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              The Rambler STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK
AGRICULTURAL AND TECHNICAL COLLEGE
FARMINGDALE, N.Y. 11735
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VOLUME 56, NUMBER 4
November 22,1985
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PRESS CONFERENCE
ON REGGIE JACKSON: Reggie overtime has been a great money player and will
be in the Hall of Fame. I found playing with Reggie an experience. He is cocky and
arrogant but that's whats needed in this profession.
ON BILLY MARTIN: Billy is fiery and fiesty. He is going into pro wrestling to team
up with Hulk Holgan and fight Ed Whitson and King Kong. Billy and Earl Weaver
have a flair and popensity for shownmanship, and in my opinion are two of the best
managers in baseball.
ON GEORGE STEINBRENNER: Everything you've read about George is pro-bably
true. We've had some problems in the past (with the Winfield foundation) but
he now meets his responsibilities. You have to give him credit, he helped rebuild the
team and keep the Yankees in N.Y.
ON LOU PINELLA: Lou is young, has drive, and is funny. Billy Martin was his
friend and mentor. He will be a great manager. Plus Lou speaks Spanish and English
which will help a lot
ON YOGI BERRA: Yogi is one of the best Managers I've played for. His open door
policy is just that; he is open, honest and strong, but oh that face! It was tough to see
Yogi go, he added humor in the lockeroom and that's important in the Yankee
organization.
HIGHLIGHTS OF THE WINFIELD SPEECH: I look at sports in three ways: a
game, a science and a business. It's a game because we played it since kids and it's
always fun. I look at it as a science because there are fundamentals that need to be
experimented with, apply consistently, practiced faithfully, and to always change and
improve. Lastly, as a business because New York is the center of the business world,
^and if you succeed in N.Y. you can make it anywhere.
Drugs in professional sports is horrible. But it is only a microcosm of the whole
Dave Winfield Hall's little Th esapteeerk. s to an enthusiastic audience on October 29 In Roosevelt
world. The majority of athletes who do not take drugs look down on the minority that
does because it gives sporii and themselves a bad name. I've seen hundreds of people
fall by the wayside when they don't accomplish what they set out to do. They fall hard
because they didn't plan to be a well rounded person and prepare for other areas.
That's why college is so important You can't play sports professionally for your whole
life. You need a backup. Always rember, failure is not a setback it's a learning
experience.
I would advise young people to read and travel Reading is very, very, important to
develop communication skills, and a strong vocabulary. Travel is essential in that it
broadens your horizon's and allows you to meet people. I just got back from Rio, and
besides realizing the United States is the best country, I also realized that Black
people do get sunburn.
I 'm going to make an impact on this country one way or another. Because I 'm not a
leader in sports, because I've been here thirteen years, it's because I'm kicking
butt
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**Farmingdale is becoming the center
for World Food Day activities on Long
Island. With this focus, we should begin
to gather strength and do something
about world hunger, as well as hunger on
Long Island," stated Sandy Chapin,
president of Long Island Cares, Inc., who
concluded the 1985 World Food Day
program held on Wednesday, October
16, at SUNY Farmingdale, Roosevelt
HalL
Several hundred participants, inclu-ding
students, faculty, staff world hunger
professionals, and concerned citizens,
gathered to discuss the problems and
suffering caused by hunger.
Opening remarks were presented by
William Ayres, executive director. World
Hunger Year (WHY), who summarised
the importance of developing agriculture
in Third World ountries, making policy
changes, and improving the distribution
process of food.
The conference also featured a live
National Town Meeting Teleconference
which originated from Washington, D.C.
and involved such panelists as Peter
McPherson, administrator of the U.S.
Agency for International Development
(USAID) and Senator Paul Sarbanes of
Maryland. This telecast which lasted
three hours, also entertained questions
from participating universities located
around the country which included Brown
University, the University of Southern
Mississippi, as well as Farmingdale. W(WiHlliYam), dAelyirveesr,'s ekxeeycnuottive ea dddirreecstso rd,u Wrinogr ldth eH 1u9n8g5e rW Yoeraldr FEoooodae vDealty HCaolLn ference held October 16, Little Theater,