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FRIDAY, DECEMBER 5.1969
ALBANY STUDENT PRESS
Editorial
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Moratoriums
In case you've forgotten, in all the excitement over the lottery, the
moratoriums, and the Vice President's witticisms, the war is still going
on.
Yes, amazing as it may sound, even after full scale moratoriums and
one mobilization, the President has not yet brought back all the
troops.
It is becoming obvious that not only can the White House ignore
mass outcries for peace-but it is going lo ignore them. For so long as
Nixon and company can placate their sullen supporters with new and
enlightening speeches like the November 3 production, they will move
at the rate they see fit.
In this context, the effectiveness of more demonstrations is
questionable. Additionally, the mood of the nation does not lean
favorably towards more mass protests, and the possibility of violence
(a violence which will cripple any effectiveness of an anti-war protest)
at these demonstrations must increase as the mood becomes more
desperate among anti-war people.
This desperation is well founded, for the government has not
reacted notably to mass outcries. However, we must now look for new
avenues of expression of anti-war sentiment. Even more importantly,
we must look for new ways we can utilize to bring pressure on the
Administration to end the war.
Less visible, but maybe more effective means may bring us to the
ends we truly desire.
We wish we could prescribe action which could be sure to lead
towards positive ends. Unfortunately, the prospects for peace have
not yet been greatly furthered through political means.
But perhaps we have not given the usage of existing political
avenues the energy and dedication we have devoted to other tenets of
the anti-war movement. Perhaps we must give it a more concentrated
effort.
Therefore, we hope that, in accordance with its prime desire to end
the war the anti-war movement will direct its energies towards a
letter-writing campaign in support of anti-war proposals such as
Senator Charles Goodell's.
It is possible that many Congressmen who have been "on the
fence"-non-committcd on war policy since Johnson has left office
(this is primarily Democrats who supported Johnson out of loyalty)
may be swerved by a torrent of peace sentiment. They arc, after all,
primarily elected officials, and most concerned with getting re-elected.
We have the power to affect their status. This interests them.
And so, we urge you: write your Congressman. Tell him of your
anti-war sentiments. Make your parents write him. Exert electoral
pressure-and urge your representative to support measures which aim
at a prompt end to the Asian disaster.
Communications
Funeral State
i o the Editors:
As a graduate English student of three months
here at Albany I find myself in the paradoxical
situation of being completely satisfied with my
classes and yet completely dissatisfied with the
University.
I did my undergraduate work in Calif., the plastic
flower children's playground, and was constantly
bombarded with "love," although often a very
artificial kind. Even though it was sometimes
phony, people smiled in Calif.-They even laughed
and said hello to each other. They went out of their
way to meet each other. Here at Albany students
shuffle from sterile building to sterile building with
a sense of doom hanging ovc. .hem. They resemble
mobs of TIME MACHINE people destined to work
the subterranean furnaces of the Morlocks. The
friendliest people on campus can be found in the
registrar's office (and to think that some of them
are over thirty shame).
I have attempted to find causes for the cull of the
crusty, crabbed, grumpy, glum, grum, and grim here
at Albany. The cold weather? I thought so at first,
but actually the crisp cold weather is rather
invigorating. The campus itself (the architecture)?
Definitely a contributing factor. No one could look
at that Buck Rogers space center and smile lo much.
Constipation? The health center reports that Albany
students are close to the national norm in this
respect. New England lack of emotion? A
possibility, but how many New England students do
we have? Lack of any feeling of loyalty or belonging
to SUNYA. Definitely. Who could really cheer
"Let's hear it for good ole SUNYA?"
But no matter how many reasons might be given,
there can he no justification of the doldrums of
doom that students ami teachers carry around like
briefcases.
A solution? I thought perhaps the ASH or the
Student Government could officially declare a
"Moribund Happy Day" during which each student
with an activities card will be allowed to smile at
one stranger. One stifflcd laugh will also be
permitted. Rosy checks or a springy walk will be
optional. If it works, fine. If not, we can all return
to our funerial STATE.
, _
Karl Felsen
Vol. LVI no. 18
State University of New York at Mbanu
evaluation?
Tuesday December 9, 1969
RPA dept. faces problem,
meeting set to clarify issues
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Nickerson
Thanks
An Open Letter lo the Students of the
Slate University of New York at Albany
c/o of the ASP
Campus Center
1400 Washington Avenue
Albany, New York 12203
forthcoming meeting with Dean Perlmutter? Just
because you are a visiling member of lire faculty,
arc you superior lo the oilier faculty and the
students? Didn't you call Professors Wagner and
Norlon "paranoid" because Ihcy disagreed with
you? Are we paranoid because we arc disagreeing
with you?
Tp the Faculty of the R.P.A. department?
We are confused concerning certain matters.
1 would iike lo thank the students of the Albany
student community who have worked so diligently ARen'l student questions and opinions just as
and expressed themselves so feelingly in their important as yours? Shouldn't students participate,
meaningfully, in finding a new chairman? Is interest
opposition to the war.
The activities of students across the nation have in the department only confined to majors of
testified to the value of massive non-violent protest Rhetoric and Public Address? Is participation only
so derided by those on the left and the right who limited to discussion? Are there standard procedures
cry violence as the only solution to the nation's ills. within the department for tenure and promotion? Is
Let no one say thai our prolesl has not been heard. visiting professor McNally an exception? Are you
One of the great truths of the moratorium aware of student opinons regarding the teaching
observances is the growing involvement of the broad abilities of Professor McNally? Last year professor
m o d e r a t e c o m m u n i t y . The new politics McNally was hired over (he objections of most
encompasses a variety of activities; among them a faculty and students, because he was the only
critical awareness of our nation's social ills, and a candidate, is he going lo become chairman because
he is the only candidate? Do you have questions for
passion to work toward their resolution.
Mrs. Kendall, visiting Professor McNally, and Dean
Moratorium Day and the March on Washington
Perlmutter?
were not merely isolated happenings. Their success
in bringing all those in opposition lo the war
together foreshadows the success of the Moratorium To the Majors of the R.P.A. Department?
We can not believe that you are not concerned.
Days to come until the war is over.
Why do you allow yourselves lo be treated as
We all dream of peace. We want it NOW!
Niggers? Have you been asked about visiting
Sincerely yours, Professor McNallys promotion and candidacy for
Eugene II. Nickerson chairman? Has Kathy Kendall adequately informed
you of the affairs of the department? Are you
willing to attend meetings in which you will be only
allowed to talk and not vote? Are you aware thats
whal the R.P.A. faculty wants you to do? When are
you going lo wake up?
An Open Letter:
Public
Address
Stratton Rawson
JcffWasscrman
To Kathy Kendall, Acting chairman of the Rhetoric
and Public Address Department;
We want to ask you some questions publicly.
Why do you treat students like Niggers? Why
haven't students been involved, significantly, in the
search for a new department chairman? Are you
acting in haste so that you can be relieved of your
duties as department chairman, as soon as possible?
Why has no student been asked his opinion
concerning the only candidate for chairman, visiting
professor McNally? Why has visiting professor
McNally been offered ;
ssociate professorship
witli tenure, again, without consulting any students?
Wiry arc you afraid of having an open meeting to
discuss the problems of the R.P.A. with lire
students, facility, and the dfcans? Why was McNally
asked to be on the search committee lor a new
chairman, when lie was a candidate for that
position? Arc you aware of, the responsibilities that
the job of acting chairman car lies?
Tu visiting Professor McNally;
Wo would like to know a few filings. Why did you
serve on the search committee when you were a
candidate I'm chairman? Now thai you are officially
a candidate for chairman, why do you continue to
Ireat students like Niggers? Didn't you, at a recent
faculty meeting, call the idea of "parity" with
students "irresponsible"? Didn't you try to bar
Professor Gerard Wagner from partaking in a
meeting with Dean Perlmutter, because you were
afraid of what lie might say? Didn't you try to'stifle
any meaningful student participation in the
ASP STAFF
The Albany Student Press is published two
times a week by the Student Association of the
State University of New York at Albany. The ASP
editorial office is located in Room 334 of the
Campus Center. This newspaper is funded by S.A.
tax. The ASP was founded by the class of 1918.
The ASP phones are '157-2190,2194.
EditorslnChief
Jill Paznilt & Ira Wolfman
News Editors
Kathy lluseman
Anita Thayer
Nancy Durish
Carol Hughes
Arts Editor
Daryl Lynne Wager
Sports Editor
Dave Finh
Assistant Sports Editor
Mark Grand
Technical Editor
Pat O'Hern
Assistant Technical Editors
Tom Clingan
Linda Staszah
Photography Editor
Andy Hochberg
Business Manager
Chuck Ribak
Advertising Manager
Daniel Foxman
Features Editor
Barry Kirschner
Assistant News Editors
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datarmlnad by tha Editcn-ln-ChHlf.
committee could work throughout the summer.
Chosen were Jan Garvey and Arthur Debin.
Rawson and Wasserman argue that the manner
in which the selection took place was completely
unfair to the students concerned. The agenda for
the meeting did not include the recommendation
of appointees to the Search Committee until it was
added by Mrs. Kendall the day before the meeting
occurred. They reiterate that this plan was not
mentioned at any previous gathering of students in
the R.P.A. Department. Furthermore, the election
was to be held on a day when students would be
unable to attend due to other committments.
The announcement of the presence of Garvey
and Debin on the Search Committee was not
made public for several months after they had
been chosen.
When these criticisms were brought to Dean
Perlmutter early this semester, their validity was
upheld. However, since the committee had been
functioning from the summer through this period,
replacement of representatives seemed unrealistic.
Perlmutter suggested the addition of another
student member, chosen by the students, to the
committee. Although this new individual would
lack the rapport achieved by the other committee
members, it was felt that his presence would be
beneficial.
The proposal was not intended as a personal
affront to either Garvey or Debin. A meeting of
majors was held to discuss the proposition this
semester. At this time, however, the students did
not see the necessity of electing another
representative.
The Search Committee worked during the
s u m m e r , finding and evaluating possible
candidates. After months of study, four names
continued on page 6
, In a letter published in the Albany Student
Press last Friday, students Stratton Rawson and
Jeff Wasserman strongly chastized the Department
of Rhetoric and Public Address for irresponsibility
and poor handling in its procedures for the
appointment of a new chairman. Today at 3:30
pm, a meeting will be held to answer their
questions and those of other concerned individuals
to clarify this issue.
The problem was precipitated when Mrs.
Kathleen E. Kendall, Acting Chairman of the
R.P.A. Department since its inception last year,
presented her resignation This action resulted in
the creation of a Search Committee to find a
suitable successor.
The committee was formed last May in
accordance with the guidelines supplied by the
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College of Arts and Sciences. Faculty members
were Charles Colman, Dean of Humanities
Division; William Reese, Department of
Philosophy; Kathleen Kendall, Acting Chairman,
R.P.A.; Mary Jewett and Robert Norton, Faculty,
R.P.A.; and Richard McNally, Visiting Professor,
R.P.A. Dean of Arts and Sciences, O. William
LOUIS J. LEFKOWITZ, Attorney General of New York State,
Perlmutter served as an ex officio member.
spoke to ISO students on consumer frauds last night. The event was
Student representation posed a dilemma. At a
sponsored by Delta Sigma Pi, Professional Business Fraternity .
—benjamin meeting of majors held in May, a quorum was
unavailable due to the proximity of final exams.
Those students attending did not feel sufficiently
empowered to make any recommendations.
According to Mrs. Kendall, the issue was
pressing enough to warrant the selection of two
majors to serve on the committee by the
department, in this case, Mrs. Kendall and Dr.
students,
rather
than
whatever
by Ken Stokem
Richard Wilkie. This action was taken so that the
function it now serves.
In a three hour special
The amount of power and
self-evaluation session, this past control that two individuals--!.e.
Sunday, Central Council made an the ASP editors- should exercise
attempt to bring out the problems over $8,000 and twelve thousand
of Student Association (SA). In p e o p l e (students) was also
attendance at the open meeting q u e s t i o n e d .
Communications
were Council, Commission, and Commission tried to defend the
Committee members and students ASP's position by calling such
R o h d e was e l e c t e d by
Bill Rohde has been elected by all candidates for editorship of the
interested in improving S.A.
charges Positive and Negative the news board of the Albany paper were active members of the unanimous vote of the screening
The seesion covered a myriad c e n s o r s h i p . C o m m u n i c a t i o n Student Press to the position of ASP. The current editors decided committee. Although he has not
of topics and moved from C o m m i s s i o n feels that any Editor-in-Chief for the next two to open applications to all held any editorial positions, he
members of the university who has written columns for the ASP,
discussion to discussion, many too sensorship at all was intolerable. semesters.
had sufficient knowledge and and also has served as copy editor
In response to these charges it
abstract to be easily conveyed.
Rohde,
currently
enrolled
in
desire to fill the position.
of the Nassau College Vignette.
But
t w o items
surfaced was pointed out, however, that
the
English
graduate
program,
has
Three a p p l i c a t i o n s were
He will officially take office
repeaiedly throughout the entire the ASP itself was exercising a
been
servinthis
term
as
Editor
of
from
of
censorship
itself
by
received and a series ofinterviews with the first issue of the spring
s e s s i o n . Prior i ties
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politically
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a
candidate
was
semester.
Communication.
o r i e n t e d p u b l i c a t i o n which questioned as to his ideas
Pat O'Hern, a sophomore who
The theme of making priorities front.
appeared monthly.
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organization,
Dave
Neufcld
suggested
that
in
has
served the ASP for the past
and then sticking to them was
purpose,
and
direction
of
the
year
as technical editor, was
His
election
marked
a
change
in
reinforced many times. "Arc the some way the Editors of the ASP
ASP nollolnc Print- tn thie term
Albany Student P r e "
elected to the previously unfilled
students getting what they want
continued on page 6
position of managing editor.
most for the tax monies? Are we
As managing editor, it will be
supporting and financing the
Miss 0 Hern's job to more closely
priorities of the student body as a
coordinate the technical aspects
whole?"
of the paper. Hopefully, this will
These are indicative of the
aid in t h e m o r e effective
q u e s t i o n s that were asked.
production of the ASP.
Though no definite answers to
Anita Thayer was re-elected
these questions were sought at the
News Editor. A junior political
meeting, the importance lies in
science major, she has been
their being asked.
serving as one of the papers' two
Communication was found to
News Editors for a large part of
be tied in with nearly every other
this term.
issue raised. "Is there adequate
communication
with t h e
Elected to the positions of
students?" "Is there a break in
Associate News Editors were
communication
betwee SA
Nancy Durish and Carol Hughes.
groups?" These are the questions
Both Miss Durish, a junior from
that were asked and to which
Endicott, and Miss Hughes, a
hopefully
answers will be
junior from Pcekskill, have been
eventually found.
serving as assistant news editors
this semester.
The ASP itself was tied deeply
into
t h e d i s c u s s i o n on
Tom Cllngaii, a freshman from
communication. Most people at
Glen Cove, Long Island, and
the session questioned whether or
Linda Staszak, a junior from Masnot the ASP was fulfilling the
sapequa, were elected technical
function of a student newspaper
editors. They will be working with
or not. The general consensu
the managing editor in revamping
seemed to bo the ASP's primary
the production j f this paper.
function should be that of a
Daryl L y n n e Wager was
n e w s l e t t e r , a source of
re-appointed to the position of
c o m m u n i c a t i o n between the
HEART OF THE UNIVERSITY CLOSED for. the w i n t e r . u Ml administration-sponsored safety \ r t s editor for tlic Spring semesS tudent' < Association and " the precaution.
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TUESDAY, DECEMBER 9,1969
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TUESDAY, DECEMBER 9,1969
ALBANY STUDENT PRESS
Albany Black Coalition urges
selective buying campaign
graffiti
TUESDAY
CTDwyer for, Senator. There
will be a citizens' meeting to
organize for Paul CDwyer on
Tuesday,' December 9 at 3:30
p.m.inCC315.
There will be a Parliamentary
Debate on Tuesday, December 9
at 7:00 p.m. in the State Quad
flagroom. The topic will be
R e s o l v e d : THAT THE
UNIVERSITY STRUCTURE IS
OBSOLET. Debating for the
affirmative will be Dr, Curtis
Smith of the English department
and negative, Dr. Antony Saturno
of the Chemistry Department.
Experimental Theatre program,
will meet at its usual weekly time
of 8-10 p.m. Thursday evening in
the Arena Theatre of the
Performing Arts Center. There
will be readings of new scripts,
and s o u n d
equipment
demonstrations.
NOTICES
HAVE YOU HEARD? Richie
Havens is coming...Saturday,
February 7, sponsored by the
classes of 1971 and 1972.
Attention veterans: The
University of Washington's
Veterans Association is interested
in forming a national group to
"promote an increase in the
current educational benefits
available to veterans in school."
Interested veterans and/or groups
desiring more information contact
Mr. Ken Blaisdell, Campus Center
361 (7-7597).
The College of General Studies
and the Department of Physical
Education are offering a 3-hour,
non-credit course in Driver
Training Education on Highway
Safety. Proof of having completed
the course must be provided
before a road test appointment
will be made to an applicant for
his first driver's license.
The course will be given
January 12 from 6-9 p.m. Fee for
the course is $5. Enrollment may
be made by check payable to
State University of New York at
Albany and sent to: College of
General Studies, 1400 Washington
Avenue, Albany, N.Y. 12203,
AD-239; or call 4574937.
"Spiro T. Agnew and All the
news that fits: A call for
responsibility or a flirtation with
fascism?"
Thurs., Dec. 11,8:00 Assembly
Hall.
MON. DEC. IS
AFROTC personnel will be at
SUNYA on December 15 and 17
Black Coalition Pickets needed!
in Rm 209, BA building. Meet at Horace's Barber Shop,
Flowers, fudge, and fruitcakes
I n t e r e s t e d s t u d e n t s are 108 North Pearl Street (next to
Women's Liberation Front encouraged to visit with them or Strand Theatre). Picketing hours made at the Albany Workshop for
meets on Tuesdays at 3:15 in the contact union College's AFROTC are 12 p.m.-l p.m.,4p.m.-5 p.m., the retarded, will be sold in the
Campus Center Lobby, Dec. 8-12,
Campus Center 316.
(phone 374-6523]! for more and 7 p.m.-8 p.m.
10:00-1:00p.m. It is sponsored by
information.
the Class of'71.
WEDNESDAY
TUES. DEC. 16
An American Red Cross senior
On
Tuesday,
December 16 at 4 life saving class will be conducted
NDC is sponsoring a panel
No. 3, Ontario St. and
discussion on Wednesday, p.m. in Humanities 354 the at Bath Ave.,
Albany, beginning
December 10, at 8:15 in LC 3 to Rhetoric and Public Address Central
Monday evening, January 12,
analyze the first two moratoriums Department sponsors a Christmas according
to
John
Caviston, Bath
and to discuss "where we go from Party and a symposium on the manager.
W a s h i n g t o n , D.C. March
here."
The class, he said, will be open
The officials of the Peace Corps
Dr. Leon Cohen, Dr. Erik (November 15). All welcome!
to boys and girls 15 years of age and the State University of New
Hoffman, and Dr. Martin
and
older
who
can
swim
at
least
York
College at Brockport
The New Democratic Coalition
Edleman-all political science
announced completion of
professors, will be on the panel. will meet Tuesday, December 16 400 yards.
Instruction is free, but each arrangements for continuing and
The December moratorium at 8 p.m. in CC 375. Plans for
future moratoriums will be student is required to bring his or extending the unique Peace
activities will be discussed.
her own swim suit and towel. Corp/College Degree Program to
discussed.
admit a fourth group of
Girls must wear bathing caps.
There will be a graduate
Additional information can be candidates in June, 1970.
students association Executive
WED., DEC. 17
obtained by calling the Albany
Council Meeting Dec. 10,
The candidates will be selected
Red Cross at 462-7461.
Wednesday at 9 p.m. in the
from the ranks of students in
Professor Stollenwerf of the
Campus Center.
Positions are open on the good standing at an accredited
University of Pennsylvania will
college who are completing their
interview prospective Graduate following bodies:
-University Athletics Council sophomore or junior year by
THURSDAY
Students in Economics on
June,
1970. Those selected will be
-Bookstore Advisory Board
Wednesday, December 17 in SS
able to earn an A.B. or B.S. degree
General Theatre Workshop323 from 9:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.
-Research Council
under the supervision of Mr.
Please contact Terry Mathias in and be eligible for a Peace Corps
assignment in one academic year
James Leonard, director of the
CC. 346,457-3430.
flanked by two summers of fully
subsidized and integrated
academic courses and Peace Corps
training. They are expected to
major in mathematics or the
sciences; those who have
completed their junior year prior
to entrance into the program have
the o p p o r t u n i t y for a
double-major.
NPC will have a moratorium
table in the Campus Center from
December 8-17 to encourage
students and faculty to write to
Congressmen and Senators and
President Nixon..
"Give Peace a Chance" buttons
and Love Christmas tree
ornaments will also be sold.
Experimental Theatre Friday
might series presents Young
Playwrights this Friday evening at
7:30 p.m. and 9:00 p.m. in the
Arena Theatre. Young Playwrights
will be a program of staged
readings of the short works of
three student playwrights of the
SUNYA Department of Theatre.
THE FATHER by Timothy
Brennan.TO KICK THE LEAVES
by George Brust, and DAPHNE
by Mary' Eileen O'Donnell,
comprise this Friday's program.
Coffee is served following each
program. Admission is free.
Brockport offers
Peace Corps degree
cultural preparation and fluency
in Spanish the graduates as Peace
Corps Volunteers will be off on
their Latin American assignment.
As members of the staffs of
teacher training institutions
and/or consultants to secondary
teachers of mathematics or
science, they are important
participants in the educational
development efforts of their host
countries. During their two year
sojourn they have the opportunity
to earn up to twelve semester
hours graduate credit.
Peace Corps and college
officials pointed out the several
features which make this joint
program unique including:
academic credit for Peace Corps
training, two fully subsidized
summer sessions, in-depth Peace
Corps training synchronized willi
the liberal arts and specialized
professional
preparation,
individualized programming,
opportunity for double majors
The members of the first and supervised overseas graduate
contingent completing the work.
fifteen-month program which
'This integrated program is
combines the upperdivision
undergraduate education with based on our two fold conviction
Peace Corps preparation are now that (1) to combine the college
serving on bi-national educational and Peace Corps experiences is to
development teams in the make both more relevant and
Dominican Republic; the second meaningful and the personal
group is now serving in similar product more valuable (2) to
assignments in Peru and provide much-needed skilled
Honduras; the third group is now s p e c i a I i s t s • - in a t h e m a I ics and
in the academic year phase of this science tcacliers-as Peace Cor|
joing project and is slated for Volunteers in Latin America is to
overseas assignment in Latin moke a significant contribution to
America in August, 1970.
all concerned," said President
Albert Warren Brown, of the Stale
At the end of the second University College at Brockport in
summer armed with the degree, a announcing the extension of litis
teaching license, in-depth cross unique partnership.
T©w@ir E&sft Cnini@i3Ba
"I know the way home
with my eyes closed."
• i 9 6 0 Bililol.M>m Co.
Then you know the way loo well.
Because driving an old familiar route can make you
drowsy, even II you've had plenty ol sleep.
If that happens on your way home
lor Christmas, pull over, take a break
and take two NoDoz». It'llhelp you drive home
with your eyes open.
NoDoz. No car should ho .without it.
PACE3
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W.C. Fields in
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THE OLD DUDLEY OBSERVATORY on Uric Street, the oldest
SUNYA building, will be torn down next year.
-rosenberg
p r o c e d u r e s , riot control occur at the start ot the second
techniques, and relationships semester of this school year;
4. The dropping of all charges
between police and ethnic group
against persons arrested in
communities;
2. The revision of the present connection with the incident at
Black History course through Albany High on November 12
j 0 j n , discussion with students, based upon the recognition that
parents, the State Education these persons did not initiate the
D e p a r t m e n t ' s Bureau of disturbance and society can gain
Intercultural Relations, the nothing by the continuation of
SUNYA D e p a r t m e n t of the charges;
Afro-American Studies, and
5. The dissolution of the
Albany High School curriculum present student government
planners;
bodies at both Albany and
3. The retention of a qualified Schuyler, immediately followed
Black teacher at both high schools by new elections in which
for the Black History course, and proportionate numbers . of
the offering of this course to representatives would be elected
junior and senior students; and by Black students.
the initiation of these changes to
A boycott of Albany County
stores during the Christmas season
organized by the Albany Black
Coalition started yesterday.
The "selective buying campaign
is an attempt to force area
merchants to exert pressure on
the municipal government. The
campaign is necessary to insure
that the Albany Board of
Education implement the reforms
which were promised to the black
community as a result of the
November 12 Albany High School
incident.
The five demands which the
black community feels can be
implemented immediately are:
1. Arrangements be made for
an evaluation within the next two
months of the Albany Police
Department by a qualified neutral
agency (acceptable to the Albany
Black Coalition), with special
attention given to training
Activities planned
against the draft
Open enrollment, housing,
RPA discussed by Kuusisto
by Judy Baldassari
At his weekly conference with
students, President Kuusisto
announced that there will be a
meeting before Christmas of
representatives of all the State
University Units to discuss the
idea of the System going on an
open-admissions policy next year.
SUNYA is presently partially
under such a system with respect
to its EOP program. President
Kuusisto expressed hope that if
such a university-wide policy were
initiated it would be given enough
funds to make it a responsible and
effective one.
The maintenance staff has
fenced off the central portion of
the academic podium because it is
unable to keep the steps clear
during winter weather. They
would be a safety hazard if
students were allowed to use
them.
This university has received
clearance from the system-wide
Central Office to accept bids and
began construction on a 160-unit
married students' housing facility
which will be built on the other
side of Fuller Road. Construction
is expected to begin in the Fall.
Dr. Kuusisto was asked various
questions concerning the
Department of Rhetoric and
Public Address's need for a
departmental chairman. Kuusisto
said the Dean of the College of
Arts and Sciences determined
whether or not there is money
available to pay a department
chairman according to the
priorities within the college. The
president said he was aware that
students were concerned about
the search and hiring of a
department chairman.
The student directories have
been shipped by the printer and
are expected to arrive here
momentarily.
A question was raised on
CURE's movement to eliminate
university-wide requirements. As
of yet no proposal has been
submitted to the Undergraduate
Academic Council and until such
is done no action can be taken in
this area.
Also discussed was the fact that
student senators were elected to
the Faculty-Senate after
appointments were made to the
committees. This has resulted in
lack of information and
Plans clarified
concerning housing
by Nancy Durish
An investigation into the
m a t t e r of the so-called
"proposed" Lotlery Housing
System brought before LAAC last
week has yielded many definite
answers to questions posed by
members of the University.
First, according to Steve
Lobcll, Chairman of LAAC, the
proposal is definitely NOT a
proposal but merely a suggestion
drawn up by a member of the
residence staff of the university.
The suggestion is currently being
scrutinized by the Housing Staff
along with many other helpful
ways to alleviate future housing
problems.
This suggested housing lottery
would involve a type of quota
system where the Housing Office
would first determine the number
of space available for students. A
lotlery, composed of the names of
all students desiring on-campus
housing facilities, would then be
held, the results determining who
remains on campus and who must
obtain off-campus housing.
If this sugge'stjpn, ever j>eciune a
reality, only a small number of
students would be forced to move
off-campus during the first few
semesters it would be in effect.
The suggestion, brought up
before LAAC by an administrative
group, caused a great deal of
discussion among members of the
Commission since they had never
before been confronted with the
plan.
Many members experessed
doubt as to the exact stage the
proposal was in and a
determination to discover why it
was not brought to LAAC's
attention by the Housing Office.
Further inquiry into the matter
revealed that first the proposal
was merely a suggestion, and
second, that many other students
had read the suggestion and
assumed that LAAC was aware of
it.
Lobell stressed the fact that no
definite formulation of the lottery
housing system is going on at the
present time. He also state that
should the plan be formulated in
the.future, it will assuredly come
before LAAC for approval..
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by Ben Johnson
If the ill fortunes of fate have
damned the day you were born
via the U.S. SelectiveService
System, your anxiety may be
lessend by efforts being made on
campus concerning what to do for
those branded with low draft
status.
The beginning activities of the
Anti-Draft (Anti-War) Steering
Committee of Student Mobe were
discussed last night at the first
meeting of the special committe
The plans are of a two-fold
nature: first, efforts are being
made to attack the unfair and
war-permitting draft institution
itsetf with a demonstration first
on December 12 at the Watervhet
Arsenal.
There will be a rally and march
on December 15 beginning at the
State Capitol building at eleven
consequent problems in voting.
Hope was expressed that action
would be taken soon to remedy
this. It was noted that Senate
meetings are open to the public
and each council and committee
decides for themselves whether to
conduct closed or open meetings.
The President was also asked
when action would be taken on a
request from LAAC and Central
Council last year to give
preference to commuting students
in student parking lots. Kuusisto
said he wasn't aware of this but
commented that since December
1 there has been a SUNYA bus
circling the campus on perimeter
road as a convenience to students.
a.m. and proceeding to the
Albany Draft Induction Center a
few blocks away.
The second part of the
committee's work consists of
forming a single cohesive unit of
students on campus who are
distressed over their draft status in
order to inform these individuals
as a group about what can be
done specifically in the area of
draft counseling.
A "Merry Un-birthday Party"
wi „ b e h e l d o n D e c e m b e r 1 6 in
t n e C a r t 1 p u s Center Assembly Hall
f r o m 10 . 5 f o r t n e
ose
jn
of providing helpful information,
The
were t n m
,arge a
ls o f t h e c o r n m i t t e e
x t
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as
as
iWe for t h e
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anti-draft
demonstrations and to reach out
t o the distressed students on
c a m p u s ^y,,.
hel
concerning
, t
the fate of their
ft
r a l l y
MOBE tries people9s press
to show need for war's end
Student
Mobilization
Committee is trying to raise $900
for a full-page ad in the Albany
Times Union sometime during the
holiday season to focus the
attention of the average area
citizen on the need for peace in
Vietnam.
Members of the University
Community may sign the petetion
and give donations to Student
Mobilization at the tabf in the
Campus Center lobby.
The text of the ad will read as
follows:
The spirit of the approaching
total withdrawal of all troops holiday
season has always been
from Vietnam.
"Peace on Earth, goodwill
2) Demonstrate our opposition towards men." You, the average
to the present procurement of the American, can make this spirit a
lives of young men by the new reality. You can voice your
draft lottery system. End the sentiment against the war and the
draft and let the young men of draft by sending letters to the
America use their lives for President of the United States,
constructive instead of destructive and to the Selective Service
purposes.
headquarters in Washington.
No Matter What Number
You Drew in the Draft
We the undersigned submit this
public statement to:
I) Demonstrate our opposition
to American inuoluement in
Vietnam. We uphold the right of
Vietnam to self-determination,
and demand an immediate and
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TUESDAY, DECEMBER 9,1969
ALBANY STUDENT PRESS
PACES
9
THE
ASF
Banes Lose 58-49
TUESDAY, DECEMBER 9,1969
LEAGUE I SHOWDOWN
TONIGHT
Wrestlers Take 2nd
Plattsburg
February
Union College took eight firsts
January
7 Hobart
and one second Saturday to earn
10HARTWICK
11C.W. POST
first place in the fifth annual State
17 Farleigh Dickinson
17NewPaltz
University at Albany quadrangular
wrestling tournament.
Albany was runner-up for the
second year in a row with 51
points to the Dutchmen's 95,
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by
Fink
followed by University of
Rochester in third spot for the
second straight year with 44
points and Williams last at 41.
Who do you think is the number one college football team in the
The win came on Union's first
nation? It would seem that your choice is just as good as the writers',
appearance in the tournament as
the "football experts," who determine the Associated Press and
The Dutchmen entered with a 1-0 United Press International rankings. What is meant by this is that ii
record on the year after beating
has gotten to the point where it is ludicrous for a group of people ID
Hartford College. The tourney
arbitrarily (yes, arbitrarily) list the nation's top twenty gridiron
uses the Great Danes' season
powers.
opener and they gathered one first
Obviously, the question of who is number 1 is the forcmosi
and four seconds.
concern. Having little basis for comparison, in that only rarely do the
State's Bob Kind was the only
top elevens square off. The "experts" have endeavored to combine a
STATE WAS Both outrebounded and outshot Friday night as thev
defending champion. He returned
series of intangibles (it is possible that even they do not know what
lost to Stony Brook.
in
the
167
pound
weight
class
but
these factors are) in order to produce, in their opinion, the best team
—deyoung
lost both his matches after taking in the nation. For nine weeks this season and for many weeks before
the 137 pound weight class last the '69 campaign began, Ohio State not only was rated first but was
Ihc second half began with year.
by Mark Grand
being called possibly the finest intercollegiate football team of all
State overtaking the Patriots and
Nothing went right for the leading for the first time 28-27. The schedule:
time. Then, all of a sudden, after completely outclassing all opposition
Dane Courtmen Firday night as That was the last lime the Dane's
for these nine weeks, it was Good Bye Columbus (pretty corny,
December
they were soundly defeated by saw the lead as Kerr completely
huh?). Michigan beat them 24-12 and magically, these experts forgot
I0RPI
Stony Brook in State's home controlled the boards while poor
about Ohio State, dropping them to fourth behind Texas, Penn State
18 POTSDAM
opener, 5849.
and Arkansas of whom they had played none. Whether this move was
shooting continued to plague
valid or not is questionable but assuming that it was, shouldn't
Besides having an off-shooting Albany. Senior captain Jack
Michigan have then been given some consideration as number I? After
night, Albany was outrebrundcd Adams, team playmaker, drew his
all, they defeated a team that some people thought was the best ever.
54-35 as the Patriots completely fourlh personal foul early in the
If you beat the best, shouldn't you be considered among the best?
dominated the game.
second half and saw limited
Obviously, this logical thinking never occurred to the "experts."
T h e p o o r s h o o t i n g is action. The result was a steady
exemplified by the fact thai increase in the Patriots lead until
Next, there is the case of Penn State, who have at this moment won
The varsity swimming team
neither team scored during the the game was finally put out of traveled to Binghamton Saturday
22 consecutive football games. Last season, they were obviously
first three minutes of the game. reach of the Danes with about for a triangular dual meet with superior to their opposition but were continually ranked below the
However, Stony Brook center three minutes left.
SUNY Stony Brook and Harpur. University of Southern California and Ohio State. This season they
Mike Kerr took charge and led
Kerr hooped 18 points for the This marked the first meet for the still have not lost but again, they have yet to reach the top. II seems
Stony Brook to an 11-2 lead after winners while Reid led the Great Brian Kelly coached swimmers as that the powers that be have a strong aversion towards teams from the
the first eight minutes of play.
Danes with 13 followed by Jordan a varsity team. Last year, the northeast.
Senior Jack Jordan and juniors and Mastcrson with 10 and 9 squad participated on a club basis.
Please bear in mind that this is not to say that the team that is
Alan Reid and Jim Mastcrsou got respectively.
The team lost to Harpur by a number 1 is not a great team or that it might possibly be the bcsi.
the momentum going for Albany
The only bright spot in 71-33 margin and was edged by What it is saying is that there is no real basis for concluding who in
in a surge (hat brought the Danes Albany's game came on defense Stony Brook 57-43.
fact is the best.
to within tow points al halftimc, where they exhibited tight and
In essence, it appears that the AP and UPI polls have been
Jack Schubert in Ihc 200 yard
22-20.
aggressive play.
butterfly and the (cam's lone established for two reasons; I) to satisfy alumni who will very eagerly
senior, Pete Klara in the diving give donations lo their respective Alma Maters when they sec the
were the only first places school in the top ten, and 2) to satisfy the fans' desire lo have Iheii
NIGHT SKIING
minds regimented as to who is best and who is second best and so on.
registered by the Danes.
To conclude, it seems obvious that these rankings mean little. Until
In the 400 yard medlay relay,
Stale was shutout as was Ihc case a means of having post season playoffs is devised similar to that used
Only 20 minutes from SUNYA
in the 1000 yard free style and in basketball (this is impractical because it is difficult for a football
the 200 yard free style. Freshman learn lo play five extra games in a season) we cannot possibly know
m,ur!i a | n n |
SKI 7
s
Chris Wook took fourlh place in just who the national champion is. On New Year's Day, Texas will
the 50 yard free style for State. meet Notre Dame, Arkansas will face Mississippi, Penn State will play
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nights a week
Pete Gerstenhaber was second in Missouri and USC will go against Michigan. If all the favorites (named
(3:30 to 10:30 daily)
the 200 yard individual medlay. first) lose, there's no telling who "the experts" would pick as their
Freshman Andy McGrorly from number one leant. Let it suffice to say that if one of the great minds
'Trip out to Rock Candy."
West Babylon was second in the of our time, our President, was going to give another plaque In the
100 yard free style while best, even he might not be able to decide to just whom it should go.
SUNYA STUDENT SPECIAL:
sophomore Bill Hart from Albany
Ski Mon. thru Thurs. from
was third in the 200 yard
3:3U to 7:30 for only S2.50!
backstroke.
Rentals half price for students
Finishing third in the 500 yard
Potior Club and The Brothers
during special
free style for Stale was
There will be a meeting to
Gerstenhaber with sophomore Bill AMIA League I Basketball teams
will
preliminary game organize an AMIA Volleyball
Smith copped Ihird place in the beforeplaythe a Varsity
Plattsburg
League
on Tuesday, December ')
200 yard breast stroke.
game on Tuesday, December 9.
Albany was second in Ihc 400 Potter-Brothers game will begin at at 4:15 p.m. in 123 of the
Physical Education Center. All
yard free style relay.
6:45 p.m.; spectator doors will prospective teams are asked In
State, with only one senior and open at 6:30.
have a representative present at
one junior on Ihc squad figures to
the organizational meeting,
be quite a team in the next few
+ ***
years, with many of the freshmen Volleyball intermural playoffs
There will be a meeting t"
and sophomores now getting that arc now underway. Ryckman I is
organize
an
AMIA
Handball and
in 1st place in the Tuesday night
very valuable asset: experience.
Squash leagues on Wednesday
League I and in 1st place in Ihc
December 10 in 123 of the
Thursday night League is
Physical Education Center. Those
Livingston tower (II).
interested in handball should
On Tuesday, December 16,
report al 4:15 p.m. Those
WRA
will
hold
its
Annual
SCHOLASTIC
interested in Squash should report
Christmas party at 7 p.m. in the
al 4:45 p.m.
WRA office on the 3rd floor of
FRATERNAL
the gym.
The AMIA will hold a
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qualifying swimming trial on
Dave Wclchons of New
Friday, December 12 al 4:00 p.m.
SORORITY
Hartford and Tim Minnchan of
Team and individual entries are
Livonia have been elected
due in the AMIA Office In
co-captains of the Albany
SOCIAL
Wednesday, December 10.
freshman basketball team.
*•**
Wclchons, 6-2, was captain of
"Hear all Albany Stale
New Hartford High, while
( 2 m i . n o r t h of T r o y o f f R t . 4 0 )
basketball games live on WSUA,
Minnchan, 5-10, was captain two 640 on your dial." Before each
years at Livonia Central and
varsity basketball game, WSUA
phone: 335-3375
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Choral ensembles program
to feature "Carmina Burana"
There will be two performances
this year of the annual fall concert
of the choral ensembles of the
music department of State
University of New York at
Albany. They will take place on
Thursday and 'Friday evenings,
December II and 12 at 8:30 p.m.
in the main theatre of the
Performing Arts Center.
The concert program will
feature the internationally
popular cantata,
"Carmina
Burana," by the contemporary
Austrian composer, Carl Orff. The
Austrian chpse the text for his
work from an anonymous
manuscript found in 1903 in,the
monastery of Benediktbeuren in
Upper Bavaria.
It consists of pieces by 12th
and 13th-century wandering
students - lyricists writing in
Latin, Middle-High German, and
Old French. The songs of the
poets reflect in impulsive and
sometimes crudely direct
language, lives dominated by the
ceaselessly turning wheel of
destiny. The entire structure of
the scenic cantata is based on the
diatonic, strophic song, an art
form whose simplicity can be
most effective.
Singing the cantata will be a
chorus of 260 voices, made up of
members from the Collegiate
Singers, the Statesmen, and the
University Singers.
Prof. Karl Peterson of the
Music Department,director of the
woi! , has named the following
Swimming
Team
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students as soloists in the Dec. 11
and 12 performances: Lucritia
Famulari, Marie Hyder, Louise
Scudari, Janet Reuther, Deborah
Kling, Warren Sabloff, Steve
Hirsch, Gary Aldrich, Carey Lape,
Peter McEntee, Peter Slam, Fred
Valentine, John Thayer and John
Wanzer.
The accompaniment will be
played on two pianos by Findlay
Cockrell, of the music faculty,
and Ronald Able, a student. There
will also be music by the
Percussion Ensemble.
The public is invited without
charge.
Do you dance? Do you sing?
Do you play an instrument? Are
you interested in earning some
money?
Several weeks ago, the Ad Doc
Committee for the promotion of
student talent was formed under
C o m m u n i t y Programming
Commission. Its purpose is to
provide opportunities for those
students interested in performing
outside as well as within the
University community. The new
committee is co-chaired by
Norma Israel and Sandy
Kleinman.
The new committee is a
••n-profit
organization
established as a service to
students. Initial contacts to
organizations will be made
through a massive publicity
campaign. The various agencies,
coffee houses, restaurants, etc.
will be given an idea of the type
of talent available. In addition,
they will be invited to a talent
Revue which will feature all the
talent the committee is
sponsoring.
If you are interested in
performing and making some
money besides, please pick up an
information sheet in CC 364.
You will be contacted shortly
thereafter.
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THE SELECTION OF CONTEMfORAKY SCREENPKINTS now
on exhibit in the Art Gallery features this work by famed artist Andy
Warhol.
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"Rip Van Winkle"open8
tomorrow for 5-day run
RIP VAN WINKLE opens
tomorrow night a t 8:30 p.m. as
State University Theatre's second
major production of the season, in
the Lab 2 Experimental Theatre
of the Performing Arts Center.
The 19th Century comedy of the
popular Hudson Valley folk
legend by Joseph Jefferson, runs
Wednesday through Sunday of
this week, December 10 through
14. The curtain for RIP VAN
WINKLE, directed by Edward J.
Mcndus of the Department of
Theatre, is 8:30 p.m. Wednesday
through Saturday evening, and
2:30 p.m. on Sunday.
Robert J. Donnelly, State
U n i v e r s i t y Theatre scenic
designer, has designed a multi-area
set for RIP VAN WINLKE on the
floor level of the Lab 2 Theatre,
representing various locales in the
18th-century village and Catskill
Mountains of the story.
Because of the experimental
nature of the Lab 2 Theatre and
its fully flexible seating,
Donnelly's picturesque design
creates an excitingly intimate and
d y n a m i c a c t o r - audience
relationship.
The costumes of these hardy,
earthy Catskill Mountain people
have been designed by Arlene Du
Mond, whose designs recreate the
flavor of these rugged Americans
who lived at the time of the
American Revolution.
The lighting effects for RIP
VAN WINKLE have been created
by Jerome Hanley.
The cast of RIP VAN WINKLE,
featuring Jay Kuperman and
Marilyn Liberati as the title
character and his wife, includes: J.
Guttman, A. Ceppos, R. Didio, W.
Couch, J. Mann, R. Carman, M.
Baxter, N. Gibson, S. Sternbach,
B. Latine, T. Muldoney.M. Bono,
E. Sipos, L. Waters and R.
Friedland.
Tickets for RIP VAN WINKLE
arc on sale now at the box office
in the Performing Arts Center for
$2.00, or free with Student Tax
Card. Reservations may also be
.jpade by calling 457-8606.
This "patch"
TWENTY-ONE NEW WORKS by artist William H. Wilson, an
associate professor of art at SUNYA, are based upon the theme of
"Woman."
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Art Gallery showing
Wilson exhibit, prints
An exhibition of twenty-one
new works by arlist William II.
Wilson are currently being shown
in the Art Gallery of State
University of New York at
Albany. On exhibit are fifteen
paintings, five drawings, and one
foam rubber construction, done
by the artist in the past year, all
of them on Ihc theme of
"Woman."
Wilson, an associate professor
of art at (he University, was
educated at William and Mary
College, and the Cranbrook
Academy of Art in Bloomficld
Hill, Mich., from which he
received his Master of Arts. He has
exhibited in ten one-man shows,
including one in Mexico City. His
most recent exhibit was in the
spring, 1968, at the University.
Mr. Wilson has won numerous
prizes in regional shows, and his
works are part of the collections
of the Schenectady Museum, Ihc
Albany Institute of History and
Art and the Berkshire Community
College,
A selection of contemporary
sereenprints will he exhibited in
the lounge of the Arl Gallery of
Slate University of New York at
Albany from December 3 through
December 21.
Screonprlnting has attracted
many contemporary artists
because its technical flexibility
encourages experimentation.
Artists such as Jim Dine use
signature paste-up, collage and
photos. Andy Warhol and James
Rosenquist adapt commercially
produced screen images to their
own aesthetic purposes. Others,
such as Vasarely, Anuszkiewicz
and Sedgley, use the medium to
p r o d u c e p r i n t s requiring
meticulous color registrations.
The exhibit, which is being
circulaled by Aries Publications,
includes other well-known names
in the contemporary arl world.
Among them are Andy Warhol,
Ad Rcinhardl, Frank Stella, Lee
Bontecou and Robert Motherwell.
For further
information
contact Mrs, Charles M. Llddle,
457-3375.
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TUBDAY, DECEMBER 9,1969
My Lai Pttbiicity
Search for a new chairman Termed Hanoi Plot
RPA Department:
WASHINGTON-(CPS)--The
uncovering and publicizing of
news about the My Lai massacre
in South Vietnam are part of a
plot hatched by the "moratorium
crowd" to continue their "fifth
column efforts to divide our
people and disgrace our country,"
a U.S. Congressman has charged
on the House floor.
In a speech entitled "Pinkville
Massacre--A Moratorium Project,"
Rep. John Rarick (D-La.) said the
publicity given the incident is a
''disgraceful spectacle that
"exceeds even the citizens'
revulsion of the alleged massacre
at Pinkville.
"In order to gain a Communist
victory in Vietnam, under the
guise of peace, Americans lower
themselves to any level."
At least 120 Vietnamese
civilians are thought to have been
killed in the incident which
allegedly occured when American
infantrymen entered the hamlet
of My Lai March 16, 1968 and
began indiscriminately shooting
the townspeople. A U.S.
lieutenant has already been
charged with the murder of 109
civilians in the case.
continued from page 1
incentive to develop. It was feared that if the.
allocation of funds was not used at this time by
Were presented to" the Department. At this point the department, further opportunities would not
Deans Perlmutter and Colman informed the group be forthcoming.
that due to the state budget cuts and the resultant
Mrs. Kendall contends, however, that McNally's
freeze on University appointments, no outside appointment as Visiting Professor was "strongly
nominees could be accepted. Furthermore, when supported by a majority of the faculty," a position
the budget is restored, there is no guarantee that sharply criticized by Rawson and Wasserman. The
provision for a department chairman would appear question of McNally's being hired at the University
since the R.P.A. Department has a low rank'in the has further complicated the matter.
priorities of the Division.
Student majors were asked to comment upon
Since Mrs. Kendall's successor was still the hiring of McNally and other faculty
unknown, the department was forced to examine appointments in a four page memorandum. These
its own ranks for possible candidates for chairman. recommendations were to be submitted to Mrs.
The work of the Search Committee was then Kendall who would consider them before making
suspended. There are only two tenured faculty her own decisions. Those students responding who
members in the R.P.A; Department- Mrs. Kendall knew McNally seemed in favor of his appointment.
and Dr. Richard Wilkie. Mrs. Kendall had no However, not all students were familiar with this
intention of remaining Acting Chairman and Dr. professor and withheld comment.
Opinion of McNally has
changed since
Wilkie (presently on sabbatical leave) does not
the beginning of the semester when the poll was
want the job.
Since the R.P.A. Department is young, it is, as taken, according to Rawson and Wasserman.
Mrs. Kendall termed it, "bottom heavy." There are Further opposition has been heard as a result of
few tenured professors and many instructors who McNally's comments on the role of students in the
lack the criteria for consideration as possible department.
McNally haspublically denied aspiration to the
Chairmen.
The presence of Professor Richard McNally has Chairmanship while serving as a member of the
augmented the problem. Named as Visiting Search Committee. His actions were questioned in
Professor in June, he is not now a member of the many quarters as to the ethical considerations of
staff of this university. He has been recommended his membership.
The role of the student in Professor McNally's
by Mrs. Kendall for an Assistant Professorship, a
tenured position, that could lead to his view was explained recently. He feels that
"students are not junior faculty" Although the
appointment as Acting Chairman.
McNally's appointment last year was not role of students in the affairs of the department is
without opposition. The department had been a proper one, he remains unconvinced of the
allocated funds for a visiting professor only to equitablity of "student voting on a parity with
discover the scarcity of candidates. Since the faculty" in departmental decisions.
McNally declared that he is not yet certain as to
department is so new, the members had not yet
decided what aspect of Rhetoric and Public whether he would agree to serve as departmental
Address would be accented. Since McNally is a chairman or even if he will stay at Albany.
Rawson and Wasserman's letter intended to stir
Classical Rhetoritician, his appointment might
imply an orientation to the department which has up the faculty and students involved to activity
upon this issue. The numerous questions they
not yet been decided.
The prevailing attitude was, however.tp accept present remain unanswered. Hopefully, today's
McNally since the department needed the meeting will clarify the actions taken by Mrs.
Kendall in meeting this problem.
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must be made accountable to the
students. He further suggested
extending the facilities of the ASP
by combining its function with
that of an Administrative
newsheet. Under the plan there
would be an All-University
newspaper, serving both the
students and the administration.
The participants in the session
felt that the discussions
undertaken had been very
valuable, but far from complete.
Another session will be held this
Thursday following the regular
Central Council meeting.
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HOLIDAY SING 69
Council
on ASP
When you know
it's for keeps
On my mind
If Shakespeare can say, "The
If we look at our student
people are the city," I really don't government, it is no different.
think that he would object to my Meetings of Central Council
saying, The students are the border on the ludicrous, and the
u n i v e r s i t y . ' The logical elections we have from time to
implications of this is that our time, cross that border. An
complaints of sterile surroundings electorate which votes for the girls
and an impersonal environment, with the largest chest, or the guy
are no more than manifestations with the catchy name (i.e.
of unproductive minds and lazy Zipper), deserves what it gets on
bodies.
this campus.
No less an expert than Yuban
While constitutional revision
coffee taster John Arbuckle said which would have allowed direct
it-"you get what you pay for." If e l e c t i o n of the Student
we are not satisfied with what we Association President has been
are getting at Albany State, it is introduced, student apathy has let
only because we have not put it die. Thus we still accept the
forth satisfactory effort. This policy in which a couple of dozen
statement is not restricted to students elect a spokesman for
cumulative indices, but includes each student of the university.
our student government and
Last year on campus we saw
various campus organizations.
the passage and re-passage of a
This very newspaper which mandatory student tax. While
bears the brunt of numerous jokes over 2,000 students were willing
and criticisms is a prime example. to sign petitions against
It is a reflection, not just of those mandatory tax, less than 600 were
on the editorial staff, but the willing to move their ass over to
entire student body. Were it not the polling booth and vote their
for the dedication (bordering on sentiments. Thus the student
insanity) of a handful of workers body voluntarily relinquished its
on the ASP staff, the paper you only check on how our
now hold would only be of service government spends our tax
in rest rooms.
money.
Rarick concluded his remarks
saying, "So once again we find
Hanoi calling the signals for its
'Dear American Friends' in the
U.S. This time we find not only
that our national news media is
pushing the Hanoi propaganda but
that they paid to buy the 'news.'
People deserve what they elect.
The voters of the United States
deserved Johnson, and now thev
have earned Nixon. The SUNYA
electorate has earned its
mandatory tax, its ineffective
government, and its slanted
newspaper. If we follow in this
path, we may see David
Eisenhower in the White House
some day, and that is neither
humorous nor desirable.
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visitations
by Jack Schwartz
America is finally coming out of her state of
shock over our new (?) liberation policy in Vietnam.
Unfortunately. All of us must sleep tonight in the
knowledge that we share in mass murder.
But war is hell, so let's nail the offenders and get
it finished with. Of course scum like It. Calley
should be punished, even though he was just "taking
orders"; can we let the real villians escape? What of
Johnson, Humphrey, Nixon and Rostow? And Dean
Rusk, Robert McNamara and Arthur Goldberg?
These are the murderers of Song My. Three
administrations and seven congresses, Dow Chemical
and A.T. and T should be put on trial. The superb
columnist of the New York Post, Pete Hamill, has
correctly chosen the site for the endeavor: "It's a
town called Nuremberg."
We, the people of civilized America, have allowed
this to happen. In the fifties, we permitted the
treachery of Ike Eisenhower, of the White House
prankster Dickie Nixon, of John Foster Dulles and
his perverted domino theory. Once more the
citizens of the U.S. will shrug off another set of
atrocities. We can march around in D.C., to go home
and feel "real good."
Student reaction here in Albany is probably no
different than at other morally stagnant universities.
The faculty can go on with their government
research, oblivious to their part in it all, a
microcosm of a syphilitic country exists here on
campus. Next Monday, a bill will be brought to the
I'LL MEET YOU AT THE
PEDESTAL?
University Senate, on the Vietnam complicity of
••benjamin our school community. Will we continue to be
indifferent, or can we take a stand against
illegitimate authority?
You can't all run away from this dilemma, thanks
to the ever-present draft system. Playing along with
the numbers game, many students have jumped to
their first chance of real academic freedom, have
joined the ranks of the dropouts. I caution against
such action; according to a recent article in N.Y.C.
papers, the chances are not as good as it once
seemed for the high number pickers.
SAN FRANCISO -(CPS)--As armies of d i c t a t o r s h i p s
The original Pentagon figure of only the top 1/3
throughout
Latin
America
and
many as ten thousano National
being drafted has been refuted by Selective Service,
Asia..."
Guardsmen and military reservists
whose spokesman puts the percentage closer to 80.
The statement does not violate Draft calls are expected to rise, and quotas are
are ready to jeopardize their
military positions by joining any military law, according to Lt.
together to protest the Vitenam Col. James Elliott, public affairs
officer for the National Guard
War and American imperialism.
An estimated five to ten Bureau in the Pentagon. But
thousand guardsmen and reservists signees may face tacit reprimands
have been signing a protest from lower rank officers in their
statement now being clandestinely individual locales, and some
circulated throughout the country spokesmen here for those signing
and scheduled for release (he petition say they risk
probably during Moratorium activizalion.
activities this month.
Col. Elliott told CPS that his
The statement is one of the office has investigated reports of
strongest released by any military the petition "and we've found
group. "One Vietnam is enough," nothing."
it reads, "Too many people have
A spokesman for the group,
been killed already to preserve Adam Hochschild of "G.I.
America's overseas empire."
Association" based in San
The statement continues: "We Francisco said many of (lie signers
demand total withdrawal of ALL arc s t u d e n t s on college
our fellow American soldiers from camp u sc s -• "primarily graduate
Vietnam now . . . We demand students who joined the Reserves
total withdrawal now of all the or the Guard in the last year or
American soldiers advising the two to avoid being drafted."
Military against war
sign secret protest
changing. In New York City, it is expected that all
numbers up to 300 have a good chance of being
taken. (N.Y. Post, 12/4/69). Maybe now some of
you will end your ignorant positions on the war and
the draft,
My suggestions for the class of 1970 is to think
about the Peace Corps, Vista or teaching as the best
means of legal evasion. Write to the Boards of
Education in upstate N.Y. or N.J. for information.
Forget N.Y. City, their teaching ranks are already
overflowing. You can also reserve tickets for Canada
or England, or return your draft card to your local
board. Friends tell me that Holland and Sweden are
nice, too.
I would like to review quickly the last fun-filled
issue of the ASP (12/5). Central Council has
surprised no one wity another bunch of asinine
moves. We need a football coach and a troop of
illiterate jocks instead of more teachers and
classrooms, right? And good old Terry Mathias and
his gang want academic credit for their egotistical
tomfoolery. How many credits will Y.S.A.
membership get? President K. adroitly refused to
answer my queries at his last "conference," with the
great help of Cliffie Thome. I would still like to
know why the faculty can take the entire library
home with them for free, and who our little
right-wing arsonist at Albany is? I couldn't mind
protecting pigs like the hut burner, if the school
didn't arrest every drug offender they caught!
"Breaking Bureacracy" was a fine substitute for a
comic strip. Thome knows damn well about the
plain-clothed pigs on campus, and the wire-taps on
our phones. That's right kiddies, the police state has
come to Albany State. Cops don't have to look at
our records on narcotics offenses; they probably
had copies made before ours were finished.
In "Communications," trusty Gene Nickerson
certainly knows when to change from conservative
to moderate to liberal when the issue arises! (He
takes lessons from Rockefeller).
And in conclusion, to the authors of the "Kathy
Kendall doctrine"-all the power to you!
Sleep well tonight students; if you were
Vietnamese, you'd probably be dead.
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Unneeded roadblocks
Experience Is an excellent teacher. At least, this has been the lesson
of the attempt of CURE to end university requirements. For
evidently, this attempt has shown that the University has created a
structure which makes it quite difficult to accomplish positive reform.
Undeniably, the administration here has been benevolent and is
willing; to institute reforms-especially when those reforms do not
interfere in basic academics. However, the CURE experience has been
such that we must surmise that when reforms such as the abolition (of
requirements) which invade the academic world are pushed for, the
road is far more twisting and complicated.
We support the proposal for abolition of requirements, for reasons
enumerated in this space previously this semester.
We believe that the sooner they are abolished, the better for all
concerned. That is why all the channels that have suddenly cropped
up to thwart (or more precisely, sidetrack) the eventual dissolution of
University I requirements are so distressing. They are not, to our
thinking, necessary nor important for students.
If and/or when requirements are abolished on the University-wide
level, there will still be another way to institute them. Through the
departmental levels. We find this far superior to the current system, if
those requirements will drawn up by a student-faculty committee. In
any event, the current system should be scrapped.
We feel that all the roadblocks standing in the way of requirement
aboliton are unnecessary; we stronly hope that the move to end
requirements will soon be on the road to fulfillment.
Russian Past Time
We are happy to announce the formal non -existence of SUNYA's
new Russian Department. As of now only peaceful persistence has
kept alive the hope of transferring out the Russian sector from the
department of Germanic and Slavic languages. Russian language and
literature studies deserve as much structural and financial authority as
German studies.
Surely a new department (overdue to say the least) accords with
the concept of responsibility which this university's administration
has repeatedly emphasized. Or is that another myth?
Communications
An Approach to Song My
An approach to Song My situation avoiding
motives of fear, hate, anticommunism, patriotism,
etc., but not eliminating their signifance.
In order to understand the Song My massacre of
men, women and children one should try to realize
the meaning of a word that was used in an
interview, on CBS news, by an active participant in
the killings, The word "gook" used, by the service
man to describe Vietnamese is significant in
understanding how a man can be a part of such an
"atrocity." I have heard this word used by many
veteran service men of Viet Nam and, from context,
"gook" describes and categorizes things, not
idiosyncratic human beings.
The Vietnamese, perceived by "our standards,"
arc skinny, ugly, starving caricatures struggling for
survival on a day to day basis. Accordingly they
look debasing and parform debasing activities. Not
having cognizance and human compassion for the
situation that the Vietnamese find themselves some
service men see them as lowly things. An essential
ingredient in order to have the ability to kill, is to
sec things, not humans.
This leads to interesting questions. How docs the
armed forces indoctrinate men in order that they be
capable of killing humans or is the seed already
there awaiting exploitation? Is it controlablc, can il
be directed "advantageously" to kill only
"enemies", especially in Viet Nam?
Whether the word or method of such a thing as
"gook" is used consciously or unconsciously as a
way of indoctrination by the armed forces is
irrelevant. What is important is that it exists. It is
not the word per se but its meaning which places
the service man in the Song My situation. Maybe the
source of this abstraction can be found home.
"You don't know who the enemy is" and "they
all look the same" are also frequent expressions of
veteran service men of Vict Nam. As long as service
men are unable to differentiate "friend" from
"enemy", especially when "they all look the same,"
how is one to expect a decline in civilian ("gook")
murders? The style of absurdity in Vict Nam
precludes cessation of mass murder of Vietnamese
civilians.
All that is needed arc the right ingredients, which
have existed in the past and still exist now, for
another Song My, or worse yet, the continuous
aggregation of single or smaller group killings that
go unnoticed.
Chauncey Del'rce, Jr.
477 Livingston Ave. Albany
TWO MORE ISSUES OF THE ASP WILL APPEAR THIS TERM, on
December 12 and December 16. The next Issue following that will
appear thefirstweek in February.
Vol. LVI no. 19
State Unfoeriftt) of New York at Albany
Where u
Minnieha ha!
Friday, Dtcmbtr 12, 1969
Governance changes
hopefully imminent
rtAMP""
CPS
COMMUNICATIONS
In order to help the students get started on the
difficult job of inter-campus coordination, I will be
distributing reports dealing with developments on
To the Editor:
the various campuses, current environmental
It's Christmas time, I know, but there are some problems and other related matters. As enthusiasm
480,000 Americans who won't be home for and involvement builds, this function will, of
Christmas this year. And there arc some 40,000 who course, be taken over by the students themselves. In
will never see another Christmas again. Maybe I'm a the meantime, however, if you have information
little strange or something, but I don't like this that you would like to be distributed to the
situation one bit and I think it can be changed.
campuses, I hope you will bring it to my attention.
Richard Nixon continually says that we've done
Finally, it is essential to develop an inventory or
all we can to end the war and that the next move is human resources throughout the State-experts who
up to Communists. Well our President is wrong; we might be willing to serve as speakers or assit the
can do more, should, must, and I hope-will.
students in developing programs and concerned
The usual Christmas cease fire period will be individuals who can serve as a source of
shortly upon us. Here is another place where we can encouragement and support. I would appreciate it if
take the initiative in trying to end this regrettable you would send me the names and . Jdresses of any
war. We MUST call for a PERMANENT CEASE persons or groups whom you think might be useful
FIRE. We MUST take this risk for peace.
in this area.
The President has this THING about receiving
I look forward to hearing of your enthusiastic
mail in favor of his policies. After his famous silent
support
of this effort.
sincerely,
majority speech, he received 40,000 telegrams
Richard L. Ottinger
supporting what he said. He seemed to think that
Member of Congress
this was a mandate to continue his "plan."
Peace people aren't wealthy. We can't afford
telegrams. BUT everyone can afford a six cent
stamp. On December 12, this month's moratorium
day, I urge everyone to write Mr. Nixon a letter
imploring him to call for a permanent cease fire. To the Editor:
Last Tuesday 1 noticed a friend going to eat his
And when we all go home for vacation, write Nixon
another letter and urge your friends to do likewise. contract meal. Knowing he could well afford in this
This is Christmas time, a time to display goodwill small way to help supply food to Biafrans I asked
toward your fellow man. If you care at all about him why he wasn't contributing. He answered that
your fellow man, write the President. For Christ's he was sick of seeing his money spent on foreign aid
sake, swamp the President with cease fire Christmas (he included the U.S.'s defense spending as foreign
aid) and little being done in the U.S. While I can see
cards. Give peace a chance. Give a damn.
his point about the inadequacies of our domestic
programs, I question his indifference to starving
Alexander Polk
people simply because they aren't American. Would
it not be simpler to establish a democratic and
humane society if American patriots and others of
thf the world could develop a spirit of mankind.
To the Editors:
The most exciting development in the fight to Americans might have to deplete their stockpile of
preserve the environment is the effort to involve food and pay a little more in taxes, hut it seems that
young Americans in the bailie. The firsl slcp in this this would effect a more lasting peace than armed
Dan Quigley
program is (he April 23, 11>70 environmental equilibrium.
Alden Hall
"teach-in" on the Nation's campuses recently called
for by Senator Gaylord Nelson.
Er have to face the fact thai, while we arc all
aware of the increasing seriousness of the
environmental crisis, we have failed so far to
generate the drive and dedication lo make the
necessary changes in National attitudes, institutions
The Albany Student Press is published two times a
and laws to meet the challenge. We desperately need
week by the Student Association of the State University
the new ideas and new directions thai can only he
ol New York at Albany. The ASP editorial office is
provided by the new gencration-whicli has already
located in room 334 of the Campus Center. This
demonstrated ils commitment to improving the
newspaper Is funded by S. A. tax. The ASP was founded
quality of our life and ils ability to effectively
by the class of 1918. The ASP phones era 467-2190,
redirect national priorities.
2184.
Editors-inChief
I have been in contact with students on every
Jill Paznik & Ira Wolfman
campus in New York Stale offering whatever
News Editors
Kathy lluscmmt
assistance I can lend to their efforts. I hope that
A nita Thayer
every conservation group and each individual
Arts Editor
Daryl Lynne Wager
concerned with the environment will lend his
Sports Editor
Daue Fink
enthusiastic support to this project. At the same
Assistant Sports Editor
Mark Grand
time, I think il is important that we recognize that
Technical Editor
Pat O 'Hern
this program cannot rely upon the unsuccessful
Assistant Technical Editors
Tom Clingan
policies and methods of the past. If the new effort is
to be successful, the students themselves must
Linda Stumult
devolop their own priorities and programs.
Photography Editor
Marly Benjamin
Business Manager
Chuck Ribak
The essential first step is to gel the widost
Advertising Manager
Daniel Foxman
possible circulation for information regarding the
ntures Editor
Barry Kirschner
teach-in" on New York Stale campuses. I have
already contacted several thousand students and
The Editorial Policy of the Albany Student Prees II
.student organizations but. we need to reach many
determined by the EdhorHnXhlef.
more.
Write Nixon!
Mankind +meals
Steps to Nature
) ASH STAFF
by Bob Warner
Last Tuesday night, the
Committee
onUniversity
Governance met to discuss the
problems of SUNYA's governing
system and began to formulate
ideas for possible recommendations to the University Senate
in the near future.
Those serving on the committee
are: Deans Chesin, Morris, and
Perlmutter, Professors Edelman
(Chairman) and Tibbetts, and
Terry Mathias, President of
Student Association. Dr. Margaret
McKcnna served as secretary.
The Committee, which was
formed last February, was the
initiator of the University Senate
at the university. Now that this is
a reality, the committee is seeking
to improve its creation, since the
Senate's composition is only
temporary.
The Committee's goal is to
eventually propose a bill or a list
of recommendations to the
University Senate that will
hopefully represent all segments
of the University community.
A member of the maintenance
staff asked the panel for a say in
university policy, because much
of it affects them. Parking,
recreation, and security were cited
as parts of university maintenance
function. He believes that he and
his colleagues should have an
influence in the direction of
partainent appropriations.
Dean Chesin, in response, asked
if maintenance workers are
concerned witli university
g o v e r n a n c e . Mr. Robert
thorstensen, of the English
Department, added that he does
not believe that maintenance staff
has as great a stake at the
university as does the teaching
faculty; subsequently, the
former's representation should be
considerable less, if anything at
all.
A possible role in school
governance for univesity
secretaries was also discussed.
The definition of the three
university groups- students,
faculty, staff- was unclear to
everyone attending. This, of
course, must be resolved before a
discussion on the reapportionment of the university power
structure can begin. Most likelv.
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Moratorium III
ANTI-DRAFT
DEMONSTRATIONS
MONDAY DEC. IS
MEET AT STATE
CAPITOL STEPS
AT 12:00 NOON
MARCH TO
INDUCTION CENTER
BRING SIGN
The obsolescense of the University structure was debated and discussed Wednesday night by interested
faculty and students in the informal atmosphere of State Quad's U lounge.
...cantor
Math majors petition and
demand immediate changes
byl
by Bob Holmes
If you are a Math major here at
Albany, or if you are only taking
a math course, and are dissatisfied
with the way it is being taught you are not alone. A petition has
been circulated which demands
"that immediate action be taken
to rectify the present situation
ANTI-WAR DAY
that
exists in the Mathematics
TUESDAY 12/16/69
department."
ASSEMBLY HALL
The "present situation"
10:00-4:00
according to some students is that
VARIOUS ANTI-WAR
the
method of teaching calculus in
ACTIVITIES
large lecture sessions is inefficient,
the textbook (chosen supposedly
by one professor) is inappropriate
and inferior, the teachers involved
are apathetic and the graduate
assistants arc indifferent and
unprepared, and lastly that there
is a lack of sensible grading on
Allocations for specific exams.
Dean Frish (of Math and
numbers of faculty positions must
first go lo the individual schools, Sciences) and Dr. Cowling (head
thon to the specific Departments of the Mathematics Department)
where it remains up to the met with a group of students last
Department Chairmen to hire new Thursday and more meetings have
been scheduled since.
faculty.
Football priority
high with Senate
by Judy Novicky
Another step has been taken in
the process of seeing foolball
become a reality here at the
University.
The Educational Policies
Council has recommended lo the
University Senate thai "the
highest priority he given lo the
allocations of an instructor in
physical education for September,
1970."
This means that Charles
O'Reilly, Vice President for
Academic Affairs, who is
responsible for allocating
tlie
position to. Dean Gardner.
Dean Gardner, Dean of Hie
School of Education, will in lurn
give Dr. Werner (Chairman of the
Physical Education) permission to
hire another physical education
instructor presumably with some
coaching experience.
This resolution was introduced
to the Educational Policies
Council by Seth Hi.schorn.
However, the lobby In favor of
I he resolution had lel'l the
Council Meeting.
Since the Council did not wish
lo vole while llio lobby was out,
the issue was tabled. The motion
to table was then withdrawn.
The original resolution was
withdrawn,
reworded,
resubmitted and finally passed,
According to Dr. Cowling the
problem is that there is a student
enrollment of about 3000 in Math
which gives an FTE (Full-Time
enrollment) of approximately
19+. FTE determines the number
of students per professor.
A reasonable FTE is 12-13,
obviously the University's is well
above that. "We have more
students enrolled than we can
handle in a very satisfactory
manner," stated Dr. Cowling.
His philosophy is not to
foreclose any students chance of
taking a math course. He loo,
along with the students would
prefer a 3 hour class with no more
than 36 students, equal to I
credit.
The department is limited lo
offering 79 such credits To
attempt this would mean that 73
of these credits would be used by
Freshmen and Sophomores alone.
This leaves a total of 6 credits
for all Juniors and Seniors. He
says, "There is no way,
realistically, to do il."
"We can't spring forth Willi a
perfect plan overnight," lie states
KD
and then complains "Students feel
we have done this unilaterally."
He is rcfering to the decision to
use the large lecture rooms, and
the fact that the administration
insists that they be used since
they are there to be used.
Finally he admits to the fact
that there are many bugs in the
lecture center, but they are not
the responsibility of the math
department.
In the final analysis, it seems
that more professors are needed
and it seems that money and
resources are not being furnished
in areas with demonstrated
teaching needs.
Many individuals disagree with
Dr. Cowling and say that a certain
Professor has a workable plan to
reduce the size of classes to a
reasonable level.
Others claim that Math majors
should get special preference and
be in small classes while the
non-majors should gel the large
classes.
Still others say that at least one
course is now being taught in 1/2
the time il was taught 2 years ago,
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Monday Senate Agenda
As the holiday season approaches, dorms and students take on new
faces. Sunday night, Holiday Sing will provide musical
accompaniment for the new mood.
...potskowskl
The Senate of the Slate University of New York at Albany will
meei Monday December IS at 3:30.
The Executive Committee will recommend the acceptance of
student nominees previously recommended by student government.
This committee also informs (lie Senate that an attempt will be made
to hold the elections lo lite new Senate earlier this year than in the
past.
The Executive Committee also reports it lias received a resolution
condemning the Vietnam war hut excluded il from the agenda as the
committee agreed thai Ihis was "not the proper business of (lie
Senate."
The "Art, Literature, Music, Philosophy" requirement will be
changed to read "Humanities" which will also include courses in
Rhetoric and Public Address if a proposal by I he Undergraduate
Academic Council is accepted.
The Undergraduate Academic Council is also submitting guidelines
for the operation of the new Satisfactory-Unsatisfactory grading
system.
Tho Ad Hoc Consultation Guidelines Committee is submitting
recommendations for student participation within departments.
A resolution will also be introduced by (he School of Criminal
Justice asking (he Senate to oppose the exclusion of the West End
Podium Construction budget from the 1970-71 Capital Construction
budgol and to Investigate tho reasons for the deletion.