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ALBANY STUDENT PRESS
Nix
NOVEMBER 26,1968
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With the completion of the new physical education building, Albany
has also seen a vastly broadened AMIA program.
During the past two years, the AMIA program has been both
expanded and improved tremendously. In the major sports (football,
basketball, and baseball) the facilities open to the participants have
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been greatly improved.
the teams played in the common of the Alumni Quad. While this area is
not the worst place possible for playing, the fields were quite often torn
up by the continuous passage of students over them when they passed
such that they are isolated from the normal flow of traffic, yet are
easily reached by those wishing to use them. Such a setup makes for
better playing conditions for all involved.
The basketball situation has surely improved as the AMIA leagues are
now able to use the new courts of the athletic building. These courts
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Frosh Basketball Squad
Set For 18 Game Schedule
The softball leagues have also been given improved playing fields as
they are able to play on diamonds which, although they don't have
infields, at least are not riddled with numerous dips and mounds.
The schedule for 1968-1969 season of the freshman wrestling squad was released this past week. The
freshman squad, coached by Bob Lewis, has an eighteen g a m e schedule on tap this year. 1 tie season begins
December 4, and extends through the fifth of March. All of the Team's home games will be played in the
new qymnasium.
Perhaps the greatest improvement of the AMIA program has come in
the area of the lesser known sports.
results and was planning another nice for next year.
Two other sports are both in their second year of existence. This past
week, the second annual swim meet was held with a number of athletes
competing. With the Olympic size pool in the athletic building, AMIA is
able to conduct a worthwhile and strongly competitive contest.
The second event planned by AMIA is a handball tournament to be
receiving a medal. This year, two divisions are planned; one for novices
and one for the more experienced competitors.
The final week of volleyball
i n t r a m u r a l s was completed
Thursday, November 21. The
standings are as follows:
League I(Tuesday)
Wins/Losses
Aldenlll
5/0
Alden II
4/]
Mother Nature
3/2
Psi Gamma
3/2
Eastman 20-21
2/3
Livingston
2/3
Eastman V
1/4
League II (Thursday)
F-Troop
Schuyler
Zenger
Bleecker
Alden I
Sigma Phi Sigma
Kappa Delta
The frosh are scheduled against both frosh and junior colleges. Of the
against junior colleges and nine against other frosh squads.
The schedule for the up-coming Ci
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December 4 at Oneonta
7 Mohawk C.C.
10 at Albany Pharmacy
H Buffalo at Cobleskill A&T
January 11 North Country C.C
The varsity basketball schedule
25 Albany Business
was released this past month. The
29 Hartwink
Great Danes are tentatively set to
February 5 Hartwick
play a twenty game season plus
8 Hobart
host a two-day Capital City
12RPI
Tournament during the Christmas
15 at Siena
vacation.
18 at Adirondack C.C.
by Leslie Kinf
Thursday, December 5, three
final games will be played. The
first will break the second place
tie in League II; the second will bo
between the winner of the first
match and the second place teum
in League 1; and the third will be
The first annual intramural
cross-country meet under the
direction of Coach Munsey and
Burligame was held this past
Thursday.
Twenty-six runners made up
the field with five teams
competing. The winner of the race
was Potter Club with 43 points.
Second place was captured by the
Harriers, with APA winning third
and UFS and UFS pledges
rounding out the competition.
The 1 .H miie race was won by
Rich Horowitz
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held shortly. U.st year, only one division was formed with the winner
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small even for intramural competition.
not over-whelming, Mr. Munsey stated that he was pleased with the
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promoting academic excellence in
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eighteenth. As a result of the tight
finish of their first four men, they
were able to neutralize the first
and third place finish of two of
the Harriers.
Coach Munsey commented that
he was pleased with the turnout
and that he was planning at least
one race again next year.
GOVERNORS
The hoopsters will open their
season December fourth against
O n e o n t a . The season then
progresses through the months of
December, January, and February
and ends March 5
The schedule reads as follows:
December 4 at Oneonta
7 Stony Brook
10 at Plattsburgh
14 Buffalo
18 at Central Conn.
27-8Capital City Tournament
27 Siena vs. Hamilton
Albany vs. St. Lawrence
28 Consolation
Championship
January 6 at Merrimack
11 Harpur
25 Pratt
27 at West Chester
29 at Hartwick
February 1 at Brooklyn
5 Cortland
H at Hobart
12 Ithaca
1 5 at Siena
2 1 Potsdam
22 Southern Conn.
20 Utico
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Restaurant- Cocktail Lounge
Banquet Hall Up To 175 People
Entertainment Tues.-Sat.
Dancing Sat. Night
Reasonable Room Rates
Dining Room 5:30-9:30 pm
Rt. 20 4 Miles From Campus
Phone 438-6686-A. Taanto Pres.
these goals in mind.
Undergraduates are required to
have completed at least 2 years of
college before their departure. A
few graduate students are also
eligible.
FRIDAY, DECEMBER 6,1968
Court Rescinds
Mandatory Tax
by A m y Gurian
back and forth to the Union.
direction of Coach Munsey. Although the turnout of participants was
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KALEIDOSCOPE REHEARSAL FOR opening chorus number. The
All-University Talent Show opens tonight at Page Hall. Tickets are free
with student tax; $1 without (ice story on pg. 6).
The Supreme Court has ruled
that the 'referendum' held on
October 23-25 concerning a
mandatory student fee shall be
interpreted as nothing more than
an opinion poll. The Court
unanimously decided that "since
no legislative proposal was
presented to the student body in
the 'referendum', there was no
referendum."
The decision of the court
substantiated the claims in the
Nealy, and Schlecht and Kichen
referrals, that the 'referendum'
was no more than an opinion poll.
Prior knowledge of Hebrew is
not absolutely required, although
a familiarity with the language is
desirable. Students will be given
an intensive language course, the
Hebrew University "Ulpan," from
August through October. Students
will be enrolled as full-time by Nancy Durish Staff Reporter
III. During visitation, all
students for the academic year,
include the Mohawk and Dippikil
In recent years, the University
students may exercise their right
from November through June.
campuses. No alcohol, however, is
has become more liberal in its
Courses will be offered in both attitude toward the students' to privacy by leaving suite and/or
allowed in the residence halls or
English and Hebrew, and in formulation of standards and bedroom doors closed and locked
the residence courtyards of the
addition, a course for SUNY limitations in non-academic areas. if they so choose.
quads.
students will be tuught by a
Various proposals are scheduled
This liberalization, giving
The bill is scheduled to be
p r o f e s s o r accompanying the s t u d e n t s more freedom and
for LAAC hearings in the near
group. Students will receive up to responsibility, is seen in the presented to the University
future, according to Vic Looper,
;J6 semester hours of credit from continual changes occurring in Council by President Collins for
Chairman of LAAC. They include
final approval on Dec. 12.
SUNY.
proposals concerning alcohol in
policies concerning alcohol,
At this time the outlook for the
r e s i d e n c e halls, a lock-box
The joint project was founded women's hours, and visitation bill is very optimistic, and
c y l i n d e r system for women
by Dr. Yonah
Alexander, periods.
assuming final approval is given, entering the ahhalls after closing,
The LAAC Bill concerning will go into effect as soon as
Associate Professor Political
and the residence policy in which
Science, at the State University Proposed Changes in University possible according to University
each dorm will be able to
College at Oneonta with the Residence Policies is now on the procedure.
determine its own visitation and
Hebrew University of Jerusalem. verge of becoming a reality. On
April of 1967 marked the end
open house policies.
Dr. Alexander has also organized a Tuesday, Student Affairs Council of hours for all upper-class
summer session, for 6 semester passed three of the four points of women, and determined the
the bill, as follows:
credits.
restrictions to be placed upon
I. There are no curfew hours freshman women.
Early
application
is
for
any
University
student.
II.
recommended.
Additional
Prior to this date, many
information and application forms There is no mandatory sign-ouL proposals to ense restrictions on
procedure
for
any
University
are available in the office of John
women's hours had been drawn
by Doris Steinhardt
Nieolopoulos, Coordinator of student. A voluntary sign-out up, including the Key System
Another Firing Line debate was
International Programs, Social system may be provided by the Proposal in March of 1966. This
presented last night on the subject
residents of the hall/or hall
Science, Room 381.
p r o p o s a l , in which existing
" B i r t h Control-Methods and
government.
curfews would be maintained
Morality." The speakers were Dr.
while extending a key privilege to
H. Curtis Wood, Rev. Frank
every upperclass woman, was Snow, Prof. Joseph Blaiber, and
passed by Central Council, but no
Hill Rhode.
subsequent action was taken on it.
Dr. Wood first stressed how
serious he feels the problem of
The first major legislation
overpopulation is. by the year
concerning the alcohol policy at
2 0 0 0 , world population will
the University was passed in
March of 1967, According to this double, and there will be 7 billion
people to be fed.
policy, beer will be served in the
Dr. Wood believes that massive
R a t h s k e l l e r , and alcohol ic
I N T E R A C T , a community have been successfully solicited in
beverages will be available in the starvation is a strong possiblity,
service organization is sponsoring the pasL from the student body,
and that people are not going to
Patroon Room and at specified
a Tag Day Drive for Graciela and it is hoped that this year's
just "sit around and starve or
University functions.
Garcia, the foster child of the efforts will be ah productive.
watch
their children starve." We
Later, the bill wt's amended to
ASP.
Campus Liberalization:
LAAC Bill In Final Stages
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Because
of Supreme Court's
d e c i s i o n , there will be no
the
mandatory student fee
Spring '69 semester.
A dispute over the meaning of
the word referendum brought up
in the Nealy referral and the open
hearing of the case before
Supreme Court led the court to
define the word 'referendum' as
the "submission of a legislative act
to the students for a binding
vote."
The S u p r e m e Court also
declared unconstitutional the
'Waiver of Payment of Mandatory
Fee for Economic Reasons' and
'Penalty for Non-Payment of
Mandatory Fee', since these bills
assumed the existence1 of a
mandatory fee.
Also pointed out in the
decision is that to act in
accordance with a decision of the
Trustees of the State University of
New York, the Central Council
would have to be elected by the
student body and not the student
association if they wished to
e s t a b l i s h a mandatory tax.
Presently only those members of
the student boay who pay student
tax are members of student
association and allowed to vote
for Central Council. The court
also ruled against the challenges,
in the referrals, concerning the
wording of the ballot and the
absence
of
a
minimum
requirement of the number of
voters. It also decided that a
majority vote was sufficient to
enact legislation.
Firing Line Debate :
Birth Control Methods
Interact To Help
ASP Foster Child
Today tags will be sold in the
Campus Center at the cost of $.25
each. These Lags will untitle I he
hunrer lo free coffee all day.
Saturday night, INTERACT is
sponsoring a mixer in the Campus
Center ballroom. The cost of Ihe
mixer is $.7f> per person, or $.fi()
wilh a lag. All proceeds from lliis
even I will also go towards the
foster eh ild project. "The
Originals" a popular local group
will be providing the musical
entertainment. Graciela lives in
\i ogata, Columbia where she
attends grammar school. The ASP
lias been sending money to her for
five years, however, care for the
child will now be assumed by
Interact,
Funds for Graciela's support
THE PROBLEM OF BIRTH CONTROL was debated in Ihe second Firing Line presentation. Future over
population is to be delt with by technology according to the opposer to the pill, and through birth control
by the pill's advocate. Panelists, (I to r) Dr. Joseph Binder, Dr. Curtis Wood, William Rhode, and Rev. Frank
Snow, by Sua Stieger
may have to contend with riots,
mass slaughtering, and overthrow
of governments.
What can we do now? Dr.
Wood believes that married
couples should stop at two
children. If the average number of
children per family if. three, the
population will double every -10
years. "For the future welfare of
the country, we must level off
somewhere."
Dr. Wood is Medical Consultant
for the Association for Voluntary
S t e r i l i z a t i o n . He advocates
teaching people the advantages
and disadvantages of all methods
of birth control and performing
sterilization when it is desired.
The principle objection to Dr.
Wood's comments raised by both
Snow and Blaiber was that the
moral question lay in the fact that
the resources we have are so
unevenly distributed. We should
attack this problem because there
is over-population right now,
rather than worrying about Ihe
year 2000.
Dr. Wood also said that
technology would not deal with
the problem of overpopulation.
Cities u n d e r the sea and
settlement of the North and
South Poles are possibilities, but
he fuels that they won't become
reality. Rev. Snow, on the other
hand, expressed the opinion that
technology will be able to deal
quite sufficiently
with
overpopulation.
FRIDAY, DECEMBER #, 1968
ALBANY STUDENT PRESS
PAGE 2
by Marty
BACK IN ALBANY, Paul O'Dwyer spoke at the Unitarian Church of
Albany. To O'Dwyer's left is Otto Honegger, one of the founders of the
local chapter of Citizens for a Democratic Alternative (CDA).
Students, Soldiers
May Correspond
by Marcie Stalker
Operation Uooawill will be at
work in Stuyvesant Tower next
week. At the tower, students will
be able to find out how they can
get in touch with servicemen
overseas.
People interested in writing to
servicemen can obtain addresses
from the student representatives
in Stuyvesant Tower next week.
Servicemen who want letters ht.ve
sent their addresses to Operation
Goodwill; from there, the
addresses. will be given to those
who want to write to the
servicemen.
To protect any specific
servicement from receiving
"crackpot" letters, no names of
servicemen will be given, and the
addresses will include only such
information as the name of a
serviceman's company or ship.
The letters will be posted at
requested locations where the
servicemen can pick a letter they
would like to answer.
Indoor Competitions
Sponsored By ACU
Contests in billiards, bowling,
bridge, chess, and table tennis,
sponsored by the Association of
College Unions, (ACU) will take
place from Monday, January 6
through Saturday, January 11,
1969.
All events will be conducted in
the Cimpus Center, and will be
held under the direction of the
Student Activities Office.
Registration terms for each
event may be obtained at the
Campus Center information desk
from Monday, December 9,to
Thursday, December 19.
Students desiring to enter the
tournament must have amateur
status, which is defined as never
h a v i n g a c c p e t e d cash or
merchandise prizes in the sport
they plan to participate in.
After registering their ID curds
with the University, students
s h o u l d contact one of the
following persons: Billiards,
Joseph Sjlvey, '157-6733; Bowling,
Nelson Swart, 457-6314; Bridge,
Harry Nuckols, 438-3859; Chess,
Lee Battes, 457-7942; Table
Tennis,
Donald
DeCicca,
4620371.
Students will be paired for
competition and participants will
be notified by each tournament
direcotr.
The winners of the local
tournament will be eligible to
compete in the Region II contest,
which will be hosted by Cornell
University on February 14-15,
1969.'
FRIDAY NIGHT
SLEIGH RIDE
WEATHER PERMITTING
8 pm
HERE ON CAMPUS
Friends and relatives can send
taped messages to servicemen
during the holidays through
Operation Goodwill. Anyone can
tape a message either by calling
Operation Goodwill at 465-1441
or by going to Fort Orange Rtdio,
904 Broadway. Tapes can be
made by phone through the use of
special telephones connected to
tape recorders.
T h e S t u d e n t Education
Association of New York State
(SEANYS) is a statewide
professional organization for both
public and private college and
university students who have
shown an interest in the teaching
profession as a career.
It is sponsored by the New
York State Teachers Association.
SEANYS is also affiliated on the
national level through the Student
National Education Association.
(Student NEA).
It would seem natural for an
education-oriented organization
such as SEANYS to be present at
a university like this one, which
evolved from a "teachers college."
During the present year,
however, SEANYS is undergoing a
"rebirth" on campus through
regenerated interest in the club on
the part of education majors and
through expanded club activities.
The success of SEANYS'
renewed vigor has been reflected
in it's first event of the year-A
Student Teachers Panel Program,
which was held on November 19.
The purpose of this Panel
Program was to enable education
majors to find out what student
teaching is "all about" by
providing an opportunity for
them to question a group of
students who had recently
completed their student teaching.
program.
Collins Discusses
LAAC's Reforms
SDS To Present
Draft Program
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DECEMBER 13 & 14
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The student teachers answered
questions concerning various
methods of teaching, discipline
problems, teaching at Milne versus
off-campus teaching, supervision,
and improvements that need to be
made in the teacher education
An important Draft Education
Program will be presented this
Monday at 8 p.m., for all students
and faculty members interested in
a better understanding of the U.S.
draft system. The exact location
will be announced by posters.
The program will probably
consist of three or four short talks
followed by discussion periods,
although the exact format will be
decided by the size of the
attendance. Emphasis will be
placed on education and
discussion.
The speakers will include Dr.
Riley of the English Department,
a member of the University Draft
Counselling Service; Frank Snow
from Chapel House; and Dr.
Whitney of the Boston Draft
Resistance Group.
The program is part of a
continuous effort by the Draft
Committee of Students for a
Democratic Society to inform
draft-eligible students of their
rights under the law.
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ALBANY STUDENT PRESS
SEANYS Program
Aids Ed. Majors
Anti-Vietnam
Students Raid
NYU Lecturet
NEW YORK (UPI) Dr.
James M. Hester, president of
New York University (NYU),
Thursday condemned raids by
radicals on two campus meetings as "crude and revolting"
and said two raiders had been
identified as NYU students and
suspended.
More than 60 young persons
swarmed into the university's
student center last night, threw
a pitcher of water and an egg
on South Vietnam's observer at
the United Nations, Nguyen Huu
Chi, then disrupted another
meeting where James Reston,
executive editor of The New
York Times, was giving an
address. One raider was arrested.
The Students for a Democratic Society (SDS), the new left
group which has stirred revolts
at Columbia University and
other institutions in the city,
issued a leaflet which claimed
credit for the raids.
Hester said any NYU student
identified as having taken part
in the raids would be suspended, pending further disciplinary
action by a committee of the
Student Faculty University Senate. He said persons identified
as nonstudents w o u l d
be
charged before civil authorities.
There were reports that some
of the raiders were Columbia
University students.
"The disruption of speeches
. . . was a crude and revolting
violation of the most basic
principles of the university,"
Hester said at a news confernce.
"Violent
interference
with the rights of others to
speak
and
to
be
heard
demonstrates gross insensitivity
to the requirements of membership in the university . .. such
unprincipled disregard of the
fundamental human courtesy on
which the life of the academic
community is built cannot be
tolerated."
FRIDAY, DECEMBER 6,1968
DELTA SIGMA PI business fraternity sponsored a meet the interviewer's night. Companfes^presented
were (I to r) Mobile Oil, Macy's, President of DSP, a CPA firm, and General Electric. The panel explained to
students what they were looking for in interviewees.
Young Socialist Alliance
Holds Chicago Conference
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Peggy
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anrl Bill
Rill nO'Kain
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The Young Socialist Alliance
held its national convention af. the
University of Illinois in Chicago
over Thanksgiving vacation.
Student revolutionaries from
France, Mexico, Canada, Iran,
Japan, Germany, and the
Dominican Republic participated
in the convention in addition to
YSAers from every section the
United States.
The national convention is held
annually to decide the policy and
frame the national guidelines of
the organization for the coming
year. Each local chapter of YSA
elects delegates who represent the
g r o u p by p a r t i c i p a t i n g in
discussions and vcting on the
resolutions proposed by the
national committee.
The convention began on
Thursday, November 28, with the
first of four reports on the main
areas of action for YSA: anti-war
work, Black self-determination,
new youth radicalization, and
political alliance with the Socialist
Worker's Party.
Included in the activities of the
four-day convention were original
films of the May-June French
revolts; speeches by Black Panther
Party representatives and George
Novak, a leading Socialist writer
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and philosopher; aid a celebration
party. In addition, were panels
discussing international youth
radicalization, minority group
problems, and G.I. anti-war
activity.
Nation-wide publicity was given
to the convention an a result of
the protest by an Illinois state
Senator to the fact that an openly
radical youth group was using the
facilities of a tax-supported
university. The 1968 convention
was the largest to be held since
the YSA was formed in 1960. The
group has more than doubled its
size since the 1967 convention
and currently has chapters on 101
campuses in the United States and
numerous U.S. high schools.
Members of various Leftist
groups who attended included
representatives from SDS, Black
Panther Party, Peace ar.d Freedom
Party,
Worker's
League,
Spartisans, Socialist Labor Party,
and the Communist Party.
The Albany YSA members who
attended the convention have
begun preparations to bring
leading speakers in the socialist
m o v e m e n t t o the campus,
including George Novak and Paul
SUNYA Lacks Color
Says UB's Spectrum
Two
Buffalo
University
s t u d e n t s have described the
Albany State campus as "The
World's Fair
Gotham
City—the year that the plague
wiped out the populace."
Throughout the body of a three
page story, which appeared in the
U. of B. Spectrum on Nov. 19,
Linda Hanley, Feature Editor of
The S p e c t r u m , the official
University paper, makes reference
to the absence of activity, the
seeming lack of students, and the
sterility of the Albany Campus of
the State University.
Phrases such as "hollow
detention (on) an uncampus
campus" and "there are no
students on this campus" are seen
throughout
the
story.
Accompanying the feature are
eight photos of the campus-all of
which show a marked absence of
student life on campus. Alan
Gruber, Asst. Photo Editor, and
Miss Hanley took the pictures um\
gained the information for the
story on a trip to the campus late
on weekday afternoon last month.
The story and photos with if
have been done in an essay
manner. Figurative descriptions of
the c a m p u s such as this
one—"They (the students) have
become assimilated into endless
strutchos of black and white;
shrunk behind the dark glass;
taken hiding in back of millions of
wafer-thin white columns; been
crushed by flying saucers when
the chains finally broke."—are
sprinkled throughout the story.
In closing, Hanley siates, "The
campus has an unnatural ai.ra
about it of not having been
designed for students . . . All
around everything seems just a
facet of a very beautiful work of
art, but somehow not a campus."
Boutelle of the Socialist Workers:
Party. Plans for next semester
tentatively include showings of
the films of the French revolts,
and the development of an
independent, educational "Red
University" with guest lecturers
and c l a s s e s
to
further
revolutionary awareness on
campus.
President Evan R. Collins, back
from his recent visit to Europe,
d i s c u s s e d the LAAC bill
concerning resident policies with
students at The President's
Conference with Students on
Monday.
Collins noted that the bill was
still in "the channels", but "if it
reaches me before December 12 I
will bring my recommendations
before the University Council."
Vic Looper, chairman of
LAAC, remarked that points I and
II of the bill dealing with the
abolition of freshmen hours and
the abolition of signout had
received faculty approval. Looper
further anticipated the approval
of point IV concerning the option
of closing doors during open room
visitation .
The thrid provision of the bill
which would allow the individual
halls to decide the length of time
open room visititaions wtyild last
was sent back to LAAC for
revision. The question of
administering that point was
raised by the faculty.
Collins while in accord with the
bill noted that "I would like to
deal with the provisions as a
package plan."
In the same train of thought, a
Golden Eye To View
Scientology Tonight
by John O'Grady
0 < /
Neil Brown, director of the
Scientology Center in Albany, will
speak tonight at the "Golden
Eye." The talk will begin at 9
p.m., admission is free; the "Eye"
is located at 820 Madison Avenue
downtown. The purpose of the
talk, said Brown, will be to
acquaint those interested with the
"promise of Scientology," its
possibilities for bettering the
conditions in which an individual
learns and lives.
Scientology is a world-wide
movement
founded
rather
recently by an American writer
and adventurer named L. Ron
Hubbard. Hubbard's best-selling
book, "Dianetics, the Modern
Science of Mental Health,"
appeared in 1950; its success led
to the transformation of dianetics
(the study of the workings of the
mind, or spirit) from a mere
subject of research into an
effective method of changing
people for the better, known as
Scientology.
In a recent interview, Brown
defined
Scien tology as "an
applied religious philosophy with
a technology that
betters
conditions"; other than this
statement he was surprisingly
reticent about the methods of
O
Scientology, preferring neither
publicity nor propaganda.
Commenting on a recent
exposee in 'Life* magazine, in
which writer Alan Levy detailed
the methods of Scientology and
condemned it for tampering with
t h e h u m a n psyche, Brown
thought the article was very
accurate, graciously accepted the
publicity, and felt that each
individual was entitled to his
conclusions.
ft
student
asked what
the
community of Albany saw at the
image of the University.
"A number of letters are sent
to the administration from
concerned citizens," Collins
commented. "Most, of the letters
indicate that we've got to place
social regulations on students."
"I feel you get exercise for
responsibility by first exercising
responsibility. Students should be
given this chance."
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marks the beginning of the
accumulation period for the
information in the SECT course
guide.
During the week,
from
December 9th through the 13th, a
SECT committee member will
visit each participating class to
distribute student questionnaires.
As these questionnaires are
computer
tabulated,
the
co-ordinating committee asks that
all of the involved students bring
number 2 pencils with them to
class this week.
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ALBANY STUDENT PRESS
CHAPTER
(0*48
NAT\OMAU
A
1
The Right Way
"But the university belongs to
the students!!" How often have
we heard this phrase used to
rationalize student unrest? It
appears that many students,
especially on state campuses such
as ours, have forgotten where the
money comes from to construct
the buildings, hire the faculty, and
generally keep the university
operating.
N o . Universities such as
SUNYA do not belong to the
students alone, but are the
property of the people of New
York State, the people who have
been taxed to pay for the
facilities. And, as owners of the
university, they have as much
right to decide the policies of the
school as we do. The only thing
that makes us different from them
is the fact that we have been given
the opportunity to attend the
school.
No one is bound to gu to
college against his will, and
conversely, no one can claim that
a college education is one of his
"inalienable rights." We cannot
say that we are being forced to
live or study under intolerable
conditions because no one is
forced to stay. However, the
privilege of remaining a student at
a given university could and
should be revoked when students
forcibly try to make policy that
they have no right to make.
Attending college is a privilege
that depends on the student
agreeing to abide by the rules of
the university; rules established
and
enforced
by
the
representatives of the people, or
in other words the administration,
trustees etc.
Consequently we have two just
The seriousness of this decision lies in the fact that one function of Student
Association, the representation of the student body, has been banned. No longer can
the Faculty look upon the student who sits on their committee as a representative of
the student body. No longer can that student feel justified as a representative of the
student body, even though he is representing them, because his actions may affect the
future of all the students.
President Collins cannot, according to the court's decision, go to
Central Council, LAAC, or the Supreme Court itself to ascertain the
position of the student body on any issue. The president, or any other
administrative official,to obtain the opinion of the student body must
either ask Council (o conduct a poll, present their own poll, or ignore
the interpretation of Supreme Court and consider Central Council the
representative student voice on campus. Of the alternatives, the
administration is likely to choose the latter.
Supreme Court has taken, in effect, its concept of representation and
applied it not only to Chancellor Gould's Student Fee Statement, but
also to any future administrative directive that addresses itself to the
The
languages
Professor
University
lecture In
Voltaire:
Aesthetics
p.m.
In
December
Department
of
Romance
Is sponsoring a lecutre by
Remy Saissolln from the
of
Rochester. He will
English on: "From Pascal to
The
Transformation
of
Into Bourgeois A r t " at 4 : 0 0
H U 354
on Wednesday
11.
Social and Political Concerns Board
(Speakers Board) meets Monday, 7 : 0 0
p.m. In the Campus Center Card room.
All recognized campus political groups
are entitled to one representative)
Y5A,
90S,
YAF,
BSA,
Young
Republicans,
Young
Democrats,
Committee to End the War.
YSA meets Sunday Dec. 8, at 7:30
p.m. In H U 113 to talk about how to
achieve student power at Albany.
Placement
Notices:
December
9 - c e n t r a l High School District N o . 1
(sign up in placement office), South
Huntington Schools, Hilton Central
Schools; December 10-Sachem Central
Schools, Aetna Insurance Company
Interviewing seniors In liberal arts,
business
and
science]
December
1 l --Cooperative
College
Registry
Interviewing for college positions, Price
EDITORIAL SECTION
C l u b : Student
A new club was created by Supreme Court this week, and it will be known by the
name of Student Association. Once Student Association was regarded as the body to
which one looked to for the expression of the student body. If Supreme Court's
definition of the representative powers of Central Council, as expounded in its recent
judgement on the Student Fee Referendum, is not withdrawn, then Student
Association may as well fold up. Since the court ruled that Central Council was not
composed of any "duly elected representatives of the student body as a whole,"
Council could not represent the student body, i.e., declare a mandatory student fee on
the basis of the vote tiiken by the student body on October 23, 24, and 25. If this
judicial decision i;: extended to the other aspects of the student government, then no
governmental branch of Student Association can act on anything that will affect all
students, since it cannot represent the student body.
There will be an open meeting early
next week, probably Tuesday, to
consider the Calendars for the next
two years. Watch the ASP Tuesday for
further Information.
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By
stu Rotnchlld
ASP
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•ps
Of
THE
< FRIQ*Y, DECEMBER 6,1968
Waterhouse
Interviewing for
staff
acountants, Greece Central School
District No. 1.
The
Reading
Department
in
conjunction
with
the
University
Counseling Center sponsoVs a free,
non-credit reading Improvement course
designed to accelerate your reading
ability. During the second semester
calass times are available: Mondays or
Wednesdays a* 3 : 1 0 p.m. The classes
meet for 1 hour every week for 7
weeks and will begin on Monday, Feb.
10 and Wednesday Feb. 12. You may
enroll In one of these sessions by
contacting The University Councsellng
Center by phone 457-8666 or by
stopping by Room BA 115 of the
Business Administration Building. The
REadlng Classes will be held in
Lecutrue Room 3.
Monthly Budget Reports duo: all
Student
Association
budgeted
organizations: monthly budget reports
are due Tues, Dec. 10. Turn them In at
the Student Association Office 367
Campus Center. Any organization not
turning In a budget report will have Its
budget frozen at tho next regular
Finance Committee meeting Sun. Dec.
15.
Monthly budget report forms, new
voucher forms, and S.A. Finance
Policies are available at the S.A. Office.
Economics Club presents Professor
Morris A . Copeland on Frl. Dec. 6,
1968,
ltOO p.m.
Assembly
Hall
Campus Center to present "Economic
Outlook for 1 9 6 9 . "
Association
representatives of the student body. According to Supreme Court, there are no such
representatives on campus. Supreme Court is not only interpreting the Student
Association's Constitution, but it is also interpreting Chancellor Gould's statement,
which it has no legal authority to do.
Supreme Court seems to be obsessed with the idea that to be representative of the
student body, Central Council must be elected by all the students. Apparently the
court has heardof actual representation, but has never heard of virtual representation.
Not even our federal government excludes virtual representation. All the population of
this country can vote, except the people under 21, convicted felons, aliens, etc. Yet
these exceptions are in theory represented by Congress just as the non-tax payer is
represented by the governmental branches of Student Association.
If the Supreme Court's ruling is not to be ignored, then Student Association is only
a club that must concern itself with its own affairs. Only when all the students decide
to pay the dues can the association ever expect to represent the student body or so
the court thinks.
Button's Protest
To the Editor:
Congressman Button's recent
attack
on
Mark
Rudd's
appearance at the State University
at Albany reveals a total lack of
comprehension
of
our
constitutional guarantees for free
speech.
Regardless of his viewpoint, Mr.
Rudd has a basic right to present
his ideas, as do all of us, in the
free exchange of ideas among
intelligent listeners. The New
York Legislature, like the State
University, it, also a tax-supportea
institution,
where
many
unpopular statements are made
and defended by the legislators.
We doubt Mr. Button would deny
any legislator his right to speak,
even though his views are
vigorously opposed by all other
legislators.
We of the New York Civil
Liberties Union believe that Mr.
Button has a right to express his
opinions opposing Mr. Rudd's
statement, but we do not believe
that Mr. Button should use his
official position as congressman to
prevent Mr. Rudd from speaking.
STUDENT Press.
But, the fact is at this time I
would like to criticize someone
else instead of the ASP. I have
two complaints, one which has
persisted since school started. I
am referring to those who set up
the gymnasium for concerts or
other gatherings. It seems now
t h a t when you think of
entertainment at SUNYA, you
think of a faulty P.A. system. It's
been seven weeks now! Hasn't
anyone learned how to fix and
'is.
operate the system, let alone
improve its woefully inefficient
quality? Someone better get with
it quick, because if wt1 can't
afford something like a football
team, we surely can't afford a
specially t r a i n e d team of
electronic brains to come and fix
a probably simple trouble.
It's somewhat embarrasing for
the University as well as
perturbing for the performers and
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Albany. The ASP office, located in Room 382 of the Campus
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Complaints
John Cromie
Editor-in-Chief
Managing Editor
Jill Pmnik
News Editor
Ira Wolfman
Arts Editor
Carol Schour
Sports Editor
Tom Nixon
Technical Editor
David Scherer
M.
UP1 Wire Editor
Tim Keeley
Co—Photography Editors
£d Pottkowski Tom Peterson
Business Manager
Philip Franchini
Advertising Manager
Daniel Foxman
Executive Editors Margaret Dunlap, Sara liittsley, Linda Herdan
To the Editor:
I hope you will find this letter
interesting if not important, as it
seems that a previous letter didn't
quite mitet YOUR approval, aa it
was not printed in the Albany
All communications must be addressed to the editor and must be
signed. Communications should be limited to 500 words and arc
subject to editing, The Albaoy Student Press assumes no
responsibility for opinions expressed in its columns and
communications as such expressions do not necessarily reflect its
views. Funded by SA tax.
Richard I. Nunez
Capitol DisLrict Chapter
Now York Civil Liberties Union
listeners to have to stop and wait
while someone poorly attempts to
fix the microphone. It's true that
the g;.m is not the greatest place
to hold such events, but since it's
the only place available, why not
make the best of what we have?
We have some good concerts
coming up soon. Are they fated to
be run in the typical University
tip-top manner or is someone
going to finally break down and
learn how to operate and possibly
improve our public address
system? The latter I hope!
Secondly, a question bothering
numerous -students concerns the
sale
of
tickets
to the
Collins—Union Gap concert. If
many students on campus weren't
able to purchase tickets who had
the right, or rnther the nerve, to
sell them off cumpus? Could it be
that more money can be made by
selling tickets at a higher price to
high school kids and other people
than to students on our own
campus? This is one of those
glorious benefits of paying
student tax; so you don't have to
pay $*1.00 for tickets to concerts,
etc.
No! But you might not get any
anyway. Shouldn't students on
the campus get some preference in
buying tickets? If there weren't
enough to go around then we
should get them first. Is it right
that some students had to pay
$8—$10 or more to purchase a
ticket to their own concert which
many helped to pay for? Someone
better come up with some quick
and good explanations. There are
a few people who don't want to
miss the next good concert. I for
one.
Michael A. Stark '71
Editor's nolo: Your letter was loft
out through accident. Sorry. The P'A'
problems stem Irom rented equipment,
performer's whims, and the (act that
the (jym was built without a P.A.
alternatives if we disagree with
certain policies. We can leave and
go elsewhere, or we can work with
the administration to have the
undesirable rules changed. But we
cannot demand that they be
c h a n g e d , claiming that the
university belongs to the students,
and that the students can thereby
demand alterations in policy.
One of the most controversial
areas of decision-making concerns
the hiring and firing of professors.
I agree that students should have
advisory roles in deciding such
things as tenure (as we do here)
but the ultimate power in this
area m u s t rest with
the
a d m i n i s t r a t i o n , unless it is
p r o p e r l y delegated to the
students.
Recent unrest at San Francisco
State College has revolved around
the suspension of a part-time
professor. Black Panther George
Mason Murray was temporarily
released for suggesting that
students carry guns to classes to
protect themselves from "racist
administrators." Militant students,
black and white, clashed with
police and closed the school
because of the suspension. They
claim that the students must
decide who will teach them and
what they are to be taught; that
the university belongs to them.
Only when they pay for the
buildings and the professor's
salaries can they justly claim this
power. Until that time, the right
to dismiss or suspend teachers is
held by all the people of
California, who are represented by
the administration. Furthermore,
once a student decides to voice his
opinions in a way contrary to the
Cum Loudly
To the Editor:
As the holder of the highest
cumulative average in last year's
senior class, I request you to
discontinue publication in the
ASP of such radical and
irresponsible items as Mr. Lago's
cartoon in the November 22nd
issue. The caption of that cartoon
read: "The high achiever is more
successful in his post college
career than the average student
when it comes to ploying THE
GAME."
I object to such statements
becuase they suggest something \L
wrong with the current marking
system and open the door to S-U
(satisfactory-unsatisfactory)
grading, which I consider to be 1)
inconsiderate, 2) dangerous, and
3) ishort-sighted.
1 ) S-U grading is inconsiderate
to the student who has diligently
and responsibly learned the rules
of "The Game" throughout high
school, often at great personl
sacrifice to himself (e.g., he often
selflessly gives up such habits at;
honesty, fair play, service, and the
willingness to object and/or
reason.S-U grading is
tantamount to Skinner awarding
only those rats who realize
lever-pressing is a relatively foolish
and unproductive pastime.
It is even more inconsiderate to
the faculty. At best, the better
instructors will be forced to use
more thought, good judgment,
and common sense in making
their evaluations; they will have to
rise to this challenge and, in so
doing, mny be force to abandon
"tried and true" notes and
question.
At worst, the worse instructors
will no longer be able to hide
behind huge "objective" tests and
curves and, when students learn
not to shovel back their class
rules of the university, he should
be expelled. Indeed,
the
administration of San Francisco
State or of any other school owes
it to the people they represent to
vigorously enforce regulations and
ensure that the university remains
open t o serve its intended
purpose.
Lesis F. Powell, president of
the Virginia State Board of
Education and former president
of the American Bar Association,
expressed it this way, "Student
e x t r e m i s t s , and the faculty
members who support them in
their lawlessness, have forfeited
any right to remain as members of
a university community. The
sooner they are expelled from
student bodies and dismissed from
faculties, the sooner our campuses
will resume their historic roles as
centers of reason and intellectual
pursuit."
A bruising Democratic primary
battle in June is shaping uu for
the 1&69 Mayoral contest in New
York City, as Rep. James H.
Scheuer, the 48 year-old Reform
Democrat from the Bronx, openly
threw his hat into the ring.
Expected in the near future to
also declare their candidacies is a
long list of hopefuls, including
Paul O'Dwyer and Rep. William F.
Ryan of Manhattan, unsuccessful
candidates for the Democratic
nomination for Mayor in 1964.
Others expected to fight it out
in a bitter Democratic primary in
June are Bronx Borough President
Herman Badillo; City Councilman
Robert Low of Manhattan; Rep.
Hugh Carey of Brooklyn; Rep.
J o h n M u r p h e y of
Staten
Island-Brooklyn; Stephen Smith,
borther-in-law of the late Senator
R o b e r t Kennedy; and labor
BACK OFF !
I bought a copy of Suppression
last week and found an open
letter to a Chi Sig pledge, or was
it? Seems s t r a n g e that a
publication that supposedly deals
with moral questions should
disregard little morals; e.g.,
personal letters, and yet be
righteous about big morals. Leads
one to believe that perhaps these
people are irresponsible toward
society
and
that
this
irresponsibility carries over to the
morality with which they
notes in papers and essay tests,
the poor faculty member might be
upset by something new! Is this
fair?!
2) S-U grading is dangerous for
several reasons. First, it lessens
the "joy of competition" (or "lust
for the kill", as Robert Ardrey
might describe it). Furthermore,
where i t has been tried (such
radical hotbedsas Berkeley and
Columbia and Brown, Oberlin,
Lehigh,
Mount
Holyoke,
P r i n c e t o n , Stanford, Rutgers
Michigan, Cal Tech, etc.), the
results have been disastrous!
The faculty at these schools
have noted that more students
read books (even unassigned and
unsuggested
b o o k s ' . ! ! ) ; the
drop-out rate, especially for the
better students, decreases (and
we're overcorwded now!!!);
conformity decreases!!!; and more
students either participate in
"honors" courses, independent
study or community service
projects or take courses just
because they might be interested
in them (with no though to
requirements or practical ur.e to
their major!!!) This is definitely
carrying
educational
irresponsibility too far!
3) My final objection to S-U
grading is that it is short-sighted.
What if our students do learn to
challenge the "final answers" and
"eternal verities" our faculty have
arrived at over the many years?
Do you think it will stop there?
No! If this sort of thing gets out
of hand, our new answers and
verities may be challenged by the
next generation, or even the next
freshman class! Is this progress?)
It is also short-sighted in that it
weakens the ethos of the
successful
p l a y e r of "The
G ume"-and how many of us or
the faculty are truly without sin
here?! Eventually we won't know
whom Lo believe and may even
mediator Theodore H. Kheel,
Rep. Scheuer has criticized
Mayor
L i n d s a y as being
"ineffective" and doing "a poor
job of governing the city," citing
such areas as housing, health,
hospitals, crime, education and
sanitation.
Rep.
Scheuer,
was
overwhelmingly re-elected to a
third term in the House last
month by the voters of the 21st
C D . in the South Bronx. The old
Humphrey-Muskie New York
headquarters has been taken over
by Rep. Scheuer and his 25
c a m p a i g n aides are b u s y
researching urban problems.
He is an active member of the
Reform Democratic movement in
New York City and was the first
Eastern member of Congress to
support Senator Eugene McCarthy
for the Presidential nomination las
spring.
By BUTCH McGUERTV
supposedly deal. It this is so, then
they are truly what they seem,
psuedo.
****
After noticing the glasses in the
racks at dinner last night. I think
it's time they change the water in
the dishwasher.
****
Now that Alpha Lambda Chi
has gotten new jackets, it seems
that they have taken the hint and
gone Greek. EEP gets new jackets
next week and we are hoping.
c o m e to d o u b t what our
textbooks say!!
Finally, it is short-sighted in
terms of our vocations. What will
happen when deans of admission
and employers regard personal
interviews, proven performance in
projects
and
good
recommendations more highly
than the impersonal transcript
bearing letter grades acquired
through gamesmanship.
For the above reasons (which
immediately came to mind--I'm
Some anthropology professor
has a class movie scheduled for
Friday night. I thought that
anthropologists were supposed to
know something about culture.
Had to explain weight lifting to
about fifty girls last night. How to
develop nonexisting busts and
firm saggy well-worn ones, and
stuff like that. Looks like they're
b e g i n n i n g t o p a n i c about
marriage, so watch out, the big
push seems to be on.
sure there are countless others), f
hope you will cease publishing
a t t a c k s on t h e
venerable
Athough-E grading system. I
hope my arguments have silenced
alt but the most fanatic supporters
of the S-U grading. The latter, I
suppose, will charge that the
present system is so intolerable
that last year's winner of "The
Game" is intellectually unfit and
merely acquired the "largest cum
loudly".
Dick Collier
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Refuses To Close Campus
FILMS
by Dave Bordwell
KALEIDOSCOPE CHORUS LINE rehearsing their major production number of the evening 'Anything
Goes.' The show will run tonight and tomorrow night. Tickets are free with student tax; SI without.
Kaleidoscope
Premieres
At Page
Hall Tonight
Special Events Board will
present KALEIDOSCOPE, the
All-University Talent Show, at
Page Hall, on Friday, December 6,
and Saturday, December 7,
promptly at 8:15. TickeU, which
will be on sale at the door, are
free with student tax, and $1
without.
KALEIDOSCOPE, under the
direction of Gary Restifo and
Kathi O'Neil, will have something
for everyone: folk, dance,
Broadway, comedy, and chorus
production numbers. The program
will
feature well-received
performers seen in the past, as
well as new faces.
Lia Petkanas will sing "What
Did I Have That I Don't Have
Now;" Carla Pinelli will sing and
play the autoharp; Linda Sherry
and Barbara Dayer will also
perform, as will Gary Re,stifo
with "Golden Rainbow," Gary
Aldrich with a medley of songs
from Rodgers and Hammerstein,
and Ellis Kaufman with a medley
of songs by Bachrach and David.
There will also be Bruce
Ralston and Rick Liese with
"Broken Glass;" Roberta Murphy;
Larry Brown "Away, Away;"
Roslyn Springer, and the First
Derivative. Included too will be a
trio from the opera "Carmen"
done by Gail Pantley, Trudy
Wrubel, and Janet Ward; a number
called "The Flowers" which
saterizes life at Albany State, by
Claudine Cassan, Mary Carney,
and Andrea Rattner; and an
interesting group performance of
the "Geographical Gugue."
'Erica, Eros, Young9 Again
Capture Their Audience
fey Alan Lasher
This week the University is
once again the host to the
delightfully entertaining "Erica,
Eros, and Young," formerly
known
as " T h e Sounds
Unlimited." They will be agpearin
Arlo Guthrie Takes
Folk World By Storm
by Marshall Fine
(CPS)-Rarely does a performer
take the folk world with such a
storm as has Arlo Guthrie. He has
avoided
the
inevitable
comparisons with his father, the
late Woody Guthrie, and set up a
distinctive style of his own. And
not only is he a natural comedian,
but a good singer and a very good
guitarist.
He made "Alice's Restaurant"
something of an anthem for the
draft-conscious, and people were
so taken by this hugely funny
effort that many overlooked the
fine vocals on the other side of
the album.
On his new album, "Arlo" (on
Reprise), he combines his vocals
with his monologues, throwing in
his latest kick-meditation.
It starts out with a new version
of his "Motorcycle Song" which
appeared in the first album.
There, it was just a little too pat,
too will-done. Here it is new and
includes a very funny monologue
about how hi came to write the
song.
He was, he claims, going down
a road on his motorcyle at 150
mph playing his guitar when he
Topping of all this will be a
dancing chorus of 15. They will
open
the show
with
"Kaleidoscope Tonight" and close
it with "Sweet Beginnings," in
addition to their big production
number of the evening "Anything
The staff includes Gary Restifo
and Marilyn Liberati, scenic
design;
Kathi
O'Neil,
choreographer; J. Michael Walsh,
business manager; Eileen Deming,
lighting; Phyllis Larsen, stage
manager; and Gail Pantley and
Dennis Buck, co-musical directors.
'No one will be admitted
during the last twelve minutes!"
gasps the ad for Joseph Losey's
"Secret Ceremony" (Hellman). It
would be fairer to us if it added,
"And we discourage anyone from
seeing the preceding hundred and
eight."
The very first shot is archetypal
Losey: Liz Taylor before a mirror
yanks off a wig and tosses it on a
statuette of Jesus while a picture
of her daughter glares out from
the mantle. From there on,
Losey's sinuous camera has lots of
fun with baroque decor, mirrors,
windows, arches, staircases-all his
characteristic clap trap that looks
so good in "The Servant" and
" A c c i d e n t " but in "Secret
C e r e m o n y " resembles the
daydreams of the editors of
"House Beautiful." Grierson said
that when a director dies he
becomes a photographer; when
Losey dies, he becomes an interior
decorator.
Yet, "Secret Ceremony" does
offer things to watch. We can look
at Liz Taylor, blowzier and
coarser than ever, wallowing
around in leather and ermine. For
once her acting resources aren't
overtaxed-mainly she has lines
like, "Aw, have a heart!"- but
when she's called upon to deliver
a full-throated burp, it's pleasant
to see she pulls it off as if she'd
been practicing all her life.
Or you can look at Robert
J a cliff. He knew it was
went over
the end, so he decided to write
one last farewell song to the
world. "I put a new cartridge in
my pen, took out a piece of paper
and sat back and thought a
while." And he wrote the song
that is this poetry.
Guthrie has been moving
toward transcendental meditation.
He makes good use of it in
"Meditation (Wave upon Wave)."
It's a song flavored with modes of
India, sounding like a kind of
monotone
chant with a
mysterious variety to it. The song
is enhanced by use of a tabla.
Also, his guitar work is laudable
on this song.
He finishes the album with a
very funny talk on why he
dedicates a song to the FBI. The
s o n g - - " T h e Pause of Mr.
Claus"-asks "Why do police guys
pick on peace guys?" And it tells
why the FBI should investigate
Santa Claus ("Santa Claus wears a
red suit/He's a communi st")'
He seems to have hit it just
right once again. The only
question in my mind was there
after his first album, too: How
can he follow it?
Mitchum, in a pi.rt obviously
meant for Burton but which he
fills like wet Kleenex: college
professor on the make. The old
pro drags through every scene
with his eyes open an eighth of an
inch, looking as if all the incest,
rape, and general pscyhopathic
melee were going to put him right
to sleep. His best line is
"Sometimes one has to choose
between good taste and being a
human being." somehow, he
manages to reject both.
Then Uteres Mia Farrow, her
hair dyed black and her eyes
rolling loonily enough to convince
anybody that she's got big
problems. Mommy is an uneasy
melange of understatement,
obviousness, grotesquerie, cheap
thrills, and absurd Absurd. Some
of
the color
is n i c e ,
though-muted greens and icy
blues—and there's one tense
moment of cutting when Liz is
haranguing Mia at the end. It's all
Losey, no doubt: a fastidious
sliminess oozes out of every fram.
But the man simply can't choose a
script! He can integrate sparse,
hard-edged material a la Pinter
w i t h his own c o n t o r t e d ,
flamboyant visuals and make it all
fancily creepy, but he can't seem
to smell the difference between
that and Tennessee Williams
turgidity ("Boom") or 1930's
hack
fiction
("Secret
Ceremony".) So we wind up with
a chic, Londonized Tobacco Road
that demonstrates that Losey can
make more vulgarly awful movies
than any other important
film-maker around. It's too bad
that sometimes one has to choose
between bad taste and being a
good director.
an anxious father who is awaiting
tonight and tomorrow night in
the arrival of his two sons. He has
the Campus Center cafeteria, not seen them for a long time and
Erica, Jon and Dick project a is disheartened to loam that they
somewhat different image in have chosen to visit friends rather
The Harvard Glee Club and
comparison to last year; the trio than him. The father's life, which Radcliffe Choral Society, with
at
first
appeared
to
be
so
short,
seems to be more conservative and
Elliot Forbes conducting, will be
more proficient in their work. suddenly seemed too long to him. heard in concert Sunday evening,
The trio's rendition of "Love is December 8, at 7:30, in the
Their selections are primarily
comprised of folk ballads rather Blue," displaying Erica's charming Campus Center Ballroom at the
than rock. Their ballads are not and enchanting voice, is University.
only meaningful but also catch exquisitely done. A selection that
and hold the attention of the I particularly enjoyed was
The LIGHTHOUSE
"Nothing to Say:" another tune
audience.
The trio's voices are succinct in which Erica's voice captivates
Restaurant and
and c o m m a n d i n g .
T h e y her audience. This selection deals
harmonize very well together and with the cruelty of time: two
friends
who
have
long
been
BAR
their vicious nature only adds to
separated finally meet, and
their successful performance.
discover
they
have
nothing
to
say
State Students
"The End of a Beautiful Day"
concerns a young man who is to each other. Time has ruined
Welcome
their
once
treasured
friendship.
about to face a gloomy and empty
world because his only love has Erica, Jon and Dick succeed in
67 CeJofnApe.
left him. "The Homecoming" is a thoroughly entertaining their
melancholy tune which concerns audience.
FRIDAY, DECEMBER 6,1968
ALBANY STUDENT PRESS
By DONALD B. THACKBEY
SAN
FRANCISCO
(UPI)~
Acting President S. I. Hayaka
wa Thursday stood firm against
demands for closure of embattled San Francisco State College
and removal of police from the
campus.
As 600 officers remained on
alert for any new disorders,
Hayakawa went before the
Academic
Senate's Executive
Committee in another effort to
solutions to
„ d solutions
nfind
t he 18,000-student
the crisis on
campus.
Hayakawa gave no indication
he would budge from his
primary goals of proceeding
with
regular
classes
while
seeking improvements in minority study programs. He labaled
the 300 hardcore demonstrators
as "anarchists."
Militant
leaders
threatened
new disruptions, and called a
mass rally Saturday at the Civ
European Summer:
DigForRoman Villa
STUDENTS DIG AT archaeological sites in Europe. Volunteers first
join a three-week seminar for training in British Archaeology.
Phi Delta Sponsors
Talk On Sex Attitudes
Dr. Mary S. Calderone will
address students at the University
on "Sex Attitudes and Sex
E d u c a t i o n " at a meeting
scheduled for the Campus Center
Ballroom on Tuesday, December
10th at 2:00 pm. Dr. Calderone is
Executive Director of the Sex
Information and Education
Council of the U.S. (SIECUS).
This meeting is part of a two
day Capital District Conference
which has been arranged by the
Schenectady Committee on
Coordination of this program
has been handled by Mrs. Lois H.
Gregg, Associate Dean of Students
and Chairman, Committee on Sex
and Drug Education. Student
coordinator is Miss Lois Freedman
assisted by members of the Phi
Delta Sorority.
At the meeting Miss Freedman
will introduce Rev. Louis E.
Douglass of Catholic Charities
Schenectady who in turn will
introduce Dr. Calderone.
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A
new
and
exciting
opportunity in England is now
offered
to College students
Europe intoan
interesting
way. in
wanting
spend
next summer
You may help to reveal the
secrets of a Roman villa, an
iron-age hill fort or the structure
of
a
medieval
town
or
Anglo-Saxon cathedral before
they disappear, perhaps for ever.
Expanding housing programs, city
centre redevelopment and new
highway projects in Britain to-day
have opened up many new
possibilities for archaeological
investigation.
You may help in this important
work,
earn
credits,
make
international friends and receive
valuable training in archaeology,
by joining a program sponsored
by the Association for Cultural
Exchange, the British non-profit
organization.
Volunteers
first
join
a
three-week seminar for training in
British
archaeology
and
excavation techniques at Alerton
College, Oxford. They then split
u p into small groups for three or
weeks "digging"
an
m
o r e program
the
is 726 on
dollars.
archaeological
site.
Totaldetails
coat of
Write now for
further
to
Professor Ian A. Lowson,
Associate for Cultural Exchange,
539 West 112th Street, New
York, New York 10025. Closing
application date is expected to be
beginning of February 1969.
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c Center Plaza facing city hall.
Mayor Joseph Alioto and Gov.
Ronald Reagan have endorsed
Hayakawa's get-tough policy for
the campus,
A group of Negro civic
leaden pledged to join the
demonstrations to show their
support for a campus strike
started Nov. 6 by the Black
Students Union. Their demand
'or a shutdown of the school
and removal of police were
rebuffed by Hayakawa in a
stormy session Wednesday.
BSU members listed among
their "non-negotiable" demands
reinstatement of Black Panther
George Murray as a part-time
instructor
and
a
graduate
student.
Hayakawa
charged
they were being duped by
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for a Democratic
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ALBANY
DENT
Albany Loses In Opener;
Host To Stony Brook Sat.
THE GLOBETROTTERS DISPLAYED not only an ability foTcorHedy,
but a propensity for outstanding playing as well.
Wrestlers Open With
Quadrangular Sat.
Albany's wrestling team opens
its season this Saturday when they
host
the fourth
annual
Q u a d r a n g u l a r at 1 p . m .
Participating in the meet with
Albany will be wrestling squads
from the University of Rochester,
Hart wick College and the
defending champion, Dartmouth
College.
The Quadrangular, which will
be held in the new athletic
b u i Iding for the first time,
promises to be an exciting display
of wrestling skills.
, Coach Joe Garcia, in his
fourteenth year as head coach, has
only two lettermen from last
year's squad. Both of these
wrestlers, however, are expected
to contribute greatly to Albany's
success in the coming season.
Craig Springer, a senior who
had a 6-4 record last year is one of
the two returning letter winners.
Springer will be competing at the
152 pound level this year. Fran
Weal is the second letterman
r e t u r n i n g , and he will be
competing at. the 145-pound level
this season.
Coach Garcia is also hoping
that three other wrestlers who
competed at the varsity 1 level
will be able to make important
contributions this year.
Included in this number are
Alex
D o m k o w s k i at t h e
137-pound level, Frank Berry tit
160 p o u n d s a n d Marshall
Galdstone at 177.
Two wrestlers up from last
year's freshman squad are Pete
Ranalli and Kevin Sheehan. Both
of these wrestlers are at the
1 .'10-pound level and should
Margison Expected To
Break Scoring Records
This year's basketball squad
will be placing the responsibility
of much of their success upon the
shoulders of Rich Margison.
In his third year of varsity
competition for the Great Danes,
it is expected that Margison will
not only be the leading scorer for
the team, but will also establish a
number of scoring records.
years, Rich was captain of his
team and was selected as the Most
Valuable Player and was elected
to the All-Syracuse team in his
senior year.
Choppers Hold Lead
In League I Bowling
With only three weeks of
competition remaining before the
final position for the semester, the
standings in league 1 bowling
indicate that it will be a close race
for first place.
Following the completion of
the matches on November 23, the
Choppers hold a slim lead over
Potter Club. The Choppers have a
19-5 record while Potter holds an
18-6 record.
In last week's action, the Shafts
compiled the high team single
game and three-game series by
scoring a 951-2663 series. Royce
Van Evra rolled the high
three-game series of 606 on games
of 1 7 0 , 2 1 1 , 2 2 5 .
The standings for the league
read as follows:
Choppers
EEP
Shufts
UFS
Bad News 5
KB
APA
Steinmetz
Theta Zeroes
ALBANY, NEW YORK
SPECIAL EDITION
19-5
18-8
16-8
16-8
13-11
10-14
10-M
10-H
8-16
The Supreme Court defines ' r e f e r e n d u m ' as t h e submission of a legislative act t o t h e students for
a b i n d i n g v o t e . In establishing this d e f i n i t i o n w e have d r a w n f r o m t w o sources: B L A C K ' S L A W
D I C T I O N A R Y , w h i c h defines ' r e f e r e n d u m ' as " a m e t h o d o f s u b m i t t i n g an i m p o r t a n t legislative
measure t o a direct vote o f the whole p e o p l e , " a n d W E B S T E R ' S S E V E N T H N E W C O L L E G I A T E
D I C T I O N A R Y , w h i c h defines referendum as " t h e principle or practice o f s u b m i t t i n g t o popular
vote a measure passed u p o n or proposed b y a legislative b o d y or by popular i n i t i a t i v e . "
The Court w i l l n o w use Its d e f i n i t i o n , established above, t o clear up t h e moaning o f the w o r d
' r e f e r e n d u m as used In t h e C o n s t i t u t i o n a n d laws o f t h e Student A s s o c i a t i o n . A r t i c l e V I I
( A m e n d m e n t s ) o f t h e Student Association C o n s t i t u t i o n states:
S E C T I O N 1 : A n amendment t o the C o n s t i t u t i o n m a y be proposed b y p e t i t i o n o f t w o - t h i r d s o f
Central C o u n c i l .
S E C T I O N 2 : A n y amendment so proposed shall be r a t i f i e d t h r o u g h r e f e r e n d u m b y three-fourths
a f f i r m a t i v e vote, at least t w e n t y percent of the Student Association v o t i n g .
The referendum required b y t h e C o n s t i t u t i o n f o r t h e r a t i f i c a t i o n o f an amendment Is o f a
specific nature: a measure passed by Central Council goes i n t o effect u p o n a three-fourths vote of
at least t w e n t y percent o f t h e members o f Student A s s o c i a t i o n .
E L E C T I O N P R O C E D U R E S {CC 6768-61) treats a referendum as an e l e c t i o n , w h i c h the Court
agress It is. B u t a referendum is n o t governed b y CC 6 7 6 8 - 6 1 because t h e accompanying
E L E C T I O N B I L L (CC 6768-64) makes no m e n t i o n of referenda. Referenda are, however, discussed
in S T U D E N T T A X P O L I C Y (CC 6 7 6 8 - 4 7 ) , Section I I , Part 3a, w h i c h states t h a t " v o t i n g i n a p o l l
or referendum affecting the student b o d y as a w h o l e shall not be contingent u p o n t h e payment of
student t a x . "
The Court's d e f i n i t i o n of ' r e f e r e n d u m ' ( " T h e submission of a legislative act t o the students for a
b i n d i n g v o t e " ) is In accordance w i t h t h e use of t h e w o r d ' r e f e r e n d u m ' In A r t i c l e V I M , Section 2 of
the Student Association C o n s t i t u t i o n . The Court calls incorrect the use of t h o w o r d ' r e f e r e n d u m '
w h e n applied t o o p i n i o n polls dealing w i t h p o l i t i c a l a n d social problems.
The legislative act s u b m i t t e d t o the students in a referendum goes i n t o effect as provided for In
the act Itself. This is In keeping w i t h t h e d e f i n i t i o n o f ' r e f e r e n d u m ' : " a legislative act , . . " T h e act
shall be in bill f o r m , as prescribed by precedent and current usage in 5tudent Association. Bills
presented In Central Council a n d elsewhere are or this f o r m :
BUI number
Organization
State University
of Now Y o r k at A l b a n y
I I I . The last number should state b y what date t h e b i l l goes i n l o effect.
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FRIDAY, DECEMBER 6 . 1 9
TAX REFERENDUM DECISION
It is hereby proposed that the f o l l o w i n g be enacted:
I.
Provisions of the bill
It also seems likely that
Margison
will break t h e
one-season average of twenty-five
points a game,
Rich, who is a member of
Alpha
Pi A l p h a , was u
three-letterman in high school as
he participated in cross-country,
basketball und tennis for Cortland
High School. In lettering for three
Thurs. Nite - Lades Free*
Thus. - Sat. 8:00 pm - 3 am
Admtition $1.50
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Date ot I n t r o d u c t i o n
I n t r o d u c e d b y : Name
Going into this season Rich has
accumulated a total of 879 points
for a two-year average of 20.4
points a game. If he duplicates last
years's average of 2.1.-1, Margison
will end his career in third place
on the list of all-time scoring
leaders. It would seem likely
however, that Rich will improve
his average of last year and amass
enough points to break the
all-time scoring record of 1365
points held by Don Cohen.
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State University of New Y o r k at A l b a n y , Student Association, Supreme C o u r t , Decision On T h e
M a n d a t o r y Student Fee " R e f e r e n d u m " o f October 2 3 - 2 5 , 1 9 6 6 .
Under consideration is t h e c o n s t i t u t i o n a l i t y of the " r e f e r e n d u m " o n t h e m a n d a t o r y student fee
held O c t o b e r 2 3 - 2 5 , 1 9 6 8 , w h i c h was subsequently challenged i n referrals presented t o t h e
Supreme Court of t h e Student Association of the State University o i New Y o r k at A l b a n y b y Paul
Schlecht and Steve K l c h e n a n d b y K e i t h Nealy. T h e Court n o w renders Its decision.
R E : T h e Nealy referral, Part II A and B, and Schlecht and K i c h e n referral Parts 1 and 4 .
Point 1 of t h e Schlecht and K l c h e n referral under " S t a t e m e n t o f t h e D e f e c t s " states: " T h e
w o r d i n g of the referendum was editorialized in favor of tho a f f i r m a t i v e p o s i t i o n . " Point 4 states:
" T h e ballot o f the referendum d i d n o t m e n t i o n that if passed t h e tax w o u l d go i n t o effect n e x t
semester." Part II A of the Nealy referral states: " T h e referendum itself d i d n o t m e n t i o n that If
passed t h e tax w o u l d go I n t o effect n e x t semester." Part I I A o f t h e Nealy referral states: " T h e
referendum itself d i d not clearly state the purpose of the r e f e r e n d u m . " Part II B states: " T h e
referendum 'electioneered' o n the ballot i t s e l f . "
As a result, the Great Danes
were forced to go with their subs
throughout much of the second
half and thus were unable to
withstand the surge made by
Oneonta.
The hoopsters open their home
season this Saturday night when
they host Stony Brook.
The freshmen game begins at
7:00 and will be followed by the
varsity game at 8:30.
Last year, Albany defeated
Stony Brook by a score of 64-52.
Following the disappointment of
their opening loss, the squad will
undoubtedly be set to win this
one.
Admission for the games is free
with a Student Tax Card and a
supply a solid performance for the dollar without.
squad.
FOR
SUPREME COURT
The Albany State basketball squad opened its season on a losing note this past Wednesday as they were
defeated by Oneonta by a score of 71-59. Although they led at halftime by a score of 36-31, the Great
Danes were beset by foul troubles in the second half and were unable to stem the surging Red Dragons of
Oneonta.
Sophoinore Jack Jordan led Albany in scoring as he totaled 16 points for the night. Rich Margison
registered 13 points and Scott Price IP.
The Great Danes were hurt
tremendously by their starters
getting into foul trouble.
Margison, Price, and Caverly all
fouled out of the game, vhile
Jack Adams and Jack Jordan both
had four fouls on them.
THE GLOBETROTTERS OFFERED a fantastic array of antics for the
pleasure of an audience of over 2,000 spectators.
SPECIAL
The proposal i n the " r e f e r e n d u m of October 23-2b should have been In t h e f a r m of a bill
containing a legislative act for a vote by the student b o d y . Nowhere on the ballot or accompanying
the ballot was a proposed statute prosonted t o t h e students. As is tHo case w i t h a referendum o n a
c o n s t i t u t i o n a l a m e n d m e n t , the text of the proposal must be placed on the ballot or bo available to
every voter in the p o l l i n g area.
The Court w i l l n o w consider the ballot as presentod to the voter.
" W i t h I tic increased o u t c r y b y tho student b o d y for blgper. betlor, and more activities, uf
rocroatlonal, social, and educational nature there Is Increased financial need. In order thai the
Student Association may come closor t o meeting its finances, It hereby refers (he question of a
mandatory student foe to y o u , the Studont B o d y . A r e y o u in favor oi a m a n d a t o r y s l u d e n l fee? ()
Yes 0 N o .
The Court rules that since no legislative proposal was piesented to the sludenl body In tho
" r e f e r e n d u m , " there was no referendum. That Is, tlturo was no "submission of a legislative act l u
tho students lor a I hiding v o t e . " 1 he Court so rules by a vote of b-0-0, (Justlcfis F o l t s , Handelman,
Heater, L i o b u r m a i i , and Mac M o nag I e concurring).
The Court n o w feels It must define ' p o l l . ' The C o u r l agrees w i t h the d e f i n i t i o n of W E B S T E R ' S
N E W W O R L D D I C T I O N A R Y II.at a ' p o l l ' Is " a v o t i n g or expression o f o p i n i o n b y I n d i v i d u a l s . "
A p p l y i n g this d e f i n i t i o n t u the ballot in question, the court rules that this ballot, as s t r u c t u r e d , can
only be a p o l l of students o n the question o f whether or not t h e students were " I n favor o f a
m a n d a t o r y studont f e e . " Therefore, tho results of the election may be used o n l y as an expression
of o p i n i o n by tho student b o d y , and any legal a c t i o n taken by Central Council as a result o f this
election In regard to Imposing mandatory student feu Is u n c o n s t i t u t i o n a l . The Court so rules by a
vote of b-0-O, (Justices F o i l s , Handelman, Heater, L i o b e r m a n , and MacMonagle c o n c u r r i n g ) .
On October 3 1 , i'J60, Central Council passed t w o bills dealing w i t h a m a n d a t o r y student feu:
CC 6 8 6 9 - 6 1 , W A I V E R O F P A Y M E N T OF M A N D A T O R Y F E E F O R E C O N O M I C R E A S O N 5 ; and
CC 6 8 6 9 - 6 2 , ' P E N A L T Y FOR N O N - P A Y M E N T OF M A N D A T O R Y F E E .
B o t h these bills assumed the existence of a m a n d a t o r y s l u d e n l fee; b u t , as tho C o u r l has
established at length above, no mandatory student fee was over approved by Ihe student body In a
legal r e f e r e n d u m . T h e Court therefore declares tho t w o bills cited above (CC 6 8 6 9 - 0 1 , CC 6869-62)
Illegal and u n c o n s t i t u t i o n a l b y a b-0-0 vote, (Justices Folts, Handelman, Heater, L i o b e r m a n , and
MacMonagle c o n c u r r i n g ) .
The Court wilt n o w quote f r o m the resolution of the Board of trustees of tho State University
Of New Y o r k Of M a y 8, 196B,
1. 5 T U D E N T A C T I V I T Y FEES
The student b o d y at each Stale-operated campus m a y d e t e r m i n e , either d i r e c t l y or t h r o u g h duly
elected representatives on the Student Council or other organization chosen by the student b o d y ,
If so e m p o w e r e d , t o f i x and assess u p o n themselves an annual fee for the support of programs of an
educational, c u l t u r a l , recreational and social nature approved by the student organization d u l y
elected b y a n d representative of the student b o d y . T h e fee m a y b e fixed In different amounts fur
designated classes o f students other than full-time.
2.PAYMENT UPON R E G I S T R A T I O N
. . . If It is d e t e r m i n e d In an individual case that payment of the foe appruvod by tho Chancellor
w o u l d cause u n d u e hardship such student m a y nevertheless bo allowed to register and his
obligation t o pay such fee shall thereafter be subject t u such provisions as the representative
student organization shall make f o r deferment or waiver thereof in such cases.
3 COLLECTION A N D DISBURSEMENT
. C o n t r o l over disbursement o f tho proceeds of t h e student a c t i v i t y fee shall bo oxerclsed b y
the appropriate organisation representing tho s l u d e n l b o d y . . . .
4. NON-PAYMENT
T h e representative student organization m a y d e t e r m i n e t o deny p a r t i c i p a t i o n In student
activities In the case of any student w h o has n o t f u l f i l l e d his obligation w i t h respect t o p a y m e n t o f
t h e student a c t i v i t y fee . . . .
The Court takes this o p p o r t u n i t y t o p o i n t o u t t o the Central Council that as presently
c o n s t i t u t e d it does not c o n t a i n a n y " d u l y elected representatives o f t h e student b o d y " as a w h o l e ,
but o n l y o f the Student Association, I.e., the students w h o have paid t h e present v o l u n t a r y student
activities fee. Therefore, i f It Is t o act in accordance w i t h t h e decision o f t h e B o a r d o f Trustees, t h e
Central Council as it n o w exists cannot i n s t i t u t e a m a n d a t o r y student fee, take any a c t i o n t o
Implement t h e fee once It is a d o p t e d , spend a n y monies received f r o m such a m a n d a t o r y student
fee, or c o n t r o l any " p r o g r a m s o f an e d u c a t i o n a l , c u l t u r a l , recreational, and social n a t u r e " t o be
financed b y such a fee.
If t h e m a n d a t o r y student fee were t o go Into effect In t h e spring semester, 1 9 6 9 , t h e present
Central C o u n c i l w o u l d have t o be dissolved a n d n e w elections held In w h i c h a l l students c o u l d v o t e ,
In order t o have a Central Council composed of " d u l y elected representatives o f t h e student b o d y . "
T h e Court suggests t h a t t h e m a n d a t o r y s t u d e n t fee n o t go I n t o e f f e c t u n t i l t h e fall semester,
1969, since t h e Incumbent members of Central Council were elected b y members of Student
Association last spring and early this fall f o r t h e n o r m a l t e r m o f one year. If t h e m a n d a t o r y student
fee does go i n t o effect in t h e fall semester, 1 9 6 9 , the Central Council f o r t h e year 1969-70 w i l l
have t o be elected b y t h e e n t i r e student b o d y , since t h e entire student b o d y w i l l be i n c l u d e d i n t h e
Student Association under a m a n d a t o r y student fee. However, the Court points o u t that a
c o n s t i t u t i o n a l amendment m a y b e necessary t o e x t e n d t h e franchise t o students w h o are n o t
members of Student Association.
R E : Nealy referral, Part I A
The Nealy referral slates that CC 6 8 6 9 - 4 1 "does not establish whether or not a student had t o
have paid t h e student t..x In order t o v o t e . "
The Court finds the " r e f e r e n d u m " of October 23-25 c o n s t i t u t i o n a l on this p o i n t b y a 5-0-0 v o t e ,
(Justices Folts, H a n d e l m a n , Heater, L i e b e r m a n , a n d MacMonagle c o n c u r r i n g ) . T h e " r e f e r e n d u m "
was an e l e c t i o n , as implied b y CC 6 7 6 8 - 6 1 ; however, it was not an election governed b y this
particular b i l l (CC 6 7 6 8 - 6 1 ) , b u t rather b y t h e S T U D E N T T A X P O L I C Y (CC 6 7 6 8 - 4 7 ) , Section I I ,
Part 3a, w h i c h states that " v o t i n g In a poll or referendum affecting t h e student b o d y as a w h o l e
shall n o t be contingent u p o n t h e p a y m e n t o f S t u d e n t T a x . " A r t i c l e I , Section 3, paragraph ' g ' o f
the Student Association C o n s t i t u t i o n states that " t h e Central Council shall provide f o r proper and
just Studont Association elections a n d t a b u l a t i o n o f t h e results t h e r e o f ; " a n d since Central C o u n c i l
had already established e l i g i b i l i t y for v o t i n g in a " r e f e r e n d u m affecting the student b o d y as a
w h o l e " (CC 6 7 6 8 - 4 7 ) , there was n o need f o r CC 6 8 6 9 - 4 1 t o d o this.
RE: Nealy referral, Part i B, and Schlecht and K i c h e n referral Part 5.
The Nealy referral states t h a t CC 6 7 6 8 - 4 1 " d i d n o t establish a m i n i m u m v o t e I n t h e r e f e r e n d u m .
Hence, according to the tacit i n t e r p r e t a t i o n of t h e referendum given by CC 6 8 6 9 - 6 2 , any small
n u m b e r o f students c o u l d have v o t e d w i t h t h e same e f f e c t . " T h e Schlecht and K l c h e n referral
states: " I t was never m e n t i o n e d what percentage of the vote was needed t o pass the r e f e r e n d u m . "
The Court rules that t h e " r e f e r e n d u m " was c o n s t i t u t i o n a l o n this p o i n t b y a v o t e o f 5-0-0,
(Justices Folts, Handelman, Heater, Lieberman, and MacMonagle c o n c u r r i n g ) . N o w h e r e in the
C o n s t i t u t i o n and laws of Student Association Is a m i n i m u m v o t e required f o r a r e f e r e n d u m , other
than a referendum on a c o n s t i t u t i o n a l a m e n d m e n t . Also, the Board of Trustees of t h e State
University o f N e w Y o r k m e n t i o n e d n o m i n i m u m percentage requirement In Its resolution
authorizing the levying of a m a n d a t o r y student fee.
RE: Nealy referral, P;.rt I C.
Tho Nealy referral states that CC 6869-4 1 " d i d not state any purpose for tho r e f e r e n d u m . "
The Court finds that CC 6869-4 1 o n l y directed " E l e c t i o n Commission to Include In Its elections
of October 23-25, a referendum on m a n d a t o r y studont l a x . " Bill CC 6 8 6 9 - 4 1 is similar t o CC
6 7 6 8 - / 8 , w h i c h also sot u p tho m a c h i n e r y for a r e f e r e n d u m ; such a bill does not have t o state the
purpose of the referendum.
The Nealy referral further states that " i t must be assumed that it had no purpose, except
perhaps i n f o r m a t i o n a l . This is n o t conslslant w i t h the action taken on CC 6 8 6 9 - 6 2 . "
The Court has already ruled that Ihe results of the " r e f e r e n d u m " can be used o n l y for
i n f o r m a t i o n a l purposes, as to the o p i n i o n of Ihe student body concerning a m a n d a t o r y student fee.
The Nealy referral goes on t o stale: " A l s o it was not made clear to the voter that the results of
the referendum w o u l d determine whether or not we w o u l d have a m a n d a t o r y studont f e e , " and
" f u r t h e r m o r e it was n o l clear what the ponalitos w o u l d or c o u l d be for not paying the student fee,
and so the voter could not Intelligently cast his b a l l o t . "
As Ihe Court f o u n d above, CC 6869-42 o n l y established that a referendum w o u l d be held. The
act s u b m i t t e d for student approval in a referendum w o u l d ilsolf contain i n f o r m a t i o n concerning
the effective date of the act. N o such act was ever passed, but In any case, CC 6869-41 is d e f i n i t e l y
not a substitute for that act.
RE: Nealy referral, Pari I D
Tho Noaly referral states that CC 6869-41 " d i d n o ! provide for the w o r d i n g of tho r e f e r e n d u m . "
A g a i n , the Court points out that the " w o r d i n g of the referendum " w o u l d be the actual t e x t of
Ihe acl being submitted to the students for a b i n d i n g vote. A n y directions for voting p r i n t e d on the
ballot are i o bo drawn up by E l e c t i o n C o m m i s s i o n , in accordance w i t h CC 6 7 6 8 - 6 1 , E L E C T I O N
P R O C E D U R E S , Section I I I , " U s e of B a l l o t s . "
RE: Noaly referral, Pari I I I A , and Schlect and Kichen referral, Parts 2 and 3.
Tho Noaly ruferral states: " T h e results of Ihe voting wore not adoquato for the m a n d a t i o n of
s l u d e n l t a x , " and " t h i s mandate w o u l d curtail Ihe rights of a m i n o r i t y (namely thoso w h o do not
wish Io pay student l a x ) . " Tho Schlect and K i c h e n referral slates: " There was a significant number
of students w h o woru unable l u vote duo l u Ihe delay in d i s t r i b u t i o n of required validation cards. It
is t o our understanding that on the t h i r d day of polling this situation was realized and these
sludents were allowed to vote, b u l due to the fact that this was n o l u n i f o r m for the entire
referendum, it is an obvious i n c o n s i s t e n c y , " and " I n f o r m a t i o n concerning the actual number of
students w h o wore unable to vote was unavailable t o us due to Ihe facl that t h o Bursar's o f f i c e
w o u l d not or c o u l d not give us the required i n f o r m a t i o n . "
The C o u r l rulos that the results of the vote in tho " r e f e r e n d u m " are c o n s t i t u t i o n a l and valid o n
those points by a 5-0-0 vole, (Justices Folts, Handelman, Healor, Lioberman, and MacMonagle
concurring), t h e o n l y percentage requlromonl l o r an election specifically staled In the C o n s t i t u t i o n
or laws of Student Association Is Ihe three-fourths vote requlrod for tho r a t i f i c a t i o n of an
amendment l o tho Sludent Association C o n s t i t u t i o n .
RE: Nealy referral Part I I I B.
Part I I I B. of the Noaly referral slates " E v e n If one were to accept the premise that a m i n o r i t y of
tho student body In a referendum can determine the policy for tho entire student b o d y a l l o w i n g n o
fruodom of choice, It could hardly be called |ust that a simple m a j o r i t y should be all tiial is needed.
In any body operating under R O B E R T ' S R U L E S O F O R D E R R E V I S E D any bill w h i c h w o u l d
curtail the rights of a m i n o r i t y requires a 2/3 a f f i r m a t i v e vote fur passage. It Is only reasonable that
tho same be required In a referendum of the samo sort. It was n o t . "
The Court has established above that the " r e f e r e n d u m " was in fact an o p i n i o n p o l l . I f It had
been a valid referendum It w o u l d have bean c o n s t i t u t i o n a l . The " r e f e r e n d u m " was not c o n d u c t e d
under R O B E R T ' S R U L E S O F O R D E R R E V I S E D . This manual applies to the conduct of meetings
and not to the conduct of olectfons; elections are governed by the C o n s t i t u t i o n and laws of
Student Association.
RE; Schlect and Kichen referral, Point 6.
Point 6 of the Schlect and K l c h e n states " T h e ballot and advertising in the ASP was n o t clear o n
the status of the graduate student and d i d not m e n t i o n that ho w o u l d receive student tax at half
the undergraduate f e e , "
The Court has decided that this deals w i t h the c o n s t i t u t i o n a l i t y of a student fee a n d n o t w i t h
the v a l i d i t y of tho " r e f e r e n d u m " . Therefore the Court w i l l not rule o n this p o i n t .
So Rendered by tho Supreme Court of the Student Association of the State University o f (New
Y o r k at A l b a n y this F o u r t h Day of December, Nineteen Hundred arid S i x t y Eight.
Cheryl Heater, Chief Justice
Peter MacMonagle, Associate Chief Justice
James Folts, Justice
Paul Lieberman, Justice
Jay Handelman, Justice
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Is Your
Room
Worth $550 ?
VOL. LV NO. #
,y
Pres. Collins
Comments On
Virus Spread
by Tim Keeley
President Evan R. Collins
discussed the current illness on
campus, the increased room rate
for next year and the proposed
changes in the residence policy at
The President's Conference with
Students yesterday,
"The present illness does not
seem to be the Hong Kong Flu
but rather a respiratory virus,"
Collins indicated.
At present there are between
750 and 1000 students with
various stages of the virus. This
includes 38 in the infirmary,
"We have no serious intention
of closing school," remarked
Collins. "We'll take another look
at the situation if the rate
increases."
Collins then commented on the
statement issued from Chancellor
Gould concerning the increase in
residence hall rates.
The new rates will go into
effect as of July 1, 1969. The
increase will be $170 a year,
bringing the cost of room to
$550.
Students were assured that
Financial Aids will take this
increase into account as much as
possible when arranging loans and
scholarships.
When asked if the possibility of
allowing Greeks to move off
campus would lessen the burden
Collins declared, "The present
housing shortage is not the best
way to change University policy
toward the Greeks."
Collins was then asked to
comment on the status of a bill
proposing residence changes.
He stated that he expected to
receive a final copy of the bill
" m o m e n t a r i l y . " (The three
changes to be considered are
abolition of freshmen women's
hours, and the choice of closing
d o o r s during open
room
visitations.)
Collins will then meet with the
University Council on Thursday.
At that time, "I will recommend
the three points and I fully expect
them to be accepted," Collins
commented.
Collins was also called upon to
comment on the recent decision
handed down by the University's
Supreme Court, The decision in
effect
declared
Student
Association an unrepresentative
body.
He remarked, "I will still turn
to Student Association for the
best body that represents the
most
students,"
Collins
concluded.
The ASP will appear
for the last time
this semester
on Tuesday Dec. 17.
All notices must be in
by Saturday, Dec. 14.
TUESDAY, DECEMBER 10,1968
ALBANY, NEW YORK
j Holiday Sing ToTop
Winterlude Weekend
by Jim Small
Holiday Sing, the best attended
and supported of the yearly
on-campus events, will take place
this coming Sunday evening. It
will be the grand finale of the
University's Winter Weekend.
The purpose of the Sing is to
grant recognition, in the form of a
loving cup, to the best student
vocal group on campus.
The songs which are used in the
programming of the Sing are
chosen by the individual groups,
on a first come—first serve basis.
Each group is asked to choose two
songs which they will sing during
the program; one of them during
THE FLYING JABONES, an independent fraternity on Dutch Quad, the normal competition, and the
practice their selections for Holiday Sing which will be presented o t h e r one during the final
elimination, should the team
Sunday night.
African History Cancelled
Krosby Issues Statement
by Kevin McGirr
News of the cancellation of the
African History course has created
a stir among many students. Dr.
Peter Krosby, chairman of the
History Dept., has received a
number of personal complaints as
well as a petition signed by 141
students urging continuance of
the course. In response to student
concern Krosby has issued a
s t a t e m e n t concerning
the
continuation of the course,
Mr. Paul Ward who now teaches
the course has been doing so
without salary. At present, Ward
is a doctoral student at Boston
University. Last year he offered to
teach the course so that he'd have
c o n t a c t with the practicing
academic world. Teaching the
course has preventeo him from
working on his dissertation.
He feels that if he is to
continue teaching the course he
will have to be paid so that he
may take time off from his
full-time job. His full-time job
happens to be a state job which
precludes him from drawing
another state salary.
Krosby has tried extensively to
get around this prohibition, thus
far all attempts have failed.
'Committed to keeping African
History as a field of instruction,"
Krosby has petitioned Paul Miwa,
Assistant Vice President for
Academic Affairs, to somehow
keep Ward on for the spring
semester. Miwa is presently
working on this.
Previous to his appointment as
Department Chairman, Krosby
vowed to make African History a
high
priority project. The
University has given indication
that there may be two full-time
faculty
members, by 1970,
teaching African History; one of
which is currently teaching in
Africji
make it that far.
According to the list of groups
supplied to this writer by
co-chairmen Ro Cania and Vic
Looper, the emphasis this year is
on cooperation: between greeks
and
b e t w e e n greeks and
independents.
In the order of their appearance
on stage, the groups will be;
State Quad, UFS and Kappa
Chi Rho; Schuyler, Van Cortlandt
and Beverwyck; Chi Sigma Theta;
TXO, Ryckman, Ten Eyck, Ten
Broeck, and Van Rensselaer;
Livingston Tower; ALC; BPS,
Herkimer, Morris and Paine; Psi
Gamma; Stuyvesant Tower; Sigma
Phi Sigma; KB; BZ; the Flying
Jabones, Zenger, and Clinton; Phi
D e l t a ; APA; Whitman; KD;
Bleeker and STB; Gamma Kappa
Phi; Walden; and the Commuters
and Potter Club.
Each team will sing its first
song, and the five best teams will
be chosen by the judges.
This year, the Holiday Sing will
be held in the Gymnasium on the
New Campus. The first group will
begin singing at 7:00, with the
doors opening at 6:30. After the
Sing, there will be a reception for
the participants and the audience
in the Campus Center.
Tickets for the Sing are on sale
from today until the end of the
week in the main lobby of the
Campus Center. With a tax card,
they are free, without they are
$.75 per person.
There is a possibility that a <rpm album of the Sing will be cut
this year. If you are interested in
buying one of the records, sign up
when you buy your tickets.
Biafran Fast To Be Held Friday
Band To Sponsor Benefit Concert
by Fred Waite
The University Concert Bend is
sponsoring a Biafra fast this
Friday at dinner. The number of
students contributing to the
Biafran fast are: State Quad-728,
Dutch-528, Colonial-BOl, and
Alumni-253, for a total of 2010.
These students gave up their
December 13 dinner meals for
which t h e
Faculty-Student
Association will contribute a
corresponding amoung of money
to a fund for starving children in
Biafra.
The University Concert Band i.',
also sponsoring a benefit concert
Friday December 13 to raise
money for needy children in
Biafra and in the Albany area. The
concert, "For Needy Children
Near and Far," is to be held in the
Albany High School auditorium at
8 p.m.
There will be no admission
charge but a collection box will be
placed at the entrance and it is
hoped those attending will give
generously. Half the proceeds will
go to Biafra and half to local
needy children.
The band under the direction
of William L. Hudson, will play
"Incantation and Dance" by
C h a n c e , several
Christmas
selections, and will accompany
master of ceremonies Sorrell E.
Chestn, Associate Dean of
Students, in "Ogden Nash Suite
for Narrator and Band."
Persons not attending the
concert but wishing to aid the cooperating in publicizing and
may
send
t h e i r promoting the benefit.
cause
In addition to the fast and
contriubtions to the University
concert, groups from the band
Concert Band.
Area churches social and civic will visit local orphanages Friday
o r g a n i z a t i o n s and universtiy afternoon to give Christmas party
fraternities and sororoties are concerts for the children.
STARVING BIAFRAN CHILDREN are the impetus for the University fast to be held this Friday. Over
2,000 students so far have indicated willingness to sacrifice their meal.