Since 1916 - Year 83

Issue 15: February 12, 1999

Top Stories:

Greeks Forced Downtown The university has decided to move Greek special interest housing from the uptown campus to Alumni Quad. This new plan to move the Fraternities and Sororities off of the uptown campus will help accommodate the next freshman class. Next year State Quad will be primarily for freshmen.... David Schaock

Man Suffers Heart Attack in the RACC Following the publication of the article last week regarding a heart attack victim in the RACC, some questions were raised examining the campus' response to the incident. Witnesses who wished to remain anonymous expressed a concern about one particular aspect of the response, the blue light phone in the area.... Sean Carroll

Students Vs. Cabbies George Kotis, a UAlbany junior is spearheading a joint Student Association/Students' Rights Coalition venture to ensure that students returning to Albany from their spring breaks do not have to pay for their cab rides home from the downtown bus station.... Justin Walden

Irish Culture and Art Fintan O'Toole, presented the inaugural address of the Irish Semester here at UAlbany on Thursday. O'Toole, drama critic for the New York Daily News and political journalist for the Irish Times, has published a number of books on the history of Ireland.... Sean Hourigan

In This Issue:

Administration Addresses UAlbany's Dubious Party Rank Wan Ting Yin

Off the Shelf Review: Henry Fool Jeffrey Atencio

NBC's "The 60's" is Just the Same Old Song Sharon Druck

And the Nominees Are... Marissa Tuchband

STDs Present Huge Problem On Campus Irene Gilbert

Ferrets Climb to Third Place at Albany Russell Dickson

Op-Ed:

Editorial: Journalism Albany, as I have discovered, is quite conducive to newsmaking. Being the capital of our state, this region is always being included in newscasts. Justin Walden

Editorial: Reverand Falwell Reverand Jerry Falwell accused the PBS television show Teletubbies of promoting a homosexual lifestyle... Drumroll, please....Mr. Clean is gay! Benjamin Polen

Letters to the Editor This week: UAS gets burned and so does one of our copy editors. Ouch!

Features:

Point-Counterpoint: Diversity Question: Is there enough diversity at the University at Albany? On the con side: "Yeah, in Dutch Quad." Kenneth Wang and Jeffrey Atencio

Shannon Says It All Our adivce column. This week: an MTV junkie, illigal cats in the dorm, and choices on Indian Quad.

New Column: Greek Forum A new column about greek life starts this week and ground rules are layed. Sean Carroll

Podium Perspective This week we ask "The Student Association has $1.5 Million of the Students' Money, but who are they, and what do they do?". Your responses.