THE WEEKLY NEWSPAPER OF INDIANA UNIVERSITY-PURDUE UNIVERSITY AT
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Dae. 15, 1986 I N D I A N ~ It P O L I S Vol. 16, No. 16
Union planning suit as asbestos claim is ignored
By KEMP SMITH
Asbestos contamination has been a source o f concern at IU P U I for several years. Now, as a local union is preparing to file a suit against the univer
sity, the controversy surround
ing asbestos on campus may grow even larger.
In March, installation o f a new campus phone system was interrupted when workers for Indiana Bell and local 4000 of the Communkataions W ork
ers o f America filed a com
plaint with the Indiana Occu
pational Safety and Health Administration (IO S H A ) claiming that the university did not adequately inform workers o f asbestos concentra
tions while they were install
in g phone lines.
The IO S H A complaint required the school to pur
chase and begin using air mon
itoring equipment and warn
ing signs in contaminated areas where phone equipment was being installed. This com
plaint was satisfied on June 23,1986.
On M ay 13, the union filed a notice o f claim under the In di
ana Torts Claim Act. The union claimed workers were endangered while working near asbestos as they installed the campus* new telecom
munication system, which was completed last July. The claim was to be answered in 180 days (m id Novem ber) or it would be considered neglected.
The university did not respond.
Now the C W A is gathering information from claimants.
•The intention is to file suit,"
said Larry Henninger who was vice president o f the union when the claim was filed. The C W A contends that the school neglected to tell Bell em ploy
ees about the asbestos problem before they began their work here.
Dr. Morris L. French, head o f the IU P U I Pathology Departm ent and chair o f the Asbestos Safety Committee said in an earlier interview,
“W e’ve known we have asbes
tos." He said Bell notified the school 10 days before their workers entered new areas ao the university could send them information on asbestos in that area. French said trace amounts have been found in the air, but the amounts met federal regulations.
Henninger said when work
ers were installing cable in the tunnel system under the hos
pital complex "they were coated in white and that white was the asbestos insulation."
Asbestos is a heat resistant fibrous mineral that is used in many different forms o f insu
lating materal as well as brake linings, roofing and flooring materials and cement. There are many different kinds o f asbestos but the most com
monly used is chrysotile or white asbestos.
However, chrysotile asbestos is not considered dangerous until it is broken up into a powder and circulated in the
Sophomore guard Todd Schabei scored 8 points off the bench in the Metros’ 99-72 win over lUPU-Fort Wayne last Thursday. IUPUI now stands at 6-3, including a four-game winning streak.
air. I f inhaled, the microscopic fibers that give asbestos its insulating properties can cause several diseases, includ
ing lung cancer and asbestosis.
Usually it takes 20 to 30 years for these diseases to appear.
Removal o f asbestos is a
Photo by TOM STRATTMAN costly process that requires trained lisoensed contractors.
A ir samples require as much as eight hours to take, and must be taken before, during and after the removal process.
See ASBESTOS. Page 3
Agent Orange group proposes legislation
Public urged to attend meeting
By JOYCE K. JENSEN Science Editor
Bob Hood remembers stand
ing in the dense jungles o f Vietnam's Mekong Delta in 1968. He also remembers watching those jungles die.
“You could see the A ir Force spreading defoliates (such as Agent Orange) in ligh t air
craft," said Hood, a sophomore in IU P U I’s University Divi
sion. T h e y would spray and a couple o f days later everything was dead. The branches on the trees would just hang."
Like moat Vietnam vet-
Gary Porter erans, Hood, a helicopter door gunner for the Arm y, did not find out for years ju st how dan
gerous dioxin-containing defo
liants such as Agent Orange could be. Because o f this, Hood and other Vietnam veterans want to see the life o f Indiana’s Agent Orange Advisory Com
mittee extended. The com
mittee was formed in 1985 to research dioxin-related health problems in Vietnam veterans and their families. On Dec. 20 at 1 p.m. that committee will hold an open meeting in the Indiana W ar Mem orial Audi
torium.
T h e purpose o f the meeting is to present to the Vietnam
veteran community the leg
islation we're going to intro
duce to the Indiana legis
lature,” said Gary Porter, com
mittee head and a Vietnam veteran himself. Porter, an Anderson businessman, is also chairman o f Indiana’s chapter o f Vietnam Veterans o f A m er
ica.
"W hat we're asking for is funding that will focus on birth defects in the children o f vet
erans, any health effects they may have resulting from their
See VIETNAM, Page 3
BUSTED!
See LAST WORD. Page 9
IUPUI to host Olympic trials
By CRAIG RUSSELBURO lU P U I's unparalleled Track and Field Stadium has again enabled the city to fortify its claim as amateur sports capi
tal o f the world. Two weeks ago, the International Com
petition Committee selected the facility as the rite o f the track and field trials o f the 1988 Olympics.
Considered by many run
ners to be the fastest track in the United States, the stadium was selected over two other bids coming from Los Angeles, Ca. and Eugene, Ore.
T h e r e were three presenta
tions made last August in Chi
cago to host the Olympic T r i
als," said Pete Cava, media spokesman for The A th letk Congress, whkh is baaed in Indianapolis. “ People from Eugene, Los Angeles, and Indi
anapolis placed bids to host the event."
T h e Olympic Site Selection Committee, part o f the full council, made the recom
mendation that Indianapolis host the trials to the In ter
national Competition Com
mittee during the national convention in Tampa,” Cava said.
The event w ill take place July 16-24. 1988 and is expected to generate a great deal o f interest among track and field enthusiasts world
wide.
T h e United States is very strong in sprints and hurdles,"
Cava said. "Foreign countries realize this and as a result there sould be a tremendous amount o f foreign interest in the Trials.”
The top three athletes in each event will be selected to participate in the 1988 Olym pic Games which w ill begin in Seoul, Korea a few weeks after the Trials are completed.
‘ Some time within the next year, qualifying standards will be set for the athletes to deter
mine who will compete in the Trials,” Cava said.
The Natatorium already has been slated to host the swim ming, synchronized swimming and diving Olympic Trials for the 1988 Games.
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The day-long celebration, centered around the theme ‘ Livin g the Dream: Let Freedom R in g * w ill take place at the newly renovated Indiana Roof Ballroom. The program is broken up into three successive sessions.
In addition to a slide presentation entitled
‘ We Look Back,* entertainm ent w ill be pro
vided by the Light o f the World Christian Churches Joy Ensemble.
Among the distinguished speakers at the program are Congressman W alter E. Fauntroy (D.C.), the first elected delegate to the U.S.
House o f Representatives from the District o f Columbia in 100 years, and Yvonne Braith- waite Burke, the first Black woman elected to Congress from California. Dr. J.P. Lisack, pro
fessor o f technology at Purdue U niversity since 1970 w ill also be speaking.
For more information on the program or ticket reservations, call 274- 2134.
Lecture will compare Christmas in Latin America
The IU P U I Hum anities Institute w ill spon
sor a lecture on Latin American Christmas customs at Noon Dec. 17 at the C ity Center on the Circle.
The social and religious Christmas customs o f Latin American people w ill be discussed by M arta Cruz, asistant coordinator o f the IU P U I Pan American Events and Language Programs Office. A prominent member o f the Hispanic community, Crux has traveled extensively in Cuba, Colombia, Venezuela and the V irgin Islands.
Cruz w ill discuss the topic again at 2:36 at George Washington High School as part o f an outreach program with IP S schools.
M a rta C ru z
Sponsored Programs. The grant money was awarded by the Public Health Service (P H S ), a division o f the Department o f Health and Human Services.
In order for the school to be eligible for the atward, «t^ J e a s t three IU P U I non-health researchers must have been awarded PH S grants in the past year. The grants must total at least $200,000, according to administrative coordinator Ann B. Kratz.
"This is good seed money,* Kratz said. "It’s a way researchers can get their projects started.
This was a really mixed group, including a new investigator, established investigators and a researcher from the Columbus campus.*
All-night study room open to students Professor's qualify for
$9600 in grant money
The allotment oi $9600 o f Biomedical Research Support Grants was announced recently by the department o f Research A
IU P U I students who are behind on their studies can catch before finals at a 24-hour study room available today through Dec. 21.
The study room, located in the Student Union cafeteria, is sponsored by the Student Affairs Advisory Committee and monitored by the university police. CofTee and hot chocolate w ill be available for purchase by students.
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Minority student enrollment remains stable
Minority enrollment at IU P U I haa remained constant over the laat two y e an , the Commission for H igher Educa
tion announced at their meet
ing last Friday.
Enrollment figures o f all minority students at IU F U I totaled 3,452 for both the 1984-55 and 1966-86 academic years, the commission report
ed. This followed a decline o f 89 students from the 1983-84 school year to the 1984-86 year
Although black student enrollment in the university’s health segment has remained constant over the three-year period, black student enroll
ment in the non-health seg
ment decreased by 164 stu
dents.
However, non-black minor
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In the health division, non
black minority enrollment grew from a 1983-84 count of 149 students to a 1985-86 total o f 179 students, while the non
health division grew from 720 to 756 students during the same period
Despite the fact that black student enrollment remained constant in the health area and IU P U I is one o f 10 cam
puses to increase non-black minority enrollment, the com
mission said more progress was necessary in improving minority student participa
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Asbestos—
Continued from Page 1 In addition, before asbestos can be removed, the areas must be sealed o ff and wet down.
Frank Blaudow, director o f the Physical Plant, said work
ers in his department encoun
ter asbestos in the form of insulation for steam pipes. He added that Physical Plant workers are not allowed in areas where asbestos is pre
sent nor are they allowed to work on removal.
Blaudow said that the asbes
tos has not been removed from IU P U I buildings because “ the state doesn’t have enough money to clean it all up.” Says French, "W e have areas that have to be corrected. It has to be prioritized by risk” .
Much o f *the asbestos on campus poses no risk because it is undisturbed and stable.
Regular air samples taken throughout IU P U I show that asbestos readings have gener
ally been below federal Envi
ronmental Protection Agency standards.
signs o f progress are encour
aging, it cannot be said that, to date, progress has been made statewide with respect to this objective (o f improving minor
ity student participation).*
In other business, the com
mission adopted its budget Mkm ommendations for the 1987-89 biennium. Th e recommenda
tions will be forwarded to the Indiana General Assembly for consideration in the upcoming legislative session.
IU P U I fared well with the commission’s recommenda
tions for operating requests, with $600,000 earmarked to
“attract and retain” quality faculty. IU P U I was listed fifth on the list of top fiinding pri
orities for operating requests.
For capital budget requests, however, the commission bumped the planned $38 m il
lion Science, Engineering and Technology complex to the number 10 position on the list o f top fiinding prioritise for capital prqjects.
Vietnam---
Continued tram Page 1 father’s exposure,” he said.
The proposed legislation would also extend the committee's life for two years from its scheduled expiration on June 30, 1987.
Maude DeVictor. a fanner Veteran’s Administration counselor who was the subject o f the N B C T V movie “Unna
tural Causes,” will be speak
ing.
Robert J. Foster o f the American Legion is also a V iet
nam veteran. Foster, recently named as committee vies chair, said the meeting has taken on “ a different flavor”
since N B C aired “Unnatural Causes.”
Foster said the drama
tization “told the story o f a Vietnam veteran who came down with cancer and came to believe it was caused by Agent Orange.” It was based on DeVictor’s experiences. “Ac
cording to the docudrama she was the first person to see the link between exposure to diox
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During the movie's airing, Foster said, W T H R Channel 13 listed the committee's phone number “We received 300 phone calls at the state house in two hours,” he said.
* I f enough people show up at the meeting we're hoping the committee will be extended and some o f our legislative pro
posals will receive finding and a favorable reaction,” accord
ing to Footer.
'From tests we've heard of, there appears to be a higher incidence o f birth defects, still births and sterility* among the families o f Vietnam veterans, Footer said. I f the legislation paaeea, “w e ll be looking at birth certificates to identity those children with birth defects who could be children o f Vietnam veterans.
“T h e final step will be to do blood testing o f selected vet-
who have fathered deformed children to deter mine i f current levels of dioxin in the body are higher than the norm,” he said.
Foster said that extensive testing has been done in New Jersey and it is believed a blood test to determine dioxin levels in the body will be avail
able within two years.
Former state representative Merle Brown originally chaired the committee. “ In 1982, a young Vietnam vet
eran naiped Charles Moran brought a bill to me that Texas had passed to form an Agent Orange committee,” Brown said.
*1 then ran an ad inviting letters from veterans and their families,” he said. “ I got over 400 replies from veterans, wives, parents. From reading these letters I became con
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O P I N I O N
Poge5LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Campus in need o f more research, reader comments
To the editor:
Your opinion page or the Dec. 8 issue o f the Sagamore gave several diffesent points o f view from the faculty regard
ing the role o f IUPU1 and the top priorities o f the campus.
Prof. Juillerat indicates in her letter to the editor that the low priority assigned by the Indiana Commission for Higher Education for the new Science building may be a mes
sage to IU P U I to reduce emphasis on research activi
ties and funnel more money into effective undergraduate education. This may, indeed, be the message, but both Prof.
Juillerat and the commission are mistaken i f they believe one can achieve quality under
graduate education by phasiztng research.
Providing quality education, i.e. being a good teacher, is not inconsistent with being a scholar in one's own field. In fact, most would argue that the first requirement for good teaching is a thorough knowl
edge o f one's own field.
To be a "scholar” in science is to be a scientist [not just a teacher o f science), and science is done in a research lab. In science particularly, the state o f knowledge changes so rapidly that a teacher who remains in the classroom w ith out venturing into the research lab, or at least into the library to read o f others' research, is quickly rendered obsolete.
I also cannot agree with Prof. Juillerat's assumption that the commission's message to produce "solid under
graduate products” is good.
In recent years, B.8. gradu
ates from the Chemistry Department have gone on to
^excellent positions in industry or graduate study. As affln di- cator o f the type o f education they have received at IU P U I, B.S. graduates o f the Chem
istry Department are now working toward P h D s at schools such as Columbia, Stanford, and Harvard U n i
versities. All o f these students were involved in under
graduate research while at IU PU I.
I f the commission is truly interested in increasing the quality o f undergraduate offer
ings at IU P U I, it should not make the mistake o f discour
aging the research activities o f the faculty. Good facilities for research (an adequate library, modem equipment, space for research activities, etc.) will attract well-qualified scholars to the faculty and the students will be the prime beneficiaries.
R a im a C a r te r Aeet. Prof, o f Chemietry
CAMPUS INQUIRY
'W hat are your holiday plans?
MARSHA HOWARD M erketng
Sophomore
“ II I probably goof off. I’ve studied really hard this semes
ter and I need some time to relax."
KWANG CASEY E le ctrical Engineering Junior
" ( m be) working at Lazarus, relaxing after finals, being with friends I haven’t seen for a semester.”
LEIGH ANN DAYTON P h ytlce l Therapy Freshman
“Go to Ft. Lauderdale and do as little as possible. I plan to go to the Epcot Center in Orlan
do."
PATRICK CONLISK H urting
Senior
" I’m going to vacation in New York City where I plan to eqjoy Broadway Shows and the nightlife o f Manhattan.”
FRANK LOVEJOY GooiOQV
Sophomore
T i l be at my grandmother’s house in Pennsylvania to spend time with relatives and eat a big dinner.”
ANGIE DOUGLAS tew
Freehman
‘ Eating a lot and visiting family and partying, but II I be ready to come back to school.”
Text by UZABETH FULLER Photos by ROBERT YONG
IU P U I-few alumni identify with it
Y
oull have to forgive Barbara Furlow if she seems a little peeved this semester. After all, Furlow has to drive to Bloomington three days a week for i An observer might find it hard to believe that she is a student at IUPUI.In fact, she will not be an IUPUI graduate, since there is no such creature. At commence
ment only IU and Purdue diplomas are dis
pensed. So it is no surprise that many people consider themselves either IU or Purdue alum
ni.
According to Dyke Wilson, assistant director of Alumni Affairs, there are approximately 62,000 IUPUI graduates. But many of those former students are not IUPUI boosters. As Wilson said, “It’s an interesting animal, really, where people like to put their loyalties."
Maybe this is because they don't know what to be loyal to on a campus as fragmented as IUPUI.
While the campus' phenomenal growth dem
onstrates that there is a demand for top-quality education in the largest dty in Indiana, some
thing is wrong. Although IUPUI is the third largest university in the state, we are treated by the IU administration as nothing more than an "extension" campus.
And who wants to be a booster of an under
funded extension campus? Take a look in one of the bookstores-even our loyalty to school colors is divided three ways. We are more an unrelated hodgepodge of components than a university.
Yet whiie there are other institutions of higher learning in Indianapolis, none can rival the size and scope of a combined IU and Pur
due.
Personally, I am an IUPUI chauvinist. When I graduate next year, I intend to become an IUPUI booster. I think that this university has a great deal to offer-location, variety, a faculty that is committed to the ideal of an urban uni
versity, to non-traditionai as well as traditional students, to working with the community.
Alumni bring funds, visibility, recognition.
While there are a few prominent boosters working for lUPUI's visibility and He future now, until there are more the campus will never have the funds or the power to reach to reach its full potential. Until that time, w ell have to keep driving to Bloomington or West Lafayette to complete our educations.
And until than we ll have to settle for an extension campus' handouts, despite the fact that we are students at the third largest univer
sity in the
• - Joyce K. Jensen for the Editorial Board
P a g e 6 SAGAMORE Dec. IS. 1966
Lovell pleased with Metros'progress
By »OB COOK
Ti. rough nine games, the IUFU1 Metros have shown improvement but need to be more consistent, according to Coach Bob Lovell.
Lovell, in an interview last Thursday, gave an analysis of the first third o f the season
“W e’re relatively pleased so far," he said. "Last year, at this point, we were 1-8 and now we're 6-3. The record is not bad especially considering we’ve played six o f those games on the road." IU P U I has a 4-2 record on the road so far, including the Brooka/Peach Basket Classic championship at the University o f Indian
apolis.
The offense has improved over last year, averaging 86 points per game, an improve
ment o f nearly nine points over last year. Senior guard Aldray Gibson, who led the team in scoring last year, continues to do so this year. Gibson aver
ages 27.6 points per game.
"Aldray is averaging a lot of points, but he’s shooting better than last year-he's taking less shots and getting a lot of ftoty on the break," Lovell said? "He moves as well away from the ball as anybody I've ever
coached. He’s found himself open a lo t" Gibson averaged more that 30 points in the last three games.
Lovell noted that three other Metros are averaging in dou
ble figures: junior center JefT Roach (12.6), senior forward Troy Pitts (10.0) and sopho
more forward Jesse Bingham (10.0).
Lovell said, however, that the defense still needs to improve. "We still don't do a good job o f defending in the post," he said. "We need to improve our press and be more consistent. We can't give up easy baskets."
Better defensive
rebounding, though, has allowed the Metros to run the fast break, according to Lovell.
“WeVe been a lot more intense,” he said. T h e improvement in defensive rebounding has allowed us to run our fast break, giving us easier shots. I f you play good defense but don’t get the rebound, then you haven’t done much."
“W e’i v j io l tall or large, but we have gSod athletes," L o v e ll.
•aid. "We can get tothe boards quickly. A t the beginning of the year, rebounding was my
number one concern. We seem to be holding our own."
"Defense has to be the cor
nerstone of success," he added.
The defense gave up an aver
age o f 77 points per game through nine games, the same average the team had last year.
Another concern was IUPUTs performance in dose games last year. The Metros were 6-13 in games decided by six points or less.
Only two games so far this season have been close: the first University o f Indianapolis game and Transylvania. The Metros won neither. "We still have to demonstrate we can win the closq game,” Lovell said.
Overall, though, Lovell sees many similarities between this team and the 1984-85 Metro team that won the District 21 championship and a trip to the finals in Kansas City.
Lovell won’t guarantee a trip to Kansas City, however. "I think you’d be crazy to do that at this point," he said.
Many students will be trav
eling over the holidays, the Metros included. They will play only one home game, this against Wisconsin-Milwaukee on Dec. 22 at 7:30 p.m.
IUPUI basketball coacfvB&fr Lovell watches as his team beats lUPU-Fort Wayne, 99-72. The Metros' record stands at 6-3,indud- a current four-game winning streak.
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Fast Break
Craig Russelburg
Sagsupore denied entry to Pan Am Games
Guess who's going to be cov
ering the Pan American Games with a pair 6f bino
culars from atop the roof of Cavanaugh H alit
You guessed it: the Saga
more. Unfortunately, when it
came time for PAX-I to dis
tribute media passes to the event, the staff o f the Saga- more was dealt an empty
‘hand. W e didn't quite make the team, so to speak.
Apparantly we were not the
only ones overlooked. Other campus newspapers located in the city were rejected as well.
Prom what I have learned we rated somewhere behind the third-cousin to the mayor and Fidel Castro’s barber on PAX- Ts list.
I suppose it is the right of the committee to determine who will receive press creden
tials to the Pan Am Games, but what annoys me is the fact
that like it or not, without ognized as a viable publication IU P U I there would be no Pan by PAX-rs public relations Am Games. And the Sagamore department The organization is a part of IUPUI. In that has literally deluged our mail- respect, you might say that
this is like someone coming into your backyard ^p have a cookout and letting you know that you’re not invited.
But what truly amazes me is the fact that until it came time to dispense the passes, the Sagamore apparently was rec-
boxes with hundred pieces of press releases over the past year. And since this is campus news, we have covered the event.
At any rate, when August rolls around I may be up on the roof with my binoculars. But most likely TU stay at home.
Lady Metros prepare for European tour
By TER R Y HUTCHENS A sst. Sports Editor
Five games into the 1986-67 season, IU P U I women’s bas
ketball coach Jim Price Remains optimistic with what he has seen from this year's edition o f the Metros.
“This team has at lot of
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going for it, including* that they have a great attitude and a very strong w ill
ingness to improve," said Price. *Thoee are qualities that are very important to any team's success. No matter i f we win or lose, these girls are continually analyzing their game to find out where they can do better."
Through the first five games, IU P U I has posted a 3-2 record which includes the champion
ship o f the Lady Metro Tour
nament that was held on cam
pus two weeks ago. In that tournament, IU P U I defeated Marian 76-67 and then Camp- bellsburg, Ky., 60-49, for the championship. Junior guard Glenna Massey was selected to the all-tournament team.
IUPUTs losses on the season haye come against the Univer
sity o f Indianapolis and most recently Butler, 73-59, on Dec.
9. The next game for the Lady Metros w i l l ^ M ^ s Saturday n<ght when the team travels to Oakland City College in Bed
ford.
This year's IU PU I squad is built around what Price terms the “cornerstone." The corner
stone is composed o f six seniors that Price and the Lady Metros look to for experi
ence and leadership. Included in the'group are guards Kelly
Fitzgerald and Leslie M ar
tinez, along with forward Deb
bie Ferrell, Amy Strohmeyer, Pat Hood and Julie Hall.
The Lady Metros have been led in scoring by $dassey with a 16 point per game average, along with six rebounds from her guard position. Stroh
meyer, a starting forward, has averaged 11 points a game and Fitzgerald has averaged eigh t Hood has come off the bench to lead the team in rebounds with nine per game.
Price’s biggest concern in the early going with his team has been lack o f execution o f their halfcourt offense and not enough aggressiveness on rebounds. Both however, are areas that Price believes the team will continue to get bet
ter in.
“W e just need to be more
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We're getting the good shots, but we’re just not able to make the basket,"
On the positive side o f things, Price has been impressed with the team’s depth and their ability to play a good pressure man-to-man defense.
“To give an example o f how deep we are, there have been times when all 11 players have gotten into the game in the first half. And I ’m not talking about a blowout either," said Price. “I also feel our defense has really taken advantage of the 45-second shot clock and used it as our sixth man. There
have been a lot o f times when the other team is jsut getting into their offensive flow, when the shot«clock has been ready to run out."
On the horizon for the Lady Metros in the coming month is a trip that Price has planned for since 1984, when his pie- sent group o f seniors were sophomores. From Dec.
26-Jan. 4, the team will be making a European tour to Belgium, the Netherlands, and West''Germany. In that time span, the Metros will play a total o f seven games against club teams abroad.
“One o f my goals as a coach is to present a program through which these girls can have an enjoyable and plea
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Page a SAGAMORE Doc. 15.1966
Critic picks his favorite albums of year
By JO E CAPARO1
Well, 1986 is Anally coming to a close, and that means I can be retrospective about the music I listened to through the year. This year, however, I have the option to voice my opinion via this column- -rather than to myaelf-about the albums I consider the most artistically valid and intrinsi
cally verifiable (ha ha).
O f course that doesn't mean that the rest of the albums released this past year are use
less. This is only my opinion. I f you disagree, write me some hate letters. I'd love them.
Write in and say that I should only review the Billboard Top 10, because everybody knows that we don't hear enough of those songs. Who can get enough of Huey Lewis' “Hip To Be Square." I sure can't.
Expand your horizons. You don’t have to buy the albums I have reviewed. They’re not even all that alternative ( I f I wanted to, I could write about some really off-the-wall stuff).
It’s simply that, here in River City, this music doesn't get all that much exposure. It’s my feeling that, perhaps i f it did, it might eqjoy a slightly higher degree of popularity. It’s not so weird.
•* Unfortunately, Indianapolis doesn't have most of the tradi
tional avenues through which even moderately alternative music can gain airplay. IU PU I doesn't have a campus radio station; Butler does, but doesn’t realize it's potential;
Ben Davis High School's sta
tion plays some slightly differ
ent stuff, but only for a few hours a week.
I’m hoping there's an audi
ence for this style out there. I
expect that there is, because I listen to it, and Tm not so unusual (I think). In fact, some of these albums have recieved that precious airplay -<the Bangles, R.E.M.; heck, even the Smithereens). That shows that theta is some interest.
Anyway, that’s enough of that.
I f you agree, disagree, or just don't care, send your thoughts to the mighty the Sagamore.
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R.E.M. - lApHTRich Pqgeani%
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Let's A c tiv e - Big Plans For Everybody
Mitch Easter is a genius.
Period. And he’s a nice guy, which shows up in person and on vinyl . His songs are nice- guy fare, too . Groovy produc
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