FACE 8
ALBANY STUDENT
PRESS
TUESDAY, APRIL IS, 1969
ALBANY STUDENT PRESS
Con
Psych Decision
Vol. LVNo.^gcj
f v » teachers have been given notification that their contracts will
not be renewed. And because of the type of people DM. Waterman
and Rhoads are, the students are upset. Student opinion rates both
faculty members highly as teachers in the classroom. And both have
been greatly involved in the education of students outside the
classroom. Became of these factors, we feel that the University can
ill-afford to lose them.
We feel that a highly regretable mistake has been made. But it is not
too late to correct this mistake.
Student opinion is considered by the faculty to be both valid and
important in the decision-making processes of the University. Acting
on this consideration. Faculty Senate in the Fall of this year provided
for student representation on all of its Councils, including Educational
Policies and Promotion and Continuing Appointmen, both of which
consider matters relating directly to faculty status. •
We, therefore, ask the department to reconsider these two cases in
the light of the high degree of student opinion in favor of retaining
these individuals on the University Faculty. We ask that these two
individuals be considered on their fulfillment of the criteria, listed in
the Faculty Handbook and written and approved by the faculty,
regarding that which is expected of the teaching professor: teaching,
scholarship and contributions to the University.
We further urge the department to consider the academic
advantages to itself in retaining these two individuals AND the
advantages to the University as a whole in retaining two people so
active in teaching students, both inside and outside the classroom. All
too few faculty members take comparable interest in student
education outside the formal teaching situation, and the Psychology
department in recent years has been one of the leaders in this area. We
hope that they will continue to consider this aspect of education
important.
This is not the ifrst case in which students have felt a need for
responsible involvement, nor is it likely to be the last. The Univerisity
is responsible for the education of its students and it is the obligation
of the students to speak out when they feel that an administrative
decision will hamper their education.
We hope that responsible student action (petitioning and verbal
communication by the students within the department) will lead to a
reconsideration of the decision in the cases of Drs. Waterman and
Rhoads and that the conclusion finally reached will be in the best
interest of the University.
Blossoming Growth
Almost as if by magic, the vast wasteland we have come to know as
the uptown'campus of the State University of N.Y. at Albany has
been transformed from a dismal blend of white and black sterility into
a blossoming, blooming melange of greenery and people-ry. The
appearance of vegetation in this "moonport" seemingly has conspired
with an amazing invasion by real people—-they're everywhere! In the
quads, on the fields, in the circle, even on the podium!
This is Spriivgat its very best. The plants seem to have come alive,
and with them, the campus.
The blossoming has also taken place indoors. Notice how every
time you turn around, another,eminent and knowledgeable speaker
seems to pop up. Be it a black power advocate or a prominent
historian, speakers are appearing all over. We've been graced wi";, s u c n
people as Supreme Court Justice Doublas,Congrcssw^ man Chisholm
and Nathan Wright, eminent author, in the<faM 0 f o n e w e c k .
Here is an opportunity for anot»;,tfr k i n d 0 f g r o w th..a growth that
the student is the participant in. We can learn a great deal from the
speakers coming to ' i m s c a m p u s wittiin the next few weeks; we have
been promised s u c n diverse men as Ted Sorenson, Nat Hentoff, Leltoi
JonjJ, Charles Ever, the former President of Peru, and others. This is
an opportunity which should not be missed.
Gray matters-not only in the classroom but in the lecture room,
where much valuable and interesting information can be attained.
Don't let apathy hold you back; take advantage of one of the great
advantages this University offers you.
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Psych, dept.
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Faculty
Apathy
To the Editors:
Apathy at SUNY-Albany? Seems to be a
perennial complaint. But it is interesting that
student political activism seems much more
noticeable of recent than that of the faculty. The
past few weeks have seen a number of petitions
published in the Sunday New York Times ranging
over the issues of population control, the ABM, the
Arab-Israeli war, Hunger in American and race
re ations. In all cases SUNY-Albany faculty are
represented poorly, if at all, while other SUNY
systems, Stony Brook especially, come off rather
impressively.
Is it that SUNY-Albany faculty are all oblivious
to the problems of our time, that they believe that
their names have no influence, or that there is just
no petition ciruculation system among the faculty.
We would prefer to think the latter, but that is
hardly an acceptable excuse. We students might
hope that some among our prestigious faculty might
soon find it in their valuable time to take such a
responsibility upon themselves, demonstrating their
awareness and concern as well.
Sincerely,
William Batt
Graduate Student
School of Public Affairs
Warm ooze
Dear Editors:
Here I sit and ponder our school's most recent
attempt to kill the myth, once and for all, th»'v n e r
students are apathetic. Two teachers ^'ire(j j n t n e
psych department, Who will lM n e x t ? yvhat a
dynamic issue. Defending p r o f s w i | | be our savior,
our thing, our H-ag Ladles, that's a bag of warm
ooze. Ey» n y o u n 8 V e better things to be doing.
ixiok. Yonder by the brand new State Police
barracks is a big hole. In the ground. But I didn't do
it. Lots and lots of money did it. Why? Glory?
Fame and fortune to our white palace? Believe it or
not I think we're getting close.
It is my belief that if you thought about things
like that, you would see something scary. The big E.
Somebody wanted that hole dug more than they
wanted a bigger library, more than they wanted a
lower student/faculty ration, more even, than they
wanted Waterman and Rhodes. All that nice stuff,
lost to n couple of dirty old men (the big E is a dirty
old men's club).
What I am laboring to say is that this rah-rah
warm ooze about u couple of profs is beneath you.
There are much more important questions to be
asked than "Who will bo next?'
Love to you all,
Paul Nathe
Presidio
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To the Editors:
Along with others in the AUigjiy area, we wrote
to Senator Jacob J» v », u b o l U t n 0 v e r y n e a v y
sentences w*fta t n e 27 soldiers in the San Fransisco
rresidio Stockade received as u result of their totally
non-violent protest on October 14, 1968. The
soldiers were protesting the killing ;,; a
fellow-prisoner, declared a "manle-^„p ress | VB " D y
Army psychiatrist, who w ; ; 8 n o t j n the back while
running from a IfSSa on a suicidal impulse; shotgun
carrying .by 'guards;, iliugal over-crowding; lack of
foot) and; t|nsan|tary conditions at. the Stockade.
,The>?7,ywng'meo satifta.elrofi,sang "America the
Beautiful"!"and' rejui their petition. They, wen
charged with mutiny while (hey were still singing
and now being brought to trial, The first three
soldiers tried received 16, 14, 16 years
imprisonment. Mr. Javits replied (March 21,1969):
There seem to be clear indications that the
sentences, and probably the military crimes
charged, in these cases are excessive. I therefore
inquired of the Department of the Army
concerning this matter, and particularly
concerning the legal and factual foundation for
the sentences imposed upon some of the
accused. The Army's response to my inquiry
indicates an awareness of the factual basis for a
challenge at least to the sentences, and affords
basis for the hope that these senteences will be
reduced in the military justice appeal processes.
Indeed, one such sentence has already been very
substantially reduced. If the others are not, I
intend to do my utmost (while recognizing the
disciplinary problems involved) in my contacts
with the Secretary of the Army, who has the
necessary authority, to get justice in this
situation and a material reduction in the
sentences.
Therefore we suggest readers might like to write
to the Secretary of the Army Stanley Resor, to
Senators Javits and Goodell and to Congressman
Button.
Sincerely,
Rezsin and Ted Adams
[Professor Theodore S ^damsl
Perlmutter statement
At noon Friday, 11 April, 1969, an ad hoc
student committee issued a statement suggesting my
name as candidate for presiden of the University.
The committee was generous in its praise, and I am
deeply touched and grateful for their confidence.
However, I feel obliged to make abundantly clear,
especially to those who have not read the original
document: I am not, nor have I been a candidate for
this or any other office in the University. Indeed my
fantasies run in the opposite direction, toward
teaching, writing, and research.
Their campaign originated and was implemented
without my knowledge.
Dean O. William Perlmutter
College of Arts and Sciences
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Frida9,Aprll 10. 1969
Central Council Mmx*
Vote granted to all
by Norm Rich C 7
Central Council, last night, enlarged Student Association
membership to include all registered University students. Heretofore,
membership in S. A. was contingent upon payment of the student tax.
Six s t u d e n t s , representing
Students for Waterman and
Rhoads
Reinstatement,
confronted Dr. Shirley Brown, the
chairman of the Psychology
department, with petitions which
included approximately 1600
signatures for Waterman 'and
approximately 1500 signatures for
Rhoads.
Communications
Hallelujah!
Central
Council
Prompted by Vice President Terry Mathias, Council recognized that
the actions of Student Association involve all members of the student
body. Thus students deserve the right to participate in the making of
policies which inevitably affect them. Recent examples include S. A.'s
initiation of open visitation and alcohol revisions.
Accordingly, all students may now vote in Student Association
elections, including the forthcoming Central Council elections.
Activity cards are no longer required.
Council also passed a bill urging MYSKANIA "to study the
possibility of forming a body to assume the functions of
MYSKANIA." Doug Qoldshmidt, author of the measure, stated that
MYSKANIA has "ceased to be a valuable body..." and is now,
"nothing more than a parasite upon the Student Association."
Goldshmidt explained that MYSKANIA has not kept pace with a
changing University community.
The students asked that these
petitions be considered as new
evidence. Dr. Brown reiterated
that "any evidence that was
relevant has already been
c o n s i d e r e d . " The students
explained that these signature*
represented a demonstration of
mass student support, and
suggested that perhaps when the
decision was made, the faculty
was not full aware of this intense
CHOm AM N0W
Terry Mathias then agreed that the role of MYSKANIA needs some
support. Again, Brown reiterated
located
in
the
water
tower. The center of the podium is beginning to
reevaluation. As Chairman of MYSKANIA, he promised to persue the
the irrelevance of these petition* take on a completed look.
Photo by Benjamin
matter, and report to Central Council no later than March 1970.
as an indication of support, "We
know the number of students in
and out of a faculty office..."
Security Problem
The criteria for renewal of
Council also examined the
contracts are. Dr. Brown stated,
recent
problem
in
the
teaching effectiveness, scholarly
maintenance of internal security.
effort,
and departmental
Securitydifficultieshave forced the
responsibility.
Concerning by Rosemary Herbert
administration to cancel all
teaching e f f e c t i v e n e s s , the
character.
"The
best
thing,
the
Alex Haley, compiler of
Malcolm said "I live each day as
students asked Dr. Brown how she "The Autobiography of Malcolm first thing to me that I remember
if it is my laat day." He mixers. Council recommended
would rate these two professors.
X," spoke to a large audience of is he was a gentleman. He had a anticipated that something might that students co-operate with
On a five point scale, (5 being the Albany s t u d e n t s yesterday passion about being a proper
highest), she "personally" afternoon and presented not only person." He would do nothing in happen to him and even joked University officials in an effort to
evaluated one as 3.5 and the other his knowledge of facts but a public that he could not be honest about it. Mr. Haley wrote the resolve this dilemma. Specifically,
Epilogue to the autobiography Council asked that students carry
as 3.0. At this point, a student barrage of anecdotes about about in public.
.„
after the shock of Malcolm's
questioned "this is your rating himself and Malcolm X which left
"This man was a very warm death. "It seemed as if something University I.D. cards, and upon
even though, in general, students many to comment that they
proper request present them to
human person when one got to else came true that he said."
who are taking their courses now wanted to hear more of his talks.
know him. He had an absolute
Several questions were directed any duly accredited University
would rate them at or near five?"
Haley began his talk with a passion for learning." Haley to Haley after his speech. He
offical. In the past, students have
The response was "yes". Another series of "digressions," or
remembered passing by a Harlem commented about separatism,
s< ' d e n t a s k e d
how the anecdotes which illustrated his
library where four Black teenagers saying that it-is ironic that Whites been reluctant to show I.D.'s,
department would be rated in methods of interviewing such
were playing craps in the are alarmed when a separatist thereby badly hampering security
general; "the average," in her people as George Lincoln
doorway. Malcolm became policy is mentioned. The Black operations.
opinion, "is three."
Rockwell, Myles Davis, and finally furious. He informed the boys man kept seeing those signs
Secondly, particularly regarding
The question thai arose as to Malcolm X. He wrote articles that there was Black heritage everywhere and when he says he
how
another
t e a c h e r ' s about many such persons for inside, "He had a deep respect of wants to be left alone Whites are the Rathskellar, Council urged
students not to lend their I. D.'s
effectiveness is rated. Brown said Playboy Magazine. For each knowledge and a deep yearning alarmed.
that her evaluation was based on article he spent many interview for it."
to any person whatsoever, or to
Haley said, Malcolm X felt that
use of material in class, exams, sessions with the subject-, usually
Haley noted that Malcolm X there were many very sincere sponsor any guest not personally
and student reaction. After up to three weeks of intensive felt that the hope for our country
white individuals interested in known to the student.
further explanation on the part of sessions.
lies in the young people, Black working for the Black Cause. He
Council was confident that
Dr. Brown, the students reported
For his Playboy article on and White, "because the young appreciated their spirit deeply and
with student support, a workable
that they were still not at all clear Malcolm X which he termed "a Blacks are serving notice that it
felt it valuable for them to work
may be found,
as to the definition of the very intensive work,"
Haley stops with them" and because the separately from the Blacks toward s o l u t i o n
critieria.
interviewed Malcolm X over a young Whites are changing and the common goal of eliminating precipitating the re-instatement of
On this last point, Brown period of five weeks. This article must change.
mixers.
preludice
indicated that the person must led a publisher to ask Mr. Haley to
fulfill the duties of a member of attempt to cover the story of
the department and the work of Malcolm X's life in a book.
Haley spoke of his
the department. It has been
implied that it is this criterion experiences in compiling the
autobiography. At first it was
which has not been satisfactoril
fulfilled
by Waterman and difficult to make Malcolm X
speak about himself. For six
Rhoads.
Dr. Brown argued that "to be weeks, ho spoke only about the
lacking in one [criterion] is Organization of the Nation of
essentially... to be lacking in all... Islam and Elijah Muhammud.
Finally, Mulcolm responded to
A deficiency in one is a necessary
and sufficient cause not to renew a question about his childhood
and his mother in a "sort of
a contract."
Dr. Brown was informed by stream of consciousness way"
one student thut "we are planning which became the usual manner
on seeing Dean Perlmutter in the of interview from then on. A man
near f u t u r e . " Dr. Brown's who was used to verbal conflict in
immediate reply inferred that so much of his life became relaxed
their proposed action was more and spoke readily and freely after
designed to "make noise...a five that.
For six months there were such
year old who decides he is going
to hold his breath and die can t interviews In the evenings several
do it, and neither can you." She times per week. A rough
went on to say that "the decision chronology of Malcolm's life was
has been made and that's the compiled with very little
stand until and unless new questioning and much free
reminiscing.
evidence has been presented,"
Haley came to know
The students believe that the
petitions are new evidence, and Malcolm X so closely that he
are wondering where the rest of could write a few words on the
the Psychology faculty stand in typewriter and know what
Haley did
relationship to Dr. Brown's stated Malcolm had said.
positions concerning the attempt not use tapes during interviews at
ALEX HALEY TOOK A FEW MINUTES OUT YESTERDAY after kc-lurim to autograph copies of
to reinstate the two professors in all
Haley reminisced about
the book he aided In compiling, THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF MALCOLM X.
g—^.
rt)Qto
b
question.
Malcolm X, giving insight into his
V% 5 W *
« • * * * « • «* "*w """Ion
Malcolm X's autobiographer
exhibits interviewer's style
FRIDAY APRIL 18,1969
FRIDAY APRIL 18,1969
ALBANY STUDENT PRESS
ha* 2
SUC at Westbury
President said the power of
appointment was his alone.
A compromise was finally
(CPS)-Thi» is the story of the
State University College at Old reached under which a committee
Westbury, N.Y. Westbury Is an of elected faculty and students
experimental school conceived by would select candidates from the
a coalition of Kennedy-style applications, and the President
liberals and State University would appoint them. Wofford
bureaucrats. Begun with high retained veto power, but he could
hopes. It has turned out to be one not appoint anyone who had not
of the most creative attempts by been selected by the committee.
the System t o re-channel This seemed to work well until
disenchanted students' energies the c o m m i t t e e selected a
candidate who did not meet with
"constructively."
Wofford's approval.
Old Westbury students have
At the same time a faculty
been described as "hand-picked
rebels" politically all somewhere member was not rehired by the
administration
for next year
left of Hubert Humphrey. They
cam to Westbury as the Pilgrims b e c a u s e he acted in an
came to the New World-to build "unprofessional fashion"- -also
the city on the hill-attracted by against the vote of the Faculty
promises of "full partnership" and Selection Committee. When a
a "relevant
e d u c a t i o n a l state budget cut halted further
faculty a p p o i n t m e n t s , the
experience."
Some,
mostly
w h i t e c o m m i t t e e dissolved itself,
middle-class students, came as somewhat disenchanted with its
missionaries of reform; others, effectiveness.
In January, the majority of
mostly non-white lower-class
students, came as native to be students moved off-campus to
reformed. A small minority of begin their second-semester field
both white and non-white projects, and Wofford moved to
students came as skeptics, to re-define and re-direct the college.
enjoy the idyllic atmosphere of a Westbury was divided into three
Long Island estate and to constituent colleges: a disciplines
challenge the Westbury approach school, a learning-by-teaching
school, and the original urban
to education.
studies school. Provosts for the
Because of the small, intimate
first two were appointed, again
situation of the campus—83
by-passing
the Selection
students on a fist-name basis with
Committee.
15
t e a c h e r s
and
When radical students began
administrators—the administration
was able effectively to reduce all organizing against Wofford, he
political and academic problems offered them a fourth constituent
to problems of psychology. Both college of their own. Negotiations
faculty and students became broke down when it became
aware of contradictions in the apparent that the radical coalition
experiment, but at the same time was unwilling to be co-opted.
became immobilized from acting
Old Westbury is an experiment
out the consequences.
only in the sense that it provides
more
data to further substantial!'
With all the power centralized
the hands of President Harris the student movement's critique
and theliberal
Wofford (a well-known educator of the universities
B
and former adviser to Presidents bureaucrat who run them. The
Kennedy and Johnson) and his students are not effective as a
advisers, faculty members and group because they cannot define
students became pawns in a their self-interest within the terms
life-size chess game—its object, of a traditional political power
struggle.
legitimizing the college.
The faculty, as usual, is more
Political confrontation began
when the administration began familiar with the terms of such
moving into areas in which the campus power politics, and have
various campus factions had influence chiefly at the expense ol
primary interest; the first was the students and administration
selection of new faculty. The
There is little reason to believe
Westbury faculty (under the "full that Old Westbury will fare any
partnership
a r r a n g e m e n t " ) better than any other institution
expected to select their own
in this country. There is even
colleagues; the students (under evidence that it may not be able
the same illusion) demanded a to so as well as some of the more
voice in the selection; the
"liberal" institutions.
by Frank Miata and Pat Sweeney
In recognition of a program in
Judaic studies being introduced
this fall, the Departments of
Comparative Literature and
Romance Languages presents
Cecil Roth, (visiting Professor of
History, City University of N.Y.)
"The Marranos in Europe" 4:00
pro Mon. April 28, Assembly Hall,
Campus Center
Placement notice
Self-nomination forms are now
April 22-Burrougbs Business
available for Central Council and
LAAC. All forma may be picked Machines recruiting with openings
sales
for
business
up at t h e Campus Center i n
administration majors
Information Desk.
Applications are available in
Campus Center 367 for the
University Student Scholarship.
To ALL PROFESSORS WISHING
TO PARTICIPATE IN SECT: If
Applications for Supreme y o u h a v e n o t received a
Court will be available at the C. C. participation slip, you can get
Information Desk on Monday, them from the SECT committee
April 2 1 , through Friday, April in Campus Center 364, or by
26. Applications must be returned writing SECT,c/o Campus Center.
by Monday, April 28, to the Those Professors who have not
Student Association Office, C. C. yet handed their slips in still may,
Room 364.
, as the deadline has been extended.
Highway Safety Course—Given
April 25, 1-4:30 p.m. in Room
126 of the Phys. Ed. Building.
Proof of completion of this course
will be required for licensing in
this state, effective April 1. There
is a five dollar fee, and a learners
permit is required. For further
information, call 457-4937 or go
to Administration 239 to sign up
'for the course. The $5 will not be
refunded if withdrawl from the
course takes place less than one
week before April 26.
Watch Out For News of Fall
Concert Here.
D r . Warren Haynes, who will
become the Dean of School of
Business in Fall, 1969, will speak
at the Phi Beta Lambda Annual
Installation Banquet on Sunday,
April 27. Anyone wishing to
attend may obtain a reservation
form in the business building
lobby or at the C. C. Information
Desk. For further information,
call Frank Basile at 864-5710, any
evening.
There are several cases of German Measles on campus. This is
generally a very mild disease with no complications and the individual
is most infectious prior to developing the rash.
During the first three months and possibly the first six months of
pregnancy, however, the disease can constitute a real hazard to the
unborn fetus, occasionally causing congenital abnormalities.
As a matter of health education, individuals who are pregnant
should be advised to avail themselves of an immunology test to see if
they have an immunity to German Measles unless they are absolutely
certain that they had German Measles (rubella, "mild" measles) in
childhood.
Ask at the Student Health Service if there are any questions.
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Cleaning your contacts-with Lensine
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It has been demonstrated that improper
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This is a sure cause of eye irritation and
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Bacteria cannot grow in Lensine which is
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Just a drop or two of Lensine, before you
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allowing the lens to float more freely in
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Lensine is an "isotonic" solution,
which means that it blends with
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Let your contacts be the
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Brandeis* President to speak
"CmfUct on the Campus"
Hon.
Morris B. Abram,
president of world famous
Brandeis University, will deliver
the annual B. Paul Broida
Memorial Lecture at Congregation
Beth Emeth on Wednesday
evening, April 23, at 8:30. His
subject will be "Conflict on the
Campus."
Mr. Abram won national
prominence in 1963 when he was
awarded the U.S. Supreme Court
decision which established the
''one
man-one
vote"
reapportionment principle. He
was in the news again most
recently when his handling of the
black militant uprising on the
B r a n d e i s c a m p u s recieved
international attention and praise.
Sixty-five black students of the
Brandeis
Afro-American
Organization seized the campus
c o m m u n i c a t i o n center at
Waltham, Massachusetts and
presented President Abram with
ten "non-negotiable" demands.
While t h e student bid for
autonomy in Negro affairs was
only one of scores of similar
incidents throughout America,
Abram's approach to the affair
was uniquely successful.
A Boston newspaper editor said
of t h e c i s i s at Brandeis:
"President
Abram's
wise
leadership in the trying days just
passed has resulted not so much in
a victory for the university or
himself as a triumph for academic
integrity and reason."
Before assuming the presidency
of Brandeis last year, Mr. Abram
held a number of important
government posts. He was senior
advisor to the U.S. Mission to the
United Nations under Ambassador
A r t h u r G o l d b e r g . President
J o h n s o n appointed him to
represent the United States on the
United Nations Commission on
Human Rights and to membership
on the National Advisory Council
on E c o n o m i c
Opportunity.
President Kennedy appointed him
first counsel to the Peace Corps in
1961. From 1963 to 1968 he was
president of the American Jewish
Committee.
Born and raised in Fitzgerald,
Gerogia, Mr. Abram attended
Oxford University as a Rhodes
Scholar. He earned his law degree
at the University of Chicago Law
School and is a summer cum
laude. Phi Beta Kappa graduate of
the University of Georgia.
During World War II, he was a
major in Air Corps Intelligence. In
1946 he was a member of the
American prosecution staff at the
war crimes trials in Nuremberg,
Germany.
In . t h e 1 9 5 4 G e o r g i a
Democratic primaries, Mr. Abram
waged a vigorous campaign for the
cngressional nomination. He won
a majority of the votes cast but
lost the nomination because of
the Georgia county unit election
system. He challenged that system
Partial S-U# system
advantage is a 'lie'
by
hv Dick
flick Collier
"
(Editors' note: This statement for one simple reason: it is an out
was written in response to a front and out lie! I am not concerned
page story on the new S-U with whether the statement just
proposal by Academic Standing slipped into the article somewhere
Committee appearing in the ASP,
along the line or whether it was
April 15.)
someone's
deliberate
As
Chairman
of t h e
misrepresentation of fact. In the
Commission for Academic Affairs
context of the article, it is a lie.
of the Student Association, I
If everyone had the time to
d e m a n d a retraction of a
statement that appeared in the think out the implications o f this
article " A n o t h e r
Pass-Fail particular partial system, the
Considered" on page 1 of last falsity of this claim would readily
Tuesday's ASP. The statement in become apparent. However, too
question reads: "In addition, the much happens on this campus for
proposal is a broad step in the the reader of the ASP to think out
implication
and
direction of academic freedom e v e r y
since it gives the student the unfortunately, a casual reading of
opportunity to decide if his entire T u e s d a y ' s article may have
course of study will be completely aroused support for this partial
S-U or entirely A through E or an s y s t e m at the informational
individually
w e i g h t e d meetings that have just been held
combination
of
t h e s e by the Committee on Academic
Standing.
alternatives."
Academic Affairs Commission
This was given as an advantage
of the partial system proposed by had no part in those meetings.
the Committee on Academic Despite t h e fact that my
Standing of Faculty Senate. I Commission has devoted many
demand the statement's retraction hours of its own meeting time this
Please turn to page 7
THE GRASS IS APPEARING OUTSIDE and so tie students as the
warm sun invites the sun worshippers to study in the great outdoors.
photo by Eli Flyner
Mathias heads
MYSKANIA '70
MYSKANIA '70 have elected
their officers for the coming year.
Terry Mathias was selected as the
Chairman of the honorary.
Serving with Mathias will be Vice
Chairman Peter Pavone; treasurer,
Philip Franchini; secretary, Diane
Battaglino; and class guardians,
Paul Lieberman and Fran Litz.
In addition to elections the
M Y S K A N I A meeting also
outlined the duties and functions
of their organization.
They are:
speed.
1. To act as guardians of
305-The
"TORCH";
traditions in evaluating and
307—Audio-Visual
Service
providing for continuity of
(Storage and Maintenance);
meaningful
traditions and
308—Inter-Fraternity Council and
traditional events on campus.
Inter-Sorority Council;
2. To act as guardians of the
315-Meeting Room (30' x
Freshman class.
40')-Auditorium
(68);
3. To act as screening agent for
3 1 6 - M e e t i n g Room (20' x
20')-Classroom
( 4 0 ) ; the appointments to the Supreme
3 2 0 — C o m m u n i c a t i o n s Court and to act in concert with
C o m m i s s i o n ;
3 2 9 , Central Council in providing for
3 32—International
S t u d e n t judiciary recall.
4. To assist the Student
Advisor—Professional, Secretarial
Association and the University in
Offices;
formulating t h e aims and
333-Meeting Room (10' x 20')
objectives of the University and to
Conf. Table (12); 334-Albany
interpret
t h e s e aims and
Student Press, Executive and
objectives to the student body
Editorial Area.
and to the broader community as
344, 345, 346, 347, 348, 349, well.
382—Offices for Stu. Ass'n
5. T o assist the Student
Officers, S.A. Secretary, Standing Association and the University in
Committees of Central Council, the evaluation of rules and
L.A.A.C, Commission for Relig, regulations pertaining to the
Affairs,
Academic
Affairs students and to refer suggestions
Commission; File space .and,I regarding these rules and
committee-meeting space, D/i^Oy,, regulations ^to'' the appropriate
mimeograph facilities; Storage o|', bodies.
supplies (These space assignments
6. To act in concert with the
within the area to be determined''
Student' Association and the
by President, Student Associafeirtw n
'tJri'VorsitJI-"in contemplating the
353—Vending
Alcov.ej; ) r ,
filtufe' 'h'e'iitis of the student body
355-Poster Service; 356, 357,
and the University community.
358, 361, 364-Department of
Student Activities, Professional,
Secretarial Offices; 367-Projoct
Room, Short-term use by student
groups. (Assignment of space by
professional staff.)
370 Meeting Room (20' x
20'),
Conf. style (22);
373-Meeting Room (20' x 20'),
Conf. Style (20); 375-Meeting
Room (30' x 40'), Conf. style
(40) (Also luncheons and dinners
up to 72).
Brown bestows offices
The third floor of the Campus
Center has recently been taken
over by students. Not in the
Columbia or Harvard manner, but
rather by student organizations
that have been given needed office
room.
The take over occurred after
Easter Vacation when the music
department moved into the new
Performing Arts Center. The move
had been anxiously awaited by
student leaders for most of the
semester.
Mr. Neil C. Brown, Director of
the Campus Center, announced
the following room assignments to
take effect with all convenient
Journalism in oratory
Beyond Black Power
Nat Hentoff, a professional
journalist, will speak on Friday
April 2B at 8:00 in Draper Hall.
The topic of his lecture is "Black
Power and Beyond," concerning
the r e l a t i o n s h i p of white
responsibility and the drive! for
bluck power and autonomy. " 7 '
Hentoff is sponsored byv> The
Forum of Politics and the Equal
Opportunity Committee.
Hentoff has written many
articles on the need of black
people to unify and of the white
community to support black in
controlling
t^ ei r own
communities.
He has rejected traditional
liberalism as oriented on working
within the political system on the
national level. He thinks change
has to come on the local level
with t h e reorganization of
community control
Hentoff considers himself to be
a radical humanist in that he
rejects revolutionary militancy
but wants to liberate society from
traditional limitations to a new
through the courts and in 1963
won the landmark decision that
affected
reapportionment
decisions involving the United
States Congress and state
legislatures across the nation.
Mr. Abram was appointed
president of Brandeis University
in 1968 to succeed Dr. Abram L.
Sachar.
The lecture will be open to the
public without charge.
sense of community.
E d u c a t e d at Northeastern
University, Harvard University
and the Sarbonne, Hentoff began
writing on jazz but later became
more involved with political and
social change. Besides having
written about race relations in his
book, "The New Equality," he
has written about drug addiction
and education.
SODA
His talk is part of a weekund
s y m p o s i u m entitled, "Black
Power and White Responsibility."
The second part, on Saturday, will
be a number of workshops dealing
with the topics of education, jobs,
housing, the role of young radicals
and religion. The worshops are
open to the public.
Write*
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Dippikill to host
debate
tourney
A debate tournament, the first
lot its kind on the East Coast, will
be held this weekend April 17-19
under the sponsorship of the
Forensics Union. It will consist of
two rounds of Lincoln-Douglas
debates, which occurs mainly on
the West Coast, two rounds of
impromptu debate, and one round
of parliamentary debate.
The
first
"Dippikill
Tournament in the Woods" has as
its purpose the fostering of
communications; therefore, there
will be no judging of the debates
nor will a "win" or "loss" be
ascribed to any debate. The
sponsoring group states that the
location of the tournament at
Camp Dippikill and theGoodman
Place, the university recreation
area in the Adirondacks, will
provide a relaxed atmosphere
which
should
facilitate
communications.
The schools participating are
College of St. Rose, Ithaca
College, SUNY College at
Geneseo, Northeastern University,
Susquehanna
University,
Pennsylvania Slate, lona College,
Hunter College, Queens College,
and t h e M e r c h a n t
Marine
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Albany State's lacrosse club takes on its second'opponent of the
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of tha
season
this State's
Saturday
afternoon
Twoono'clock
in the "bowl" behind
the gymnasium. Their opponent will be Castleton State College of
Vermont,
Castleton, a varsity team for the past four years, plays some of the
toughest teams in the northeast and will be no pushover for State.
Last year, they were an unimpressive 0-6, but have eight returning
lettermen on a twenty-six man squad. Their lop scorer last year was
Harry Evans who scored ten goals in six games. Their co-captains are
defenseman Bob Rotella and midfielder Bob Maretta. Castleton Is
coached by Dick Terry.
State's squad is in tact after a hard-fought victory last Saturday
against Mohawk lacrosse club. "R.B." Sechrist and Dave Riegelcame
up with foot trouble during the week, but will be able to assume their
regular starting defense positions on Saturday. Mark Werder, a
sophomore midfielder, is recovering from pulled leg muscles but will
also be ready to go.
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As Danes Power By Siena
by Tom Nixon
Tom Nixon
The hvAlbany
State baseball
squad upped its record to three
wins and two losses as they
downed
S i e n a this past
Wednesday, 7-4.
The first home game of the
for tha ~
Rourke open Albany's half of the
first inning with a drive over the
left field fence.
Albany went on to score three
more runs in the first and built up
a lead which Siena never
The Dane Crossmen will be looking to extend their unbeaten streak
to eight over a two year period on Saturday. Last year, the club was
5-0-1, a tie with tough Corning Community College marring a perfect
record. Looking beyond Saturday's encounter, coach Silvey's charges
will play at home against Cobleskill Ag. and Tech. next Wednesday
and then travel to Rochester Instituteof Technology on Saturday.
Tennis Travels North
Albany State's varsity tennis team travels north this weekend for
encounters with Pittsburgh State (on Friday) and Potsdam State (on
Saturday). The team, yet to be tested this season, is strong with
returners and solid transfers and sophomores from last year's frosh
squad.
Playing in the number one position will be last year's top Dane,
Ron McDermott. Ron posted an 8-2 singles record last year. In the
number two spot will be basketballer Dave Hawley, a transfer from
RPI who sat out last year. Ken Fishman will play in the third position.
Ken was the undefeated number one man on last year's frosh team.
Filling the number four position will be sophomore Ted Rosenberg,
Ted, like Fishman, was undefeated last year as a freshman. Ross
Pusatere will be the number five starter for coach Lewis' team. He is a
transfer from Fordham and lives in nearby Watervliet. Norm Walton, a
junior transfer from Corning Community College will be the number
six singles man.
The pairings in the doubles matches will be McDermott and Hawley
(no. 1), Fishman and Rosenberg (no. 2), and Pusatere and sophomore
Bruce Hettesheimer.
Hawley sprained his ankle at practice on Thursday and may not be
able to make the trip. If so, Hettesheimer would become the number
six singles player. How much of a damper Dave's injury may put on
Albany's victory hopes is not known yet.
i
THIS PLAY WAS CLOSE, but the score wasn't, as the Danes went on
to defeat Sienna 7-4 Wednesday.
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Photo by Simmons
a/
Rich Spiers contributed a
two-run single in the first and
then stole home for the fourth
run of the inning.
Albany came right back in the
second with three more runs as
Tom Brook's double and singles
by Jack Sinnott and Spiers
brought the runs across the plate.
George Webb won his second
game of the year without a loss as
B* pitched the first seven innings
of the game before giving way to
George Margin in the eighth.
In seven innings, Webb allowed
just three hits while striking out
eleven and walking one.
Although the Danes could not
put across a run in the last seven
Innings, the seven they scored in
the first two proved more than
enough as Siena never seriously
threatened until the eighth inning
when they scored twice.
In their first five games, the
Danes have displayed a powerful
lineup as they have consistently
pushed runs across the plate. The
Danes overall attack is much more
powerful than has been the
situation in recent years.
In addition, Albany's pitching
staff has shown itself to have not
only outstanding individuals, but
excellent depth as well.
State Trackmen Bow Twice
Run At Hartwick Tomorrow
The Albany State track team
suffered its second straight double
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defeat this Wednesday as they
Westchester won the meet with
were outscored by both Westchest
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State and Montclair State.
registering 43'/4 and Albany 11
The trackmen were unable to
capture a first place in the meei as
Westchester
completely
dominated the competition.
P a r t i c i p a t i n g under poor
Albany State's varsity golf team weather conditions as well as an
registered a double victory this unusual track, many of the nines
week as they overcame both Siena and field events were won Willi
performances well below par
and Central Connecticut State.
Albany's top performances
State shut out Siena, 7-0,
impressively as Mark Gertzberg came from George Rolling and Sol
shot a team low of 76 on the Moshenburg. Rolling took secmd
in both the mile and two nnl<
par-71 Saratoga Springs course.
Captain Dave Breiter played runs, while MoshenburH tied lor
well in leading the rest of the second in the high jump and i
squad who all posted between second in the broad jump
In nddition to Rolling mi"-i
eighty-two and eighty-four on the
scorers for Albany in the running
rugged course.
events
were: Savoni, fourth in ihe
Playing in the rest of the
positions for the Varsity wore 220; Roy, third in the Mo and
Tom Patterson, Brian Hill, Gary Breslin fourth; Gepfert, fourth in
Turton, Ken Jurat, and Larry the mile; Parker fourth in the I:'"
Jurst.
high hurdles and fourth in the I HI
Central Connecticut, always a intermediate hurdles; and Albany
tough opponent, went down to second in the mile relay.
defeat 6-1. The team's next match
is tomorrow at Onoonta State.
Albany's next meet is a dual
The frosh open their season next meet against Hartwick lumon iw
Wednesday.
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ON CINEMA
by michael nolin & diana dalley
THE PRIME OF MISS JEAN
BRODIE has been advertised as
"simply great." The truth of the
matter is that it is simply awful. If
one stood outside the theater, he
would probably think the film
hilarious. Once inside, however,
he would realize the audience was
laughing at the movie instead of
with it.
In today's era of million dollar
productions there is no such thing
as a film which has nothing to
offer; although MISS JEAN
BRODIE comes close. True there
is Pamela Frankin's nude body,
but almost all of today's films
have some flesh scenes. Miss
Frankin has some fine features
but the scene is done blandly and
with almost no artistic value.
Director Robert Neame took a
bad play and made a worse movie.
Maggie Smith is a fine actress
(She played the secretary in "The
VIPs) but she is miscast as the
tragically romantic Miss Brodie.
She plays the occasionally funny
classroom scenes well, but in the
parts
that
require
the
"passionate" Miss Brodie to
b e c o m e o v e r w r o u g h t , she
overacts. This can hardly be
blamed entirely on Miss Smith;
actually Jay Allyn's screenplay is
filled with this kind of blatant
inconsistency.
Exhibit opening
plus rare films
on State Quad
The Art Council will sponsor
the opening of the Art Covncil
Collection in a reception in the
U-Loungo of the State Quad, on
Saturday evening at H.00 p.m. on
April 26th. Among the wide
variety of prints on display will be
the "Bonnie and Clyde" series by
Robert Rauschenbcrg.
As an added attraction Mr.
Morris Markowitz will present rare
films and a talk on the Voodoo
religion. Voodoo is the religion of
over five million people, including
over ten thousand in the New
York area. These films have been
shown on British television.
NOTICE
Music Council announces that
the Paul Jacobs' April 21st
concert will be cancelled.
Technically the movie is even
worse. The camera work is often
less adept than some first year
film students'. Mistakes in depth
of field were obvious. That is to
say, background objects go in and
out
of
focus
almost
i n d i s c r i m i n a t e l y . Cameramen
often throw the depth of fieldout
of focus to enhance an effect. In
this case though no effect is
enhanced, all that is shows the
a m a t e u r incompetence which
went into the production of this
film. These poor qualities are
further noticed in the color tone
changes which occur with the
changing of each reel.
All in all, THE PRIME OF
MSS JEAN BRODIE is not worth
the celluloid it is printed on.
To the Editors:
I noted with interest a review
of the film "The Fixer," by
Cheryl Kupras in the Tuesday,
March 11 Issue of the ASP.
Interestingly enough, while I
a g r e e with most of her
conclusions (fine acting, good
film, easy empathy by audience,
etc.) I believe she managed to miss
the entire thrust of the film, both
in its major points and in the
innuendos.
Not to say that she is alone. I
also feel Frankenheimer made the
same mistake in his interpretation
of the book, so Miss Kupras is in
good
company,
if
my
interpretation is correct.
Both Frankenheimer and Miss
Kupras seem to view Yakov Bok,
the Jew from the vantagepoint of
Christianity. I found the Christ
symbolism somehwhataverbearing
in the film, most especially the
"Calvary" scene at the end. To
anyone who has read Malamud's
book, it is obvious that any
complaints about changing the
meaning of the book can only be
regarded as the grossest of
understatements.
Miss Kupras compounds the
crime. She concerns herself with
the "martyrdom" of Bok. Her
answer to the question of what he
is a martyr to is "surely not to his
religion."
Therein lies what I believe to be
the actual central point of tbe
story. Yakov Bok is a Jew. Many
Jews throughout history have
tried to deny or at least play
down their Jewishness. "I am not
a political man," Yakov Bok says
not only for himself, but for
thousands, even millions of other
Russian Jews of his time, and even
German and Polish Jews of
another time. "Who cares what
you say. You are a Jew," is the
answer given to him by Tsar
Nicholas II and Hitler. "You
cannot deny your heritage."
Yakov Bok, the symbol, has
been accused of ritual murder of a
little boy. His accusers say he
drained the blood from the boy to
take to the synagogue for the
making of Passovermatzo. For this
"crime" he is persecuted through
the story, just as Jews throughout Bok can only be Judiaam. He can
the ages have been persecuted and only be all of the Jew*
i killed by the thousand s and throughout the history who have
millions through pogroms or been subjected to "every possible
"final solutions" for similar means of instult and degradation
' crimes.
to his humanity and still
• In the citiation given to remaiined strong," in Miss Kupras'
Malamud by the National Book words.
Award judges committee, Yakov
He can only be the millions of
Bok is described as. "a man who Jews who have tried to hide the
finds himself a stranger in his fact of their heritage, aa Yakov
community and simultaneously a Bok tried to do; who have tried to
victim of the irrational prejudices say "I am not a political man," as
of the crowd, and the arbitrary Yakov Bok tried to do; who have
procedures of the agents of the tried to make believe that
remote and inaccessible state anit-semitism is a thing of the
power which controls its past. They all evenutally learn, as
destinies."
Yakov Bok did, that whatever
"I am an unpolitical man" they may consider themselves, the
Yakov Bok says again and again. rest of the world still considers
Yet, at the climactic point in the them Jews.
book he proclaims "One thing I've
They all eventually learn that in
learned...there's no such thing as the second decade of the
an unpolitical man, especially a twentieth century they can be
Jew...You can't sit still and see accused of ritual murder by
yourself destroyed."
millions of Russinas; that In the
If Yakov Bok must be a symbol fourth decade of the twentieth
to all of the nation's movie critics, century they can be held
let it not be Miss Kupras' "All responsible for all of the ills of a
religious boundaries are done Western nation. Does the fact that
away with in his mind" at the this is the sixth decade of the
point he realizes that Christ was a twentieth century mean the entire
Jew.
world has become rational?
If he must be a symbol, Yakov Martin D. Schwartz >
Excellent concert
given by Gilman
by Warren Burt
That Albany State has spared
no pains to obtain the best
available talent for its music
department became quite evident
Monday night when flutist Irvin
Oilman, assisted by pianist
Findlay Cockrell and cellist John
Gobcrman, gave an unusual,
varied, and highly pleasing
concert. He played with greut
fluency and ease, and with a clear,
full, and rich tone. Throughout,
both accompanists shined in their
work, especially Goberman in the
Villa-Lobofl "Jet Whistle."
The program opened with
Harol Laudenslager's "Evocation"
for solo flute, a lyric work which
owod more to its lyricism for its
appeal than it did to its
modernism. The very good
performance this work received
was almost more than it deserved,
I thought. Next on the program
wus the only stundard piece for
the whole evening-lhe Bach
Sonata in g minor for Flute,
harpsichord, and cello. This piece
offered
not only
findlay
Cockrell's area d e b u t
on
harpsichord, but also some
extremely fine playing in the
difficult last movement.
The Villa-Lobofl "Assobio o
Jato" (The Jet Whistle), for flutn
and cello, the next offering on the
program was the high point of the
evening. This fairly modern work
was not only pleasing in its
melodies, and interesting in its
effects, but seemed to have
considerable depth as well, more
than people usually ascribe to
Villa-Lobos.
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featured three unknown pieces;
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a modorn 12-tone piece by the
Irish-Indian composer, Patrick
Jaswant Gandhi, a trio sonata for
flute, acello and piano by Gabriele
Pierno written in 1927 for the
Elisabeth Sprague Coolidge
F o u n d a t i o n , and the 1851
Fantaisie for flute and piano by
that
forgotten
Romantic,
Geogesllue, The Gandhi I though
interesting but not very sound
compositionally, but the two
French pieces wore delightful.
And although at times they were
as meaningful as popcorn, their
cheery tunefulness, especially in
the Pierne, more than made up for
this fact. For an encore, the
"Dance of the Blessed Spirits"
from Gluck's Orpheus was played.
This type of program is the type I
would like to see more of, because
many of these forgotten old
chestnuts are not only pleasing,
but occasionally meaningful as
well'
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All right, who did it? Whooo
did it? Some freak or straight
picked up thirty shekels two
weeks ago, or maybe they got
bought off some other way. I
don't know, it may have been me.
Isn't there a quote someplace,
"As you have done to the least of
them, so have you done unto
me?" Who have you crucified
lately? (You don't have to use
nails and a hammer you know.)
Stoning people with pieces of
rock has been out of fashion in
this country for a little while, but
we have invented a goodly
number of substitutes.
How many bigots have you
counted in the last month? If you
bothered to count them, then
you're one too.
What are you; a professor, a
student, or maybe even a
secretary or an administrator. Are
you black or white? A Jew or a
Christian (tsk-tsk) or even a
Muslim? What are you, a man or a
beast?
Humans should be able to be
people first. Doing a good job
thare takes away the need to
establish your own little
dominance hierarchy (that's
psychological talk). That's also
what most animals do.
By DAN SABIA, JR.
"Avoid loud and aggressive
persons, they are vexations to the
spirit. If you compare yourself
with others, you may become vain
and bitter? for always there will
be greater and lesser persons than
yourself.
Enjoy
your
achievements as well as your
plans."
"Keep interested in your own
career, however humble; it is a
real possession in the changing
fortunes of time. Exercise caution
in your business affairs; for the
world is full of trickery. But let
this not blind you to what virtue
there is; many persons strive for
high ideals; and everywhere life is
full of heroism."
"Be yourself. Especially, do not
feign affection. Neither be cynical
about love; for in the face of ail
aridity and disenchantment it is
perennial as the grass."
"Take kindly the counsel of the
years, gracefully surrendering the
things of youth. Nurture strength
of spirit to shield you in sudden
misfortune. But do not distress
yourself with imaginings. Many
fears are born of fatigue and
lonliness. Beyond a wholesome
discipline, be gentle with
yourself."
"You are a child of the
Universe, no less than the trees
Desiderata
and the stars; you have a right to
be here. And whether or not it is
Just how does one go about
clear to you, no doubt the
being a good human being?
Universe is unfolding as it
"Desiderata"; found in Saint
should."
Paul's Church, dated 1692.
"Therefore be a peace with
"Go placidly amid the noise, God, whatever you conceive Him
and haste and remember what to be, and whatever your labors
peace there may be in silence. As and aspirations, in the noisey
far as possible without surrender confusion of life keep peace with
be on good terms with all persons. your soul."
Speak your truth quietly and
"With all it's sham, drudgery
clearly; and listen to others, even and broken dreams, it is still a
the dull and ignorant; they too beautiful world. Be careful. Strive
have their story,"
to be happy."
The Romantic mind has certainly a rough time of
It in this computerized, scientific, polluted world.
Both external and internal "feeling" has
disappeared, for outwardly one must be hygenic,
and inwardly, the mind swirls among rapids of swift,
cold waters.
Such a bleak life is the price paid for America
1969, the microcosmic world of SUNYA being a
case in point. Ivy towers have been replaced by the
steel beam and the skeleton of structural concrete.
The. vision is one of windows without mosaic,
fountains without lilies, classrooms without color.
Teacher and student, colorless also and irrelevant
besides, remain nameless, aimless, mindless. That is
SUNYA, and that too is America.
What a pity, this loss of the Romantic! The arts,
particularly theatre and movie, as if in a last, quite
unsuccessful attempt to regain the toss of feeling,
have settled instead for emotional shock and
assorted vulgarities of sex, perversion, and violence.
Popular music, an admixture of noise on
non-thought, has similarly missed the swooning
heights of what was once a romantic possibility.
Solitude, once sought for a time "when the whole
body is one sense (Thoreau), is gone. Today,
solitude is either forced or impossible; forced by the
push of computerized pressure, impossible to escape
from the pull of mass culture. Confinement has
become loneliness; solitude, absurd. Solitude is no
longer a pleasure to delight in; it is a soldier in
Viei mm.
Science too has worked it's wonders. Imgaine
seeking solace—just a few minutes mind you -under
So too is cleanliness. This is hygenic America:
sterilized, plasticized, containerized, cellophaned,
packaged. Hands and teeth, not to mention the
armpits, are to be pure at all times, while minds are
allowed to wallow in the gutters of American cities
and the morass of mass society.
Governments are big, brutal, stupid; people small,
brutal, stupid. Budgets are for destruction.
Production is for pollution. Affluence is for
television sets and 409 supercharged, superduper,
rubber wheeled iron coffins.
Words have become empty, bodies fulfill
functions, senses are measured. Minds are
extrapolated, analyzed, stretched, and frozen or
discarded. Nowhere is essence, quality, feeling.
Everywhere is nowhere, and nowhere is here, USA
1969.
Via %ltkhM /ctctutt
By
Stu Rothchlld
Over the years numerous
Congressmen, led by Senator
Ribicoff
have introduced
legislation to provide tax relief for
higher educational expenses.
This year legislation has been
reintroduced in the House Ways
and Means Committee by Rep.
Garner E. Shrivcr of Kansas. His
bill would provide for any
taxpayer a creditagainst his annual
Federal tax liability of up to $325
How to take a course in anatomy
and stay awake in physics.
If you don't want to give up
everything physical for physics,
we have something for you.
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the unstimulating morning after.
Nothing you can buy without a
fu|| m o o n during summer: Alas, an impossibility
this summer, for some guy will be walking around
up there, watching you while you watch it.
Thanks to science, everywhere is people.
But it is not just the confinement of space; it is
also
the
contraction
of
time.
Today-tomorrow-yesterday are but one in the same,
separate no longer by dark and light and day by
day, but by the arbitrary divisions of an
unconcerned clock, splitting days into hours and
hours into minutes and minutes into seconds.
Escaping reality translates to escaping time, and in
America 1969, this is a crime, punishable by death
or banishment. No one is late for dinner, for
punctuality is next to godliness.
a
prescription has a stronger stimulant.
And NoDoz is not habit forming.
So after a course in anatomy has done
something for your ego,
take two NoDoz and do
something for your grades.
on the first $1500 paid by him for
higher education expenses for
himself or any other individual.
These expenses include tuition,
fees, b o o k s , supplies, and
equipment required in any
institution of higher education.
In a speech to the House on
February 5, Rep. Shriver said:
"educated citizens are truly our
greatest natural resource...we
cannot afford to turn our backs
on the source of our strength."
Every student and parent
knows that the expense of
providing a college education has
been rising in recent years, and
that it will rise even more in the
future. Our major problem Rep.
Shriver says "is to find the best
solution to ease the financial
burden of the parents of college
students, and, in turn, also benefit
our institutions of higher
education."
Rep. Shriver argues that it is
the responsibility of the members
of Congress to devise a solution to
this cost problem which wilt
benefit both moderate and
low-income families and students.
"We must preserve the healthy
diversity in our higher education
system by assisting all of our
institutions, be tluy large or
small, public or private. And most
important, we must accomplish
these goals with the least amount
of governmental interference in
our educational community."
While not a cure-all, the income
tax credit bill will, if passed
provide relief for strained family
budgets, and allow for the
continued independence and
diversity of our institutions of
higher education.
Studies indicate that under this
bill 62 percent of the dollar
benefit of the tax credit would go
to families with incomes between
$3,000 and $10,000 per year.
These families comprise 82
percent of our population.
Ninety-one percent of the benefits
would go to families with incomes
below $20,000.
Rep. Shriver calls the tax credit
for higher education expenses "a
workable
s o l u t i o n to a
growing national problem," and
urged his colleagues to "assure
that the future of our fine
educational system will be
m a i n t a i n e d and that the
thousands of qualified present and
future students will be able to
enjoy the benefits of the highest
quality
higher education
possible."
Draft resistance
WASHINGTON (CPS)-Drafl
resistance is rapidly becoming one
of the most frequent Federal
crimes, ranking behind only auto
theft and immigration infractions.
Federal judges, in response, arc
meting
out penalties of
unprecedented severity, but
without much visible effect on
draft disobedience.
At least 2,200 draft cases are
now pending in the courts.
In 1968, prison sentences for
draft violations averaged 37.3
months, compared with 32
months in 1967.
Afro-Americai
gains new faculty
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Pass-Fail statement
Cont. from page 3
now available on this campus: my
Commission's opinion poll, in
which
total
S-U
wa«
overwhelmingly supported in
contrast to anything else but total
S-U (the present system, partial
pass fall, or other modification)
and the survey taken last year by
U n i v e r s i t y College which
indicated an even greater majority
favored at least one pasa-fail
course per semester, but on their
own choice!
demand, for three differently
graded sections of each course,
near demands for written
evaluation!, or the mental
gymnastics of trying to uae several
different grading method, in a
•ingle course, but let the faculty
and department, further reply to
those who would place on' their
shoulders the nightmare of using
practically this proposal to the
satisfaction of all concerned.
memb
Therefore, I seek to have the
The Commission fully agree, paragraph in queetion retracted
to p a r t i c i a t e inwe W r e
and has already expressed the not because Academic Affairs
new meetings nor were we even
need for further gathering of Commission has judged, on the
informed of the plan to hold them
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student
and faculty opinion. Be basis of evidence and sensible
Groher, Inc. where he was with P / )
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educator, (I read about them in the ASP,
we
added the suggestion that projections and considerations of
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the Africa division of the Lands 7? £
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Peoples Encyclopedia, ne ^u|
be there! meeting for this week.)
more
information
b e all pass-fail systems, that the
and
Peoples
Encyclopedia.
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there I
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formerly
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editor He
of Z
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disseminated. Perhaps we should ability to choose both S-U and
Weekend,
Please do not misunderstand
the
Wonderful
World
n u- ,
have specified-we meant true
me. The Commission is not
A-E courses within a semester is
u>momed
information!
Encyclopedia and an editorial
with P.W. will be the concerned with gratitude or
not in the best interest of the
State
Fair
researcher of New Book of ""."""J
and the etiquette in this matter; it is not
Let's face the facts. The student, of the faculty and
Knowledge Encyclopedia
aed'cation of the podium. All even seeking official recognition
proposed partial pass-fail system departments, or of the reputation
Mr. Edoho holds a Teacher's Z v l 7 T ""' tak > place from as the highest student body
gives the choice to the faculty. and quality of SUNYA. This is
Higher Certificate from St. Mary's
Only if an instructor happens not our opinion, but we are not foes
designated by Central Council in
Teachers College, Ebak, East
to choose will the choice be up to o f rational dialogue and
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the field of academics-the same
Nigeria; a Bachelor of Arts from
the student, and even then the disagreement honestly defended
Allen to Speak
b o d y t h a t , n r e s p o n s e t o student
Lincoln
University
in
faculty member may refuse to use by those who feel another system
James Allen, just recently requests to us (the "proper
the written evaluation method.
Pennsylvania; and a Master of Arts appointed U.S. Commissioner of channel" in student government),
might solve current problems
from Duquesne University in Education, will speak as the guest sought such reforms as the recent
First of all, the Commission better.
Pittsburgh. His undergraduate of the University. This will be a elimination of 4 of the 124 hours
feels the best goals of pass-fail can
Whether current problems are
only be fully realized if the course solved or not, I demand the
major was political science and he part of the dedication ceremonies, formerly needed for graduation;
is taught on an S-U basis. If a retraction for a much more
specialized in international to be held Saturday night, the same body that has financed
free of charge Sorrt
to all, the excellent job done by the student is luckyenoughto find one important reason, one deeply
relations at the graduate level
w i | |Breakfast,
f e a ture'a7addreTbV
section of the course he wants not involving all of us on campus. This
SECT committee; and so on.
. ? " ? y „ . M ' 8 a d 0 C ' ° / a E . Chesin, Associate Dean of
However, it is a little surprising offered A-E but left to student university has an excellent,
student at the New School for S t u d e n t 6 T h i 8 e v e n t „ „ , b e h e l d
to read the Committee on choice and if that section happens long-standing record as one place
Socu,l Research, New York, where S u n d
momi
m
he is specializing in international C e n t e r B a l l r o o m
Academic Standing's contention to fit into his schedule, he may where rational, reasonablylaw and diplomacy. Mr. Edoho s
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that
"the student body must be still only receive an S-U, nothing •expressed student opinion has
professional affiliations include
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heard," especially when one more, since a handful of students not met with huge credibility gaps
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considers that no apparent might desire A-E grading and the , nor with faculty or adminstration
the American
Political
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A
nPan African
0Students
attention has been taken of instructor, out of fairness to put-ons. I am disappointed and
Association,
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j Weekend Banquet. A choice Prime student opinion expressed them, might teach on an A-E basis angered to see "faculty choice"
served in a t h r o u g h my Commission, after all. Or he might teach S-U (which the faculty may well not
the
Federation
of Catholic
Organization
in the Americas,
and Ribs
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tasteful atmosphere will be expressed by my Commission's and give that handful an even choose on reflection) extended to
Teachers Association.
Mr. Gilliam will come to the followed by an informal dessert open hearing (at which 30 rougher A-E estimate than now students under the guise of
campus in June to assist in the reception to be held in the lounge students voted for total S-U, while exists.
"student choice" and "diversity."
preparation of the new academic areas of the residence halls. This only 2 of the remaining 9 voted
Let us have no pretensions that
Then
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parents
the
offering. He currently is an
;his proposed system will give a
for this partial system), or
Commission
is
totally
wrong
in
its
opportunity
to
mingle
with
attorney with the Legal Aid
-iUNYA undergraduate a real
expressed by the only indexes of
beliefs that all courses taken by a chance to take all courses S-U or
students and other parents.
student opinion on this subject
student in any one semester all courses A-E; let us not pretend
should be all S-U or all A-E. Still, he can take the courses he wants
if there is to be a choice, surely a S-U and receive letter grades in all
partial system should be instituted courses in which he wishes that
that gives that choice to the distinction.
s t u d e n t s . The
supposed
justifications given by the
However,
I
do
need
to
say
something.
Committee
on
Academic
Standing The Commission for Academic
continued from page 8
The hunger pangs in the stomach of a Ilia f ran support this. But just as surely, in Affairs has been criticized for
child magnified as they are echoed by 2/3 of his thin partial system, the choice in having too much faith in and hope
to go up again this coming academic year! A new
contemporaries have a far more effective message almost all cases will not be by the for the students, faculty and
policy on the Student Activity Assessment (Student
than any words I can think of.
students'!
Tax) was presented for review. This bill called for
SUNYA as a whole. But the
The plowed flesh of a Vietnamese child and the
allowing all students to vote in election, and not just
As a matter of fact, this sytem Committee on Academic Standing
bone infections of his companions express my will not give complete choice to now wishes us to accept
those who have paid the Student Activity
concern far more eloquently than anything I could faculty, either-not in the face of mathematical and administrative
Assessment. Two changes for Election Procedures
write.
were approved. Central Council also established a
administrative
reshuffling, miracles!
Committee to discuss and recommend to Central
The moans of an old woman who must disturb
Council the Price Differentials for ALL activities for
half a hospital wing because her family can not
the 1969=70 academic year. Additionally, the
afford to have her die alone conveys my message.
budget of MYSKANIA was approved.
The one tenth of our population suffering from
mental illness, crippled children, retarded children
I think that it is very much unfair to the Student
and cancer victims all speak for me.
Body that the ASP, the only campus newspaper,
The establishments of this world have ignored
should be careless enough not to send a reporter to
these needs to spend 150 to 200 billion dollars on
the meetings. A point of information: Central
the game of power politics. Can we afford to ignore
Council meetings are open to anyone and are held
these needs and let our money go to pot?
each Thursday evening at 7:30 pm in Campus
Let us have a truly revolutionary increase in the
Center 375.
range of our experience. Let us open ourselves to
the unfilled needs of our brothers. If we choose to
Terry D. Mathias
ignore these needs we no longer be revolutionaries
Vice-Chairman,Central Council
or visionaries but will instead become mere
escapists.
Love is cheaper than pot or a sugar cube of LSD.
Love also opens our minds to new horizons. And
Love requires more guts and more commitments
than either.
To the Editors:
In reference to WALTER and "Rites of Spring."
very truly yours,
i once felt moved to say something regarding a
Walter John Clark
bail fund for those accused of drug offences and
former student and frequent visitor to
money spent to secure the privilege of drug use.
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course, to be offered in the fall.
He come, to the University from
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Comment
Decision-Making
Often, It is not until a specific c u e of inequity arises that the
University Community is made aware of the problems inherent in a
decision-making process. The cases of Dr. Waterman and Mrs. Rhoads
have simply awakened the University Community to the significant
errors in the present system.
While the term appointment is designed to insure fluidity within
the faculty, it is also intended as a recruitment method for
searching-out able teachers, and scholars who will become permanent
faculty members. It is this latter function which is being ignored here.
When teachers' of the caliber' of Waterman and Rhoads are
discovered, i t ' behooves the University to retain their services.
Somehow, the opposite seems to be happening in this case.
Furthermore, the Faculty Handbook outlines certain criteria which
are to be applied to the teaching faculty in the deliberations on the
granting of promotions and tenure-cases, incidentally, similar to that
now before the University Community. These criteria are:
TEACHING, SCHOLARSHIP, and SERVICES TO SUNYA or
EXTERNAL ORGANIZATIONS. Within this last and, according to
the Faculty Handbook, less important function, falls the idea of a
"constructive department member," which it is implied, Waterman
and Rhoads have not been.
If being a "constructive department member" entails not speaking
out in opposition to the majority view on issues within the
department perhaps this criteria has not been met by these two
individuals.
However, this brings into question the whole idea of intellectual
integrity. Is it in the interest of a department or University for junior
members of that department who have both new ideas and firm
conviction, to keep these contributions to themselves in order to
maintain their positions? This seems to be the question in these two
cases. And we, at least, must answer this question in the negative.
From the statements made in relation to the cases of Dr. Waterman
and Mrs. Rhoads, we can come to no other conclusion than that the
above analysis of the situation is correct. For the sake of our own
belief in the baste structure of the decision-making process and the
faith of the entire University Community in the policies by which it is
being governed, we would welcome proof that we are wrong,
Although officially the faculty and administration are not
answerable to the students at this time, ultimately it is our education
which is involved. It is with this, and this alone, that we are
concerned.
We therefore, reiterate bur request that the department reconsider
the cases of Waterman and Rhoads on their merits as teachers,
scholars, and contributors to the University community as a whole.
And we hope that both the final decision in these specific cases, and
the obviously much needed policy changes for the betterment of the
overall system, will be in the interest of a University dedicated to the
education of its students.
Military Suppression
Many Americans today view with horror the suppression of
individual liberties in Communist nations. Staunch American and
Yafers boldly hold forth on the greatness of American Freedom and
counter any criticism of this nation with the cry of "Find someplace
better!"
Whether there is an alternative or not to this nation, we find
appalling the fact that ihc U.S. Army is using some of the suppressive
tactics that all Americans, staunch or not, deplore.
A case in point is the recent Presidio controversy. It seems that the
Armed Forces is intent upon covering up dissension within the ranks,
and seems to believe that meting out harsh sentences (far out of
proportion to the crime actually committed) is the way to do this.
Even more distressing is the recent case involving a young G. I.,
who was Editor of an anti-war underground newspaper. The Army
discovered his position, and promptly gave him a dishonorable
discharge. This will hamper him in civilian life in attaining
employment and in other areas of daily living. The public relations
officer at his base stated that this soldier had in no way violated Army
regulations, except for the fact that he had edited the paper.
The right to dissent is a guarantee in our constitution. In a position
where national security is not imperiled, the right to voice opinion
contrary to government policy musr be jealously guarded.
It must be realized that not only can it can happen herc-but it
does. The U. S. Military has denied basic rights to Americans time and
again. We are dismayed at the military's desire to destroy dissent.
THE ASP NEEDS TECHNICAL
WORKERS!
Call 2190 or
come to office - Room 323 C.C. from 7-10
ANY WEEKDAY NIGHT,
VM.tVNo. 0UO
SttU University of Ne» York at Albany
mandatory
tax
.inevitable?
Tuttday, April 32 1969
Tax referendum tobe included
in Spring election package %
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Psych. Profs Speaks
Nathe to choose for us what issues should be given
consideration; if he wishes to rally support for any
issue he deems important, ha is free to do so. I,
however see "something scary" about the loss of
excellent teaching ability in our University. No valid
issue is "beneath" concerned students.
To the Editors:
We'd like to take this opportunity to comment
on the statements and issues that have been brought
out concerning the nonrenewal of our contracts.
First of all, let us say that we concur with
President Collins that we have not been "fired," and
Sincerely,
that we are in complete agreement that the
Sandi R. Weinroth
Psychology Department has the legal right not to
renew our term appointments. The press, both on
and off this campus, has given coverage to the fact
that no clear reasons were given for this decision, m t n e Editors •
While we admit to being curious about the reasons,
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her that we have no objection to her making them ^unoU h a d d o n e o n l y b u d g e t s during t h e t w o
public.) Furthermore, compared to the other issues meetings
i m m e d i a t o | y preceding Easter Recess, I let
the students are raising, we think that this question i t b „ k n o w „ t o v a r i o u 8 A s p p e r s o n n e l t h a t m a n y
is of minor importance.
b i | | 8 w o u | d b e p r e g e n t e d a t t n e A p r i l 1 0 t n me eting.
As we see it, the major issues are: 1) When there
A f e w very i m p o r t a n t m e a s u r e s w e t e prese„ted
is strong, responsibly expressed, student sentiment l b a t „ | g h t w h i c h a r e o f
t importance t o the
that a professor remain at this university, should s t u d o n l b o d y T h e C o u n c i , e s t a b l i s h e d t h a t a
this professor be allowed to continue teaching here? r e f ( , r o n d u m o n „ m a n d a t o r y assessment for Student
2) What criteria are used in mak.ng this type of A v i a t i o n ah all be held in conjunction with the
decision, and among these criteria what is the S p r i n g E l e c U o n 8 f o r C e n t r a , C o u n c i l a n d L i v i
ordering of pnonties? 3) Should a system, and the Atm MMta
commission. There is much more
individuals in that system, be flexible enough to in f or . mation o f v i t a | i m p o r tance to be had on this
allow for the reconsideration of a decision when
new evidence is brought to light? 4) Are 1,600 Communications continued to page 7
student signatures on petitions really "irrelevant"?
Grave Oversight
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Sincerely,
Carol Waterman
Constance J. Rhoads
Department of Psychology
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To the Editors:
Paul Nathe (ASP Communications, April 15,
1969) has seriously misinterpreted the recent
developments concerning Dr. Waterman and Mrs.
Rhoads of the Psychology department. The issue
has not arisen in an attempt "to kill the myth...that
students are apathetic." Nor has concern been
generated solely to defend professors.
Mr. Nathe is ignoring the basic issue of student
involvement in departmental decision. The dismissal
of Waterman and Rhoads, and the clash of opinion
between the department and its students merely
points out the need for systematic consideration of
student opinion in departmental matters. This can
only be achieved through student representation on
departmental committees.
I should like to point out to Mr. Nathe that while
there are many important questions to be asked
other than "Who will be next," this issue remains of
importance to many students. It is not up to Mr.
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THE PERFORMING ARTS CENTER (PAC), the newest balding on
campus, was the scene last week for the State University-wide
Convocation of the Arts.
Photo by Potskowski
Haley lectures on
US black heritage
by Betty A n d e r s o n !
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support for certain activities. The problem' of
On April 30 and May 1,2, Central Council will financial need will be handled by two previous bills
present a referendum for Mandatory Student passed by Central Council.
Activity Assessment to the Student Body. If the
If a student cannot pay the tax, he can apply to
referendum is passed, it will automatically become Financial Aids Office on the basis of financial need,
policy.
If for any other reason than financial, he can apply
The proposed referendum reads as follows: "that to the Student Tax Committee,
the Student Activity Assessment(Student Activity
The most potent argument for the mandatory tax
and Athletic fee) be mandatory for all is financial urgency of the student government to
undergraduates, except those exempted by support the activities which the students have
appropriate Central Council legislation, beginning demanded. The government will not have the
the Fall semester of 1969."
money to support those concerts, dramatic
The voting for the referendum will be held in presentations and speakers which student
conjunction with the Central Council-LAAC organizations hope to have.
election. The referendum will pass if approved by a
The student government had to cut off the
majority of at least 20% of the undergraduate appropriations of most student organizational
student body. Seniors will not be allowed to vote, budgets. The original budget for Central Council
All undergraduates whether they have paid was $320,000 which had to be cut to $221,000. If
Student Tax or not are eligible to vote.
the mandatory tax is not passed, the student
The main argument against this referendum is government will only receive $196,000 using the
that individuals should not have to pay for those present policy of voluntary tax payments.
activities they don't benefit from. Duncan Nixon in
If the present policy of voluntary tax is
an interview gave the rationale for a mandatory tax continued, there will be a dificit of $25,000 next
as an answer to this argument.
year. This will probably mean, many activities will
Taxes are not considered as a voluntary right but have to be cut second semester and possibly the
as an obligatory necessity for the governmental and student government will have cut all expenditures
financial support of the student activities.
beyond a certain date.
Also, the option for paying only for those
If the mandatory tax is passed, the student
activities which a person benefits from would be government expects to receive $250,000 and be able
operational impossible and result in inequitable tax to make supplementary appropriations.
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Tom Montelenn
Alex Haley, internationally events which include the capture
known writer and world traveler of his African ancestor, the
spoke before a large audience of transportation of this man to
Albany students and faculty America on a slave ship, and the
Thursday evening. His lecture was birth of six generations of slaves
entitled "Black Heritage-A Sage and free men, leading down to
Haley himself.
of Black History."
And what is Alex Haley's own
Haley has a new book "Before
This Anger," the result of five story? Born in 1921 in Ithaca,
years of research and travel in New York, he is the son of a
Africa, Europe and America. It is college professor (now retired)
the true-life story of his own and the brother of a Kansas State
search for his ancestry and Senator and a Washington, D.C.
architect.
heritage.
He attended North Carolina
Haley went into great detail
explaining the importance to him Teachers College until his
enlistment
in the U.S. Coast
of his future work. The book will
be a history-the history of a Guard, which subsequently
heritage that has been traced back created for him the rating of Chief
Journalist.
through seven generations.
Haely concluded by stating that
Through a series of uncommon
events Haley has been able to as far as he knows he is the only
trace his heritage back to a village Black American who has been
located on the Gambi River in capable of directly tracing his
lineage back to Africa. For this ™
Africa.
Beginning with a story passed reason this book is for all Black
down orally, over a period of Americans as they are all
almost two hundred years, Haley descendants of similar Africans ALEX HALEY, concluded hi* thy
has been able to uncover and who were forced to leave their long stay on campus Thursday by
document the exact sequence of homelands to work as slaves in talking about his future book
America.
BEFORE THIS ANGER.
photo by Benjamin
Cornell officials refuse
demands of Black Students
(UPI) Cornell
university
banned firearms from the campus
Monday and a faculty committee
refused to bow to demands made
the day before by armed Negroes
that penalties against five
demonstrators be dropped.
The black students ended a
38-hour sit-in at a student union
b u i l d i n g Sunday on the
understanding that the penalties
imposed on five black students in
January would be reviewed. After
a four-hour meeting, the faculty
rejected a demand that the
penalties be nullified but said It
might be prepared to review them
later
u n d e r 'secure and
non-pressurized' conditions.
About 100 black students, 17
carrying riflesor shotguns and
belts of ammunition, marched
across campus from the student
union Sunday afternoon and
watched while two University
officials signed a seven-part
agreement.
Education required
for open visitation
In order for the new Open
Visitation Policy to go into
effect the Education process must
be approved by the Office of
Residence. In addition to this
each hall must discuss and pass a
hall policy. Guidelines states that
this must be done within one (1)
month after the adoption of the
policy and in accordance with this
LAAC passed a bill stating that if
a dormitory does not have a
policy by Friday April 26th, they
will not have any open houses.
This only holds true if the Office
of Residences approves the
education process by that date;
otherwise the dorms may have
open houses as they have had in
the past. All dorms will be
contacted when their individual
policies may be implemented.
In order to have a policy
approved, the dorm must submit
the p o l i c y t o the LAAC
Education Committee. At least
two (2) copies are needed. If the
policy is passed the hall will get
back a copy of the approved
policy. The Education Committee
is meeting Tuesday April 22 to
consider policies submitted by
that time. It is hope that all dorms
will have their policies in by then
so if there are any problems with
it, the policy can be corrected and
then approved. A second meeting
will be held on Friday, April 25th.
Policies can be submitted to Jay
Handelman, Chairman of the
Education Committee at Johnson
Hall, Box 3071 (457-8765) or can
be given to the secretaries in the
Towers.
If a dorm is unable to have
their policy in by Tuesday they
should have the policy reviewedby
a member of the Education
Committee so it can be approved
on Friday, April 25. Either Jay
Handelman (8765) or Gail Krause
(8936) would be glad to review
them. Hopefully the policy will be
in effect by the 25th if the
education process is approved by
that time.
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consider inadequate treatment of
black studies at the university.
'I don't think the faculty
ultimately came to a decision on
what happened yesterday' said
Professor Ernest RnH«**"
Dean Robert Miller, in
A faculty group has agreed to
presenting the agreement to the
meet with the Afro-American
faculty, offered his resignation if
Society members Tuesday.
they refused to ratify it. The
A district attorney, meanwhile,
resignation was rejected and the
said he plannedto investigate the
faculty essentially approved the
sit-in for possible law violations
agreement sinice it had only asked
although the city of Ithaca has no
that they review the penalties.
ordinances against carrying rifles
and campus policemen said that
one provision stipulated
the
black students broke no laws.
that they would reccommend the
faculty review penalties imposed
The sheriff's office Monday . ^ ^
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upon black students who night called in reinforcements t v n j
•UKNS, AN ENGINEER in the computer center, is
overturned trays in a dining hall in from surrounding countrties but programing the machines to accept class cards. The machines are now
January to protest what they they were kept off the campus, being fed with pie-registration data. Photo by Potskowski