VOL.
LV N O A J L - I
f
Ginsburg's
Poetry
Poses Question
LIVING AREA AFFAIRS
COMMISSION
ALBANY, NEW YORK
by Daryl Lynne Wager
The ballroom of the Campus
Center was filled to capacity last
night as students gathered for a
poetry reading by Allen Ginsburg,
Those unable to find seats sat on
the floor around the lecturn and
lined the walls to hear the bearded
poet.
Ginsburg, who is this year's
first major speaker sponsored by
the Forum of Politics, was clad in
a dark green shirt, jeans and short
boots. He opened his program
with the chanting of "Hare
Krishna."
The f i rst poem read by JUDY COLLINS and the Union Gap performed to a sell-out audience
Ginsburg was thirty minutes in Friday night in the gym. (story pg. 6)
length. "I hadn't read that long
poem before an audience before,"
said Ginsburg. The poem, which
stated, "America will be refused
eternity by her own mad son, the
bomb," touched on such popular
Ginsburg themes as censorship,
by
social injustice, corruption and
by Tim
Tim Keelev
Keelev
Dr. Clifton C. Thome, Vice
"the secret police."
Thorne cited residence halls at
Two shorter selections, "I'm a President for Student Affairs,
the University of Rochester that
Telephone," and "This Form of p r e s i d e d at The President's have either 24 hour open house,
with
S t u d e n t s no open house, or occasional open
Life Needs Sex" followed. The C o n f e r e n c e
latter drew mixed reactions from yesterday,
house. "Here the student has a
T
h
o
m
e
g
ave
his
personal choice of residence."
the attentive spectators; many
opinions
on
the
current
I..
A
AC
found Ginsburg's profusion of
"Those presenting this proposal
r e s i d e n t bill and discussed
obscenities offensive.
have forgotten one important part
pre-registration
that
began
this
After the reading of "King of
of staff work. What are the
May," and a poem which he said week.
students
likely to decide?"
The
final
legal
decision
on
the
was written in the fifth hour of an
Thorne commented as his second
LA
AC
bill
rests
with
the
LSD trip, Ginsburg announced
point. He suggested that a pilot
that there would be a short University Council Thome noted. study should have been run.
"I have tried to anticipate what
intermission, during which he
Thome's final point was one of
spoke informally with students, the Council might do," remarked
accountability. "The passage of
Ginsburg finds college audiences Thorne. "I personally raise three
this bill would require a
particularly receptive: "I guess points that they may ask."
c o m p l e t e l y new method of
The first point Thorne raised
everybody
must be stoned
administration. The method was
because they're paying clear was that of an individual's choice not presented with the bill."
concerning hours of open room
attention," he said.
Vic Looper, chairman of
Ginsburg does not insist that visitation. "I feel that the
LAAC, was present to defend the
his audience understand his possibility of choice does not
proposal. Looper contended that
exist with this proposal."
continued on page 3
many of Thome's questions had
"TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 19,1968
CampusChestBegins
Fundraising Events
byFranDreherer
Campus Chest, an annual event
at the University is happening this
week. It takes the form of various
activities on all parts of the
campus.
Campus Chc-st, a fund-raising
event, is sponsored by Special
Events Board. Debbie Byron and
Linda Beidan, the co-chairmen,
have decided to donate the money
to charities which are closely
related to the students.
A large sum will be contributed
to "The Project," which was
started by the mental health
telethon
two years
ago,
and New
l u r K
olaie
wl
at0
" , nmate!
" "
York State will
Thome Discusses LA AC Bill,
Gives Persona I Opi nion
RATIONALE ON
UNIVERSITY
RESIDENCE
POLICY
CHANGES
Undergrad Report Implemented
To Improve Academic Growth
by Barry Kirschner
To " m a k e
the
learning
experience of more value for
students" at the University was
the way Assistant Vice-P resident
for Academic Affairs Paul M'wa
described the purpose of four
special task forces seeking to
i m plemenl Dean O. William
P v r I m u 11 e r ' s r e p o r t
on
undergraduate education.
The tusk forces deal with an
Experimental College, Academic
Regulations, Instruction, and the
Academic Calendar. A major
problem for these groups will be
finding how the transition from
small to large university can be
performed smoothly.
The task forces each consist ot
ten members of which there are
seven faculty and three students.
The faculty members were chosen
by President Collins while the
s t u d e n t s were appointed by
Central Council.
considerable time before the
The Task
Force on me
recommendations a
put into 'Academic Calendar' is headed by
effect.
Professor Frank Kolmin. It will
work towards finding what the
Through the recommendations best possible academic calendar
of Dean Perlmutter and the will be for the expanded
implementations of the task University.
forces, the mechanism for change
Professor Donald Van Cleve
will be developed which will guide
the c o m m i t t e e
on
the University to twice its present h e a d s
'Instructions' which will deal with
size by 1975.
ways of making the instructional
The findings of the committees process more meaningful.
been studied before the bill was
introduced.
He added that although much
of LAAC's considerations were
not attached to the bill in the
rational, a verbal explanation
would be made when die bill is
introduced to the University
Council,
Despite the questions that
Thorne raised, he assured students
that the administration supported
the bill.
contribution.
Since
many
university students are employed
in this program we are helping
ourselves also.
Money will also be donated to
the tutoring program which was
s t a rted by Academic Affairs
C o m m i s s i o n , and to other
charities which are undecided thus
far.
The main source of money is
the Telethon, a 24 hour variety
show in the Campus Center
Ballroom beginning at 7 pm
F r i d a y . It features student,
faculty and administration talent,
and will be broadcast on
WRGB-TV (channel 6), for 1/2
hour at 2:30 pm on Saturday
afternoon. Admission to the
Telethon is $1, covering the entire
show.
Boosters will be on sale at 25
cents each in the lobby of Campus
Center from ten to three daily.
People wearing boosters will
receive free coffee all week.
On Wednesday between 11 and
12 MO there will be a Chinese
Auction in the Snack Bar. In this
type of auction runners will
collect
money
for
an
unannounced period of time, and
t h e last p e r s o n
to have
contributed when time is called
will receive the merchandise.
Films are being shown all week
in the flag rooms of the
quadrangles. Last night "Phrntom
continued to page 3
Smith Resists Draft
Explains Reasoning
hi/ Barbara
R n r h a r n Heyne
Hp.m.
by
have been demonstrating in front
"It's been a long time since I've of the Federal Building since 8:30
spoken to a favorable audience," a.m. in support of Smith.
began draft resister Brooks Smith,
The
divinity student took his
addressing a meeting of the SDS
"it"n~**Bainst
Anti-Draft Committee, November
...
fu *
the draft after
'
realizing
lizing that "the ideals of
7
American democracy were a lie."
He made it clear to the
Citing incidents such as Mississippi
Anti-Draft
g r o u p that his
in 1964, he stated, "I believe in
resistance is not of the "we won't
theses ideals, but you run up
go" type. He and an estimated
against incidents in which these
3500 others are resisting on the
ideals are trampled upon."
grounds that the draft system is
In
his
travels
Smith
wrong,
encountered people "who didn't
Tuesday morning, Smith, a want to talk or hear about the
Latham student at the University war. They didn't want to hear
of Chicago Divinity School, that these fine American ideals,
refused induction into the U.S. which Ho Chi Minh saw fit to
army at the Albany Federal include in his constitution, were
Building. Students from the lies."
University and other area colleges
continued on page 2
will go through Miwa's office, and
then will be acted upon by the
P r e s i d e n t ' s office and the
University councils,
The Task
force on the
'Experimental College' is led by
Professor William Reese. It will
probe the possibilities of a change
in the academic structure. One
possibility of this is a 'General
College' which will seek an
inter-disciplinary approval to a
liberal education.
Professor Arthur Collins heads
The committees have been the group working on Academic
meeting regularly for several Regulations, which is concerned
weeks, but are still in the with whether independent study
organizational stage. It is hoped and honor courses, among other
that their implementations will be things, should be expanded. The
p u b I i s h ed before the spring drop-policy is also under this
Brooks Smith explains his reasons for refusing draft induction Tuesday morning at the Albany Federal
semester begins. It will take
group's jurisdiction
Building.
Tuetday, November 19,1968
Albany Student Pre*
Albany Student Press
Tuwdiy, November 19,1968
Peace Corps /College Degree
Program Starts At Brockport
The officials of the Petce Corps
•nd the State University of New
York College at Brockport
a n n o u n c e d completion of
arrangements for continuing and
extending the unique Peace
Corps College
Degree Program
to admit a third group of
candidates in June 1969. The
members of the first contingent
completing the fifteen-month
program which combines the
upper division undergraduated
education with Peace Corps
preparation are now serving on
bi-national
educational
JOSEPH
his education and taught at the Albany Academy. With his experiments
in magnetism he discovered the principles behind and developed the
fust telegraph.
develo
P m e n t le»™
Domin can
.'
R?P»blic; the
ls n o w ln t h e
group
'" the
second
academic year
NY Strike Ends With Vote
Of Teachers Monday Night
NEW YORK (UPI)-Striking
public school teachers voted
overwhelmingly Monday to accept an agreement ending a 10week-long dispute which kept
most of the city's 900 schools
closed.
Some teachers returned to the
classrooms immediately and all
schools were expected to be
open Tuesday.
They accepted the agreement
by a vote of 17,658 to 2,738.
Although less than half the
United Federation of Teachers
(UFT) membership voted, it
was the largest turnout in the
union's history.
Marathon Session
The settlement was worked
out during the weekend in a
marathon bargaining session at
Mayor John V. Lindsay's home.
Lindsay admitted none of the days of pay for time lost during
parties was completely satisfied the strike, the third of a series
with
the
settlement
which since school opened Sept. 9.
included suspension of the local Their union president, Albert
Ocean Hill-Brownsville govern- Shanker, still must stand trial
ing board in Brooklyn.
on a charge of contempt of
court for refusing to order
The Puerto Rican community teachers back to work.
was reportedly angered because
The local board, one of three
one of the three Ocean HillBrownsville principals suspend- boards set up as an experiment
aimed
at
decentralizing
the
ed as part of the settlement was
Louis Fuentes, the only Puerto city's system into 33 local
boards, touched off the strike
Rican principal in the city.
by transferring UFT teachers
Longer Sessions
So far this semester, most of out of the predominantly Negro
the city's 1.1 million public and Puerto Rican area.
A special state trustee was
school students have had only 11
days of instruction. They will named to run the district.
The Rev. C. Herbert Oliver,
have to go to school longer each
of
the
district's
day and attend classes on 10 chairman
holidays to make up the time, governing board, stormed out of
mayor's mansion Sunday
but there will be no compulsory the
shortly before terms of the
summer classes next year.
were
announced.
Teachers will lose only six settlement
Snith Refuses Induction
Discusses Draft Experiences
continued from page 1
The turning point in Smith's
attitude toward the draft resulted
from the October marches on the
P e n t a g o n . As he saw the
destruction caused by the police
and felt its implications about
American democracy, Smith knew
"it was a question of whether I
believe in living by the values I
spouted or refusing to serve and
saving my integrity." Brooks
admitted that it "was not a fully
rational decision, but one made
on rational grounds."
As a theology student, Smith
could have received a -ID
classification exemptinfc him from
active duty. He could have applied
for a Consciencious Objector
classification also. However, he
believes "this is like accepting a
•IF classification which implies
that drafting is a legitimate
phase of this joint project and is
slated for overseas assignment in
Latin America in August, 1969.
The candidates will be selected
f ro m the/ranks of students in
g o o d standing at an accredited.
college who are completing their
sophomore or junior year by June
1969. Those selected will be able
to earn an A.B. or B. S. degree
and be eligible for a Peace Corps
assignment in one academic year
flanked by two summers of fully
s u b s i d i z e d and i n t e g r a t e d
academic courses and Peace Corps
training, They will be expected to
major in mathematics or the
sciences; those who have
completed their junior year prior
to entrance into the program will
have the opportunity for a
double-major.
At the end of the second
summer armed with the degree, a
teaching license, in-depth cross
cultural preparation and fluency
in Spanish the graduates as Peace
Corps volunteers will be off on
their Latin American assignment.
As members of the staffs of
teacher training institutions
and or consultants to secondary
teachrs of mathematics or science,
they
will be important
participants in the educational
development efforts of their host
countries. During their two year
sojourn they will have the
opportunity to earn up to twelve
semester hours graduate credit,
Peace Corps and college
0 ffj c j a i B pointed out the several
f e a t u r es which make this joint
unique
including:
program
a c a ( i e m j c credit for Peace Corps
two fully subsidized
tl.ajningi
summer sessions totalling thirty
semester credit hours, in-depth
Peace Corps training synchronized
with the liberal arts and
specialized
professional
preparation,
individualized
programming, opportunity for
double majors and supervised
overseas graduate work.
"This integrated program is
based on our two fold conviction
that 1) to combine the college and
Peace
Cor 8
P experiences is to
make both more relevant and
meaningful and the personal
P r o d u c t more valuable 2) to
Proved
much-needed skilled
s p e c i a l i s t s - m a t h e m a t i c s and
sclence
teachers-as Peace Corps
volunteers in Latin America is to
make a significant contribution to
a
" concerned," said President
Albe
r t Warren Brown, of the
state
University College at
Brockport in announcing the
e x t e n s i o n of this
unique
partnership.
HANNAH'S DRUGS
We pick up I deliver prescriptions
on student insurance program.
Cosmetics-Drugs-Gifts-Cards
031 Western Aoe.
S I N . M K W . C O . , ROCH..N.V
institution.'
"My quarrel is not with
classifcation, but with the foreign
policy of the U.S. The draH is
critical if the U.S. is to pluy world
policeman.
Peacetime
conscription is necessary so that
America can fight brushfin wars
in support of pro-American
dictators. This is a part of the free
world we learn about in high
school."
.Smith faces a prison sentence
of two to five years, and a
possible fine of $10,000. He
admitted to the audience that the
piospecl of going to jail "was
most frightening, it scared llle hell
out of me." Hut when I put my
actions in context of students
around the world, in Viet Nam or
South Africa, any sacrifice I could
make seemed trivial compared to
those made In other countries.'
Phone IVJ-1355
Volunteers Needed
For VITA Program
by Gale McAllister
WHAT AM I BID? Campus Chest's Chinese Auction attempts to raise money tor charity by auctioning oft
items.
Major Cause Of Protest
By Students Is Vietnam
A recent survey of more than
800 deans at the nation's colleges
shows that Vietnam was the major
cause of organized protest by
college s t u d e n t during the
1967-68 academic year.
Dormitory rules, Civil Rights,
and student participation in
college government were, in that
order, the next most frequently
protested issues on the nation's
campuses, according to the survey
by the Educational Testing
Service.
The ETS report also notes that
organized groups demonstrating
against most issues rarely made up
more than ten percent of a college
student body. Protesters against
U.S.
Government policy in
Vietnam, for example, averaged
about five percent of their
respective s t u d e n t
bodies,
according to the deans' estimates.
Protests not organized in advance
were not included in the findings.
ETS's questionnaire survey was
completed by deans of students in
860 accredited four-year colleges
and universities. Each dean was
asked to note the extent of
organized student protest over 27
educational, social, and political
issues d u r i n g the
1967-68
academic year.
38 percent of the deans
reported Vietnam demonstrations
on their campuses last year. 34
percent reported protest over
dormitory regulations, and 29
percent over local, off-campus
Civil Rights matters.
Protests over greater student
participation
in c a m p u s
policy-making was reported at 27
percent of the colleges. In one out
of four colleges there were
protests about the draft and about
the presence of .military recruiters.
One out of five colleges noted
demonstrations over governmental
agency and industrial recruiters on
campus.
In a survey in 1961), a similar
group of deans was asked to
continued from page 1
DRY CLEANERS
SHIRT
LAUNDRY
Located in Quad Lower Lounge*
and
Dutch Colonial State
.a little more exciting!
Sat. Warn- 2pm
deans
r e p orted
student activism
o v e r raciai issues
This p i c t u r e of student
protests, only partly accurate iin
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.,
., , .
itself (since it was compiled bby
deans of students and did not
include spontaneous protests), is
likely to change radically this
year.
A prediction in August by
Brandeis University's Center for
the Study of Violence already
seems to be coming ture: that
there would be more protests than
ever in both colleges and high
schools, and that large numbers of
them would be race-oriented in
one way or another
Education Conference
Examines History
Mark Rudd
To Speak
Here Tom.
by Kevin McGirr
"Education and integration of
Minority Groups" was the subject
viewed by three Educators
participating in the Education
Conference.
Each discussed
different periods in history.
Dr. Human Kuritz of the
Mark Rudd, the student activist Education Foundations Dept.
who attained nation wide fame here at the University, spoke
for his part
the Columbia about "Education and the Poor in
University riots of last April, will the Eighteenth Centrury."
speak in Lecture Room 1 at 8:00
Education of the poor was to
p.m. Wednesday night.
perpetuate the poor, Kuritz said,
as c o m m o n
laborers
and
R u d d , who is no longer reinforece the social structure.
attending Columbia full-time, has
Dr, Vincent Lannie, from Notre
been notified that his 2-S Dame University and author of
deferment is no longer valid. 'History of Catholic Schools,"
Rudd's speech will also feature ' e c t u r e d o n "Education and the
slides and films of the incidents Jmmigrant in the Nineteenth
that occured at Columbia. His talk
?, t u r y '.
dealt with th
His topic
is being sponsored by the
S t u d e n t s for A Democratic attitude of Christian Society
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towards the poor. With the
Society (SDS)
chapter
here at lU
the
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growing strength of Calvinism he
University. Tney are asking a . ,
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donation of $.50 to cover Rudd s
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expenses.
tendencies towards individualism
which left the poor to themselves.
Campus Chest Begins, will Feature
Films, Telethon, Chinese A u ction
r ON CAMPUS
Mon.-Fri. 4pm-7pm
provide the same information
about many of the same issue. At
the time, they reported that Civil
Rights was the most frequent
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cause rfor student activis .Campus
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food ranked second, and Vietnam
third. Vietnam, then, was cited by
one out of five colleges as a cause
of organized protest, compared to
almost two out of five today.
A comparison of the results of
both studies indicates that since
1965 three particular issues have
triggered protests with increasing
frequency. Organized discontent
with d o r m i t o r y rules was
registered at 34 percent of the
colleges, as compared to 28
percent in 1965. Student demands
for a larger role in campus
governance increased from 19 to
27 percent. This past year racial
matters, expecially demands for
s t u d i e s of black
culture,
accounted for demonstrations in
18 percent of the schools. Three
years ago, five percent of th«
ol the Opera" was shown in State
Quad. Tonight, on Colonial Quad
at 6 pm "Orphans of the Storm,"
a D.W. Griffith original, will be
shown.
A Trivia Contest will take place
on Wednesday night at 8 pm in
the Campus Center Ballroom. It
will be conducted in a manner
similar to "College Bowl." The
entry charge is ${j for each team
of three people. Any team
interested in competing should
c o n t a c t Debbie Byron
at
l!>7-78()u.
Various facilities of the gym
will be utilized on Tuesday night,
which is Sport Night of Campus
Chest. Beginning at H pm, there
will he competitions of various
teams, and there will be an entry
fee, but no admission charge.
There will be a Beer Party
Saturday Night at 9 pm at
McKown's Grovee. The band will
be "Light of Morning," and
The
Volunteers
for
International
Technical
Assistance, VITA, will hold their
fall conference on Saturday,
November 23 at Union College in
Schenectady.
University students and faculty
members are urged to attend this
conference which will discuss how
they can participate in VITA.
VITA is an organization made
up of t e a c h e r s , engineers,
businessmen, students, and people
from virtually all occupational
fields who "offer their spare time
for consultation on problems
from the developing nations."
Most of VITA's work is done
through the mail. Missionaries,
Peace Corps members, and the
people of the underdeveloped
countries themselves, write to
VITA for answers to their
questions.
Questions range from problems
with rusting typewriters to the
best and most economical way to
build a bridge or irrigation system.
Unlike the Peace Corps or
V I S T A , VITA provides the
opportunity for the student to
help the underprivileged of the
world, now.
Students can now, if they are
willing, devote some of their spare
t i m e t o help h a n d l e the
tremendous amount of mail that
VITA receives each week. There is
something important for every
student and faculty member to
admission will be $3 per couple.
Campus Chest will close with a
mixer on Sunday night in the
Campus Center Ballroom. "The
Common Man" will play, and
admission will be $.50.
Lannie
likened
present
attempts by Blacks to decentralize
schools to the rise of Catholic
S c h o o l s . Saying t h a t
the
imposition of the Protestant Bible
and the fear of 'Popery' in public
education forced Catholics to
construct Parochial Schools.
Mr.
David
Seeley,
of
Metropolitan Applied Research
Center, offered a pessimistic view
of the effectiveness of school
'lesetfregation.
He cited low reading scores of
many urban youth as being caused
by increased segregation due to
the flux of whites to suburban
and parochial schools.
C insburg
Reads Poetry
continued from pane 1
poetry, but he would like them to
listen to his words and their pulse.
Watching Ginsburg as he reads is
as vital to his poetry as is
listening; his gestures and bodily
movements help one to find
meaning in his words.
The second part of the program
featured a talk by Brooks Smith, a
draft resister from the Divinity
School of the University of
Chicago who will refuse induction
today for the second time. Smith
received a standing ovation.
do.
Faculty members can help solve
the problems and students can get
a real chance to help by doing
follow-up work which entails
finding out if the answer given the
people solved their problem.
A sign-up sheet will be in the
Campus Center all this week.
Transportation to and from Union
College will be provided if enough
students sign up.
P r o f e s s o r E d w a r d Reilly,
Manager of the Computer Center,
and Professor James Corbett of
the Physics Department, both
from the University, will speak at
the conference.
All s t u d e n t s and faculty
members who are at all interested
in VITA are invited to attend the
conference, and find out more
about the work VITA has done in
helping t h e people in the
developing nations of the world.
The conference will last from
10:00 a.m. to 4:45 p.m. Saturday,
November 23, and there will be
no expenses except the cost of
lunch.
Diana
Ross
Tearfully Pleas
For Equality
LONDON UPI—Britain's royal
family abandoned its traditional
public reserve Monday, and wildly
applauded American Negro singer
Diana Ross when she interrupted
a royal variety performance to
plea tearfully for racial harmony.
The slim dusky singer from
Detroit had just finished an
emotional rendering of the song
"There's A Place For Us" from
WEST SIDE STORY with her pop
group The Supremes.
As the music faded, Miss Ross
walked to the front of the stage of
the packed London Palladium,
grabbed a microphone and with
her voice crackling with emotion,
said:
"There's a place for us. A place
for all of us. Black and white, Jew
and G e n t i l e , Catholic and
Protestant. So was the world of
slain civil rights leader Martin
Luther King and his ideal. If we
keep this in mind, thenwe can
carry on his work."
There was stunned silence as
Miss Ross, with tears running
down her cheeks, broke into the
opening lines again of "There's A
Place For Us."
A storm of applause erupted
from the royal box and the rest of
the audience and lasted two
minutes.
Lord S n o w d o n ,
Princess
Margaret's husband, leaned over
the side of the flower-decked box,
clapping
lustily.
QUEEN
Elizabeth and her husband Prince
Philip were on a South American
tour, but the queen mother was in
the box as was Prince Charles,
Princess Anne, Margaret and other
members of the royal family.
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THE RED FLAG
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by Carol French
Academic
Release
This University is rapidly evolving into an institution with an
excellent academic reputation. Yet, the plan for the development of the
University is so academically oriented that it has neglected to provide
for a necessary human need-release.
The constant tension and pressure, under which a student is placed
by the demands of his academic load, is a potentially dangerous
element each student must face. The danger lies in the fact that there is
no chance for the student to stop, take time off from the constant
worry of academic pressure, reconnoiter his wits and start again.
Without this type of release the student is faced at times with seemingly
unsurmountable problems. The more the student feels he is being
plowed under, the less able he will be to perform his class work, causing
more frustration. Consequently, the student will find himself caught in
an increasing state of tension.
In effect, what is wrong is that as the University is making a
conscious effort to increase its academic standing, it is providing no
element of release to balance the stringent demand of tougher courses.
The University must begin seriously considering providing outlets
through which a student may break away from some of the tensions
and pressures that weigh him down.
Usually the vacation periods are the main facets through which a
student can find a release. But, the periods between vacations are
usually long and a student finds unneeded tension building up during
the weeks of school.
Confusions
spirit, behind their floats? Is it
true that Greeks are compelled to
work a minimum number of hours
on their floats, or suffer the
consequences'.
It was good of Mr. Soja and
Miss Battaglino to acknowledge
the presence of Independent
floats in the parade. These were
constructed willingly, without
fines or punishment, by many
Independents who can't be readily
distinguished as they d o n ' t all
dress, think, and act alike in an
effort to impress each other.
Congratulations to the Greeks
for wining the Scholarship Cup
every year; after all, who else is
eligible?
Greek spirit is truly an awe-full
thing. However, we guess this has
slipped a very sizeable number of
Junior and Senior Greek minds as
many "Spiritied" Greeks have
gone inactive.
The words spirit and Greek s,
are
not
synonymous.
Independents also have spirit.
(Who won Holiday Sing last year?
Are all campus organizations
made up of only Greeks?)
Greek organizations have many
good points, but we Independents
are not a miso,abable, sniveling
minority. The backbone of this
campus is made up of unique
Independents who think for
themselves and enjoy each other.
To the Editor:
I should like to clear up a few
confusions left by the article
covering the meeting to support
Mexican and Latin American
revolutionary students Thursday,
Oct. 31 (ASP, Fri. Nov. 1).
F i r s t , t h e meeting was
sponsored by the Young Socialist
Alliance; it was not a meeting of
the YSA. We meet Sundays at
7 '30 p.m, and not all of those
who come then are YSAers or
intend to join. Second, the article
impled that the SUNYA students
who spoke were both YSAers.
Miss Judy Bank not only is not a
YSAer, but to my knowledge she
has no intention of joining. She is
a serious political independent
who supports the Mexican student
movement, and it was solely on
that basis that she agreed to
speak. We respect Miss Bank's
independence.
Third, the feature speaker, Sr.
Florencio Merced, received very
little attention in the article. He is
a leader of FUPI, Federation of
Puerto Rican University Students
for Independence, the student
wing of MPI (Movement for
Puerto Rican Independence), and
will stand trial Nov. 12, along
with 84 other Puerto Rican
students, for refusing induction
into the U.S. Army.
R e s p e c t i'uly
from
some
Best wishes for greater accuracy God-Damned Independents,
in reporting.
Sincerely,
Carol Anne French
YSA Organizer
Kathleen Bartnick
Elizabeth Henry
Susan Allen
Linda Miller
Patricia D'Agostino
GDI's Respond
To the Editor:
This is an Independent Shout in
response to the Greek Echo of
Nov, 8. Who are Mr. Soja and
Mum Battaglino kidding? Their
column tops any propaganda put
out by the Communists in the last
20 years.
What are the Greeks really
doing and what is it they mean?
Homecoming and the Scholarship
Cup do indeed reflect Greek
spirit.
For esample, consider float
"spirit". Is it true that Greeks are
fined if they donLt march, with
Stony Tax
To the Editor:
I recently had occassion to read
a letter in tho ASP concerning
"Tax Questions,' and I was
particularly interested in the
comparison of entertainment with
SUNY at Stony Brook. As a
student at Stony Brook, please
allow me to shed a bit of light on
the shrouded myth of our
wonderful position:
First of all, we have this
entertainment if we want It or
not. Each student is required to
pay a $55 activity fee at the
beginning of the year, whether he
is a resident student or a
commuter. From the total sum of
these fees, $100,000 is allotted to
the Student Activities Board
( n o n - e l e e t e d ! ! ) f o r the
procurement of entertainers, using
their own taste to hire anybody
they damn please.
It is true that for most of the
concerts no extra money is
charged. But free? Get serious.
Admittedly, Simon and Garfunkel
C o n t i n u e d o n page 7
Phi Beta Lambda Is sponsoring a
field trip to N e w Y o r k City on
Novomber 2 2 . Tickets w i l l be sold
Tuesday, November 10, In the Campus
Centor l o b b y . Bus tare Is $5.00 for
p<ld
members
a n d $5.25 for
non-membors. Bus loaves A l u m n i Quad
(In front of Waterbury) at 6:45 a.m.
and tho U p t o w n Circle at 7:00. They
will loave N e w Y o r k City tor Albany at
8:00 p . m . The i j i o u p plans to visit the
Chase Manhattan Bank and the N.Y.
Stock Exchange.
There w i l l be a Memorial Service for
the late Senator Robert F. Kennedy on
Wednesday, N o v . 20 at 7 p.m. at the
front stops of the State Caplto . A l l are
welcome and urged l o attend.
C a t h o x l s , the sociology-psychology
club w i l l sponsor a discussion by Or.
Waterman
of
the
Psychology
Department on Thursday, Nov. 21 In
Social Scl. Faculty Loungo on tho t h i r d
floor.
A n I n f o r m a l coffoe hour w i t h Dr.
Meadows, Chairman of the Sociology
and A n t h r o p o l o g y Department, o n
Wed., N o v . 20, at 3 : 3 0 p.m. In tho
Campus
Center
Assembly
Room.
Discussion
will
Includo:
student
representation
on
departmental
commlttocs,
details
of t h o
sociology-psychology c l u b .
Student Association Is still accepting
applications
t o r positions on the
following Councils o f Faculty-Senate:
Personnel Pollclos C o u n c i l ; Research
C o u n c i l ; Council o n Promotions and
Continuing A p p o i n t m e n t .
There are no special qualifications
required. A n applicant need only be a
f u l l time student at the University.
Applicants
for the Council o n
Promotions
and
Continuing
A p p o i n t m e n t w i l l be screened by
Academic
Affairs
Commission.
Applicants for the other councils w i l l
be screened by the Cabinet of Central
Council.
Aside from vacations other outlets can be found for the student's
emotions. One such outlet is the opportunity of a student to let
"himself go" as a spectator at a sports event. If for this reason alone,
the University should more actively pursue the establishment of a
football club.
There has been latent spirit on this campus for football for years;
that spirit only needs a substantive encouragement to become an active
release for the student.
Other ideas (eg. a one day break after the mid-semester period) could
be explored by the University so that the academic life will not crush
the student. We want an academically excellent University, but we also
want to be able to minimize the pressure and tension that that
University will place upon us.
Primer
contributors
should check
student mailboxes for n o t i f i c a t i o n of
matorial accepted for the fall .68 Issue
of P R I M E R . N o rejection slips have
beon sent o u t .
May 1 3 , 1968, the ASP
headline flashes "NIXON SEIZED
IN MEXICO." Nixon, with a
popular mandate, had gone to
Mexico to secure peace. While
driving t h r o u g h
downtown
Mexico City in his bombproof
limosine Nixon was surrounded
by adoring youths who tried to
love him to death.
T h e Mexican
government,
fearing that they would be ousted
and replaced by Nixon because of
Nixon's overwhelming popularity
(in Mexico spitting is a form of
praise), imprisoned him and
demanded that the US admit that
Nixon was s e n t to incite
revolution.
Vice President Agnew quickly
cabled "Don't worry Dick stop if
you've seen one jail you've seen
them all stop those Spies are all
alike s t o p signed President
Agnew."
The concerned members of
C e n t r a l Council immediately
called an emergency session to
remedy the pressing problem of
getting back Nixon. The session
convened on stage in the Theatre
Building and President (Duncan
Doughnut) Nixon called the
meeting to order. Bob Yafman
opened the session by presenting
his proposal to use the bomb on
Mexico if they didn't give Nixon
back.
He stated "No forty-third rote
country is goin' to push us
around" with his eyes flashing.
"Wait," screamed Jim Cahn't.
"That motion has to go through
Political and Social Positions
Committee first." "No, n o " said
Linda Bird, "you know us well as
I do Jim, that since this is a
communication, it obviously has
to go through Communications
Commission." But Keith Meely
suggested that since this motion
concerns
the conscience of
Central Council and the lives of
the Mexicans (not to mention
President Nixon's life) it should
go through Religious Affairs
Commission.
Loop-along-Vic interjected that
since Nixon was living in a jail, the
motion was obviously a matter for
LAAC. Walt Dougherty pointed
out that since Mexico did not
have a line in its budget for
imprisoning Presidents, we could
Project Help mate bus leaves 6 : 3 0 f r o m
Academic circle, 6:45 at Western and
Partridge, d o w n t o w n , on Thursday,
November 2 1 .
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simply freeze its budget for
violating finance policy.
Whereupon Jim Cahn't pointed
out that Finance Policy
does
not state that we can freeze
b u d g e t s except for specific
reasons outlined in the policy; but
Linda Bird countered that there
was a precedent for this action
since Drama Council has its
budget frozen for spending money
on socket testers in violation of
Line 13 of their budget which did
not include funds for socket
testers.
"Point of Information" cried
Jim Losehigh, "what is a socket
tester?" The Doughnut opened
the question to the floor and after
a two hour debate on what a
socket tester was. Central Council
unfroze Drama Council's budget.
Dr. Houser then asked "But
what about President N'ixon?" To
which everyone looked perplexed
until a smile of recognition came
over Linda Bird's face and she said
"Oh, yes, he's in Mexico."
Duncan immediately stood
up and shouted "No I'm not, I'm
right here." Jim Cahn't asked why
Bob Yafman would present a
motion to bring Nixon back from
Mexico if he wasn't there. After a
two hour debate on this issue,
Terry resolved the entire problem
by suggesting that we submit a
referendum to the students of the
University (including those who
haven't paid their tax) and let
them decide whether or not
Duncan Nixon is here.
You, the student, may vote on
whether President Nixon is here
or not by writing yes and no on
your student tax card and mailing
it to box 110-13, Stuyvesant
Tower.
TK® Way It Is
A new scene commences. A
new government takes control.
What are the pertinent problems
of the new administration? What
are Nixon's solutions? Answers to
these and other questons as Mr.
Knowledge again imparts his
immense storehouse of wisdom to
the ignorant masses..
Q. What does Mr. Nixon mean
by "black capitalism?"
A. The president-elect recently
cleared up that situation by
stating that his staff has arranged
openings for 300 domestics in
Scarsdale, N.Y.
Q. Is Nixon really a peace
candidate?
A. Yes. By February, the War
on Poverty will be concluded by a
treaty between Howard Hughes
and Ralph Abernathy.
Q. Can you explain Nixon's
ambivalent proposal to take direct
action concerning Vietnam before
Inauguration Day? A. No.
Q. What are the advantages to
superiority in the arms race, a
stress point (correction: the stress
point) in Nixon's campaign?
A. That's a foolish question. It
is apparent to me that if the
United States has a r'ecided
superiority in weapons, we can
completely annihilate the Soviet
Union more times than it can
completely annihilate us.
Q. As the war in Vietnam
gradually comes to a close, we ask
ourselves
what were t h e
advantages of our entanglement
there. Can you answer?
A. Yes. Wt went to Vietnam in
order to prevent a forceful,
tyrannical, dictatorial takeover by
the communists by compelling the
South Vietnamese to side with us.
The war gave US industry a
much-needed shot in the arm by
opening jobs in defense and other
related fields. Also, by sending
our boys to Asia, we have kept
down the population of our great
land (although we have been
keeping up the population of
South Vietnam).
And, also, if we are lucky,
which we indeed have been, some
of our boys will not return home.
But in order to keep a strong,
moral, intelligent nation, we have
drafted only our dummies. (Let's
face it; who needs them?) The list
of good, sound advancements
by Dan Sabta Jr.
Long Island University makes u
profit on student tuition which is
used for realty speculation. Johns
Hopkins and M.I.T. run missle
design centers. Princeton runs
C.I.A. conventions; Michigan U. is
good in counter-insurgency; Penn.
U. researches chemical and germ
warfare; Rochester manages a
secret center for naval analysis in
Virginia. .
Those are hut a lew of the
thousands of facts which swell the
pages of James Ridgeway'» new
book, "The Closed Corporation,"
American Universities in Crisis.
Illdgeway, whose fame as a
m u c h li in li er of
first-rate
competence is growing, asserts in
this Random House publication
thai Universities are mi iiilegral
part ul thai nasly monster known
as the KHIIIIIIIHIIIIK'HI
A rtii'itnl review of the book (N.
Y. Tillies) suggested
flint
Ridgeway'« eiiiiipilnlion "may
well become it handbook for
Hlntleni pi
i" " llyi
ipiu-ing
the University lo an "Industry"
(with total iiiintiiil ii venues of $10
billion, ail annual uiowlh rate of
Hl%, mill a $1',! billion Investment
fund) Illdgeway clearly portrays
the lulellecliiral community as a
group of bureaucratic, power
hungry participants in the Ureal
Society.
Educators are seen playing the
"reward structure" game, gaining
for themselves huge salaries fiom
grants, contracts from often
peripheral consulfantships, and
their own private companies for
their own private grabs.
One of his most remarkable
annueiations is that "university
officials sit on the boards of about
one quarter of the 200 largest
corporations, six of the 10 largest
life i n s u r a n c e and utility
companies, five of the largest
merchandising companies," etc.
The message that Ridgeway
attempts to tiansmit is therefore
adequately received. But on
examination, the message itself is
a rnllierhollow one, for certainly
the University must be more than
just a "Closed Corporation."
In fact, whenever the student
revolutionaries (wherever they
may be hiding) decide to adopt
ilidgeway's thesis, they will be
uxpousing all the evils, but none
of the goods, issuing from tho
University. To a revolutionary, of
course, that comes firsthand. But
for the rest, some recognition of
the
good
must also be
acknowledged.
For example, it must be
remembered that it is the
University product (like Mr.
Ridgeway) which has given us the
shorthand revolutionary slogans
like the "Establishment." It is the
University atmosphere which bus
produced the liberal elements in
society from social welfare to the
living theatre.
It is the University which is the
patron of the arts; creator of
p h i l o s o p h i c , sociologic, and
psychologic insights; leader of
civil
rights,
international
understanding, the "new politics,"
and so on, ad infinitum.
What should be realized tiien,
before one gets overly excited by
Ilidgeway's accusations, is that
there are two lists one can draw
up on the rale of the University in
society.
Mr. Ridgeway does a service by
giving us the bad one; but let us
not forget that we can look in
more than one direction.
Thank you, Mr. Rosenberg. I
was unable to find an idea for this
column until I read yours. Since
you said that "campus Marxists"
are irrelevant, and, in another
context, mentioned the Socialist
Workers Party, I decided a reply
might be fun.
You view the world as a static
entity, and assume that because it
is, so it always must be. Therefore
you can say that because the
"proletariat" is reactionary now,
therefore it always will be.
Because Fred Halstead and Pi ul
Boutelle did not do as well as
Wallace nationwide (or Dick
Gregory or Henning Blomen in
New York State) therefore their
candidacy was a waste. You look
only at the events; you do not
consider the multiplicity of
causes.
I do not disagree that workers
by Ray
brought about by the war is
virtually endless.
Q. With all this majority,
plurality business, I wonder is
there a sane solution to our
process of electing the president?
A. Certainly. Abolish the
popular vote and let the electors
decide
with
no o u t s i d e
interference.
Q. What did George Wallace
consider to be the strong point, I
mean his major qualification, in
his drive for the presidency?
A. Mr. Wallace has been very
active in the field of civil rights
enforcement.
Q. If an international field were
in the running for the high posts
on Nixon's staff, who would be
the foreigners, and what would be
their positions?
A. I can only think of one:
Christines
Keeler
for
vice-president.
Q. How can the United States
prevent itself from losing face in
the Pueblo crisis?
A. By invading North Korea
and forcing the 8-1 crew members
of the Pueblo to lose their necks.
Q. Did Nixon's "Compromise
"with the South" i.e., the choice of
Agnew as vice-president, pay off?
A. Definitely. _Jt was indeed a
compromise. In return for the
important
s t a t e s of North
Carolina, South Carolina, Florida,
and
Tennessee,
Nixon
relinquished his hold on New
York, Michigan, Pennsylvania, al.d
Maryland.
Q. Did Richard Nixon have Wilt
Chamberlain campaign for him
because he was a Negro?
A. No. Nixon has never been a
Negro. (I can't stand these stupid
questions.)
SUPPORT
CAMPUS CHEST
ALL WEEK
R O B E R T F. K E N N E D Y
A
community
candlelight
memorial service f o r t h e late
Senator K e n n e d y w i l l be held
Wednesday, November 2 0 , at '/
p.m. on the Capitol steps.
WINTERLUDE
SLEIGH
RIDE
Dec. li, 1968
8cm
DINNER DANCE
Dec. 14, 1968
9-lpm
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right now are conservative, that a
good share of them are racists.
Nor can one dispute the numbers
who voted for Wallace. However,
this simplistic view is not the
whole.
One should also consider that
A m e r i c a n workers have the
bloodiest history in the world
labor movement, including battles
with the National Guard in the
Colorado Mine Strikes and the
Pullman Strikes, as well as the
battles of the '30's.
Working
men w o n for
themselves their present position;
it was not a gift from a benevolent
big business. They are still
fighting, fiom the Chicago bus
strike to the Delano grape strike.
This is the first time this
century that labor has not taken a
i o-strike pledge during a shooting
war, so one cannot say workers
are completely "dead." And you
d i d n ' t read " L a b o r , " the
newspaper of the transportation
workers union, after the abortive
railroad strike of June, 1967, so
you don't know how angry
workers can get when they are
doublecrossed, as the railroad
unions were by LBJ.
You see, he lied when he said
that vital shipments would not get
through if the workers struck.
They had submitted a written
agreement to work all vital
s h i p m e n t s of medicine and
material for Vietnam.
The conservatism of working
people now is due to their very
understandable desire to keep
what they have, and to gain more,
if possible. No one likes to see
taxes and inflation eat away at
income.
Workers who voted for Wallace
rather than Halstead did so for at
least 2 good reasons:
1. T h e a n t i - C o m m u n i s m
instilled in all of us during the
past 20 y e a r s c a n n o t be
immediately overcome.
2. Halstead has little access to
the mass media news coverage
that helped publicize Wallace's
campaign. People didn't know
about him.
They voted
for Wallace
primarily out of frustration with
the Democratic and Republican
party, and only secondarily out of
r a c i s m . They are frustrated
because no one—Democrat or
Republican—seems able to retard
inflation, or cut taxes, or balance
the budget.
And when working people
realize that they can gain more by
fighting than by not fighting, thoy
will. They have always used
whatever means were necessary to
make needful gainB. Because they
seem conservative now does not
mean
that they will never
radicalize.
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Albany Student
Judy Collins, Union Gap
Give Mediocre Performance
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re-awaken people to the meaning
something to be desired.
The Council for Contemporary
Judy Collins, whose songs dealt and value of a human life.
Music presented Judy Collins and
"The Union Gap" attempted to
mostly
with the subject of love,
Gary Puckett and the Union Gap
was greeted warmly by her fans as flavor their performance with
in concert on Friday, Nov. 15.
humor,
creativity (as could be
The long awaited evening began she entered the gym. Her opening seen in their rendition of
number,
"Both
Sides
Now,"
with an unanticipated whimper
Rosemary's Baby), and variety,
instead of the expected bang The depicted life's illussions that many but fell short to be considered as a
audience-to-be was kept waiting in of us encounter; the so many number-one group.
the corridors of the gymnasium things we would have done if it
On the whole the concert was
for 45 minutes after the predicted weren't for the "clouds" that
only mediocre, when it should
door opening time. I imagine the obstructed our way.
In my mind Miss Collins failed have been good. Neither Miss
people would not have minded
the delay as much as they did, if to generate a warm sensation to Collins nor "The Union Gcp",
someone would have explained to her audience. Her devoted fans who are top performers, would
them the reason for the holdup. might have been pleased with her. have won over any new fans from
However the explanation never However those individuals, who this performance at State.
came, causing impatience and a had come to hear her perform for
degree of disgust.
the first time would not have been
impressed with her performance.
At this point I feel it necessary
It seemed as though none of her
t o say that the University
songs were introduced and that
contracted two groups with high
THE UNION GAP give a disappointing performance on Friday nfcht
each song followed one another
potential, but inefficiently ran the
without cessation.
concert. Judy Collins was forced
Miss Collins' facial expressions
to perform with apparatus that
her
functioned improperly. This not c l e a r l y d e m o n s t r a t e d
A u d i t i o n s for t h e State
only annoyed her audience, but involvement with what she was
University Theatre's second major
singing.
However
she
proved
too
interfered with her performance.
production, FAIRY TALES OF
There just was no excuse for this involved in her performing and NEW YORK, will be held
sort of nonsense! A University seemed to forget she had an Wednesday, November 20 and
Page Hall will be the scene of
The theme of the program after that can organize and produce a audience. While performing one of
the University Concert Band's
Thursday, November 21 at 8 p.m.
Annual Fall Concert on November intermission will be a series of concert should take care of the her selections, the microphone in Page Hall.
22. At 8:00 pm Mr. William international marches. These will all-important details of checking went dead. Knowing this however,
Directed by Pauo Bruce Petut,
she continued with her lengthy
Hudson, associate professor of include "Radetzky" by J. Strauss, the equipment before its use.
song even though the vast Chairman of the Department of
Music, will begin the program by U. Zehle's "Wellington March,"
I
am
well
aware
that
Judy
Speech and Dramatic Art, FAIRY
conducting "Chorale" by Vaclav and "El Capitan" by John Philip Collins has many devoted majority of her audience could
Nelhybel. This piece is based on a Sousa. These selections will help followers and that they might not hear her. In fact, at the close TALES OF NEW YORK, by J.P.
m e d i e v a l Bohemian
c h a n t t h e listeners understand and have enjoyed her performance for of her show, even her avid fans Donleavy, is a comic and satirical
differences
were disappointed when she did play which successfully captures
entreating St. Wenceslaus, the first d i s t i n q u i s h t h e
the simple reason that it was Judy
King of Bohemia, to save his between the marches of different Collins performing. However I n o t return with an encore the essence of the American ethic.
J.P. Donleavy, author of the
selection after they gave her a
people from the plague. For countries.
think
from an i m p a r t i a l standing ovation and many rounds widely acclaimed novel, The
centuries it has been sung by the _ _
" ' " «" i m p a r t i a l
Ginger Man, is England's formost
of applause.
Bohemians in times of war and
danger. The beginning of the
Following the twenty minute controversial writer in the avante
"Chorale" creates a foreboding
intermission, Gary Puckett and scene.
F A I R Y TALES OF NEW
atmosphere which develops into a
the Union Gap appeared. They
humn of hope at the end.
attempted
t o appeal
t o YORK, was first performed in
Nelhybel combined modern sound
everyone--the country mustic 1960 and won for its author the
largest provincial theatre
with Middle Age and early
enthusiasts heard "Take Your Most Promising Playwright Award
Gyorgy Szekely, the 1968-69
Hungary
and
a
leading
director
for
Renaissance t e c h n i q u e s to
of the Evening Standard. The
largest provincial theatre h
the Budapest Operatta Theatre. Pleasure;" the psychedelic music American premiere in 1962 was
produce an ancient theme which Agnes E. Futterer lecturer in
He is an elected member of the lovers were entertained with "She directed by Paul Bruce Pettit for
w o u l d appeal to m o d e r n dramatic art at the University will
speak Monday, November 25, at
Board of Hungarian Theatre Walks;" for the pure rock Arena Summer Theatre in Albany.
audiences.
8:30 p.m. in the Assembly Hall of
Artsits. As a lecturing member of admirers "Young Girl," Lady
Performances of this play are
John Barnes Chance's work, Campus Center. It will be the first
the International Federation for Willpower" and "Woman,Woman" scheduled for March 12 to 16,
"Incantation and Dance," is of two public lectures by Dr.
Theatre Research, the guest were featured; and for the 1969. On April 15, 1969 the play
divided into two sections. The Szekely sponsored by the Theatre lecturer has traveld and lectured conservative music listener, "By will again bn performed as part of
the Time I get to Phoenix" and
first section, Incantation, is a Alumni Association and the internationally.
the Dedication of the University
"The Dreams of the Everyday
quiet mysterious suggestion of a university's department of speech
He is author of numerous Housewife" were included.
Performing Arts Center.
primative plea. The second section and dramatic art.
publications
including
Auditions are open to all
One selection that I particularly
Mr. Szekely will speak about
symbolizes the dance of the
" A v a n t - g a r d e Tendencies in
university students November 20
was their anti-war
"Passion and Intellect: Highlights European Theatre," "Method and enjoyed
spirits'
and 21 in Page Hall. Call back
Next on the program is in the History of Theatre." By
Analysis ofTheatrica! Genres," selection entitled "My Son."
auditions will be November 23,
"Espana Rhapsody," based on observing the passion of the actor "125 Years of the Hungarian
one of Emmanuel Chabrier's first and the intellect of the literary National Theatre," and "A Short
major works, "Espana." It's man, he will focus attention on
History of the English Puppet
exotic sounds are produced by repeating patterns throughout the Theatre." In 1967 Mr. Szekely
vivid harmonic and rhythmic world which have contributed to visited the United States as a guest
the formation of theatrical art.
contrasts.
to the A > ts Convocation of S t ate
"The Second Suite for Military
Mr. Szekely, a native of
University of New York.
Band in F " by Gustav Holtz Hungary, has had a distinguished
consists of four parts: March, career as scholar, author and
It m i g h t b e
Song without Words, Song of the director, and has earned a highly
a n identity crisis...
Blacksmith, and Fantasia on the respected position internationally.
Dr. Robert Morris, Dean Q The
"Dargason." The four completely He was appointed a director of
different atmospheres produced the Hungarian Institute of Theatre
University
College Will Speak
by these sections provide a very Research in 1957. His work
interesting contrast.
include organizing and building a
Oni 'Change And The Un'wersityThe featured soloist of the well-known documentary system
evening will be Irving E. Gilman, of living theatre from which was
What Do We Have To Be
flutist, a graduate of Oberlin made a study of structural and
Thankful For?
Conservatory of Muisc. He was a organizational problems of theatre
faculty member of the Manhattan culture. Prior to the appointment
School of Music, the University of he was managing director of the
Michigan, and Wayne State
University, and performed with
Readers Club,
the Detroit Symphony Orchestra
for 12 years before joining the
Selections For Thanksgiving.
staff
of
A l b a n y ' s Music
But we know/
SCHOIASTC
Department, lit will play "Night
Soliloquy" by Kent Kennan,
accompanied by the band.
Communications Continued From Page 4
are playing here this year, but that
event is sponsored by the Junior
Class and tickets (a sure sellout)
will go for five dollars apiece.
Surely the Junior Class, or any
other class, at Albany can work
the same deal at a definitive
profit.
Beautiful, isn't it? But what
about the poor schlemiel who
couldn't car leas about concerts
but winds up paying his fee so
that someone else can see them?
And what about the eight or
nine hundred students who way
down deep inside really groove on
Don Gardner and the Falcons or
Shep Woolly and the Undertakers
but who have no say in the
throwing around of their money?
Or what about the thousands of
dollars spent to obtain six of the
best groups in the country to keep
students on campus during the
three day moratorium?
Most surely our position will
change next year. But meanwhile,
students in Albany should not
forget that the school was built
for them. If you don't like the
way Tax is being handled, open
your mouth and tell somebody
upstairs. Then somebody upstain
will have to ask the rest of the
students, and if he doesn't do it,
you do it.
If you can present a list of a
few thousand names of people
agreeing with you, you can press
for a system like ours if you like
It, or any other feasible system.
So if you want Ante Joplin
instead of Don Gardner, and so do
three thousand other people,
make your plea known to people
who count.
Beat Wishes,
Lee Gruenfeld
Stony Brook, N.Y.
Equal opportunity employi
Auditions
For 'Fairy
Tales In NY'
University Band
Concert Friday
Theatre Alumni Croup
To Sponsor Lecturer
Fourth
Annua]
Thanksgiving Festival
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Tuesday, November 19,1968
Albany Student Press
Pt|e8
AMI A Causes Controversy
Marcus, Doody Involved
The winter sports season is about to begin at Albany State. On the
varsity level, it appears as if both the basketball and the wrestling teams
will be suffering. The freshman teams, although it is always difficult to
predict how well they will do, again look as if they may be hurt by lack
of participation.
The AMIA basketball leagues
are once mote in the process of
taking shape with the close of the
football season and the approach
of winter. Ten teams recently
registered in League I and,
The Great Danes basketball squad has been beset by a number of
misfortunes. Stef Smigiel, who was one of the top substitutes last year,
and was expected to make a valuable contribution to this year's squad,
is no longer in attendance at this school. Bob Wood, who was sidelined
last year with a virus infection, dropped out of school midway through
this semester. Wood, although there was a question of whether or not
he would be given permission by the doctor to play this year, certainly
would have been an important performer if he had participated. A third
setback suffered by the team was the development of calcium deposits
on Scott Price's ankle. Without Price in the lineup, the team will be
woefully lacking for rebounders.
intramural teams against "near
professional" competition, but to
protect the varsity program from
being drained of the best players
who for various reasons chose not
to play varsity ball after having
lettered in it in a previous year.
Both APA and Potter Club have
strong entries in League I. Besides
Doody, the Apagogues will have
center Bill Moon, forwards Jack
Sinnott and Denny Elkin, and
versatile guard Gary Torino—all
returning along with a fine bench.
T h e C l u b , h a r d hit by
graduation, will feature forward
Pat Reed and sophomore Richie
Adams, along with Marcus, in
their hardcourt battles this year.
K a p p a Beta, another strong
contender for League I honors,
will be led by senior Howie Dobbs
and junior Dave Goldstein.
already, controversy has hit the
hardcourts.
The "controversy" centers
around the rosters of two teams
entered in the league. Although
the rotten are not official yet,
both Potter Club and APA have
made It known that they intend
to play former varsity basketball
athletes on their League I entries.
Larry Marcus (Potter) and Tom
Doody (APA) are the students
i n v o l v e d . Each played the
maximum three years of varsity
basketball and are still enrolled
undergraduates at the University.
I would surmise that while the hoopsters will probably still have a
winning record, it doesn't seem feasible that they will be able to secure
the NCAA bid which they barely missed last year.
The varsity wrestling squad is extremely short of wrestlers this year.
While they have a good set of wrestlers in the lower weight classes,
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there is only one man on the squad over 152 pounds. As a result of
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such a large shortage of wrestlers, the team will be able to w.n only if
they capture each of the lower weight classes to stand a chance of
winning.
Photo by Phil Cantor
The rule in question is number
•even under the AMIA rules of
eligibility which states, "Any
undergraduate who has lettered in
a varsity-sport may not also be
competing in intramural AMIA
competition in that sport unless
h e is cleared through the
Intramural Office and the Athletic
Director."
According to the ruling, Coach
Robert Burlingame, coordinator
of intramural athletics, cleared
Doody and Marcus for play.
I m m e d i a t e l y , several
team
captains registered their protests
of the ruling.
In defending his decision,
Burlingame argued that the rule
was developed, not to protect the
Fer
wrestlers taking part in the workouts.
SUNYA Wrestling Squad Opens
Informal Season Against Union
Last Friday, the Albany State
wrestling squad
unofficially
opened their season with a
t h r e e - w a y scrimmage against
Cobleskill Agricultural and
Technical College and Union
College.
In Coach Joe Garcia's words, "I
was very impressed with out
showing and with just a little
more strength of numbers we can
have a fantastic season."
Those
who were m o s t
impressive in the initial encounter
were Seth Ceely, a 12H pound
transfer from Fulton-Montgomery
Community College, Pete Ilanalli
and Kevin Sheehan al 130
pounds, Bobby Kind, a 137
pound transfer student from
Orange C o u n t y
Community
College, Fran Weal at 145 pounds
and Craig Springer at 152 pounds.
In addition, two happy and
unexpected surprises were the
showings of John Howland und
John Ferlins. Both are novices and
wrestling for the first time.
AMIA basketball leagues close as
of Thursday, Nov. 21.
A m e e t i n g to o r g a n i z e
volleyball leagues will be held
Wednesday, Nov. 20 at 4 p.m. in
room 123 of the gym. Those
playing AMIA basketball are not
eligible for volleyball.
Coach Garcia feels with the
addition of a 115 pounder and a
191 pounder or aheavyweight that
this will give the team a chance
for a potentially fine season.
This Thursday, the squad will
host Hudson Valley Community
College in a scrimmage at 4 p.m.
in the second floor wrestling room
of the athletic building.
will belong to her quad team.
However, any group of students,
including commuters, may form a
team independent of the quad
teams by calling Linda Myers at
457-4727 from 7-10 p.m. on the
same night. Each person may
enter no more than two events.
This event is for enjoyment. No
great ability is necessary, one need
merely know how to swim.
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ALBANY, NEW YORK
It
Part Of LA AC BUI Not
To Be Recommended
W M M My
The frosh basketball squad does not appear to have the same trouble
Details
concerning
the
as they have more than enough ball players out for the squad. It would
intramural swim meet to be held
seem that the freshman team may well have an outstanding squad as
on Tuesday, December lOare now
they have a multitude of talent to choose from.
in order. The meet will take place
from 7 to 9 p.m.; all students are
It remains to be seen whether or not the wrestlers will be able to expected to be prompt. It will
salvage a representative showing and whether or not the basketball offer everyone a chance to try out
her racing skill against her fellow
squad will be able to maintain their winning ways despite the loss of
students. So that all competitors
three possible starters.
will be at an equal level of
experience , no intercollegiate
AMIA also promises some interesting developments as League 1 swimmers will be allowed to
competition promises to be particularly stiff this year. APA, who won compete.
Those who wish to enter
the Commissioners Cup last year, has their whole team back and in
c o m p e t i t i o n may sign up
addition pick up a couple of last year's freshman ball players. Potter Thursday, November 21, at the
Club also looks strong as does KB.
dinner tines at all quads. Unless
otherwise specified, each entrant
VOL. i,» n u . « k
UNIVERSITY STUDENTS SUPPORT Campus Chest Week at the
booster table. The highlight of the week's activities, the Telethon, taker
place tonight in the Campus Center Ballroom.
photo by Benjamin
The freshman wrestling squad is suffering from the same lack of
participation. At present, they have only a sprinkling of the projected
Up Against
The Wall
The
Fac u 1ty-Student
Committee
on
Residence
discussed the LAAC policy on
residence changes Tuesday and
Thursday.
Sections I and II of the
rationale, concerning Freshmen
Women's Hours and the sign-out
p r o c e d u r e , respectively were
recommended
to the next
Committee to which the bill will
go, the Student Affairs Council.
However, the remainder of the
bill will not be recommended
until certain terms are specifically
defined.
By having these terms denned
to the point where they catinot be
misinterpreted,
the
Faculty-Student Committee feels
they are helping the students to
get the bill passed in the higher
committees.
However, Bruce Cohen, a
member of the Faculty-Student
Committee, feels that "by leaving
no room for 'misinterpretation,'
the Faculty-Student Committee
denies the rationale of the bill by
leaving no room for the individual
to interpret his own freedoms and
responsibilities."
Those who originally brought
up the rationale now feel that the
bill is being "blown all out of
proportion," and that the whole
point of the bill is being missed,
which is that the students should
be able to live their own lives
w i t h o u t anybody interpreting
cont d to p. l.
The First Annual Campus Chest
Telethon, a 24 hour variety show,
will get under way tonight, 7 p.m.
in the Campus Center Ballroom.
Highlighting the event are such
well-known campus performers as
Judi Ann Wiesen, comedian; Gary
Aldrich and Ellis B. Kaufman,
singers; Kathi O'Neill, dancer;
Dean Sorrell Chesin, comedian;
Neil C. Brown Director of the
Campus Center and of Student
Activities, pianist; and many
others.
This event is being held to raise
money for the Student Mental
Health Work-Study
Interne
Project, which was begun with the
funds raised at the University's
first Telthon, a i d the Academic
Affairs Commission Tutoring
Project.
The a n n u a l
pie-in-the-face
action will be held at 12 midnight
as part of the Telethon. Featured
to be hit with a pie are James
Kahn and several fraternity and
sorority members.
One half hour of the best of the
Telethon performers is being aired
on WRGB-TV on Saturday,
including Gary Aldrich, Ellis B.
Kaufman, Dennis Buck, Gary
Kestifo and Mary Carney, Judi
Ann Wiesen, and Kathi O'Neill.
All will be performing live at the
Telethon.
MC's for the evening will
include Dean Sorrell Chesin, Dean
Dell Thompson, Martin Mann, Ro
Cania and many others. Kisses will
also be auctioned to the highest
bidder and the girls include Judi
Ann Wiesen, Ro Cania and several
sorority pledges.
"Up against the wall, you
mother-fuckers...up against the
wall, you
mother-fuckers...up
against..."
Columbia committed itself. The
militants were fighting a clear
enemy, they had become radicals.
And Mark Rudd, Columbia
University's revolutionist came
Wednesday night to "bend
SUNY's mind" with his bold
persuasiveness and "biased,
propaganda-filled, hut TRUE
movie." 1150 University students
sat, absorbed, as the 21 year old
activist spoke at the lecture
s p o n s o r e d by the campus
Students for a Democratic Society
(SDS) chapter.
Rudd compared Universities
uursio a "rneHiis of production
for mechanisms of the machine."
He condemned
Exploitation,
O p r e s s i o n , Racism,
and
Imperialism; he praised Education
Action through the "power to
win," conquering the ruling class.
Rudd claimed that
the
s t a i r - s o a p i n g , window-taping,
barricade-erecting SUB "refused
to be produced." They demanded
that students have a say in the
policies of the administration and
that their actions be taken on a
.
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.
Several folk singers are on the
program and sing alongs are
expected. Coffee and dougi.nuts
will be available all night for those
who make this a 24 hour
marathon of endurance. Auctions
of merchandise will also be held.
The Student Mental Health
Work-Study Intern
Project
employs students from area
colleges a n d universities as
psychiatric aides, recreational
assistants, classroom assistants,
w o r k e r s w i t h the mentally
retarded and the emotionally'
disturbed, aides in old age homes
and other capacities throughout
the community.
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program,
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needing extra care and attention
have been able to receive such
help. Sltkidents, also, are enabled
to work, under close supervision,
in vital community services.
The First Annual Campus Chest
Telethon funds will also aid in
buying materials necessary for
tutoring in the poorer section of
the Albany Community. Student
groups at the University are
presently beginning to coordinate
these tutoring efforts and to
gather funds to further their
effectiveness.
Tickets are on sale in the
Campus Center across from the
Information Desk, $1.00 for
students, $1.50 for faculty and
staff. Telethon is being sponsored
by Special Event* Board-Campus
Chest, produced by Linda R.
Berdan and directed by Eileen W.
Deming.
Student Tax Validity
To Be Aired Sunday
The question of the validity of
the
recent
Student
Tax
Referendum's held Oct 23,24 and
25 will be aired at an open
Supreme Court Hearing this
coming Sunday, Nov. 2-1 at 2:00
p.m. in the Campus Center
Assembly Hall.
Two separate referrals have
been presented to Supreme Court.
One was presented by Paul
Schlect and Steve Kichen, who
were the inauguarators of a
petition signed by over 2,000
students, which called for a new
election.
The s e c o n d referral was
submitted by Keith Nealy, a
member of Central Council, who
is contesting the legality of the
wording of the referendum.
Both cases will be handled as
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negotiate with the outside; Rudd one, according to Supreme Court
would not compromise with the Justice Peter MacMonagle.
University's questioning audience.
The procedure will be as
Rudd seemed dominated by a f o l l o w s :
Both
Student
power to win.
Association, speaking in defense
We were bewildered.,.
of the referendum, and those
Columbia's Strike Revisited
Through Mark Rudd's Eyes
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mhrodi
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Patti
Ambrogi
The morning hours will be
highlighted by the Frand G.
Surprise" act at 6 a.m. Fushman
women will have no hours if they
plan to attend the Telethon.
contesting the referendum will
submit opening statements. They
will then call witnesses for both
sides, and will then be given the
opportunity to refute each others'
arguments.
The floor will then be opened
to questions from the floor. All
and any students may participate
in this part of the hearing.
The issue at stake is NOT the
legality of the mandatory Student
Tax, but rather the validity of the
referendum
from which it
mbsequently became law.
The Justices of the Supreme
2ourt who will be judging this
case are Peter MacMonagle, Jim
o l t s , Paul Leiberman, Jay
Handelman and Cheryl Heater.
The decision on the case, must,
by law, be submitted within one
week of the referral.
higher level of seriousness. The
SDS acted in a "cohesive way" for
the legitimacy to protest.
The movie's blood, brutality,
The decision will determine
and realism illustrated the "masses
whether or not new student tax
reacting to crisis induced by
elections are to be held.
society.''
Hamilton
Hall
symbolized the opposition to the
war in Vietnam and a trial against
Racism and Imperialsim.
Columbia students, appalled by
the gap between their capability
and what they were allowed to
do, struck out at the ruling class.
They claimed that the ruling class,
the trustees, represented the
mass-media, the CIA, the
government, and the corporation,
and t h a t they
dominated
Columbia and the world. Rudd
and his strikers found a new
meaning fulness in their lives, a
common bond, a STRIKE.
University students, dazed,
agreeing, or appalled, fired
questions at Rudd. One accused
him of using the very tactics
(violence) which he so radically
opposed. Another disagreed with
the whole movement until Rudd
m i g h t find something more
suitable to replace the opposition
that he claims so heavily burdens
Kioto by Tom Pettrac*
us now.
MARK RUDD CONFRONTS the University during his lecture Wednesday. His methods and goals were
R u d d ' s strike would not appreciated by some and knocked others 'off the wall.'