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Featured

THE POLITICS OF A PRESIDENTIAL RACE As the presidential campaign season hits full stride, SyracLLJe Uni"erJity Magazine explores the ideas and issues that fuel the latest run for the White House.

14 • These days, understanding the political message requires sifting through sound bites to get to the real substance of the issues.

18 • Presidential candidates must polish their images to cast lasting impressions that appeal to the electorate.

22 • Are the media fulfilling their obligation of responsible coverage? 26 • Opinion polls remain vital resources for determining citizens'

thoughts on public policy. 30 • Senators Joseph Biden and Alfonse D'Amato square off over

whether a Democrat or Republican should occupy the White House. 32 • SU has its own alumnus in this year's presidential race. 34 • The flat tax sparks debate as America re-examines its tax system. 36 • Newhouse students patrol primary territory in New Hampshire.

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QUAD ANGLES Syracuse University students cook up their own barbecue sauce for store shelves; basketball coach Jim Boeheim and alumna Angela Robinson carry the Olympic torch; engineering students get revved up over a race car.

COVER TO COVER In Combat: Twef"e YearJ in the U.S. Senate, former New Hampshire Senator Warren Rudman reflects on the battles of Capitol Hill.

SHORT LIST Tandem cyclist Kathy Urschel races to Paralympic silver; Fred Foerst has a blast with rockets; Jill Merritt sees outfitting the stars as a perfect career fit.

UNIVERSITY PLACE An S U geography major assists in lead-level exposure research; the Division of International Programs Abroad has a new site in Hong Kong; Student Government Association president Jesse Mejia promotes political involvement on campus.

H EADLINES The School of Management's Program in Entrepreneurship and Emerging Enterprises teaches students how to turn innovative ideas into reality.

COMMITMENT TO LEARNING The late alumna Ruth Freeman Meyer leaves $ 12 million to Syracuse University for endowing scholarships and supporting other campaign priorities.

ORANGE PEAL The SU tradition is deeply rooted among some families, who send generation after generation to pursue studies on the Hill.

Cover illustration by Neil Brennan.

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Purging a Blackened Political Soul I n the course of planning this presi­

d e n t ia l campaign issue of SyracuJe UniverJity Magazine, I was reminded

of an experience I had shortly after mov­ing to Syracuse.

I had been in my new home about a year when I was surprised and more than a little impressed to learn that my next door neighbor, Pete, was running for political office. Specifically, Pete was eyeing a seat on the New York State Assembly, which, in his opinion, had been controlled far too long by his rival party. "Change" was the one-sy llable campaign slogan he hoped would carry him up the New York Thruway to Al­bany and send his opponent back home. It worked for an underdog named Bill Clinton. Why not him?

It was fascinating to watch a political campaign unfold just one house aw ay. There were star-spangled fund -raisers held regularly in Pete's b ack yard. Campaign posters began to dapple the neighborhood. A local film crew showed up on the candidate's front steps for a brief interview that actually made the evening n ews. And a fter joking with Pete that my vote could be bought with a little yard work, one evening I returned home to find my lawn mowed and mulched to perfection.

In trigu ed as I was w ith watc hing Pete's political machine in motion, never once did I offer to climb aboard hi s bandwagon (too busy), nor did he ever try to recruit me (too politically evasive) . What the wanna-be assembly man did do, however, was spend quite a bit of time researching a rea voting record s and, in the process, uncovered a shock­ing truth: I was not a registered voter.

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I did, and was absolutely mortified.

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In truth, I was a registered voter; just not in

Syracuse. In the hectic year or so that had passed since mov ing here from southern New York I had simply let re­registering become one of those things I would "eventually" get to.

As one of those people prone to spon­taneous speeches about the importance of participa ting in the democratic process, that saffron-yellow registration form seemed to scream "Hy pocrite!" so loud I couldn 't help but wonder w hy the neighbors didn't fly out their front doors to see what a ll t h e noise was a bout. Sheepishly, I removed t he form from my mailbox and went straight into t he house to fi ll it out. Two weeks later I received confirmation of my voting sta­tus . My blackened politi cal soul had been purged.

Pete w on his party primary, thanks in part to my vote. Come Election Day my ballot once more was cast in his favor; unfort unately , w ithout much compa ny . Pete was trounced by his opponent and never made it to Albany .

Still, Pete say s he is glad for the experi­ence and w hat he learned from it - that any citizen w ith ideas that spark voter interest has a ticket into the political arena and an opportunity to effect change.

As for m e, I came away w ith the reminder that w hen y ou fail to vote, you make y ourself irrelevant to the political process.

I may be ma ny things. But irrelevant? N ever.

~~ J EFFREY CHARBONEAU

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TOLLEY TRIBUTE

M uch has and will be written about Chancellor Emeritus William

Pearson Tolley. His devotion and affec­tion in support of Syracuse University are well known. His foresight and future vision were valuable attributes that have benefited generations of Syracuse University students, faculty, and alumni.

While he rubbed elbows with some very prominent individuals of wealth or status, he also knew the common people by name and circumstance. His incredi­ble memory allowed him not only to be a perpetual scholar and chief executive, but also to recall many wonderful sto­ries, which he shared with his friends. Likewise his candor about the human condition, including his own, was one of his trademarks.

I was privileged and honored to count him as a friend and mentor for 35 years and shall miss him w ith sad­ness for his absence and joy for his friendship. I shall always remember the plaque that sat on his desk. It stated that we grow too soon old and too late smart. While it was his credo, I am not convinced that it was a true reflection of William Pearson Tolley's 95 years of life.

JoAN MARTIN WAY '64, G '78

MISSION VIEJO, CALIFORNIA

chancellor Tolley was an unseen but vocal figure to me during my years

at SU. I remember well my first nig ht at

Syracuse attending the Chancellor's address (September 8, 1963), which was titled "Learning to See." He spoke about the Chartres Cathedral and talked about the rose window, the architecture of the building-and used this masterpiece as an example of looking carefully and see­ing as muc h as possible in our lives. That is w hat I have carried around with me all these years. I still have a copy of his address from that evening. It is in booklet form, and it has moved with me many times since I graduated in 1967.

I think of Chancellor Tolley and am grateful for his words that evening so many years ago. I often thought of writ­ing him; I am sorry now that I did not.

KAREN STEPHENSON ZLI1MEMfAN '67 N Elf/ YoRK, NElf/ YoRK

I N B A 5 K E T

I wish to thank the Syractlde UniverJity Magaz ine staff for the marvelous treat­

ment you gave to "The Tolley Years" in your Summer 1996 issue. Nice choice of sections-they segued nicely into Dick Case's fine article ("Coming Home"). And whoever had the idea of shooting the yearbook covers should get a raise ­great illustration!

J OHN R OBERT GREENE G'83

CHITTENANGO, NElf/ YORK

I am an alum of SU and Pi Kappa Alpha fraternity, which used to have a

chapter at SU. I was upset to read in your article on Chancellor WJliam Tolley that he was a DKE. This is wrong. H e was a Pi Kappa Alpha member.

ROBERT J. LEHMANN '64 AUSTill~ T E»IS

SAX CHANGE

I have just read my Summer 1996 edition of SyracuJe UniverJity Magazine and felt I

had to call your attention to a picture printed backwards. On page 19, Chan­cellor Tolley is pictured playing a tenor sax, completely in reverse. I looked at it for a minute and said, "What's wrong with this picture?" and then realized it proba­bly fit better on that corner of the page, so they reversed it and printed it! A sax can­not be played on the left side of the body, right hand above the left, unless it is an entirely custom-made instrument. When I held the page up to the light and looked at it from the other side, it was fine!

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It's a good magazine, very slick and professional, which makes it even more fun to catch something like this! Keep up the good work!

MARTHA R. BOUGHNER '73

CEDAR GROVE, NElf/ JERSEY

FOND MEMORIES

T hank you so much for the stirring portrait of the atmosphere and

experience of the thousands of veterans who benefited from the GI Bill at Syracuse University ("Coming Home," Summer 1996). It is clear from the out­standing profiles that society was the beneficiary as well as the soldiers.

MELISSA E. ALGAZE '91 LosANGELES, CALIFORNIA

HEIGHTENED AWARENESS

I was pleased to see two articles in the Summer 1996 issue about people with

disabiliti es. Both the book review "Sports Heroes" (Cover to Cover) and "Water Wings" (On Our Short List) brought issues of disability into the open with a positive spin.

A year after I graduated from SU, I was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis. This year I finished my master's degree in special education. For these reasons my awareness of disability is heightened. The two articles may heighten awareness for others. I commend the magazine for that.

In addition, it would be nice to see articles about people with disabilities w ho are succeeding in areas other than sports. Also, I wondered why the illus­tration and photograph accompa ny ing the articles do not depict disability . While it is important to focus on the per­son first, greater acceptance of people with disabilities could b e promoted through positive images as well as posi­tive words.

Keep up the good work. I enjoy the magaztne.

LIESL OBEREELD '92 LAUREL SPRINGS, NElf/ J ERSEY

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