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 -The Fourth Estate: Editorial
Get Out the Vote
It is much easier to ridicule political organizations
than to think of ways to improve them, and to write off that you vote-intelligently. If you
candidates as worthless than to learn about them and responsibility, you are only contributing
vote intelligently. But what is immediately easier is organization's ills. And whether you believe
also, in the long run, incredibly damaging to the very
the welfare of Polity is vital to every student
people who display this political ignorance and
apathy. A democratic system remains so only if its
constituents gather and analyze information, and
voice their conclusions. When they fail to do this by
not voting, or by voting thoughtlessly, they are merely
letting control of their government and themselves
slide from their grasp.
Polity has great potential to be a truly democratic
organization. If every student attended residential or
commuter college legislature meetings, if every
senator really took into account the wishes of his or
her constituency, if Council members spent more
time in action and less on politics, it would run very
smoothly.But for a variety of reasons-most
importantly, the refusal of almost all students to put
any time or serious thought into their government,
which both places undue strain on the elected
officials, and gives them too free a hand-Polity does
not rdn this way, and when its other problems, such as
its inability to solve many of the grievances of the
undergraduate student body, are added on, the result
is a general low opinion of the organization.
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But the less you like Polity the more important it is
shirk this
to the
it or not,
here. It is because of Polity that there are par-
;ities on campus,
that there are concerts, movies, sports, eunm, and
cultural clubs and that you can read this or any other
campus newspaper.
The Polity officials who you choose in this week's
.election will represent you to the administration,
allocate funds to your organizations and buildings,
decide what activities there will be on campus. It is
therefore imperative, for your sake, that you do not
vote for candidates merely because you like their
posters. Take the time-it isn't too much time,
really-to learn about their experience, objectives
and ideas. Give them your own ideas, also-if you
don't try, you can't complain that they're
unresponsive.
It is fashionable to hate Stony Brook. But when it
comes time to do something about it, very few
students try to improve things. The least students
can do for their school and for themselves is to thake
an interest in their government Because right now,
it's the only thing between us and a barren campus.
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The last issue of the Press, in the article "Students
Evicted: Reisidence Life Reassigns Five
Suitemates," former RHD Debbie Nagels was
referred to as having been dismissed. Director of
Residence Life2Dallas Bluman informs us, However,
ithatMs. Nagel s in fact resigned from the department
We apologize for any inaccuracy.
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 Leg's Condemm Alcohol Policyr
Kelly.D and Cardozo Call For Changes
alhohol conumption in New York attained the minimum NYS drinking ution, or consumption of alcohol ic
by Ron Ostertag
State(NYS). We now proceed to age; Therefore we also support this beverages is limited to certain areas
Two College Legislatures voted to
take our stand on these pertinent proposal and its status as interim such as pubs or multi-purpose meet-
oppose the proposed University Policy
issues of the day: policy. ing rooms (e.g. public lounges, aced-
on Alcoholic Bevarages last Tuesday.
* Whereas the marketing of alco- * Whereas woodgrain alcohol emic buildings, and other public
Having been tabled by the Stony Brook
holic beverages and advertising of may not be sold, distributed, or con- spaces)which require prior registra-
Council two weeks ago, the policies
events where alchohol is served; sumed on campus; Therefore as in- tion and approval by the Director of
were rejected last Tuesday by the Kelly
Therefore we support this proposal formed and responsible members of Student Activities; Therefore we
D College Legislature, claiming that
and its status as interim policy. the university community we whole- oppose this proposal and its current
the policies are "at least in the eyes of
*Whereas alchohol may be sold, heartedly support this proposal and status as interim policy only because
this body, severely flawed." A resolu-
distributed, or consumed on cam- its status as interim policy. dormitory rooms/suites are not spe-
tion was passed opposing a number of
pus only b, individuals who have * Whereas public sale, distrib- cifically excluded from it. We stand
points and vagaries of the policy, and
in favor of a reasonable alternative
the Cardozo College Legislature unan- an
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imously passed a similar resolution
change for alchohol in dormitory
later that same night
rooms/suites.
The Kelly-D resolution, which was
* Whereas prior registration of the
written by Pat Flannery, a sophomore
appropriate competed facilities use
and resident of the building, criticizes
form and approval by the director of
and opposes the adoption of five points
student activities is required for any
of the proposed policy on alcoholic
student-sponsored event at which
bevarages. With each point opposed, alchoholic bevareges are served;
an appropriate alternative is given. Therefore we oppose this proposal
Flannery cited the proposed policy as and its status as interim policy only
"restrictive; although well intentioned,
because dormitory rooms/suites are
but ill-concieved." He added that "I not excluded from it.
can see this is made to shield alcohol *Whereas quantities of alcohol
into a certain place, 'public lounges' for to be served at an event shall be
instance, and there it does not exclude established in advance and in rela-
dorm rooms," through the non-men- tiop to the number of anticipated
tion of dorm rooms. The entire resolu- participants of legal drinking age
tion, which was passed in Kelly with 52 and so noted on the appropriate
votes for, none against, and one abs- facilities use form; Therefore we
tention is as follows: oppose this proposal and its current
status as interim policy only because
no formula has been offered expres-
Resolved whereas we the resid- sive of the relationship of persons
ents of Kelly D after having been who have attained versus persons
informed of Vice-President under the age (iegal)of consumption
Preston's proposals and the Univer- in NYS.
sity's current interim Policy on Al- * Whereas to serve wine/beer at an
choholic Beverages do hereby adopt 0
event where money is collected a
this resolution of position in regards temporary beer/wine permit must
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to the Interim Policy on Alchoholic
0 be obtained from the NYS Liquor
Beverages as brought before the Authority(in Hauppauge)a mini-
Stony Brook Council Therefore =o
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mum of five business days prior to
we reject the policies cognicant of
Sj the event. Authorization for obtain-

the facts that many of the policies ing this permit must be recieved
are, at least in the eyes of the body, from the Director of Student Activ-
severely flawed. These flaws render ities; Therefore as responsible citi-
a slight majority of these policies zens of NYS, and as informed and
vague and open to the wildest inter- responsible members of the Univer-
pretations. These interpretations sity comrunity we stand firm in
may and in all likelihood will be used supporting this proposal and its cur-
to abrogate the rights of those indi- rent status as interim policy.
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viduals who are of the legal age of Pat Flannery speaking at Kelly D Leg meeting, Leg Chair and Gamberg seated (continued on pa(ug
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Athletic Fee Defeated

Trustees to Set Up Control Board for Sports
proposed by Chancellor Clifton Whar- posals. The only one that passed., dir-
NCAA difficulties.
by Al Bosco As the situation currently exists,
particularly the athletic fee. ected the Chancellor to develop and
The SUNY Board of Trustees last ton, but Stony Brook University pays for
Students have paid the great majority present to the Board a resolution to
Tuesday defeated a proposed athletic coach's salaries, and students, through
the costs for intercollegiate sports create, "a campus board of control for
fee that would have taken student of Polity and the activity fee, pay for the
and all the costs for intramural sports the intercollegiate athletic program at
activity fee money away from student rest of the expenses involved with
for the last decade and one-half, ever the State-operated campuses of the
governments (over $150,000 at Stony athletics, including equiptment and
since students gained control of the University."
Brook) and given it to university Supporters of the proposal argued transportation.
student activity fee in the late 1960's.
Administrations. Additionally, the force that the control board was necesssary SASU argued that, in addition to
"I'm very happy they didn't
Board defeated a proposal to create still for ST INY to comply with NCAA guide- removing student control over their
anything on us. I'm happy students
athletic scholarships at SUNY Schools own money, a University controlled
have autonomy over their own student lines that direct that school adminis-
but approved the creation of an athletic athletic fee would probably concen-
activity fee money," said Polity Senior trations must operate their athletics
control board for intercollegiate ath- programs entirely. Opponents argued trate each school's efforts on a small
Representative Danny Wexler.
letics. Susan Wray, the that dozens of schools across the number of highly popular and visible
SASU President
Student government leaders from sports, to the loss of smaller teams and
student member on the Board of Trus- country with student-funded athletic
across the state had been lobbying college intramural programs.
tees, argued against all three pro- programs violate the rules without
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Local Voting Rights Argued With Suffolk
by Joe Caponi
Representatives from NYPIRG,
SASU, and the Graduate Student
Organization met Tuesday with the
Suffolk County Election Board
Commissioners to discuss Stony
Brook resident student voting
rights. While no breakthroughs were
achieved, a number of issues were
clarified on both sides in the con-
tinuing effort for voting rights.
At the same time, the NYPIRG
voter registration drive has already
registered over 2,100 Stony Brook
students to vote, according to
NYPIRG Chapter Chairperson El-
len Browne, and Stony Brook stu-
dents will be taking part today in a
massive one-day voter registration
effort in New York City that is
seeking to register 50,000 new
voters.
On campus voting rights exist in
47 states and a number of counties
in New York State, according to
Neal Rosenstein, NYPIRG project
coordinator, who is working on the
voting rights fight. But in New
York state, college student voting
rights have only been granted recen-
tly in some counties, many of those
only by court order. NYPIRG is in-
volved in several cases statewide for
voting rights, although there is no
case currently pending in Suffolk.
Rosenstein, Graduate Student
Association President David Hill,
and SASU regional organizer Mark
Cantales met Tuesday with William
Canary and Frank Coveney, the Re-
publican and Democratic Election
Commissioners for Suffolk County,
in a one hour meeting. Discussions
ranged from cordial to icy as the
Stony Brook representatives attem-
pted to determine why the two
Commissioners have rejected nearly
every voter registration form sub-
mitted with the Stony Brook cam-
pus listed as a student's permanent
address.
Voting Values
The commissioners insisted, as
was expected, that it is their res-
ponsibility under New York State
Election law to determine who is
and who isn't a full resident of
Suffolk County before allowing
people to vote here, and that Stony
Brook students and college students
generally were not being discrimin-
ated against as a class because near-
ly all of them do not fit the comm-
issioners' qualifications. They
would not be specific on what
those qualifications were, however,
and a county attorney noted that
the commissioners are empowered
by law to consider a number of fac-
tors not mentioned on a voter reg-
istration form in making a decision.
In order to gain that additional
"I know of a large number of
graduate students who went to col-
lege as undergraduates in other
states like Massachusetts, and Cal-
ifornia, that had campus voting -
where people voted in their cafe-
teria - and now they come to
Stony Brook and live on campus
year round without any other res-
idence, and they are denied their
right to register to vote here,"
complained Hill. "Students are hav-
ing their primary residence decided
for them by the Election Commis-
sion, but there are no other classes
of people that have that decided
for them. That's obviously unfair."
Hill added that when he attend-
ed school in California, there were
eight voting precincts literally on
the campus itself. New York State
Law mandates a voting precinct for
every 400 - 800 registered voters.
Cantales added that if voting rights
were approved, the Election Board
would then have to make a number
of voting places on campus at
Stony Brook.
In New York, student on-cam-
pus voting rights have been approv-
ed only when they were mandated
by court order. Students at SUNY
information, the commissioners Purchase and a number of other
have sent out challenge affadavits schools have already won their ri-
to every Stony Brook student who ghts in that manner. While the three
attempted to register from the cam- Stony Brook representatives believe
pus. Rosenstein argued that since that voting rights here and all thr-
residents as a group ough New York State are
only college
were sent challenge affadivts regul- they are concerned that they will
students
arly, that it seemed to be putting not come in time to allow
unlawful to register for the November pres-
merely unnecessary and
the way of one class idential elections. In the event that
difficulties in
rights. While the either commissioner were to change
of citizens' voting
commissioners could not name their mind about the registrations,
any other group of people who are or if some other legal opportunity
routinely sent challenge affadavits were to arise, both SASU and
they defended their actions as legal NYPIRG are prepared to seek an
immediate court injunction, such
nonetheless. as the one that the Purchase stu-
"The mere fact that someone is
dents needed to get, to allow
a student certainly doesn't mean students to vote at Stony Brook
that they are being disenfranchis- in November.
ed," Commissioner Coveney stated.
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On The Road
Bus Service To Improve In Fall ??
advertising train new students..... But permanent
from.7:30 a.m. untill : p.m.; whereas and the service was cut An
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by Naveen Mehrotra will be starting drivers know their routes once and for
the buses were running untill program for the buses,
"The campus bus service should last year, all."
of improvements 1:00 a.m.. There were also twice as shortly, and Francis is hopeful of rais-
experience a number this program, Dell'orfano is concerned about the
Vice President Bob many buses; there was one bus from the ing about $20,000 from
in September..."
to the Hospital, two from the which should help the budget problems safety of the students during late hours,
Francis predicted last summer. Sep- P-lot wants to see more buses on the
Loop to the train station, A proposal for student bus drivers, and
tember has come and gone with no Engineering but states that it is not possible
two commuter buses, and three others which was recommended in the study road,
improvements. The bus situation has, by Har- unless enough people complain. Chris
had local campus routes. of the bus service last spring
instead, become much worse. students, and Fairhall, FSA President, and one of the
Bob Francis, Vice President for riman College Graduate
At this time, there are only four of the Harriman Study, agrees
does not see independently by Polity, has not been authors
buses running on campus; three com- Campus Operations, accepted. "It takes too much time to strongly with Dell'orfano that if stu-
a change in the near future.
muter buses run every five minutes much of train the students," supervisor of the dents want to see improvements in the
to him, they went over their
from South P-Lot and one bus run According said bus service they should write letters to
entire cam- budget these past years, therefore, the bus service Maureen Dell'orfano,
every half-hour serving the "and when they graduate, you have to Bob Francis expressing their concerns.
bus schedule now runs only old schedule is no longer affordable
pus. The

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-Viewpoint
Grey Morning
Socialist Realism In Poland
good food flowed through his veins giving him warmth aproximately eight gallons per month. He stares out
The writeris a politicalscience majorin hisjunioryear. and the strength
he would need for a hard days among the crowd. He lives in the Peoples Republic of
He spent his sophmoreyear in Poland as an exchange work.
Poland, a Socialist country.1with
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*F-iAzplolexiu n
student Everyone was dressed as warmly as possible.They uncertain future.
A cold chill in the air greeted him as he left his waited impatiently for their tram to arrive Some As his tram winds its way through the city, he
apartment that morning for work.He lives in a small bought the daily paper or cigarettes at the local kiosk. glances out the window, watching the city come to life.
but comfortable four room flat which he shares with A few glanced skeptically at the windows hoping to .Already lines are forming outside of certain shops.
his wife, son and his daughter-in-law. The apartment find shampoo available. Women wait in line to buy fresh chickens which they
Was usually warm and cozy;it had seemed especially He lit a cigarette and began to think, to contem- had told might be available today. Huge crowds of
warm today, as he waited for the tram on a cold winter plate about his life. He is content with it although he people stand outside department stores waiting for
morning. The sky was filled with huge dark gray has always struggled to make ends meet He seemed them to open. When the doors open he knows people
clouds which seemed full of sorrow and despair. They unhappy as he gazed into the distance as so many will push and shove to get into that store as quickly as
moved quickly over the treetops across the horizon, other did; their faces void of a smile, their minds lost possible so they could be the first to reach scarce
slipping behind the new housing complex whose pre- in thought. Maybe he was thinking about his child-
items such as towels, underware, or pots and pans.
fabricated, uniform construction added to the gray- hood which is clouded with memories of the Second
His newlywed son was able to purchase many items
ness of the morning.The barren tree branches World War. These live on vividly in his mind and the
such as linens and cookware. These items are normal-
creaked as they wsayed in the icy winds which blew minds of countless others. The Nazi occupation,
ly available only to newly married couples. He
through the streets with a sound of agony, as if it were oppression under Soviet troops which were liberating
thought about his son. How long would it be before he
telling the story of the tradgic history the land his country from Germany's hellish rule. He remem-
would find his own apartment He hoped it would take
below. bers the feelings and sensations which grasped him less than the twenty years the official statictics
The town is Wroctaw, Poland, an industrial city in thorugh that nightmare existance and the hopes
he showed. There are so many questions on his mind.
the south-western area of the country reffered to as had that his country would withstand
this era. The Streets currently under construction came into view.
Lower Silesia. shots of gunfire fill his ears and the sounds of bombs When would they be finished? The repair started over
Although the air was cold it was invigorating to dropping, destroying every building in certian towns,
five years ago.
inhale it, clean and pure, untouched by the smog take him farther into the deepest realms of his
mind. Finally the tram stops at his destination. As he
which would surely accompany the afternoon. He had The sounds of young children weeping, the
smell of passes by the gates of his factory he gazes at the
dressed warmly today and had eaten his typically the concentration camp he was in and the
raping and tablet commemorating Solidarnosc, the free labor
hardy breakfast consisting of tea (purchased yester- deportations to Siberia envelope his
soul. unions which were history now. As usual there were
day when, on his way home from work, he noticed a He remembers his fathers voice telling him about fresh flowers adorning it They lay there in stark
long line of people waiting to some), warm milk soup the essence of Polishness- what it means
to be a Pole, contrast to the riot control forces which pricented
with macaroni, thick slices of natural rye bread, and to endure, fight and retain hope. There
is a bit of greif him from getting too close to that symbol which
butter which, as of yesterday, was a rationed item. in his heart as the moaning sounds
of the tram's rusty embodies the hopes and aspirations of the Polish
Now his wife would have to use it sparingly if she wheels come to a halt. The winding
noise of the doors nation.
wanted to bake one of her delicious cakes made with opening bring his spirit and his consciousness
back to He ignores the huge red sign with white lettering
fresh eggs, poppy seeds, honey, and hand whipped the present. As usual the tram
is crowded. Public that proclaims "We are Working to Build a Better
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frostings. As he waited for his tram to approach, this transportation is cheap and
gasoline is rationed to Future That Future is Socialism."

Alcohol Policies Protested

(continued from page 3 )
* Whereas hard liquor can be serv-
ed only by the university food serv-
ices at events for which money is
collected. Arrangements for this ser-
vice must be made at least three
weeks in advance; Therefore we
oppose this proposal and its current
status as interim policy.We oppose
on the following grounds:
1)Hard liquor is not defined by this
policy.
2)The policy does not take a position
towards "mixed drinks."
3)The policy bestows upon the
university food services a mono-
poly.
4)The policy is too vague in its ter-
minology "at events for which mo-
ney is collected."
5)The policy does not set prohibi-
tions and/or grant liberties to the
distribution and/or consumption of
hard liquor and/or "mixed drinks"
within the dormitory rooms/suites.
*Whereas food and non alcohol-
ic beverages must be provided and/
or available in sfficient quantities
commensurate with the manner in
which alchoholic beverages are a-
vailable.; Therefore we oppose this
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*Whereas major events involving
David Gamberg, student member of College Legislatures passing such
alchohol in the residence halls will
the Stony Brook Council hoped that resolutions in order to "sway the Coun-
be permitted in accordance with
the passage of this resolution would cil's, and hopefully Administration's
policy established by the Division of
lead to similar actions by other view on this policy." Gamberg added
Residence Life; Therefore we firmly
colleges, as it would later that night in that "the vote on these proposed
oppose the concept of the division
Cardozo, all across campus. The reso- policies could come up at the next
for Residence Life having any role in
lution brought forth in the Cardozo Council meeting on October 25th,"
the formulation of policy except in
College Leg was the idea of its building although with enough college resolu-
an advisory role. We therefore re-
senator, who had earlier that evening tions opposing it he thought that it
quest that the Vice President for
attended the Kelly meeting. Andy Koff, could surely wait until the November
Student Affairs and a committee of
former Vice President of Polity, em- 27th meeting, and then perhaps have a
the following composition decide
phasized the importance of other better chance of not passing.
this policy:
Vice President for Student
Affairs-chair
One member from each quad
One memer from the R.H.A.
One member from polity
One member from ihe G.S.O.
One faculty member
The Stony Brook
* Whereas standard alcohol
proofing procedures(e.g. through
the use of student I.D. cards)shall
be required at all student sponsored
campus events where alchoholic
Press publishes
beverages are available; Therefore
we staunchly support this proposal
and its status as interim policy.

* Whereas we cannot endorse this

letters and view-
proposal and its current status as general policy as written; Therefore
interim policy because no formula we feel it is infringent upon our civil
has been offered in regard to what is
sufficient quantity of non-alchoholic
beverages and food in comparison to
rights and our rights as members of
the university community.
* Resolved this second day of
points weekly.
alchoholic beverages available. October, 1984.
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THE 1984-85 QUALITY OF CAMPUS LIFE
AWARD COMPETITION

I AWARDS: Two $500. awards will be made - one to an

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undergraduate student; one to a graduate student. There will also be
a $150. award for the runner up category.

II CRITERIA: Applicants must be enrolled students who were

instrumental in initiating a project which made a significant con-
tribution to the enrichment or improvement of campus life. The
pjroject should have the potential for continuation.

III ELIGIBILITY: All current undergraduate and graduate

students are eligible to apply for the award.

IV APPLICATION PROCEDURE: For further information

and an application, call or write Susan Bernstein, Executive Di-
rector, Faculty Student Association, (516) 246-7102.

Send Application to:

Professor M.L Shakun, Chairperson
Quality of Campus Life Award Committee
Faculty Student Association
Stony Brook Union
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October
Events
Oct. 5
Last day to register for November elections.
For information, call NYPIRG at 6-7702 "

Oct 6
WUSB Alternative Presidential Convention '84
10:00 am - 10:00 pm
Union Auditorium. Free Tickets at Box Office

Oct 8- 14
Alcohol Awareness Week
From Bitter to Better: every day, Stage XII
6-7143 or 6-8689, leave message for Jerry

Oct 10
Stony Brook Annual Blood Drive
" 10:00am to 7:30pm, Gym

Oct 16
University Distinguished Lecture Series
Dr. Mary Francis Berry
Commissioner, US Civil Rights Commission
The Future of Civil Rights in the United States
8:00pm Fine Arts Center Recital Hall

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 RUNOFF POLITY
ELECTIONS
FOR
VICE PRESIDENT
TREASURER
ON
Thursday, Octoder 4
Residents
Vote by: College Office
10 am--8 pm
Commuters
Vote by:
H.S.C. Bookstore 10 am-5pm
Union Lobby 10am-8pm
South P Lot 8am-1 1am
Engineering Loop 8am-11am
Library (in front of periodicals) 10am-8i :)m
ILecture 10am-5pm
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by Malcolm Murphy
Most people are addicted to some-
thing. Coffee, cigarettes, sex, or some
kind of drug. Addictions have the
potential to be expensive. Especially
when you're hooked on vinyl, like I am.
When I had a good job and was making
good money it was easy to spend $50 a
week on records.
The reason I bring this up is that it's
that time of year again. Yep, the begin-
ming of October brings with it the pre-
Christmas rush. Nearly all your favorite
artists will be releasing a record bet-
ween now and Halloween, if one hasn't
been out a week or two already.
The front page of Billboard this week
has the following headline: "Labels
Load Big Guns For Chrismas Salvo." It'
goes on to mention the expected re-
The Finger
upsurge in the record business, thanks
to Mr. Jackson and a Prince, means a
lot more bands are getting signed and
putting out LPs too. This leaves a vinyl
junkie like me foaming at the mouth
everytime I go near a record store.
I mean I just have to have the new U2,
Let's Active, Los Lobos, XTC, Muta-
baruku, Pat Metheny, UB40, and dB's
records. The problem, besides buying
these and others at 6 or 7 bucks a crack,
is finding the time to listen to them all I
have records from the summer still in
the wrapper. I guess I'll cut out listen-
ing to the radio. They just play the same
trash over and over again anyway.
leases of albums by Paul McCartney, How come the only concerts at this
Culture Club, Madonna, Pat Benatar, University are held in the gym? I'm sure
and Steve Miller. Not that Fm really there are lots of artists and bands that
excited by any of this, but the recent can't sell out the gym, but would love tor
play here. A few years ago bands like"
Billy Idol, The B-52's and Talking
Heads played in the Union Auditorium.
Are production costs that much more
expensive? Or is the concert board just
too lazy and unadventurous? This a
large community -surely there is a
potential audience for smaller acts.
Since all students subsidize the con-
certs, all types of music should be
presented, not just the more popular
artists that happen to be passing through.
I would be interested in what the stu-
dents feel about this. Just possibly you
don't care, as usual If you do, on the
other hand, call the Student Activities
Board 246-7085 and complain and
make a suggestion or two. I say if they
can't do any better than Frank Zappa
(again!) they just aren't trying.

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talking around it, yet most of the time their most deadly weapon.
there writing style gets to the point and
matches their tunes and beats.
Some people may be scared off by
As long as they can make
the 77s because a few times on the her fall in love.
album they get downright religious.
But, they don't use it to pounce on their
listeners or to place themselves above
the fray. Instead, they use it as the
'solid ground' from which they ruthles-
sly look at themselves, interpersonal
relationships and the modern world.
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Lou Reed
by Paul Yeats
Lou Reed launched his band into a
rousing set of electrity in the gym two
Friday evenings ago. The Stony Brook
show was the first of Reed's tour be-
hind his latest release New Sensations
and mixed many cuts from the album
with a generous portion of older Reed
standards. His band, especially lead
guitarist Robert Quine, played a (pot-
holed, city-street-rough) back-up that
maintained Reed's essential unpolish-
ed sound.
Opening with a rushed "Sweet Jane,"
Reed appeared nervous, unsure and
just plain awkward. He loosened up,
but looked a bit uncomfortable through
the evening. The song selection was
basically a greatest hits package. Again,
there wasn't any structure involved.
This random approach didn't subtract
from the show's worth, but a more
coherent selection would've been nice.
Although New Sensations has a
focused subject, the show did not. Most
of the songs on the album contain the
same motif- the notion of action, the unsuspected plaices - a hillbilly bar, a
idea of doing something, anything, as a motorcycle, evein the weath<er all offer a
means to achieving an individual iden- much needed st lot of freshrness.
tity. "New Sensations," performed The identity of the man is found in
virtually note-for-note, features a per- his actions and their effec ts; but the
son inclined to seek out newer sensa- very actions can i serve this purpose by
tions that may lead to a fuller and more themselves. In "Doing T "he Things
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1.Aztec Camera - Knife LP
2.Rickie Lee Jones - The Magazine LP
3.The Swimming Pool Q's - LP
4.Pat Metheny Group - First Circle LP
5.Summers and Fripp - Bewitched LP
6.Everly Brothers - EB' 84 LP
7.Jamaladeen Tacuma - Renaissance Man LP
8.Black Uhuru - Anthem LP
9.The dB's - Like This LP
10.Nash the Slash - American Bandages LP
11 .Tom Verlaine - Cover LP
12.Let's Active - Cypress LP
13.King Sunny Ade - Aura LP
14.Afrika Bambaataa & James Brown - Unity 12"
15.Wynton Marsalis - Hot House Flowers LP
16.The Del Fuegos - The Longest Day LP
17.The Red Hot Chili Peppers - LP
18.Heaven 17 - Sunset Now 12"
19.Red Rockers - Schizophrenic Circus LP
20.Juluka - Stand Your Ground LP
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Live at Stony Brook
Travis Bickle, and here's to Johnny
boy" salutes two movie characters (from
Martin Scorsese's Taxi Driver and
Mean Streets, respectively) whose
moral-ethical positions are certainly
questionable, but whose propensity for
action is not. If nothing else, Travis and
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'he 77s Look Inward
by Bob Longman
)mewhere deep in the dark recesses
iat vast artistic vacuum k nown as
fornia, somewhere past ti he drifts
>uff, and a right turn after the five
iredth plastic home with a built in
and jacuzzi ... somewher e in that
of the living dead, a four-nm ian band
its helpers struggle to turn out the
dden fruit -- a record of sulbstance.
he group is the 77s, and th e record
I FallDown, on Exit recor ds. They
:he feature group of a tightt pack of
new rock acts, includin ig Steve
tt (Love In the Westerni World,
3) and Vector (Mannequir n Virtue,
4), operating together as Sangre
luctions in Sacramento. Jan Eric
E, the 77s lead singer, h eads up
gre.
1l Fall Down is the 77s second
im, the first being Ping P(ong Over
Abyss (Exit/Word/ABC, 1983).
Pong sounded like it was rrecorded
i group which has a purpo se and a
m for it, but did not quite k now how
o about conveying that vis ion. The
It was an uneven album wit h flashes
rilliance but a sum total effect of
ig a tad better than ordinairy.
he 77s' style of music is what used
>e called 'new wave,' befrore that
a was robbed of most of its meaning
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desired results that Reed tends to
admire.
"Waiting For My Man," "Rock 'n
Roll" and "Martial Law" were all
delivered with their trademark Reed
intonations: His consistantly out of key
phrasing/ taking/ almost-singing and a
healthy amount of mumbling worked
their urban qualities to produce a vocal
style that bordered on greatness.
If it weren't for Quine's roaring
Stratocaster and virtuso performance,
Reed's own guitar playing would have
been the musical highlight of the evening,
The two rarely played off of each other,
but instead favored a song by song
rotation. At one point Reed, a self-pro-
claimed admirer of Quine, seemed to
lose interest in singing and hNs own
rhythm to pay more attention to Quine's
dancing notes.
"Turn to me," "Red Joystick" and
"The Things They Want To" all re-
ceived aimple attention, as did the song
"New Sensations." The show was quite
a treat, despite the greatest hits pac-
kaging. There is a line-in "The Things
They Want To" that Reed uses to
describe some of the movies and plays
he's been seeing; it could also be used
to describe his show - simply, "very
inspirational.".
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commercialized punk and mechanical
disco. They play the real thing, from the
rough-hewn beat to the cliched punk
vocal style of a few tracks. "Mercy
Mercy," a hard-driving rock guitar
number, showcases their sound. It also
shows that the 77s are unafraid of
putting even the most high of rock-n-
roll icons in its place: "Love to go far/
on my guitar/ love when she sings/ love
when she stings/ but if I bow/ down to
her notes/ when death comes 'round/
that's all she wrote."
Following a lyrical trail blazed by T-
Bone Burnett, All Fall Down takes
direct aim at the shallow, trendy men-
tality which so fills this nation. Witness
"Ba-Ba-Ba-Ba": "Reality will readjust/
while we evade/ the issues that are
pressing us." The 77s main writers,
Mascole and Row, portray situations
which show the shallowness they detest
and sometimes add some comments on
the situation. They have a very low
tolerance for the superficial
The 77s don't exempt themselves
from humanity's insanities, as illustrated
in "Someone News": "Guess I better
come clean/ I was lying through my
teeth." Mascoli and Roe don't achieve
Burnetts clarity; at points the rhyme
and rhythm of their lyrics break down.
They can obscure the meaning by
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