sss.
FiMiy, September 26,1969
ALBANY STUDENT PRESS
ASP
Real Relief
Relief from died education may soon become a reality at this
Uhhntity.
Faculty Senate will meet in October to decide, finally, the contem
and institution of a pass-fail system. We cannot believe the Pass-Fail
(or Satisfactory-Unsatisfactory) will contribute inestimably to the
better learning conditions.
With the current system it is easier to get hung on "getting the
grade" than it is to acquire knowledge. The emphasis now being on
the grade, it is not difficult to disregard personal intellectual
development in favor of studying only those things deemed important
by the professor, retaining this "objective" material just long enough
to pass his tests.
Perhaps with a lack of constraints on the classroom experience,
imaginative professors will-judge the success of a student on a more
individual basis, considering his personal potential and relate this to
the student's performance in class.
With a lack of competitive A-E grading, it is also possible for the
student to relax and create his own learning environment, rather than
be constrained by artificial pressures (real or imagined).
Students, we would guess, will be more inclined to pay greater
attention to courses outside their major fields since they would not
have to sacrifice their major grade by doing outside work.
We must agree with those who suggest the S-U is more open to
subjectivity. It is time human differences, subjective differences were
considered and respected by the very institution that professes to
educate individuals and not jellied conglomerates.
Although we prefer a system entirely without professorial
evaluation, we feel that P-F will bring us closer to the goal of
education for wisdom and satisfying living.
Mobilization
The war in Vietnam has extracted a neavy toll from the American
people, a toll which cannot be measured in lives alone.
As far as can be determined, the Nixon Administration has failed to
move any closer to a real peace in the past year. It appears that the
war will continue as long as Nixon is able to stall for time with the
promise that he is only looking for an "honorable peace."
In order to move decisively towards ending this conflict, the publit
must be mobilized into a unified display of the desire to end the war.
An effective demonstration may move the administration to put an'
end to the senseless killing in a war which, since it has begun to END,
has cost over 10,000 American lives.
Towards these ends, we support-and urge all groups anc
individuals on campus to do likewise- the call for a moratorium on
October 15. We also support-and, again, urge all to do likewise-the
call for a strike on November 14, and a March on Washington on
November 15.
President Nixon has assured us he could, would, and now, will, end
the war. We have heard too much about ending the war since the days
of the "peace Talks."
We wish to attempt now to "beein the peace."
Communications
Vol. LVI no. 2
Please do not treat this letter lightly as we, the
writers, most certainly DO NOT.
I am confident, that both you and I fully
realize what this present 'jet age,' hascontributed to
the moral decay of increasing numbers of our
youth, i.e.: movies, television, music and fashions,
drugs.
Indications all point to a very possible, 20th
Century, 'SODOM AND GOMORRAH.'
WE MUST NEVER PERMIT THIS TO
HAPPEN
NEVER
NEVER!
What can be done?????
To us, just everyday working people, here in
Corning, NY, there is only one answer
FIGHT
FIGHT, and keep FIGHTING, until this evil is
destroyed.
From the beginning, we have advocated sex
education in the schools, as we feel, 'tell it like it is,'
so that when Iconfrontedf with various situations,
one knows how to react.
In our small way, we have decided to do the
following, (which 1 am sure will be laughed at, and
ridiculed by many.) However, we are dedicated and
determined, and perhaps, being God-fearing people
that you are, as are we, you will Ihelp us.
As an Incentive to our youth, as something to
be proud of, and look up to, we have founded a 'NO
8EX BEFORE MARRIAGE' club, and furnishing
for the small sum of 13.00, a lovely certificate, 8 by
State Unfoerilty of New York it Albany
September 3 0 , 1969
Feasibility of S-U grading
questioned by Faculty Senate
by Diane McNamara
Communications
All communication* mutt b* addnued to tht
editor and mutt bt signed. Communications or*
nibjtct to editing.
Legal Reform
To the Editors,
I would like to acquaint you with a chaotic
conditions in the Supreme Court, Appellate
Division, Third Department and the failure to
institute corrective measures and reforms.
A broad inspection of judicial process should be
initiated, a committee formed to receive, examine
and act upon citizens complaints against the judges,
prosecuting attorneys and unethical, thieving
lawyers, whose conduct borders on criminal
activities.
Many Supreme Court Judges are rude, psychotic,
political sinecures fully cooperating with
manipulating Distraict Attorneys with selected
juries of political ward-heelers.
It is an established fact that 68% of lawyers in
Third Department could not pass a state
examination. Most lawyers representing the public,
or clients, or those that have been assigned to them
in police court, appear as, if ever went to law
school.
It is very hard to escape the conclusion that a
double standard is employed by the Appellate
Division, Third Department, to protect obviously
guilty lawyers and label and smear those who dare
to seek justice or dare to uti.-.ar.d their money back
from the thieving members of the bar.
Shocking, unbelievable hurdles face a
complainant against the lawyer, who is forced to
follow a labyrinthine judicial procedure justice or
return of their stolen money.
Our professional politicians fill the air with
slogans of 'Law and Order' but they do not start at
the top of our judicial system. Thefts by lawyers are
NO Sex Before Marriage !!!
To the Editors,
ALBANY STUDENT
PRESS
11 and suitable lor framing, snowing memuersmp in
this club, with his or her name, or the name of a
group, organization etc., inscribed thereon, in
addition to buttons and wallet size cards. THIS IS
AN EXCLUSIVE COLLEGE ORGANIZATION'
We are parents ourselves, and we regret the
charge of $3.00, yet this is necessary to cover the
costs of printing and handling, and helps to partially
finance our planned college lecture tours of out
President and Vice President.
We desire nothing for ourselves, save the
realization that perhaps our small effector will, in
some way, help guide our youth on the only true
path to happiness and salvation
the path ol
righteousness.
Our President has appeared on television in
order to further our goal, and already, at this time,
we can boast numerous members, both male and
female, from many colleges throughout the country.
As I stated above, these certificates, we think
are very lovely, and in addition to greatly aiding
youth, you might, as a special project, order them in
volume, and distribute them for whatever amount
you would decide upon, giving the proceeds to your
favorite charity.
Please let us hear from you. (You may send
cash or money order.)
'Yours for a Stronger Youth,'
NSBM Club
c/o 336V4 Park Ave.
Corning, NY 14830
at an all time high, the situation is critical, if not
desperate, but the elected officials, 90% of them
lawyers, will protect the members of the most
prostituted profession.
A committee of citizens should be formed to
consider complaints against the public officials,
judges, district attorneys and lawyers. It should not
be totally or partially controlled by any branch of
the government or judiciary.
Such a committee should be composed of
laymen, whose prime purpose is to restore and
render justice to indignant citizens without resorting
to strict legalism forced upon the public by the
selfperpetuating legislative, judicial and prosecuting
hierarchy.
It is paramount that good relations be established
between the public and the judiciary, especially
judges. The committee should permit the
complainants to have their day in court and provide
protection against judges, which on many occasions
are even shunned by the lawyers themselves, by
having the litigants suits transferred or postponed to
other Supreme Court judges.
All Armed Services have an enlisted man sitting at
all court martials, but our musty, heirarchial
Supreme Court, Appellate Divisions are inner
sanctums, barred to the complainant, who may not
face the lawyer he is accusing, because only thus can
the conniving and thieving lawyers be absolved of
wrong doing.
The state should assume responsibility for losses
of those litigants who are victims of erroneous
decisions by judges in surrogate and other courts, if
the committee votes the remedial award to the
complainant.
Respectfully yours,
Joseph A. Lukes
Green Lake Road
Coxsackie, N.Y.
of B a c k g r o u n d , Clarification, f o r s u c h a d i v i s i o n .
R a t i o n a l e a n d C o n c l u d i n g Underclassmen, he stated, could
remarks, the committee made the be graded in the same way as
upperclassmen, and then have the
following proposal:
distinction of pass or fail applied
Resolved that:
A. Beginning in the fall 1969 to their grade.
This brought on the question of
t e r m , all grades for freshmen
students shall be submitted to the the traditional " D " grade and
R e g i s t r a r as s a t i s f a c t o r y or where it fit in this new scheme.
no-credit. Satisfactory work is The proposal gives a definition of
t h a t q u a l i f y of a c a d e m i c s a t i s f a c t o r y (or pass) as that
performance which the institution quality of work which satisfies the
expects from its students in order earning of a degree {see above).
to earn an undergraduate degree.
The University Bulletin states
The mark of no-credit meansthat that major or in the discipline of a
a student has not provided the single-subject second field...' So it
i n s t r u c t o r with evidence that was concluded that a grade of S
w o u l d j u s t i f y t h e grade of could c o n s t i t u t e a traditional
satisfactory.
tirade of 'A,' 'B,' or 'C,' but
DR. ALLEN A.KUUSISTO, acting president of the University, is
B. Beginning in the fall term subjectivity on the part of the
still busy learning the complexities of his new job.
1970, such grading shall be used instructor as to the 'ctu off point
for all freshmen and sophomores. would be permitted.
There was also a question of
C. The new grading system shall
be under continuing observation whether other universities would
and review by t h e Academic accept grades of S or N from
S t a n d i n g C o m m i t t e e of the students applying for transfer or
Undergraduate Academic Council, for graduate school. The argument
which shall interpret the system, seemed to come out to a draw as
r e p o r t on its o p e r a t i o n , and senators on each side of the issue
William Saymour who will serve as
Commenting on the October r e c o m m e n d c h a n g e d as accused the other of having no
by Judy Novicky
appropriate.
p r o o f t h a t s c h o o l s would or
5th
Vietnam War Moratorium,
'The University should be a a direct contact between students '
D. The system shall be in effect would not accept the grades,
and
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cooperative community wherein
until June, 1973.
One senator brought up the
The meetflng was then opened issue of academic freedom. Is it
the administration, faculty, and available to hear any grievances d i s c o u r a g e p r o f e s s o r s from
not the p r o f e s s o r ' s r i g h t , he
and confront any problems which scheduling exams on that date. He for questions
s t u d e n t s are co-equal partners
A n u m b e r o f s e n a t o r s questioned, to mark students in
sharing fully in its operation, students may encounter. Kuusisto also suggested that professors be
his course as he sees fit?
assures that 'any issues which may sympathetic toward students who questioned the feasibility of this
w o r k i n g t o g e t h e r to k e e p it
At this point the meeting took
marking system in classes where
a r i s e w i l l b e g i v e n r u 11 do not attend class,
moving forward.'
on
the form of a debate with
freshmen and sophomores were
Dr
consideration.'
- Kuusisto has been Vice mixed in with upperclassmen. faculty members giving opinions
D r . A l l a n A. K u u s i s t o ,
He does not a n t i c i p a t e any President for Academic Affairs Tor Many were concerned with the and s t a t e m e n t s regarding the
currently acting president of the
major campus disturbances here, the past year at Albany and will task of dividing upper and lower merit of the proposed system. The
University until July 1, 1970
classmen for the purposes of question of academic freedom,
however he does nol consider "•'turn to Ibis post in June when
expresses an urgent desire to
and other questions were never
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Dr.
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president
or
achieve close communications
Dr. Aronson pointed out that really answered, but rather put
feels that most students now have the University,
between faculty and students.
there was not really a necessity forth more as rhetorical questions.
an adequate voice in governing the
continued to page 3
He b e l i e v e s t h a t an open
University and that most issues
University with a free exchange of
which arise can be resolved by
ideas can prevent many of the
way of the proper channels.
p r o b l e m s which are presently
The F a c u l t y S e n a t e of the
U n i v e r s i t y c o n v e n e d for its
September meeting yesterday and
received reports from its various
councils and committees.
At the June 2, 1969 meeting of
the Senate a system of mixed
grading was approved. Three days
later it was moved to reconsider
this resolution. The matter was
r e c o m m i t t e d
to t he
Undergraduate Academic Council,
which was asked "to have a report
ready and available to members of
the Senate by ten days prior t o "
the first meeting of the fall. This
report, presented by Dr. Aronson
of the Chemistry Department, was
the main point of question and
comment at yesterday's meeting.
In a lengthy report consisting
KuusUto:faculty,students, admin,
co-equal for fuller cooperation
arising on other college campuses
across the nation. In an effort to
insure this close contact, Kuusisto
c o n t i n u e s to hold informal
c o m f e r e n e e s with students on
Monday afternoons.
In addition to this, he had
e s t a b l i s h e d an office in the
Administration
u ilcl i ng for
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WHO'S WHO
['he annual elections lor
'Who's Who' will be held on
Wednesday and Thursday
October 1st and 2nd. All
students with the exception of
first semester freshmen and
transfers may vote. Voting will
take place in the main lounge of
the Campus Center during the
hours of 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. and
6 p.m. to 9 p.m. Wednesday
and 10 a.m.to S p.m. Thursday.
Students must present their
I'D' and validation card when
they vole.
Applications will be available at
the Campus Center Information
Desk starting Sept. 26 for LAAC
and Central Council - Alumni
Quad and F a c u l t y Senate.
Deadline is Oct. 10th at S p.m. at
the SA Office CC 346
The president is also optomistic
a b o u t t h e n e w 1 y - i nstitued
programs of the University. He
c o n s i d e r s our Afro-American
department to be one of the finest
r a n k i n g it equal
ll to tha
Harvard.
Tri-city argroups
mobilize
for October war moratorium
A o n e - d a y ' m o r a t o r i u m ol
business as usual' October 15 and
a m a s s i v e p r o t e s t march on
Wachington, D.C. in November to
'Bring the Troops Home Now
were the topics of a meeting last
Friday J»t SI'My „f representatives
of various Tri- City peace groups,
The goup sel up a multi-front
organization called the Tri-Cities
Mobilization Committee against
the war in Vietnam which will
facilitate the coordination of the
local 'fall offensive' of protest
activities.
P r i n c i p a l s p e a k e r at t h e
o r g a n i z a t i o n a l m e e t i n g was
Cornell Professor Douglas David
the six national
o n c
Qf
c o - c h a i r m e n of t h e N e w
Mobilization Committee to End
the War. The 'New Mobe' views
itself as a coalition, representing
the majority anti-war viewpoint of
t h e A m e r i c a n p e o p l e . The
November protest in Washington
is b e i n g o r g a n i z e d by t h i s
organization.
The other major protest, the
V i e I n a m m o r a t o r i u m is
beingorgainized by the Vietnam
Moratorium Committee, a broad
based group initiated by former
McCarthy and Kennedy forces.
Students, faculty, and concerned
citizens are urged to devote the
whole day to taking the issue of
peace in Vietnam to the larger
community.
High s c h o o l and college
students will boycott classes and
p a r t i c i p a t e in rallies, teach-ins,
public readings of the names of
the war dead, and doorbell ringing
campaigns to gather support for
the moratorium.
CONSTRUCTION ON INDIAN QUAD proceeds slowly. Current plans for the completion of some of the „ 1 I h °„ C ! P '"' al A r °" Pt'"Ce ?m**'
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PACK :
Guidelines for campus order
submitted by SUNY Trustees
f
In response to the Henderson Act, passed by
the state legislature at its past session, all public
and private universities in the state were required
to draw up a set of rules and regulations aimed at
preserving order on campus. The Trustees of the
STATE University of New York submitted the
following:
T h e Board of Trustees of the State University of New
York
adopted
the
following
rules
and
regulations
Dertalnlng t o the maintenance of public order on State
university
SEPTEMBER 30,1969
ALBANY STUDENT PRESS
campuses.
These
rules
and
regulations arc
binding on all persons on university-controlled premises
Rules and Regulations for Maintenance of Public
Order on Premises of State-Operated Institutions
of the State University of New York Adopted by
the Board of Trustees of State University on
June 18, 1969 and Amended by the Executive
Committee of the Board of Trustees on July 10,
1969.
1. Statement of Purpose. The following rules
are adopted in compliance with Section 6450 of
the Education Law and shall be filed with the
Commissioner of Education and Board of
Regents within ten days after adoption. Nothing
herein is intended, nor shall it be construed, to
limit or restrict the freedom of speech nor
peaceful assembly. Free inquiry and free
expression are indispensable to the objectives of
a higher educational institution. Similarly,
experience has demonstrated that the traditional
autonomy
the
juit.nnnmv of
nf the
l.hn educational
ndnr.itinnsil institution
iriRt.it.iit.inn (and
fund t,h
accompanying institutional responsibility for the
maintenance of order) is best suited to achieve
these objectives. These rules shall not be
construed to prevent or limit communication
between and among faculty, students and
administration, or to relieve the institution of its
special responsibility for self regulation in the
preservation of public order. Their purpose is not
to prevent or restrain controversy and dissent
but to prevent abuse of the rights of others and
to maintain that public order appropriate to a
college or university campus without which there
can be no intellectual freedom and they shall be
interpreted and applied to that end.
2. Application of Rules. These rules shall
apply to any state-operated institution of the
State University for which separate rules
covering the same subjects have not been
adopted by the institution, approved and
adopted by the State University trustees and
filed with the Commissioner of Education and
Board of Regents. These rules shall further apply
to any such institution for which separate rules
have been or shall be so approved and filed as to
any matter not expressly provided for in such
separate rules; subject to this exception, these
rules are not intended to repeal, supersede,
amend or preclude any other rules relating to the
same subject matter adopted, approved, and filed
as above specified. The rules hereby adopted
shall govern the conduct of students faculty anH
continued on page 7
GRAND OPENING • • • Chapter VII
(KAUTIfUl PfOPLE CLOTHING)
N o'W
w
Warjiousing^ecture complex
confront President Kuusisto
The University Student Judicial
B o a r d has two openings for
seniors. If you are interested send
your name, phone number, and
reason for application to Kenneth
Kurzweil- Stuyvesant Tower - Box
BT9021.
The Theta Beta Lambda Mixer Tor
October 10 has been cancelled.
O C T O B E R 17 , 1 9 6 9 is the
d e a d l i n e for a p p l i c a t i o n for
January 1970 degree completion.
Applications are available in the
Registrar's Office, Administration
120.
October 6, 1969 - Malone Central
S c h o o l , M a l o n e , New York Business; Elementary, Interviewer
- Harlie G. Smith, Superintendent
There will be an organizational
meeting of the A.M.I.A. Council
on Friday, October 3 at 3:30 P.M.
in Physical Education Center 123.
All dorms and fraternities are
requested to be represented at the
October 29, 1969 - Vestal Central
meeting.
School, Vestal, New York
Seniors who have not yet taken
pictures for this yearbook are to O c t o b e r 2 9 , 1969 - Babson
be photographed Oct 13. The I n s t i t u t e , B a b s o n P a r k ,
sign-up sheet will be located in the M a s s a c h u s e t t s - for s t u d e n t s
interested in MBA Program at
C.C. lobby.
Babson Institute.
Anyone who failed to pick up
their money or books from the General Program used book sale must do so Wed.
O c t o b e r 9 & 10 - Marines,
night, Oct. I, between 8-10 P.M. in
Interviewers - Cpt. Donald Prank
C.C. 367.
and Gy Sgt. Yates
Organizational meeting of the
college Young D e m o c r a t s , O c t o b e r 15 - U . S . A r m y ,
Tuesday, Sept 30, at 8:30 P.M. in Interviewers - Cpt,A.A. Pandolifi
Room 123 of the Humanities and one WAC Officer
Building. All those interested are
October 17 - U. of Pennsylvania,
urged to attend.
W h a r t o n Sch. of Finance &
Commerce, Philadepphia, Pa, for
There will be a meeting of the Grad School Interviewer - Scott
sailing club at 7:30 P.M. Lederman
Wednesday in Physics 129. All
BIO BARFNICK says: Bio Club
interested people are welcome.
meeting Thursday 7:30 pm BI
There will be a meeting of 248. New members welcome!!
Undergraduate Political Science
D o w n t o w n s t u d e n t s : get
Majors on Oct. 13, at 3:30 in
Room 375 of the Campus Center. involved against the Vietnam war.
Dr. Gunnel will hold the A meeting will be held Tuesday at
meetingand ''Ycussion will be held 8:30 in the Alden ree hall
on c u r r i c u l u m ,
s t u d e n t (between linen lounges). The Oct.
participation, student teacher 15 moratorium and November
14-15 strike and mirch on
evaluation and other issues.
Washington will be discussed.
Joseph L Kennedy, Conservative
Party Candidate for mayor ol
Albany will speak on Thursday,
October 2, at 7:30 P.M. in LC 20.
All persons interested in local
politics are welcome.
jwjiL
Important general meeting of
HILLEL on Thursday, October 2
in H u m a n i t i e s
Room 137.
Semester programs and plans will
be presented and discussed.
The Red Cross needs you
for volunteer hospital work
A group that serves a great need
in all hospitals, and especially in
the
Albany
Veterans
Administration Hospital, is the
Red Cross volunteer. These
volunteers are trained to give
direct patient care such as taking
t e m p e r a t u r e s , pulse and
respiration, give baths, change
bedding, and many other items
lor the patients comfort.
To help alleviate the shortage
of nurses in all city hospitals, a
class for hospital volunteers will
be started at the Albany Area
Chapter, American Red Cross,
Hackttt Blvd. at Clara Barton Dr.,
Albany, on Monday, October 13.
The training of colunteers for
hospital work varies according to
the type of assistance a volunteer
prefers. This would range from a
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few hours on the job training to
30 hours training in nursing
techniques.
Miss Elizabeth Judd, chairman
of hospital volunteers for the
Albany Reel Cross Chapter, said,
interviews for prospective hospital
volunteers will be held on the
following days: Tuesday, Sept 30;
Thursday, October 2; Monday,
O c t o b e r 6; and Wednesday,
October H, Interviews will he
conducted between I 1 :00 a.m.
and 1 p.m., and again between 7
and 9 p.m. of each interview date,
at the Albany Red Cross Chapter,
Hackett Blvd. at Clara Barton
Drive, Albany.
Interested persons are urged to
c o n t a c t the Red Cross ;tl
162-7161
for
addiliunal
information.
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June-?..30
UNIVERSITY SECURITY OFFICER FRITZ' HAS officially
thrown his hat into the race for election as city alderman. Law and
order for Albany as well as the University?
-silver
"I wish to see the war
in Vietnam end as quickly as
possible." -Dr. Allen Kuusisto,
responding to a request for his his
signature on a petition asking for
monetary support from Central
Council for the anti-war activities
coming up, went on to say that
although his sympathies lie with
the anti-war movement, he could
not sign the petition without first
studying the 'ramifications.'
B e y o n d t h i s , t h e Presidents
conferennce this week dealt with
e v e r y t h i n g from white
' b l a c k b o a r d s ' with f a n t a s t i c
flourescent lights which turn evil
into gook, to budget bearings and
housing woed.
Kuusisto, was confronted with
a large number of students who
questioned the value of the new
lecture complex with its many
technological 'advances.'
Complaints were lodged against
t h e l e c t u r e r o o m s , which,
according to varied sources, were
e i t h e r lacking m i c r o p h o n e s ,
a m p l i f i e r s , c o r d s , or suitable
seating provisions; the colebrated
' w h i l e b o a r d s , or w h i t e
blackboards' (as you wish) which
made it virtually impossible to see
from any vantage point and which
afforded many professors the
o p p o r t u n i t y to use different
colored chalks and to double as
window lookers were also a sore
point brought out by many irate
students.
Also m e n t i o n e d were
audio-visual aids which didn't, and
movie projectors which couldn't.
Fritz running for alderman,
wants more police on streets
by Al Senia
It's official! Fritz is running!
Andrew Fritz, campus security
officer who we all (well, maybe
not quite all) affectionately know
as "Fritz the Cop," has decided to
enter the political arena.
Fritz is running for the post of
city a l d e r m a n
in Albany's
thirteenth ward on a three point
platform. These points include
new recreational facilities, such as
pools and playgrounds for the
people in his area; and better
sanitation and snow removal to
"keep the streets clean at all
limes!"
Also, Fritz is calling for more
"law and order" (a formidable
task in Albany), which would be
accomplished by putting more
Hartheimer, self-proclaimed
Dudley
Do-Right, speaks
by Robert Holme.1
"For the Blue Meanies we have
the Beatles, for Lew Luthor it's
Superman, for Sliidely Whiplash
it's Dudley Do-Right and now for
E r a s t u s Corning wo have Al
Hartheimer." This-is a quote from
;i p i e e e o f S t u d e n l i f o r
Hartheimer literature. Incase you
d o n ' t know a l r e a d y , Erastus
Corning is the mayor of our fair
eity and lias been for the past 28
years(eount 'em) 2H years. Al
Hartheimer is the coalition-backed
Republican candidate who is out
to de-throne Mayor Coming and
clean up Albany.
Last Thrusday Mr. Hartheimer
spoke al a student rally al the
COP headquarters in Albany. One
could only come away impressed
by two t h i n g s : Harl hcimcr is
definitely the underdog and faces
;in uphill struuulo. Also apparent
was I he 'yoiit hfulnoss' of the
campaign.
C o n c e r n i n g youth, the most
outstanding proposal was that of a
student coucil to, as the candidate
s a i d , ' i n v o l v e a til do n t s in
government' and serve as u 'tool
f o r c o m m u n i c a t i o n . ' When
q u e s t i o n e d as to I he specific
f u n c t i o n s the council would
perform he replied that no real
plans were drawn up yet, but it
would involve one solid day of
work about every two months.
Mr. H a r t h e i m e r ad mil led that
most of the students attending the
rally were not from Albany, but
he believes that only with their
help can he succeed in breading
Ihe De mo c ra t ie machine.
Hartheimer was nont only out to
impress the more than 1 00 youths
there, however. He made many
other sensible propositions: Put
more cops on the beat to protect
the people of Albany(the present
effective s t r e e t power of the
police is only 6K); create a 7
instead of II man school board.
Hartheimer also wants to: build
m o r e r e c r e a t i o n a l areas and
improve those now existing; tax
vacant land; end patronage; adn in
general build up the city for
admittance into the Model cities
program (which it was denied
under Corning because of lack of
community involvement.)
Just one year ago no one gave
Hartheimer a chance. He admitted
it would he a "tough fight,"
toppling a political machine is
never an easy task.
id better paid policemen on the
streets.
Some u p p e r c I assme n may
remember that Mr. fritz made the
same run two years ago - and lost
to his Democratic opponent by
H;i7 voles, lie polled [W,
of the
total vote.
Today, there are still no
Republican committeemen in the
city of Albany but Fritz still
retains his optimism. He feels that,
all he needs to win is to change
the minds of about five hundred
voters.
To accomplish this, Fritz is
making an appeal to SUNYA
students for aid in the form of
ringing doorbells, distributing
leaflets, and spreading the word to
A l b a n y ' s a c t i v e , able, and
enlightened citizenry.
Fritz describes his relationship
with University students as "very
good." "On the whole, I got along
with everybody," he commented,
"and I can sure use any help I can
gel."
Why is Fritz running? "My
opponent hasn't done anything,"
he complains. "There've been no
new programs to satisfy the
people... 1 think 1 can do belter,
but give me a chance to prove
myself."
lie complains that there is no
one to fight for the community;
something he pledges to do with
vigor if elected. "We need
someone who will stand up for us
unafraid, and I would like to he
that someone," he explained
Fritz cites the fart that he
presented
petit ions to the
venerable Mayor Corning for a
traffic light at the corner of Quail
and Hudson Streets, and also
concerning a playground. Both
requests were turned down,
A l l in all, Dr. Kuusisto and
students present seemed to agree
that we were fortunate that the
complex was not yet finished and
therefore, we were not yet the
p r o u d possessors of a w h i t e
elephant.
The question of Pass-fail came
up as the conference moved on to
a m o r e s e r i o u s m o o d . Dr.
K u u s i s t o indicated that the
pass-fail p r o p o s a l that
F a c u l t y - S e n a t e was currently
c o n s i d e r i n g included only the
p r e s e n t f r e s h m a n class, He
i n d i c a t e d h o w e v e r , t h a t the
p o s s i b i l i t y of Faculty-Senate
revamping the proposal if not
likely, at least conceivable.
The talk turned to housing as a
question was raised concerning
Indian Quadrangle. Dr. Kuusisto
noted that this was a 'sore point'
as he admitted that the low-rises
on the quad would not be ready,
in January, as originally planned.
In fact, Kuusisto hinted that there
was a possibility that the quad
might not be ready even this
September. This was met by a
Greecian chorus of shrieks and
m o a n s from various unhappy
freshmen forced to commute this
year- on a 'temporary' basis, of
course.
Students perplexed
by catacomb complex
•^
by Anita Thayer
T h e c l o s i n g of t h e local
frontier a n d t h e c r e a t i o n o f a
direct cross-podium concourse are
two results of the opening of the
lecture center catacomb. This not
only adds 25 new lecture rooms
t o an increasingly impressive
listing of facilities, b u t also
presents the student body with
the monumental task of exploring
the two levels of offices and
a s s o r t e d l i t t l e r o o m s that
surround and cushion the lecture
rooms.
The actual lecture rooms are
definitely an improvement over
previous make shift arrangements
in the library basement and the
over-crowded,
poorly
accousiisizea rooms in the Social
Science building. They seemingly
will contribute immensely to an
i n c r e a s e d e f f i c i e n c y in t h e
university's production of college
graduates.
Students are first aware of the
duo-swivel-and-swing chairs
featured in most of the lecture
rooms that enable you to actually
enjoy a boring m a t h lecture.
A c o n t i n u o u s immoveable
writing surface interrupted only
by the aisles will soon be installed.
Those will be supported by the
upright tubular supports which
are c o m m o n l y being used as
ashtrays.
lj r ii y , b i g b r o t h e r
-'"--watching-you screens on the
front walls will be used for rear
projection. The lecture rooms will
a l s o be e q u i p p e d with m o r e
conventional visual devices. The
visual and audio apparatus will all
be electronically controlled
through a control panel which is
l o c a t e d behind the professors
d e s k . The p a n e l , d e s p i t e its
appearance, is supposedly_simple
enough for any non-machanical
P h . D. t o o p e r a t e w i t h an
appropriate paper clip.
Florescent lights will eventually
top the white chalk boards. These
lights will pick up florescent
particles in the colored chalk so
that the writing can supposedly be
seen without squinting and
squirming.
A damp sponge is, in theory,
the only equipment necessary to
wipe off the chalk boards.
However, according to Mr.
Tisdale, Assistant to the President
for Planning and Development,
"there are problems involved and
the administration is aware of
these." This type of chalk board
was endorsed by the RPI
Experimental
Teaching
Laboratory and has been used
successfully at other schools.
Student frustration because of
non-functioning
or poorly
functioning audio and video
equipment will be lessened as the
teaching staff and technicians
become more familiar with the
equipment's operation. However,
uiitil this Utopia arrives students
are suffering through classes
w i t h o u I m i c r o p h o n e s , or
a m p l i f i e r s , or p e r h a p s a
microphone with a 2-foot cord
that tends to choke the professor.
With the completion of the
lecture room center, the existing
Academic Podiumcxcept for some
minor l a n d s c a p i n g , is finally
finished. However by 1975 two
extensive podium additions will
be constructed. For all students
hungry for the sight of steel
beams and the smell of reinforced
concrete, Indian Quad will be
under construction throughout
this academic year.
Faculty Senators stall
continued from page 1
Many of the senators referred
t o the proposed s y s t e m as a
" g i m m i c k . ' Dr. Reilly, of the
English Department, responding
to these statements, endorsed the
proposal as a b e g i n n i n g , and
denounced any grades at all as
a u t h o r i t a r i a n in n a t u r e and
c o n t r a r y l o the aim of the
individual learning experience thai
the university espouses.
When t lie talk was cut to
strictly questions the issue was
soon brought lo a close. No vote
was taken since the proposal was
j u s t h e i rig re p o r t e d out of
committee,
It was felt that the vole should
w a i l u n t i l 111" s t u d e n t
representatives were elected. It
was mentioned that the October
20 meeting might be postponed
until the 27 so as to allow for
student discussion and vote.
Another topic of discussion al
t h e meeting was t h e faculty
position on the upcoming boycott
_.f classes on October 15. The
official disposition was stated as
being a matter of choice for both
students and faculty. It was hoped
that faculty would not penalize
students for boycotting class.
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THE DANES will play Oneonata Wednesday at 4:00 P.M.
—potskowski
by Mark Grand
Albany S t a t e ' s soccer team
came from behind to tie the tough
Coast Guard Academy, 2-2, in a
game held at the opponent's field
Saturday.
George Keleshian, a freshman
from Albany High, scored the
t e a m ' s first goal in t h e third
period, tying the game up at one
apiece. Co-captain Jim Shear, the
Dane's leading scorer lasL year,
took a pass from Steve Backus,
the fine freshman fullback, and
booted in Albany's second tally of
the game. That goal came late in
the fourth period, knotting the
game at two.
The playing field at the Coast
Guard Academy was ten yards
narrower than regulation size, a
factor that Coach Schieffelin feels
definitely hampered the play of
his team.
T h e C o a s t Guard game
uncovered many favorable signs.
The. most impressive is the fact
that Albany tied a team whose
schedule includes several schools
from downstate, such as NYU, a
national soccer power.
C o a c h S c h i e f f e l i n is very
p l e a s e d w i t h the team's
performance so far and is very
optimistic about its future. He
notes several reasons for such
o p i i m i s m , among them the
o u t s t a n d i n g play of the three
s t a r t i n g f r e s h m e n , Backus,
Keleshian and goalie John Thayer.
D e m e t r i u s Michael, a transfer
student from Ulster Community
College, should bolster the attack
w h i c h in t h e p a s t h a s not
produced the necessary scoring
punch desired by Schieffelin.
Coach Schieffelin describes the
team as "much stronger than last
year, regardless of its record."
The Danes t a c k l e O n e o n t a
tomorrow and Albany will be
looking to avenge the 7-0 beating
Oneonta handed them last year.
TOED OF ALBANY POLITICS
Have you lived off campus
since Aug. 4?
Women's ECAC Tennis
Frosh CC
T h e A l b a n y S t a t e junior
v a r s i t y c r o s s c o u n t r y team
t r a v e l e d t o H u d s o n Valley
C o m m u n i t y College this past
Saturday for the seventh annual
HVCC Invitational Meet.
State was for all intents and
p u r p o s e s , the only freshman
c o n t i n g e n t competing (actually,
the team is a junior varsity squad
b u t is c o m p r i s e d solely of
freshmen). The remaining schools
were all junior colleges who were
represented by runners who have
had a year's valuable experience.
This was the first meet, so
considering the fact that the team
had little time to practice (a mere
two weeks of conditioning) the
b a b y Danes did very well in
finishing nineteenth out of the
twenty-five teams entered.
SUC at Cobleskill won the meet
for the third year in succession as
three of their runners filled the
top three places. Albany's John
C o m e r f o r d f i n i s h e d in the
fifty-fifth position out of the 215
starters. John Stanton was the
second State runner to finish.
SPORTS SHORTS
There will be a meeting for all
candidates for varsity and junior
vursity wrestlers on Thursday,
Oct. 2 at 4 p.m. in the second
floor lounge of the Phys. Ed.
building. All those upperclassmen
and freshmen (who can play
varsity this year) are urged to
attend.
A conditioning program open
to all University students is now
being conducted in the Physical
Education building. The program
consists of weight lifting, middle
d i s t a n c e r u n n i n g and distance
Then y o i can vote for the man who wil start
Albany in the right direction again
G e o r g a n n Jose and Belinda
Stanton who played in the
tournament last year, which was
held on the Albany courts. After
competing in doubles last year,
Georgann will be our no. 1 singles
entry this year, and Belinda will
be our no. 2 singles entry this
year, having also played in singles
last year.
On Thursday, September 13th
the women's intercolligiate tennis
team had its first organizational
meeting. Among those present
were five returnee's: Debbie
Copeland, Cathy Feger, Audrey
Goldberg, Georgann Jose, and
Belinda S t a n t o n . Ten new
members were added to Ihe team
and Mrs. Mann, the team's coach,
comments that the quality of the
new members has improved much
over that of previous years. The
new members include: Ronnie
Becker, Gail Henry, Bonnie
Hirschborn, Susan Levey, Melinda
Manchester, Mary Ellen Ramroth,
D i a n n R o s e n b a u m . Penny
Virginia, Linda Westiake, and
Melinda Yates.
The team practices daily trying
to get double teams for two
matches: Wed., Oct. 8 with
Oneonta, Home at 4:00 and Wed.,
Oct. 15 with Skidmore, Away at
4:00.
Everyone is welcome to come
t o the Oneonta match on
Wednesday, October 8th. The
match will be held at the Dutch
Quad Tennis Courts and begins at
4 p.m.
The most importatn event of
this Fall season is the Women's
Eastern Intercollegiate Tennis
Tournament, which this year is
being hosted on the SUNY at New
Paltz courts, form Oct. 8 to Oct.
12. This year Albany's coach, Mrs.
Mann, is in charge of the
Tournament in which last year 33
colleges as far south as Virginia
and as far north as Maine sent
entries. As many Albany girls as
qualified will enter, including
running. The program meets daily,
Monday thru Thursday from 3:30
to 4:30 p.m. Those interested
should report to the third floor of
the P.E. building.
The university will sponsor a
basketball coaching clinic for area
high school coaches November 2,
from 2-5 p.m., in the university
gymnasium. Albany head coach
Dick Sauers, varsity assistant Mike
O'Brien, and freshman coach Bob
Lewis will conduct the program.
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Week
by Dave Fink
The Albany State varsity
cross-country team will be hard
pressed to better last year's 8-2
won-lost slate but one can rest
assured that they are trying.
This Saturday, the team travels
t o Syracuse for t h e LeMoyne
I n v i t a t i o n a l s . Last year, State
finished a respectable fifth out of
fifteen teams competing. Coach
Munsey sees the team's chances as
Suffering from a definite lack
of depth, the Danes managed to
m a n h a n d l e b o t h Potsdam and
P l a t t s b u r g h S t a t e this p a s t
Saturday in a triangular meet.
O b v i o u s l y t h e fact that
conditions were the finest possible
were a prime factor for very fine
early season times. Sophomore
Dennis Hacket, the sensation of
last year's freshman contingent
and captain Pat Gepfert crossed
the finish line in a tie for first
place in a time which exeeeded
the five mile course record by
only a little over two and one half
minutes.
Three other runners were also
singled out by Coach Munsey for
additional praise. Tom Mills, who
finished fifth behind Hackett,
Gepfert and two Potsdam
H a r r i e r s , b e t t e r e d his b e s t
previous time on the course by
over a minute. At the same time,
both Orville Eacker and Larry
Franks who finished eighth and
ninth respectively, each slashed
twenty seconds off their previous
b e s t t i m e s . D u e to this
outstanding performance Eacker
was awarded the highly coveted
title of "runner of the meet."
PAGES
KB Downs Potter;
APA£TB Scoreless
Hackett, Gepfert Star
As Harriers Win Big
METS IN 3
Booters Tie Coast Guard
SEPTEMBER 30,1969
by Mike Schweigeit
b e i n g m o d e r a t e l y g o o d . He
expects the stiffest competition
A , M . I . A . Division I football
f o r m SUC C o r t l a n d , Buffalo
s t a r t e d off its season w i t h a
State, Roberts Wesley an and the
b o n e - c r u s h i n g c r u n c h last
host team, LeMoyne.
Saturday with six of its ten teams
in a c t i o n . T h e a c c e n t was
definitely on defense with only
two touchdowns beign scored in
t h e t h r e e g a m e s , and m o r e
defensive b a c k s than offensive
ends catching passes—or so it must
have seemed to the quarterbacks.
T w o p l a y e r s , P o t t e r ' s Russ
Wienlien and UPS' Joe Nicollella,
e a c h p u l l e d down three
i n t e r c e p t i o n s , while five other
players pulled down one each. All
in all, it was a great day for
defense.
In a fiercely contested game,
defending champion APA played
runner-up STB to a scoreless tie.
The strongpoint for APA's offense
whs the tremendous punting of
Bob Fairbash which kept STB
from capitalizing on their erratic
offensive's inability to move the
ball. The same can be said for
STB's Tom Sears' booming punts.
In a n o t h e r close encounter,
UPS defeated TXO 6-0. The score
came on a screen pass to Van
Erera, who after receiving the ball
flipped the TD pass to the left
STATE FINISHED first in a triangular meet last Saturday.
•potskowski
end, Patterson, who had slipped
b e h i n d t h e u s u a l l y alert TXO
d e f e n d e r s . B o t h teams showed
of offense, but aside from the
score neither was ableto sustain a
drive.
In the third game, KB squeaked
to a 6-0 decision over Potter. KB
scored on a three yard run by Al
Nuhresbury and then, with the
help of a disputed call, managed
to hold off Potter for the victory.
With u n d e r t w o m i n u t e s left,
Potter QB Pete Monti completed a
pass in t h e e n d z n n e , b u t the
official ruled that defensive pass
i n t e r f e r e n c e had t a k e n place
b e f o r e t h e r e c e p t i o n , thus
nulifying t h e p l a y . However,
Potter was awarded the ball on
the one yard line. But KB held
firm on four successive running
plays and preserved the win.
Three games are scheduled for
this week: STB vs. Johnson on
Monday, APA vs. KB on Tuesday,
and EEP vs. UPS on Thursday.
There will be an intramural
t e n n i s m e e t i n g on Wednesday,
Oct. 1 at 4 p.m. in room 123 of
the Physical Education building.
For f u r t h e r i n f o r m a t i o n , call
Harold Bell at 457-4513.
Sailors Begin Season
The Albany Sailing team placed
s e c o n d in the s e a s o n ' s first
regatta, defeating Queens College,
but losing to Marist College in
Poughkecpsie. The State Sailors
moven into an early lead with first
Dane Hoopsters Were
95 Better Than UCLA
In last April 3's issue of the Knickerbocker News a reader asked, "If
the Albany basketball learn lost lo Wagner in the NCAA Eastern
Regional Tournament 1CW-64 and then the next night Wagner was
wrecked by Montclair State I01-7H, then where does thai leave the
basketball played in this area?" After some deliberation, the sports
columnist answered with a chain reaction of scores researched by an
Albany student.
Albany defeated LeMoyne 71-70, thus Albany was 1 point better
than LeMoyne.
LeMoyne defeated St. Peters XI-HO, thus Albany was 2 points
better than St. Peters.
St. Peters defeated Manhattan 78-76, thus Albany was 4 points
better Manhatten.
Manhattan defeated Canisius 75-72, thus Albany was 7 points
better than Canisius.
Canisius defeated Xavicr 76-66, thus Albany was 17 points better
than Xavier.
Xrvier defeated Dayton 59-55, thus Albany was 21 points better
than Dayton.
Dayton defeated Detroit 64-62, thus Albany was 23 points better
than Detroit.
Detroit defeated St. Bonaventurc 71-68, thus Albany was 26 points
better than St. Bonaventurc.
St. Bonavcnlure defeated Marquette 84-62, thus Albany was 48
points better than Marquette.
Marquette defeated Loyola 61-56, thus Albany was 53 points
better than Loyola.
Loyola defeated Colorado State 75-64, thus Albany was 64 points
Letter than Colorado State.
Colorado State defeated Wyoming 78-68, thus Albany was 74
points better than Wyoming.
Wyoming defeated Brigham Young 79-69, thus Albany was 84
points better than Brigham Young.
Brigham Young defeated USC 95-86, thus Albany was 93 points
better than USC.
USC defeated UCLA 4 6 4 4 , thus Albany was 95 points better than
UCLA.
When queried about what one could expect ir State did indeed step
onto the court with Lew Alcindor-led UCLA, Coach "Doc" Sauers
stated "I would hope they missed their first shot so we could get the
ball and freeze it. This is assuming that they won the opening tap-off,
that is."
places recorded by skippers Jon
S a r g a l i s , Glenn Fnden, and
Richard Alweis, but a series of
unfortunate disqualifications put
Marish ahead; the final score was
Marist 56, Albany 51, and Queens
36. Also skippering for Albany
were Marg S t r a u b e and Chris
F o l l o w s . Bruce F u l l e m , Kris
H e a l y , a n d Brian Hennesey
crewed.
Next weekend the team travels
to Cornell to compete in the
U p p e r New York S t a t e Area
Championships.
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PACE ti
SEPTEMBER 30,1969
ALBANY STUDENT PRESS
SEPTEMBER 30,1969
Buffalo Philharmonic
draws SRO crowd
Confrontation
by Jeff Lawrence
by Iris Sobel
A welcome relief from the
academic pangs and pressures
imposed upon Albany State
students was received by all those
who attended the performances of
the
Buffalo
Philharmonic
Orchestra on Wednesday and
Thursday nights, September 24
and 25. Due to a previous
commitment, I was unable to
a 11 e nd the Wednesday night
performance, but if Thursday
night's performance was indicative
of Wednesday night's, both rate a
high acclaim.
THE BUTTERFIELD BLUES BAND headlines Friday evening s Blues Bad '69,' which also features The
Colwell-Winfield Blues Band.
Butterfield, ColweU-Winfield
headliners at "Blues Bag W
The Physical Education
Building will be the scene Friday
evening of 'Blues Bag '69,' a
concert by the Butterfield Blues
Band, which will also feature the
Colwtll -Winfield Blues Band.
Tickets for the event, which is
s p o n s o r e d by Special Events
Board are on sale in the Campus
Center Lobby daily from 10 a.m.
to 3 p.m., al SI.00 with Lax card,
£3.00 without.
The Butterfield Blues Band
Paul Butterfield describes his
music as 'the blues overstated.'
A m o n g t h e c r i t i c s , the
phrasemakers call it 'sound and
soul- where folk, blues, rock and
jazz unite.' But to a multiplying
cult of followers, it is the Chicago
bluos, sprouting from the vast
South Side ghetto of that city and
now overwhelming the country
with its harsh, brutal, strident but
still strangely beautiful sounds.
'They come on like a gang of
Mexican bandits taking over a
village in a cloud of victory dust'
wrote pop music critic Alfred G.
A r o n o w i t z in The New York
Times, 'their instruments swinging
j a u n t i l y in t h e s t y l e of
trigger-happy badmen while they
w a l k a r o u n d the b a n d s t a n d
rearranging the microphones and
the amplifiiers with all the care of
someone kicking dogs out of the
wav,
'. . .They rule the stage not
only with the self-assurance that
they are the stars of the show, but
also with the confidence that
t h e r e is n o b o d y doing what
they're doing better than Lhey.'
By 1965, the Butterfield legend
had become so strong that the
Newport Folk Festival relaxed its
ban on electronic instruments to
invite Paul's group. In the British
paper, The New Musical Express,
jazz critic Nat Hentoff found it
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be 'the biggest star since Bob
Dylan.'
Today, Paul, with two albums
on the market, has rearranged the
personnel of his band so that it
i n c l u d e s a brass s e c t i o n and
almost a totally new group of
musicians. The only surviving
member of the original band is
Elvin Bishop. At the organ is Mark
Naftalin, who used to sit in with
Paul and Elvin at the University of
Chicago, but who didn't join the
band until its first recording
s e s s i o n . Mark is one of t h e
p i o n e e r s in the use of two
keybourds al one lime during
living performances, also playing
an electric piano which sits on top
of his organ.
On the bass is Charles (Bugsy)
Ma ugh, one of those old-time rock
and roll bass players whose legend
e n c o m p a s s e s every sleepy
one-night stand that America's
road has to offer. On the drums is
Philip Wilson, who started beating
out rhythms on currugated boxes
before he was five and who now is
recognized as one of the most
outstanding jazz-blues virtuosos in
the percussion business.
Charles Gene Dinwiddle, who
l e a r n e d h o w t o p l a y hi s
instrument because he won it in a
crap game, is at the tenor sax.
Keith Johnson, who used to sleep
in the park so he could save Ills
money to get into Birdland, plays
trumpet. Dave Sanborn, who used
to win jazz awards while studying
classical music in college, is at the
alto Siix.
Paul Butterfield wears a Viva
Zapata mustache now, he writes
much of his own material and he
has emphasized the back beat of
h i s s o u n d to s a t i s f y t h e
c o n t e m p o r a r y demands of the
pop music audience. He also has
moved his home from Chicage to
San Francisco.
But Chicago sticks to you like
the icy sheets on t h a t c i t y ' s
I^ikeshore Drive. Essentially, Paul
itnd his band still play the blues,
Chicago style. II is a style that is
now being copied I hroughout
America.
Colwell - Winfield Blues Band
The Colwell-Winfield Blues
Band consists of Bill Colwell on
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A l l m e n i n t e r e s t e d in
auditioning for Statesmen, ihe
all male c h o r u s , directed hy
Karl A. U. P e t e r s e n , should
r e p o r t to PAC Room B-7H,
Thursday at 7 p.m.
guitar; Mike Winfield on bass;
Collin Tilton on tenor sax and
flute; Jack Schroer on alto, tenor
and soprano saxs; Chuck Purro on
d r u m s a n d Charles ' M o o s e '
Sorrento on vocals and piano.
These six who had separately been
playing the r h y t h m and blues
circuit in the Boston area, got fed
up with the 'Knock on Wood'
s y n d r o m e and d e c i d e d to try
making it in a different bag.
Now, after a year of playing,
e x p e r i m e n t i n g , learning and
g r o w i n g t o g e t h e r , the
Colwell-Winfield Blues Band
created its first album, 'Cold Wind
Blues' - on the Verve/Forecast
label.
Now here you shouldn't be
misled by the name of the album
or the name of the group. The
Colwell-Winfield Blues Band is not
only a blues band and 'Cold Wind
Blues' is not only a blues album.
T h e y p l a y b l u e s - b u t it's
b r e a k f o r m b l u e s ; i t ' s blues
b u r s t i n g a t its seams to bo
something else. They play jazz beautiful, imaginative jazz which
flows in and out of all their
material. They play what Mike
Winfield calls 'modern American
music' - a bit of all musical pasts,
presents, and futures, the final
result being Chicago blues with a
Charlie Ming us flavor and the
d i s t i n c t Colwill-Winfield Blues
Band approach.
Mantovani's Orchestra
to be heard at RPI
Mantovani and His Concert
Orchestra, returning for their
twelfth tour of the United States,
will be heard in concert at the RPI
Field House on Friday, October
3rd at HMO p.m. Mantovani will
offer a program consisting of
operatic selections, old and new
musical favorites and number of
his own compositions.
Some of the better-known
pieces appearing c n the progium
for Friday night': i concert are:
"Love Is Blue," "Climb Every
Mountain," "If I Were a Rich
Man," "Those Were the Days"
and two Strauss waltzes.
The personal appearances of
Mantovani and His Orchestra have
been constant sell nuts in the
largest halls in the United States
and Canada during his past twelve
tours, lie has played every large
University and College in the
United States and for many of
them as for RPI, he has become
an annual must. In his previous
movement was yet to come, the
audience enthusiastically broke
out into a round of applause as
the "Scherzo" ended.
Chadabe's ltSweep" Confusing
"Sweep" was definitely an
out-of-the-ordinary piece. It
consisted of one large gesture of
sound which was repeated in
various ways until another sound
began. Its rhythm, rather than
being oriented to a beat, was just
a "rhythm of duration." The
piece in itself has no definite
Standing Room Only
"Surprisingly," a standing room length because of its nature. The
only crowd was packed into the length is determined by the taste
new a u d i t o r i u m theater in and feelings of the conductor.
anticipation of what was to be an
The audience seemed to be
exciting and unique performance. thrown into a state of confusion
As the musicians began to take by the piece. No one seemed sure
their respective places, I noticed about what they were listening to.
the presence of many women Very few of us were able to get
musicians which is unusual for caught up in this very strange
most Philharmonic Orchestras.
sounding music which we really
As the house lights dimmed and were not used to hearing. In
the noise subsided, we eagerly addition, the constant chatter
awaited the appearance of the amongst the musicians on stage
conductor, Lukas Foss. Mr. Foss' during the piece became very
e n t r a n c e was greeted with distracting. I can only call Mr.
applause and audience comment Chadabe's piece an experience.
due to his unconventional
conductor's attire. Instead of the
"Bolero" Delights Crowd
usual conservative dark suit and
white shirt worn by a conductor,
The final work to be performed
Mr. Foss was wearing a totally
black outfit including black velvet Thursday night was "Bolero" by
pants and a black Mandarin-necked Maurice Ravel. This was the
shirt. This might have been Mr. highlight of the evening and the
Foss' way of preparing the piece that all of us were waiting
audience for what was to follow. for. Everyone began to smile as
With the fall of the baton, the the familiar melody of "Bolero"
first piece began. This was entitled was repeated over and over again.
"Symphony No. 2" by Lejaren Heads began to bob. Feet began
Hiller. Mr, Hitler is on the music to beat time. The audience was
faculty of the State University of completely caught up in the
New York at Buffalo, and is also wonder of "Bolero."
Although slight mistakes could
co-director of the Center for the
Creative and Performing Arts in be detected, the orchestra was at
Buffalo. "Symphony No. 2 " its best of the evening during this
generated a lot of excitement piece. The soft flowing melody
built u p . The
through its sudden changes in g r a d u a l l y
dynamics and its striking use of instruments played progressively
louder, one on top of the other.
percussion instruments.
The s h a t t e r i n g climax was
"Scherzo" Delights Audience
I found the third movement, reached. Before we knew it
the "Scherzo," to be the most "Bolero" was over. It seemed In
i n t e r e s t i n g section of this end much too soon for all of us
four-movement work, because of for it is a piece that none of us
its unusual structure. This section, can ever get, enough of. As the
written in -V-i Lime, was repeated final note was sounded, the
over and over again. With each audience immediately rose to its
subsequent repetition the scherzo feet in tumultuous applause,
became shorter and shorter as its showing their appreciation, not
even-numbered
bars were only for "Bolero," but for a mosL
eliminated. In its final repetition enjoyable evening.
only one bar—the first, remained
Tours S.U. Campuses
to be played. Although another
tours, he has given concerts to
better than two and a half million
devotees of his music,
Mantovani's Orchestra is
normally composed of 28 strings,
1H violins, four violas, four cellos
and two basses, 1 •! brass and
wood-winds, one percussion and
two special instruments: guitar
and accordion.
The ceIebra ted Mantovani
string effects have been described
as cascading violins, tumbling
strings, Niagaia Falls of fiddles.
Manlovan's sensational success
comes not only from his
fascinating sound but from his
personality as a conductor. He has
about him something of the
nervous air of a thoroughbred
waiting to be off and running, as
well as a quiet wit and a
self-possessed charm.
On being congratulated on his
sensational success, Mantovani
said, in all modesty, "But then, I
have first class lads playing for
me."
Thursday night's performance
was only one of the events offered
to us by the Buffalo Philharmonic
Orchestra during its visit to our
school. During these three days,
the orchestra and its conductor
sponsored various seminars and
rehearsals, in addition to a
Wednesday night performance
which featured works by Charles
Ives, Aaron Copland and Ulysses
Kay, who is presently on the
H e r b e r t H. Lehman College
faculty.
An open reading and rehearsal
on Friday morning, September
26, featured the piece "Drakula"
by Warren Burt who is a
composition student at the State
University of New York at
Albany. Also at that Lime there
was a reading of Claude Debussy's
very beautiful piece, "La Mer."
The Buffalo
Philharmonic
Orchestra's stay at the State
University of New York at AlH'.ny
was part of a tour which will take
it l.o nine campuses ol V State
University of New York. The
project, entitled
"Musical
Masterpieces of the Twentieth
Century" is being made possible
by the University-Wide Programs
in the Arts, State University of
New York.
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THE OPENING OF the lecture rooms have burdened the students with another daily frustration. Can
YOU see the chalkboards?
...potskowski
During the last few months there has been much discussion in
educational and governmental circles about what to expect from the
students returning to the campuses this fall. Many of those most
knowledgeable columnists and pundits have come to the conclusion
that the students' activities will turn inward toward more reform of
the academic communities and the quest for grades.
But it would seem that these people underestimate the
committment of the students to the more important issues of
community and governmental reform and responsiveness. Most of the
universities have learned from the confrontations of the past few
years and have opened up the lines of communication between the
students and administrations and have put into effect many of the
most needed and requested reforms to involve the students in the
governing of the university communities. But the governments of the
nation have not responded in kind and seem to be under the
impression that these confrontations can be avoided by passing
legislation stifling dissent and prosecuting those who criticize the
government's policies.
The war in Vietnam, the unjust conscription of young men into the
Armed Forces, continued policies of racism, and the prosecuting of
political dissenters has continued unabated as witnessed by the
current conspiracy trial of the "Chicago Eight," a group of the leaders
who took part in the demonstrations at the Democratic Convention
last year.
These activities should not be ignored by the current student
generation. Activities to combat these actions are even now being
planned and executed. The October 15th boycott of classes in protest
against the Vietnam war, the activities and demonstrations in support
of the "Chicago Eight." and other related phases of political activism
will, and must, not only continue, but gain strength as the months go
by.
In 1968 the students proved they could lead the movement against
an incumbent President and remove him from office and we must
continue to engage in political activity that supports candidates who
recognize the dangers in the course our country is following and will
take steps to change the trends of thought that now prevail in
government circles. The opportunity to once again force a change in
the policies of our government is even greater this year.
But the politics of confrontation and challenge will have to be
continued to realize our goals. Students should not be intimidated by
the forces of reaction, nor afraid to fight for needed changes in
government policy. And it is imperative that we confront the
policymakers with these questions and problems that are of
importance to us. Not doing so, through fear or apathy, will enforce
the assumptions that intimidation can take the place of
accomodation, and that we are willing to wait for a gradual change to
solve immediate problems.
Our studies are only a part of our learning. Our actions will
determine whether we have learned and are willing to take part in the
defense of our freedoms or are just going to let those who deal only
with statistics (such as 180 G.I.'s or 2,000 V.C. dead a week) continue
to lead us down the short road to ruin. It is time to "say it now!" Frr
as Phil Ochs said, "But near the end even treason might be worth a
try, this country is too young to die." And so are we or any of our
compatriots, either physically or through apathy, ready to die.
State University Trustees move
to maintain order on campus
or invitee, have his authorization to remain upon
the campus or other property withdrawn and
shall be directed to leave the premises. In the
event of his failure or refusal to do so he shall be
subject to ejection.
(b) If he is a trespasser or visitor without specific
license or invitation, be subject to ejection.
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other staff, licensees, invitees, and all other
persons, whether or not their presence is
authorized, upon the campus of any institution
to which such rules are applicable and also upon
or with respect to any other premises or
property, under the control of such institution,
used in its teaching, research, administrative,
service, cultural, recreational, athletic and other
programs and activities.
(c) If he is a student, be subject to expulsion or
such lesser disciplinary action as the facts of the
case may warrant, including suspension,
probation, loss of privileges, reprimand or
warning.
(d) If he is a faculty member having a term or
continuing appointment, be guilty of misconduct
and be subject to dismissal or termination of his
employment or such lesser disciplinary action as
the facts may warrant including suspension
without pay or censure.
3. Prohibited conduct. No person, either
singly or in concert with others, shall: (a)
Wilfully cause physical injury to any other
person, nor threaten to do so for the purpose of
compelling or inducing such other person to
refrain from any act which he has a lawful right
to do or to do any act which he has a lawful
right not to do.
(b) Physically restrain or detain any other
person, nor remove such person from any place
where he is authorized to remain
(e) If he is a staff member in the classified service
of the civil service, described in Section 75 of the
Civil Service Law, be guilty of misconduct, and
be subject to the penalties prescribed in said
section.
(f) If he is a staff member other than one
described in paragraphs (d) and (e), be subject to
dismissal, suspension without pay or censure.
(c^Willfully damage or destroy property of the
institution or under its jurisdiction, nor remove
or use such property without authorization.
(d) Without permission express or implied, enter
into any private office of an administrative
officer, member of the faculty or staff member.
(e) Enter upon and remain in any building or
facility for any purpose other than its authorized
uses or in such manner as to obstruct its
authorized use by others.
(f) Without authorization, remain in any building
or facility after it is normally closed.
<g) Refuse to leave any building or facility after
being required to do so by an authorized
administuUive officer.
i.h) Obstruct the Tree movement of persons and
vehicles in any place to which these rules apply.
(i) Deliberately disrupt or prevent the peaceful
and orderly conduct of classes, lectures and
meetings or deliberately interfere with the
freedom of any person to express his views,
including invited speakers.
(j) Knowingly have in his possession upon any
premises to which these rules apply, any rifle,
shotgun, pistol, revolver, or other firearm or
weapon without the written authorization of the
chief administrative officer whether or not a
license to possess the same has been issued to
such person.
(k)Willfully incite others to commit any of the
acts herein prohibited with specific intent to
procure them to do so.
4. Freedom of Speech and Assembly; Picketing
and Demonstrations. No student, faculty or other
staff member or authorized visitor shall be subject
to any limitation or penalty solely for the
expression of his views nor for having assembled
with others for such purpose. Peaceful picketing and
other orderly demonstrations in public areas of
ground and building will not be interfered with.
Those involved in picketing and demonstrations
may nol, however, engage in specific conduct in
violation of the provisions of the preceding section.
5. Penalties. A person who shall violate any of the
provisions of these rules shall: (a) If he is a licensee
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6. Procedure. The chief administrative officer or
his designee shall inform any licensee or invitee who
shall violate any provisions of these rules that his
license or invitation is withdrawn and shall direct
him to leave the campus or other property of the
institution. In the event of his failure or refusal to
do so such officer shall cause his ejection from such
campus or property.
in the case of any other violator, who is neither a
student nor faculty or other staff member, the chief
administrative officer or bis designee shall inform
him that he is not authorized to remain on the
campus or other property of the institution and
direct him to leave such premises. In the event of his
continuing or term appointment, charges of
misconduct in violation of these rules shall be made,
heard and determined in accordance with Title D of
Article XIV of the Policies of the Board of Trustees.
In the case of any staff member who holds a
.ailure or refusal to do so such officer shall cause his
ejection from such campus or property. Nothing in
this paragraph shall he construed to authorize the
presence of any such person at any time prior to
such violation nor to affect his liability to
prosecution for trespass or loitering as prescribed in
the Penal Law,
In the case of a student, charges for violation of
any of these rules shall be presented and shall be
heard and determined in the manner established al
the campus where he is enrolled for the disposition
of charges which may lead to expulsion.
In the case of a (acuity member having a
position in the classified civil service, described in
Section 75 of the Civil Service Law, charges of
misconduct in violation of these rules shall be made,
heard and determined as prescribed in that section.
Any other faculty or staff member who shall
violate any provision of these rules shall be
dismissed, suspended or censured by the appointing
authority prescribed in the Policies of the Board of
Trustees.
Section 7 of the guidelines, dealing with the
Enforcement Program will appear in Friday's ASP.
Aren't we lucky.
Expected eruption at UCLA
FRANCISCO-(CPS)-University
of California regents may have
turned UCLA into another San
F'rancisco State.
Voting in the largest secret
session since the firing of Clark
Kerr, the regents decided Friday
to fire UCLA Black Philosophy
Professor Angela Davis. She is an
avowed American communist.
The UCLA campus is expected
to erupt in violence if Chancellor
Charles E. Young goes along with
the decision, as expected. The
firing is the first implementation
since 1950 of a 19-10 regental
bylaw forbidding communitst to
teach on the California campuses.
T h e a c t i o n is r e m a r k a b l y
similar to the State Board of
Trustees' action last year at this
time when they voted to fire
George Murray, a Black Panther
instructor ill San Francisco Stale.
The firing ignited demonstrations
w h i c h e v e n t u a l l y led to the
massive strikes.
Both incidents were engineered
by Gov. Ronald Reagan, who has
demanded Miss Davis' firing in
several r e c e n t public speeches.
The regents were not expected,
however, to follow Reagan's
d i c t u m this t i m e . Sources in
Sacramento say the decision has
the full support of both Reagan
and Chancellor Young.
An eleventh hour attempl by
UCLA Director of Afro-American
Studies, Robert Singleton, failed.
Only he and Chancellor Young
were admitted to the executive
s e s s i o n . He had warned t h e
regents of "grave consequences" if
they made the decision.
S i n g l e t o n has not indicated
what his newly organized
department will do, but the black
student union has announced it
will "begin some form of potent
activity."
Chancellor Young agreed early
this summer to a number of BSU
d e m a n d s
following
d e m o n s t r a t i o n s last spring.
Among these demands was the
official sanctioning of the building
the BSU had occupied for several
m o n t h s as the Afro-American
Student Center.
Tower East Cinema on State Quad
'In Cold Blood'
Oct. 4, 5
Sat 7.30 % 10.00 Sun 8.00
COMING OCT. 9-12 'West Side Story'
PACE 8
SEPTEMBER 30,1969
ALBANY STUDENT PRESS
Eel i t o n a
ASP
Co in nte nt
Censure
Central Council's action in censuring SA President Mathias brought
more shame upon the members of Council themselves than upon the
president.
Their action was not motivated by any deep concern over the issue
at hand, but rather was basically caused by an immature desire to lash
back at a disliked person in a position of authority.
We understood the dilemma that Mathias found himself in when he
discovered that the regulations concerning alcohol policy were
confused. The very real possibility that what Council had passed was,
in effect, breaking University regulations, naturally caused a great deal
of discomfort on the President's part. However, the issue was (and still
is) too confused to totally determine what University policy is, and
whether or not it would have been broken.
In this position, Mathias had only one proper course of action: he
should have relied upon the decision of the council the previous night.
In everriding the decision of the representative body, he erred.
However, the magnitude of the error was small, when one considers
the insignificant issue that was at hand. In any case, the issue was
sufficiently clouded so that any rational observer could have seen that
both sides had merit.
In this case, nonetheless, the members of Council did not wish to
see both sides of the argument. They had strong personal feelings
about the man in the chairman's seat, and they allowed those feelings
to overrule their sense of fairness.
The 10 members of council who submitted the bill showed how
fragile their egos were by submitting a "position of concern" which
indicted the President for some ludicrously unimportant infractions of
their "unwritten code." Even more emotional and irrational was the
ensuing debate, during which, at least, the more ridiculous sections of
the bill were deleted.
The point is merely this: Council acted rashly and immaturely in
censuring Mathias. Me made a grievous error in terms of selling a
dangerous precedent. The President of Central Council does not have
the right to veto: and by exercising a right thai he did not have. Terry
exposed himself to valid criticism.
However, it is also obvious that Mathias exercised that power not in
an attempt to establish a veritable dictatorship on campus, but rather
to attempt to uphold what he thought was University policy; not only
that, but a section of policy that had been overlooked by Council the
night before.
Council, on the other hand, acted with none other than selfish
interests in. mind. This rash act was done without any compassion or
understanding of the circumstances involved.
We fervently hope that the members of council will now sec fit not
to let personality conflicts get in the way of moving the student
government towards meaningful accomplishments if, indeed, any are
possible.
Peace vs. U.S.
Summer has ended but the fucking war hasn't. Let it be known that
there will be no peace for any president from now until the end of the
war and we cannot promise that there will be peace at that time.
Nixon has stated that his policies will in no way be affected by
demonstrations planned by students (nationwide) this fall. Some
people are assholes but at least he didn't lie.
We think that he will have to listen and understand in October and
November. Strong commitment on the part of all students is
obviously necessary and is being elicited in the lobby of the Campus
Center right now. What is also apparent is the already unrelenting
solidarity of anti-war groups and their growing corps.
By his own evasive ambiguity the president has brought upon
himself the mistrust of large numbers of the population within this
countrs and around the world. Not only will lie not hear his own
countrymen, but neither will he heed the cry lot reason, for an end lo
forced death, reverberating on live polluted walls of the planet.
He will be forced to listen, however, when waves of people descend
on the government to tell him he is being unpatriotic by continually
acting in bad faith toward such American ideals as the right of free
speech, and respect for the ideals of the minority and majority.
We will not tolerate perpetual perversion on the part of this
country. We will stand for mass education, changes in the mass media,
a decrease in the real and psychological authority of the United Stales
government, particularly the president
We will stand for "primitive Americanism" the quest lor peace,
freedom and equality. We must not forget the past lor il is tine that
many mistakes have been made by well-meaning, all-loo-powerful men
(hypocrites''). We cannot afford lo let past illogic p> unexamined foi
b) lliis error we may be imprisoned b\ thai past.
We ask this entire community in commit themselves lo peace, we
ask ('crural Council, faculty Senate and the entire administration ol
the university lo join us in slating and contributing support lor
October's moratorium and November's march in Washington.
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In A l b a n y p o l i t i c s . . . .
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On
to
Washington!
October 3, 1969
$3,000 appropriated
for march on D.C.
by Ken Stokem
Communications
All communications must be addressed to the
editor and must be signed. Communications are
subject to editing.
COUNCIL MEMBERS CONFER before voting on the appropriation for November's march on
Washington while approximately seventy-five concerned students applied silent pressure.
...potskowski
No Smoking!
To the Editors:
In one of the newly-finished lecture halls recently
I observed a student smoking. As a teaching fellow,
I was tempted to tell him to refrain and that
smoking was not allowed. Yet to my surprise I
found that there was no sign posted to which I
could point for substantiation and no one present
who was aware of any university policy in the
matter. This seems lo me to be a gross oversight on
the part of the administration, for to allow smoking
in any of the classrooms—to say nothing of the new
sections with fresh carpets and polished furniture—is
to risk damage to university property.
There are at least two reasons for noL allowing
smoking in university classrooms. The most obvious
is that when smoking is allowed, it is seldom long
before burn scars are found. Experiences on other
campuses and in other places have shown that
smokers apparently too often have too little regard
for public property to avoid dropping ashes on the
floor and grinding cigarettes out on the furniture.
And apparently ash trays have not mitigated the
problem significantly.
A second and more important reason for
prohibition of smoking is the discomfort it causes to
others. Despite the most modern of ventilation
systems, the pervasive effects of smoke are never
overcome. For the non-smoker, smoke is irritating
and, more importantly, unhealthy. Women find that
their hair smells. Clothing absorbs smoke and makes
it smell. And most of all is the discomfort caused to
those who choose not to smoke.
Even if the question is reduced to one of the
relative comfort of individuals, this is hardly a
simple question of who is going to be caused
discomfort the smoker or the non-smoker. The
issue has moral and philosophical dimensions which
the university as an institution ought not to evade.
The university is dedicated to the "open society"
and ought to expand its policies within its
jurisdiction to include the preservation of free and
clean air, and good health. Certain rights are, or
ought lo be, fundamental, regardless of the
proportion willing to support them, and among
these tin* right lo clean air ought to he "staked out"
early. Clean air is a "right" which we have always
taken for granted, hut today, now that it is
threatened, it ought lo be proclaimed as a right, The
necessity lo slake out a claim for fr«*e air is mil
far fetched, and I he university should he in the
vanguard of developing such a legal and social
philosophy which can later b-«j applied to the society
al large
II. William Ball
Graduate Student and Teaching Fellow
School of Public Affirs, SUNYA
the war, yet it continues. Death and destruction arc
unbated; bombs and fire continue to devastate
South Vietnam. Billions of dollars are spent on war
while the the urgent domestic problems of this
country remain unattended. Moreover, the war has
corrupting in fluence on every aspect ol American
life, and much of the national discontent can be
traced to its influence.
The discredited policies of the past which have
brought about this American tragedy have not been
changed. We follow the same military advice which
has created a futile and bloody conflict while we
to the same policieswhich have caused the Paris
negotiations to falter. The token displacement of
25,000 troops over a three month period simply is
not the substantial change in policy that is so
desperately needed.
Thus it is necessary for all those who desire peace
to become active again and help bring pressure to
bear on the present administration.
We call for a periodic moratorium on 'business as
usual' in order that students, faculty members and
concerned citizens can devote time and energy to
the important work of taking the issue of peace in
Vietnam to the larger community.
If the war continues this fall and there is no firm
c o m m i t m e n t to A m e r i c a n w i t h d r a w a l or a
negotiated settlement on October 15, participating
members of the academic community will spend the
entire duy organizing against the war and working in
the community to get others to join us in an
e n l a r g e d a n d l e n t g h t e n e d m o r a t o r i u m in
November.This process will continue until there is
American withdrawal or a negotiated settlement.
We call upon all members of the university
cpmmunity to support the moratorium, and we
commit ourselves to organize this effort on our
campus and in the larger community. We ask others
to join us.
Vietnam Moratorium Committee
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Ending the was in Vietnam is the
most important lank facing tin? American nation.
Over the last few yearn, millions of Americans have
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Ending The War
Kalhy lluscman
Anita Thayer
Daryl Lynne Wager
Dave Fink
Pat O'llern
Marty Benjamin
Chuck llibali
.
Daniel Fox man
Report on pass-fail examines
variety of grading reforms
Editor's Note: Due to the great
interest
in the question
of
Pass-Fail, which University Senate
will consider at its next meeting,
we have attained a copy of the
'Report of the Ad Hoc Committee
on Grading.' CJVJa wport examined
the various systems of marking,
and comes to some conclusions
which are both pertinent and vital
to the consideration of the topic.
The report consists of five
parts:
background,
proposal,
clarification,
rationale
and
conclusion. We have included
what we consider the highlights of
the report.
At its June 2, 1969, meeting
the Faculty Senate approved a
system of mixed grading; on June
5, three days later, it moved to
reconsider. The new discussion
made it clear that to many faculty
there were faults in a mixed
system, faults in the present
system, and faults in a 'pure* S—U
system, but most of all that the
Senate could not evaluate the
proposals in the form and time
submitted. Consequently, they
voted to recommit the matter to
the U n d e rgradua te Academic
Council, who were asked 'to have
a report ready and available to
members of the Senate by ten
days prior to' the first meeting of
the fall. It was to be the first item
on the agenda.
hi response to the assignment
given it by the Senate, the Council
at its organizational meeLing for
19891970 (June 11, 1969)
agreed to establish an ad hoc
committee consisting of Robert
Thorsteuses (English, chairman
Academic Standing Committee
I96U-70) as chairman, 'up to four
more faculty members.' It was
hoped that most members would
have' served on one of the SUNY
Albany groups that had studied
the grading question. Besides the
chairman tin* group included the
following: l-'red Childs (1969),
Hit-hard Collier (1968, Signum
Laudis Scholar), Robert Gibson
(M.A. 1966), Terry Mathias
(1970), William Reese (Chairman
of the Department of Philosophy)
and Warren Roberts, Ass't
Professor of History.
The c o m m i t t e e had five
meetings and some informal
discussions. This Report, written
by Thorstenson and Collier,
e x p r e s s e s the
unanimous
judgement of the group
At least four groups at SUNY
Albany have studied reform of the
grading system.
(1) The Task Force on
Instruction recommended 'the
abolition of the letter grade
s y s t e m and its replacement
with
S or U grades.' (2) The
Task F o r c e on
Academic
Regulations considered several
proposals
b u t voted
to
recommend no change in grading
for the present. Their report
noted that among faculty and
students there was a good deal of
'enthusiastic support' for a
Pass-Fail o p t i o n . ( 3 ) The
Commission for Academic Affairs
of t h e s t u d e n t government
strongly recommended a total S-U
system and in March conducted a
poll of nearly 2000 students, of
whom over 70 percent favored
pass-fail grading in all courses. (4)
The
Academic
Standing
continued on page 2
The P o l i t i c a l and Social
P o s i t i o n s C o m m i t t e e (PSP)
appropriation for $3,000, for the
purpose of subsidizing buses for
the November 15th Peace March
at Washington, D.C, came before
Central Council last night. The bill
was passed, after extended debate,
by a vote of 18-2-3.
The passing of the bill was the
result of the efforts PSP and
several student organizations
petitioning Central Council for
funds to supply buses.
In three days the petitio
gathered the signatures of
students and 58j.faculty an^staff^
The p e t i t i o n s were buTm^d
immediately following the Central
Council meeting to protect the
identities of those who signed
He also suggested that by
them from being made public.
sponsoring the trip Student
Dave Neufeld, chairman of PSP, Association could be exposing
lead the arguments in favor of the
bill. He argued t h a t the
continued on page 2
a p p r o p r i a t i o n would be an
opportunity to give the students
their money's worth for paying
the student tax.
Lenme Kopp , who seconded
Neufeld's motion, backed up
Neufeld's argument by saying "It
is time Central Council became
responsive to the wishes of the
s t u d e n t s . They want
the
a p p r o p r i a t i o n , I want the
appropriation."
The legal opposition to the bill
was led by Jeanette Beckerman,
Vic Looper, and Bob Iseman. Miss
Beckerman inquired about the
liability
of t h e
Student
Some friends, Dick and Melanie
Evans of the Albany Peace Center,
and John Daniels of the Albany
Friends Meeting went to the U.S.
attorneys' office early that same
morning and presented Johnson's
draft
card to an attorney.
However, he refused to accept it,
and after a polite discussion let
them leave it on his desk.
At 10:15, Mr. and Mrs. Evans
left the Federal Building to greet
approximately
thirty-five
s u p p o r t e r s , o n l o o k e r s and
newsmen on the sidewalk. At that
point Evans explained what was
occuring inside. After a brief
ERIC JOHNSON'S DRAFT REFUSAL demonstration, support,
prayer music, encouragement, and a statement by Richard Evans.
...bell
Goodell asks
end to war
by Dec. 1970
by Barry Kirschner
Senator Charles Goodell has
advocated 'progressive' solutions
t o problems he described as
t h r e a t e n i n g the survival of
A m e r i c a ' s p o l i t i c a l system.
Speaking at the Linton High
School in Schenectady, Goodell
covered a wide range of
controversial issues which have
brought the United States "past
the stage of crises, into a stage of
convulsion."
In his Monday night address,
New Y o r k ' s junior senator
statement, he read a letter of defended his proposal to enact a
complicity in the act that was resolution requiring all U.S.
signed by him and various people troops to be out of Vietnam by
form the Albany and Troy areas. December 1, 1970. Goodell
As the morning wore on, the pointed out that with South and
crowd of supporters grew to more North Vietnam fairly equal in
than fifty. Two policemen arrived population and resources, the
but restricted their activities to South could fight, without U.S.
chasing away double parked cars. manpower, if it had a strong will
After thirty-five minutes Mr. and a broadly based government.
Johnson's supporters organized a
Goodell pledged, "As long as I
vigil around the steps of the am in the Senate, I will do
Federal Building. Some prayed, everything in may power to bring
some meditated, others stood Vietnam to where it started, not
quietly chatting with each other. reduce, but eliminate bloodshed
Also present was Steve Trimm, and slaughter of American men."
who refused
induction last While he commended President
January 20, and was there, as he Nixon for reversing the trend of
said "Just to keep him company, the war, Goodell said that the
because I know how he feels."
Nixon
de-escalation
was
Before
undergoing
the "agonizingly slow." The Senator
induction process Johnson issued called Vietnam, the "wrong war,
a statement which said in part, "1 in the wrong place, at the wrong
know tlu't many people will time."
interpret it. v refusal as a rejection
Restoration of Congressional
of our entire American way of r e s p o n s i b i l i t i e s
was also
life. This is now true.
r e c o m m e n d e d . According to
"I do not hate or have Goodell, Congress should move to
disrespect for laws, our Congress, share in t h e
de-escalation
or our President. But 1 know of p r o g r a m ,
more
strongly
no government that is willing to reasserting its authority to
voluntarily disarm. I believe that translate the voice of the people
the time has come for each of us into government policy.
Concerning domestic issues,
lo examine his own conscience, to
Goodell advocated increased
find courage and to act."
Expressing the sentiments of expenditures for welfare and
broadened
most of Johnson's supporters, e d u c a t i o n , plus
for
narcotics
Dick Evans said, "We are happy p r o g r a m s
for Eric and for America that he rehabilitation, prison reform, and
has found the courage to follow aid to localities. He claimed that
his conscience despite the possible the U.S. has the most regressive
correctional svstem in the western
consequences.
continued on page 3
Area man refuses induction*
speaks and lives for peace
by Brian Moss
"I believe that the time has
come for each of us to examine
his own conscience to find
courage and to uci."
With these words, Eric Johnson
refused to submit to induction
into the armed forces of the
United States on Wednesday,
October 1. Johnson, originally of
Stone
Ridge, New
York,
graduated from Rondout Valley
High School in 1966. Me is now
21 years old and a former
Electrical Engineering student at
Indiana Institute of Technology.
Johnson went into the Albany
Association in relation to possible
injury of students, participating in
the march. Looper, who is
sympathetic to the principles of
the M o r a t o r i u m on death,
expounded on this point and the
point that the use of student
funds for a political purpose may
be illegal, by the presentation of
the opinions of two legal sources,
Chandler Stein, legalcounsel to
the University, and an opinion
solicited from the SUNY Legal
Counsel office, given by a Mr.
Kimberly. A letter sent by Stein
to Looper stated, in effect, that
(funds collected for the purpose of
aiding
and
promoting
extra-curricular activities on the
campus of this University cannot
/should not be used for political
purposes, such as influencing
legislation.