudgmentfor otherwise liking the music ofsaid bands. Lyrically, they are aTheyMightbeGiants for the prozacaudience. The Songs range fromthe want-to-be clever arrogance of"Derailer" ("I'm a Derailer/ Didn'tmean to derail her'') to the self-conscious indulgence of "Shoelace"("And I'mhanging.by a shoelace/ Idon't wanna deal with this place/ Itry to run from things I can't face/But I'm tripping onmy shoelace").The latter works at J. Mascis (ofDinosaurJr. fame) style emotionaldespair, but comes off more .like aWeird AI Yankovic rendition. Insongs, such as "Scared, " the banddisplays theirknack for repetitiousharmonywith lines that sound like

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That stereotype she equates re- book full ofpoems styled after theligion, another subject she takes lyrics she uses on this album. Theaim at on tracks like "Neu: Reli- poems that she "sings" on thisgion, "and the spoken word track album are raw, and really funny''Why.'' ''Why'' struck me as re- when they aren't being silly. Un-ally silly because she tells of fortunately I can't reprint any ofhow Buddha looked up at the them here because they are full ofsky, wondered who created it, four letter words, so much so thatand said, "I don't know." Arena this album won't be getting anythen says reflectively "I don't airplay, anytime soon, because itknow/I think that's a cool an- won't pass FCC censors. But it isswer." Can't you just picture that very quality of the poems,Beavis and Butt-Head in the that constant in-your-face, "I hatebackground, "Heh-heh...yeah this, I hate that," combined withBuddha rules." god awful music that makes this

I also don't get her stance on CD impossible to stomach. It'ssex. She is a self described that typical, apathetic, Genera-"multi-orgasmic, she-goddess, tion X attitude that she embracesbitch," she likes to masturbate, that I can't stand. Here's somebut she hates men, and she advice Amy: Life sucks, shut upblasts homosexuals on another and deal with it.spoken word track "Perverts." Luckily for all of us Amy

-Amy face up, if you don.~ ,like " ,Arena is ana little label, andhersex and you don't like men, why album wont be getting any .air-are you naked on the cover of play. However a then little knownthe album? A little "sex sells" band named Nirvana started outgimmick perhaps?, Sorry but I on a little label called Sub-Popdon't buy that, "I'm barring my and look what happened. Hope-soul," line. fully history will not repeat itself.

Amy Arena makes a better -Anthony Gregorypoet than she does a singer/songwriter. I'd probably respect hera little more if she just wrote a

style, vocal power, good enuncia-tion and most of all-metaphori-cal wordplay. Their use of meta-phors range from short referencesto their supernatural abilities totheir trials and tribulationsthrough Brooklyn as players inthe Monopoly board game on '~dvance To Boardwalk. n They canalso freestyle and tell stories withequal proficiency. This ensuresthat extra concentration to deci-pher their lyrics is worthwhile.Their true talent, however, comesin relatingthe essence ofBrooklynto their audience. Lines like,"Phantasm, CellaDwellas reppingno question/Duck down/onBucktown/when I draw Smif-N-WessunIThese crab MCs/theirtime's up/quoted by O.C~..."-fromPhantasm are just a sample ofhow they represent. ·This album islike listening to an underground'mix tape with its Brooklyn,nightimeessence and sheer lyricaland musical quality. Theonlyhugenegative is that their first under-ground classic, "Land, OfThe Lost, "is absent from this collection.

-Edward Rodriguez

Artist: Cella DwellasAlbum: Realms 'N RealityLabel: RCAILoud

Artist: Amy ArenaAlbum: Amy ArenaLabel: Domo Records

Out of the current glut of"alternative artists," Amy Arenais a standout - she's the worst ofall of them.

On her debut CD for Domorecords, 21-year-old Amy Arena,is your typical Generation X gir1.She's led a hard, dysfunctional,life so far and she want's to tellyou all about it. She bitches andcomplains her way through 12tracks, trashing men, sex, andrel igion to eclectically influ-enced music. This music issometimes samples looped to-gether backed with live instru-ments or the "musicians" delveinto a punk-gram-surf-pop mix.But no matter what the musicis, it just plain sucks. Arenahas no voice, not in the way thatCourtney Love has no voice, it'sjust that she doesn't sing. Arenaeither monotones or talks herway through her "songs."

Speaking of her songs, "Ex-cuse Me," the first song of theself-titled CD is a kiss off to allof the men whose expectationsArena didn't live up to. "Cheese-burger" is about how she wantto stuff a big undercookedham-burger down her thnoat andpuke it all over some "dumbguy." "1 Will Always Love You,"is how she plans to .keep ~...manona-shortl'eash;ilntf"Make LoveroMyself, '!. is exaccly what-she isgoing to be doing until she getsti~:r-~,towards men un-der control.' -"

Don't get me wrong though.I know she's not talking aboutme, and her view of men isn'twhy I'm slamming this CD. Sheis talking about the stereotypeof men . You know the macho, "Iam ruler of the universe," type.

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The underground essence of1995s incomplete without the Cellawellas, consistingofmembers Ugnd Phantasm. With at least sevenongs from their debut album,

'Realms 'N Reality," circulatinghrough mix shows from Stretchnd Bobbito to the E & J Show,hey were heavily anticipated byany underground hip hop fans.he extra songs that round out theest of the album add up to anxpected solid debut. The hiddenactor to their sucess is Nick Wiz.ick produces most of the tracksd he has an exceptional ability"give that power to his snares

hat bring out the fierce, lyricalelivery of Ug and the smooth,lurred delivery of Phantasm.

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Sunset Park is that it is a por-trait ofbeautiful culture born ofpoverty that continues to thrivedespite all the lack of attentionit gets. It is a place where onetruly will see many faults yetthere is a deep love for, thisneighborhood in me. SunsetPark is a place where Latinoculture fights to stay alive. Atrip to Sunset and you will see avery alive and thriving people.I gotta represent the real SUN-SET PARK.

During the day, it is not un-common to see young Boricuasand Dominicans trying to be likethe Roughneck Soldiers with theirmilitary fatigues. It is also com-mon to see Roughneck Soldierstrying their best to be roughnecksin Gunset Park. ,There are alsothe trips to the comer of 48thstreet on 5th avenue to the Musiccenter. Here the latest KennyDope mix tape is bought with re-quests for Doo Wop and DJ Clear.

In retrospect, the beauty of

Edward RodriguezHip-Hop Editorial Bthis may feel that what he isdoing is all good as he is justmaking money. However, thisway of thinking is what keepsus ignorant.

What is Sunset Park?Sunset Park is a Latino

neighborhood in SouthwestBrooklyn. It is below Park Slopeand above Bay Ridge. To get tothe heart of Sunset Park, youtake the N or the R train to '45Street. Once you are there youare a block away from SunsetPark. During the cold months,the "Dungeon"(a building whichhouses a pool and basketballcourt) is the only place for kidsto go have fun for a few hours.Here are where the real Sunsetballplayers play along with theSunset scrubs. Here you'll seeSunset Park All Star jerseysworn as much as Puerto Ricanor Dominican beads.

Outside the park there aremany places to visit. There arethe numerous bodegas, weedspots, sweatshops and churchesall across seventh avenue. How-

ever, a visit down to fifth avenueand more is revealed about thegood, bad and the ugly of Sunset,Park.

During the night, ·one canstroll by the drug capital of Sun-set Park also known as SunsetTerrace on 49th street. However,for real hip hop discussion andthe ever present 'get lifted' cipherone must be at the corner of 47street. With Smo, Premier andCompany one always regains the: 'essence of hip hop and the urge tokeep representing properly.

As far as commercial places,the fact that there are two PaylessShoeSources and two Mini Maxstores lets you know that com-mercial businesses do not ven-ture into Sunset often. However,the real beauty of Sunset Park isthat Latino culture, particularlyPuerto Rican, Dominican andMexican, thrives powerfully.From piraguas to platanos tomerengue/salsa mix tapes on ev-ery other corner, the smells,sounds, tastesand sights ofLatinoculture are vi brant all year round.

"I represent from Sunset soyo let me wreck this ... "

Roughneck Sol-diers - "Everywhere inBrooklyn"

"As a Puerto Rican living hiswhole life in Sunset,' Park,Brooklyn ... "

Sunset Style - March 8,1995

'Sunset Park, you gottarepresent!' This is the sloganof the new movie, "SunsetPark," from TriStar Picturesstarring Rhea Perlman andFredro Starr of Onyx. Thismovie is about a female bas-ketball coach at Sunset ParkHigh and how she coachs abunch ofyoung varsity playersto be their best. The inspira-tion is said to be from a highschool in Brooklyn, yet theydecided to use a different, morecatchy name.

The movie, as all Holly-wood products do, claims that"the names herein are fictitiousand any similarityto the name,

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character or history of any realperson, living or dead, or anyactual even t is entirely coinci-dental and unintentional." Ahuge l i e . The use ofa name thatis catchy for a Hollywood moviereally is not much to get excitedover. However. th is changesv..-hen they try to portray real-1t v.

By representing SunsetPark falsely there becomes an-at her sector of the Latino popu-lation in America misrepre-sented in America. This is aperfect example of how Holly-wood has continually ignoredLatinos and decided to exploitBlack culture. Representingwhere you are from and who youare is not only a central idealbinding hip hop culture butsomething that is part of beingLatino. The movie 'Sunset Park'is representing nothing. Peoplelike Fredro Starr, a rapper whosupposedly represen ts Queens,should understand that misrep-resenting is everything that hiphop isn't. Many of you reading

You Gotta Misrepresent! Rhea Perlman (I.) and Onyx memberFredro Starr in the film, "Sunset Park." "

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Johnson and the Brothers Quay tocreate a new rick video. Sledge-hammer went on to collect almostevery award that year.

Wallace and Gromit: The Best ofAardman Animation; British Pro-.gram includes Oscar-Nominated"ACLOSE BRAVE" and is a compila-tion show which will be releasednationally this spring and sum-mer.

A twisted walk with faithI commend youfor your braveryNow,Are you ready?To be freed ofconceptual slavery.Once you unlock the doorTakejust one step insideThere is no turning backThe old reality left behindThere may be an exitfor those who folloui the chosenpathA reward may await youIfyou're not devoured byYour maze's wrath.There is one road, if followed toperfectionOne road followed wholeone direction.Obstacle, tragic andgrotesque with furyAre expecting youalong this exhaustingjourney.Determination and persistenceWill preserve your existence.Ifyou rely on your own logicYou wont be led astrayListen to your surrounding wallsConcentrate on the words theysay.Search for reason