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FRIDAY, APRIL 24, 1970
I
HASSLED???? DIAL 457-5300
L)n call 24 hours a day, 7 days a diction will be encompassed by
week are psychologists, psychia- the group. However, the crises
During the two days of dialogue, trists, doctors, graduate assistants, dealt with are not limited to drug
interest was expressed about the and students. Included in the use. Students contemplating suineed for some sort of group, on group are John Tucker of Coun- cide or those under severe emocampus to help deal with crises seling Service, Louis Lieberman of tional strain can also seek help
experienced by any member of the Sociology Department, and from these concerned individuals.
The training of the Crisis Center
the yiuversity community. This Dr. Janet Hood of the Student
staff will include advanced traincrystalized into the Student- Health Center.
Faculty Committee to Establish a
Bad trips and other problems ing in suicide prevention techCenter for Interaction.
related to drugs and drug ad- niques, field studies of programs
at other centers, drug abuse workshops, and seminars. The group
will also try to bring training
experts to our campus to provide
further instruction.
The members of Crisis Center,
on behalf of the student body,
voiced support this type of organization as a service that should be
an integral part of the University.
by Gregory Thompson
The number is '157-5300.
The class of '71 will hold tin Thursday will read as follows: "In
opinion poll on April 29 and .TO an attempt to develop a statewide
to obtain the ideas of the class on bond between the student bodies
a variety of issues concerning uni- of the university centers, should
versity, community and inter- we strike when they strike; .should
national problems in an attempt we demonstrate when they demonstrate; should we give support
to give '71 a feeling of unity.
The poll on Wednesday and to another university center's student body through any means
possible?"
Students will be sitting on all
Vandals smashed the window*
the uptown dinner lines on the
29th and 30th, and will be in the of approximately ten cars parked
in
the Dutch Quad parking lot
Campus Center those two days to
accomodate voting commuters. Wednesday night.
The damage occurred between
No identification or proof will be
required; the class officers are the hours of II pm and ',1 am. No
Continued from page 1
asking that students be honest and motive could be determined. "It
intended to rule out the con- only sign the poll if they are seems senseless," a spokesman for
sideration in Senate of political members of the Class of '71. The Security commented yesterday.
stands on the war, environment, results, of course, will be pub- The cars were apparently picked
etc.
lished, and if anyone is interested at random.
One student said he noticed
Tim Reilly, opponent of the in helping with this project please
resolution, called this move a c o n t a c t Mary Marl or Pat sneaker prints on the rear hood of
his car. It appeared someone had
national conservative drive by uni- McGrath.
versity professors to make univerOn May 9, as part of the Uni- kicked his rear windshield in.
sities apolitical. His adversaries, versity's annual Parents'Weekend,
however, maintained that the Sen- the Classes of '71 and '72 are
ate was never intended to take sponsoring a concert featuring the
political positions. The resolution "Guess Who" and "Scales and
was postponed indefinitely by a Croft."
31-23-6 vote.
ALBANY STUDENT
PRESS
If you
want it....
Here it is
by Judy Avner
Vol LVM No. 17
'It gets so frustrating...*
Juniors Seek Views
In Opinion Poll
by Neill E. Shanahan
A young man, seventeen, wanted to see the
world. Perhaps, growing up in the streets of Albany's South Side, maturing through the gang
rivalries and individual fist-fights, dropping out of
school, defending his sister on the streets in an
increasingly hostile and racially torn neighborhood,
he had already seen enough of it. More, certainly,
than most. Nevertheless, ghettoes whatever their
color breed restlessness.
Next week, seven years ago, he joined the army.
To understand his story, one must understand
Terry Rinault. One must understand that life to his
is an adventure. He has no chip or ill-feeling, and
despite his fierce loyalty to family and friend, he
forgets easily. He is happy and broadminded—due in
part to the fact that he reads constantly. Yet despite
the fact that he was discharged over four years ago,
his voice shrinks to a whisper and he almost
shudders as he describes his experience.
Vandals Smash
Car Windows
At Dutch Quad
CURE
Accepted...
Meet John Henighan — SUNYA's plainclothes
campus Security Investigator.
One car, a fairly new Dodge, had
still not been removed by noon
Thursday. The back window was
shattered, a gaping hole in the
middle. Glass covered the upholstery and littered the floor below.
Poems for the Shields McIlwaine Poetry Contest and
short stories for the Lovenheim
Story Contest should be submitted to Robert Judd in HU 375
by May 7.
TORCH NIGHT 1970
The TORCH NIGHT Information Card
How did you react to Basic training?
Panic! It was disillusioning. The recruiter had
explained what it would be like but I still panicked.
We were herded like animals, disorganized, wearing
half army clothes and half civilian. People were
always screaming at you—not too much physical
abuse but constant mental torture.
They tell you when you get there that you're the
lowest thing in the world and it confuses you. As
soon as you get organized, get into a company—everything you do has to be prompted by Kilt!
Kill! Kill' They use it as a morale thing—to keep
you keyed up.
I guess you need them—crawling under live
machine-gun fire, getting gassed— it's all stuff you
need- but its the way they do it.
For the majority of NCO's, the job is really a shit
job- some sort of punishment and they take it out
on the recruits. They have such a low IQ and a
narrow outlook on everything—many joined off a
farm or out of the slums and they get a real sense of
power being able to take and yell and scream at a
hundred guys. We used to say NCO meant No
Chance on the Outside. It gets so frustrating-just to
answer back is disrespect. It can mean the stockade
for six months. It gets so frustrating.
Did anyone break, Terry?
17 years old—Richard Poland attempted to commit suicide. We were at Fort Dix—3rd training
regiment and they were constantly harassing this
guy. 7:30 one night we heard all kinds of screaming-he had cut his wrists and ran across the field.
Some guys caught him—tried first aid. They took
off their T-shirts to bandage him but he was cut
pretty deep. They took him to Walsson Army
Hospital--but we never saw him again.
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What happened after Basic?
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I was assigned to the 5th Training Regiment for
flight vehicle training school. I was so happy I was
ready to cry. After about 6 months and a thirteenday leave our ship sailed for Germany. I always
pictured Germany as mud huts and straw roofs and
cities bombed o u t - b u t I'd much rather be sent
there than Korea.
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How did you feel about the army at that point?
I still believed in most of it 1 fell like I was in a
movie or something. Most of all, I was pretty proud
now thai I had made i! through everything I turned
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And what was Germany like?
That's when* I first started to think of the army
as stupid. At Fort Dix they spent over $2,000
(raining each guy for light vehicle duty and when we
got to Germany, they put us on tractors and trailers
for eight weeks.
Hut I liked the idea of driving a tractor and
trailer you feel pretty big and grown-up. I got a
certificate for 70,000 accident free miles. You feel
like you have a job to do, carrying parts of missle.s
and commissary goods.
But, then, the most frustrating thing happened. I
wasn't the most ideal soldier, hut I had my
stripe an E-3 private I was put up for E--1 which is
for best soldier in the quarter. Everyone takes a
proficiency test and out of 8-10 guys they review, 1
was picked. The guy who was picked always wound
State Uniueriftjj of New York at Albany
Tuesday, April 2*. 1970
An Interview With An Ex-GI
up E-4 and I was pretty glad.
We had had a problem. Before this, we had been
under a guy named Lieutenant Ross. He was a real
drunk- oh, he went to the same bare downtown as
the guys did, tried to be friends-but he turned out
to be a real prick. It was all bullshit because soon he
started to lord his authority over everybody. He was
a real pain.
It got so bad and we got so hot about him that
one day we went over to the first lieutenant and
said that he had to go. He had to go or we'd go. We
were burning to get him off our back! The first
lieutenant investigated-and moved him from executive officer to battalion. It was worse- everything
had to go through him.
And when I was put up for soldier of the quarter,
he got back. I came out of that quarter-so I
wouldn't even be considered. It didn't matter if I
was the sharpest in the quarter.
I went to the lieutenant- but he wasn't going to
buck battalion forme—or anyone.
What was your reaction?
I hated it! I hated the rotten, stinking army. I
had never tried to excel before. I had always done
my job. I thought of killing him—to get shot down
by that creep! After that I was irritated just to do
the things I had to do.
The fact that he could gyp me—and that the
lieutenant wouldn't back you- and then you begin
to see it—there's a lot of rotten shit in the army, if
you start to look around—guys getting courtmartialed for stealing coffee when all the time the
sargeants steal among themselves. It's all right for
one person to do something and not another.
Like Bucher (Commander, USS Pueblo)—they
courl-martialled him in prison—they could reprimand him for how he acted—sitting in a prison
camp and they turn around and do the same
goddam thing by signing that paper. But they're at a
desk and they're comfortable every night.
And the prejudice! Now it's known they can't
hide the fact that it doesn't change in uniform. But
then it wasn't out. It depends on who's in power
and who's in a position to help their own- and the
blacks usually get the bottom.
That was a pretty strong reaction. Did you cool down
after a while? What happened after that.
You see, there were other things. Other things
were building up—and they blow your mind. I had
been trying to get a leave for home now for almost
two years. You start to miss your family despite all
the friends you have in the army. I was still only 1H.
But a lot of us they wouldn't give leave to. We
weren't in favor. They'd give us fifteen days but to
leave Europe you need 110—and you need a ticket to
and from-that's $600 or $700. On $72 a month
with beer and cigarettes and everything you can't do
much.
I rolled my tractor, too, outside Nuremburg and
wound up in the 96th General Hospital. In a few
days I was back in the company for light duty, but I
was still on crutches. The army constantly believes
everyone's goldbucking and they get on you for
that and for the accident because that works
against, the company's chance to win best mileage
and the captain to win a promotion.
And then something I'll never forget.
What happened?
It was my birthday and four of us had been out
That night as we were coming into the barracks I
was on crutches this cook Becker was coming up
the stairs Becker and I never got along and he was
drunk. I guess he just got pissed seeing me or
something because he started coming at me.
mumbling "fuck you" and "you're a mother
fucker." lie went to punch me and I hooked him
and he ''ell. He was really mad now and still
swearing and he started to gel up so I kicked him
in the lace. 1 had to. On crutches it was the only
thing 1 could do.
1 was court martialled tor "Disorderly in Quarters" they tried me for kicking him.
At the trial there were four witnesses. There were
the three guys with me and Becker. Every goddam
one of them was favorable. The three guys said
Becker had come at me first, Becker himself didn't
deny it "1 was drunk," be said and said he didn't
know what happened, I pleaded not guilty.
They found me guilty on all charges. They
reduced me to E-l.
Why? How?
You see what happened? For a court-martial to
take place, an officer has to bring charges. You have
an officer to prosecute, an officer to judge, and an
officer for defense. They don't decide these things
in court—they decide them in the officers' mess
where they drink together and watch baseball
together. For one to say another officer was
wrong—to chastise another officer on behalf of a
private just doesn't happen in the army.
Couldn't you appeal?
All the officers are in Battalion and you appeal to
Battalion Headquarters. The same thing again.
What happened then?
I was so disgusted and pissed off, I decided I was
going to do whatever I wanted. I went drinking
every day~I let my beard grow—I went AWOL—
everything, there wasn't one thing I didn't miss. It
pissed me off so much that they could actually do
something like that and get away with it. The mere
fact an officer says you did it means you did.
Another Court Martial?
And the stockade.
Could you describe the conditions there?
(Rinault's voice now went so low as to be almost
inaudible)
The stockade was deplorable. It was built for 500
but there were 900 there. Racial tensions you just
couldn't believe. It was June 19 when got there
and there was no air-conditioning—nothing. The cell
blocks were hotter 'n shit, no music. No radios. No
newspapers. All your mail was censoted—mail from
home often was sent back. For "flying mail"
(getting it out secretly) they put me 11 days in
'The Box" it was 5' by 7' concrete with a little
toilet-bowl and a wooden pallet to sleep on, which
you took our during the day. You couldn't smoke,
You couldn't talk. It was called "Dietary Segregation."
For breakfast they gave you a little box of
Kellog's cornflakes and Vh slices of bread with a
little water. One more thing—a large tablespoon of
instant dehydrated potatoes. That's what you get
for lunch and that's what you get for dinner.
I was there twice—a total of 21 days and I lost 25
pounds. But they don't write your weight down—
they say only a 5 or 10 pound difference.
One day a group of criminology students came
by from Hudelburg. Before they came in, Captain
Cadfrey came in—he was later made a major—and
told us that if anyone at all contradicted him he
would turn the guards loose on them later on. They
came in and told them we got breakfast cereals and
green vegetables and liquids and all had cots to sleep
in. If we had said no, they would have beat our
brains out.
You'd sit there—sit all day long—sit on the
goddam floor all day. Once a day you got a
shower- you got 3 minutes. He said we had 15
minutes exercise to the students. We didn't get
any the liar.
There was constant brutality. If you're in there
for 90 days you get bored—and sick. One guy like
that tried to escape—he was half beaten to death.
They'd always give; provocation, "how do you like it
here"' they'd whine at you. You'd be walking down
the hallway and they would make you strip- get
up strip again and stick a knife in your ass
Then somebody else further on down the hallway
would make you strip again. And they always held
the "Box" over your head! That was worse than the
heating
What were niosl of the guys in the Stockade for?
Kids 17 years ma you wouldn't believe it 17
years old und complete alcoholics. Kids- protestors in there with hardened criminals- rapists,
murderers.
Could you relate what happened after
you left tiie stockade?
I had always been trying to get a 30-day leave
and soon after I got out I got word that my kid
sister was dying. She was only M when 1 joined and
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ALBANY STUDENT PRESS
Clayton Pond, graphic artist
and painter will demonstarte Silk
Screen Technique on Tuesday,
April 28th, at 2:00 p.m. in the
Lethographic Studio (FA 124).
The demonstration will be followed by a "round table discussion."
Tuesday evening at 7:30 p.m.
in LC 5, Mr. Pond will give a Slide
Review of his works with informal
commentary.
The artist's works will appear
in University Art Gallery on Monday and Tuesday. Mr. Pond is a
guest artist sponsored by the Art
Council.
From May 1 to May 3 there
will be a Weekend gathering to
support Bobby Scale and the
Black Panthers in New Haven,
Conn. There will be David Hilliard, chief of staff for the B.P.P.,
Artie Seale of the Panther 21,
Jean Genet, all of the Chicago
Seven, a Rock-Jazz festival which
will include Santana and Steppenwolf. In the face of the growing
reaction along with ' Seale's trial
it is important to support this. All
those interested in the weekend or
in just the march should meet in
the fireside lounge Wed. at 8:00
to work out rides.
Any students who have complaints about the Roxy Dry Cleaning service on campus should
please send a note including specifics to the Dry Cleaning Committee, S.A. office, Campus Center 346. Roxy's contract is now
up for renewal and any comments
by the student body would be
appreciated.
University Concert Band will
give a concert on the evenings of
May 7 and 8 in the main theatre
of the PAC at 8:30 p.m. Admission free.
The Class of 1971 in conjunction with the Class of 1972 of
the State University of New York
at Albany present the "Guess
Who"
with "Seals and Crofts" in
concert Saturday, May 9, at the
State University gym.
Tickets will be on sale in the
lobby of the Campus Center from
10 a m. 2 p.m. beginning Monday, May 4 and at the door.
Tickets are $2.50 with student tax
and $4.00 without.
Doors to the gym open at 7'30
p.m. and the concert will begin at
8:30;
The Capital District Chapter of
the New York Civil Liberties
Union, an affiliate of the American Civil Liberties Union, will
host a special colloquium entitled
"Civil Liberties in the Schools" on
Tuesday, April 28, at 8:00 p.m.
The meeting, at Channing Hall of
the First Unitarian Church of Albany, 405 Washington Avenue, is
open to the public without
charge.
TUESDAY, APRIL 28,1970
Drug Course Offered
by Nursing School
The School of Nursing will offer
a 3-credit course entitled Drugs in
American Society (Nur 510) as a
service course open to senior and
graduate students in any major on
campus. The course will be taught
by Dr. David Sen-one with classes
scheduled for Lecture Room 21,
9UO-10, Monday, Wednesday and
Friday.
This course will present an examination of basic principles of
Chemistry Dialogue, Friday drug use and will consider various
May 1,1970, at 1:30 p.m. at Ch types of drug abuse. Lectures and
26. Bring your gripes!
discussions will explore the phy
siological hazards of indiscrimi
Poems for the Shields Mcllwaine nate use of drugs together with
Poetry Contest and short stories the sociological, legal and ethical
for the Lovenhcim Story Contest implications of their role in con
should be submitied to Robert temporary American life.
Judd in HU 375 by May 7.
Selected lecturers in psycho
social aspects of drug usage wil*
Elections for Station Manager of assist with the course in order to
WSUA will be held on May 10 at make it useful to a broad spec7:30 p.m. in CC 375. Student tax trum of degree candidates on cam
cards are required to vote.
pus.
Enrollment cards will be available at Colonial Quad throughout
the pre-registration period.
Big Brothers
Needed
On Wednesday, April 29, the
Big Brother - Big Sister Program
for Incoming Freshmen will be
accepting applications in the Campus Center lobby for students
interested in helping with the program. This year's program has
taken some of the old traditions.
made changes, and added some
new ideas One major change in the
p r o g r a m will reside in the
matching of the Big Brother and
Little Brother. Hopefully both the
Big Brother and Little Brother
will be living on the same quad.
Also for the first time, commuters
will also receive Big Brothers
-either campus residents or present commuters. Another modification made will allow Big
B r o t h e r s to request Little
Brothers and/or Little Sisters.
Last week on all quad dinner
lines, the first applications were
taken. Those who still have applications are asked to return them
to the Campus Center Information Desk by May 4.
Volunteers Wanted
In the fall of each year the
incoming freshmen get together
with interested faculty members
and upper classmen to discuss a
book made available to the freshmen during their summer planning
conference. Participation in these
discussion groups stimulates
thought and further discussion on
key contemporary issues as well as
providing an opening for consideration of problems and aspects of
our own university community
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For this year's book the committee has selected Population
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The program will be held mi
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History of History
by Bob Warner
.According to five members of
the History Department faculty,
the department has not improved
or changed since Dialogue last
March. The undergraduates have
not mustered enough support for
their demand for 50-50 representation on the hiring.and tenure
committees, nor is it clear that
this is what they desire.
The graduate assistants that Dr.
Krosby. Chairman of the Department had been asking the Administration for
were finally
granted. This came about because
Krosby threatened to limit history'
registration in each class to 25
(the faculty voted on it.) However, students were not happy
with Ihis plan.
In greater detail, this is what
Joe Meda. Graduate Assistant, Dr.
Ivan Steen. Dr. Krosby, Dr. Warren Roberts, and Mr. Norm Levy
thought of the present stale of the
History Department:
Joe Meda does not want 60-50
representation on departmental
committees but for entirely different reasons than some his other
colleagues He believes that ir students vote on committees, they
legitimize the decisions made by
the department. In other words,
the faculty could always use as a
shield against criticism that students had a part in the decisions,
therefore everything is fair and
justified because of this so-called
d e m o c r a t i c process. Another
problem is that many of the committees are not of much interest
to students right now.
In general, Meda does not see
any change in the history department, but does see internal departmental politicking. There are
two factions, one consisting of the
more conservative professors, and
the other of the more "progressive" faculty. Meda goes on to say
that the faculty cannot work with
each other until they rid themselves of their notion that they are
self employed, because they arc in
actuality, members of a department of a university. Finally, he
believes that most of the faculty
have "no confidence in student's
abilities and no confidence in
their own."
Dr. Ivan Steen thought it was
too early, yet, to see any improvements in the department but he is
waiting eagerly for the student
committee report on curriculum,
lie believes this is the area in
which students can be most helpful since they are directly involved
with the curriculum.
He put the blame for the department's problems on the untimely completion of tin1 New
York Slate budget which comes
oul in the sirring, while university
hiring is done in I ho fall and part
of Ihe winter
Steen is not in favor of nO-fjl)
representation (students and faculty), because it is "impractical."
He further argues that students
have "reasonable representation"
already. I le questions whether students are really interested enough
to waul In participate in committees However Steen asserts that
flit' two or three students already
on each committee can swing Ihe
majority either way
According to Steen, when the
department voted to limit registration to 2n per class, it was "confident" that the Administration
would give the money needed for
more graduate assistants.
I)r Peter Krosby, Chairman of
the History Department said Ihat
Hie number of graduate assistants
has doubled since Hie Dialogue.
Krosby quite openly admits
that "students were used" to obtain these demands because they
could not really be hurt if they
strike, lie suggested lhal if the
Administration would have rotalialed againsl the student strikers, they could u4ways transfer.
His line of argument was that a
student is responsible to no one
else, but himself, whereas the
faculty must support their families. He felt, then, that students
were more expendable thaj>
faculty, because students could go
from university to university, year
after year while the faculty, if
they struck, would be out of jobs.
The ASP reporter suggested that
students might have trouble in
applying for admission to graduate schools or jobs if they have
been suspended or expelled from
the university. Krosby, however,
did not think that this had much
validity.
The History Department is now
allowing all students who want to
register to do so. Krosby hopes
that by overcrowding classes,
greater pressure will be brought to
bear upon the Administration to
give more funds for more qualified professors.
Dr. Warren Roberts, a
most diligent worker believes the
department and the university
have become worse over the past
year. He maintains that students
are less willing to do work, and
attend classes than ever before.
Roberts is appalled by the idea
of 50-50 representation because
he does not want students to ruin
their education by wasting precious time on endless committees.
For that matter, he does not want
the faculty to waste their valuable
time in university or "pigmy"
politics, and is not bothered by
the idea that no one then would
serve on committees.
He believes the purpose of a
university is to provide students
with the books and facilities so
that they may "read books and
write papers." He is calling for
traditional and formal education;
he then calls for an oligarchical
administering of the university, so
professors can research and students can learn without the interference of campus politics.
Norm Levy of tile History Department does not believe the
department has changed since the
Dialogue. He doesn't believe that
50-50 is going to save the department, but rather it will be good
professors that will improve the
department. "We don't have them
now," Levy maintains. He believes
that Krosby was wrong to use
students to get his demands, and
would not go so far as to limit
registration to ten, five, or even
zero, because he did not have the
support of his faculty or the will
to do so himself.
By the way, there's a plank missing in the bridge over the lake...
-potskowski
Kuusisto at Conference
Discusses Recent Events
After a two week absence. Acting President Allen Kuusisto
opened his weekly press conference with students with several
important announcements, many
of them answers to previously
asked questions.
The administration has been
meeting with a steering committee
of black students and staff members in efforts to avoid further
disorders like that which occured
on Colonial Quad. The black student arrested lust week in conjunction with the Colonial Quad
incident has had the date for his
jury trial set. Three complaintstwo University and one individual-have been filed against him.
President Kuusisto mentioned the
possibility of transfering the case
from civil to campus judiciary
court; however, this was deemed
unlikely.
The SUNY Board of Trustees
has announced an amendment to
their Rules and Regulations Governing Campus Order. Each campus is to set up a hearing committee of 11 administrators, ;) faculty
and ;i students (appointed by the
rest of the committee) to review
cases
"The CURE proposal will be
implemented," stated President
Kuusisto in answer to the rumors
concerning a possible veto by the
Board of Trustees. It will take
effect immediately, and there is a
chance that formerly required
courses with low enrollment will
be cancelled to allow those teachers involved to open new sections
in upper level courses next semester.
The Economic Opportunity
Program was also discussed. Contrary to rumor, EOP has not been
financially cut. Its allocation in
the '70-'71 budget has been reduced from that requested, but
the sum alloted is approximately
the same as this year, $900,000.
Jack Schwartz questioned the
racist practices in the Bursar's
Office in which money is withheld
from black sutdents for the purpose of paying bills. This practice
is in conflict with the official
procedures of allocating funds for
the use of EOP students (and
letting them pay their own bills).
Schwartz stated that this behavior
on the past of the Bursar's Office
is directly aimed at black stu-
Panther 21's Shakur
to Speak Thursday
One of the Pnnther 21, Afoni
Shakur, will speak this Thursday,
April 30th, in the Cum pus Center
Ballroom nt H p.m. There will also
be a speaker from the Patriot
party. Two films will he shown
"Off the Pig" ami "An Interview
with Chairman Bobby Seale."
The Black Panther party and
Council
Election
APRIL 27, 1970---the day they turned on the Campus Center
fountain.
poUkomki
dents.
The overall plans for the development of Albany into a graduate center were sharply criticized
by one student who stated the
policy of accepting primarily upperclassmen transfers lessens the
opportunity for poorer individuals
to attend this university.
Environmental problems also
were questioned. Open fires on
Indian Quad were noted as being
illegal and dangerous polluters.
Colonel Walter Tisdale.Assistant
to the President for Management
and Planning informed the audience that a permit had been obtained by the construction firms
and that ways of recycling this
waste were severely limited.
The banning of non-returnable
cans was demanded by Ed Shaw,
who felt that the University's request for bottled soda in returnable containers would greatly aid
the preservation of the environment by avoiding waste.
Election Commission lias announced the candidates for Central Council.
From State Quad: Doroen
Richardson, Wallace Henry Tolliver Mudelyn Boyd, Vernon
Bowen, Linda Baortsehi, Nancy
Boll, Eugene Kenneth (York)
Yurkewiez.
From Dutch Quad: Raymond
Colon, Arnold Douglass Jr. Burbam Gules Leonard Kopp, Raquel
Alvira, Mark Schwartz, Barry
Nuthanson, Paul Goldstein.
From Colonial Quad: Elizabeth
(Liz) Flsesser David Neufeld, Paul
Passantino, Phillosia Henderson,
Ronald Rueker, Majorio Alicia
Kipp, Joseph Kaiser.
From Indian Quad: Dick Wesley, Marc Rosenberg.
From Alumni Quad: Jay Goldman, Joan Zuekerman.
Continued on page 5
the Patriot party are revolutionary
organizations working in poor
communities, the Panther Party in
black communities, the Patriot
Party in white communities. They
are both working for the freedom
of their people and all poor and
working people in the United
Stales. They have been responsible for such programs as free
breakfast programs, free clothing
programs free medical clinics, lib
oration schools community centers, and free food programs.
Ever since the Panther Party
was formed IJ years ago, the USA
government has tried to destroy
thorn. The governments latest tucfic is "busting" Panthers on
trumped up conspiracy charges.
'I\vo examples are the Panther 21
case and the trial of Bjbby Seale
in Now Haven for alleged murder.
Afoni Shakur, one of the Panther
21, will speak about these two
trials and what they mean to the
people of this country.
The Patriot Party was formed
in September 1969. Their main
emphasis is in the South. "One of
our main purposes is to unify our
brothers and sisters in the South
with our brothers and sisters in
the North." They will speak about
that and the busts they have
already had in 7 months of existence, i.e. how the government is
trying to destroy the Patriot Party
before it reaches out to the poor
white people in the South.
Legislature Poll
Continuedfrompage 12
y o u see they want t o salvdge as
many as possible. They thought
that if I stayed in the U.S. I'd
YES N O N A 1 9 7 2 1 9 8 0
I had always been trying t o get have n o problems.
a 30-day leave and soon after I got
97% 0% 3% 100% 0%
I talked with the commander at
out I got word that m y kid sister Hamilton. He said they'd review
94% 0% 6% 100% 0%
Liberal Party Endorsement
was dying. She was only 14 w h e n I m y case the n e x t m o n t h - s o just
All Republican i
joined and I hadn't seen her for stay around and he'd treat me all
76% 16% 8% 83% 66%
Republicans with
almost 3 y e a n . S o I Anally got an
right. He played real sympathetic
Conservative Party Endorse 5 7 % 4 3 % o % 6% 100%
emergency pass. I came back to
and everything. Then, when I
the States. That's when she died.
checked the list -I had KP.
Immediate
Gradual
No
I
was
sick-1
was
so
sick
about
I got so pissed! s o pissed! I
THE VIETNAM W A R
Withdrawal Withdrawal Ans the army-1 felt rotten about
walked over t o headquarters I
went in-1 said t o him, "You can
62%
38%
0% everything. I was fucked-up. The
All Democrats
let m e g o on a 2 0 8 or I'm going
55%
45%
0% only thing that would stand out in
Democratic Liberals
myself. I'm going. You can shove
4%
64%
32% m y mind while I was h o m e was
All Republicans
this army right up your ass."
0%
72%
28% the stockade- and with the death
Republican Conservatives
and all I just couldn't go back. I
I walked o u t - a n d kept on
Large Mod N o Mod N o
would rather take a Dishonorable
walking.
Inc
Inc
Red ans
WELFARE
with FUCK written across the
Nearly a m o n t h later Terry
All Democrat*
middle of i t - I just wanted o u t . I
45% 31% 3% 0% 21%
Rinault received his " 2 0 8 " - a
38%
6%
0%
6%
Democratic Liberals
was so screwed up and I still o n l y
50%
Dishonorable Discharge. He had
All Republicans
had 5 months left. You just c a n ' t , joined the army April 2 2 , 1 9 6 3 .
0% 48% 16% 20% 16%
describe h o w y o u feel.
Republican Conservatives 0% 14% 43% 43% 0%
He walked out October 15, 1965.
Rinault substantiated his story by
It seems then, that Liberal Party endorsements o f
S o what did y o u d o ?
showing
this writer his courtDemocrats does n o t necessarily mean that the
Well-I
went
to
Fort
Hamilton
martial
papers. Four statements.
Legislator is any m o r e liberal than his Democratic
where I was stationed now. They
Four favorable.
colleagues, w h o d o not have Liberal Party support.
tried to play it cool. You see
Today Rinault is working two
It seems then, that the Liberal Party is n o more
having been in 3 years they didn't
j o b s - o n e as an antenna installer
Liberal than the Democratic Party.
want to say I was unfit. Besides-I
and another with the Income Tax
Conservative Party endorsement for Republicans,
was useful. I could drive a trui-lcDepartment of N e w York State.
however, does seem t o indicate that the Republican
He loves to p a i n t - w h e n this camis more to the right than his Republican colleague
NOTICE
pus was being built, he was on the
w h o lacks conservative party support.
painting crew. He has one son.
The final exam schedule for
When his younger brother
May
1 9 7 0 is n o w available at
John announced he was joining
he Campus Center Information
the Marines Rinault took him in a
Desk and at the Registrar's Ofroom and beat the shit out of
fice.
him.
LOWERING OF VOTING AGE
Continued front page 1
t h e use o f police o n campuses "to deal with student
strikes." 28% were definitely for it, 22% opposed,
and 50% said that the use o f police "depends upon AH Democrats
t h e circumstances."
Democrats with
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Deinocralls Y 1 4 %
Republicans 44%
Downitate
18%
Upstate
50%
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S U N Y A students should take note that their
friendly neighborhood Legislators are not t o o well
disposed t o student protest, especially violence. T h e '
Republicans unanimously did not rule out the
possibility of using police t o interfere with campus
strikes.
The last question asked of the Legislators seemed
new 1 t o many of them. " D o y o u favor the bill n o w
pending in the Legislature that would prohibit
mandatory S t u d e n t Activity Assessment ( t a x ) ? "
19% were in favor, 20% opposed, and 61% because
of ignorance of the bill or because t h e y were unsure
of their position, had no answer.
The meaning o f the results here are unclear, but
it seems t o be more favored among the Republicans
than the Democrats.
The remaining point t o be explored is whether
monor party endorsement (liberal or conservative)
indicates that the Legislator is more t o one extreme
of the political spectrum, than his colleagues w h o
only have major party affiliation. Three issues will
be used as samples: the lowering o f the voting age t o
18, the war, and welfare.
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D E P E N D S NO ANSWER
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this Sunday, May 3rd
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Audrey
7.30
Hepburn,
Alan
and
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Arkin
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TUESDAY, APRIL 28,1970
ALBANY STUDENT PRESS
PAGE 4
Panther Lawyer Lefcourt
Speaks at Skidmore College
cal tools " Lefcourt contends thai
by J. Stephen Flavin
under such a system, there can b e
n o checks and balances, n o repre"I'm n o t a Panther; I can't
sentative government, n o demo*
speak for the Panthers, but the
cracy!
Panther? l story in court is blown
T h e Panthers according t o
out o f proportion." The words of
Lefcourt,"advocate
the overGerald Lefcourt attorney for the
throw
of the present system b*y
defense of 21 Black Panthers
any means possible and instituting
charged with "plotting t o make
socialist programs which advocate
New York City department stores
the needs of the black ghettos. A
'burn, baby, burn'
fell upon
majority of young Blacks supports
semi-attentive ears in Skidmore's
the Panthers. A majority, if not
College Hall. The paradox of Skid80%, of the Blacks feels the govmore y o u t h assembled in an anernment is trying t o wipe them
tique church t o hear the story of
out. T h e government can deal
'their contemporaries' " struggle
with Black uprisings in the ghettos
to be free in an oppressive state
simply be sealing them off. But
was reminiscent of the apathetic
the government can't deal with a
farmers of our colonial era w h o
Black—White coalition and fears
didn't join the revolution until
this."
Gentleman Johnny had t o be
'The government, white sustopped o n their doorsteps in
premacists, and racist have little
Saratoga.
t o fear however, if the thinking of
'The Federal Government is
sheltered, well-to-do whites retrying to move the country t o the
mains unchallenged."
right. The branches of government
One coed questioned
Lefare the true conspirators, The
Executive branch follows a policy court's definition of coalition, believing that "under this coalition,
of oppression and 'maintaining
does that mean the Blacks join us
status quo.' The Legislative approand w e tell them what to d o and
priates funds for these Executive
they have to do it?" Such naive
policies and passes few bills for
thinking results in alienation and
civil rights. The courts are polilihloodbaths, not brotherhood and
lasting harmonic relations! Under
that "coalition" we would have
20th century slavery., "White
Man's Burden."
Stolen Art
On
Campus
political organizations,
seeking
first change in this country and
second the work of their respective fields, e.g. law, medicine,
etc. Lefcourt's Law Commune is
available t o those arrested for any
crime having bearing o n social or
political charges. Besides the cases
pending o n the Panther 2 1 , t h e
" C o m m u n e " is handling as m a n y
cases of welfare recipients as possible. The overload is handled b y
the National Lawyer's Ouild. All
of the members o f Lefcourt's Legal C o m m u n e are on the board o f
the National Lawyer's Guild.
The results of early successes o f
the "Legal C o m m u n e " were countered by "being burned out. But
we're coming back bigger and
stronger. Young law students
coming o u t fresh want this kind
of work." Lefcourt and associates
have taken refuge in the same
building that offices
William
Kunstler
Many newspaper
editorials
call
f o r the disbarment
of
Kunstler. But Kunstler has ai long
and impressive list of credentials;
he may n o t be disbarred, but
other younter liberal
lawyers
without reputations may be."
The word revolution reached
Skidmore. S o m e students were in
favor of "striking classes in support of Yale's strike and in support of Black Panthers on trial."
Discussion followed on whether
or not to ask the administration if
the students could have permission to strike and if the administration would pay for buses t o
Connecticut on May 1,2, and 3
for demonstrations at Yale for the
Black Panthers. The transient
strike dialogue was summarized
by one coed as,"At Yale they
have strikes. At Skidmore, they
have teas " Another fair lass exclaimed,"Too
many
Skidmore
girls are of afraid of hurting their
own little ol' rear ends
ask the
administration for permission t o
have a strike— ludicrous." The
ASP is awaiting word on the fate
of Skidmore's "potentially volatile situation."
What's in a name? A remark
overheard after Gerald Lefcourt's
lecture summarizes "His last name
tells us his political affiliation and
occupation-Leftcourt."
'Every white is a racist. If he
doesn't admit it, he is a fool. It is
just like every male is a male
chauvinist* it is ingrained in us
from birth by our society." Lef
In the past t w o weeks, ten court felt he "had to put forth the
different pieces of art work have case of the Panthers. It is a test
been taken from University build- for white people."
ings
These include t w o from
S o m e members of the "maColonial Quad, five from Dutch
jority" care enough t o support the
Quad and three from the Acaoppressed the best way they can.
demic Podium. These works repreLefcourt and other professional
sent original pieces that have been
men have formed " C o m m u n e s "
placed on campus during the last — collectives consisting of male
three years by the Art Co- and female personnel in which
ordination Committee
everybody is treated on a totally
The art pieces were done by equal basis. The "Communes" are
New York State artists and include oils, water colors, collages,
The Department of Afroseriography, and ceramics. Several
American Studies has released a
pieces d o n e by University artists
are also in the collection. The revised schedule for the 1 9 7 0
pieces missing include: four serio- Fall semester.
graphs by Jack Basson, one T o m
This new schedule is available
O'Connor original print, one oil in the Department office, SS
by Ethel Magafan, t w o William
235.
Clark construction pieces, one oil
by Victor Liguori, one water color
by Henry Kidder from the FordTimes art collection, and a large
number of mounted and framed
EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH
posters.
for
The Art Committee, headed by
Persons with high academic qualifications who are interest
Mrs. Lois Gregg, includes both
ed in improving education through research
facuUy and students. This group
Fellowships to the Ph.d
has been responsible for placing
approximately
3 0 0 art pieces
'hroughout
the
campus.
The Art Committee will be
meeting soon to make decisions as
to what steps need to be taken to
safeguard the remaining pieces. It
may become necessary to remove
the works from some of the buildings. The entire University c o m munity is being asked at this time
to b e c o m e especially aware of
their individual responsibility*
WAIT UNTIL
DARK
Tower
East
Cinema
Thursday. April 30
7:30 and 10:00 pm
with Audrey Hepburn
and Alan Arkin
Committee on Educational Research
School of Education
University of South Carolina
Columbia, South Carolina 2 9 2 0 8
WE ARE SORRY!
Since the start of the semester our delivery vehicles
have been robbed six tiroes. Three of these incidents in
the last two weeks. Due to this recent rash of robberies
we are placed in the position of charging a delivery charge
for all orders to the uptown campus. We apologize to our
many loyal customers for this action, but we can no
longer absorb the cost of repairs to our vehicles and loss
or merchanidise.
It is a shame that so many good students have to be
penalized for the actions of a sick minority but we feel
we have gone as far as we can.
The management
WALT'S SUBMARINES INC.
Circular construction collage by WWam Clark of found objects,
mostly wood. Approximately i'A feet in diameter Done in shades of
gray with black and silver accents.
Who's Who List Accepted;
Election Change Defeated
by Ken S t o k e m
In a special Sunday night meeting, Central Council again defeated the proposed list of Who's Who
nominees The list consisted of 4 2
names proposed by the Who's
Who screening c o m m i t t e e . Council deliberated on the list for over
2l/s hours before sending it back
to committee.
Monday morning, after about a
half-hour session, screening c o m mittee presented another list of
Central Council
Elections
Continued from page 3
Commuters:
Edith
Trelease
Collins, William Counts, Egbert
(Bert) Eversley, Joseph Green,
Spencer Jackson, Richard Kamp,
Wynell
McClung,
Michael
Schweigert, John Turner, Jeff
Wasserman, Deborah Wright.
nominees to the reconvened Central Council T w o names had been
struck from the previous list, and
without much further discussion,
Council passed the list with an
11-1-4 vote. This list o f 4 0 names
is n o w being voted on by the
student body. Thirty-six people
can be elected.
In a last-minute pre-election
decision, Council decided t o run
three people from each o f thathree
completed uptown quads, and o n e
from both Indian and Alumni
Quads. This was brought about
' through an amendment b y Lenny
Kopp o f a proposal b y Jeannette
Beckerman,
Election
commissioner, t o elect two people from
each of the main quads n o w and
one in the fall.
A s passed
by Council incoming students living uptown will have had n o voice
in the makeup of their student
government. It was suggested that
this ruling might b y contested
before the Supreme Court.
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visitations
Editorial
EBBIE THE EEP
by Edward Shaw
•'.;
"Being
militant
about
environmental degradation
does not indicate one's
politics, it only indicates
one's desire to survive."
A Jwtuud Jam ydt
by Barry Kirschner
Once upon a time mere were two college instructors named Dr.
Heckle and Mr. Jyde. Both were men of outstanding intellect, and
performed well during the heat of an interview. Each of these men
hoped to establish a permanent place in the university for themselves.
Dr. Heckle had an interesting approach to higher education. A
slogan in his office read "you can't get royalties from teaching."
Heckle was a prolific writer. His book dealing wiLh the reason for an
upper and a lower rather than just one intestine received universal
acclaim from his students and family.
Dr. Heckle had his problems in class. Although he wanted the
students to digest all of the material in his work, the class protested
that the intestines were alot of crap.
Although he realized that something was not getting through,
Heckle did not let classroom inadequacies get in his way. He continued reading and writing about the intestines. A weaker man would
have been sick to his stomach, but Heckle persevered.
Mr. Jyde had another approach to his job. While ho believed that it
was nice to write books his first consideration was what went on in
class. Unlike Dr. Heckle's class, the students in Jydc's class didn't need
an exceptional amount of intestinal fortitude to show up.
Jyde was very interested in the well being of the university community. Ho always attended meetings dealing with how education
could be mm; > better, and how the university could help the neighboring community. Jyde also was a draft counselor, advising those who
believed in having a good neighbor, but not a life insurance policy.
All was going well until one day when Dr. Heckle und Mr. Jyde
were called before the committee on continuing appointments and
tenure. Since Heckle had his PhD and had published some material he
wasn't expected to have a hard time. When the tenured faculty who
sit on the committee saw Heckle's words printed on something more
formal than typing paper, they were impressed.
Mr. Jyde's case didn't go so smoothly. The committee asked what
he had contributed to the university. When Jyde replied that he had
helped students in various ways, the committee insisted on something
more tangible, and easy to calculate (preferably in writing). It was
suggested to the committee that they ask student* if they had been
helped, but a member is quoted as saying "what do they know."
As the students feared would happen, Dr. Heckle was going to be
around quite some time, while Mr. Jyde was not. "The administration
told me that of the criteria established, classroom teaching is the most
significant. What this means to me is that they lied," Jyde cried.
Things returned to normal at the university shortly thereafter.
Everywhere students were pretending to be reading the new book or
Dr. Heckle's, discussing the philosophical significance of why your
second toe is almost as large as your first.
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Where is the day care center?
by Women's Liberation Front
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Communications
WSUA
Yes on tax
To the Editors:
On Wednesday, Thursday, and
Friday, April 28, 29, and 30, you,
the student body of this University, will be asked to decide
whether mandatory student tax
should be continued.
The importance of this referendum c a n n o t be emphasized
enough. It will affect the direction
and growth of every student organization and service which is
funded by Student Association. It
is often not realized just how
many organizations this funding
encompasses...
examples are endless...some of
them are....
the free ASP you pick up twice
a week
next year's football team
the free Torch
WSUA-there when you want
it
Academic clubs
AMIA athletics
Quad activities
Better concertAll these activities
will suffer or disappear
that's
right
unless mandatory student tax goes through.
WSUA has perhaps the most at
stake in this referendum. Our
plans are to move uptown and go
stereo—FM within the next year.
Along with much hard work on
the part of the staff this endeavor
will require money, lots of it.
Without mandatory student tax,
we cannot move uptown. Costs
just won't permit it. Besides this,
all possibility of our going FM this
year or any time in the near
future will disintegrate
Lack
of money will cripple all the
efforts currently in progress. We,
the staff of WSUA, want to bring
you a better radio station, available to all sutdents on and off
campus without buzzing und interfLrence; we want to give you
good programming, up to the
second campus news. Without
money this cannot become a reality.
As corny as it sounds, you can
help Student Association to help
you by supporting mandatory student tax. All activities must have
money to work. Vote yes— Hint's
Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday, April 28, 29, and 30.
Keith Mann
KICK IN THE ASP
ALBANY STUDENT PRESS
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The Doors said it all a while back in "When the Music'» Over:"
What have they done to the earth?
What have they done to our fair titter?
Ravaged and plundered and ripped her and bit her
Stuck her with knives in the side of the dawn
And tied her with fences and dragged her down.
Now that Earth Day is over and Mayor Corning is back polluting
City Hall, what have we learned? To be sure, the carnival like
atmosphere surrounding many of the teach-in exhibits might have
clouded a part of the seriousness that was intended for Arpil 22.
How many of us actually grasped the dire urgency of the
environmental crisis? How many understood the impending doom
that awaits us all if we do nothing? How many have begun to educate
themselves in relation to the problem and how many are really taking
a close look at their own life styles with regard to the environment?
I do not mean to imply that by simply using low phosphate
detergents (such as Trend) or riding bicycles to school, pollution in all
its forms will go away; unfortunately it's not that simple. My point is
that that things will not improve until we understand the problems in
all their complexity and then demand change from ourselves as well as
from the politicians and from industry. (For those of you who think
in terms of revolution, the 48 million metal cans discarded annually
will still be with us after the revolution comes )
' What can I do," you ask. In order :o do anything, you must first
understand the problem(s). There is an abundance of literature today
written on the environmental emergency-devour it. Second, PYE is
only as strong as we all make it- it's not radical enough for you? Outta
sight- let's radicalize PYE. You think the environmental issue is a
copout for Viet Nam and Civil Rights? Viet Nam and Arbor Hill are
both two ugly forms of pollution and will never be solved until we
understand that they are as much a part of our environmental
problem as is the air we breathe and the water we drink. And in the
final analysis, what does anything matter if we're all dead?
To conclude, we gotta start moving cause there isn't much time
left. Rod Cameron, executive director0*" the Environmental Defense
Fund puts it like this:
TUESDAY, APRIL 28,1970
Scruba is alive
To the Editors:
In reference to your statement
in Friday's ASP, the Scuba Club
will not fold due to u lack of
funds, Our activities may be curtailed, but we shall continue to
instruct and introduce people to
the science of Skin and Scuba
diving.
We as members of one organization on campus support the
mandatory student tax not only
for its direct influence upon our
club, but also for its effect on
every student that participates in
an activity or social function
funded by this tax. Since virtually
everyone is affected, the University as a whole will benefit.
The club will continue to increase in popularity and expand
its functions, but our progress will
be greatly hindered unless the tax
becomes required next year. We
of the Scuba Club, therefore, urge
everyone to vote in favor of the
Mandatory Tax.
Sincerely,
Mark Riaboy, President
Jacqueline Hunt, V. Pres.
Crisis 5300
To the Editors and our Fellov
Students:
In a story about Crisis 5300
written in the ASP on April 24 it
was stated that Louis Lieberman
of the Sociology Department and
Dr. Janet Hoods' Health Service
were a part of the Crisis 5300
group. This is a total misconception. Crisis 5300 was initiated,
formed, and is run totally by
students for students. In no way
are we connected with Doctor
Hood or the University Health
Service. All calls and people coming to us are completely confidential to tile students involved.
Wo sincerely hope that the students in the university will come
to us as we are interested only in
helping and we are in no way
connected with the Health Service
or any other department within
the university.
We're not here for value judgments...our only concern is giving
you some people and a place to
try to solve a hassle without being
hassled.
The STAFF OF CRISIS 5300
recalcitrant students to conform
to the norm of paying student
tax.
We, however, cannot accept
such an approach to life at
Albany. We believe in a campus
where no group of students, however large, arrogates to itself the
responsibility for seeing to it that
all students spend their money in
the "right" way by paying student
tax. We urge a negative vote un
mandatory student tax.
Sincerely, Tony Kisclis
Christina Binder
Another no
To the Editor:
This week, thanks to over 1900
students we're getting another
chance to decide on Mandatory
Student Tax; if you remember, it
was only passed by 50 votes the
last time, this time let's defeat it.
This is the first year for mandatory tax, we don't need it to get
along.
If I feel that my money is being
misused, I want the option to .stop
paying. What's wrong with that?
As it stands now, Central Council
can decide where the money's
going and if you don't like it
that's tough.
Sure we get great benefits out
of Student Tax, but this year
some clubs get more than their
share of the budget, e.g. the Judo
club gets $6,000. How many
members do they have?
If the benefits are as good as
they .say they are they should be
able to sell them on their merits.
If they can't sell their product,
what's wrong with it?
Dan Duncan
Young Conservatives
Over two months ago the Women's Liberation Front presented
demands relating to the establishment of a day care center for staff,
students and faculty of this campus to Mr. Clifton Thorne and other
administration officials. The response has been negative.
After initial confrontations where we insisted that the need for
such a facility was present and obvious, we grudgingly agreed to send
out a questionnaire to ascertain specific data concerning those who
might use the center so that the administration could draw up a "tidy
package."
After delaying us over 3 weeks with details concerning the form
and content of the questionnaire, one was sent out. Two weeks later
representatives from the Women's Liberation Front met with Mr.
Thome, Mr. Spellman, and Miss David from Social Services. 10% of
the questionnaires sent out had been returned. These returns indicated
that 283 children would use a day care center on campus It was
agreed that this represented a minimum number.
The discussion moved on to what action could now be taken.
Citing some Social Service laws Mr. Thorne then stated that it was
illegal for SUNYA to use either funds of facilities for the purpose of a
day care center. Our reactions were ones of anger and suspicion.
Anger over the delay of 2 months when he could have told us sooner
and saved us all the time and effort. (For those of your who are
keeping a count of administration duplicity, here's one for the score
board.) And suspicion over Thome's references to laws since both
Buffalo andCortland have day care centers. After consulting a lawyer,
who in trun researched both university and social service laws, we
realize that Thorne was lying. Our lawyer is now in the process of
drawing up a memorandum of how a day care center may be legally
established on campus.
Questions have arisen as to why the Women's group feels it is the
university's responsibility to provide day care facilities. Our response
is that by not doing so this university is discriminating against women.
Many women are unable to attend classes or hold employment at this
university because they have small children. Others who are students
or employees must pay up to $50 a week for babysitters
And to those who would respond that one must choose between a
career and a family we say that breeding takes two and we don't see
why it must be the woman who has to choose between career and
family. For years men have had both. Women have a right to the same
opportunities
This university, by its very nature, is a social institution. It must
begin to meet social needs. It is currently discriminating against
Women's of this society by denying them access to employment or
education because they have small children. It is forcing women to
choose between two roles, roles that shouldn't be mutually exclusive
and haven't been for generations of men.
The Women't Liberation Front feels that the resources of this
campus are being misused. We do not wish to take funds away from
other sources which are meeting needs of staff, students, and faculty.
We do feel that the need for a day care center is more urgent than an
executive dining roon or parking lot. We demand that this university
stop discriminating against women and begin to meet the social needs
of all its staff, students, and faculty.
asp staff
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Vote no on tax
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To tlie Editors:
Recently wo have been hearing
a lot about how we, the students,
arc going to be hurt in all kinds of
ways if mandatory student tax is
not approved 'fhis week. What it
all soems to come down to is thai
it appears that if the tax were
made voluntary a number of students would make the free choice
not to fund student association to
tho tune of $60+ per year and as
result student association would
not be able to spend these students' monoy for them . And so
we are being asked to coerce these
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Thoughts On Central Council
by Bob Warner
ASP Reporter
Since Student Association elections for President
and Vice-President are less than a week away (May
3), I feel that I, as an ASP reporter who has watched
Central Council in action for the past few months
must make a few comments on what I see.
Council to no one's great surprise is highly
undemocratic and unrepresentative of the undergraduate student body at this university. Less than half
of Council |16 to be exact) is directly elected by the
student body. The other Councilmen come from the
Commissions (10), Pan Hellenic Council (2), and the
remaining five are faculty.
And I'm sure most members of Council would
agree that they serve in an undemocratic fashion,
and would tell me that they are working on a new
Constitution. Okay, where is it? When will it be put
to the students for a referendum? September
December, February, or perhaps next spring? I can
only interpret this paradox one way: very few
people, including SUNYA students, are willing to
part with power, and will hold onto it as tenaciously
as they can -- even for an abstract ideal called
democracy. For personal interests, I believe Council
is stalling (especially the non-elected representatives) to bring direct representation to SA.
And naturally, I will be told that they haven't
had enough time to complete the revised
Constitution. Nonsense. 18 months is long enough.
Haven't special meetings been called for unexpected
and pressing events (i.e. Dialogue, and Passover)?
The solution as I tee it, is for Council to buckle
down and meet in sessions to complete the more
democratic Constitution.
I expect too, an answer to the effect that how
would I like to meet every Sunday night to work on
the Constitution. YOU were elected, or appointed,
and therefore YOU must take the responsibilities, as
well as the prestige, power, and influence the office
affords you.
Now, a look to the future of S.A. I sincerely
hope that next Sunday night, when the newly
elected Council elects its President and VicePresident (which, of course, is undemocratic, too),
it looks for more than bureaucratic and administrative expertise, namely idealism. I am apprehensive that Council might select a President and/or
Vice-President who are expremely knowledgable on
SA, but have no sense of responsibility towards
their constituents. Of course, I would like the
President and his Vice-President to be good administrators, as well as good responsive and responsible
leaders I do not believe, however, |that we have
anyone in Council who embodies the best of two
worlds. Therefore, I hope that when Council meets
to choose its Pres. and V.P. this Sunday night, it
.looks for people who do not lock themselves away
from university or world concerns in a vacuum of
bureaucratic paperwork, but rather people who are
solidly integrated into the student body.
'SELECTIVE SERVICE'
by Greg Kirse
Greg was formerly a draft counselor at the Capital Area Peace Center on Madison Avenue He has now
left the area.
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indications that the Selective Service bureaucracy chances are however that congress will re-write the
and the civil courts are straining under the weight of law > a n d t h i s c o u r t d e c i s i o n m a V n o t b e i n e f f e c t m
dissent, appeals, and criminal prosecutions.
^ e future.
Not all men who refuse to participate in the miliIn 1967, there were over 1000 criminal prosecu- t a r y re fuse induction. There are currently an estitions for Selective Service violations; there were m a t e d 40,000 men who have left this country and
over 3000 in 1969; and this year draft prosecutions w n 0 have taken up permanent residence in Canada.
are expected to reach over 4000.
At the end of this year, it is estimated that an addiLast year draft prosecutions accounted for 10% tJonal 20,000 men will join them.
of all criminal action initiated by the Dept. of JusThe Selective Service System as it now is bureautice. This percentage was only surpassed by prosecu- craticly organized is composed of over 4000 autonotions for narcotics, auto theft, and immigration. If mous local boards, all of which follow different
current trends continue, draft violations will be the standards for deferments, exemptions, and procecountry's number one crime in 1970.
dures. In one Supreme Court case, Justice William
The federal courts are beginning to be inundated Douglas accused Selective Service of "blatantly lawwith more draft prosecutions than they can comfor- less" conduct.
tably handle. Many of the 4000 men that are anticiIt is a common practice for Draft Board members
pating prosecution in 1970 committed their viola- to-meet once a month to determine classifications.
tions in 1968 and 1969. In many federal court dis- What this means is that boards with a large number
tricts, draft prosecutions are lagging behind by se- of registrants apparently do not have time to converal years.
sider each registrant's deferment claim in depth.
It is the belief of some attorneys that the Courts
In a New York Times article (March 8, 1967) it
and the Justice Department will not be able to keep was reported that local board 13-B in N.Y.C. called
pace with prosecutions without causing the collapse "typical" the processing of 1500 of its 12,000 regiof the entire judicial system. It also appears that the strants at each monthly meeting. It is reportedly not
4000 prosecutions anticipated for 1970 will only be unusual to spend as little as three seconds per regin fraction of the number of men that have in reality strant before determining classification or action to
be taken. This means that men who do not take
violated the law.
A man who refuses induction must be tried in the advantage of their right to a personal appearance
Federal Court. District where the induction center may have a cursory 3 or perhaps 30 seconds considhe refused at is located. In districts where federal eration given to their claim prior to classification.
To prevent being "rubber stamped," men who
judges have consistently given light or suspended
sentences (such as those in California) men have have been placed into an undesirable classification
been transferring their induction to these ureas. have been seeking their right to a Personal AppearWhat appears to be happening in some districts is ance in front of their boards, and to a State Appeal
that the Justice Department is only prosecuting one following the personal appearance. Going in person
out of two men, and letting the other remain free. to talk with the local board members insures that a
This would appear to contradict what the new fair consideration is given to the individual regi"law and order" administration says it will do. Mit- strant.
In 1967 there were an estimated 10,000 appeals
chell and his boys have said they will be seeking to
prosecute all men who violate the law. I believe that made to the State Appeal Boards, and in 1969 there
the present judicial system in the United States is were over 119,000 State Appeals made. From this it
would appear that the number of personal appearincapable of doing this.
To add to Mitchell's problems and two recent ances requested must have also geometrically inSupreme Court decisions (Gutknecht and Breen v. creased since 1967,
In many New York State Draft Boards, it may
U.S.) which found the accelerated induction of
draft delinquents unconstitutional. What this means take up to six months before the members are able
to
schedule
a personal appearance, a man cannot be
is that men who violate Selective Service, but must
drafted while he is waiting for an appearance or an
be prosecuted in civil criminal proceedings.
The 33,000 men who are now classified delin- appeal.
If all 1500 registrants who are "routinely" clasquent, who have not gone to Physical Exams, and
who have turned in their draft cards, can no longer sified each month were to ask for a personal apbe issued induction orders out of the legal order of pearance in front of their boards, it would be litercall by lottery number. These thousands will be ally impossible for the board to process them. It
added to the thousands who are already liable to each man took up five minutes of the of the boards
prosecution, thereby adding to the court's already time talking to them, it would be physically impossible to process them all even if the board worked
overloaded burden.
The Supreme Court has also determined that a 24 hours a day for the entire month.
A Draft Counseling Service Is soon to be estabman who has not registered for the draft can no
longer be prosecuted if he reaches the age of 23. lished on campus. It will be housed in the Campus
Under the old law, a man who did not register could Center, and will be open in the evenings. Watch futbe prosecuted until he was 31 years old. The court ure ASP articles for the time and place.
TUESDAY, APRIL 28,1970
ALBANY STUDENT PRESS
PAGE 8
TUESDAY, APRIL 28,1970
ALBANY STUDENT PRESS
THE ASP SPORTS
WHY
Ford Named First Footbul Coach in SWNYAHistoiy
mandatory student tax?
Robert M. Ford, 32, currently
completing his Ph.D. requirements
at Springfield College, today was
appointed assistant professor of
physical education at State University at Albany, effective
August 27,1970. In addition to
his teaching responsibilities in the
department he will coach the
university's first year football club
and the varsity lacrosse team.
Ford formerly was assistant
professor of physical education at
St. Lawrence University, where he
was head football and freshman
lacrosse coach. He also has taught
at Albright College and Springfield.
Albany will begin intercollegiate football with a six-game
schedule in the fall. The historic
opener is slated October 10
against visiting Rochester Institute
of Technology. Other opponents
will be Siena College, Towson
State (Md.), Marist College, State
College at Pittsburgh, and Hudson Valley Community College.
Home games will be played on the
field surrounded by the running
track behind the physical education building. Permanent bleachers for an estimated 2,200 persons
are being constructed on the steps
of the building and additional
accomodations also will be available.
In four years at St. Lawrence,
Ford compiled a 14-23-1 football
record. His 1965 team won the
Independent College Athletic
Conference (ICAC) championship
with a league mark of 3-1. That
fall, the then 27-year olf Ford was
AMIA
In League I action STB defeated a tough KB team 11-9.
In the upset of the season,
TXO defeated APA Saturday
18-4. Last year's league I champs
were hampered by poor fielding.
APA redeemed themselves Sunday
with a 2-1 victory over Purple
Smoke. Shortstop Doug Chesser
and Firstbaseman Jim Stear exchanged positions and 3rd baseman Bill Motto made 8 assists as
APA displayed the fielding which
brought them the championship
last year.
APA and STB are now tied for
first place with identical 3-1
records followed closely by TXO
at 2-1.
I league HA APA defeated
ASDUC 11-10 in extra innings.
APA is now 3-0.
recognized as the youngest head
college football coach in the nation. In 1967, he was named one
of the Outstanding Young Men of
America by the Junior Chamber
of Commerce. He also had three
undefeated seasons as freshman
lacrosse coach at St. Lawrence.
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Ford originally had gone to St.
Lawrence as a graduate student in
1959, after receiving a B.S. in
physical education from Springfield. At St. Lawrence, he earned
an M.Ed, in educational administration and coached the freshman
football team to a 4-1 season.
What doos stodoit tox do for MO?
Student tax pays for almost all student activities on campus. It includes
funding of the ASP, radio station WSUA, the Torch (school yearbook),
most clubs concerts, and organizations.
Fact: if the student tax is not mandatory, nearly every group will
receive less funds than this year. Read that copy of Student Association's
"bits and pieces" you picked up yesterday. It shows. Residence quads this
year received between $1,500 and $2,900. Next year, under a voluntary
tax system, each quad would get the same-$500. This year the Torch is
free (if you paid the tax both semesters). Fact: next year it'll cost you
$2.00 and payment of voluntary tax. Clubs will get some of the worst
funding in years- over 75% of the clubs now funded will receive LESS
than this year. This is despite the fact that more students than ever are
joining clubs.
Ever use the gym? Do you like the fact that it's usually open? Both
Academic Advisory Board's budget and that of CPC have been cut- or will
be cut if tax is not mandatory. Fact: AAB asked for $113,000. Voluntary
tax will give them only $86,000. This will seriously cripple recreational
activities.
Plays concerts, fairs, Weekends. All will be starving due to lack of
funds No emergency money- the money that made Bill Kunstler's speech
possible- will be available.
What does Student tax do for you? EVERYTHING- this year. Without
mandatory student tax, it'll do a lot less.
(Still not convinced? Any unanswered questions? Read Terry Mathias's
VISITATIONS in last Friday's ASP. And yesterday's "bits and pieces".
They're both worth the effort if you're really concerned. Or call
457-3430. Anyone there can explain it.)
STATE BASEBALL
-EDITORIAL
by Bob Zaremba
The Albany State Great Dane Baseball team could very possibly be
one of the most obscure organizations on campus. Sad, but true. What
has happened to the national pastime at SUNYA? Why is it that they
get less publicity than the girls field hockey team? Why is it that their
only spectator is Benny Seigel?
One reason might have to do with where they play. For those of
you who don't know where the field is (or who didn't know that the
team existed) it is in a nice little inconspicuous out of the way place,
alongside the lake. Here in this remote corner of the campus the Great
Dane baseball squad thrives. Or maybe I should say hides. The
mastermind wizards of Albany State's construction planning staff
neglected to find a parking lot for the unfortunate club. This makes it
a nice little hike to get there (about a full mile's trek from Colonial
Quad). In short you'll find that you have to put yourself out quite a
bit to see a game. Few people do, more than once.
Another reason for poor publicity and poor attendance could be
the poor quality of the team, although last year was a very promising
11-6 season. Trouble is. it didn't keep its promise. We're 3-5 this year
and the club spirit is sinking fast.
About the team, Jim Sandy is undoubtedly the leader of the team.
He's the captain and he's the best. Pro scouts have been eyeing him
for over a year now. I guess you could say "As Sandy goes so go the
Danes " Well Sandy hasn't been going so good. Neither have the
Danes Sandy has a none too dandy .125 batting average and is finding
it hard to get back into the good groove. The Danes never were in a
good groove. But they're in a bad one now. They've lost their last four
straight.
I'd like to be able to say that it's just a rebuilding year and that
there are a lot of bright new young prospects. But I can't. First of all
this wasn't supposed to be a rebuilding year this was supposed to be
THE year when Albany would put everything together Instead
everything has fallen apart. Second there are only two sophs on the
starting lineup: Rodney Dunbar on second and Jeff Saperstein at
third.
The picture isn't as bad as I've made it out to be. It's worse. I've
left out the fact that we have less to look forward to in future years. I
hate to be repetitious but it's that old problem of talent (darn it). You
see, jocks and 95 averages don't correlate. And if we took in a small
handful of athletes, with (God forbid) 80 or 85 averages on
scholarships, why the academic credentials of the University would
plummet downward and Heaven knows what would become of
SUNYA. I shudder even to think of it. Three (3) baseball scholarships
a year isn't asking a hell of a lot. Two (2)? I know it's insane. The
pillars on the podium would probably collapse.
There are a number of ways for a University to make itself
known-to spread its name around. One is through academic achievement and excellence. That takes time. We're working on it. Another
way believe it or not (and you'd better believe it) is through the sports
world. Yes little do we realize that a school can begin to distinguish
itself and make a name for itself in more than one way.
Sad, but true.
Netters Whip RPI, 7-2
For Fourth Straight
There will be an AMIA Council
(all SUNYA male students) meeting Friday, May 1, 1970 at 1:16
by Ted Rosenberg
p.m. in Physical Education Center
The State netmen extended
125. Plans must be made now for their unbeaten string to 14 and to
the 1970-71 Intramural Year.
four straight this year as they
destroyed RPI at Troy 7-2. Singles
players Ken Fish man (1), Dave
(Hondo) Hawley (2), Ted RosenAMIA Golf Entries (individual berg (3), Hul Forrest (<1) and Chris
and team) must be submitted by Burke (6) all registered triumphs.
Wednesday, May 6 at the 4:15 State has clinched all four of its
p.m. captain's meeting in P.E. wins by the singles thus far. The
123. For more information call only loss In the singles came at no.
Cliff Draper at 7-7963.
5 where frosh Eric ('arisen lost a
three setter to his RPI foe. Stale
*** *
won two of the three doubles
Individuals interested in com- matches with Ted Rosenberg and
peting in the AMIA tennis trou- Ken Fishman moving up to no. 1
noy may enter by going to the doubles from no. 2 due to the
AMIA Office, PE 134. You may absence of Captain Dave Hawley
phono 457-4613 for information. for doubles play. They responded
Awards will bo givon at tho con- with a very hard fought 6-2, 4-6,
clusion of the tourney Sunday, •i-6 victory over the no. 1 duo
from RPI. Chris Burke and Bruce
May 17,1970.
Helleshimer at no. 3 doubles won
easily and the frosh team of Hal
Forrest and Eric Carlsen, moving
from their accustomed no. 3 spot
to no. 2 lost a close three set
match. Coach Hathaway feels that
the team is rounding into form,
and that a loss in u match that the
tcum has won already may bo
good for a player because it might
give him more (desire in his next
outing where the team may really
need his point The hope is that
the bad ones ure out of the team's
system and everyone will be "on"
against Oneonta, the Learn which
may be Albany's biggost hurdle
toward a second straight perfect
season. If the team gets by
Oneonta they still face talented
Hart wick and Stony Brook
squads so it will be all uphill from
here.
PAGE-9
Lacrosse Evens Slate;
RIT Tomorrow
The Great Dane lacrosse team
defeated Hartwick Saturday 12-8
in a fine team effort. The win
boosted the season's record to
two wins and two losses.
Mark Werder and Steve Jakway, last year's number 2 and 3
scorers, each scored 3 goals. Attackman Mike Barlotta added
two with midfielders Kevin Sheehan, Butch McGuerty, John Soja
and Tom Mullins hitting one
apiece.
Bobby Cole played is usual
exceptional game in the goal, collecting 21 saves. Thus far, the
problem for the team has been a
lack of experience among the defensemen.
Tomorrow, we will host a very
powerful RIT squad at 3:30 p.m.
Rochester is led by middie Bruce
Olpalka, considered one of the
finest ballplayers in the state.
Doesn't mandatory tax hurt some people financially?
Captain Larry Smith is recovering
well from his early season rib
injury and it is expected that he
will be back before season's end,
something which was hardly considered at the time of the mishap.
It hurts everyone financially, just like buying shoes or the week's food.
Or the rent. Usually, if you can afford the State University of N.Y. at
Albany, you can afford student tax. If you can't afford all of the expenses
here, you can have the mandatory tax part waived- by the Financial Aids
office. It's the first thing to go off of the bill- but you really must be
unable to afford it. If you have problems other than financial or wish to
appeal a decision, there's the Student Tax Committee. For example, if you
live 40 miles away and only come here once a week, you can probably get
payment waived. (If you only take 3 credits per semester here, tax is
waived automatically. 4-8 credit students pay only half.)
Workshop
on
Commuter Problems
Why should tax be mandatory?
Some people claim that they don't want mandatory tax, but that they'd
voluntarily pay voluntary tax. They claim that people who can't afford it
should not be forced to pay. As explained above, anyone who really can't
afford it can have it waived- by Financial Aids or Tax Committee. From
past experience, the chances that any one person will voluntarily pay are
but 3 in 5. Can 40% of this school really not afford the tax, or are they
just saving a few dollars and still using the gym facilities listening to the
radio station, reading the ASP?
Student Association needs Mandatory Student Tax in order to continue
worthwhile programs which will otherwise be cut to the bone or lost
completely. Mandatory tax needs your vote.
Saturday, May 2nd
LC 4
9 am-4 pm
to actively discuss and pursue
the problems of the commuter
on the University campus
VOTE "YES" ON MANDATORY STUDENT TAX
S p e a k e r s will be from
tmfiu tub*
Student Association,
toduf iJm Vkudu/
II A% to 5 71ft
the Administration,
a n d Food Service
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TUESDAY, APRIL 2 8 , 1 9 7 0
ALBANY STUDENT PRESS
Joseph Balfior The World Is IBs Stage
TORCH NIGHT '70
Torch Night is a ceremony which symbolizes the college life at Albany.
Torch Night 1970 is now being planned. This year's ceremony will be a
memorable one. Its outstanding feature is that it will be an organized,
precise ceremony which significantly concludes what was begun with our
opening Convocation in September 1966.
Torch Night 1970 will take place Saturday, June 6th in the plaza area
between the Fine Arts and Administration Buildings. You will be sent
further information about the ceremony, appropriate dress, the reception
following the ceremony, etc. during the first week in May.
Torch bearers should be undergraduates at Albany. They are invited to
participate in the events of Senior We'ek and Seniors traditionally reserve
one of their tickets to the graduation ceremonies for their Torchbearer.
In order to encourage more parents and guests to attend Torch Night
1970, suites will be available on State Quadrangle. The schedule below lists
the price of these accomodations and others available in the vicinity.
Breakfast will be available Sunday morning between 6:30 and 8 a.m. in the
State Quadrangle Dining Room.
by Maty Eileen O'Donnell
We hope that you will join us in this final gathering of the Class of 1970.
Thank you for your help in making this year's Torch Night a memorable
one.
RESERVATIONS FOR COMMENCEMENT
GUESTS
Each year many parents and friends of
graduating students are housed in University
residence halls during Commencement weekend. This year the housing units on the State
Quadrangle will be opened to guests In
order that you may be informed of this
opportunity and that proper accommodations be made, the following infor
mation is offered:
1. Accommodations are available for
parents relatives and friends on Friday, June
5, and Saturday, June 6.
2. The cost is $4.50 per night, per person
for a double room (two persons sharing a
room).
3. Each guest wishing to reserve a space
must have an advance deposit of $1.00 with
their reservation card. Upon arrival of the
guest this deposit will be applied to the
room cost. If a guest does not arrive, the
deposit is forfeited and cannot be applied to
the charges of any other guest.
4. Reservations:
a. Reservations may be made by mail by
writing to:
Miss Hillary Price
Eastman Tower
State Quadrangle
1400 Washington Avenue
Albany, New York 12203
b. Reservations may be made in person at
Eastman Tower office, State Quadrangle
between the hours of 9 a.m. and 12 noon
and 2 p.m. to 5 p.m.
c. Reservation dates are May 1 through
May 30. The final date for all reservations is
May 30, 1970.
d. All reservations are on a first-comefirst-served basis.
5. Information needed for making reser
vations:
a. Name of guest(s).
b. Nam-; and telephone number of person
making the request.
c. Expected time and date of arrival and
departure.
d. Notations of guests who may share
rooms.
e. Any physical disability of a guest which
would require special arrangements
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6. Guest Arrival:
a. Guests should register at Eastman
Tower State Quadrangle immediately upon
arrival. Payment of accommodations should
be made at that time. The check-in desk will
be open between 10 a.m. and 10 p.m. on
Friday, June 5, and 8 a.m. and 10 p.m. on
Saturday, June 6.
7. The University will provide linen,
pillows blankets, soap, cups, ashtrays, and
towels. There will be no phones in the suites
and no facilities for small children or pets.
Pay phones are available in each hall. Emergency phone messages will be delivered from
Eastman Tower (457-8881).
8. Commencement Breakfast may be of
fered Sunday morning in the State Quadrangle dining room. Reservations are requested at the time guests' reservation is
made.
9. Students and guests are asked to check
out between 8 a.m. and 1 p.m. on Sunday,
June 7, 1970.
••••••••••••
At the end of each year, a week is set
aside for Senior activities. This year many
events are being planned. Wednesday June 3,
1970, a night at the Saratoga race track,
including a buffet will be begin Senior week.
A clanbake and concert at Mohawk Campus
on Thursday, June 4, and a semi formal on
Friday, June 5 in the Ballroom will'follow.
The Torch Night ceremony will be on
Saturday. June 6, with Commencement on
Sunday, June 7 ending this week. A description of these events follows.
Thursday, June 4
2 p . m . - 1 2 p.m.
C L A M B A K E A N D CONCERT
$5.001 couple; $3.00 stag
limit:
600 persons
This will include admission to the track
and clubhouse, a cocktail hour at 6 p.m.
followed by a buffet at 7 p.m. and the races
at 8:15. A race will be named and a trophy
presented in the honor of the Senior Class
Buses will leave the traffic circle at 5:15.
This is only for Seniors and their dates.
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Beatle Retrospective
by Allyne Jacob
There will be continuous serving of food
from 2 until 6 p.m. including sides of beef
raw and steamed clams, baked potatoes,
sweet corn, relishes and beer on tap. A
well-known folk group will give a concert at
7 p.m. followed at 9 p.m. with a beer party.
Bus transportation will be provided from the
traffic circle at 1:30, 2:30, and 3:30 p.m.
and since parking space is limited, students
are encouraged to use these buses.
Friday, June 5
10 p.m -2 a.m.
SEMI-FORMAL
$2.50/couple; $1.50 stag
limit: 350 persons
Starting at 8:30, there will be hors
d'oeuvres and an open bar in the formal
gardens preceding dancing from 10 p.m.
until 2 a.m. in the ballroom. Phil Foote's
Orchestra will provide music and a buffet
will be served. The Patroon room will be the
setting for a French cafe, wine and cheese
being served, with an accordian player wandering throughout from 11 until 1 a.m.
Saturday, June 6
TORCH N I G H T C E R E M O N Y
Each Senior is asked to pass down his
torch to an underclassman at a ceremony
taking place on the front steps to the
administration building.
Sunday, June 7
9 a.m.
Wednesday, June 3
6 p.m. 11 p.m.
NIGHT AT THE RACES
$2.50/couple; $1.50 stag
limit: 150 persons
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COMMENCEMENT
Dr. Arraras Chancellor of the University
of Puerto Rico, will be the speaker.
Torchbearers are invited to everything
except the Races. Since there are a limited
number which can be accommodated, tickets will be available on a "first come, first
served" basis in the Campus Center Lobby
beginning Monday, May 18, 1970. The cost
for all these events is only $10.00.
ADVEHTISEMENT
In the spring of 1967, the
popular music world was taken
aback by the appearance of a new
type of music, The Beatles, having
nearly always been in the vanguard of contemporary music, had
once more taken an avant gardist
position. Sargent Peppers Lonely
Hearts Club Band was a potpourri
of firsts or near firsts as far as the
' commercial" music was concerned. Some brief background material to begin.
The album was to take the
longest period to conceive and
produce; it took at least seven
months of effort. The group was,
as could be seen by the nature of
their prior two albums, embarking
on an introspective journey. Rubber Soul and Revolver, with songs
such as Tomorrow Never Knows
and / Want to Tell You, set the
stage for the then denouement.
Sgt. Peppers combines the Beatles'
interest with drugs and with the
search for meaning and substance
in a world which seemed to have a
dearth of both. Perhaps by endeavoring to look within they were
hoping to find tranquility. This
album in part at least is a music
diary of their travels.
We are witnessing a funeral and
birth (reincarnation?) at one
and the same time. The old
Beatles are symbolized by their
wax i m p r e s s i o n ( from
their
" y e a h - y e a h " period) which
appeared in the famous wax
museum in London, Madame
Tussauds. The era of naivete is
over and with it the image of
school boy innocence. The "new"
Beatles are more "mature" and
willing to explore virgin territory,
that is, areas which they have not
delved into previously. The "new"
Beatles are shown next to their
old selves. The audience which
they have invited to the funeral
is intriguing. The people there represent either those who have
dealt with drugs in one form or
other and/or
people who have
had myths built around them,who
for whatever reasons have stood
out in their field. We see Sonny
Liston, a former heavy weighl
boxer, Wilifred Hyde-White, a
British actor
, an early picture
of Arturo Toscanni, the eminent
s y m p h o n y c o n d u c t o r , W.C.
Fields, the misanthrope of the
screen, Mae West, the sex-symbol
of the 1920's and 30's, Marlon
Brando, wearing his motorcycle
hat that he wore in the picture
about youth lost and out for
vindictive-rebellious "kicks," Wild
One, Johnny Weismuller the Tarzan of the thirties (could he be
the id in us?)
Dylan Thomas
the enigmatic poet, who wrote
often about the nature of life and
death, William Cody, the model of
the cowboy of the 19th century,
Fred Astaire, the dancer, and
M.Monroe, who ended her life
with drugs, Shirley Temple, Diana
Dors, Dietrich, Dylan, T.E.
Lawrence (ofArabia) Tony Curtis
Aubrey
Beardsley, the fine ink
artist of the late 19th century,
Liiurel and Hardy, iind Karl Marx
to name a few. Why should they
be invited to a funeral of this
nature. Perhaps because each of
them suffered in their own way;
each was talented and perhaps
tormented by themselves and/or
their peers. Is all this just an
elaborate "put-on," I think not.
A majority of the songs on this
album deal with themes of loneliness getting older, and approaching death. In the second
part of this article, 1 shall discuss
references to these themes in several of the songs on the album.
Joseph Balfior is the Agnes E.
Futterer guest lecturer in the Department of Theatre at the State
University of New York at Albany. Balfior came to State University this year with a solid background in professional and educational theatre experience. He is
teaching graduate and undergraduate level courses in acting,
directing, and scene study.
A graduate of St. John's University, Mr. Balfior received his theatre training in New York at the
Actor's Lab and the New Studio,
as well as two years work with
Sanford Meisner in the professional class at Neighborhood Playhouse. He also studied voice for
opera and musical comedy for six
years
As a professional actor, Joseph
Balfior has performed in many
productions on Broadway, offBroadway, the West coast, and
summer stock, and has toured
both in dramas and musicals. On
television he appeared as a regular
for two years on the Ed Wynn
Show, as well as appearances on
the Danny Thomas Show, the
Alan Young Show, the Jimmy
Durante Show, and the Ed Sullivan Show. He has also assumed
roles in dramatic shows on NBC
and CBS. Balfior is a member of
Equity, Screen Actor's Guild, and
AFTRA, the three major acting
unions of state, screen, and television.
Balfior has directed Joan Muir in
the Town Hall production of
PSALMS OF DAVID, as well as
three Off-Broadway plays, and
countless non-professional productions.
Mr. Balfior's experience in educational theatre ranges from
Speech and Drama teacher in high
schools to heading the Playhouse
School of Drama in New York, to
coaching professional actors. For
thirteen years from 1954 to
1967, he lived and worked in New
York City's Henry Street Settlement as a drama teacher. There
Balfior originated and supervised
the "Arts-for-Living Program," a
highly successful experiment in
the use of the performing arts to
help culturally and economically
disadvantaged children find self
expression unci self esteem, as well
as to develop disciplines for living.
Balfior has also served as theatre
consultant to several other community centers.
As a professional actor, Joseph
1970 ALBANY BLUES FESTIVAL
featuring
B. B. KING REVUE
and
Paul Pena,
Bonnie Raitt
& many others
Balfior has performed with
Beatrice Lillie, John Raitt, Edith
Piaf, Mel Tourme, and the original
Gloria Swanson. Mr. Balfior has
written four children's plays, and
is in the process of writing a book
based on his Henry Street Settlement drama work in New York.
Aside from course instruction in
acting and directing, Balfior conducts acting workshops for his
students. Mr. Balfior was also
appointed to supervise State University Theatre's contributions to
St. John's Community Project in
Albany's South End, a program
offering the community varied
experiences in theatre and music.
He is now directing State University Theatre's final major production of the season, YOUR OWN
THING, a musical based on
Shakespeare's TWELFTH NIGHT,
May 13-17.
An advocate of strict selfdiscipline in the training of the
actor Mr. Balfior is nonetheless a
patient, skillful teacher, sensitive
to the needs and growth of his
students. He enjoys a tremendous
rapport with his students, who
were elated by a recent announcement by Chairman of the Department of Theatre, Dr. Paul Bruce
Pettit, that Joseph Balfior's contract was renewed for another
year.
Silk Screens TonightBlues This Saturday
Tonight, New York artist,
Clayton Pond will demonstrate
Silk Screen Technique which has
brought him much success. The
demonstration and ensuing discussion will take place in the Lithographic Studio of the Fine Arts
Bldg (FA 124) at 2:00 p.m. Fuesday evening at 7:30 p.m. in LC 5.
Mr. Pond will give a Slide Review
of his works with an informal
commentary.
Mr. Pond, a guest artist of the
Art Council received his BFA
from Carnegie Institute of Technology, and, in 1966 received his
MFA from Pratt Institue. He instructed art at C.W. Post College
of Long Island University and is
now with the School of Visual
ARt in New York. The artist has
received at least six commissions
in the last three years and has
been granted nine awards in the
past five years.
Also, Clayton Pond's works
will appear in the University Art
Gallery on Monday and Tuesday.
***************************
On May 3,1970 a t U : 3 0 p.m.
the Palace Theatre in Albany will
shake to the sound of many top
recording blues and recording
artists.
Headlining the bill will be B.B.
King who premises to do his "new
thing" in blues. Also appearing
will be Paul Pens a fast growing
"blues rock" group who have just
signed a large recording contract.
The leader, "Paul Pens" is blind
and black and captures the
audience with his rap. Also appearing will be New England's top
female blues singer who does a
single and plays a dynamite
bottleneck guitar. Many local
groups will also appear to fill a 3
hour show. Everyone can get
"high" with no hassle.
Tickets arc $3.00, $4.00 and
$5.00 available at Van Curlers and
Ten Eyck, and Sunday night at
the Palace Box Office.
Don't miss the chance to do
your thing. This will be the
beginning of a Fillmore type thing
in Albany.
Help Waiattedl
Stale Fair needs workers in many areas of production. If you'd
like to help sell boosters and beer mugs in the Campus Center
lobby, organize and be chefs at the Bonfire and Wienie roast
Thursday night decorate the Fair grounds or circulate publicity,
please sign the sheet at the Campus Center Information Desk or
call Pat Schumann, 457-4012; or Pat O'Hem,457-4997.
Help make this year's foreign student scholarship fund the best
Give Mom a BigrWg early.
And make Mother's Day last longer.
Call or visit an FTD florist today. A n d
order a BigHug Bouquet to arrive
early. He'll send it across the street.
Or country. A special arrangement.
For a very special mother. Yours.
Usually available $
at less than
12.50
S u n d a y , M a y 3, 1970
1:30 p . m .
Palace Theatre
A l b a n y . N.Y.
Tickets Si,
4, 5
Available at Ten Euck % Van Curler*
THE TaMiNC op THE SHHEW
with Richard Burton and Elizabeth Taylor
Sat., May 2
7:30 and 10:00
The FTDBfeH^ bouquet.
• A i an Independent builncumtn, each FID Member florlit tclt hi. own pilcci.
TUESDAY, APRIL 28, 1970
ALBANY STUDENT PRESS
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I
Poll Of Legislature Finds
Division Between Parties
HAPPY BIRTHDAY JOE!!!!
b y Bob
In a r e c e n t poll of t h e New Y o r k S t a t e
Legislature c o n d u c t e d b y t h e ASP d a t e d Mar. 1 2 ,
1970, 204 State Senators and Assemblymen were
q u e s t i o n e d o n seven issues p e r t i n e n t t o college
s t u d e n t s . T h e results of t h e poll a n d t h e c o n c l u s i o n s
d r a w n b y t h e A S P r e p o r t e r are as follows:
O n l y 3 2 % of all D e m o c r a t i c legislators a n d 2 3 %
of all R e p u b l i c a n s replied. T h e R e p u b l i c a n s h o w ever, o u t n u m b e r t h e D e m o c r a t s in t h e S e n a t e b y
n i n e seats a n d in t h e Assembly b y eleven. T h e r e fore, t h e poll is invalid insofar as it Is n o t indicative
of t h e m o o d of t h e p r e s e n t session. B u t it is
i n t e r e s t i n g t o n o t e t h a t t h e D e m o c r a t s , w h o a r e in
t h e m i n o r i t y were m o r e responsive t o a college
n e w s p a p e r ' s poll.
T h e first question a s k e d w a s : ' D o y o u favor t h e
lowering of t h e voting age t o 1 8 ? A n d if s o , b y 1 9 7 2
or b y 1 9 8 0 ? " 8 7 % of all t h e legislators w h o replied
favored t h e proposal, 7% o p p o s e d it, a n d 6% h a d n o
answer. A n d 7 4 % of t h o s e assenting, called for t h e
law t o t a k e effect in 1 9 7 2 .
T h e b r e a k - d o w n by p a r t y a n d geographical location is as follows:
potskowski
'Happenings' in
Eng and Bio Depts?
Editor's
Note:
As a result of
Dialogue many dcparments
have
been confronted
with proposals to
alter their committee
composition.
The following
is a brief
wrap-up of what has occurred in
two departments.
Contributing
reporters
are Vicki
Zeldin
and
Martha
Nathanson.
T h e S t u d e n t Advisory C o m m i t tee to t h e English D e p a r t m e n t
(ESAC), w h i c h is e x a c t l y w h a t its
n a m e implies it t o b e - a n advisory
b o d y , p r o p o s e d 50-50 faculty stud e n t r e p r e s e n t a t i o n a n d voting
p o w e r o n all d e p a r t m e n t a l c o m mittees.
This proposal was discussed a l
several student-faculty o p e n m e e t
ings a n d a t several closed departm e n t meetings. At t h e o p e n meetings feelings o n t h e issue were
mixed with some people voicing
t h e fear t h a t s t u d e n t s would
always vote in a " p o w e r b l o c k . "
O t h e r s felt t h a t the d e p a r t m e n t
was fine as it was a n d could n o t
seem to u n d e r s t a n d w h y people
w a n t e d changes.
Those favoring 50-50 said t h a t
it was a s t u d e n t ' s "inalienable
right to be recognized as a h u m a n
b e i n g . " Others dismissed t h e fear
t h a t students would always vote
against t h e faculty. T h e y cited t h e
fact t h a t m a n y faculty m e m b e r s
were already serving on c o m m i t tees t h a t included s t u d e n t s , und
on t h e basis of this e x p e r i e n c e t h e
fear of a " p o w e r p l a y " was o b viously u n f o u n d e d . Most s t u d e n t s
felt t h a t they were capable of
deciding o n d e p a r t m e n t policy,
and stated t h a t since m u c h of this
policy directly affected t h e m they
should be allowed t o help in its
In last Friday's story on Crisis
5 3 0 0 the ASP did not mean to
imply that this student run service
was connected
in any was with
the University Health Service. Dr.
Janet
Hood's
only
involvement
has been to help train some of the
students
involved in operation of
this facility.
tutoring
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French-Latin
Reasonable rates
Summer Sublet
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Democrats
Republicans
N.Y.C. Metro
Upstate
Y E S N O NO ANSWER 1972 1980
9 7 % 0%
3%
100% 0%
7 6 % 16%
8%
33% 66%
8 9 % 3%
8%
87% 13%
8 1 % 19%
0%
44% 86%
All Legislators
Democrats
Republicans
Downstate
Upstate
YES
52%
31%
76%
42%
81%
NO
39%
66%
8%
50%
0%
NO ANSWER
9%
3%
16%
8%
19%
Again, t h e D e m o c r a t s , as a p a r t y , seem t o b e b y
far m o r e liberal than a n y o t h e r g r o u p ; a n d u p s t a t e
is m o r e right-wing than t h e o t h e r g r o u p s .
T h e n e x t q u e s t i o n was c o n c e r n e d with t h e war in
V i e t n a m . T h e Legislators were given a s p e c t r u m o f
choices t o w h i c h t h e y c o u l d p i n - p o i n t their position.
3 5 % favored i m m e d i a t e w i t h d r a w a l , 5 0 % gradual
w i t h d r a w a l (or N i x o n ' s p l a n , r o u g h l y ) , n o n e favored
either n o withdrawal o r a n increase in A m e r i c a n
involvement, a n d 1 5 % h a d n o answer. T h e breakd o w n is as follows-:
N
Democrats
Republicans
Downstate
Upstate
Gradual
° w Withdrawal
62% 38%
4%
6 4 %
4 7 % AQ%
7%
7 4 %
No *Io Answer
0%
0%
'0%
32%
0%
11%
0%
19%
T h e D e m o c r a t s seemed t o have m o v e d to t h e left
on t h e war since t h e 1 9 6 8 c a m p a i g n , a n d t h e
R e p u b l i c a n s are holding o n tenaciously to N i x o n ' s
slow withdrawal and V i e t n a m i z a t i o n . T h e D e m o crats, it seems are taking a liberal foreign policy
p l a t f o r m , w h e r e a s t h e R e p u b l i c a n s campaigned in
1 9 6 8 , on a r a t h e r vague, mildly dovish p l a t f o r m , t o
c o m b a t t h e D e m o c r a t s a t t h e polls.
formation.
T h e p a t t e r n t h a t y o u see here is basically n o
Dr. Walter K n o t t s English De- different t h a n o n t h e o t h e r six q u e s t i o n s . T h e
p a r t m e n t Chairman, a n n o u n c e d a t D e m o c r a t s are c o n s i s t e n t l y m o r e liberal t h a n t h e
a special d e p a r t m e n t m e e t i n g held R e p u b l i c a n s , a n d t h e d o w n s t a t e area is m o r e liberal
last week t h a t if 50-50 w e r e to b e than t h e rest of t h e s t a t e . T h e former seems to
On t h e welfare issue, 2 4 % favor a large increase in
passed h e would resign. Last Fri- dispell t h e m y t h (at least in New York S t a t e ) t h a t
welfare aid, 3 9 % favor m o r e m o d e r a t e raises, 9%
d a y t h e proposal was b r o u g h t t o a
the t w o major parties a r e like tweedle- dee-and w a n t n o raises, 9% w a n t m o d e r a t e decreases, a n d
vote a t a closed d e p a r t m e n t meet-tweedle-dum.
n o n e called for large r e d u c t i o n s in welfare aid. 19%
ing a n d was defeated b y o n e vote.
" D o y o u favor a b o r t i o n repeal, reform , o r n o had n o answer T h e b r e a k - d o w n is as follows:
E S A C m e m b e r s a n d faculty are
change a t a l l , " was t h e s e c o n d q u e s t i o n . Even
n o w w o r k i n g to a m e n d t h e proModerate
t h o u g h t h e a b o r t i o n bill w a s passed a l r e a d y , t h e
posal s o t h a t it can be reintroLarge
Moderate No
Decrease N.A.
results will s h o w w h e r e t h e s u p p o r t came from.
Demo
d u c e d , a n d hopefully passed.
31%
45%
21%
3%
0%
Repeal Reform N o Change NA
Repub
0%
48%
16%
16%
20%
All Legislators 50%
22%
26%
2%
34%
34%
16%
Downstate
T h e Biology D e p a r t m e n t has
11%
5%
Democrats
72%
17%
11%
0%
0%
24%
50%
seven c o m m i t t e e s only t h r e e of
7%
19%
Upstate
Republicans
24%
28%
44%
4%
which
have
student
repreDownstate
64%
18%
18%
0%
sentatives. R e p r e s e n t a t i o n is n o t
Upstate
25%
It is interesting t o n o t e t h a t n o t a single
25%
43%
7%
5 0 - 5 0 , b u t there are several nonD e m o c r a t called for any decrease in aid, while n o
voting
student
representatives
Republican called for large increases. This d o m e s t i c
F r o m t h e last t w o q u e s t i o n s , we see t h a t t h e N e w
from t h e Biology C l u b a n d t h e
issue, m o r e e c o n o m i c a n d social than political, has
York City area is n o t as liberal as the D e m o c r a t i c
Biology h o n o r a r y , Tri Beta. T h e y
been o n e of t h e greatest liberal vs. conservative
P a r t y , which shows t h a t t h e s u b u r b s are m o s t l y
p a r t i c i p a t e in the U n d e r g r a d u a t e
conflicts in American h i s t o r y , a n d it still is if t h e
Republican a n d t h a t within t h e five b o r o u g h s t h e
Instruction Committee, Student
results of the poll are c o r r e c t . We find h e r e a d e e p
D e m o c r a t s d o n o t have c o m p l e t e d o m i n a t i o n , ( i . e .
Advisement
C o m m i t t e e , and
division b e t w e e n tile t w o American ideologies of
Q u e e n s , and S t a t e n Island).
Graduate
Program
Committee.
liberalism and conservatism, those w h o favor govT h e third question deals with t h e repeal of t h e
There are no students on the
e r n m e n t Assistance to t h e p o o r , a n d those w h o are
Blaine A m e n d m e n t . Both this issue a n d t h e a b o r t i o n
Personnel a n d A p p o i n t m e n t Cominclined to disfavor it.
issue, we find t h e greatest s u p p o r t a m o n g u p s t a t e r s ,
m i t t e e b u t " s t u d e n t o p i n i o n is
and a m o n g t h e R e p u b l i c a n s .
On the timely issue of police on college camc o n s i d e r e d " in t h e form of quespuses t h e Legislators seemed t o be inclined t o favor
t i o n n a i r e s . All s t u d e n t s have been
C o n t i n u e d o n page 4
w e l c o m e d at o p e n faculty meetings a n d Biology majors a r e kept
i n f o r m e d of w h a t is h a p p e n i n g
within t h e department.
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of New York at Albany
Patriots, Panthers
Seek Involvement
b y J . S t e p h e n Flavin
T h e N e w Left promises things
" a r e going t o be heavy in N e w
Haven this w e e k e n d . A lot of
right-wing
groups a r e c o m i n g
d o w n ; c o p s m a y use t h e m to
p r o v o k e us. E x p e c t
trouble!"
Spring's radicals a n d d i s e n c h a n t e d
are s p r o u t i n g in n e w a b u n d a n c e
like " w e e d s " in t h e American
Garden of E d e n .
" P o w e r to t h e P e o p l e ! " T h e
speaker s t o o d a m a z e d . A trickle
of " r i g h t o n " scarcely audible
were all t o be " h e a r d ? " from ,100
of Albany S t a t e ' s " a p a t h e t i c silent
majority."
Maddy
Goldstein,
speaking for t h e Patriot Party,
told those gathered they had a
"very
nice, new c o m f o r t a b l e
school—also very isolated. When I
t o u r e d A l b a n y , I could see places
in t h e c o m m u n i t y where p e o p l e
were starving, dying, they have
cold water flats, n o stoves. We
have to d o s o m e t h i n g to help
t h e m . T h e r e is n o time to waste
anymore!
Patriots c o m e in all sizes a n d
shapes a n d from all social backgrounds.
T h e y a r e trying to
" b r e a k d o w n t h e white r a c i s t s "
because t h e Black P a n t h e r s ' means
and goals are t h e same as t h e
White P a t r i o t s ' . Both parties desire change of t h e oppressive
system a n d r e p l a c e m e n t with a
system " o f t h e p e o p l e , for t h e
p e o p l e " . P o v e r t y , like d e a t h , is a
"great equalizer".
J i m m y G r a c e , from Chicago's
n o r t h side, never finished high
school. He felt " o u t of place
h e r e " . F o r carpeting he had "wall
t o wall r o a c h e s " . B u t n o w h e is a
Patriot. P a t r i o t s believe in t h e
p e o p l e , believe in t h e c o u n t r y , b u t
n o t in t h e oppressive s y s t e m .
"Socialism is a b e t t e r way of life.
In t h e g h e t t o e s , w e live u n d e r a
socialistic
system-we
borrow
from o u r neighbors a n d share
w h a t we c a n " .
" P e o p l e s h o u l d o w n t h e factories, n o t just o n e rich m a n . " T h e
Patriot a n d P a n t h e r Parties a r e
sponsoring free breakfast a n d
lunch p r o g r a m s , clothing drives,
w o r k s h o p s a n d care centers. T h e
g o v e r n m e n t is n o t responsive t o
the needs of t h e people. "Stud e n t s m u s t get buck into t h e
c o m m u n i t i e s , get back with their
people and show them the way
o u t . T o survive, w e m u s t teach t h e
p e o p l e t o live a n d c o m m u n i c a t e . "
T h o u g h t h e P a t r i o t Party follows Marxist-Lenninist views, t h e y
are n o t C o m m u n i s t . " T h e C o m m u n i s t s have sold their p e o p l e
out".
J a m a i , arrested when h e was 16
for " p l o t t i n g t o b u r n N e w Y o r k
City d e p a r t m e n t s t o r e s " , n o w 17
and free on $ 1 0 0 , 0 0 0 bail, s t o o d
before an a w a k e n e d audience.
"Capitalists are violating t h e
rights of people in t h e n a m e of
profit. T h e was in Viet Nam is for
profit. We
c a n n ' t s t a n d back
and wish Tor things to c h a n g e ; we
must
work
and make
them
change. T o s t o p racism, we have
to start a front h e r e . "
Jamel recognises t h e a t t a c k s
against the Black Panthers as " attacks
against, all o p p r e s s e d
people p l o t t i n g t o d e s t r o y facism,
C o n t i n u e d on page 3
quad
next
year
DAVE NEUFELD
Sally G o l d s t e i n , a member o f the Patriot Party, described t h e work
and a i m s of h e r organization last night in t h e Assembly Hall.
General Electric Requests
Probe of Collegiate Press
NEW
YORK--(CPS)--Radical
ed " a n analysis of c u r r e n t college
politics in t h e s t u d e n t press have newspapers including t h e e x t e n t
p r o m p t e d General Electric, t h e to which they have b e c o m e propan a t i o n ' s n u m b e r t w o war con- ganda organs for radical s t u d e n t
t r a c t o r , a n d p o t e n t i a l l y a big re- o r g a n i z a t i o n s , " N E A S agreed t o
cruiting advertiser in the c a m p u s c o n d u c t such a s t u d y .
press to a t t e m p t t o blacklist stuFifteen editors of s t u d e n t newsd e n t newspapers w h o s e editorial papers from a r o u n d t h e c o u n t r y
line has " g o n e off t h e far e n d , " in telegraphed
Congressman
John
G E ' s view.
Moss (D-Calif.) April 19 asking his
T h e U . S . S t u d e n t Press Associa- F r e e d o m of I n f o r m a t i o n C o m m i t tion (USSPA) has t e m p o r a r i l y tee to investigate G E ' s t h r e a t t o
t h w a r t e d t h e m o v e , however, by
the editorial freedom of t h e stupersuading t h e National E d u c a - d e n t press.
tional Advertising Service ( N E A S )
N E A S , in a letter t o its advisory
to withdrawit'scooperation.
c o m m i t t e e the day after t h e G E
National college advertising is request, outlined its c o o p e r a t i o n
handled exclusively b y N E A S , a with G E . N E A S General Manager
w h o l l y - o w n e d subsidiary of Read- Bert Macmannis said he would
er's Digest. N E A S has been seek- c o n s t r u c t t h e G E analysis from
ing an advertising c o n t r a c t with copies of college newspapers o n
GE for t h e last six m o n t h s , a n d file in t h e checking d e p a r t m e n t of
w h e n G E t w o weeks a g o request- his N e w York Office.
October candlelight marc
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CORRECTION:
The remarks at
tributed
to Mr, Norman Levy of
the History Department
in the last
paragraph of the article
"History
of History"
which appeared in
Tuesday's
ASP, April 28, 1970,
were misquoted and in no way are
correct
interpretation
of Mr,
Levy's
views.
SALES—DATA PROCESSING
ENGINEERING—ADMINISTRATIVE
call 4 6 2 - 7 4 0 1
(ACSENCV)
C o n t i n u e d on page 3
PYE is unking for university und
c o m m u n i t y s u p p o r t for a planned
fiction M o n d a y against the T o b i n
Meat Packing Co. (located in Alb a n y , b e y o n d Westgate). 'Phis will
be an effort t o s t o p T o b i n ' s from
polluting t h e P a t r o o n Creek. This
p o l l u t i o n consists of blood a n d fat
wastes which render t h e stream a
All Fees I'nid lly Our Client C o m p a n i e s
RE-ELECT KOPP & NEUFELD
TO CENTRAL COUNCIL
However word of t h e analysis
leaked o u t last week w h e n USSPA
in Washington o b t a i n e d copies of
G E ' s letter t o N E A S a n d t h e
N E A S m e m o t o its advisory c o m m i t t e e . USSPA called GE t o confirm t h e s t o r y , a n d G E ' s Educational C o m m u n i c a t i o n s Manager
E.J. Clark readily a d m i t t e d req u e s t i n g an analysts by N E A S ,
citing G E ' s c o n c e r n for "credib i l i t y " a m o n g readers of s t u d e n t
newspapersMacmannis was surprised to
learn t h a t word o f t h e analysis
had leaked o u t a n d he quickly
agreed t o USSPA's suggestion t h a t
N E A S a b a n d o n t h e analysis.
T h e s t u d e n t press association
m a i n t a i n s t h a t Macmannis's agreem e n t t o c o n d u c t in secret t h e
S o m e four t h o u s a n d marines
a n d a r m y a i r b o r n e t r o o p s are
s t a n d i n g b y in t h e N e w England
area, r e a d y t o m o v e i n t o N e w
Haven, C o n n e c t i c u t if violence
s h o u l d e r u p t at a Black P a n t h e r
rally a t Yale University.
T h e y w e r e s t a t i o n e d t h e r e as a
"precautionary
measure'* b y
A t t o r n e y General J o h n Mitchell,
w h o a c t e d at t h e r e q u e s t of C o n n ecticut governor John Dempsey.
T h e s t a t e national guard has also
been alerted b y t h e governor.
Even c a m p u s police have g o n e
t o great lengths in a n e x p e c t a t i o n
of violence. A " c o m m a n d p o s t "
has been set u p , c o m p l e t e with a
fall back position in case t h e
forward area is o v e r r u n .
Valuable
objects
have
been
m o v e d a w a y from w i n d o w s a t t h e
c a m p u s libraries a n d a r t gallery.
AH Yale
University
student
groups pledge non-violence b u t it
is e x p e c t e d that o n e radical group
from B o s t o n has been purchasing
guns. Y e s t e r d a y , police arrested
t w o y o u t h s for possessing explosives. A n d t h e r e has been a recent
upsurge of gun thefts in t h e N e w
Haven a r e a - i n c l u d i n g 2 8 0 riot
guns e q u i p p e d with b a y o n e t s ,
stolen a t t h e beginning of t h e
week.
T h e May Day rally is expected
to a t t r a c t s o m e 3 5 , 0 0 0 d e m o n s t r a t o r s t o p r o t e s t t h e m u r d e r trial
of Black P a n t h e r leader B o b b y
Seale a n d seven of his followers.
T h e y a r e accused of t o r t u r i n g a n
alleged police i n f o r m e r .
A m o n g t h o s e s c h e d u l e d t o appear d u r i n g t h e t h r e e days of
rallies a r e Dave Dellinger, Abbie
Hoffman, Ralph A b e r n a t h y , T o m
H a y d e n , William Kunstler, a n d
J o h n F r o i n e s . R o c k b a n d s will
also a p p e a r .
P r o - P a n t h e r activity has been
r u n n i n g high a t t h e Yale University c a m p u s for t h e past few days.
Wednesday,
Vice-President
Agnew verbally chastised t h e pres i d e n t o f Yale a n d urged him t o
resign. T h i s was a result of statem e n t s m a d e last week b y him in
which h e claimed t h e Panthers
could n o t receive a fair trial anyw h e r e in t h e United S t a t e s .
PYE Slates Action
To Halt Pollution
draft counseling
budget romnuttct*
Friday, May I, 1970
Marines Stand By
For Panther Rally
a i r k M@oiainiIb(g]rg
to Central Council
year
LENNY KOPP
colonial
Vol. LVII No. 18
Indian's First should be Indian's Best!
Contact either or
dutch
PRESS
Warner
today,
Cambodia,
tomorrow
the worlds
T o b i n ' s Meat Packing C o m p a n y Is o n e o f t h e A l b a n y area's major polluters...from Tobin's "the people
wl
",curc"-
silver
The ASP regrets any embarrass
ment
and confusion
which
this
error may have caused.
" s t e a m y , lifeless cesspool, a n d
m a k e it a breeding g r o u n d for rats.
M o n d a y , take o n e m i n u t e a n d
dial 4 3 8 - 4 4 1 1 ; ask to speak to t h e
President of T o b i n ' s Meat Packing
Co. Tell him t o s t o p polluting o u r
e n v i r o n m e n t . Inform y o u r friends.
PYE h o p e s to keep their switchboard nging c o n s t a n t l y .
PYt, will have a d e m o n s t r a t i o n
table explaining t h e n a t u r e of this
water p o l l u t i o n in t h e C a m p u s
C e n t e r l o b b y . T h e r e will also bo a
free p h o n e to T o b i n ' s , o n Monday
from 10 a.m. t o 1 p . m .
T o b i n ' s has refused t o implem e n t t h e p r o p e r anti-pollution devices because they are t o o expensive. Can we let T o b i n ' s p u t a
price o n our environment'.'
PYE is also calling for a b o y c o t t
of all T o b i n ' s p r o d u c t s . Remember, T o b i n ' s are " t h e folks w h o
care."