Volume 21, Issue 4 (March 1989) - The Rampage

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Volume XXI Number 4

The Ramaz Upper School

March, 1989 / Adar I 5749

Students Have an Ice Time

by Adam Szubin

Those of you who know what "hullaballoo" 1s have ci1hcr tx-cn s1udying for your SA T's or have had a grcai cxpcnencc. If you were studying for your SA T's then you would \..now 1ha1 "hul­ laballoo" is a loud or confus ing noise. If you were on the Ramaz sk, tnp then you would know 1hat "hullaballoo" 1s !he name of a trail a1 Gore Mountain where the intcr­ ccss1on tnp 100J... place.

The trip was a wild success even before 11 staned. Student reaction. whether 10 !he idea of a ski trip or to the notion of spend­ mg the night in a five-star hotel. was very positive. The 90 spots were quickly filled and, as :ip­ plications continued to pour in. a third bus was requcs1ed.

Even as lhe buses were being loodcd. it was apparent rhat this trip would be something classy-­ for the fi�t llmc ever. Ramaz dis­ tributed baggage Jags. 1111s led some people to believe that their bags would be taken care or for them and. although this proved to be a false supposition. ii nevcrthe-

less 111sp1rcd a fet'ling of cxci1c­ ment among the sk1e�-10-bc.

The cxc11cment did not 1;1,;t long. a� exhausted cxan1-1akcr,; fell asleep qutd:ly. But as the bu..,cs pulled into the S,1gamorc Hotel. 1110�1 "tudcnls were awakened by a sen� of anticipa11on. TI1m.c who were nol, were awaJ...cnl·d by a r.uhcr large stuffed bcur 111 the reception area. And. afler being i,;sued credit card-like keyi,,, the studenis made their way 10 their rooms.

Cries of "How do lhcsc card things work?" and " Ooh. a fireplace" were echoed by many.

All were impressed by the rooms­ -if not by the living room and the kitchenette. then by the three televisions per suite, all equipped with cable. If that didn't do ii, there were chocolates on the beds.

Some scudents did not find these chocolates until 1he follow­ ing night, though. as they did not sleep upon their amval. For 1hosc who stayed up all nigh1. hunger was a problem. Some were for1una1e enough 10 have roommates who had brought food. Others (contmued on poxt' 6)

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Thrtt seniors Sffn Just before their desc-rnt down lbt Infamous double diamond sloprs on Gorr Mountain.

Concern Grows Over Arson

by Adam Szubin In October, 1988 1hrcc fires were SCI 111 the bu1ldmg. For1unatcly, all three fires were caught quickly before the situa­ tion could worsen. However the situauon was bad enough already.

After the thud fire was rcponed nnd extinguished, a school-wide assembly was held m which R:ibbi Baksi. M r. Miller and Dr. Shudofsky spoke sternly about the fires and urged students who hnd any knowleJge U6ou1 the lln.�s to1.. come forward. The seriousness of the fires was stressed and the fire­ setter was tcnned "sick." Time passed without a recurring inci­ dent and 1hr: mauer was aJmost forgotten when. m mid�f('bruary. two more fires wen: started.

Oy 1his 1imc. 11 was apparent that something had to be done.

The c;tudcnl body was ag;1in adrcsscd by Rabbi Bakst who em­ phasized the real danger mhcrent in 1he fires, men11onmg inJunc'I and even death a.c; possible conse­ quences of such fires. Teacher� were then asked 10 monitor absen-

ccs and lalcnesses carefully and increase vi gilance. However. these were only preventive measures and were no1 intended 10 catch the person who set the fires.

Other preventive measures 1ha1 willbctakcn include lhc bringing of a fire marshal! 10 a.dress the school in order to make the slU• dent body aware of 1he facts conccrning fire safety and the installation of a new, more scns111ve lire de1cction '-}'Siem 10 bencr procect lh""estu<knlbody from o.nY future fires.

The new fire detection system is being installed because of dissatisfaction wuh the funct1omng of 1hc current system during the five fires. The :danns did no1 go off because 1hc fires were put out immedia1cly after their discovery which. Ill every mslancc. occurred very shonly after the fire staned; ho\.l.ever. u bcncr smoke de1cc1or i" being sought TI1c student body was not cvacua1cd dunng any of the fires for the same reason-by 1hc 1ime an .announcement could h:1ve been made or the school lire bells nc11va1ed the fire had already

been extinguished. In 1he case of rhe most recent and mosl serious fire, Mr. Miller says, though. that had the fire lasrcd another half of a minute the building would have been evacuated.

The fires in October were sci in the outer part of 1hc girl's bathroom on the third noor. in the fire cxtinguishr:r cabinet on 1he third floor and m the fourth noor lounge. The1wofircs infcbruary were set m lhe back stairway be-

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Saturday Night- -G. 0. Style

by Jonathan Tunnenhausu The GO, m conjunction wuh the Rr1mat Parents' Council, spon:-.ored a "som:c" a1 Rmn:v on January 7, TI1e evening's highlights in­ cluded 1he varsity ba�ketball team·'i victory 0\'Cr JEC at the Palace. dell and Clunc...c'.: food from Bemste111 's. and cntcrtam­ men I fcatur111g 1mprov -.111ger Sieve DePas. The night began w11h the var• sity game. The Ramaz 1cam crushed JEC 62--18. Senior G,I P ago,•ich said 1ha1 the learn worked particularly well together 1h31 night under cnonnous pres­ sure to win 111 home. P,1govich no1cd 1ha1 "Benjy (Henner) really slood out. lie is lhe spa.rk of 1he team." l·knncr's most 1mprc-c;si\'C fem dunng the game was a '-f)CC1acular backwards•ovcr-1he-head basket.

After drnner, �oircc par1ic1pants were entertained by the improv1sa1ion of Steve DcPas. • • DePas sang an e,i;1em..lcd wclcom-

mg "ong, wi,;hrng 1he :md1ence a "(cl1d..) Good evening," and sin­ gling out stul.icn1.s and facuhy m the amltence for extl·mpor.incou-. \Cr-,1ficat1on. DcPas al,;o sang (not 1111promptu) about lhe nature of lovr and about h111; md1v1duahty N ac; an Amcm::m ( l"m :tn in ­ c.hvidual man... Hot damn. that's what I am"). The perfonnance ended a, I I :JO Many studcn1s and faculty members were less than thnlled

by DePas ·s pcrfonnance. S1uden1 Ac11v111cs Director Roy Angs1rc1ch commented. "Pans or what he dtd were very funny....

Pans of what he did were very boring. (DcPas) could have been a lot worse," Pagovich. on the olher hand. fell thal De Pas was "a really good guy." Yet Ass1s1an1 Dean Im Miller �aid that the show "wasn't a::. cnlertammg a.s ii could !have been I," Out reoc11on" to the evening a, a whole v.crc generally positive.

GO President e11,ur Agus i,,md tha1 the evening was a �uccci,,s in 1ha1 ii set a precedent for fu1urc

Mnlor Lonny Sorkin escapes lhr J.E.C. ddendtrs ind goes In for a layup 11 the baskrtball game prrcce-dlng lht GO sponsored soiree.

Saturday night school-sponsored ac11vi11es. Agus ob....crvcd 1hat this program was jotnlly coordina1ed by lhe GO, lhc Parents' Council. and the n dmin1s1ral i on, and remarked 1ha1 events such ns the ....c will lead 10 grcalcr cooperation be1,� ecn thc....c groups.

Mr. �,Idler added 1h,11 the evcnl wa, 1mponnnt bccnu"c it provided an oppor111nity for ,tudcrus to "ge1 together" socmlly a1 Rµmaz. I-le

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andln"-111 JOC.ker on Ulo-uxlh hoor:--The last fire was !he worsl because II was in a very isololed area and was therefore potentially undetectable for a longer period or time.

111c fires were pul oul by members of 1he ndminis1ra1ion. facully and main1cnacc crew including Mr. Miller. Dr. Stone and Rabbi Berkowitz using the fire exiinguishers present on each noor near 1he stairwell entrances.

The danger in the fires. says Mr. Miller. was nol the fire itself. but rather the smoke. The school 1s basically fireproof. including

hopes 1hat such "soirees" will lake pl:icc more often than once a year.

Mr. Angstreich also lenncd the progr.im .1 ....ucccss. bul pointed out that fewer pcopll· lhan nn1icipa1ed had :mended. I-le cxpl:"uncd 1ha1 a11cnclnncc was low because or a Fom1 V pany and bccnusc the eve­ ning came so soon nftcr winier vacation. Ang..,trci'-11 s:iid 1ha1 1he cverung. as v.ell �, all GO events, was important because II helped_ generate school spirit

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P.L.O. Promises--Are They Real?

Editorial Better Late Than Never One sight which can be seen every morning after 8: IS, in Ramaz, is the long line which forms outside the coatroom in order to get late notes. A frequenter of this line can tell one that, because of its length, one can wait as much as ten minutes before being allowed into daven­ ing. This added delay causes some students to miss a great deal ofTefillah. Although many latenesses are in­ excusable, some are not, and cannot be prevented. It is not fair or correct for the school to take away davening lime from anyone, especially from someone who comes late to school through no fault of his own.

Ramaz is a yeshiva and as a yeshiva, it has certain priorities and responsibilities. Learning Torah and doing Mitzvot are more im 1>ortant and should come before such technical necessities as getting late notes.

Yes, students should be penalized for coming late to school, but not during davening. It is bad enough that a student comes late to school, but getting a late note just makes him even later to davening, and makes his daven­ ing even more rushed. The school has a responsibility to teach each student the importance of davening. By making one get a late note before davening it is as if the school is stressing the secular over the religious.

In place of the school's present system, I propose a dif­ ferent solution, one which would not take away lime from davening. Students who walk in late to school should have to sign their names on lists, each one for a different form. The sii:ning of one's name takes a much shorter time than giving an excuse and having someone decide if it is valid or not.This will enable students to enter Daven­ ing quickly and therefore have enough time to daven.

During homeroom, or if there is no homeroom on a par­ ticular day, then during their lunch periods, students who came late lo school will go to the office and it will then be determined if their excuses are acceptable or not.

With this method, latenesses will be punished on a student's own .time and not the time set aside for him to talk toG-d.

by Asar Hahuml Many Ramaz studen ts reacted swiftly to lhe U.S. decision 10 begm a substantive dialogue whh the P.L.O. The Reagan Admimsiration's new policy was greeted with dis,1ppoin1mcn1 ::and distress by members of 1hc stu ­ dcm body. Many now feel the U.S. move only .::adds 10 a growing 1rcnd of c hanging world opinion 1owards Israel.

Al though lherc never seems to be much agreement in Israeli poli1i cs be tween the left and right m the s1udcnt body. over 1hc pasl few weeks many Ramaz students look n united posi1ion which is described as "no 10 the P.L.0. al this point" S1udcn1s identifying themselves with the traditional Labor party joined Likud en­ thusiasts in supportmg this pos1110n. 1111s was one of 1hc very few occasions were students 1n Ramoz. lcft and nght alike. actual­ ly agreed on a JX>licy c oncerning Israel and how it should approa ch th e peace process.

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ASSOCIATE EDITOR Lisa Ellern

EDITORIAL EDITOR Josh Gorfinkle

JUNIOR EDITORS

Debbie Sabban Adam Szubin Sara Wisc

Jon Tannenhauser

SPORTS EDITOR FEATURES EDITOR Josh Prager David Flano CARTOONIST Shirra Fein FACULTY ADVISER Mr. Albert Goetz

TIie Raa .Pac, wekoma y oar letten ■-d � coatrtbattoas. Everythinc musl be siined. Letters ma y lie ,rt■ted 'lllame Willlheld Upon Request'.

"Until the PLO proves the words by actions.. .it cannot he a partner in the peace process." ly. Junior Sagi Gengcr. who sup­ ports Likud, explained why the P.L.O. cannot be a partner. "I don't think 1he U.S. move is a positive step," he says, "Un til the P.L.O. proves the words by ac­ tions su ch as changing its charter. ii can nol be a panner in the peace process." Prescn1ly. the P.L.0. c harter calls for the destruc tion of Israel.

The new agreemen t between left and right Ramaz poli tical en­ th usiasts shows two trends in the new politi c al idealogy of Ramaz stu dents. 111c first is that many

Ramaz leftists side with L...abor's current view on the P.L.0. is!-ue. despite the foci th:,t some lcfliM parties in Israel have called for negotia tions wilh 1he P.L.O. Fur­ thennore. even more Slriking, is tha t even some Ramaz Likud sup­ poncrs have not ruled o ut negotia1ion s wi th the P.L.O. if it "really" ch::mgcs .

Though there :ire sllll some who ru le oul any negotiations w11h the P.L.O. under any cir cumslan­ Sophmorc Jeffery ces.

Helmrei c h. who su ppon s the righ1-wing Te c hiya parry said. " t he P.L.O. is an organiza1ion dedi cated first and foremost to the destruction o f Israel. Every Slcp it takes can 1hcrcfore be c onsidered a slep in that direction inc luding the recognition of Israel."

In Israel. the reaction was similar 10 1hat of many Ramaz stu­ dents. As a result of the new Na­ tional Unily governmen t between the rival Likud and Labor parties. t h e Israeli government has presen tly rejected the P.L.O. as a partner for peace.

A Moment WithHeld

In August 1987. Clayton J. Lonetree was convicted of spying for the Soviet Union. A secunty guard at the Americ an embassy in Moscow, Lonctree rcponcdly en1 dangered the 11\'.'e·�of American In- T 1ellcgcncc agcn1s by providing their pho tographs to the Soviets.; was sentenced to thirty years m " ... The barometer of the moral fibre of a society he prison. Two years earlier rests in the seemingly little inconsequential acts, the Jonathan Jay Pollard had been ones which take place when no one else Is convicted of passing secret infor­ m a l ion 10 Israel. Ameri c a's watching." strongest ally. For hi s act o f -Rabbi Jay Goldmiaz "treason" Pollard was scn1enced to hfc imprisonment . His wife, -----------------------� Anne Henderson-Pollard. accused of having had access to classified documents af ter Jonathan's arrest, was senten ced to five years in a maximum se cu rity jail.

Pollard stoic classified infor­ mation and handed 11 to ano ther coun try; he should be punished for Published b> the Stlldents of the his activities-•but life impnson• Ramu Upper School mcnt? As Pollard himself has 60 East 78th St. N.Y., N.Y. 10021 wrincn, "I do not believe thal the Draconian sentence meted out to Tel: (212 ) 517-5955 me was commensu rate with 1he EDITORS-IN-CHIEF crime whi ch I c ommincd." It is Michael Kellman -Suzie Karan quite clear that Pollard's sentence

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Senior Udi Arad. known for his involvm cn1 in Israeli poli tics and who 1dc111ifies himself with the lefl, explained why he can �ot 1rust the P.L.0. at this point saying. "their moderation is a program of deception." Sim1liar-

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was based not on jus1ice bu t on the petty biased politics of the then­ Defense Se cretary Caspar Wein­ berger. who dubbed Pollard " the worst spy ever" and hin1ed that he deserved the d e ath penal t y.

Where was Cap when Lonetree was being tried? Probably busy worryfng,'lh:u (!lftltl wu becom­ ing "too strong."

Pollard has been in sollla ry c onfinemen t for two and a half year s. One of these years was spent in a prison psychi:11nc ward becau se. pu t simply� Pollard refused to implica te several prominen t American Zion1s1s with Is raeli intellcgcncc ac tivities.

Were this gross violation of human rights taking place m the Soviet Union. Jews around the world would be protesting and screaming at lhe 1op of their lungs.

But this is the United States. And dual loyalty insec urities have comple1ely paralyzed us.

Wha t about Anne? She suffers from a serio us chronic stomach disorder. Yet her medica tion has been frequently withheld. from her and during a recent hospital s1ay her hands and feel were chained to the bed. Carol Pollard, Jonathan's s is ter. reports that

"Ann e is unfocused. not able to conce ntrate, in constant pain. her eyes arc glazed. she is al times un­ responsive... she has a slightly yellowish tinge 10 her skin and she is slighlly fevrish." Surely she does not de serve this fare. to be treated as Jiving dead.

The !lrorfes of rhe rormenr this young c ouple suffers daily arc m• finite: the tal� of their courage are endless (Pollard recently staged a one man Sov1c1 Jewry rally for Sovie t officials inspecting his Manon, Ohio prison). They may not be heros. Bu t they arc certain­ ly not evil villains and they do not deserve lhc fate handed to them by thal "uns crupulo u s apostate," Caspar Weinberger. But where are we? Why arc we sitting in complacent silence while Anne ge ts closer to death and Jonathan looks forward only to long days in solitary cells. We must realize the gravny of this issue and demand "Jusu ce for lhe Pollards." Mr. Pollard himself recently wro te tha t "I can only pray that you will not choose to abandon us ellher out of fear or calcula1ed indif­ ference. Please help u s live."

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Faculty Forum: Plagiarism

la early December, c:ompldtly ladtpead..Uy of ncb olbtr, . Sam Gtlltns ■nd Rabbi J oldmlal.l latnclaced a Ntw York Timts ar11clt <NI plaalarlsm lo lbtlr clusa. Each bid a dlfftrtD •• l amlad: , ...

Dr. Gtllms 11 wu 10 d•-· Ibo tvllsofplaalarlsm, whll< ror Rabbi Goldmini wa1 to llluilute Ille priDdpal or luboa ban. The qui artlde ud Ibo ro11owlec op-ed p 111n dioc-.1 la a Jlaah&e � coactn>td wltlijoumallslk nspoulbillly. The <d ..tnl _....,. or Ille Ramu c:om . .111i, 1o conlribult ma71 dacrlblaa their polab olvl<w r.c.ity II Ille ,-11 of lloae "'I-■• The orislul aews artldt and Ille an r,prlaltd wltli Illa ............ or The Now Yarll Tlmts; ptnllialloll ,... allo .,..,ltd Dlia& b7Mkbao1Ar1ta.

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Eminent Harvard Professor Quits Over Plagiarism, University Says

by Lawrf:n« K. Allman One of the nation ·s mos1 eminent psychiatrists has �signed his posi1ion at Harvard Medical School nnd as head of one of 11s mo.Jor teaching hospi tals afler he

admllled plag1:mzmg large �c­

uons of four papers he wro1e in medical Journals. Harvard offi­ cials o.nnounrcd yes1erday.

The p�ych1a1ns1 1.s Or.Shcr'\cr1 H.Fraw:r. who �l'\cd as d,rrctor of the Na11onal lns111ute of Mental Health. the Go-.emmen1's lead i ng mental hcahh agency. from 1984 to 1986 and had been president of t h e Amer i can College o f Psych1a1nsts. ;a leadi ng profe,­ sional soc i ety The du.n of the medico.I school. Dr. Daniel C. Tostcson, notified the faculty m a lellc-r datC'd Nov. 23 that he had acccp1ed Or. Fr.1z1cr's rcs1gnat1on. Dr.

Toste-son's kucr. released by lhe univers i ty yesterday. sa id a Har­ vard invesugatmg commlllce had found evidence of plngiarism in four papers and found "msumces of careless scholarshi p" in 1hrcc of 1he four, Neuher Dr. Tos1eson nor Dr. Fraz1tr v.ere av:ulabk for com­ ment ytsttrday. 1-13.n.·ard offic ials s:ud Dr. Tos1eson was 1ravcli ng and could not be reached. At Dr. Fr.1z1er's oftic-e nt �kLcan Hosp11al. where he was psych1:nrist-m­ ch1cr and gcnrral d11Tc1or. Lounn Encson. Dr Fr.11.1tr·s secretary. .

1-:ud Dr. Frazier \lo:lS "ou1 of town . and ,...,ould not rcce1, c messages "for one \loCtk or longer." She sa id she had been given m1-1rue11ons to n:fer all calls 10 the Harvard Medi ­ cal School's public affairs office.

Dr. J amts Aldcs1cm. an a s ­ soc1:1tc dtan a t Harvard Medical School. said m an mttrv,ew !hat Dr. Frai.1er had appeared before

1he mvesllgating comm111te and had "adm111cd and accepted rhe e v i dence," which had been brough1 to Mar.iard's anenrion by 11 gradua1e studenr al 3no1her umvtrslly.

11\C p.1pcrs in quts11on were gtntral rev iews dtahng wllh aspccls of pam and d id nor purport 10 prcsenr ongmal research da1a.

Thus. Dr. Tosteson s:iid m the lcl­ t c r released yesterday, lhe plagi:msm did not ha\·C any im­ phca11ons for patient care or for mental heahh theones.

Dr Tosttson said lhat "given Dr. Fr:mer's exren\1ve bibl iog­ raphy. and 1he fact that the plaginrism may have resuhed from his lax and somet imes hur­ ried method of preparing these papers. 1he romm11tcc was unable to conclude whether or not there (ro,,tuwed o,, pagr 7)

Plagiarism: A Moral Issue

by Ms.Bt'\·e.rl.r Griht't:1:

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The case or Dr. Shcrvcn H. Frazier. a Harvard psychiatrist w h o admitted p l a g i arizing matcnal m four sc1enufic pa�rs that he published.caused a sti r in the academic world. Even though Fr.wcr has now been remsta1ed a.s a staff psych1a1ns1 at lhe hospnal a1 which he was forced 10 res ign as d irector m November. lhe 1s-

Times on Fnday. December 2.

1988, and 1hal purported fOCXCU.5C lhc seventy of Dr. Fr.u.1cr"s type of plag1ansm. lcfi me with exact­ ly the opposi te impressi on. If 11 1s true thal his "plag1ansm'" was a less senous offense 1han other in­ stances of sc1ent1fic fraud because ii appeared m an1cles that were general rtV1tws ...• and did not purport to present ongmal sc1en­ ufic data." then why di d he do 11?

"I'm 1101 sure which is worse--'s/oppy sclwlarsl11p' or outright plagiarism." sues r.1ised by his actions arc larger ones which should not be allowed 10 faclt away quickly.

I do not want to comment here on 1hc question of whether or not "the pum1-hment fi1 the crime," or wht1her or not the report of ii belonged on the fronl p3gc of the New York Times These qucs­ llons have been debated al length m the Times and elsewhere. J would only menuon that the com• ments by several psych1a1ns1.s 1hat were d1gc.s1ed in the New York

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Wouldn't it have been easier to si mply cite the reference'.' "Har­ vard officials agretd 1hat lhe plagiansm had no impl ications for treotment methods or theorie s."

I'm not sure which Is worse-­ "sloppy scholarship" or oumgh1 plag1ansm.

Academic ethics (or "school e1h1cs" --a phrase which might be more appropriate here in high school) is a subJect whi ch has no1 received much at1cnt1on. Medical ethics has become a "'hot 1op1c," as

"Pfagiarlze-ro

•tu/endpaS• oft•• on•·• own (the Ideas or word• of •nother); use without crediting the source; to commit //lerary theft; pruent u new •nd origin•! •n Ide• ... derived from •n existing source." has. more recently, business eth ics. We know how 10 e,.plore issues raised in these arc:l.S from a secular and from a Jew ish po i nt of view. We 1cnd not to sec ethical issues that arise m the school set1mg as bemg as senous :,,s those in medicine or business. Afler all. chca1mg. or plagumsm, or taking someone's sneakers from h1S' locker.do not seem to i nvolve life and dea1h or large amounts of money (which to many m this gencr.tt1on Is ta111amoun1 to life and death).

Our sages saw 1hese things d1f· fcren1ly. The sourcts for 1ht1r opi nions on sical i ng. and on chcat(contmued on page 7)

Much Ado Over a Plagiarist

by Michael Arltn How abou1 1hot audacious nabbi ng and collanng the other day. in 1hc pages of The New York Times, of Dr. Sher.ien H. Fr.1z1er by the redoub­ table plagiarism police of lhe Harvard Medical School. Ac1ually. nol merely in lhc pages of The Times but m foci bcgmmng right lhtrc on 1he f ronl page--thc ever-august page 1--nankcd by occounl.s of civil un­ rest m the SovieI Umon ("'Tension Called High m Armenia. With I .400 Arres1s"), the apparcnlly 1mmmen1 collapse of scver.11 La1in American c.conomies ("L.111ns Wanl Bush 10 Htlp on Debi"), and various solemn narratives of OPEC accords and an mcrcasc in the prime r.11c. "'Eminent Harvard Professor Qui1s Over Plagiansm." is how 1bc Times headlined its story of Fruicr's downfall lo its groggy carly-mom­ ing readership of chiefs of slate and overambitious pnva1e-school children, not forgetung 10 provide a mug shot of the nefarious and now noronou.s professor. iden1ifying the culprit as "Dr. Shervert Frazier, who admitted plag1ariz.mg medical works, Harvard officials said."

Clearly. 1he Har.iards bkw the whistle on the 67-ycar-old professor of psych1a1ry not a moment too soon. Whal happened apparen1ly is that a gradualc s1u<lcn1-not even in psych iatry but in philosophy. and not even at Harvard but up nonh m 1he u�ually 511owbound University of Rochester-•was one day perusing a nearly 20-ytar-old paper of Frazier's on "phantom hmb pam" whtn he fell impelled 10 check out some of the then-good doc1or·s references.

As the gradu:11e student, Paul Scalcna.evidently a homttown boy. told The Time s· "I had been traintd at Ci ty College lo check referen­ ces carefully and consult pnmary sources whenever possible." And 1n 1ha1 mct1culou.s rrainmg lay Sher.ien Frazitr's demise. bccaus.c. lo and behold. when young s�1cna dug deeper he discovered a passage in Fr.lZler's 1970 paper lhal not only looked and read but indeed was pret­ ty much the same as a passage from an earl i er article by someone else in Sci entific Amcncan.

All m all, thtrc were four papers. written between 1965 and 1975. m which Dr. Frazier borrowed-or why 001 call a spade a spade and S3Y the dreaded P•word-•plag,ariz.cd sevcral pas.sages. e1thcr from Scientific Amcncan or from the less popular bur always interesting "Diseases of The Nervous System." Granted lh.11 none of Fruier's own papers cla..imed 10 be onginal research (mos1 of 1hem were overviews of work that had been done in the field), but no matter.

These arc dangerous times we li ve in. In.sanely murderous drug lords walk about freely. giving TV i nterviews. Chaps who qui te deliberate­ (co,umurd on pagr 8J

Does the Punishment Flt the•

Crime?

by Ms. Esther Nussbaum The cl i max of t h e film "Weeds" occurs when Lee Ulmste1er (Nick Nohe) is 1old by Reuben Navarro (John Toles­ Boy), his friend. ftllow ex .con­ v i ct. and now member or his acllng troupe, "If you think you're gomg to take somebody else's . play IJean Genet's "Deathwatch . !

10 New York and palm it off as your own, you fulla _! They gonna know it an· 1hey gonna say you Jus· doin' the things you'd al• ways d id."

"What's that?'' Lee ask.s.

"Steal in • ," Reuben replies, Tha.t"s 11--thc synonym--in plain 1alk, for lhe fancy term "plag111nsm." As defined m lhe dictionary. plogiamm means "'10 steal or purloin and pass off as one's own (the ideas. words, anis­ tic product ions of anothtr); 10 use

w ithout due credit the ideas, ex­ pressions or producuon." That is what Or. Sher.ien Frazier, a dis­ tinguished psychiatnst 3.dmitted do ing. which, twenty years after the first alleged offense, brought about his resignation from the Harvard Universily focuhy. "The New York Times" spotlighted the story on the front page of the ncwtpapcr of November 29. 1988 under a rather sensational head­ line implying lhat Dr. Frazier resigned undtr pressure.

The article (with accompany­ ing photograph) derails 1he case which was brought about by a graduate student at another university doing some library re­ search v.ho discovered the mis­ deed. Tltcrc were strong reactions 10 the story. h was followed by another ani cle, an op-cd piece. (conti11urd on {HJgr 6)

Plagiarism: How Much Should We Know?

by Rabbi Jay Goldminlz How wonderful 10 find 1ha1 Michael Arltn ("Much Ado Over a Plagiarist") was hiuing lhe nai l nght on lhe head only to discover that he was dnvmg it into the wrong coffin.

Thankfully, Mr. Arlen allows that "'plagiarism 1s a pretty lousy 1hing 10 do," yc1 he will not allow 1hat i1 is so great an example of "hei nousness. of serious aw ful­ ness" thal it btlongs on 1he fron1 pages of the New York limts. I believe that the Talmud dis:1grce5 In dis cu,;sing the sin of 1he Gencra1ion of the Flood (dor ha­ mabul). 1he Rabbi\ note 1ha1 1he destruction came about solely be­ uu· -c uf theft Dy way of e,i1;plano-

t1on one midrashic source relates that a merchant set up his burlap bag of seeds m 1he marketplace.

One by one. local inhabitants would wander by. shoplift an in­ significant amount of seeds and walk on. By rhe end of 1he day the merchant was left without any seeds and wi1hou1 any profit For

"Plagiarism is a 1fre11y lo/IS)' thing to do."

1111\ rhe en11re ,...orld w a s des1royed. T h e 1mpllca11on is clear. the b3rome1er of the moral fibre of a soc1e1y rcstvill 1he·seem­ mgly lilllc inconscquenual ac1s. rhc ones wh ich take pince when no one else 1� v.a1 hmg If c111zcns

cannot act morally in those kinds of circumstances 1hen II is fairly safe 10 say thal large-scale corrup• tion and d1shones1y arc 001 far away.Where else to warn and sen­ sitize the public about its moral pcnl 1han on the front page of the newspaper amidst stones of ethn ic hatred and the failure of countries 10 pay back !heir loans'! If the in­ tent of lhe ''Times" was 10 mfonn and wum us about the ways 111 which our moral moonngs arc slippi ng then the editor\ :ire 10 be commended and encouraged for the i r front rage cover.ige.

On !he other hand.one cannol 'litlj>"bu11wonder wh:u III fac1 wa11hc purpose of the aruclc7 Why did 1he ed11ors deem the story to be ne,, sworth)',. The henJI i nc

presents a number of possi b ili1ies: was it abou1 plagiarism? An em inent professor? The foci 1ha1 he was a professor a1 Harvard'!

The fac1 thal he was forced to quit?

The fact lhat the university is the one that made lhc s1ory public?

These ques1ions arc nol merely academic or theoret,c-al. They go to the very heart of wha1 news is about and, from a hulach1c �rspccuve. to 1he Ihomy d1lcm· mas 1h:11 would potentially be foce<l by a religiously obscr. ant reporter or a newspaper 1ha1 gurded i1stlf by Torah princ i ples.

For 1f 1hc purpose ,.; ,;;;olcly 10 ca,1 n�pc�1ons on !he doc1or or lhc Ivy League lns111111ion whl."rc he wod, . ed (1 � 10 sell more ncwspape�) one would- have to

question whether it was ap­ propriate 10 print. As a.II of my sophmorc Judaism students will tell you: people wilh great minds talk about ideas, people with average mmds t3lk about event\, and people wnh snt::ill minds talk about other people.

If on the other hand this was a story about plagiarism and the un­ hkcly places II may be found and the Jirc consequences of making what seems 10 have been a ra1her careless and foolish mistake chen 11 \,ould certai nly seem 10 be p:>.n of "all 1ht news fi1 10 pn"nt." Y(t.

If 1his •� the case, wns there rrally a need to publish the name ond pho1osraph of the lloctor ln­ vo lvcd'1 What possible benefit tr,1m1m1('d nn rni:(' 7)

March 1989 / Adar I .5749

The RamPage

A WeekintheLife

In the Beginning Pn:mu-.. OCucr l..no\, n as 1hc Ramu frcshpe �on, resides on 78th Street bet.... cen Mad1i!.On and Parl.. A\· cnucs. There arc two types of fl"C.)hpcoplc. TI1erc 1s lhc freshman who can be distrn-

"Marhless Tuesday 1s a day mosr coveted /Jy afresli­ person." gu1shcd by h,� pants, perfectly­ fined tic :md bunon-down shirt while the frc�h .... oman can be d1s­ llngmshed by her sl1r1� fashioned hair 11nd the latest perfume from Estee Lauder.

On Monday you can 0011cc a l!.m1le on a ccnai n group of fresh­ people who know they have a free period in Rabbi Bakst's class, shiur klah. Ounng 1h1s penod 1hc

f�h,...omcn can be �en p1lmg into the gnls' bathroom one by one At the end of lhc pcnod, thc,;;c frc1.hwomcn pile back out as though they had �en m there for five mmutes. What goes on m there?

Mathlc-ss Tuc�duy 1� a day mos1 covc1cd by a frc'ihpcrson.

Not having to use one's head 1s 3 real relief for 1 hc common "fresh1e," al1hough there arc 'i0mc cxctpltons. No1 h:l\'mg to endure those forty mmu1c pcmxls that seem M.e ccnluncs 1 s �omcthing \'Cry much apprcc1a1cd Wcdncsd:iy 1s fo,h day al lhc Ramai. cafc-lena. Dunng fourth pcnod frcshpcoplc can be heard munenng under Iheir brealh. "fish stm�s." as the lesson procccd'i. ;\� the muncnngs increase. 1h c 1eacher inquires as 1 0 why the

cla�-. 1-. \O glum Bui before the leachcr rece i ve,;; :m answer 1he cla.-.s the ,1roma of fish sweeps through her noqnl'i and ,;;he qu ick­ ly untlcr-.iands the reason for the uproar.

Thursday 1� the day of redon• mg Th i � 1s 1he day on "111 h teache� announce lhe agenda m 1 em1� of 1cs1.s and qu,ues for 1hc conung \�ed. It 1� a day frc�h­ pcople learn to hJ1c. They all want 1o havc a wcdend 1o do what they wish bul having one 1-. a runty Fndl) ! 11ian� G-d 1t 1s Fnd:1y!

Tim ,._ a common saying as 1he frcshpcoplc prepare for lhe weekend. The fresh pcople are happy thal 11 l'i Fnday llCC:IU'iC th i s means Iha! they have a few hour) free before 1hcy mus1 rc1um lo work.

The Light at the End ofthe Tunnel Tue)day, let's sec. Thal 1s an A-day ... or 1s 1t a C-d a y.

Wha1 evcr n 1s, he ha) 10 go 10 ,chool. Arriving m the bulldmg. he d1M:overs 1hat 11 1s in fact a 8day Oh no! Th1'> 1s 1he worst day.

There a.re classes )Cheduled for 1h1'i -.cntor m every period of the day except for one:. I-le c,en ha.s 10 go 10 most of them. As he pa.'i­ SC"i through the day. he real izes 1ha1 1t 1 -.n'1 that bad, Two periods of Talmud are good. math 1 s d1f­ ficul1 and English 1s great Then comes I llpp1 es and he listens to 1apcs and assesses 1he1r soci al and pohucal s1g_mficance m hght of the '-IXltes. Groovy, man. I: 18 1 s much 100 lalc to e.:il lunch but he was nol gi ven a choice. In a way. there 1s an advanlage. He 1s so hungry 1ha1 he is certain to cat at lcasl one member of every food group.

TI1e aflemoon cons1 s1s of AP r\mcnc:m and Contemporary Is­ rael American 1s Or. Jucovy aga1n--always an experience. For Conremporary Israel. there 1s another speaker This 11me. ho"'e,cr. 11 1 s incredibly mlercsl­ mg Next 1s a free pcnod. � he dec ides 10 go home Bui there 1s rchcr\al for !!.entor play after �hool. so he 1s m school to o:.1ay.

II I) alread) the middle of the "cc� and the ,;,cmor begms to norry abou1 1hc ass1gnmc:n1 due !he next Monday He dcc1dc.s thar tu: �111 delm1tcl ) ,cad 1hc book during the da) durmg all h1-. free J)l"nod, Afler :111, he i-. a )('OI0r, ,-. he not" lie h� plenty of11me 10 read.

Bemg a �nior ,, h1ghl) o, er• ra.1cd. he thmk, Somcho". each of 1hc frees was filled by �me 01her ac11v11y. AP Amenon met during lunch and contemporary 1-.racl met dunng a free to sec a movie and cxtra-curncubr ac11v111c� took up the rest of the ti me.

Fi ve free periods 1� no li me a1 all.

b)' Michael Krllman

TI1c day d.1wn.. nonnally for che average �enior The clock i0unds 11.5 alarm, call i ng all 10 ' beg i n lhe day Although 11 1s bla'itmg m the scmor's car. 1he onl)' r�pon,e wh i ch II cl1c1ts l'i a small groan and a shake of the head. T\\cnly m inutes later, rhe scmor painfully rolb out of bed �md s1aggcrs 10 1he bathroom. h 1s a new ..-.eek Monday, alway'i the ..-.o�t day. beg i n,;; with Davcnmg Commg fifteen mmutc� la1e 10 school. our hero ha'> m,�sed 'iClll0r mmyan A-. he "alk, m, davcnmg i'i JU�I finishing.mrecord-break i ng 11 1ne.

Forced to pray m�ol11udc, he bare­ ly maJ..es 1 1 10 his first pcnod cla�) m 11me for the 'ipeaJ..er The speaker 1s very boring. so the seni or 1s given a ch:tnce to make up some much-needed rest.

The morn i ng 1s filled w11hd1S­ scs, and lhey pa�s uncvcnrfully. won :a sum of money no1 qu11e as Math is mtcrc,rmg. Talmud 1s 1nlarge (bu! close), and that one can 1nguing and a double pcnod of purchase :m AM/fl.·1 stereo cas­ h1s1ory ,._ en1erl:11nrng Then. sene player at Ser.·icc Mcrchan• finally. 11 1s time for lunch. t-lc disc for a very )mall sum i ndeed. gc1s his food. finds Im fri ends and Now on 10 h1'it 0ry. Oh, JU\I '-!IS down 10 relax Ho..-. ever. he look i ng at my compu1cr reminded suddenly rcal11c'i 1hat there 1s :1 me•-1 ought to check my di,;;�s m:1nda 1 ory sen i or meeting Maybe wh i le I was :i"ay thc swcl- scheduled for lunch 11mc m 1hc 1 cnng late-December heat wave auditorium. I le con'i1dcrs lhe al­ caused damage to my software. tcma11,•cs. TI1c mcc11ng 1s aboul Better s:ife than sorry. college, 1ha1 1s 1mportan1. 1111" ,s .3:0.3. R11,l11, E\Cr)lhin,g 1.-. 1n fooJ. thJI I'> uho 1111pvrl;anl. i\l• 1,p-1op shape. All of my ,of1w .1 rc nv1ng Jt a dcc1-.1on, he siuff, 1he food mlo h1, mouth. grab� a nul� 1 s III perfect working order That'<: a load off my shoulder-., and Imme� 111 10 the audnonurn Now on 10 h,,.tory. Wait a n11nute, I-le s11s lhrough the meet ing." 1th 1 ',·e already ou1hncd lhc fir...t sec- barcl) concealed 1mpat1encc, hc:tnng aboul )Cl :mmher 1hmg ..-.,h,ch he has 10 do m order 10 gel (cnnr,111,ed ,mpa!,!,t' 5} 11110 the univcf' 1ly of 111, parenh• choice .

The afternoon 1-. a �ucct!!-1011 of free pcricxh. There i, nolhmg lo do a1 home. There 1, notlung 10 do at -.chool. There goc,;; another day.

So many ktds arc m the D i nner Dance When arc we suppo-.cd to (,nntmurd nn 1111.�e 5} do our wor�?

Finally, Form Five

by Adam Szubin Monday, January 2.

11:15 A.M. Ugh. Vacarion 1s fin3lly over. It's true th:1 1 all good things mu.st come to an end, but why so qu1c�Jy? Another week of vacation and who would have been hurt? Definitely not me No.>- \..tan't $tart thmkmt hkc thal. ;·,(' gol IOSCI NcJ..10 \•Ort.. U1"..: sec now. what Jo I have 1 0 do... .l·f1s1ory and Tanach :iss1gn­ men1S. Tanach 1"i due Fnday so I can do tt Thursday rught and that leaves JUSI hi story. Wow-Lhrec chapters' We were upset when we got half a chapter. A full chap-

1er was enough 10 rum an enti re week, Two chapter. and we were crymg m 1he s1ree1s. Three chap­ ters. whew! Now 1ha1's a 101 of pages.

No. I can·1 ¼Ork now. I'm not 1n the mood. Rcallsucally, I'll never bc 1n the mood lo outlme history. but this isn't the 11mc for realism This 1s ll1e time for a snack.

11:33 P.M. That JUSl hit the ,pot. A �nae!.. ju,., 1,n'1 •• '>IMC).. w11hou1 1o0rne reading matcnal, though, and so I thm� I'll sec wha1's 1n today's mad.

1:16. Well :11 le�t that wa:,n'I a 101al\y "'a�tcd break. I mean, I now lno..-. that our deficit 1� very large. that my father may have

Moving Right Along

by A,·iya Kushn" The bleakc..'il part of the week 1s always at its bcgmmng--doublc chemistry. I have the usual Mon• day blues. coupled w11h puffy grey-blue smudges under my eyes and I sllll have 10 deal with e ighty­ four mmu1e,;; of mcomprchcn ­ s1blc problem�. I break into a cold

"The bleake.rr part of rhe week is always 01 its beg11t· nin ."

S'-''cal (chcm1s1ry 1 s nol cxac1ly my best subJeCI) when the bell ri ngs merc i fully, home ro om.

Reali1y begins 10 set m. I am al­ ways mort religious before chemistry tests and 1omorrow 1s chem1�1ry test day.

During 1he course of 1he day chemistry 1s 1emporal 1ly forgotten as I take my seals in the roller coaster of Hebrew, Talmud, malh· -the nde stops. Free!!! Praise lhe Lord. I s1.ar1 on my 45 math homework problems and end up helping a fnend wi1h a maJOr problem insiead. The ride restarts wilh Engh.sh, Tanach and history.

The ridejol1s 10 a slop. Time to go home and s1udy chem Tuesday

Hebrew second pcnod. there mu'it be a pl.lcemcnt problem. I didn't know tha1 there were so many k1ds of Israeli descent 1111h1s school. r\1 leas1 I am not d1�cuss­ mg Jcw1'ih ph1IO'-Ophy at 9.04 m 1he morning.

Computers :md I do nol li ke each oiher. Some �,d� thml th i s cl.bS 1s fun. I beg 10 differ.

Tnnach ha'- never been so gruclmg l'i II nccCC'iary for us to go through three chapter'i u day? I do not sec 1he need for 'iub111lmg each hule scn1encc of every chap­ ler rm starvmg Lunch look'i nor• mal I wonder ..-. hJI 11'- chenucal mokc-up 1s ? Chc m1-.try•• aa,rnaaaaaaaah' Tesl beg i ns I 18.

Te 'i l end� 2.03. It') 11mazmg how many ques11ons I can gel wron£ m JUSt 45 minutes. l-lapp1ncss is a gcmng an A- 1n chcm1)lry Alas. what 1s a sophmorc year wnhout Dr. Gcllcn._? I )lllhcrtd mto my scat for an h1s1oncal car­ roon, French Homework.

Sleep.

Wednesday

Thursday I foiled my chem 1e-.1. l-l app1ne)S 1s u wam1 puppy. I am cur­ rently m the proces.s of J..1�,;;mg my

"Some kids t/111,k this clan 1s /1111. I he� ro differ ·· A- goodbye Goodbye happy mo1hcr I gue-.-. your ch1IJ 1, not gomg 10 be a doctor. You can 1cll bubbe 1ha1.100. I guc-.-. ) OU won'1 have 1ha1 much nacha'i.

Now math--1he moment of tnuh. TIH'i qu1L 1s 1mpos'i1 ble 1 My confidence ha,; plummcll'd All my cla'i�males· faces �cm a lot glummer, 3.'\ well I hnve a pile of wor� 10 do There 1\ a Hebrew compo,i11on due tomorrow. II will be my 1lurd e'isay this week. I have a :mother big Tanuch a�\1gnrncn1 due for lomorrow, not 10 mcn11on the U'iual chem1-.1ry and ma1h load

Friday I have mus ic and gym The res, Everyone m my math cla'i� of 1hc clas" has chem and bio. Let 1hcm suffer. I tlunk wickedly. I . failed 1hc quiL TI1ere is another big Tanach a��1gmncn1 due on went through it on Monday.

Monday, no1 to mcnlion math.

Thank G-d for the weekend

The World

by Ro�es::ara F'cinerman "What" ;\re you �,ddmg?

Thal' '> 1mpo-.-. 1blc. I go there every day uf1er -.chool."'

Thi, h how many Ramaz -.1u­ dcnl<i reacted when 1old thtH only l¼0 per cent of Gn\lcdc,;;' bu-.1nc,� come, from Ra111a1. 'iludenK Contrary lo populJr bchef, Ramaz ,wdcnl,;; arc no! !he onl ) cu-.1omef' "ho- .hopat Gmtcde''> In foci, Gn-.tcdc', ma�e-. only two h undred dollars a day from Ramaz ,1udc.n 1-.. The\C -.1.111 ,t1c-. may 'iCcm difficuh 10 bellc\ 'e, but as one ca-.h1er al the ,tore lklld. " 11 1s a 101 of money for one �hool."

Al'-O, al1hough 'itudents may buy a lot of food a1 one time, 1he i tems lhey buy arc not expensive.

Gm!cde', 1s pnm:mly a con­ venience or;t ore; con,.cquently, they deliver 10 many homes dunng the day. Gnstcde's has enough cu-.tomcrs to keep them busy throughou1 !he day. In 1he morning. mnny of the maids of wealthy Fifth Avenue famil ies come to buy food that has ci1her been ordered in advance or will be purchased on a Grlstede ' s

Commonl)· mlslaken £or I a.k.t. lhe U. or G., boast! many Ramaz cl11ssts. charge account. Lunchttme is abo a busy hour because 11 1s the ti me when all the construction workers come 111 to b u y sandwiches. Finally, a t about five o'clock. afler the Ramaz. crowd has left, 1he people who have just returned from work shop at Gristede's.

What do Ranmz s1udenlS buy that keeps Gristede's so busy?

Most students buy a snack afler school; a soda or a b.11g of potato chips or cookies. A few s1udcnts purchase more heahhful i1cn1s.

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The RamPage

A Weekinthelife

Form Five

Senior

(con11mu·dfmm pu,�r 5)

lion of page). Should I do them again'! Bcncr call '\Omconc.

J:,U. No I don ·1 have 10 do them ag:un. Now I can really real­ ly ,;tan. After I ;;h:upcn my pen­ cil.

5:12. llus re:illy sn't 1ha1 bad once you get mto 11. I should be fim.shcd at this rate by about six.

7:49. rm Just about fimshcd now. l ;;hould have 11 knocl.cd off in no11mc.

8:28. All done. Okay. now I should gel ahead and do some Tanach Yeah, for once I'll get ahead. rm going to do T�mach

Just as soon as I get a snack. �-11ght

as �c:11 check out what's on the

tube tomgh1. Just for :i sec.

11 :00. These made-for TV

movie, arc gomg to be the death ofme.

Tuesday. January 3 .a:30 P.M. School wasn"t to­ tally awful. At kast I got to com­ pliment people on how tan they look. I wonder why I don't get tan over wm1cr vaca11on. I guess Ohio JUSI 1sn ·1 a hot spot this ume of year.

Oh and there 1s bad news. I have to write a book review tomorrow and I didn't read any books over winter vacatio n.

Crisis. Lei's sec. what's the shonest book on 1he list? Herc we go-"Ethan Fromc." Sounds like my kind of book. Only 87 poges, hmm. maybe f111� 1sn •, such a

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5:40. I"ve got the book. 111c wc-a1hcrmen arc pred1c1mg four 10 c-1ght inches of snow for tomor• row. 1hough. Maybe I can hold off on 1h1s book untal tomorrow.

Thcy·vegot 1o call off school 1f"c get six inches. Think .ibout 11. Six mchcs. That's something like 15 cenumc1ers. Now that ,s really snow.

On the other hand, maybe I should read the book JUSI m case.

Naaaah.

6:22. It's amaz.ing. Yesterday when I had work to do. I coulJn'1

(<onttnuedfrom page 4J Thur,.day. a.k.a. C·d!l)'. arnvcs and "1th 11, P,)ch and Halacha.

Lcammg why the Rambam would ha\'e foughl wllh Freud 0\'Cr the acuons of Adam 1s t1nng and 1t is only firsi pcnod. II 1s going 10 be a long day. Cills follows class and the as 1he minutes lick away, thoughts of a relaxing mght and of walchmg LA. Law become more and more anrac11ve. Then 11 hits.

The la.st three classes of the d,1,y all hu him with homework They arc not aJloy,.ed 10 do tins. are they?

Math homev.ork is 10 be eApccted but reading m two other classes.� noa&h stnlors occupy tht loun1n mosl of lht lime, ■ frnhme11 or sophomott an occ-ulon1I• "ell ., They mu.st be J0kmg. ly dalm a good stal.

Our hero r('3Chcs home and stop lhm�mg of ways 10 procras• School or Long Island, Rama1,. 1ravelc� The ,ccond 1s ch.it con­ going lhrough ll1e mail, d1SC0\'ers !male. Now I haYc free time and I Upper School.. .." Right, now versation begin_., 10 run dry afler his fin,I college rcJCCt10n. He tncs can't thmk of a thing 10 do where's the radio? Oh. here It 1s. about three )ear,, Today I found to lool on the bnght side. Al lea:;1 Maybe I �hould read my book. All nght. JU.St flick n on. !!ill back myself coun11ng Cherokee there 1s no more su:,pcn_.,e. "I d1dn'1 want 10 go that school Wan. I Just got an 1dca-•I could and cnJ0y.

L1m11cd Jeeps. clean my room. My mother al• "It's 5 I degrees and sunny here 5:30. Today I ha,•c a llule anyway," he 1hmks. Totally ways says you can't s1udy m a m New York. WINS nc"s 11mc 1s math homework and !Im huge d1�heanencd, he goes 10 sleep• messy room.

6.37." Oh boy. Trouble. Big Tanach 3'-li1gnmen1 10 do. I really Exhausted by the varying emo-7: 18. I should :ilso reorganize trouble. l11erc's more snow in my should ha"c done II on Monday. 11ons and hard work of the "eek. my tapes. Maybe' 11 w1ll Ix' ea:.1er freezer than on my lawn. What Dumb. dumb. dumb I might a, he ovi:rslccps and am\'ts late to 10 find them if they arc stacked al• happened 10 my four to eight m• v.-ell get stancd. 11'� i;omg to be a school. He rushes mlo class late phabe11cally b)' 1hc t1tle of the chcs? I would have sclllcd for long haul and 1, caught w11hout h i s 7:30. "No 1han�..,. r,.fa. I'll eat homcwor�. After bemg severely album instead of by lhc group. four to eight cen1ime1en., bul no 7:32. No. 11 was better lhc snow? Th,s ,s 100 much. They dmncr when I'm fim,hc<l w11h 1h1� bcr3tcd. he �lmls to 1hc nexl class sure don ·1 make weathcnncn like Tanach lhmg" (Famou" last and 1� unprepared for the d1scu�• other way. I'll put 1hem bac�.

7:49. All nght. Now I can they used 10. "ords.)

Mon of the document" "h1ch "ere And v. ha1 aboul my book? I read my book I wonder what I ;().t A.M. Finally. I'm all 10 be read the night before. guess I 'II have to read sometxxty·� done I "onder 1f cvcr)0ne el\C Halfaay 1hrough 1hc day. he real"Lei's see, wlwi's 1he Barron's no1e, m school Tius ,._ will h,.rn<l 1he1r-. 111 1omorro" 1tc, that he "-1111 hasn '1 re.id the not going lo be a Golden Grahams Whal am I ,a)mg•-tomorrow ,, boo� for the J.,li1gmnent due ne,1 shor1est book on the /rst ?" day 1o<la) 1 But. ,f tomorro" " really "eel There 1� Rabbi Goldmmtz .a:JS. I m.'.l.de II lhrou�h lhc today. then " �c,1crd3y nooex bcckomni: to hm, tn ano1hcr meet• t·vc gol lo �,op mg Th" lime, ii 1s :1bou1 work book c"cryonc cbc •� rciu.lh1i; cs�y w11h d1fficut1y. bul 11 Should 1s1cn1?

Ma)•bc there's a �honer one I'd be ok.'.ly. I J,�ussed the maJor ph1I0!!.oph111ng m 1111: "cc hours of -;1udy The "et.•kcnd bcgms 10 conn1c1,;, how the maJor conflKlli lhe morning OC11cr call ,ome people loo� like a \'ISt0n Of JX(radt�. It':,, 9:-l6. ope. "Ethan Fromc" ,, mnucnced lhe maJor chJ.r3Cter.. tough bcmg. a :,,emor. dcfirntely the l'lhonest. It's too and how lhc 1heme of 1hc boo� late 10 s1an readmg 11 now, though. renects the changing of che 1"11 watch .)()Ille TV and rend It C"l1,1rJ.c1ers by utdwng 1hc maJ0r confl1cb You kno", specific, tomorrow when 11 snows Wednesday, January 4 6:35. Y.1wn. Okay, IJu,t have 10 stumble acros� my room w11hou1 tnppmg on any1h1ng. 1um on WINS, and listen 10 1110,c magic words: "School cancclla• t i ons 1h1s mornmg--Frnnklm

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patronage. The store':,, manager s:ud 1ha1 "1he �ids al Ra111:v.. arc basically all good kids The ca.sh1en, look forward 101he after­ noon, when Rama, li.tudent,; come One ca:,lucr. Yvellc, v,hom many �1uden1,; know by name, said, "Although they !the :,lu• dents) keep me very bu,y, I ha\'e a 101 of fun when they are around Some of the guyIi arc so funny an<l they have me lauglung hy,tcncal• ly. Ialso like the way Ramal l..td) dre ss. They always look �o 111ce " The manager also knows many studenl.li by name and often talk!I with 1hem. Smee Ramal sludcnts spend so much or 1he1r umc after school at Griste<lc's, II 1, not surprising that the ca.shier� have heard so much about the teachers and ac11v111es at R11ma1. One cashier mentioned tha1 '"they al­ ways tell me how 1hcy did on 1htir 1es1S or about the teachers 1hey have."

Ramal ha, made an 1mprin1 on life at Gm, tede·s.. As Yvcne pul ii. "h's preny much de.id m here during 1hc summers. I hate it 1,1,ohen everyone goc.� on vacation."

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l kt Ramaz lunchroom, Grisltdts � ■ btlltr auendanct record lhan such as fruit or bonles of Ev1an w:i.ter. "These student,;," as one customer pointed out, "arc- usual• ly only the hcalth•consc1ous girls." Because the uem.s bought arc inexpensive, the average amount of money spent by stu­ dents at Gristede's 1s ap­ proximately one dollar a day. Of course. some students, such as JUn1or Dov Nclkm. buy both brcakfast and an after-school snack at Gristede"s.

The employees of Gm1ctlc's appreciate R:i.m a,., ,uudcnts'

Thursday, January S 7:29. I'm on the v;m to M'hool now, and I think 1',c madl· an 1111ponant d1-.covcry. After being with lhe -.Jrnc three people every day for two hour�. two cffccb develop. One 11; 1ha1 a �pecial son of rclat1on:.l11p fonm bc1wcen 1hc

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Calendar of Upcoming Events March 2- Form IV trip to Knicks vs. Miami Heat 5- Day trip to ski at Hunter Mountain 7; Assembly to inau_guratefund raising drive for the Alan Brown Foundation to cure paralysis 10-12- Sam Gyenes Memorial Basketball Tournament 20- Purim Yorn lyun; Taanit Esther 21- Purim; no sessions 22-Shusan Purim assembly 23-26- FreshmanSeminar

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by D,bbit Sabban A new cx1ra-curricular oppor• tunily has been added 10 the Ramaz list. Any Ramaz s1uden1 is welcome 10 lxcomc a member of the Junior New York Academy of Science. located on 63rd Strttt.

The orgamzatIon is entirely SIU· dent-run and it fc1uures col­ lcgc/carttr nights. par1ies. field lrips. lectures and science fairs.

The spectrum of ropics range from science 10 computers to human in1cr-es1 topics. Prominent scientists come 10 discuss their work with high school SIUdents.

A bulletin board has been �, aside on the fiflh floor so thal people con sign up and k«p in­ formed. Membership is only ten dollars. Mrs. Slonim. Chainnan of the Science DcpartmC'nt. is trying to build a subs1an1ial Ramu con1ingcn1 at lhc academy.

Members of the academy come from sc,hools throu{!hout the New ·York area, such as Bronx Science, Stuyvesan1 and Hunter high schools. Membership each year usually approoches 1500 people.

Anendance at the academy is not mandatory for members.

On Top ofthe World

by Sara Wist Many Ramaz students and fonncr 'iludents have had unique cApcru:m.·c,. but perhaps none as much as alumna M1m1 Zieman.

She 1ravcled w11h a climbing ex­ ped111on to reach the summit of Mi. Everest. While i.n her 1hird year of Alben Emsttm Med1cal College. 2Jcman accompanied a small group of climbers who hoped to establish a new route through Tibe:1 on 1hc e.as1 face of the moun1am The mountain was

climbed this way only once h<forc. in 1983.

One of 1he special aspects of lhe inp was 1hat the chmb was at­ tempted without oxygen tanks.

This was one of 1he reasons Zieman was called lo go on the mp. since she 1s studying 10 be a doc1or.

The expedition consisted of four climbers, a pho1ographer, a native Tibcrnn. a cook and herself, the medical person. Ms. Zieman was the only woman and the only Jew. The tnp was from February to June of 1988 and since Pesach

was dunng the time thal she was on the chmb. she made a scder on the firs1 night.

Towards the end of 1he five mon1hs. 1hrcc of the climbers had become lost. The founh made it 10 the �umm1t, bccommg lhe first Bn1 1 sh climber to reach the lop or Ml. Everest. The other 1hree eventually came down without reaching the summit, and Ms. Zieman treated them for froslblle and dehydration. The whole cx.­ pcdihon was in honor of the thir­ ty-fifth anniversary of lhe first ascent of Mt. Everest.

Ski Trip (conrim,edfrom page one) had lO 1v.m \a \he fully s.toc:ked ki1chene11c consisung of rhe rhrce basic food groups: hot water. cold water and ice cubes.

In the morning, afrer tefilah. the students set off for breakfast.

If che differences between the Sagamore and the Round Heanh, the site of la.st year's trip. we-re yet hidden from anyone, breakfast cleared things up. Afler serving themselves juices. cereal and milk and fruits from a buffet table, stu• dents were offered a choice of French toast or omelettes.

The omelettes were much more popular because they were billed by the waiters as "the faster of the ., two and there was a widc$prcad feeling of amuety to get to 1he mountain. Unfonunately. the ar­ rival or the rirsl bus was an­ nounced before either of the two meals could come and many an omelette was left stranded.

The bus ride was 40 minutes to the slopes. which was not long at all. The only problem with the ride was that those skiers who had planned ahead for a cold day on top of the mountain and dressed accordingly were a bit ho1.

The rental of ski equipment and lift uckets gained in speed what it lacked in organization and most skiers were on the slopes by 11 :OD AM. From Lhat point on. it

'This trail is far experts 011/y. Are you an expert?" w a s every man for hi msc-lr.

Groups of people who h a d planned on skiing together lost each other ,n the lifl lines and c-ndcd up in gondolas with s1u­ den1s whom they knew nnended Ramaz but knew lhllc else about.

This wa_,; not neccessarily a nega1ive 1hing p,; many new friendsh 1ps't1cvclopcd.·' Mosl of 1hc faculty lllCmbcrs 'lk1ed cro-.�-counlry on the firq

day ofthe trip but 1heteachcrs who wcnl downhill had wide follow­ ings. Dr. Stone's group could be found by listening for a chorus of voices snymg 1hmgs like Tm not domg the expen slope. no way."

Above the chorus of voices. however, a "yeccccha.aaaa" could be made out in a voice somewhat rcscmbhng that of a renowned his­ tory teacher.

"Just point your skies down tire hill and go!"

Mr. Blcch joincd the ski trip as well. He, however. could be found doing cross<ountry skiing which he maintains is more fun and bctterc-xerc1sc than downhill.

Upon funher interrogation, though, Mr. Blech did con�dc and rephrased his comment to "it's ddinHely bcuer exercise than downhill."

The skiing conduions we-re ex­ cellen1 and the long lift line promp1ed 1hc only complamts.

The- snow was nawral ( 1 1 had snowed on the previous Friday) and the wc-ather was sunny :ind clear.

After the buses had been boarded to return to the hotel. story swapping began. As snow balls miraculously turned into sill.­ fool high moguls and little five­ year-old skiers became wild kamikaz.ces. the bus wound ns way back.

Some skiers amazingly sllll had energy ond, after dinner, proceeded 10 play racketball and tennis. Some less adventurous sophomores could be found shoo1mg pool and playing ping pong while zonked oul Juniors and semors plopped down on a couch and watched "Ghostbuslers." Mr. Ang,;1re 1ch could be seen pre1end­ mg 10 be rel:ulni;: while in•11c­ tuol 1 lS,- kfcplng CY��y1h1ng ('ll()\•1ng1ikc clnck\1.-ork· • •;

The second day of skiin& beaan w11h shorter hft Imes and less sunny weather. Rain and snow al­ ternated all day long and visibility was low. As one senior phrased ii "If I put on my goggles then they get fogged up and if I take them off then the snow flies in my eyes.

Either way I can't sec." However, as one teacher put it "What do you need 10 sec for? Just poinl your skis down the hill and go!"

Pc-ople with a httle more regard for their lives took it easy and skied some easy and intenned1 a1e trails. Wherever skiers went, however, they met up with some­ one from Ramaz. There were many fewer people on the moun­ tain Monday and the skier:s sttn under the lifts wen= from Ramal..

The bus ride home w:u, abour 11., cvemful as the bus ndc 10 Gore Mountain; the usual card games or "I really do nol believe you" relieved 1he boredom. Evc-n the tennis players did not have enough C'nergy to ski for two days on very linle or no sleep and then be cheery and awake on the way home.

Charley-horse hit hard the next morning at six o'clock and many people complained of the same pain "right nexl to Lhe shoulder."

There we-re now 1wo ways 10 dis­ cern who had gone on the sk. 1 trip­ -ask them what "hullaballoo" was or punch them in the shoulder. Of course you could also look at their facc-s. The smiling ones went on lhe ski trip.

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Many issues were rnised including 1he questions 10 whether lhe ar­ ticle belonged on the front page of the newspaper alongside national and m1emational news of grenl impon. Because of Or. Frazier's oulstanding contributions in his field the "harsh trea1ment" itself was critici zed by Dr. Frazier's co l­ leagues, who al so cited other innp­ propria1e actions on the part of 1he university.

Hence. 1here arc three separate issues: I )journalistic rcspon­ sibility--did che Times editors deliberately publicize, even sen­ sationalize, a report by giving ii front-page coverage when i1s author, science writer Lawrence Altman, normally appears on the inner pages of the paper. 2) Did Harvard University act ap­ propriately in this case. or was it usmg Dr. Frazer as a scapegoat to counter criticisms that it had not taken strong action over other academic scandals. 3) Or. Frazier admi1ted plagiarizing "large scciions of four papers he wrote in medical journals and 1ex1books." The aniclcs done 10 the 1960's and '70's.

Apparently, many people arc willing 10 forgive these infrac1ions bccau�e they did not involve origmal research. and because the mdiv1dual in question is so ad­ mired. My problem is that while I understand and can sympathize with the criticism of Harv:lfd and or the limes," I am troubled by the original deed: was it merely sloppy scholarship, as some have contested, or was it deliberate misappropriation? When and whett do we d111w the Hoe? When aMuden1., hke Lee U\mstelcrinthe film, defends himself for plagiarizing by saying, BS Lee docs, "I pieced it 1ogeWr from olher people's work. I wanted it to be good"-should the student be allowed to do so without punish­ Ol(nt?

One Harvard official put it, "Our University rules o n plagiarism are pretty harsh. You can't be a student and plagiarize.

Arc we to say it is okay for ll professor professor.. professor....

How can you do that (simply reprimand Dr. Frazier} when you kick students out of school for doing the same thing?'" To my mind, this is the major issue for us: PLAGIARISM = STEALING. Stealing of another pcrso·n 's ideas 1s a crime against a person JUSl as much as a physical assault upon 1h:11 person.

Let everyone ponder that--and then consider w h e t h e r the ''Times" waSC0TTCCI in holding up this respected m a n to public shame and embarrassment. Is thnt lhe role of responsible journal ists?

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Gribetz (cm11,,111rdfrnm pagr 3 J ing ns a �ubsct or Mcalmg, are ob­ vious .1nd known 10 all of us. But, a source f o r nn op1n1on on pla�iam.m nuglu be more difficult to find. I think the following can be ins1ruc11vc Ma'omcr davar beshcim omm mciv1 ge'ulu la'olam.

One who says something in 1hc name of the one who sa,d ii, brings redemption to the world.

15a, (Pirkc1 Avot 6:6, Mcg1lla Niddtt 19b, Hullin 104b) This very famous teaching ap­ pears m P1rkc1 Avot m the context of acadcm.1c ethics. {Sec the m1shnah for the context.) It� prooflcxt is Mcg1ll:n Esther 2:22: "Va'tomcr Esther la"mclekh be­ shcim Monkcha1..." (" And Es­ ther told the king in the name of M ordcch ai..."). Esther told Ahasucrus of the plot of Bigtan and Teresh m the name of Mor­ dcchai who told It 10 her, and thereby e v e n t u a l l y brought rcdcmp11on to the Jewish people of Persia.

Pinchas Kchati, m his com­ mentary on the m1shna, relates this teaching to the midrash in Twi­ huma (Bamidbar 27) which states: One who does n()( say a word of Tor.i.h m the name of lhi.: one who said 11, of him 11 1s written: "Do not rob lhe poor, because he 1s poor" (M1shle 22:22).

That is, when one says a word of Torah, or any idea. that was ongan:ued by someone else, wnhout cuing lhe person. it i5 as if

he i� being robbed. Uc gel, no cred11 for 111,:., idea, 3nd he docs no1 even l.now that 11 has been 1okcn Surely, Pirl.c1 Avot and M1drash Tanhuma arc talking about plag1ansm.

I think that there 1s another reason for lhc appearance of 1h1� teaching about "Ha'omer davnr bc.shcim omro... " in Pukci Avot.

P1rkci Avot opens w11h a ,:.,latc­ mcnt abou1 the chain of trad iuon ("Moshe k1bc1I Torah m1'Stna1, etc."), and in fact the whole trac­ tute 1s concerned wi th the ethical and moral teachmgs 1hat tie one generJII0n of Siges and students to another. ttnd by extension to us.

Plag1ansm, that as, the conce.allng of the ,ourcc for an idea, 1s a.n a111;­ sault on tradmon. It breaks the chain. and leaves us all the poorer.

Our belief in tradition demands that we euc our sources.

As I sit writing this an.1cle on Mon�ay, February 20, 1989- a day declared a nauonal holiday c.illed Wa::thington·s Birthday-- I become more and more confused about which words and sources arc used ethically and which arc not. We can never know what "tru1h" really is, but we can be very careful as to how we talk about it. I was taught that Washington's Birthday was on February 22 (that was probably not lhe real dale e1lhcr), but now I am being retaught that 1t 1s on the third Monday in February. Iv.as taught the myth lhat makes Washington larger than life-- that he confessed to chopping down

lhal cherry lrec, l.x."Cause he could not 1cll a lie. Who know<ii whal I\ a lie and whal 1s the trulh any more, and whal " the ,ourcc for

"\Vhn knows whm is a lie and what is the truth a11}•more?'' either?

Michael Arlen, a ,:.,laff wnter for the New Yorker, wrote II piece for the New York Times Op-Ed p:1gc on December 1, 1988 (I lhink 1ha1 day 1s s1ill called Pearl ll3Ibor Day. ahhough I would not be surprised 1f 11 were moved.) He 100k a "tongue-in-check.' ap­ proach 10 the Fr3l1cr affair and called II "one of !hose comes about words and whal they mcan.... A cnme of the Gunenberg era." Sining here on February 20, I cannot he-Ip bul as!.oc1atc his analysis v. 1th the case of one Sal­ man Rushdie-. now m hiding for something a di fferent culture con­ s1dc� "one of those crimes about words." We sec this altitude as repressive and evil. )'Cl the shapers of our own culture (Walden­ books. B. Dalton. et al.) were rc.ady 10 give in to the Ayato\lah's If "academ i c terror i sm.� plag1ansm suprcsses sources. and thereby chokes the flow of 1rad11ion, and rellg1ous dictators gel coopcnuion in the suppression of new and ongmal writ ings because lhey may give rhc 10 new trad1t1ons, then from where will come our Geula?

Goldmintz tcontln11�dfr-om pag� J) was served by embarrassing this man on the pages of a newspaper re.Id :iround the world'! Halacha ::allows for publicly hum1li:111ng someone "hen 11 1s deemed to have an cducat1onal benefit for the one humihated. Surely he suffered enough such hum1liat1on when he was forced 10 resign and when, even before the newspaper story. word got oul among his col­ leagues m the psychiatric com­ munity. As such, the story not only caused needless embarrassment (halbanat .,anim) but may also have transgressed the prohib1t1on of ona'at devarim, needlessly hurtjng another person·s feelings.

More often than not, people trans­ gress these kinds of prohibnions not because of some positive altruistic motivation but because it serves their own purposes. Why did Harvard sec fit to release all of this information 10 the Times and why did the editors at the Times publish u the way they did?

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Frazier may have been add1t1onal instan­ ces of plag iarism."

Dr. Tos1eson's leucr praised Dr. Frazier, who was a professor and head of the McLean depan­ ment of psychiatry at Harvard Medical School, for serving the university and the hospital "with dislincrion" and for his contribu• tions to lhc field of psychiatry.

Dr. Frazier has received many honors from his peers.

Dr. Melvin Sabshin, medical director of t h e A m e r i c a n Psychia1ric Association i n Washington, said i n W I interview 1hat the 67-year-old Dr. Frazier was "a major psychiatric leader for a long lime and a strong 3dvo­ 'cale for high-quality rc.,earch."

Or. S3bshin s:ud Dr. Frazier also

Dttsstcl up 11kt ■naels, the R■m■z chorus stole lhe show ■I lbe Dlnntr Dt.nce.

Chorus Recreates Creation

by Yosera Lrbeau The 1989 annual dinner dance. hononng Rabbi Joshua S. Baksi.

Dean of the Upper School. fea� turcd an integrated show 1n�tcad of 1hc s1ra1gh1 choral pcrfonnan­ ces of 1he past Thcchoru::t. b;md and dance en­ sembles pcrfonned 1111 nbridgeJ version of '"The Crea11on" wnncn

by Dan Patlcr. The 1oral number of part1c1p:in1s. including AV members and ,;iagc cn:v.• reached 100 The s1ory lmc v.a, a ,ynop­ s1s of the story of crca11on w11h J 1ableau of each da). All chorus members had different roles for different days of 1hc v.eek La<iil year's dinner dance pur::tued a 1heme which focused on 1he cclcbra11cn of lsraC'l's fon1c1h binhday. As Rabbi B:1l.\1 .-. a Bible scholar and was honored at the dinner for 25 year-. of '\Crv1ce at Ramaz, a biblical theme wa, chosen.

The member� of 1hc dance group had the part of a,pmng stars. Asked to describe 1he type of dancing involved. Talya Toledano explained "If, a com­ b1nut1on of 1920's and choru, line s1yle dance." The dance group ha,; been strengthened thi-. year by the supcrv1\ion of Sa�ha Sp1elvoiel. a. profe�-.ional dJncer.

A few of the RamPage staff members with whom I ra1�ed these questions contended that 11 was necessary to publish all of 1he informa110n including the doctor·s name and p1c1urc because of the cardinal rule of the rcponer that every article answer the qucst1ons of Who? When? Why? Where?

Yet thankfully 1t occurred 10 al least one wphmorc that the "who" need not neccssanly involve full disclosure of personal identity. Al the time of 1h1s writing 1he Swedish police a.re said 10 have in custody the man who assassinated Prime MinisrerOlofPalmc almost two years ago. Yc1 his name 1s un­ known 10 the Swedish people be· cause of a law which forbids publication of the mmn·s name ci1her before he 'is convicted or afterward. just as it forbade dts• closure of the names of the numerous other people who were once arrested on suspicion but have since been released. Again.

1f the purpose of the article was to heighten our sens11iv11y to the evils of plag1ansm 1hen II could have been accomplished v. 11hou1 revealing the doc1or·s 1den111y and publicly humilia11ng htm. I would applaud the RamPage 1f 1t were 10 do a story on 1he ca�lcs,:., research mistakes or foolhardy allempts a1 chea1mg that students n11gh1 make: except under the most ex­ treme c1rcums1ances, however, I could nol condone the pnnting of 1he names or p1c1urcs of the stu­ dents involved.

No one would suggest 1ha1 the Ncw York Times must confonn to Che d1cta1cs of halacha. But that docs nol mean 1ha1 as Torah ob,:.,cr­ vant Jews we cannol read the Times with halachic sens111v11y. a scnsi1iv11y which applaud� the he1gh1ening of our moral aware­ ness about the "l111le 1hlngs.. and condemns the needless mjury of 1he feelings and repu1u11ons of those around us.

(cm1tm11edfrom pugr 3) was "a significant policy maker and advocate for rauonal pohc1es for the entire field of mcntol heahh," one who 1ricd to "promul­ gate excellence in the field."

Dr. Adelstein said Dr. Frazier's plagiarism came to light after Paul Scatena, a graduate student in the philosophy department al the University of Rochester. wrote a letter 10 Harvard in August outlin­ ing material he had concluded wa.� plagiarized. A committee was formed to investigate the charges.

Mr. Scatena said in an inter­ view that he is a s1uden1 of cogni­ tive science in lhe philm.ophy department and also a visiting fel­ low in lhe university'5 mcdic:11 and denial schools. In July, Mr. Sc111en11 5au1. he wa.� "woriuog my

way through the ll1era1Ure on read thJI I well! down two 01gh1, phantom hmb pa.in," often felt by 10 the medical library and £01 oul people who have IO!<>I a limb, He the onginal paper .1nd I had 11." said he was following the prin­ The four paper. in which Har­ ciple,; he was taught at the C11y vard ,:ud plag1arhm was found Unavenilly of New York 10 check were publi,hed bct"een 1966 and rcfercncc,;carcfully and to con\ult 1975. Thn:e o[thepapc"-a 1966 prunary sources whenever po!<>­ article in 1he journal Dheasc, of !<>1ble. lhc Nervous Syslem. a 1970 ar� Mr. Scalena said chat when he ticle in the journal Orthopedic read a paper publi,hed by Dr. Clinics of Nonh America. and a Frazier in 1970, he "could sec that 1975 chapter in 1he second cdi1ton some or the references did notjibe of the American Handbook o f wi1h what I had already read. The Psychia1ry-con111ined mnteria.l numbers were wrong. So and so plagiarized from the �me sour­ did not actually s:iy" whal Dr. cc111;. Th� sources were two ar­ Frazier reported. ucle,; in Scienlilic American and '"Then." he said. '"I came across an anicle j1,1 the journal Clinical 11 par.1graph I immediately rccog­ Neurosurgery. ml.Cd" a.� from an earlier Scientific Dr. Frazier'$ fourth plagiarized , American .111niclc. "'-'� MX>n a.� I paper appcarcfJ in 11 book., . Cur•

The chorus' appearance was enhanced by the part1c1pa11on of 1he unparalleled large number of 18 band members II may v.ell be 1ha1 the pamc1pa11on of the band m last ycar·s lsr.tch Day Parade has resuhcd 1n the b:and·s m­ T crea.5ed populanty. " he Crca­ uon" wa,;; a d1ffercn1 e,penence for the band who,c rnembcn. had the rcspon.s1b1h1y of b.:ickmg up 1he chorus Jnd not alv. 3) s pla) mg the melody.

Accord1nE! 10 Ms Caroll Goldbcr�."h 1� 3 plea.�ani ,urpnse to sec a large 1umou1 from the ,:.,cven1h �radc " The \Cven1h graders had a day of CfCJII0n all to thcmsc lve'i. The number o f ,:.,cvcnlh grade part1c1pan1, wa::t un­ U!<>ual because 11 1,:., hard for th,:m 10 pan1c1p,JIC so ,:.,oon after 1hc1r ar• m,3\ m the Upper School.

S1udcn1s and facuhy :ahl.e were 1rcmendously excited about "The Creation." which was performed January 151h. "I have been In chorus for four )·cars and th is year', dinner dance wa!. the most exciting." offered Jennifer Falk.

The coordma1or for 1he produc­ tion. M,;. Goldberg. also said "I was really plca!'>ed with the efforts chorus. band and cbncc pu1 m and I thought the evening was pleasant for panic1pants as well :is guests."

rem P..ychia1ric ThcrJpies." by J, H. Masserman. published by Grune & S1ratton of Nev.• York in 1969, and con1ained ma1erial from G . L. Engel', "Psychological Development in Heallh and Dis­ case" published by W. B. Saunders or Philadelphia in 1962.

Dunng the years spanned by lhe plagiarism. Dr . Frazier held a number or positions in Texas.

New York. and Massachusetts:.

He was Texas Commissioner of Mental Heallh and Mental Retardation. ehainn.in o f the department of Psychia1ry at Baylor Medical School in Hous­ ton :ind psychiatrist-in-chief al Ben Taub Oener.11 Hospital in Houston.

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The RamPagc

BarnsStayin Second

RamazDowns Falcons

by Suzanne Karan The Ramaz Ram, n:mamcd second in lhc lca!!UC aflcr dcfo:1 1mg lhc Fla1bush Falcon,; 52-4--1 on Fcbru.uy 13. S1.�111 Ader. Steven E bner, Donny Fursl. Steph<.'n Malach :md for1hc fiN 11111c, Ma1-

lht'w H1lwl.. ,1.1ncd m the gam'-' aga111s1 arch-m•al FIJtbush.

TI1l' R�lll.l!Camc- from tx-h,nd 1n 1hc second half. m:mag1ng 10 11c lhc game m th1.• li1s1 q11�1r1cr 4-t-44.

Tiicn. \\ llh one mmutc ti:11. a p;i�.., from Ful'\I 10 ,\dcr con\111u1cd 1hc kc) pl.1y tha1 broke the 11c. Ram:11 �ored .mo1hcr c11,?.lll po1111s 1 0

bnng 1hcm to ,1c1ory.

I hgh SCOTNS tncluckd Fu�I \.I nh 19 point"-. ,\dcr ,, 11h 12, I-fen-

ncr w11h c1gh1, Ebner with seven and �'1:i loch w11h six . Gil Pagov1ch, Lonni e Sork i n and Mallhcw 11111111.. abo scored for Ram;1z R:HnJ,·,. record i.. cur­ rently 8 and 4 and 1he Rams arc eagerly lool..mg forward lo !he pl,l)Ofh..

Sport Spouses- -Ruining the Games?

by Josh Prager W h o could cause Wayne Gretzky. a man considered by many the gre:ncs1 hock<-y player of all llmc-. to leave his home town of Edmonton where he has led h i s tea.m ro four S1anley Cups and where he is a national hero? Who could stop the New York Jc1s· Mark Gas1meau, the National Foo1bal League's single season sack record holder. from domg his sack dance O\ 'cr opposing quaner­ backs? Who could go the distance in a fight with t h e World Heavyweight Boxing Champion of rhe world. Mike Tyson?

Al first glance, the answer

actress Janel J ones. Several months laler. Gretzky was traded 10 t h e Los Angeles Kin gs .

Various reasons were given for the trnde and many accusal ions were made. Ho\,ever. when the upro.ir sub.sided. 11 bec.ime clear that Gretzky's Californian wire surely had something 10 do wilh his will i ngness to leave. All over Canada. she was called "a watch" and "aJezebel" by Canadians who had, pnor 10 tht:" trade, looked up 10 her as royally. Grelzky was quo1cd as saymg that. "California would be a better place to ra1se our farruly." There is no doubt that his new mantal status played a s1g• mficanl part in his dec1s1on 10

"Ifshe told me to gfre it up tomorrow, that's what/'d do." would seem 10 be no one .

Everyone knows th:ll Gre1zky ,s arguably the mos1 popular sports personall1y m Canadian h,,.1ory Everyone knows 1ha1 Mark Gas11neau has almos1 �mgkhandedly m:1.dc 1he sack an N F.L. s1a11s1ic.

And everyone knows 1ha1 Mike Tywn·s only problem m rhe nng is find i ng a wonhy opponen1.

Then who. you scre:tm, could m­ Oucnce W::i:yne Grclz.ky to leave Edmon1on. cause Mark Gatincau to retire. and give Mike Tyson the touughc,;;t figh1 of h is life? The .inswcr 1s. of course. 1hcir wives..

As or las1 year. Gretzky had been lhc wmncr of eight M.V.P. awards in his; nmc seasons in 1hc 1 Jt1onal Hockey League nnd the holder of forty-one md1v1dual sconng records. Then, he married

!rave.

After several years of turmoil and con1rovcrsy surrounding Mark Gastmcau. he was having one of his be�t seasons ever , lead­ ing the league m sacks. Sudden­ ly. he dec i ded 10 rc11rc. c iting his g1rlfiend's case of cancer as a reason Wh ile this may be a vahd reason, as lus lcammale Marty Lyons said. "He was just sianing to gam everyone's respect back. <1nd now he walks away."

IVl1kc Tyson grew up in an or­ phanage 111 Ca1.sk1II. N.Y. Me had lived a ch1ldhood of cnmc- and b111rrnc-.... Then, he di;;covcrcd box111g. Now, a, 1hc tendc-r age of rwcnty-one. he j,. 1hC' und1,bu1cd bo:<mg champion of the world and one of 1hc mos! feared boxer. 111 tl1c his1ory of 1hc spor1 Lu-. 1

Arlen ly violate Congressional edi ct;;. shred official documcnli aml so on, arc cons1dcrtd po1cn1ial can­ dida1es for a Pres1dcn11al pardon.

Each day, ci1izcns bludgeon other citizens wuh ballpccn hammers. or set fire to sen iors, or wha1ever. and in return often n::ce1vc 1he mos1 modest or penali1es. or sometimes none a1 all--:md rarely. in any even,. have their faces plas1crcd on the fron1 page of The New York Times where chiefs of s1a1e can snicker al them. tu for drunk drivcrs--le1 u,; nOI even scpak of dnmk dnvers and wh:il happens. or more usuall ) , docsn '1 h:1ppe11 10 them. Or of ,,1 .�ichard N1Jrnn. our unin�iclcd c�. • prcxy, our arn1-c.<?"slitut1onal ler• ����•,··��s. tcrhCtitUst ��o secr,�t9havc

shppcd so �uccc .. !.-fully through the loopholes of the natwnal memory that he is now happily wandering Jll our m1d,1. a fovon1e

February. he was married to ac1rcss Robm Givens. After he mamcd Givens, he undcrn·cnt a dras1ic change. He was ha.rrassed .:md hamcJ by G1vc:ns a11d her molhcr and was rumored 10 have a11cmp1ed suicide. Aflcr eigh1 months of controversy surround­ ing their marriage. lhcy agreed on 1em1s for a divorce. Un1il his divorce from his wife had gone mlo effect, he had been virtually divorced from 1he boxing ring in all respects.

The purpose of this article is nol 10 blame 1hese sportsmen's wives for their husbands' actions.

Rather, 11 is a.1 ancmpt 10 poi nt out 1ha1 a profess ional athlete should 1101 become romantically involved if it will affect his athlchc perfor­ mance or dedica11on 10 his sport 1n any way. It 1s nol proposing that professional athletes become monks. However. such rcla1ion­ sh1ps only distract athletes from pursuing 1hc1r careers funher. At lhe s1ar1 of an athletic career, many a1hlc1es .ire given large con1rac1;; and large sums of money and arc conscquenlly bcfncndcd by un ,;avory charac1ers. As a resull, many athlcles arc taken ad­ van1nge of nnd become trapped in divorces. lawsuits and other sim1har s11ua1ions. They lose sight of all their li felong drc:1m,; and turn their focus 1owards the rcla11on .. 1p.1ns1cm.l. AsGas11ncau ,;aid wlulc speaking aboul !us football c.irccr. "If ,;he (his girlfriend. Bng1llc N1dsonl told me to give II up tomorrow. 1ha1·� wlml I'd do."

(COlll/11/ll'dfrmn J'll}:.C J)

;il,;o of "carelcs" scholurship," and �led hun from the fac ulty.

In pla in f::ic1, no llaf\,1rd per­

son hocus ano1her Han•ard pcNon.

With thtlr loss In the pla)·offs, the Rams e.nd a bard•fou1ht season.

Records Boys' Girls' Boys' Girls' Boys' Girls'

Varsity Basketball Varsity Basketball Junior Varsity Junior Varsity Soccer Volleyball

In pl:1111 foci. 1hey presented Fr:mcr w11h 1he aforcmenuoncd evidence .ind Frazier booted him­ self It'-. probnbly wo� 1ha1 way.

And !hen The T1me1:, never :lJOur• 11.11 10 let wid.edness go un­ punished or cnme go unavcn�ed. plastered the s1ory ngh1 up there with 1hc fomous prime rate and

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Arson (co,,flm1t•dfrom page one) wol ls. ceili ngs and even carpc11ng. but smoke 1s a danger 1hat cannot be completely prevented from sprcadmg. The school docs pos­ ,;;e-,;-; a syslem tha1 au1oma11cally shuls off lhc vcntllatmn syslems i n case of a fire but that Just limits the smoke lo a restricted area, and so the danger or smoke mlmlallon 1s very real. r,.-1r, Miller �ays that he docs ha\e ..omc- ;;usp1c1on� a:, 10 who 'iel 1he fires on 1he ba.-.1,;; of certain p:1t1cms wh ich have dc,clopcd but he ts not ccr1:11n ycl. 111c ,;;chool submillcd a report lo 1hc

Fire Marshal who i.. 1ren11ng 1he fires as criminal arson. and is analyzing currcn1ly remains of 1he fire 1ha1 he gathered.

"The pcnion who SCI these fires 1s obviosly calling ou1 for help more and more loudly." says Mr. Miller. "If he or she 1s caugh1 before another 111c1dcnt occurs he or she will be trcaied m: a sick per­ son. If, however, there 1s :1no1her fire w h i c h causes property damage or mJury to Mudenl\. then the �11ua11on 1s oul of our hands ,md \\ 1\1 be 1rc:11cd by the proper au1hont1cs."

OPEC and L:llin A1m·nca coming :ipaprt.

Of course. plagiarhm "a prcl1y lousy 1h111g 10 do--a scam on the

"ho g01 11 right and �o on. A cnmc of the Gutenberg crJ. The Gulcnbcrg cr.i has slipped by so quickly, hasn't 11'? The maJCSI)' of words! De:uh--or at 1e:tsl public d1.sgrace--to anyone who 1rans­ grc,.scs thi;; authon1y!

The loss seems re-al. but in lhe mcan11mc we live m arockety new world \\hercm at leasthalf of what mos1 people hear or read or cer­ tainly �cc on their cn1enainmc n 1 screen:, 1s pretty much borrowed or filched or at any r.ite smoos.hcd 111 from soml·wherc el.;c--n \\orld of "ad.iptcd from" :ind "based on" and '"Thi� ,._ tr ue" ttnd unongm.11 "ongmals."

But somebody has 10 hold 1hc lute righ1"J Someone has 10 remind us of our Los1 Values-and

"We live in a rockery new world ll'herein at least half ofwhat most people hear or read or certainly see 011 rheir entertainment scn•cns is pretty much borrowc'd or filched o,· at 011)1 rare mooched from somewhere else . . " on talk ,;;how" and the lecture cir­ cui1!

Dul Shcrvert H. Frn7ier 1,;; ano1hcr ma11cr. He w ill work his c,il ways no more. cnbbrng from Sc1cnrific American and "Dis­ eases of 1hc Ncrvou� Sys1cm," The Harvards found "evidence of plagiarism" "in 1hose four papers,

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