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(01/30/95 10:00am)
The festivities began early Saturday night. They always do when Princeton comes to the Palestra. Even before the game started, Princeton center Rick Hielscher felt the tension. His anger erupted as he faced off with a Penn fan during the pregame warmups. And as the Quakers came out for the opening tip, every single person in attendance could feel the pending excitement. The players sensed the importance of this game too. Jerome Allen was not going to disappoint on his 22nd birthday. He sailed above Princeton on his way to a game-high 13 points. He soared through the air and ripped down rebound after rebound. Shawn Trice added emotion and heart. He attacked the boards with reckless abandon. His determination on the offensive end led to countless second-chance shots. Then Tim Krug provided Penn with an emotional explosion. He came off the bench to swat Tiger shots and play solid defense. Krug added the ultimate exclamation point with a two-handed dunk over Hielscher. The Quakers were up 28-10, and the crowd went into a frenzy. Ira Bowman added his own flair to the game. He played ferocious defense and slammed home the victory with his acrobatic dunks and dribbling ability. With the Quakers' lead extended to 19 points by halftime, the game's outcome was no longer in doubt. There would be no Tigers comeback. There would be no classic Princeton slow-down tempo and easy back-door layups. Saturday night belonged to the Quakers. But everyone really knew that before the game even began. The Tigers had to have felt like sacrificial lambs when they walked onto the Palestra hardwood. And when both teams returned after the 15-minute intermission to play the second half, the emotion was gone. The Tigers never got closer than 17 points. Princeton hit just two-of-six three-pointers in the final stanza. The emotion was gone. Penn coach Fran Dunphy played the starters for most of the game, but they were just going through the motions. After so many classic Penn-Princeton battles, Saturday night will not go down in the history books as yet another. Rather, it will go down as a precursor for what is to come in the Ivy League this season. I found myself having difficulty cheering sincerely for Penn. Although I'll root for the Quakers and against the Tigers until my dying day, it just seemed ridiculous after halftime. My hatred had mellowed as a greater sense of mocking came over me. There was no reason to cheer at the top of my lungs -- Penn did not need any outside help to beat Princeton. In fact, when the game was over, I didn't even feel an urge to rush the court. When was the last time the Quakers thrashed the Tigers and no one mobbed the floor? I can assure you it was not during my collegiate days. That is the moral of this tale -- winning the Ivies gets Penn to the Big Dance, but it's just not going to be that difficult to accomplish this goal. The Quakers play on another level than the rest of the Ivies. That's why the emotion was gone by halftime. That's why no one rushed the floor. But don't expect that level of apathy to continue when March comes around. Joshua Friedman is a College senior from Beverly Hills, Calif., and former sports editor of The Daily Pennsylvanian.
(01/18/95 10:00am)
But the five starting seniors have been through this before. Two years ago, after Temple and St. Joseph's humiliated Penn in two consecutive games, the Quakers rebounded just days later to defeat Princeton for the first time in three years. The Quakers just don't get down. They know exactly what they can do. Even before last night's 7 p.m. tip-off, it was clear there would be no lapses. You could see it in their eyes. You could see it in their actions. While the crowd worked itself into a frenzy awaiting the opening jump, Scott Kegler clapped his hands. After Matt Maloney chased down the loose ball, Kegler nailed a three-pointer from the left corner to begin the Quaker onslaught. There would be no letdown, not last night. Kegler would not allow it. Kegler provided Penn's heart and soul on the Palestra floor. He pumped his fist after he connected on his first of four long-range bombs. Then when Eric Moore swished two free throws, Kegler was the first to congratulate him. Kegler hit another shot from behind the arc just minutes later. After adding three free throws, he had scored nine of the Quakers' first 21 points and staked Penn to a 12-point lead. La Salle coach Speedy Morris must have felt like he had seen this before. He had -- last year, in fact. Starting in place of the injured Barry Pierce last year at the Spectrum, Kegler accounted for nine of Penn's first 14 points. And this year, Kegler is shooting 55 percent from behind the three-point arc. Even with this knowledge, Morris still could not stop Kegler from draining four of his five three-point attempts last night. But Kegler did not just excel on the offensive end of the floor. He followed La Salle's Romaine Haywood through picks and traffic all over the court. Haywood finished the first half with just six points on three-of-11 shooting. Then when the Quakers went to a trapping zone, Kegler anticipated a La Salle pass from the left corner and stole it at the top of the key. In the ensuing minute and a half, he poured in eight points to extend Penn's lead to 22 points. Kegler led the Quakers with 14 first-half points as Penn took a 54-31 lead into the break. La Salle could start the buses. The game was over. On the first possession of the second stanza, Kegler made sure the Explorers knew whose arena they were in. Although La Salle wore their home whites, it was undoubtedly Penn's home court. With just seconds showing on the shot clock, Kegler called for the ball. As the clock expired, he drained yet another three-pointer. Although the Explorers eventually made a run, it was too late. There was no way Kegler was going to let the Quakers lose two games in a row. You knew that when you saw him dive for loose balls. You knew it when you saw him beat La Salle's full-court press for easy baskets. The offensive explosion overwhelmed La Salle. The defensive pressure suffocated the Explorers. There was nothing Speedy Morris could do. With Kegler leading the Quakers last night, there would be no letdown. After being embarrassed in Amherst, Mass., Saturday night, nothing was going to stop Kegler. You could see the intensity in Scott Kegler's eyes from the moment he stepped onto the Palestra hardwood. Joshua Friedman is a College senior from Beverly Hills, Calif., and sports editor of The Daily Pennsylvanian.
(11/11/91 10:00am)
Sixteen years ago, in what Edward Kukan, Ambassador from the Czech and Slovak Federal Republic to the United Nations, termed "a black spot in the history of the United Nations," the U.N. General Assembly passed a resolution equating Zionism with racism. The infamous resolution 3379 claiming that "Zionism is a form of racism and racial discrimination" was passed on November 10, 1975 by a vote of 72 against 35. The resolution was passed thanks to the voting power of the Third World/Communist/Arab bloc in the U.N. The United Nations, an organization claiming to uphold peace and equality throughout the world, should be immune to this blatant form of anti-Semitism, but unfortunately it is not. The resolution, if history alone cannot, clearly shows why Israel is so needed and so dear to all Jews across the globe. Zionism is the idea that Jews have the right to self-determination. It makes no reference to race, and does not advocate discrimination. In practical terms, Zionism means that Israel has the right to exist, no more and no less. But under the pretense of promoting peace, this U.N. resolution clearly calls for the destruction of the state of Israel. Especially in light of the current peace talks, this resolution must be repealed if the U.N. desires to play a role as an impartial mediator or observer in the peace process. Congressman Bill Green of New York, author of the U.S. House of Representatives' resolution to repeal 3379, characterized the hypocritical stance of the U.N. this way: "The U.N. presents two different images, realities and prospects for the future. One works toward the collective security of the world. The other remains one of a malicious insane asylum where all efforts toward peace are thwarted." Last May, the world saw Zionism in all of its splendor as Israel, with the help of President Bush's negotiating abilities, rescued 14,000 Ethiopian Jews from the turmoil of a civil war. "Operation Solomon" saved these Jews, who just happen to be as black as any other Ethiopian, from certain persecution. If this act is racist, then would someone please tell me the new definition of "a just cause"? New York Times Columnist William Safire understood the true essence of the rescue mission when he proclaimed "For the first time in history, the black man was taken out of Africa, not in chains, but in dignity, not as slaves, but as citizens." The mission to save Jews facing life-threatening danger has been a top priority for the state of Israel and the Zionist movement throughout their converging existences. Israel has rescued 21,000 Jews from Ethiopia through both "Operation Solomon" and "Operation Moses"; close to 400,000 Jews from the Soviet Union have been brought to Israel since 1990 through "Operation Exodus" (the number is expected to reach approximately one million within the next five years); 4,000 Jews have come from Syria; and about 850,000 Jews have been repatriated from other Arab and Soviet Bloc countries. The racist oppression that the Jews have encountered throughout the years can be seen in all parts of the world, from the Soviet Union to the United States, from Syria to Romania. Since invention of programs, which were designed to kill Jews indiscriminately, in czarist Russia during the late 19th and early 20th centuries, the Jews have attempted to flee from there. Unfortunately, it has not been until recently that the entire population wishing to leave has been allowed to do so. Even now their exodus has been threatened by the U.S.'s refusal to support loan guarantees for Israel. The world must realize that Zionism is not racism. However, resolution 3379 is the true symbol of racism in the world. It allows the world to once again use the Jews, through the state of Israel, as a scapegoat for its problems. It allows the world to point to this resolution and say, "Of course it's Israel's fault, they're racists. Even the United Nations says so." On the sixteenth anniversary of this blemish on the United Nation's record, we must urge repeal of 3379. It does not fairly portray the United Nation's stated goal to promote peace and prosperity for the world. Andre Erdos, the Ambassador from Hungary, realized this fault with the U.N. resolution when he stated "This resolution must be buried in the graveyard of the Cold War."
