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(09/16/94 9:00am)
Penn faces aPenn faces adifferent typePenn faces adifferent typeof battle in itsPenn faces adifferent typeof battle in itsquest to repeat In Hanover, leaves are beginning to turn brilliant colors, thoughts of another austere New Hampshire winter are resurfacing, and next Saturday is circled on calendars. Ivy League champion Pennsylvania will be paying a visit to Memorial Field, home of the Dartmouth College football team. There is a world of difference from one year ago, when the Big Green was three-time defending champion, and Penn was simply green with inexperience. After a perfect 10-0 season, the Quakers are now on top. Penn is the team with everything to lose. That will be a common theme as the Quakers make another milk run through the Ivy circuit. Rarely does a team, even with the most talent, complete its season without tripping up somewhere in the Ancient Eight. There has never been an Ivy team since league play began in 1956 which has gone through its schedule two straight years winning every game. The Quakers must pay visits to hostile Princeton and Brown in addition to Dartmouth. And Columbia, Yale and Harvard, with its new coach from Division I-A Cincinnati, are not certain victories for Penn, despite the Franklin Field venue. When the Quakers were making their meteoric rise to the top of the Ivy standings, there was always that goal they had not achieved. Always a target for which to strive. Always a desire to prove to others that Penn is a winner. Now, all that has happened. It becomes a defense rather than an assault, a totally different frame of mind. "Now, everybody's gunning for you," running back Terrance Stokes says. "Everybody wants to knock you off that pedestal, so you have to be focused every week. You have to work hard every day. I'm hoping the other players understand what it's going to take for us to even be able to compete with last year's team." Stokes is a senior and remembers all too well the struggles as other teams drove Penn to defeat, and Gary Steele from the head coaching position. The Quakers finished 2-8 just three years ago. Complacency should not be a problem. Penn has enough seniors who remember the downfall from the '80s dynasty, which won six championships. "Even though it's an issue and we have to keep our eye on it, it doesn't concern me as if this were the fifth or sixth year of being really successful," Penn coach Al Bagnoli says. "At that point no one has a memory of a bad season. While I'm concerned, at this point it's not something?we have to take care of." Bagnoli is impressed with the shape in which his players returned after the summer. Credit the first year of Ivy League spring practices for the mental readiness. Twelve refresher sessions in the spring do wonders for retention of plays and theory. Credit strength coach Rob Wagner and the determination of the players in the offseason for the physical side of the preparedness. What could have been a lax offseason filled with complacency instead became a challenge to get better and assure future success. "We as a team have a challenge to keep the same desire, the same focus and not to relax," says Michael "Pup" Turner, a senior defensive end whose biggest assets may be heart and hustle. "We have to remember that the 1994 team hasn't played a game." Much of the squad remains intact, particularly on the offensive side, where seven starters return. Conspicuously absent, though, is Penn all-time passing leader Jim McGeehan, who may soon begin a professional career in Europe. In steps Mark DeRosa, a 6-foot-1, 164-pound sophomore from Carlstadt, N.J. DeRosa admits nervousness, but should feel comfortable throwing to high school teammate Mark Fabish, who will see action opposite All-America receiver Miles Macik. Senior Leo Congeni is likely to get the start at flanker, Brian Higgins at up back and all-everything Stokes at running back. The veteran offensive line, anchored by first team all-Ivy center Pete Giannakoulis, figures to provide ample protection for DeRosa. McGeehan will be watching DeRosa from the upper deck, and plans to call the QB before the game to offer his insight. "I'm going to tell him to relax, not to let the pressure get to him, and let his natural ability take over," McGeehan says. "He shouldn't think too much out there. Mark will be a phenomenal quarterback." The defense will attempt to keep other opponents off the scoreboard, particularly early in the season. DeRosa would then be able to become comfortable passing without comeback pressure. Gone are three staples on the defensive side -- Dave Betten, Jim Magallanes and Andy Berlin. Betten was the most consistent performer on the defensive line while serving as co-captain. Berlin was second on the team in tackles, and allowed the Quakers to play a versatile defense due to his ability to excel both at pass and run coverages. Magallanes was a veteran leader of the defensive backfield, always delivering the big hit. Senior Pat Goodwillie returns, and will be a major contributor in a defense designed to direct opposing running backs to the linebackers. He was the only non-senior on the first team all-Ivy squad in 1993. Kevin DeLuca gets the nod at the other middle linebacker, with Joey Allen waiting in the wings. "If you ever get the consummate linebacker, those are the kids you never have to take out of the game," Bagnoli says. "You don't have to take them out on third and 10 and substitute them for a coverage kid. You don't have to take them out on goal line and substitute them for a run kid. Those kids are hard to find." The Ivy League football coaches poll named Penn its unanimous choice to repeat as Ivy League champion. It was the first time in the poll's history a team has been unanimously selected. That's little consolation to Bagnoli and his players. "We're starting over," Turner says. "We haven't proven a thing."
(09/14/94 9:00am)
Offensive linemen lead the way for high-profile players They're not your typical football players. They don't receive glory or accolades. You probably wouldn't even recognize one if you passed him on Locust Walk. They don't get their names in the paper very often, and you probably wouldn't even know their names if they did. They're offensive linemen --Ethe most vital asset to this year's Quaker offense. "The kids on the offensive line are different kids," offensive coordinator Chuck Priore said. "They don't get their names in the paper?.It's too bad?but who cares if the newspapers respect you." In fact, when a Philadelphia paper recently came to talk to the Penn captains, the reporters jumped to interview defensive end Mike Turner and running back Terrance Stokes. But the reporters all but ignored starting all-everything center Pete Giannakoulis. "Lineman is a forgotten position," Stokes said. "Everyone tends to overlook the linemen. I try, on each occasion I can, to congratulate them for a job well done." This season, with an inexperienced quarterback leading the Quakers, Stokes expects to have even more opportunities to thank his line for clearing his path to the promised land. But with new quarterback Mark DeRosa coming in, the pressure is on the offensive line to protect him. "Last year, we were very inexperienced," Priore said. "I think the kids did a good job, but I don't think by any means they were a dominant offensive line. We just did what we needed to do. I think this year we should take a little pressure off the other positions." And the men responsible for relieving the pressure begin right in the middle with Giannakoulis. The senior co-captain is a two-year starter who was named first team all-Ivy last season. In games which he has started, the Quakers have amassed an awesome 17-2 record. "He's our best football player up front," Priore said. "He's got to be one of the top lineman in the league. When you start in the middle and have a good center, I think it helps you on both sides." "It's his fourth year with the program," Stokes said of Giannakoulis. "Each year, he's gotten better. He's been a steady performer for us. It's only right that he be named a captain." Flanking Giannakoulis' sides will be junior Rick Knox, who started seven games last season, and senior Mike Teller. These two well-seasoned veterans will be backed up by three big sophomores -- Sears Wright (6-foot-6, 350 pounds), Matt Julien (6-4, 285) and Mark Fleischhauer (6-0, 232). On the ends, the Quakers return both starting tackles. Juniors Scott Freeman and Bill Glascott expect to continue exactly where they left off last season --Eclearing the way for Stokes' wide sweeps and protecting the quarterback's blind side. If either of these two goes down with an injury, senior Kevin Lozinak is a capable backup with some playing experience. The five starting linemen last season cleared the way for the Penn offense to overwhelm the Ivy League. The Quakers only averaged 408 yards of total offense per contest last season. The line only gave Jim McGeehan enough time to become the most efficient quarterback in the league. These five in the middle of every play made the offense run smoothly, and seemingly effortlessly. "Last year, I think they really performed well," Stokes said. "A lot of our success has to be attributed to them. There's no way I would have run for 1,200 yards and there's no way Jimmy would have the career year he had without those guys. They are definitely an important factor in this offense." And come Saturday, although the public address announcer may not call out their names after every play, they're the ones fighting in the trenches. They're the ones covered in mud. Watch Terrance Stokes, he'll congratulate the right people for his success. After yet another one of his successful running plays, he'll go over and thank an offensive lineman for a great block. And that's all they ask for -- respect.
(03/03/94 10:00am)
Tigers can't go through Moore The box score does not tell the whole story. Yes, without Matt Maloney's 24 points (on 7-of-14 shooting), four assists, four steals and only one turnover on the evening, the 25th-ranked Quakers would probably not have clinched their second-straight Ivy League championship and the ensuing berth in the NCAA Tournament last night at the Palestra. Yes, without Princeton turning the ball over a mind-boggling 21 times -- each one creating a separate ulcer in Pete Carril's stomach -- the game may have turned out differently. But what is not noticed on a quick glance of the stats is the play of Penn center Eric Moore. Without Moore turning in probably his finest performance of the year, the Quakers may have vanished from the Top 25 quicker than you can say "Gillooly." And the story of Moore's contribution goes far beyond his statistical line of nine points and nine rebounds. A Senior Night start for Andy Baratta relegated Moore, who came into last night's game averaging only 6.5 points and 4.0 rebounds per Ivy contest, to the bench at the beginning of the game for the first time this season. It also meant Baratta had the task of guarding suddenly-rejuvenated Tiger center Rick Hielscher. Hielscher, who was embarrassed with a second-half benching after scoring a grand total of zero points the last time these two teams met, got out of the gate quickly, taking advantage of Baratta's decreased mobility due to his knee injury. He scored five of Princeton's first seven points as the Tigers stayed close. Enter Moore. Hielscher was able to score when he backed into the paint with relative ease, taking advantage of his quickness to move toward the basket. Against Baratta and later Tim Krug, Hielscher was also able to gain incredible position inside the paint, making a basket almost automatic when he received the ball in the post. But when the 6-foot-7, 230-pound Moore entered the game, the lanky Hielscher suddenly found himself being pushed to the outside, where his effectiveness is limited at best. He turned the ball over twice and had one shot blocked while only making one basket in Moore's 11 minutes of floor time in the first half. This trend continued in the second half. While Hielscher made two shots in the first six minutes after intermission, he was getting punished physically inside. Moore clearly had the strength advantage, and the finesse of Hielscher could not match Moore's power. Hielscher started to drift farther outside the paint, making it more difficult for him to shoot, and easier for one of his passes to be picked off. He was getting worn down. But Hielscher got a break when Moore left the game with 12:47 to go. With Tim Krug now guarding him, it was Hielscher's turn to shine. Krug's block of an attempted dunk by Hielscher last year at the Palestra was probably the most memorable play of last season. However, Hielscher was the one who made Krug look bad last night. He easily established inside position during each possession, as Krug was unable to get a body on him and did not receive weak-side help on defense. In five minutes, Hielscher scored eight easy points to bring the Tigers within one point with 8:43 to go. Enter Moore. Now Hielscher does not show much emotion on the court, but you know when Moore lumbered back into the game, the Tiger center was thinking about the pounding he was about to take. And with the game on the line, Hielscher -- the Tigers' only offensive weapon on the night -- did not score again thanks to some defense that was otherwise unnoticed in the box score. Game over. Ivy Champs. All in all, Hielscher scored 15 points in the 12 minutes Moore was not guarding him, and only six points in the 28 minutes when Moore was on him defensively. But Moore's contribution was not limited to the Tigers' end of the floor. While his 4-for-13 performance from the field may not exactly conjure up images of Michael Jordan, Moore was at his best offensively during what was probably the most crucial minute of the game. With seven minutes to go and the Quakers up 41-40, the tension was mounting as every one of the 8,711 fans in attendance had hoped for Penn to have a comfortable lead by that point. Maloney found Moore in the right corner. Moore drove the baseline for a layup and was blocked by Hielscher. Moore pulled down the rebound, but the ball was then knocked in the air. He grabbed it again amidst a sea of black jerseys, using brute strength to fend off any Tiger hoping to get a piece of the rock. After what seemed like hours, Chris Mooney was finally whistled for the foul. Penn ball. A minute later, Maloney found Moore open just left of the key behind the three-point arc. Catching Hielscher sleeping on defense, Moore launched a three. Swish. Penn 44, Princeton 40. It was at about that point that the 8,711 people at the Palestra decided to scream at the top of their lungs for the remainder of the game. It is also at about that point that the Tigers decided to pack it up and head home -- five minutes early. They had enough. Game over. Ivy Champs. Thanks to an unlikely hero. Dan Feldman is a College senior from Dallas, Texas, and former Sports Editor of The Daily Pennsylvanian.
(01/21/94 10:00am)
The Daily Pennsylvanian's Only Staff That Matters, (Sports, that is) may rock and roll no more. Because DPOSTM's new regime of Adam Rubin and Josh Friedman resembles the Princeton offense in the fact that they are really BORING. Not to mention that easy listening music may be greeting DPOSTM writers when they next enter the Pink Palace. · He used to be called Interruptus but now he's Alabama Slamma. Seems as if during one of Adam's first DP stories as a precocious freshman he called a men's tennis player for an interview. Apparently, his timing was off as the Quaker star was in the middle of serving one up (if you know what we mean) to his girlfriend, the hardest and best-placed serve of his life -- an ace if you will. Rumor has it this may be the closest Adam has come to serving it up since he arrived at college. Just ask his friend Marc, who recounts a story of Adam's prowess or lack thereof on the court in high school. It just so happened that Adam arranged a Battle of the Sexes with a female classmate in the spirit of the world famous Bobby Riggs/Billie Jean King match. History indeed repeated itself as Adam lost the match, his pride, his remaining shred of manhood and a considerable amount of money in a 6-3 romp by his female opponent. "He said he was going to kill her and he didn't," says Marc, his best friend since third grade. "I knew he was going to lose." There must have been a little more than money and pride on the line as Adam wound up taking his opponent and conqueror to the Senior Prom. As per his character, we figure the whole night was a double fault. Speaking of faults, Marc points to Adam's driving as a major one. "He hasn't improved since the day he got his license. It's like you're taking your life in your hands. I'm sure he's fine when he's driving straight." Ari, who has witnessed Adam's transformation from Interruptus to Alabama Slamma, confirms the driving prowess of his fellow intern at the Birmingham News. Besides getting a speeding ticket while driving down to Alabama in September, Adam managed to lock his keys inside his car, (while it was still running) while covering a Friday night high school football game. "He was a little nervous for a while," relates Ari. Perhaps that nervousness led him to the most grievous sportswriting transgression -- misquoting. Apparently Adam had trouble deciphering the Southern drawl of Samford football coach Chan Gailey. Adam printed what he thought he heard -- which led to a retraction from the newspaper and a memo from the Managing Editor. The upsetting memo circulated throughout the office and remained on the Sports Desk as a constant reminder of Adam's faux pas. "That weighed on Adam a little bit," Ari said. Weighing on Adam's friends is his taste in music. "When I think of his type of music, Barry Manilow comes to mind," says Marc. "The best music [that he likes] is soundtracks and it basically goes down from there." God help him. · Taste in music is also a problem for his co-editor Josh. Josh, also known as Sleeper for his interest in a particular Penn vs. Yale football game two years ago, is apparently a diehard Neil Diamond fan. Not only that but he absolutely loves Star 104.5's "Between The Sheets" romantic pop show. According to some of his (former) friends, this may be as close as Josh gets to romance. As the story goes, Josh came back from Winter Break freshman year with stories of various escapades involving scantily clad women covered with foam and bubbles in the most romantic of all cruise boat settings -- the hot tub. Seems as if Don Juan of the Love Boat -- which, of course, he tabbed himself -- sowed his wild oats on a Carribean cruise. The problem is, not one of his friends believed him. "We never had any proof except his word," a slightly inebriated former friend Mark Rosenbaum recalls. "The only way I would accept the validity of the story was if he could prove his worth at Penn and so far he hasn't?There's not a chance this guy claimed an entire ship of women, let alone one." Josh seemed to think that he could claim a shipful of women due to his prowess in the gym. Roommate Tal explains Sleeper's habits when hitting the weights. "He makes a horrifying face when he lifts weights," Tal observed. "It's grunting followed by air conditioning. His head sinks back, he snarls, his mouth shifts to one corner of his face. "He exhales so hard, that if you stand next to him you can feel the breeze. People have been known to laugh and point." So you can see why Josh must have scored big time on his cruise. Speaking of scoring, Sleeper believes that he can do it a lot -- on the basketball court. His hoops skills are legendary -- to himself, that is. Seems as if one time at Gimbel Gym, Josh took offense to an opposing player questioning his greatness. This led to a little trash-talking from Air Sleeper. "That would shut him up," he thought. Next thing he knew, the guy, who was twice his age, twice his weight and twice his size had him in a choke hold -- apparently not too amused with Josh's musings. Sleeper was not heard from again on the fateful afternoon. · So there you have it. The tale of the new leaders of the sports writing machine that is DPOSTM. Best of luck to Sleeper and Interruptus on repeating the success of the Undefeated Editors.
(04/22/92 9:00am)
"I don't look at the fetus as a life. [A woman] should have every right to have an abortion as quickly as she would have a cancer removed." · To me, this quote by a College junior in a DP issue earlier this month was the last straw. I can no longer passively go along with the pro-choice side in the polarized debate over abortion. Make no mistake -- I have always and will always support the right to a legal abortion. But I refuse to be represented by people who see abortion as equivalent to tooth extractions, or even "tumor"-removing surgery. Abortion is not a legitimate form of contraception. Conception has already taken place. So what if an eight-week old fetus is not viable outside the womb in 1992? Fifty years ago, an eight-month old fetus was not viable outside the womb. Today it is. And fifty years from now, doctors will probably be able to develop babies-to-be in incubators starting only hours after fertilization. The point? I know this statement is anathema to pro-choicers, but . . . abortion kills babies. It destroys human lives, not just a disposable mass of tissue. This is not a "Hands Off My Body" issue. How can I say that pro-lifers are essentially correct and still support legal abortion? Because I believe there are certain situations where sacrifices -- even as costly as taking a baby's life -- are warranted. And because I also believe that the prospective mother is in the best position to make that decision -- not elderly, check-bouncing Congressmen, not Bible-quoting religionists. What if a teenage girl must decide between completing her pregnancy, dropping out of school and becoming helplessly welfare-dependent on one hand; or getting a safe, legal abortion, staying in school, getting a job and eventually settling down with the right man, on the other hand? It's up to her to think the issue through for herself and not be spoon-fed advice from anyone unless she asks for it. If her final conclusion is that having a baby would ruin not only her life, but the baby's along with it, then she is justified in getting an abortion. That doesn't mean a back-alley, dirty coat-hanger butcher job. It means a professional, safe procedure legal in all 50 states. In this case . . . abortion saves lives. And I support it wholeheartedly -- as long as all considerations are taken into account by the mother. I can't stand the thought of women making such a difficult decision without considering the life of the fetus -- it is a life. Abortion should never be seen as an alternative option to true birth control methods such as condoms and the pill. Nevertheless, nearly half of all women in abortion clinics are return customers. Yet, accidents happen. Even worse, there are many women who have little educational or economic means to prevent unwanted pregnancies. That's why people who want to protect the baby's life should never be allowed to impose their values on others. The goal of those who are morally offended by abortion -- including many like myself who side with pro-choicers anyway -- should not be the reversal of Roe v. Wade. The goal should be a massive education effort focusing on safe sex and contraception, instead of an idealistic "no premarital sex," "every sperm is sacred" approach. If religionists can make the small sacrifice of supporting condom distribution to teenagers, and sexually active couples can make the small sacrifice of using condoms, then fewer people would be forced to make the huge sacrifice of abortion -- which is morally wrong, but all too often tragically necessary. Even though this third movement -- both pro-choice and anti-abortion -- could cause a damaging rift with many current members of the pro-choice movement, I believe a consensus would eventually be reached. Only then will all sides of the abortion debate -- as well as the voiceless babies -- be somewhat appeased.
(03/02/92 10:00am)
Editors at college newspapers across the country said last night they are pleased with a Georgia court ruling allowing college newspapers access to student organizations' judicial records. Editors at both private and public schools said their school administrations frequently cite the Family Educational Records Privacy Act of 1974 to deny them access to files concerning disciplinary action taken against organizations. "We were waiting for this decision," Rutgers University The Daily Targum Editor-in-Chief Rebecca Quick said last night. "We are looking into the case." The Red and the Black, the independent student newspaper of the University of Georgia, won a partial victory last month in its lawsuit aimed at gaining access to the school's Organization Court -- the body which investigates student groups, specifically fraternities and sororities. Fulton County Superior Court Judge Frank Hull ruled the FERPA, which the University says is the backbone of its general records policy, does not apply to disciplinary records, Red and Black Editor-in-Chief Lance Helms said last month. Hull ruled that FERPA, which is commonly referred to as the Buckley Amendment, only applies to academic performance records, Helms said. Under the ruling Red and Black reporters will have access to all judicial records concerning organizations in both past and future cases, but are not allowed to attend the meetings. Helms added the paper will appeal the decision to the state supreme court to gain access to meetings. "It is implicit in the term educational institution that a university will educate its students about what constitutes appropriate and acceptable behavior," the College junior said last night. "Only through opening judicial records will this crucial aspect of education be successfully fulfilled." Currently, the University's judicial records are confidential and can not be viewed by reporters or anyone else not directly involved in the case. Indiana Daily Student Managing Editor Bruce Gray said his paper does not have access to judicial proceedings concerning organizations. He noted that Indiana University claims the records are condsidered an interdepartmental investigation which is protected by state law. "But there is an arrangement [under which] they will tell us what's going on," Gray said last night. "And they have been pretty good." Gray added that his independent newspaper, however, may use this case to demand more information through the Freedom of Information Act. Daniel Restrepo, editor-in-chief of The Cavalier Daily, the University of Virginia's independent newspaper, said his paper has "had trouble in the past" gaining access to the records. But UVA students will vote today on a school-wide referendum to open all of the judicial records that are "nonpersonally identifiable," Restrepo said. Restrepo said the referendum may open up judicial files at UVA, but noted that Cavalier Daily will still look into the Georgia decision and see how it applies to their state school. (CUT LINE) Please see EDITORS, page 5 EDITORS, from page 1
(10/08/91 9:00am)
A bill requiring campus police departments to release a complete daily crime blotter will be introduced to the state senate by the end of next week, the bill's sponsor said yesterday. The bill would strictly prohibit screening the names of students charged with committing a crime against another student -- a practice the bill's advocates say is commonplace at colleges and universities across the state. If passed, the bill would also require the University to change the way it handles inquiries about campus crime. Currently, students cannot see daily crime reports and names of students charged with crimes on campus. In addition, University Police do not release full descriptions of suspects in answering questions about crimes. Many schools, including the University, justify withholding crime reports, claiming either that disclosure violates federal laws or that, because they are not public institutions, the reports are not public records. State Sen. Richard Tilghman (R-Bryn Mawr) said yesterday the bill will be introduced in the next ten days, adding the bill would have been introduced sooner had the capital's computer systems not been shut down for a few weeks. He said the bill is not "terribly radical" and that its "time has come." "I can't imagine a great groundswell of opinion against it," the state senator said. But he would not predict whether the bill would become law. It is not known yet whether or not the University will lobby against the bill. Assistant Vice President for Commonwealth Relations James Shada, one of the University's lobbyists in Harrisburg, was not available for comment yesterday. The Massachusetts bill was written and spearheaded by Harvard Crimson editor Joshua Gerstein, and Spiegel said yesterday that after learning of Gerstein's success, he decided to push for a similar law in Pennsylvania. "Several student newspapers around the state, including ours, have had problems getting information on crime to students because campus police claim their records are not public," Spiegel said. "A situation in which the police control what information goes out to the students is very dangerous." He added that Security On Campus -- which was founded by Constance and Howard Clery in 1986 after their daughter Jeanne was brutally raped and murdered in her dormitory as an undergraduate at Lehigh University -- convinced Tilghman to sponsor the bill. Howard Clery, who serves as president of Security On Campus, said he is pleased Tilghman is introducing the bill, adding he is certain it will pass because of the success the Massachusetts bill had. "[In Massachusetts] lobbyists tried to fight it, but they were . . . hounded by the student press and the Boston press," said Clery, whose group lobbies for free access to crime reports nationwide. Once introduced, the bill would be sent to a committee -- either the Judicial Committee or the Education Committee, Tilghman said, by the president pro tempore of the state Senate. The committee would then study the legislation, suggest modifications and then vote on whether or not to send the vote to the entire state Senate floor. Tilghman added he does not yet have a sponsor for the bill in the state House of Representatives and said he did not know when the bill would be introduced to the House.
(09/26/91 9:00am)
Graduate student leaders will have their voices heard in a new forum when The Graduate Perspective newspaper appears in each graduate student's mailbox sometime in the next week. Printed in tabloid form, the first issue of Perspective will include articles on such topics as Clarence Thomas's nomination to the Supreme Court, health insurance, and Escort Service, as well as calendar and notices sections and student government pages. The monthly publication will be funded for the school year with $9000 from the Graduate and Professional Student Assembly, but GAPSA leaders and the members of the editorial board insist that the newspaper will be editorially independent. "They should be able to do and say what they want," said GAPSA Chairperson Michael Goldstein at last week's GAPSA meeting. "It's going to be as open and uncensored as we can make it," said GAPSA's Vice Chairperson for Communication Bernadette Barker-Plummer, the paper's editorial board coordinator -- the newspaper's version of an editor-in-chief. In the past, GAPSA and other groups such as the Graduate Student Associations Council produced monthly newsletters containing issues important to their organizations. The GAPSA newsletter, though, has been incorporated into Perspective, while GSAC will continue to print a newsletter. The newspaper aims to provide a "forum to reach a broad number of graduate students and get them involved," said GSAC President Anne Cubilie, another member of the editorial board. "We don't think of it as . . . competition to the DP," Barker-Plummer said. "We think of it as complementary." "[It focuses] on issues that are interesting and critical to graduate students that aren't as important to undergraduates," she added. "It's obviously different from the DP," added Cubilie. "It is not a newspaper on that level." The acting editorial board is made up of those who worked on this issue of the paper, but the group said that there are openings for any students who are interested in donating their time.
(09/25/91 9:00am)
Medical School Professor Edward Cooper, the new president-elect of American Heart Association, is looking to lower the high incidence of heart disease and stroke in blacks. According to Cooper, blacks are three to five times more likely to suffer heart failure than whites. In addition, stroke deaths are almost twice as common in blacks. "We want to narrow these gaps," he said. "This will require much better access to care and education." Last year, the AHA spent $71 million supporting nationwide research. The organization also sponsors school-site programs like "Tobacco-free 2000," work-site programs like "Heart at Work," and programs for physicians like "Heart Rx." Cooper added that it is important that more minorities become doctors, noting that minority doctors are more likely to practice in minority areas. It wasn't until 1964 that Cooper became the first black attending physician at HUP. "We have only one quarter of the doctors we need in minority areas," he said. The AHA, along with the American Cancer Association, is one of the two largest voluntary health organizations in the nation. The AHA has 3.2 million volunteers who are members of 2200 divisions. Cooper will serve for a year as president-elect before assuming the position of president in June 1992. Cooper is no stranger to the the AHA, having been involved for over 25 years in such capacities as Chairman of the Stroke Council and as a member of the groups' National Board of Elections. Cooper is recognized as an expert in the field of stroke prevention, having been called on to testify before Congress as recently as this past spring. Cooper spoke to the Appropriations Committee about the need for more money to be allocated for cardiology research. Heart disease is the number one cause of death in the U.S. "Heart disease and stroke kill almost as many people as all other things combined, yet we don't get nearly that proportion of money for research," Cooper said. Cooper said that the reason for this lack of appropriate funding is due to "a lack of understanding." He cited a recent Minnesota study which found that only five percent of people surveyed could name the three major risk factors for heart attack: cigarettes, high cholesterol, and high blood pressure. Cooper said the main theme of his new administration will be prevention. "We have to prevent children from having high blood pressure in the first place," he said, pointing to causes ranging from improper diet to watching too much television. Cooper praised William Kelley, executive director of the Medical Center, for his emphasis on research in molecular biology. "Here at Penn we're in the right position to find out who is at the highest risk for stroke and heart disease," he said. Although Cooper is kept busy by meetings and interviews such as a recent two hour call-in show on WHAT, he said he also enjoys spending time with medical students. "The part I most enjoy is when a student spends the day with me watching me as I work," he said with a smile.
(01/29/91 10:00am)
While the University echoed with shouts of protest the night the U.S. and allied forces began their bombing of Iraq, across town at Temple University, quiet reigned. And according to editors from five Delaware Valley college newspapers who met yesterday at Drexel University, reactions varied throughout the region. After weeks of protest during the nearly month-long faculty strike last fall, few students can muster enthusiasm to rally again, editors from The Temple News said yesterday. "Temple is a really tired campus right about now," Jen Watson, the paper's news editor said. Editors of The Review at the University of Delaware reported wide-raging reaction, rather similar to the atmosphere at the University. Review Editor Darin Powell said that an organization called Citizens Against War formed during the fall and two protests drew about 250 students. Editors from St. Joseph's University said that students have become more active at a campus they described as usually conservative. Prayer vigils and debates on the editorial page of their newspaper, The Hawk, have been the primary activities on campus. Drexel newspaper editors said virtually the only protests visible on their campus were borrowed, as they watched University students heading from campus to Center City on the night the war began. But Triangle editors, who sponsored the meeting, said there was a candlelight vigil and the administration will maintain a burning candle in the campus's main building. Editors from all of the newspapers said that agreeing on a editorial stance for or against the war was difficult, if not impossible. Most said that they have not taken a stand for or against the war. The editor of The Temple News, Erin Friar, said she and her staff hesitate to take a firm editorial stand because of the historic value of the period. "It's kind of intimidating. We're dealing with history," Friar said. "Years from now, people may look back at the issues and say 'they were wrong, or boy, they were right.' "
(11/14/90 10:00am)
As part of the University's continuing 250th anniversary Future Forum series, a five-speaker panel addressed the extracurricular college experience to a five-person audience at the Annenberg School yesterday afternoon. During the 90-minute discussion, panelists discussed the growing need for more extracurricular activities saying that the University must continue to provide a structure for new programs. Panelist Gillian Johnson said that extracurricular activities "create energy." The College senior added that the University must encourage enthusiasm among its undergraduates through its extracurricular activities and maintain a variety of activities. Answering criticisms about how activities may divert a student's attention from academics, Johnson, who works on the Social Planning and Events Committee, said "No one can tell me that all those things got in the way of my academics." Another panelist, graduate student Eric Borguet, echoed the need for extracurricular activities, adding that there must be a greater emphasis made at the graduate level. "People's extracurricular needs do not disappear once they go to grad school," he said. "They are just put on the back burner. I hope these people will come out and show their concern about things other than their studies." Citing the low number of activities at the graduate level, he said he hopes that the University will lead graduate schools to develop "people as people rather than super-specialized technicians in some field." While the students on the panel told of a need for more extracurricular activities, Assistant Education Professor John Puckett urged that more academically-based public service programs be developed. He attributed it to "enlightened self-interest if not moral responsibility" on the part of the University. Puckett said students are "woefully lacking" in a sense of moral commitment and community. He said there are many advantages and reciprocal benefits of community-based public help including what he called "learning by serving." Dana Carver, the project coordinator of the 250th office, said she was disappointed with the turnout at the discussion. "The first two [forums] were better attended," Carver said. "What bothers me is that unless it's a party, the students don't come out. They are so willing to scream, but not to support."
