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
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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
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has been to help train some of the
students
involved in operation of
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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
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within t h e department.
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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
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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.
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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.
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C o n t i n u e d on page 3
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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."
FRIDAY, MAY 1, 1970
ALBANY STUDENT PRESS
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The Albany Public Library will
present an evening of experimental films as its Movie of the Month
program on Tuesday evening, May
5, at 8:00 p.m., at Harmanus
- The Golden Eye Coffee House Bleeker Library.
presents Hector Rivera Friday
The films to be shown will be:
May 1, at 9:00 p.m. The Golden SKY CAPERS, about sky dining;
Eye is at 820 Madison Ave.
two sociological
films,
EXCHANGES, and GREATER
SAU Majors: There will be a COMMHNITY ANIMAL; and two
vitally important meeting of all art films FIGURES, and THE DO
SAU majors on Sunday, May 3rd IT YOURSELF CARTOON KIT.
at 7:00 p.m. in the Coloninl Quad
The program is free and the
U Loungs.
public is cordially invited to
attend.
Chinese Club Elections at 4 p.m.
May 7 in Hu 117.
There will be a meeting of the
English Club on Tuesday May 5 at
4:00 in HU 258. Anyone interThe Class of 1971 in conested can come.
junction with the Class of 1972 of
the State University of New York
at Albany present the "Guess
A meeting for the establishment
Who" with "Seals and Crofts" in
of a "Free School" Tuesday, at
concert Saturday, May 9, at the
7:30 inCC370.
State University gym.
Tickets will be on sale in the
Speech Pathology and Auoiolobby of the Campus Center from
logy Majors: A list of all present
10 a m. 2 p.m. beginning MonSAU majors has been posted on
day, May -I and at the door.
the bulletin board outside HU
Tickets arc $2.50 with student tax
317. Check this list! If your name
and $-1.00 without.
docs not appear and should, you
Doors to the gym open at 7'.'10
arc responsible for seeing thai this
p.m. and the concert will begin at
central list is properly ammcndecl.
8:30.
Chemistry Dialogue, Friday
May 1.1970, at 1:30 p.m. at Ch
26. Bring your gripes!
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KICK IN THE ASP
needs
see
Jeff
In
or
call
advertising
the
ASP
office
457-2190
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A new independent study alternative is now available to all
undergraduate students enrolled
in the College of Arts and
Sciences through the auspices of
the Honors and Independent
Study Committee of the Undergraduate Academic Council.
Uni A & 8 300 is an independent
study course carrying 1-4 credits.
Uni A & S 301 carries 5-15
credits. In any case the student
must find an instructor willing to
serve as an advisor.
Application blanks for these
courses and further information
are available in the Department of
Philosophy, Humanities 257. In
the case of Uni A & S 301, a
project description must be submitted to the Committee on
Honors and Independent Study.
If Uni A & S 300 is to be used
other than as elective credit, the
approval of the department involved is necessary. Otherwise only
the approval of the project advisor
and Dr. Reese, the chairman of
the Honors and Independent
Study Committee is necessary.
For Uni A & S 301 the approval
of the whole committee is necessary. Students deciding on this
alternative are advised to pull
cards for an ordinary registration
while awaiting word concerning
their application.
Comparable courses for students
enrolled in the School of Social
Welfare, School of Business, and
School of Education are currently
being planned.
Senatorial candidate Theodore
Sorenson will speak on the Middle
East at Temple Israel (New Scotland Ave. next to St. Peter's Hospital) at 8 p.m. on Monday, May
'I. All are invited to attend.
The class of I97;J will hold open
j class meetings on
Monday
'nights at 7:.'i() in the campus
i center. Freshmen, come out and
meet your officers, find out
what's happening.
Elections for Station Manager of
WSUA will be held on May 10 al
7:30 p.m. in CC 375. Student tax
cards are required to vote.
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'cogent attack of the budget. It
was stated that Student Association must cut funds severely in all
its subsidiaries, and the area of
athletics is no different. Council
could see no rationalization for
not cutting AAB's budget while
cutting the budget of every single
subsidiary of SA.
Council also felt that not
enough students are affected by
Intercollegiate athletics (only 400
are directly involved) to spend the
Harrisburg Rock Fest
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Central Council, at its last meeting of the 1969-70 session reviewed the Athletic Advisory Board
Budget.
Despite arguments by Dr.
Werner and the AA Board that
money for conventions, steak dinners and awards running into
thousands of dollars serves as
a reward for the School's
athletes, Council countered with a
Our own special kind of spring.
Jack Rosenblum.
who are you?
in ft > •i n u i l i< n i ( a r i l ii-i
At •livili •s O I T i r i
'
by Bob Warner
All students that have complaints about the Roxy Dry Cleaning Service on campus should do
the following. Please write a note
or letter giving the specifics of
Friday, May 2 2 - The Grape and your complaint including your
Cobalt Assault, by William name address and phone number.
Frankonis, in its premiere per- Roxy was awarded a contract for
formance directed by William the 1969-1970 school year and
has the option of providing service
Snyder.
for the 1970-71 year based on
The May 22nd production com- mutual consent of Roxy and the
pletes a season of 20 plays of Dry Cleaning Committee. Please
Experimental Theatre, under the address all complaints to Dry
faculty direction of James M. Cleaning Committee, Student Association Office, Campus Center
Leonard.
346. The committe is currently
Curtain times are 7:30 and 9:00
reconsidering the contract.
p.m. and admission is free.
Classified ads
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Athletic Budget Reviewed
In Final Council Meeting
Friday, May 1 5 - Home Free, by
Lanford Wilson, directed by
Howard Kerner.
T O I) \ \
II
ALBANY STUDENT PRESS
Poems for the Shields Mcllwaine
University Concert Band will
Poetry Contest and short stories give a concert on the evenings of
for the Lovenhelm Story Contest May 7 and 8 in the main theatre
should be submitted to Robert of the PAC at 8:30 p.m. AdmisJudd in HU 37B by May 7.
sion free.
11 i t - !)!• A 1)1.1 M •. Col- r c l u i 11 i 11 (r 1 11 f
TO|t< 1 1 M C I I T
FRIDAY, MAY 1, 1970
Parents9 Weekend
Happenings Varied
by Gary Ricciardi
must be in by May 1st. It is
expected many will have reservations. Students, of course, may
use their meal cards.
ine weekend of May H is the
annual Parents' Weekend at the
University. That weekend, men
There will be a concert Saturday
and women with salt and pepper
hair a self-conscious nir, will night featuring "The Guess Who"
come to college to see their child- and "Seals and Crofts." Concert
ren and take part in conscious- tickets must be bought by stuness-expanding activities sche- dents for their parents, and tickets
duled for them. These include a will cost the regular nontax card
movie, a light show, dialogues and price of $4.00. They are not yet
athletic events. Attendance will on sale,
not be taken, but would be appreA Parents' Weekend Celebration
ciated.
Parents may eat in quad dining will be held in the Rathskeller.
rooms and Saturday evening there Beer and peanuts will be sold for
will he a Parents' Weekend ban- ten cents, and a live band, "The
quet in the quad dining halls with Other Side," will be featured. The
tickets costing .$.'1.75 each. Insur- time for this has not yet been
ance policies will be sold at the established.
door, but organizers of Parents'
The co-chairmen of Parents'
Weekend say this is no more than
Weekend are Rubin Azar (who
a routine precaution, "Nothing to may be reached at 457-4053), and
get uptight about."
Raena Endick (4 57-8964).
Meal tickets for parents and
It is to be noted that the Saturcornmulers can be picked up in
day morning reception for parents
CC. 364, from 0 a.m. to 5 p.m. will not be held on Slate Quad
beginning May 1st. Meal reservathis year. The decision not to
tions for Saturday night's banquet
allocate the money for the event
was made by the State Quad
Board, under the leadership of
Mitch Klein.
Students living on Stale Quad
should not bring their parents to
any of the other quads, since
arrangements have been made for
Con tinned from page I
the parents of the quad residents
survey of editorial content of the only.
student press amounted to "bad
faith" with the 900 newspapers he
was contracted to represent.
GE to Blacklist
Student Papers
Macmannis said that CJE was not
the first big corporation to express concern about the political
content of the student press, lie
cited earlier objections by General
Motors and IBM, and this news
service reported earlier this year
that Texaco pulled insertion
orders from one University of
California newspaper over political content.
GE had not been advertising in
the college market this year duo
to what Clark termed "lowered
personnel needs" and the recent
six-month strike against GE. GE'H
recruiting advertising for the last
year has thus been limited to less
than 100 engineering school journals and magazines,
GE told a Newsweek reporter
FYVday that it was prepared to go
back into the college market with
its advertising in a big way, if it
could bo persuaded thai college
newspapers wore editorially safe.
College Press Service
NEW YORK-(CPS)- Plans for a
three-day summer rock festival on
a Harrisburg, New York farm June
26-28 have been announced here
at a press conference that reflected the skepticism accompanying
such ventures these days. Reporters from the established media
seemed concerned about such issues as crowd control and drug
abuse, while "freaks" from the
underground press worried that
another rock ripoff was underway.
Executive producer for "The
Festival at Andy Williams' Farm"
is Budd Filippo, a promoter who
booked "Fantastiks" on campuses
and organized American lours of
early English groups. He has
formed Filippo Festivals Inc.,
with hopes of producing regular
musical events on the Lewis
County site. The organization has
purchased the entire 1210 acres
from Williams, a 72-year-old dairy
farmer
Aboard the Filippo venture are
Michael Lang and friends, who
were involved in last summer's
Woodstock Festival. Lang, along
with John Carpenter, just abandoned the upcoming Toronto Festival because it seemed to be
falling apart.
The scheduled dates are June
26, 27, and 2H, with the grounds
opening on the 24 th for early
arrivers who want to camp out.
Camping, parking, and admission
to the daily 12-hour shows costs
$20. Tickets will he available
through Ticketron agencies. The
promoters are announcing that
ticket sales will be limited to
advance sales of 100,000, and
seem uncertain about what to do
if they are deluged. Their architect says the facilities will be built
to accomodate as many as
400,000 if necessary.
The promoters say they expect
people to buy tickets and not
expect a "freebie." Filippo pub"
licist Chester Fox was quick to
WE ARE SORR Y!
Since the start of the semester our delivery vehicles
have been robbed six times. 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
of merchandise.
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.
assure reporters that security forces would be present only to help
people, not police the crowd.
"They are not going to have any
guns or clubs " he emphasized.
Land and Scaltro have been
busy lining up talent, but have
announced no definite committments. Scaltro said Monday that
Led Zepplin and Ten Years After
will probably be headlincrs, as
they are available. He also mentioned the Band, Joe Cocker and
Janis Joplin.
The overall budget will exceed
$1 million, "half of which is
already available," he said. Ticket
money will be held in escrow to
assure ticket refunds should they
be necessary.
The town is about a fivehour drive from New York City,
up the throughway via Routes 12
and 177.
huge sums asked by AAB for
varsity baseball, soccer, basketball, etc.
Council, in an amendment, set a
ceiling of $15.60 per year for the
athletic assessment assuming that
mandatory tax remains. If it does
not, however, the tax could be
raised to meet expected costs.
In a bill introduced by Vic
Looper, Council wholeheartedly
and unanimously passed a bill that
urges that Council, the University
Senate, and the Administration
enthusiastically commit themselves t i recruiting blacks for all
positions throughout the university community,
Part of Looper's expression of
his feelings on the night of his last
Council meeting is as follows: Our
society has'penalized blacks in
many ways, some noticeable and
others subtle. The University is an
integral part of the society and
Student Association is a vital part
of the University. In the past I
have felt that the Student Association, the University and the society at large should make amends
for the past injustices by treating
everyone fairly and equally. I now
feel that this is not enough. I now
feel that the society has an affirmative obligation to better the position of blacks. I also fell that the
Student Association should do
what it can to rectify this situation by actively recruiting and
appointing blacks to positions of
influence so the black point of
view will be adequately represented."
Patriot, Panther R ap
Continued from page 1
oppression and racism. Bobby
Seale and other Panthers are fighting for their lives. Seale and other
Panthers are being framed by the
FBI. The FBI kidnapped and murdered a Panther, claimed he was
an informer, and charged the Panthers with the kidnap and murder.
"The pigs are trying to make an
example out of Bobby. If they
execute him, we're going to seize
the night and hold back the day,
and there won't be any light for
days!"
Jamal does not distinguish bet ween viewer and oppressor.
"Apathetic people are just as bad
as the oppressors and active racists
who kidnap people and send them
to kill and be killed in Viet Nam.
You have to become John
Brown-NOW. Black people are
tired of waiting! We've been waiting for 4 50 years".
Events at New Haven this weekend may only be a drop in the
bucket. To some people, the show
of support will be an encouraging
sign, especially after 450 years of
"waiting to be free." To others,
the demonstration may be interpreted as another step by radical
long hairs and misguided youth in
their search for truth'and identity.
If the remnants of the
"vested interests" have hired inciters and the pigs attack us, "We
are going to defend ourselves-We
are not masochists! All power to
all the people.
ATTENTION
Any student who voted
TUESDAY
in the Colonial Quad
Central Council elections
for '70-'71
must revote
The polls will be open today
from 11 to 5 pm
Please bring your ID/Meal ticket a n d
student activity card w h e n you revote
o n l y the Central Counoll &
Tax R e f e r e n d u m votes are affected
PLEASE RE-VOTE
PAGE 4
FRIDAY, MAY 1, 1970
ALBANY STUDENT PRESS
Twenty Things You Can
Communications
Do For Our Planet Earth TO i**nig
!
'
i 3
1. D o n ' t use colored facial tissues p a p e r towels, or toilet paper.
T h e p a p e r dissolves p r o p e r l y in
w a t e r , b u t t h e d y e lingers.
2. Use c o n t a i n e r s thnt d e c o m pose readily. Glass b o t t l e s d o n ' t
d e c o m p o s e . B o t t l e s m a d e of polyvinyl chloride give off lethal
h y d r o c h l o r i c acid when incinerated.
3. D o n ' t b u y u n r e U i m a b l e containers. Hold a l u m i n u m - c a n purchase to a m i n i m u m .
4. At t h e gas s t a t i o n , d o n ' t let
t h e a t t e n d a n t " t o p off" y o u r gas
t a n k , this m e a n s waste, and polluting spillage.
5.
If you s m o k e
filter-tip
cigarettes d o n ' t flush t h e m d o w n
the John. They'll
ruin
your
p l u m b i n g a n d clog p u m p s at the
sewerage t r e a t m e n t plant.
6. S t o p smoking.
7. S t o p littering. If you see a
litterer, object politely (Excuse
me,
sir, I t hink you d r o p p e d
something).
8. If y o u ' r e ;i h o m e gardener,
m a k e sure fertilizer Is worked
deep i n t o t h e soil- d o n ' t Iiose it
off into t h e water system.
9. D o n ' t b u y or usr DDT.
10. If you d o n ' t really need a
car d o n ' t b u y ;• car. Motor vehi-
cles c o n t r i b u t e a good half of this
c o u n t r y ' s air p o l l u t i o n .
11. Bug gasoline m a n u f a c t u r e r s
t o get t h e lead o u t . T e t r a e t h y l
lead additives are put in gas t o
help an engine's p o r f o m a n c e : they
can build up in y o u r b o d y t o a
lethal dose. Indiana S t a n d a r d Oil
Co.
has a lead free fuel n o w
(Amoco).
12. T h e r e ' s only so much water. D o n ' t leave it running. If it
has t o recycled t o o fast, t r e a t m e n t
plants can't purify it p r o p e r l y .
13. Measure detergents carefully. If y o u follow m a n u f a c t u r e r s
instructions you'll help cut a third
of all d e t e r g e n t p o l l u t i o n .
1<I. Since t h e prime offender in
d e t e r g e n t p o l l u t i o n is n o t suds h u t
p h o s p h a t e s , d e m a n d to k n o w h o w
m u c h p h o s p h a t e is in the detergent y o u ' r e b u y i n g . Write t h e
m a n u f a c t u r e r , newspapers, Congressmen, t h e FDA.
15. Never flush away what you
can put in t h e garbage. Especially
unsuspected o r g a n i c d o g g e r s like
cooking fat, coffee grounds or tea
leaves.
16. Help get a n t i p o l l u t i o n ideas
into kid's heads. T e a c h children
a b o u t litter, c o n s e r v a t i o n , noise. .
. a b o u t being c o n s i d e r a t e which is
w h a t it all c o m e s d o w n t o .
17. R e m e m b e r : All Power Pollutes. Especially gas a n d electric
power, which cither smog up the
air or dirty rivers. So cut d o w n on
unnecessary p o w e r c o n s u m p t i o n .
1H. Protesting useless pollution?
D o n ' t wear indestruclable metal
b u t t o n s t h a t say so.
19. When you s h o p , lake a
reusable t o t e with you as the
E u r o p e a n s d o - a n d d o n ' t accept
excess packaging and paper bags.
20. Last and m o s t importanl-vi tally important--if y o u want
m o r e than t w o children, a d o p t
them.
Care. Who will, if we d o n ' t ?
Condensed from
Mademoiselle
April 1970.
Jazz Festival
The J u n i o r College of Albany's
Music Workshop will p r e s e n t a
JCA Jazz. Festival on Monday
May 4th at K p . m . T h e concert
will feature Nick B r i g n o l a r e e d s ,
flutes Ted C u r s o n - t r u m p e t , and
Booker Irvin-tenor.
Tickets are $ 1 . 0 0 and can be
purchased at J C A gym, 140 New
Scotland Ave., Albany.
Give your
contact lenses
a bath
tonight
In o r d e r lo k e e p y o u r c.onUicl l e n s e s a s
comfortable a n d c o n v e n i e n t as they w e i e
m e a n t to lie. y o u h a v e lo l a k e c a r e ol
Ilium But until n o w y o u n e e d e d t w o 01
m o r e s e p a r a t e s o l u t i o n s to p r o p e r l y
p r e p a r e a n d m a i n t a i n your c o n t a c t s Not
w i t h L e n s i n e . L e n s i n e is t h e o n e l e n s
s o l u t i o n lor c o m p l e t e c o n t a c t l e n s c a r e
Cleanint) youi c o n t a c t s with Lensine
l e t a i t l s t h e b u i l d u p of forercjn d e p o s i t s o n
t h e l e n s e s . A n d s o a k i i u i y o u i c o n t a c t s in
L e n s i n e o v e r n i y h l a s s u r e s y o u ol p i o p e i
l e n s h y g i o n e You p e l a free s o a k i n g c a s e
o n t h e b o l t o m ol e v e i y b o t t l e of L e n s i n e
It has been demonstrated that improper
storage between weanngs may result in
the growth ol bacteria on the lenses.
This is a sure cause of eye irritation and
in some cases can endanger your vision.
Bacteria cannot grow in Lensine which is
sterile, self-sanitizing, and antiseptic.
Just a drop or two of Lensine, before you
insert your lens, coats and lubricates il
allowing the lens to float more freely in
the eye's fluids. That's because
Lensine is an "isotonic" solution,
which means that it blends with
the natural fluids of (he eye.
Let your contacts be the
convenience they were
meant to be. Get
some Lensine, from the
Murine Company, Inc.
T h e s t r e e t s of o u r c o u n t r y are
in t u r m o i l , universities are filled
with s t u d e n t s rebelling and riot
An o p e n
letter t o
Professor ing. C o m m u n i s t s are seeking to
d e s t r o y o u r c o u n t r y . Russia is
A r t h u r Lennit', S U N Y A ,
t h r e a t e n i n g us with her might and
Propaganda, as you n o t e d last t h e R e p u b l i c is in danger. Ye.-,,
Wednesday night, is relative t o danger from within and without.
those involved. " T r i u m p h of t h e We need law and order. Yes
Will" depicted Adolph Hitler and w i t h o u t law and o r d e r o u r nation
associated as able and powerful c a n n o t survive. Elect us and we
leaders of a united G e r m a n y des- will resotre law and o r d e r . "
tined to rule the world and the
Is this from Regan, Maddux,
films were produced to " e d u c a t e "
Agncw, Mitchell. Nixon himself.'
the G e r m a n people of this. T o
No- w e ' r e back to our tyrranical
"Westerners " or n o n - G e r m a n s ,
friend, A d o l p h Hitler.
the films wore high caliber " p r o Allusions tu tyrannical stales.
p a g a n d a " Lo incite hatred and
like the differences between " p r o
kindle feelings of nationalism.
p a g a n d a " and " e d u c a t i o n " in-(<
Your statement
"You
all
relative.
would agree that Kunstler could
speak on c a m p u s , " net with no
. ' . S t e p h e n Flavin
objections from
approximately
200 s t u d e n t s gathered for your
movie and lecture. But you expressed d o u b t "if R o b b y Hkelton
(Imperial Wizard of the Ku Klux
Klan) could speak h e r e . " T h o u g h
Dear ASP R e p o r t e r s ,
it is d o u b t e d Skelton could draw
This letter c o n c e r n s your last
1% of the assemblage Kunstler
issue's editorial c o m m e n t on the
did, n o o n e save you q u e s t i o n e d
baseball
t e a m . Mr. Zaremba, I he
w h e t h e r be could be allowed to
a u t h o r of t h e article, slated that
speak here. One s t u d e n t n o t e d ,
there were no future prospects to
" P e r h a p s Neil Kelleher w o u l d n ' t
look forward t o . This is incorrect.
allow people to speak here, b u t I
On t h e J . V . team this year we
have n o o b j e c t i o n . "
have p l e n t y of good ballplayers
If a n y o n e were denied permisw h o feel it's great to be alive.
sion t o speak before any public
When t h e y take their rips they
gathering because of his or her
k n o w h o w to go opposite and
social or political views, then we
t h e y m a k e every play look rouhave created, live, a n o t h e r Nazi
tine. It's all gravy this year beGermany.
cause every player always has a
When Kunstler s p o k e , you said
good day. Most important of all.
it reminded you of the speeches
Coach O'Brien is the right man in
m a d e in Nazi G e r m a n y with raised
the right spot, please prim this
fists and cries " P o w e r to the
letter because I feel that the team
People!' substituting for raised
is getting a raw deal from its fans
hands and "Sieg l l e i l ! " You
Dicky Miller t h e . l n l
weren't alone.
Bet the speetor of a police
state is inure evident in o r a t o r y
The Albany Student Press trill
like this:
publish
the last tiro issues of
this year on Tuesday,
May •>
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Normalcy Returns
To SUNY Buffalo
by AI Senia
C o n d i t i o n s a t t h e S t a t e University of Buffalo c a m p u s are returning t o normal following last Febr u a r y ' s " p o l i c e r i o t " a n d the stud e n t s t r i k e in March. Acting Presid e n t Regan has resigned his position and all city police are off the
campus.
An e s t i m a t e d $ 8 0 , 0 0 0 w o r t h or
d a m a g e o c c u r r e d as a result of the
student-police confrontations.
R e c e n t l y , t h e s t u d e n t b o d y voted for a gradual phase-out of the
c a m p u s R O T C p r o g r a m . No new
enrollees will be a c c e p t e d after
this s e m e s t e r .
T h e Erie C o u n t y grand j u r y ,
m e a n w h i l e , has l a u n c h e d an investigation of the d i s t u r b a n c e s . T h e
personal records of 6-1 p e o p l e including
1 ft faculty
members
w h o were s e n t e n c e d t o i!() days in
prison on April 17, have been
subpeonoed.
At least 0 s t u d e n t leaders have
been arrested as a result of the
investigation; future arrests are
anticipated.
Financial records of t h e facultys t u d e n t association a n d the stud e n t p u b l i c a t i o n s board have also
been s u b p e o n o e d .
It has been learned that the
S t a t e Board of Regents has req u e s t e d an investigation of UB's
c o m p l i a n c e with the " o a t h of
allegiance" required by all stale
employees.
T h e n a m e s of those e m p l o y e e s
w h o have not signed such oaths
are being c o m p i l e d into a list by
the Central A d m i n i s t r a t i o n here in
A l b a n y . University officials claim
the directive is " a n administrative
thing."
Also, an administrative tribunal
set up by Regan, had been con
ducting " c l a n d e s t i n e " hearings for
;! weeks and supplying the grand
jury with i n f o r m a t i o n . This tribunal runs c o u n t e r to t h e constit u t i o n s of the University of Buffalo's SI udenl J u d i c i a r y , University Stude.nl
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It is also c o n t r a r y t o t h e r e c o m m e n d a t i o n s supplied by an earlier
administrative investigative commission headed by William Greener, a law school professor. T h a t
commission strongly criticized the
administration
for the role it
played in the disturbances.
A b o u t three weeks ago, the Buffalo C o m m o n Council a m e n d e d
the disorderly c o n d u c t c o d e . It
now prohibits " t h e printing or
uttering of abusive, d a n g e r o u s , or
obscene language, including t h e
word 'pig' or 'pigs' w h e n directed
at g o v e r n m e n t officials, school administrators, or police officers."
T h e city a t t o r n e y warned that this
move may be d e e m e d u n c o n s t i t u tional by higher courts.
T h e council had also voted to
request r e l u m i n g s l a t e university
Chancellor Samuel Gould investigate " T h e S p e c t r u m , " UB's student
newspaper. T h e
council
claimed it was a " t h r e a t to community standards."
Finally a " H a y e s 15 Defense
F u n d " has been set up to raise
m o n e y for the arrested faculty
m e m b e r s . They could face 16
m o n t h s in prison on criminal cont e m p t charges. Indications are
they will take their case to the
S u p r e m e C o u r t , if necessary. T h e
University a d m i n i s t r a t i o n is pressing the c o n t e m p t charges amid
reports that radical faculty members may be fired on charges of
Lurpitude
Keep Cousins
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SUNYA's sun children frolic in the recently turned on fountain.
—silver
Eleven Day Hunger Strike
Terminates at Stony Brook
by Bob Warner
J
The hunger strike at S t o n y
Brook which bewail on April tfllh
ended last Wednesday evening,
The s t r i k e , w h i c h began as a protest against Defense D e p a r t m e n t
c o n t r a c t s on the S t o n y Brook
c a m p u s , lasted eleven days and
involved
a p p r o x i m a t ely
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strikers over (he entire strike
period.
Only nine s t u d e n t s , however,
were lasting when the strike
and n o n e of the oriterminated,
rs r e m a i n e d ; no o n e
K imi1 strike
the entire eleven day
lasted lor
period.
u to t h e d e m a n d s of
In reaclio
the
President's
the
s t r i k ers
Cabinet for•maltzed a resolution,
earlier proplosed by the Faculty
Senate and r e j e c t e d b y t h e t h e
strikers, l<> r e c o m m e n d that no
war related research be p e r m i t t e d
on c a m p u s a n d t h a t a n e t w o r k o f
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together at any given t i m e . A
support rally held o n c a m p u s
drew o n l y a b o u t 5 0 s t u d e n t s .
T h e strikers s u c c e e d e d , however,
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Weekend Of Concerts
Hits Some Sour Notes
THE ASP SPORTS
prano sax, with strains of Cole- floor while playing - the whole
trnne, and a nice tenor solo on a corny gambit. But the music's the
slow blues called "Come live with rub, and that was excellent. Their
me." ' Live.' was also interesting emotional range was limited and
in that no drums were used and each song was almost identical,
yet the rhythm was felt through but it was exciting from the beginout.
ning to the end of the second
The conceit was satisfactory, encore.
but poorly attended. The obstanThe drummer was a good
ant system and poor organization rhythm man, but he was kidding
on the part of Ten Wheel Drive himself as a soloist. He continemptied the fall further. The ually attempted to club his drums
charts rarely used the large instru- into submission and althouth he
mentation to its fullest degree. displayed dexterity, there was no
The riff idea, which goes back to evidence of imagination.
James Brown, and even as far as
Mountain is a rather ordinary
Count Basie of the '30's doesn't group, and following the excitewear well without a skillful ar- ment of Grand Funk was an injusranger and creative soloist. Ten tice to them. Everything they did
Wheel Drive, for the most part, was anti climactic .
had neither.
The Sunday evening concert was * * * * * * * * * *
partially successful, and partially a
travesty. While the Ashley Brothers were a detraction and a
waste of time, and Mountain was
mediocre. Grand Funk was a total * * * * * * * * * *
success reaction-wise if not artistically.
The Ashley Brothers play music
The following plays will he prein the style of the besl forgotten sented in the coming weeks, as
past. College students have out. part of the regular weekly scries
grown the "yeah, yeah, yeah" and of Experimental Theatre:
..Music Mann..
the "Oobeedoobeedoos" along
with the hoola-hoop. Contemp- Friday, May 1-- Abstraction, of
orary Music Council should have
anonymous authorship, dilearned from the failure of the
rected by Timothy Brennan.
Rascals. The Ashley Brothers' music had the stench of Madison
Mary Stuart by Schiller, diAvenue about it and they faced a
rected by Alexis Pinnola.
very hostile audience as a result.
sophy and politics at Dalhousie They bus to almost beg for perThe many sounds of electronic summer program. Enrollment
Overruled, by G.B. Shaw, dimusic, an international sampling, limited and the registration fee is University, Halifax, and Jesse mission to play their final numrected by Nicole Rabin
will be heard in a series of pro- $5. Additional information is Shera, dean of the School of ber. It would have been preferable
grams, "Festival of Tapes," Wed- available from the College of Gen- Library Science, Case Western not to play it, but presumalby Saturday, May 2 - Under Milknesday through Sunday, May eral Studies (Ad 2.'19), SUNYA, Reserve University.
they had to to avoid a breach of
wood, by Dylan Thomas, diAt the final session, this after- contract.
6-10, in the Art Gallery at State MOO Washington Avenue, Albany
rected by William Snyder.
noon, there will
a summary
University of New York at Al- 12203.
Grand Funk followed, coming
The first seminar, May 12, will panel of students and faculty and in like a storm. Their music was
bany. Opening night, Wednesday,
May 6, the program will begin at H deal with ballet, "The Concept an address "Implications for amplified so loudly that the audi- Friday, May 8- The Jealous Hunband, by Moliere, directed by
and the Program." Subsequent Library Education," by Mary Lee ence begged them to soften it a
o'clock.
Douglas Wager.
programs
will
include
discussions
Bundy,
professor
at
the
School
of
bit. hut to no avail. The group,
Featured will be works by Babon
chamber
music,
choral
works,
Library
and
Information
Science
like
any
attempting
to
be
successbitt, Stockhausen, and Chadabe.
Strip-Tease by Mrozek, diTapes will be played each day dressage, film festival, modern at the University of Maryland. ful, was flashy. The lead guitarist
reeled by Nadine Stah.
from 2 to 5 and from 7 to 10 dance, the orchestra's conductors, Closing remarks will be made by jumped about the stage like an
incensed rabbit, kneeled on the
during the remainder of the festi- composers and celebrities, pre- Professor Burgess.
mieres and the extensive educaval
tional program of the Saratoga
Programs for the unusual musiPerforming Arts Center, Inc. The
cal event will be available at the
College of Genera I Studies cogallery during the festival which is
sponsors the seminar as part of its
sponsored by the university's muprogram in continuing education
sic department.
for community residents.
The College of General Studies,
"Threading my way through the Himalayan,
The School of Library Science
State University of New York al
stepping
trepidantly
between the roeks with a
ill
State
University
of
New
York
Albany, and the Saratoga Performing Arts Center will present a al Albany is sponring ;t Iwo-day
sheer
rise
to
my
left,
and
a preeipitous
thousandseminar on the 1070 program of colloquium iit the campus Center,
beginning
Thursday,
April
2.'i.
looi
drop
to
my
right,
I
am
suddenly
gripped
by
the center. The eight Tuesday
evening sessions, scheduled May Noted speakers include David
a
feeling
of
nostalgia
for
my
old
eampns.
12- June 30, will be held on the Uiayhrooke. pro lessor of philoupwown campus The seminar inThere in a noise behind me, and Jane, girl
MANY 1 HANKS
the members <>i l si man suite
structor will be Raymond C. Mesot
my
dreams from Uiology 307 elass, is following
I'lOJ uxtuncl mvjny l .'iiks In nil
ler Jr., education director of the
llinso w h o Coiilrlbuled <i help mnke
center.
me,
in
her hands a eheekbook.
our now living quarters so plc.is.int.
Your help w.is rnosl i l l ItHJIlllllI ,llld
Recordings, lectures, pictures,
And what to my wonder, each eheeh is
yrciilly .ipprucLiled d m nil on, tjmo
demonstrations, and discussions
t)l nood.
will acquaint participants with the
printed in blue and green, bearing ot all things
by Robert Rosenblum
TrackWins:McCarg,MoshenbergStar
by Dave Fink
Ringling Brothers probably used
the name first, but according to
track and field coach R.K. Munsey, his 1970 varsity edition is
indeed the "greatest show on
earth." The team traveled to New
Paltz Wednesday and were treated
very nicely as they annihilated
their hosts, 112-33 to run their
record to 5-0 for the season.
Receiving Coach Munsey's "fickle feather" award as the foremost
performer of the meet was junior
Saul Moshenberg, who broke his
own team record in the long jump
by going 23 feet, VA inches, 'A
inch of what Munsey thinks will
qualify Saul for the NCAA small
college nationals. Moshenberg also
took first place in the triple jump
and ran a fine 10.6 leg in the 440
yard relay.
The 400 relay team, called by
Munsey "Handleman's Dream" after Jay Handleman, who ran the
second leg in 10.7, finished first in
a time of 22.5, breaking the
school record and probably qualifying the contingent for the small
college regionals. Cliff McCarg
opened the race with an exceptional 10.8 first leg and Marty
Amerikaner finished with an unbelievable 10.4 anchor, equiva-
by Andy Egol
The Albany State Varsity
Lacrosse team, hindered by many
last period penalties, dropped a
closely contested game to RIT
Wednesday by a score of 12-8.
The STate stickmen played a
fine game and kept up with RIT
until the middle of the last period.
The score at the end of the third
period was 9-8 and according to
Coach Muse it was the best quarter the team played all year and
Becker. Cathy
Reger, Sue
Fishbein, Lynne Gabriel, Audrey
Goldberg. Bonnie Hirschhorn,
Gail Hummel, Lorraine Hyman,
Goorgann Jose (captain), Nancy
Ketz, Barbara Mosher, Diann
Rosenblum (manager), Belinda
Stanton, Penny Virginia and
Linda Westlake.
April 25
April 30
May 4
May 9
May 13
May 15
May 16
May 22
Schedule
Western Conn.
Oneonta
Skidmoro
Paterson State
New Paltz
St. Lawrence
Potsdam
Southern Conn
represented the type of ball the
team is capable of playing all the
time. Co-Captain Larry Smith,
back from an early season injury
scored two goals for State while
the other two co-captains for the
stickmen Mark Werdcr ard Kevin
Sheehan had two and one goals
respectively. The other goals for
State were scored by Steve
Jakway, Butch McGuerty, and
Marshall Winkler.
The defense, attack and midfield
units for the team all played well.
What hurt the team the most was
the amount of penalties forcing
them into many man down de-
Sailing
The SUNYA Sailing Club competed in a regatta last Saturday
which was marked by confusion
and frustration. Representing Albany were Glenn Faclen, Chris
Follows, Dan Levin, and Gail HenryThe sailing teams of over
twenty schools converged on the
docks of the N.Y. Maritime College, Saturday morning to race in
three different regattas. From the
onset it was clear that Maritime
had overextended itself in offering
to host the three events simultaneously. Only four skipjack sailboats were available for the five
schools scheduled to race in one
regatta: Albany, Cornell, Rutgers,
Suffolk and Maritime. Asa result,
a boat rotation system had to be
worked out with one team silting
out each race. The situation was
further complicated by the alternation of races among the three
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Other firsts were Tom Moore in
the- pole vault, Don Van Cleve in
the shot put, and Denny Hackett
in the mile. The latter also ran the
440 intermediate hurdles for only
the second time and finished
third.
Smith Tallies Two but
RIT Whips Stickmen, 12-8
Women's Tennis
The Women's Intercollegiate
Tennis team began the Spring
season with two victories. April
17, Brockpoft was defeated in a
7-0 shutout. April 18, Lahman
College, a formidable opponent,
lost to SUNYA 4-3. A match
which was scheduled for April 25
against Westfieid State was cancelled du» to rain.
The turnout for team try-outs
was unexpectedly large this season. The coach, Mrs. Mann, was
forced to cut quite a number of
girls from the team; however, she
was pleased with the enthusiastic
interest from the University community.
Team members include: Ronnie
lent, according to Munsey, to a
9.7 100 yard dash.
McCarg also finished first in the
100 and the 220 with times of 9.8
and 21.6 while Amerikaner was
second in both, running 10.1 and
22.5 respectively.
9 am-4 pm
to actively discuss and pursue
fense situations.
The team travels to meet with
Oeneseo this Saturday. Geneseo
has lost this season to RIT by one
goal, but the coaches feel confident to come back with a victory.
In league I action, APA's B team
avenged its A team by defeating
TXO 8-5. KB strengthened its
claim of being a contender by
defeating Potter Club 9-2. KB was
led by the fine pitching of Al
Zaremba and the hitting of Marty
Levi. KB is now 3-1. In other
action APA(A) defeated APA (B)
8-5. Paul Weiner pitched for the
victors. Potter Club got back in
the win column with a 10-6 victory over Purple Smoke. Artie
Dixon picked up the win for
Potter.
TXO surprised
STB defeating them 8-4. A fine
effort by Craig Fierstein led the
losers but it was not enough to
withstand a strong TXO attack.
On Tuesday the State JV Stickmen lost a really close game to the
Siena JV. The score was tied until
the middle of the last period when
Siena scored to make the final
score 6-5. Scoring for State were
Andy Egol with two goals, Bruce
Sand, Jim Winslow, and Mike
Gottfried all with one each.
Club
regattas. One course was used for
all the races with ten-minute intervals between successive starting
signals. This system failed because
the boats could not sail back to
the docks after a race to switch
crews and return to the water in
time for the next start. To correct
the problem, the race committee
changed the starting sequence, but
neglected to inform the Albany
tern of the change.
To make things worse, the
races were postponed for an hour
to allow a rowing race to procede.
It was explained by the race committee that the wake from the
rowboats would capsize a sailbout
While this seemed rather incredulous the strong wind contributed to continuous capsizing.
A saturated Rutgers team withdrew after three dunkings.
As darkness approached, an abbreviated course was employed
and all the races completed. The
adversities proved too much for
the Albany team, however, as
they finished fourth. Although
the team was disappointed in their
showing, they were relieved that
the ordeal was over.
In recent League IIIB action the
UFO's defeated the Rayders 10-4.
The Zoo II crushed Formula I
13-4, and STB defeated the
Rayders 9-4.
Reid, Sandy
Pace Danes
over New
Paltz, 9-2
On Tuesday, the Great Dane
baseball team demolished a hapless New Paltz "squad" 9-2 behind
the pitching of Rich Spiers and
hitting of Al Reid and Jim Sandy.
Spiers allowed the only runs after
the game was well out of reach in
the top of the ninth. Reid, off an
ankle injury sustainedi down
South, looked as though he was in
fine form going 3 for 4 including a
booming triple to the left center
field fence. Sandy looks as though
he may be out of an early season
slump going 2 for 3 including a
line shot homerun over the left
field fence. Contrary to popular
belief the team morale at this
stage is very high. Many of the
players feel the toughest part of
the schedule is now behind them,
and feel as though they can go all
the way. Coming up this weekend
are games with Siena on Friday at
home and then a double header
with Lemoyne at Syracuse. Freshman Nick Ascienzo, and Junior Hi
Doolittle are the probable siarters,
Ascienzo is 2-1 and Doolittle 1-2
but pitched a fine game his last
time out against tough Central
Connecticut.
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GRADUATE STUDENTS
Self-nomination papers for offices in the
Graduate Student Association
the problems of the commuter
available at the Campus Center Information Desk
on the University campus
Nominations close May 10th
Elections held at Brubacher and Campus Center
Speakers will be from
Student Association,
the Administration.
and Food Service
There was a general lack of
diversity in the music of Herbie
Mann and his quartet. But the
happy, and simple music was, if
rarely stimulating, not at all offensive.
Guitarist, Sonny Sherrock, was
the most popular soloist. Breaking
ear drums with thousands of dicibels of sounds)even drowning out
the drums) he bull shitted his way
thru chorus after chorus. Each
solo sounded and looked like an
e l e c t r o c u t i o n . He produced
sounds that I have never heard
before, but they were very repetitive and lacked form. The crowd
enjoyed this gimmicry.
Herbie Mann soloed proficiently, but not memorably. I've heard
him better. Bassist, Miroslav
Vituous was the most talented of
the group. All his solos were arco
and I would have to liked to see
him pluch some of his statements.
'Pen Wheel Drive was poorly
received by the audience. They
are a rather incompetent rock
group as a whole, but their reed
man has a lot of promise. He
played a remarkable solo on so-
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Editorial
Comment
MONSTER
Interview Review
To the Editor,
Being an ex-serviceman, I read
your recent urticle entitled, "An
Interview with an Ex-GI." with
considerable interest. I too, experienced many of the undesirable
aspects of military life, but 1 must
question several points raised in
the interview.
The first point which I wish to
raise, concerns this individual's
claim of inability to secure a leave
for a period of two years. Early in
the article, it was stated that prior
to the individual's deparfure for
Germany he received a 1 '•) day
leave. The article also stated that
the individual turned 1H years of
age while enroute to that country.
Later in the article the following
statement was made: 'I had been
trying to get a leave for home now
for almost two years...I was still
only 18." Need I say more-the
contradiction is obvious.
My second point concerns this
individual's claim of racial prejudice. The article stated: "And
the prejudice... It depends; on
who's in power and who's in a
position to help their own-and the
blacks usually get the bottom."
The key word to keep in mind
here is "power."Anyone who has
had military experience certainly
knows that although officers possess authority and power, it is
usually in name only. The real
power lies within the realm of the
non-commissioned officer. Statistically speaking the majority of
N.C.O.'s in today's army are
black. If it does depend on who's
in power and who's in a position
to help their own, then it does not
follow that blacks usually get the
bottom.
The third aspect of this article in
which I find disagreement, is this
individual's experience with a
militury court-martial. Concerning
this topic the article stated, "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." Each individual upon
entry to the service, immediately
receives identical instruction, con
cerning his right* under the Uniform Code of Military Justice. At
that time he is informed that
when and if court-martialed, lie
reserves the option of trial by
officers o r trial by peers
(N.C.O's). Me is also informed
that he has the right to secure the
services of a civilian lawyer, if he
so wishes. Here again the article
tends to mislead the reader.
Although I cannot deny that
unjustices do exist within the military service, I feel that the opinion expressed in the article in
question tends to exaggerate these
pervusive aspects. Considering that
the contonts of the article is the
mere conjecture of one individual,
I also feel that the ASP was in
error giving the interview front
page coverage. I hope that the
points 1 have raised will help the
readers of the ASP lo see this
article in its proper prospective.
Michael.I. Dubaldi
Job Well Done
Dear Sir:
As a former Army [ion-commissioned officer, let me be the first
to commend you on the humorous item appearing on the front
page of the issue of April 28. i
assume it was intended as humor
-- all of the frightening, soul-searing encounters that led to Mr.
Rinaull's near destruction and ultimate incarceration have been endured by myself and countless
millions of others without the
resulting sears. Only a very select
few, whose emotional makeup
suits them for the role assumed by
Mr. Rinault appear at any one
time. Out of sheer selfishness,
perhaps, I thank God for that. I
had a job to do and I did it -- with
and through a great many people
-- and despite the occasional appearance of one who could not
stand the heat, caused the balance
of us to assume their work load
along with ours and who were
ultimately replaced by capable
personnel.
W.M. Diamond
Associate Professor
School of Business
All that Jazz
Bob Rosenblum:
In your article on April 17 on
the "Myths and Legends of Jazz,"
you seemed to feel that jazz has
been "persecuted" by the "classical music establishment," This
may have been true ;il its beginning as it is at the start of any
musical form. You neglected,
however to mention the similarities between jazz and classical
music. Both can have great variety
of rhythm, melody, and instrumentation within each number.
You blatantly cast aside Paul
Whileman's type of jazz, such as
Gershwin's "rhapsody in Blue"
and "American in Paris." It did
indeed "survive the decade" and is
very actively enjoyed today. The
non-orchestral type of jazz is also
still enjoyed, but the peices that
will surveve are those showing
originality {such as Brubeck's
"Time Out"). This is true of any
music.
Throughout musical history, orchestral composers have incorporated the cultural music of the
people. Jazz is indeed the music
of our country, for it expresses
our temperament. We should be
forever grateful to the Blacks for
having invented it.
Orest Lewinter
The Albany Student Press wilt
publish the last two issues of
this year on Tuesday, May 5
and Tuesday, May I'J. The advertising deadlines for these issues are the previous Saturday
evenings.
visitations
by Richard Friedtandcr
As n member of Ihis community 1 am deeply perplexed as Lo the
meaninij of PYE anil all those liltle bullous Al first I was told that
PYE means Protect Your Environment. After several weeks of
watching this group in action 1 have come to the conclusion lhal this
is incorrect, PYE means Pollute Your Environment How was this
conclusion reached? First of .ill. 1 have noticed that several people
who work of the PYE staff and hand out literature have a peculiar
habit: they .smoke pipes and blow pipe smoke into your face while
tolling you not lo pollute your environment.
Next we observe the yellow button wearers walking atony lhe
podium. After eating potato chips (hey throw lhe wrappers lo tile
ground Protect your enviionmenl or pollute il?
We as college students are supposedly al the forefront of this
movement IT we really believe in it. why does our University look like
a pig stye? The entrance area lo lhe Campus Center is littered with
leaflets ll is revolting to the eye. Then there is the grass area of Dutch
Quad while playing frishee there 1 happened lo trip over empty soda
cans, discarded papers, and broken glass.
Do we really expect anyone lo listen lo us if Ihis University looks
like an overflowing trash can'' Can big business be attacked by
polluters themselves? Willi lhe number of cigarettes, cigars and pipes
smoked per day, I wonder whether Ihere is more pollution from
factories or people smoking.
d e l with it sLudents und PYE members Let's keep Ihis place clean
and lhe air fresh. Stop smoking, especially in class and save your trash
for waste paper baskets. Then and only then will other people begin
lo comply with PYE's standards, then and only then will we have a
clean environment.
Once the religious, the hunted and weary
Chasing the promise of freedom and hope
Came to this country to build a new vision
Far from the reaches of Kingdom and pope
Like good Christians some would burn the witches
Later some bought slaves to gather riches
And still from near and far lo seek America
They came by thousands, to court the wild
But she patiently smiled, and then bore them a child
To be their spirit and guiding light
And when the tics with crown had been broken
Westward in saddle and wagon it went
And till the railroad linked ocean to ocean
Many the lives which had come lo an end
While he bullied, stole and bought our homeland
We began I he slaughter of lhe red man
liul slill from the near and far to seek America
They came by thousands to courl the wild
But she patiently smiled and hore them a child
To be their spirit and guiding light.
The Blue and Grey they stomped it
They sicked it just like a dog
And when lhe war was over
They stuffed it just like a hog
But though the past has its share of injustice
Kind was lhe spirit in many a way
Bui its prulcclorsaiid friends have been sleeping
Now it's a monster and will not obey
The spirit was freedom and justice
lis keepers seemed generous and kind
lis leaders were supposed lo serve the country
Now they don't pay it no mind
Cause the people got fat and grew lazy
Now their vote is a meaningless joke
They babble about law and 'bout order
Bui it's just lhe echo of what they've been told
Yes a monster's on the loose
It's pul our heads into the noose
And just sits there watching
The cities have turned into jungles
And curruption is strangling lhe land
The police force is watching lhe people
And the people just can'l understand
We don't know how lo mind our own business
The whole world has lo be just like us
Now we are fighting a war over Ihere
No matter who's the winner we can't pay the cost
Yes a monster's on the loose
It's put our heads in a noose
And just sils Ihere watching
American where are you now
Don't you care about your sons and daughters
Don't you know we need you now
We can't fight alone against the monster.
"Monster by
Campus Factions Outline
Strike Guidelines, Rationale
sby
Vicki Zeldin
Having filled the Campus Center
lobbies completely, the people
who came to learn the plans for
Tuesday's SUNYA strike, moved
to LC 2. Having filled LC 2, the
people, some 650-700 strong,
packed LC 7.
Mitch Silver, the first to speak
from the podium, said that he was
going to speak on why they should
strike but decided not to give an
intense analysis since "everyone
already knows." He did briefly
sketch the history of aggressive
U.S. actions over the last 20 years.
He also spoke of the McKarren
Act which provides that under
emergency the government can
detain (by locking up) anyone
they feel is causing trouble or is a
danger. Silver then referred to the
fact that many people did not
think the U.S. was capable of
genocide. But he said that we are
and went on to point to the systematic killings of the Black Panthers. He wound up by saying that
"we can't sit idle, we must say no
to the governments actions. We
must say no."
"Fuck Peace until you have
power" were the opening words
of Vernon Bowen from the Black
Panther Party. He told the group
that there is a war hero in the
U.S., a race war. He spoke of the
Connecticut 9, the New York 21
and other Panthers on trial as prisoners of war. He told the group
that Chairman Bobby must be
freed. Bowen said that "the
system must be overthrown before war can be ended because
this nation is on a war economy
and lives by dispensing war materials in the ghettos and South
East Asia."
The Third World Liberation
Front, repiesented by Spencer
Jackson, wis the next to present
its appeal. He too called on students to support Bobby Seale, to
put down a system that supports
the Vietnam War. "Bring the War
Home is on the pillars," commented Jackson, and this was met
with enthusiastic applause. Addressing himself mainly to the
white students he said "you've got
to be for real." He reminded them
that in order for this strike to be
effective it had to be taken seriously, and also that Blacks had a
lot more at stake in this thing
than did the whites.
Barbara Pelton from Women's
Liberation and Eddie Shaw from
PYE both indicated that their organizations supported the strike.
Jim Maas then informed the
group of the strategy that would
be employed on Tuesday. It was
decided that the Humanities and
Social Science Buildings would be
the first to be closed because
"they have the heaviest student
traffic." The information center
of command post for the strike is
centered at the Fireside Lounge in
the Campus Center. Maas also informed the students what to do
when confronted by students,
campus police, or "regular" police. He also warned the women
not to wear earrings, since the police like to drag women away by
them. Information on what to do
if tear gas was used was also given. He closed by saying that
"there will be no political prisoners on this campus."
Suggestions from the audience
were called for next. One student
said that the computer center
should be "attacked," because
that would close the school.
Another student told students
to go to the library and take out
u many books M they could, and
Steppenwalf"
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then pile them up in front of the
building. This suggestion met with
enthusiastic approval, and the
meeting began to break up with
many students heading towards
the library. As they were leaving
appeals for money to help pay for
the printing costs of the "Strike
Paper" were made, and Bowen
told the students "Anybody getting high gets their ass kicked!"
Some students then proceeded
to the Library where* they removed a number of books from
the shelves and placed them outside. Some books were thrown in
the fountains and several windows
were broken. A Fire alarm was
pulled in order to clear out the
Library, and security then proceeded to move the books back.
No one was arrested, but an investigation is being pursued. The
library will remain closed until at
least 12 p.m. Tuesday.
Vocal students dispute with Congressman Stratton yesterday after-
Time to Act!
Support Urged for Strike
by Carol Hughes
The first steps toward the unification and radicalization of the
State University of new York at
Albany were begun yesterday at a
rally in the gardens behind the
Campus Center. Approximately
800 students heard three speakers
urge the complete shut-down of
the university as part of the nationwide student strike.
John Kaufmann, a leader of the
New Left Organizing Committee
opened the rally with remarks
upon the rationale for the strike.
Realizing that "a lot of people
hive trouble Unking Cambodia
with the Black Panther Party,"
Kaufmann attempted to clarify
this reasoning.
He cited the Koerner Report
and its recommendations regarding the riots of the summer of
1968 as sounding like Viet Nam.
He carried this similarity to the
black interest in self-determination as the interest in self-determination by the Viet Cong and
Pathet /Lao-.
Kaufmann continued by offering reasons for white involvement
in black problems as manifested in
the New Haven 9 Trial."We are on
thovergeof race war in this country,"he asserted, a war whose result would be the victory of
George Wallace and Spiro Agnew,
and the disappearance of "what
little freedom wo have left."
The second talk came from Vernon Bowen of the Black Panther
Party. He, too, equated the struggle of the black people with the
war in Viet Nam and Cambodia.
Bowen defended Bobby Sealo
and asserted that "the pigs murdered Alec Rackley" not the
Black Panthers.
America is "trying to kill Bobby
and exterminate the Rlack Panther party. If white people standby there will bo a race war hero
that America cannot endure."
"We can't stand-by and let our
people die needlessly!"
To clear with the government's
war against black people, a national strike is called. Bobby Scale's
trial, Cambodia, war research on
campus are all connected, Bowen
continued. "Education is now in
the streets!"
He stated that the Black Panther
Party was not inherently violent;
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they are only in self-defense
against institutional violence.
"The time to talk is over. It's
time to move," Bowen concluded.
"If Chairman Bobby dies, all
black people die. We've got to defend ourselves."
Spencer Jackson of the Third
World Liberation Front highlighted the rally with an eloquent call
for massive strikes.
"White people in Albany and all
over America have been lulled into a sense of complacency," he
began. Black people are also in
this situation and both races must
now awaken.
Nixon's entry into Cambodia is
only a foreshadowing. "Next is
Laos, next is the rest of Indochina." Jackson links our complacency with recent events and
underlines the need for action.
New Haven demonstrated "discipline and cool-headedness on the
part of the Black Panther Party
and hotheadedness on the part of
white radicals who got us gassed."
A national strike is now called
"until the government stops its
persecution," and ends all war.
Colleges must stop contributing to
the war machine."
Jackson reminded white students of their own hassles with
parents but staled that it was
necessary to "overcome your personal hang-ups - because there's a
lot al stake."
"The Black Panther Party has
been saying 'seize the time before
the time seizes you!'and the time
Is now!" Wo must act before this
country draws us "into its own insane drain."
Continued on page 7
Tuesday, May 5, 1970
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ALBANY STUDENT PRESS
TUESDAY, MAY 5,1970
TUESDAY, MAY 5,1970
ALBANY STUDENT PRESS
Student Heckling Disrupts
Stratum Cambodia Speech
State Fair to be held Saturday
There will be a meeting of the
Modernism in Art: Thomas MesEnglish Club on Tuesday May 5 at ser, Director of Guggenheim, talks
4:00 in HU 258. Anyone interest- and shows slides. May 13, 8 p.m.,
ed can come.
LC 1. Reception to follow in
Gallery.
Sailing Club Meeting Tuesday at
7:30 p.m. in the Pysics Lounge.
All new members are welcome.
Defense Fund—Panthers—Speakers, etc. Wed., May 6; New Campus Green. 1 p.m. on.
See the Circus at Madison
Square Garden on Wednesday,
May 6th. Bus leaving at 3 p.m.
from traffic circle. Call Sherri for
information at 7-8769.
Geography Club and Geography
majors and minors: Important
meeting. Please attend. Wednesday, May 6, 8:15 p.m., SS 137.
The second lecture in the current course in transcendental
meditation will be given on Friday, May 8 at 8.10 p.m. in LC 23.
At this time, Charlie Donahue, instructor at the Cambridge Center
of the Students' International
Meditation Society will discuss
the mechanics of the technique. A
review of the first lecture will be
given for those who were unable
to attend. Persons who attend the
first lecture of the previous course
are also welcome to come. Personal instruction in Transcendental Meditation will be available
on Saturday and Sunday. This
course in being sponsored by
SIMS/SUNYA.
For further information call
Lance at 434-3794.
Student recital, Monday, May
11, 4 p.m., Recital Hall. Performing Arts Center. Admission tee.
Tickets for Parents Weekend
Banquet may be picked up from 9
am to 5 pm in Campus Center 364
before Saturday, May 9.
A public exhibition of lunar samples collected from Apollo 11 and
12 will be presented at the State
Fair on May 9, 1970 form 11 a.m.
to 4 p.m. at the Campus Center
by David Kline, Assistant
Professor of Physics at SUNYA in
conjunction with the Society of
Physics Students.
Dr. Kline's specific research is
nuclear magnetic resonance studies of lunar materials and a variety of terrestrial analogues. The
magnetic resonance technique is
non-destructive and has yielded
structural information about aluminum and sodium atoms in
terms of the internal electric and
magnetic fields in the samples. Dr.
Kline, a co-investigaor in this lunar materials analysis project, has
been working in collaboration
with Dr. Robert A. Weeks, principal investigator, Oak Ridge National Laboratory.
Three positions are currently
available on the Supreme Court of
Student Association. Applicants
must be in good academic standing and can not be members of
Central Council during their term
of office. Applications will be
available today until Monday,
May 11 at the Campus Center Information Desk and at CC 346,
the Student Association Office.
This year, State Fair will be held
A new independent study alter- on Saturday, May 9 in connative is now available to all junction with Parents' Weekend
undergraduate students enrolled and Alumni Weekend. Thirtyin the College of Arts and -seven groups are participating in
Sciences through the auspices of the activities. There will be games,
the Honors and Independent amusements, and booths where
Study Committee of the Under- those attending will be able to
buy food and crafts. Special atgraduate Academic Council.
Uni A & 8>300 is an independent tractions will include pony rides
study course carrying 1-4 credits. and a repeat of last year's successUni A & S 301 carries 5-15 ful German Beer Garden.
Activities are also planned for
credits. In any case the student
must find an instructor willing to the rest of the week. Boosters entitling the buyer to free coffee all
serve as an advisor.
Application blanks for these week will be sold daily in the
Campus
Center lobby from 9 a.m.
courses and further information
are available in the Department of to 3 p.m. Attractive glass mugs
Philosophy, Humanities 257. In also will be sold at the same locathe case of Uni A & S 301, a tion.
On Thursday, May 7, beginning
project description must be submitted to the Committee on at 8 p.m. there will be a wienie
Honors and Independent Study. roast and bonfire in the parking
If Uni A & S 300 is to be used lot by the campus lake. Admission
other than as elective credit, the is free. Refreshments (hot dogs,
approval of the department invol- potato salads, soda, etc.) will be
ved is necessary. Otherwise only available. Those attending are enthe approval of the project advisor couraged to bring their guitars to
and Dr. Reese, the chairman of make a successful hootenanny
the Honors and Independent possible.
Study Committee is necessary.
For Uni A & S 301 the approval
of the whole committee is necessary. Students deciding on this
alternative arc advised to pull
cards for an ordinary registration
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All proceeds from State Fair
activities will go to the Student
Ambassador fund which helps
fund a year of study for foreign
students at Albany State. Last
year, the profits were able to completely finance one undergraduate
and help out one graduate student. This year, the co-chairmen
and all those who have been working to make the fair a success are
hoping to raise enough money to
help more students and to further
enrich and diversity the SUNYA
campus.
NOTICE
Administration has announced
that it will run a bus to Draper
Hall, from the Circle, with all
the usual stops, at 12:10 a.m.
This bus will enable people to
stay until the library closes and
will allow an additional 1/2
hour for Alumni Quad residents
to stay uptown.
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"Home Free!" is exceptional
Friday, May 15 at 7:30 and
9:15 p.m. at the PAC Arena.
Congressman Sam Stratum, frequently interrupted by hecklers, attempted to address a large gathering of students yesterday afternoon.
Third World Supports Strike
As Revolutionary Endeavor
America is becoming more real,
at each instant the constituents
are making this society more
morally and ethically sound by
electing the just and righteous
path. Student strikes are just another of the continuously evolving
factors that will sum to the destruction of the most amoral nation known to have ever existed in
man's history.
We do not not believe that a student strike will change anything,
it will however, be one of the infinitesimal elements that will end
the negation that is America.
There are various methods of social confrontation that will sum to
the revolution, we acknowledge
that this is one of them. Silent
majorities, however, leave much
to he desired, we believe that a
majority should be most vocifero• us and most ardent in its desire
for freedom. Those who believe in
static commitments and noncontinuously changing methods,
are not in accord with the Third
World's revolutionary program.
We support the strike on the
grounds that it is one of the elements which will increment the
people's knowledge of the facist
government under which they
live, it will also increment the
frustration and henceforth the
revolution. We do not believe
America to be capable of peaceful
change, so we are preparing for
the War of Armageddon.
statement by the
Third World Liberation Front
Campus
Bits
Turbulence Sweeps Nation
As students from Albany State
prepared to strike, their fellow
students across the nation mobilized for parallel action. The aim
is to force the educational system
of this country to grind to a halt
until the war ends.
Summer 70
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Sympathy For The Devil
restructuring of the existing process.
The primary reasons for Newsboard's action are:
t) The personal sacrifice now
demanded of each editor in order
to do an adequate job.
2) The technical inefficiencies of
the existing process.
II) The ASP's failure to achieve a
high degree of excellence.
Members of Newsboard will
meet this Sunday to draw up a
specific list of what working conditions must be corrected prior to
their return to work.
The ASP Newsboard has voted
to discontinue publication of the
student newspaper until such time
that a more desirable system for
publication is implemented. The
last issue of the ASP this semester
will be on Tuesday, May 5, and
the ASP will not publish this fall
unless a system Newsboard considers adequate is developed.
This action followed debate concerning whether working through
the existing system could produce
a high quality newspaper, or
whether this could most practically he accomplished through a
Jean-Luc Godard +
by Martha Nathanson
from the North Vietnamese, and
Congressman Sam Stratton if they do not respond we will do "Strike, strike!", the students
cried again.
spoke to the Albany students at 2 something about it, he asserted.
A question and answer period
p.m. yesterday, on the lawn be- So far, however, nothing has been
followed, but it turned out to be
hind t h e C a m p u s
Center. done. In the last two weeks the
Throughout the speech there was North Vietnamese have been try- more of a time for several stuconstant heckling by the students ing to take over Cambodia. Now dents to speak their minds. The
first student claimed that we only
but Mr. Stratton remained calm as the rainy season is approaching,
and smiling. A student reminded there will not be as many attacks, go into countries where we have
an economic interest, but the
the others that "we don't want and we can start pulling out,
Congressman said that we have no
him elected," so "let him talk" claims Stratton.
and then he'll hear what we have Then Stratton proceeded to the economic interest in Viet Nam.
The next stated that he and
to say.
subject of the Middle East conothers were in a rage and couldn't
Congressman 'Stratton stressed flict, and stated that it was a misunderstand how Stratton could
the fact that U.S. policy was ba- take not sending arms to Israel.
stand there so relaxed, when Bobsically trying to stop aggression The U.S. has warned the Russians
by Seale was in jail and we were in
before it was started. This was from taking advantage by escalatVeit Nam. "You can't answer that
why we formed the U.N., NATO ing farther or we will retaliate.
you mother-fucker." Stratton did,
and SEATO after World War II, to They, however, have put their
by saying that he thought he was
prevent World War III. This is why own soldiers in Egyptian planes.
in a University.
we went into Greece, Turkey, Ber- Shouts went up of "1-2-3-4- we
One student made a comment
lin, Korea, Lebanon, and Cuba, to don't want your fucking war."
about the Congressman's Cadillac,
Stratton i ended his speech by
stop aggression, (and the list keeps
and Stratton said "my next Cadilgrowing). At this point two ban- saying that what we are doing in
lac will be my first." Another inners were lowered from the bal- Cambodia is promoting the withdividual tried to point out that
cony saying "We Want Seale" and drawal from Viet Nam and avoidthe crux of the Congressman's
"Liberate S.E. Asia." Shouts si- ing World War III. One thing we
speech was about World War II.
don't want is war. He then added
lenced Stratton.
Stratton quoted George SantaThen the Congressman con- sarcastically, "thank you for your
yana saying that "Those who are
tinued, saying that the reason we courtesy."
unwilling to learn the lessons of
Students yelled "strike!", and a
were in Vietnam was to stop a
history are condemned to repeat
small aggression from becoming man by the name of Cardell.who's
them." From World War II the
big. The two policies of ending against Stratton, charged that it
• small aggressions left unchecked
the war are first, the one followed was men like Stratton who were
can lead to big aggressions and
for the past year which is pulling bringing the ideas of George Orthose can lead to world wars. Up
out only as fast as the Vietnamese well to reality. What these men
to now it is pretty admirable that
can take over, and, the other pro- are doing, he said was destroying
we have succeeded in preventing
posed by Goodell, which is to pull cities to save them. In Cambodia
World War III, Stratton asserted.
everybody out. The latter received they were using defensive action
The student moderator ana big hand and cries of "pull 'em to deprive the enemy of its sancnounced at this point that there
out now." But, Stratton went on tuaries. Nixon promised that it
was a line forming on the right.
and claimed that if we pull out we will only take a short while, just
When this received a loud reacwill not restore peace. With every as in Viet Nam. Cardell then asked
tion,
he said, "all right, form it on
de-escalation that the United the students to join him in a
the left."
States has taken, we have asked moment of silent prayer while
The next student who spoke
for a corresponding reduction turning their backs on Stratton.
said that most of these kids
coudn't vote but that we could
point out the facts to our parents
who could. We are all immigrants
he went on, in a land taken from
the Indians who are now in reservations. He then called Stratton a
"nigger."
The last student who got up said
that we have been listening for
The amount of co-operation be- closed.
years and the reason we were rude
tween the various universities is
Stony Brook was ordered shut to him and not interested in disunprecedented on such a large for a "day of discussion"; future cussion was that it was all bullshit.
scale.
strike plans were being formulated The truth is the opposite of what
The day was not without blood- by students.
we have been told. They are killshed-National Guardsmen shot
Harper will hold a referendum ing more soldiers to save lives, usfour students to death at Kent today calling for an "open end ing force to stop aggression, etc.
University, which was immediate- strike"--a strike until the war ceas- We are frustrated, the student
ly shut for the rest of the year by es. It is expected to pass. Last went on, and you, pointing to
its president.
night about 2,000 students met Stratton, will find yourself before
The University of Maryland was and formed an Action Committee, a war crimes tribunal.
declared a state of emergency; composed of students, faculty,
Stratton attempted to answer
heavy tear gas permeated the cam- graduate students, and campus one last written question but was
workers. This group will formul- surrounded by many students
pus.
Syracuse University's bookstore ate future plans.
with their third fingers extended
was firebombed late last night,
Buffalo prepared for a strike towards him. He didn't finish
following a midnight rally attend- rally this afternoon. Fears were answering
"thank
ed by 2600 students.
voiced that city police might re- you for your courtesy."
Another student got up and said
The national strike information
"1 hope everybody gets the piccommittee, based in Brandeis, reContinued on page 6
ture, Strutton got a lot of votes
ported over 76 colleges "Mo.out of this confrontation."
bilizing for strike action." They
stretched the width of the country - - f r om Boston to Santa
Come to the...
Barbara.
Many of Albany's sister schools
in the SUNY system also were
and Pieces
ASP Discontinues Publication
To Study Procedure Changes
The Rolling Stones +
IFG in co-operation with New Line Cinema presents
Jean-Luc Godard's first English language film.
May 8, 9, & 10 - 3 shows daily at 6, 8, & 10 p.m.
LC 18
$2.00 with lax - $3.00 without
Tickets on sale in CC Lobby
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Undergraduate and graduate courses for men and women
(1 + 1)
A New Feature Film by J«an-Luc Godard, Starring Mick Jaguar,
Brian Jonea, Keith Richard, Charlie Wain, Bill Wyman, Anne Wlaiorrakl, and Ian Quarner.
In Easlmancolor and English. A Cupid Production from Now Line Cinema.
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BONFIRE and
WEENIE ROAST
(and bring your guitar)
Barbecued hot dogs, salads,
chips, and food
Thursday, May 7th
8-11 pm
Lake Area
S p o n s o r e d by State F a i r
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ALBANY STUDENT PRESS
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TUESDAY, MAY 5.1970
TUESDAY, MAY 5,1970
ALBANY STUDENT PRESS
Anne Of The Thousand Days
A Semi-Successful Film '
Catherine's entrance into the
papal inquisitions is extremely
well handled and very moving.
Perhaps the only really bad sequences is Anne's soliloquy in the
Tower of London. This portion of
the film not only explains everything away but comes off tritely
and is wholly unbelievable.
Keeping with the modern trend,
ANNE OF THE THOUSAND
by michael nolin & diana dalley
The Hal Wallis Production,
ANNE OF THE THOUSAND
DAYS, was nominated for ten
Academy Awards, more than any
other film this year. The only
category it won was the relatively
minor Best Costume Design. Personally we have never been particularly turned on by costumes,
but Margaret Furse's creations are
absolutely stunning. Even if the
film had nothing else to offer,
Miss Furse'sdesigns would make it
worthwhile if only as a fashion
show.
One of the categories which
ANNE lost was the Best Actor
category. The 1970 Awards
marked the sixth time Richard
Burton has failed to win. Mr.
Burton gives a good performance,
although definitely not one of his
best. (Becket) Actually just a
good performance from Burton is
a disappointment; some of his
worst performances have been
good performances.
The trouble with Burton as
Henry the VIII is that we have
seen it all before. Burton has
played so many costume dramas
that he can play them in his sleep.
It is as though he were saying "Ho
hum, another king."
The acting honors in ANNE OF
THE THOUSAND DAYS do not
go to Burton; nor do they go to
Genivieve Bujold, who does a
good job as the Anne of the title,
Anne Boleyn. Veterans Irene
Pappas, as the discarded queen,
Catherine, and Anthony Quayle,
as Cardinal Woolsey, and newcomer William Squire as Sir
Thomas More are superior, but
John Colicas as Cromwell is
nothing short of sensational. The
hate he arouses in the audience is
reminiscent of Robert Ryan's portrayal of Claggart in Peter
Ustinov's Billy Budd.
Technically ANNE OF THE
THOUSAND DAYS is undistinguished. Director Charles Tarrot
seems rather undecided what to
do. His style runs the gamut from
free and careless to tight and
unimaginative. There are some
beautifully lyric shots of Henry
and Anne horseback riding, and
Jazz And Racial Prejudice
DA YS is of course, too long. The
superfluous length of ANNE hurti
its effectiveness a great deal.
ANNE OF THE THOUSAND
DA YS could have been a fine film
but because it is dragged out so
much at the end it loses a great
deal of its power. What could have
been a sensitive and moving conclusion is only a watered down
outcome.
by Bob Rosenblum
Final Band Concert Electronic Music Soon
When the last sounds of Bernstein's Overture to Candide fade
away on May 8, an era of music at
Albany State will end. Mr. William
Hudson, director of the University
Concert Band will be conducting
the group for the last time here in
Albany. In September he will assume his new position as conductor of the symphony orchestra and
opera at the University of Maryland.
It would be very difficult to assess the contribution that Mr.
Hudson has made to the expanding music department and specifically to the band in the seven
short years he has been in Albany.
When he arrived in 1963, the embryonic band consisted of about
20 "beginning" players. Concerts
at other colleges or area high
schools were not even considered,
and a tour was a dream for the
most idealistic. The concerts performed here at State were mediocre, as attendance showed.
Today, however, the situation
has changed dramatically. The
bund now plays 2 or 3 high school
concerts each semsester; it performs 2 main concerts in the Performing Arts Center each semester; and in 1969, the band sponsored its first annual benefit concert. Three years ago the band
performed at Montreal's Expo '67
and was very enthusiastically received. One last credit to the organization has been a recent invitation to participate in an international music competition in
London, England
in August of
1971. All these achievements are
the culmination of Mr. Hudson's
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competence, diligence, and artistic
proficiency as a conductor and a
musician.
The University Concert Band is
the result of the work of Mr. Hudson. He has built up a tremendous
rapport with the band members
which has d veloped into their
great admiration and respect for
him. They are willing to put forth
that little extra essence that insure
the success of a concert.
It is very difficult to describe
the effect that Mr. Hudson has
had on the band. Your last opportunity to experience it will be at
the last 2 concerts, May 7 and 8,
in the Main Theater of the PAC at
8:30 p.m.
A four day festival of Electronic
Music will be presented in the Art
Gallery at the State University of
New York at Albany beginning
May 7th. Called "The Many
Sounds of electronic Music: an
I n t e r n a t i o n a l Sampling" this
unique survey of a still young
musical medium has been selected
and organized into concert form
by Joel Chadabe, Assistant Professor of Music at the University.
Mr. Chadabe has written extensive program notes for the festival
with Warren Burt and Randy Cohen, both students in the Music
Department. The compositions of
all three men will be included in
the program.
Mr. Chadabe has chosen tapes
from throughout the world which
embody the striking differences in
aesthetic and technique that recent developments in sould generating and processing equipment
are making possible. Among the
composers whose work will be
presented during the festival are:
Milton Babbit, Mario Davidovsky,
Sal Martirano, Karlheinz Stockhausen and Iannis Xcnakis.
"The Many Sounds of Electronic Music" is being presented
concurrently with the Art Gallery's "University-Wide Exhibition
by Student Artists". Continuous
performances will be held from
2-6 p.m. and from 7-10 p.m. on
May 7, 8, 9, and 10. There will be
no admission charge.
PAGE 5
Thomas M. Messer, director of the Guggenheim Museum of New
York City, will be here on May 13 to present a lecture and a series of
slides on Modernism in Art. The program is open to the public free of
charge.
Guggenheim Director
To Give Lecture Here
by Joseph Wheeler
The times are permeated with
expression. It sleets and snows, is
dry and pours with emotion. We'd
be safe to think of the calm in our
art eye and too, of it as blowing.,
nmong the wind. All over the
place.
So people get their expressions
together and museums house
some tangible "good" ones. We at
SUNYA necessarily cover many
miles to have a see—not an overabundance of galleries around
here. Art Council brings it home
May 13.
The director of the Guggenheim
Museum in New York City, Thomas M. Messer, will bo at SUNY
to communicate: Modernism in
Art (enhanced with slides).
Mr. Messer was born in Bratislava, Czechoslovakia in 1920. He
was an exhange student to the
Institue of International Education in 1939 and a student at
Thiel College, Greenville Pennsylvania until 19-11. Messer went to
Boston University, then recleved
from Harvard in 1951, his A.F.D.
(honoris causa) from the University of Massachusetts in 1962.
He was director of Roswell
(N.M.) museum from 19*19-52
then from 1953-56 he held directorships at the American Federation of Arts, in New York City.
From 1957-61, Mr. Messer was
director of the Institute of Contempory Art in Boston. He has
been director of the Guggenheim
since 1961. Messer also has hud
posts on the Belgian Ministry of
Public Education and the Belgian
American Educational Foundation. In addition, he has held
positions at Harvard, Barnard.
Wesleyan University, Brandois
University and others.
This remarkable man has been
on the international advisory
board of Studio
International
magazine and was decorated
Knight First Class, Royal Order of
Saint Olav.
Mr. Messer is qualified and experienced. He is coming Wednesday, the 13th of May at H:00 p.m.
to LC-1. If you have a bent for
art, be there. After his presentation, we're having a reception in
the Art Gallery. Come around
GRADUATE STUDENTS
Self-nomination papers for offices in the
Graduate Student Association
available at the Campus Center Information Desk
Rock Of All Ages • A
Beatles Retrospective
Parents' Weekend Banquet
Nominations close May 10th
Please pick up tickets
Elections held at Brubacher and Campus Center
May 12,13 ard 14
Help give leadership to the
Graduate Students
According to Nat Hentot'f in his
book The Jazz Life the degrading
public comments and attitudes
concerning jazz affected Blacks.
Blacks began to think that their
personal art form was indeed
something to he ashamed of. Although some While institutions
now include courses on jazz, no
Black institutions permit it. When
a new weekly Harlem paper was
having a discussion of policy the
editor "suggested that the paper
give the music and musicians wide
coverage in co'urast to the avoidnace of jazz by most of the Negro
press." According to the editor,
"Nearly all the other staff members opposed giving jazz more
than a little space even though
everyone spent at least one week
in a jazz club and collected
records. They didn't think jazz
was 'respectable' enough
"The Apocalypse the rock band in "Your Own Thing," featuring
The most interesting part of
Rich Schneider, Jay Kuperman, Mitchell Angel, and Mary Carney (or Hentoff's book is the chapter
is it Gary Restifo?)
called "The Apprenticeship and
A c c o u n t i n g . " Jazz musicians
rarely get the backing from unions
that other musicians do. Most of
the clubs where jazz is played pay
extremely low salaries. Jazz is
further hampered by policemen
who threaten to have a place
by Allyne Jacob
still you can do important things closed if a club permits couples of
Sargent Pepper
with yourself. It is up to you. The two races to come together. A
A majority ol the songs on this fact that some people forget their policeman simply takes the bar of
album deal with the themes of ideals, the ability and desire to soap out of the men's room and
loneliness
getting older, ap- forgive, the genuine acceptance of the club cannot pass inspection
proaching death. Lucy in the Shy the other people, giving but not laws. Because jazz is not permitwith Diamonds is an early psyche- expecting returns, the warmth of ted in many of the better sections
delic song. When Lennon was told feeling uninhibited by "games." they usually have to pay off
the initials of the first letters of
People who gain the world and policemen to get the protection
the main words in the title were lost their "souls" may refer to the
The recording business has been
l.s.d. he claimed ignorance and base socialism of our world, they unkind to jazz musicians. Many of
said that when his son Julian came may gain the material but lose the them have no legal knowledge and
home from school one clay he had spiritual when they can not see are taken advantage of by recorddrawn a picture of a person in the and know love (of giving) the love ing companies. They often run
air with diamonds all round; has gone cold and the world is the into debt merely by being charged
Lennon said that he decided to way it is. When you realize that with "promotional costs" and are
call it Lucy...etc. This may be true others are important, and you are forced to continually record with
but there seems to be more to the merely a part but an integral one, the same company to get out of
song than simply child-like inno- then you may just may fine debt
cence. It appears as though "Peace of mind."
Jazz musicians also have much
Lennon and McCartney are taking
We're all one" means simply
us on a "trip." The words are that when one hurts his fellow trouble directly with the police as
main clue to this, but also the man he hurts himself, that is hurts well as indirectly through clubs.
music smacks of a surrealism or the world and its chances of be- Thelonius Monk, a brilliant artist
me ta-realism which one would coming a better place in which to and recognized as such both in
and out of the jazz world, was
feel if he were either sleeping or live.
once arrested for being suspected
1
tripping." What may be seen in
of using narcotics and had his
this case is an inquiry into the
Whenl'm
Sixty-Four
deals
with
police card taken away from him
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unreality of reality." "News
the idea of loneliness and the and was not permitted to play in
paper taxis" refer to a marijuana coming of old age. The person
"trip" (if the stuff is laced with speaking is much younger than clubs for two years. It, hurt his
something potent), which can be sixty-four but is concerned about career irreparably. However, he
rolled in newspaper. The use of his future: he wants to be needed was never proven guilty and narcertain descriptive words aids in and loved but why should he cotics were not found on him.
Often strong arm men help asthe song add to the vividness. worry about it now. Are the
People having taken "acid" often Beatles saying that with the way sign jazz musicians to record comsay that their experience has been the world is now with the empha- panies. The following is directly
vivid. The only movement in the sis on youth and staying young from Hentoff's book "One owner
song is that of the "you" and and with the serious state that the assigned a body guard to a vocalist
'' Lucy,'' Could this be saying young are forced to think about who wanted to leave his club and
something about the apathy in the the future and how to live, with his record company. "Be a nice
world? As I mention, use of the the mass media, and youth know sweet girl, sweetie," he soothed
adjectives may suggest the un- so much more than the prior her "or I'll break your arm."
Of course the salaries paid to the
reality of things..
generation did that they may be
artists are related only to his
Within You Without You is a old "Mature" before their time?
commercial merits and not his
composition by Harrison. The The Isle of Man is off the coast of
artistic importance. This is extitle has a dual meaning to it: life England and is a haven for those
pecially sad because it causes artisflows on inside of your and out- who are retired- "Dear" means
side of yourself hut more it flows expensive. The song may also be
within you and without you. talking about the idoa of the
nation committing itself to a
People are living lives of self
delusion, fooling themselves until planned future, the boy is asking
SCHOLASTIC
death, and then it is too late. No the girl about their definite
one can change you but you. You arrangements for many years
are very small in the world but hence.
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Knowledge of jazz Is almost
non-existant in high school. When
bassist Charlie Mingus was of high
school age they were about to
send him to a special school for
slow learners until they found his
l.Q. to be at the genius level. All
through school he took music
lessons and was constantly discouraged by teachers who told
him to give up. They could not
comprehend his jazz influence. He
later became a musician and composer and was eventually recognized as such by academic musicians as well as jazz musicians.
'Your Own Thing9
Debuts Next Week
by Mary Eileen O'Donnell
YOUR OWN THING, State University Theatre's fifth and final
major production of the season,
opens next Wednesday, May 13
for nine performances during its
five-day run in the Studio Theatre
of the Performing Arts Center.
YOUR OWN THING is a musical
directed by Joseph Balfior of the
Theatre Department faculty.
The sets for YOUR OWN
THING which is based on Shakespeare's TWELFTH NIGHT are
being designed by Robert J. Donnelly. Lighting designer is Jerome
Hanley, and costume designer is
Arlene Du Mond. Adrienne
Spagnola is choreographing the
musical.
Tickets are available in the PAC
box office, open daily 11 to
4.Reservations may be made by
phoning 457-8606. Tickets are
free with student tax.
Experimental Theatre presents a
double bill of two one-act plays
this Friday evening, May 8, in the
Arena Theatre of the PAC. Nadine
Stan is directing Mrozek's STRIPTEASES, and Douglas Wager is
directing Moliere's THE JEALOUS HUSBAND Curtain time is
7'30 and 9:00 p.m.
Next Friday evening, Howard
Kerner directs Lanford Wilson's
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ture building, the nerve center of the weekend
which looked more like a crash pad for hippies. Ingles Rink was reportedly bombed by "right-wing
vigilantes" during a rock concert, and the marshals
closely guarded their headquarters. By 2:30 a.m. we
stumbled into the Freshmen dorms, and a brother
gave us his roommates' beds, since they had left
town tile day before.
They never knew what they missed.
Saturday morning, we could no longer eat brown
rice and familia, so we found an off-campus diner.
Over eggs and toast we could hear the typical ravings of the local elders. "Commies," "faggots,"
"chickens," and "the right is right" embellished our
digestion. Then one guy said he saw the bombings
but burning the entire campus would have been better. It was like being behind the lines in a war zone.
We moved to a first aid station from there, so that
my friend Bob could get some help for his sore feet,
and a reported from the New York Times was sitting there snorting. After I pleasantly told him what
a fuckin' distorted piece of shit his paper was, for
some reason he escaped out into the streets, seeking
the straight world.
The afternoon was filled with speakers and leaflets
condemning the previous night's violence. What I
got out of the information was that the Black Panther who began the march was really a pig. Nixon
would love to see a riot, on excuse to destroy us
with his Army, Navy, Marines and National Guard.
The government tried to provoke us by kidnapping
18 Panthers in Baltimore Thursday, on ridiculous
charges. They had the press play up the "state of
armed seige" supposedly existing in New Haven, and
when that didn't work, they sent provacateurs into
the crowds.
The Panthers felt that we should only fight on our
terms, when we have a chance to win. Bob and I
went to a workshop to plan the present nationwide
school strike, and then continued on to the second
rally.
Using ridiculous stories, we got into the press
section and while blowing dope and relaxing, we
listened to a Donovan record. Overhead a plane
formed a peace symbol in the blue sky, but was
quickly interrupted by the sight of an Army helicopter.
The first speaker was Doug Miranda, Defense Captain of the New Haven Panthers. In a loud demanding voice he assailed the pig agents who were inciting violence, the kids who thought that the revolution was a game, and those chauvinists who were
not working to prevent a race war. He said that to
make the revolution, we must have organization and'
discipline, to strike at the right time. All Power to
the good shooters.
Jerry Rubin also spoke, screaming of the New Nation wo were building when we close down the High
School and college prisons of Amerika. "Amerika
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Student Press is the last until further notice. The ASP will resume
publication someday.
The following statement was distributed to students and news
media this morning following last
night's activities.
"We believe that the majority of
students at SUNYA are opposed
to President Nixon's war in IndoChina, but are just as opposed to
the tactics employed by an unrepresentative minority in the library last night. Throwing books
on the floor does not end the killing in Southeast, Asia, nor does it
obtain justice for Bobby Seale.
While we support the goals of
the nation wide strike, we believe
that the local strike leaders and
their methods are reminiscent of
Hitler's Germany and Orwell's
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occupy the campus, since an in- will occur in the afternoon.
junction prohibiting such rallies is "Memorial Services" are also
still in effect.
planned.
At New Paltz, 1B00 students
Skidmore students are also prewere occupying the Adminis- paring to strike. A massive action
tration Building. Five hundred is planned for Wednesday.
students milled about outside.
Siena held "rap sessions" last
Students will strike today.
night and it appears that either a
Locally, RPI students will meet strike or a teach-in would be held
at 8:00 am this morning to discuss today.
As the unrest turned to violence
the strike. There has been no formal strike call but most students and culminated in death at Kent
State,
the White House issued a
are expected to boycott classes.
Union was shut down by its ad- statement. "When dissent turns to
ministration. Seminars will be violence, it incites tragedy," Presheld in the morning, canvassing ident Nixon said.
Campus Strike Urged
By Afternoon Rally
Continued from page 1
Blacks and whites must "close
this university down," Jackson asserted. ' Liberate your classrooms
and have education."
Jackson warned against getting
"hung-up on death." A revolutionary has to have the spirit to
live. He emphasized the serious
nature of the strike-"It is not a
free-for-all."
"No more classes, no more
school until the shit slops and the
government changes," he shouted.
The import of the strike s manifested in its credo 'all power to
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the people!' The words are critical. As Jackson ended with the
warning: "You better believe
them or you're killing people."
Several students informally
spoke to the crowd following the
three scheduled speakers.
Jackson introduced one girl who
reflected "a different point of
view." She stated that whe didn't
believe that anyone had the right
to close down the university or to
insist that students who do not
strike are condoning Nixon.
"I do not condone Nixon and
I'm not going to join your strike."
Nixon shows no signs of listening"
She reaffirmed her belief in the
futility of the act despite shouts
from parts of the audience. "I
don't see what a strike will accomplish."
Jackson countered her arguments with his stand that "the
strike is only part of the strategy
to stop the influx into the abortion.
Another student stated that the
strike may not be an answer but
"if you don't do something,
you're condoning this war."
Tentative plans for a "march
through Albany" were
also
announced.
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volve sharing of facilities with Albany High School, will have the
disastrous effect of forcing the
Graduate School into late scheduling, thereby turning GSPA into
a "mere night school."
(3). The physical and psychological distance of Draper Hall, the
It is becoming increasingly clear problems which will Inevitable
that it is the intention of the arise from the presence of high
SUNYA Administration to ignore school pupils, the clients of the
and override the educational several clinics housed closeby, and
needs, interests, and desires of the the various administrative staffs
Graduate School of Public Affairs operating out of Draper, will so
in the matter of the proposed deteriorate the scholarly and colmoving of GSPA to quarters in legial environment that only disintegration at many levels can be anDraper Hall.
It is already become clear to the ticipated.
We, the undersigned members of
members of the Graduate School
that the proposed move can have the Graduate School of Public Afonly the most damaging educa- fairs resent the inferior status
tional consequences for the which is implied in the Administration's easy willingness to solve
School and its Departments.
The undersigned members of the University space problems at only
GSPA therefore urge the SUNYA our expense. We therefore urge
Administration to reconsider its the Administration to act implans to uproot the Graduate mediately on this petition and in
School for the following reasons: consideration of all our other or(1). The Graduate School of derly and routine efforts in this
Public Affairs is already too re- matter. Should the Administramoved physically from research tion fail to do so in a reasonable
facilities, undergraduate class- time we can take it as no other
rooms, other departments, and than an indication that we must
the heart of University life. Fur- turn our attention to more pother physical distance will trans- tentially effective means for RElate psychologically, and put us SISTING this assault on the fraeven further out of touch with gile and delicate educational and
institutional gains which the
colleagues and students.
(2). The proposed arrangements GSPA has made in the past few
at Draper Hall, in that they in- years.
Asa result of the university'» decision to convert Sayles and Pierce
to dormatories the following'petition is being circulated by members of the Graduate School of
Public Affairs.
The aftermath of a subtle subversion of library books, aimed at stopping all activity during today's
strike.
Top Association Officials Elected
In "Confusing" Council Session
President take over until the passage of the new Constitution.
Kopp, however, believed that we
Dave Neufeld and Dick Wesley should work under the present
were elected President and Vice- Constitution, however undemoPresident respectively of Student cratic it may be, until the new
Association on Sunday night by proposed constitution takes effect
in the fall.
Central Council.
The vote for president was
Neufeld ran unopposed; others,
however were nominated, but de- 15-2-3.
The election for Vice president
clined.
There was a move however, by was more drawn out with two
Jeff Wasserman to postpone elec- candidates running- Dick Wesley,
tions of SA officers until the new a junior, and Mike Lampert, a
Constitution was passed, since the freshman. Both candidates were
preBeht electoral system is un- questioned individually on their
democratic and unrepresentative political philosophy and conof the student body. He also sug- ception of the office of vice
gested that an Interim or Acting -president.
by Ken Stokem and Bob Warner
New Haven
The Beginning of The Future
Continued from page 6
will no longer eat its children."
We don't want money, or careers,
we will bum suburbia, we are not
going to take the advanced toilet
training of American education.
We will no longer allow alcoholics
to put dope smokers in jail. "The
Chicago were tried for child
molesting, wo stole Amerika's
children." We are "permanent
adolescents," because growing up
means giving up your dreams and
your fantasies-adults are cynics!
Kevin ivioran, a Kid Irom Santa
Barbara was murdered by the Pigs
as he tried to stop the violence at
the Bank of America-there\s war
all over. "The army's stoned,,
they're gonna join us." "We can't
lose, we are the future."
On the Wity out of New Haven,
we noticed Guardsmen stationed
at the various utilities. I flashed a
V-sign and a fist at one in front of
a telephone building. He smiled
and returned them.
Abbie was right--we can't lose,
we are the future.
STATE UNIVERSITY BOOKSTORE
Due to changes in the Academic Calendar, the
Bookstore must return textbooks being used this
semester to the publisher beginning May 8th. This is
necessary to allow the Bookstore to ready its shelves
for the Summer Session. We would appreciate your
aid by buying your text books this week. We urge
students to complete their buying of text books immediately.
The tabulation was as follows:
Wesley-14, Lampert-4, Abstain-2.
Then Lampert moved that the
Secretary cast a "white ballot"
which is wholehearted and unanimous consent of Council.
Last night, however, Pres. Neufeld read Wesley's resignation.
Wesley said he had to resign due
to other commitments.
Therefore, nominations were reopened for Vice-President. The
nominees were Joe Kaiser and
Mike Lampert. The tabulations on
the first two ballots were Kaiser
10, Lampert 7, and 1 abstention.
After the second ballot Kaiser
withdrew. Then Lampert withdrew. Therefore nominations were
re-opened. Lampert was nominated and he accepted. The vote
on the third ballot was 14-3-1 in
favor of the nominee.
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1) To support the nation
wide strike of classes May 5 in
a non-violent manner.
2) To bring the issues of the
strike off-campus by working
on grassroots political campaigns in 1970.
3) Petitioning for the immediate repeal of the Gulf of
Tonkin Resolution and to call
upon Congress to end all appropriations for the war.
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ALBANY STUDENT PRESS
'1984', and serve only to alienate
the University community.
Therefore we appeal to your
conscience, asking you not to participate in any form of violence,
and advocate the following alternatives:
Campus Unrest
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Students Opposed
To Violent Tactics
NEW HAVEN
Solidarity, a People's army, a new American
Revolution. May dcy in New Haven was the beginning of a new offensive; against war, against fascism,
against racism. We were all brothers and sisters.
Early Friday evening, we decided to meet "the
enemy." Walking from the Green to the gymnasium,
passing jeeps, trucks, pigs and soldiers, lines of
National Guardsmen encountered the New Left.
Many joked openly, others saw us as commie-pinko
-wierdos. I spoke to one young soldier, (whose name
and address he has asked me to withhold for fear of
court martial), a 26 year old kid from Lower Manhattan. Five months remained of his six years of
bondage, and when I asked him what he was going
to do after his release, he said "I'm gonna grow my
hair to my ass, and my beard to my belly button,
I'm gonna be one of you!" This made me feel a
sense of progress to reach even the censored minds
of the military.
Others expressed plans of keeping their weapons,
to use against the government, for they felt that
non-violence had failed to produce any viable
change.
Later that night, Jerry Rubin spoke to hundreds
inside Branford College, on the old campus of Yale.
A Black man, claiming to be a Pi.nther, said that
these Panthers had been busted on the Green, and
he said that support was needed. Rubin counteied
with a plea for calm. About two hundred people
moved off campus, and were repelled by rolling
clouds of tear gas that engulfed the entire downtown area.
I later realized the reason for a leaflet that had
been handed out during Jerry's talk, it was a map oi
corporate and governmental offices, with suggestive
symbols of arson-an invitation to walk into the
hands of the troops. Students returning from the
melee reported that "short-haired men" started the
rock and bottle attack on the police.
We returned to Branford, and found a labyrinth
beneath the buildings. Bodies were wrapped around
mattresses, chairs, and the floor; weary protestors
were recovering from a long day. Those of us who
could still run around, began to search for food. The
scene looked like the hideout of an army, re-gathering pulsating communal life from the campus.
A few refrigerators were ripped off, and. an unnamed person and his companion stumbled upon a
cache of Civil Defense C-rations. After opening the
door, the word was passed that food was available,
and throngs of the hungry grabbed cans of food.
The only problem was, there were no can openers.
If we ever have a national disaster, and you're in a
fallout shelter, bring a can opener!
Huge tins flew across the room, into walls, across
pillars. People sat on them, played music on them,
and eventually feasted on millions of what appeared
to be re-constituted dog shit molded into cracker
form.
From there we moved to the Arts and Architec-
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Editorial
Comment
STRIKE
The following editorial is a joint statement by the editors of 11 major Eastern college newspapers in
support of the National Student Strike. To show our solidarity with students striking at Albany and across
the country we endorse the following statement.
President Nixon's unwarranted and illegitimate dicision to send American combat forces into Cambodia and to resume the bombing of North Vietnam
demands militant, immediate, and continued opposition from all Americans.
Through his unilateral executive move, the president has placed our country in a state of emergency.
He has ignored the constitutional prerogatives ol
Congress, and has revealed the sham of his policy of
Vietnamization, a policy which, through a tortuous
process of inner logic, demands that we escalate the
war in order to enable American troops to withdraw. He has demonstrated that American foreign
policy still dictates the necessity to sacrifice American lives, to ravish independent countries, and to
squander our resources and energies.
The President has tragically misguaged the mood
of the country. The anti-war movement, which has
marched and protested for years in a vain effort to
reverse the US role in South East Asia, has finally
resurfaced in new and larger numbers. With Nixon's
lies now finally exposed, the immorality and hypocrisy of our government's actions have been revealed
for all to see.
The need for action has never been so great and so
urgent.
We therefore call on the entire academic community of this country to engage in a nationwide
University strike. We must cease business as usual, in
order to allow the University to lead and join in a
collective strike to protcsl America's escalation of
the war.
We do not call for a strike by students against (he
University, Nut a strike by the entire University faculty, students, staff, administrators alike. The
reasons for such a strike are manifold, l-'irsl, il is a
dramatic symbol of our opposition to a corrupt and
immoral war. It demonstrates clearly out priorities,
for the significance of classes and examinations
pales before (lie greater problems outside the classrooms...Moreover il recognizes the fact thai within a
society so permeated with inequality, immorality
and destruction a classroom education becomes a
meaningless and hollow exercise.
But the necessity for a strike extends even far
beyond these reasons. The strike is necessary to free
the academic community from acticities of secondary importance and lo open it up to (he primary
task of building renewed opposition to the war. It is
necessary to permit the academic community to
first solidify its own opposition, and lo then act
immediately lo extend this opposition beyond campuses.
We ask the entire academic community to use this
opportunity lo go lo the people, and tobring home
to the entire nation the meaning of the President's
actions. A massive unprecedented display of dissent
is required.
We urge that this strike be directed toward bringing about the following changes:
(1) An immediate withdrawal of all American
forces from Southeast Asia;
(2) Passage of the Senate ammendment to the Defense appropriations bill lo deny all aid for our military and political adventures in South Bast Asia;
(3) The mobilization of public support for antiwar candidates in the upcoming primaries and elections;
(4) An end of political repression al home, in particular the government's systematic attempts to eliminate the Black Panther Parly and other political
dissidents;
(5) A reallocation of American resources from all
military involvement abroad to domestic problems,
in particular the problems of our beleagured cities;
(d) The building of support for a massive demonstration in Washington on May ') lo bring lo (he
nation's capital, in unprecedented numbers,our opposition.
The stage has been sel, the issues clearly drawn,
the need apparenl. Il is now lime to act.
Thank You
Profiteering
To the Editors, Gary and Anita:
At the April 30 meeting of Central Council, it was brought up
that the bookstore is planning to
operate on a profit basis next
year, and would, for one thing,
eliminate the 5% discount on textbooks. And food service is presently reaping in tens of thousands of dollars in profits
($161,000 this year).
I would like to know why FSA
feels it must profit off a captive
student body. It seems to me that
the only justification for the existence of FSA is that itshouldbenefit the students in the most efficient, yet least expensive way.
Of course, FSA's brilliant rationale to any question would be
that students can be better served
by the funds that it sucks in. In
other words, students indirectly
benefit from FSA's disbursement
of funds.
I maintain that if FSA is truly
looking out for the student, it
would reduce the already outrageously high prices in the bookstore, and cut food costs to a
point at which the organization
would be genuinely non-profit.
Sincerely,
Bob Warner
ASP Staff Reporter
Cambodia
First
asp staff
The Albany Student Press is published twice a week by the
Student Association of the State University of New York at
Albany. The ASP editorial office is located in room 334 of the
Campus Center building. This newspaper was founded by the
Class of I'M8 and is funded by student lax. ASP phones are
457-21'K) and 457-211>4. If no answer, messages may be left at
457-3430.
Editors-in-chief
Gary Gelt and Anita Thayer
Managing Editor
News Editors . .
Schwartz, Neill Shannahau, Ken Slokem, Bob
Warner, Lesley Weinblatt, and Ira Wolfman.
Appreciation is also extended to the people who
worked on the actual physical production of the
newspaper: Gloria llollisler, Sharon I'hilipson,
Waller Gross, Aralynn Abare, and our lypislsWendy
Lieberman, Eileen Doming, and Ellen Kurlzman.
Finally we wanl to thank the hard core staff who
have always been here when the need arose and sacrificed a great deal of time, energy, sleep, and menial equanimity: Can I, Nancy, Put, Tom, Linda, Al,
Vicki, Jeff, Linda ("Bubbles"), Have, Bob, Chuck,
Phil and Barry.
And tfi tire staff that will take over the direction
of the paper next year wc extend our love and good
luck.
Arts Editor
Sports Editors
Technical Editors . .
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Wire Service Editor
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Circulation Manager
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PRESS
State University
of New York at Albany
Thursday, May 7, 1970
The Strike Goes On
3000 Demonstrators March on Downtown
by Barry Kirschner
Approximately 3,000 demonstrators marched on the Capitol
Building in Albany, demanding:
1) The release of Bobby Scale
and all political prisoners.
2) The immediate withdrawal
of U. S. from the current
Indo-Chinese War.
3) The end of university complicity with U.S. Department, of
Defense.
4) That FSA donate $25,000 lo
the Black Panther Defense Fund.
The march originated at the
SUNYA uptown campus with
fewer than 2,000 persons and
continually picked up momentum
and people as it moved towards
the Capitol. Following a few brief
speeches in front of the Capitol,
the marchers, still about 3,500
strong, sat in at Broadway und
State Street, at the steps of the
federal building.
The march disrupted traffic
along Washington Avenue; the
State and Broadway intersection
was effectively sealed for about
one hour. The march was orderly;
the only injuries known by this
reporter occurring to two students
in the demonstration. These were
a result of being hit by objects
thrown by spectators along the
route. At least one of these
injuries occurred near a construction site downtown. Both
students were taken to Albany
Medical Center and later released.
.Students from RPI and Siena
also participated in the rally at Lhe
Capitol. In view of the exceptionally cold weather, the turnout
Graders
To the Editors:
Before everyone gets carried To the Editors:
away with a general uproar against
This afternoon I went to hear
American involvement in Cam- Senator Stratton discuss his views
bodia, I think that we must pre- on South East Asia. I personally
sent the pro-involvement argu- do not agree with Senator Stratments before they get drowned in ton, but I feel that an opinion
the rush. I have hereby compiled cannot be intelligently constructwhat I think are three outstanding ed on the basis of one-sided inforreasons for increased participa- mation.
tion.
The students of this university
1) First of all, the American
could not let the man speak. Actmilitary needs a new playground.
ing like first graders who have not
They have just about devastated
yet learned self-control, students
all the hills and villages in South
interrupted his speech at every
Vietnam, which just takes all the
possible point. Are these the peofun out of the war—I mean, you
ple who want to vote at 18? They
can't count up the number of hills
can't even listen to both sides of
you take and surrender strategan issue, in a college no less, a
ically to the enemy. There are all
place of learning!
those fresh hills and villages in
It seems as if democracy has
Cambodia. Meanwhile, the military in its restlessness has had to gone out of style. "I may not
resort to trivial invasions like that agree with what he says, but I will
of Trinidad (where's that?). So, defend to the death his right to
we need to give them a place to say it."
Is God now on our side?
use up all that powei—otherwise,
Name Withheld
just being idle, we might be sub-
Assistant News Editors
For ihose of us who worked on the Albany Student Press this semester has been a very exciting,
fast-moving, and often frustrating experience.
We feel we have made many improvements in the
ASP; however a great deal more remains to be accomplished. We believe wc have gone as far as possible within the confines of the ASP's present internal
structure. By next fall wc hope to have organized a
struclure which efficiently enables us to print a vastly improved, high quality university newspaper.
Wc would like lo thank all the reporters who were
willing to do what was needed, often at a minutes
notice with a minimum of direction: Aralynn
Abare, Ken Dcane, Kathy Uckerlc, Liz Elsesser, Jim
Flavin, Slu Ilayman, Bob Holmes, Brian Moss,
Martha Nalhanson, Judy Novicky, Maida Oringher,
DaVC Peck, Durtlw Sailtora, Howie Sohlossborgi Bob
ject to some un-American, radical
idea like disbanding the army
entirely.
2) Due also in part to the total
devastation in South Vietnam,
every head in this country has
suddenly become aware of the
decrease in quality and quantity
of that good Vietnamese grass. We
need a new garden. What better
spot than Cambodia? In fact, I
just get stoned thinking about the
flood of Cambodian grass that
should hit the market about this
time next year.
3) Lastly, everyone realizes that
the anti-war movement needs a
big lift, a new basis. After all,
Vietnam is old! Just think of i t get out of Cambodia NOW!!
Meanwhile, everything's been stagnating and although you get people running around screaming
about the environment and the
Chicago 7 and the Panthers, but
we all know who they are! And
they're only minor compared to
the prospect of screaming about
something so far away as Cambodia. So, here is a grand opportunity, the new joining factor, our
grand impetus.
How can these reasons, the
height of logic, ever be refuted?
Obviously, they cannot be—but
I'm sure they will eventually be
lost in the general clamor for getting out of Cambodia.
Mike Pollastro
was especially enormous in comparison with past demonstrations.
The mood of the participants was
serious. Chants of "1-2-3-4, wc
don't want your fucking war,"
and "5-6-7-8 we don't want your
racist state" informed spectators
along the march route what the
participants stood for. Leaflets
were also passed out to people in
the area of the demonstration.
At the Capitol brief speeches
by a member of the strike
committee, ;i representative of the
Third World Liberation Front and
a leader of Siena College's strike
were made. A coffin with references to Lhe Kent State killings
and Black Punther trials was
deposited at the steps of the
building, President Nixon was
hung and burned in effigy.
There were absolutely no confrontations between the marchers
and any police whatsoever. The
demonstrators came equipped
with first aid trucks ready for
anything including gun shot
wounds, and the crowd had been
instructed as to what procedure
should be followed if chemical
mace or tear gas flew. However,
no such developments occurred.
In fact, the absence of police
was conspicuous. This reporter
saw no city police along the entire
march route until a few blocks
from the Capitol. Those police
that were in the neighborhood
were directing traffic. When this
reporter questioned a policeman
concerning his feeling about the
sit-in at Broadway and State and
how long it might go on, ha
responded with words to the
effect of "until their asses get
cold, 1 guess."
Part of the credit for the
orderly fashion at the march must
go to the marshalls who did an
excellent job of directing the
marchers and traffic. There were
at least two minor incidents
between the demonstrators and
drivers of vehicles determined to
get through the crowd, but
nobody was hurt.
And what did the people who
were watching
think? Some
showed support for the demonstrators by raising two fingers in
the peace sign, while some others
either signaled their disapproval or
were too tired to raise one of their
fingers. Possibly a typical reaction
was given by one lady this
reporter approached asking what
she thought of the march and its
aims. "I don't agree with Nixon
but I don't agree with these
methods either. You say it's been
peaceful but not lo me, I can't
even get my bus now."
One Person's Thoughts:
by Neill Shannahim
Approximately 3,000 individuals participated in a peaceful march from the new campus to the Capitol,
and then to the Albany Federal Building.
Wednesday Night Gym Rally:
Strike Direction Discussed
by Martha Nathanson
The rally was held in the gym
tonight since LC18 isn't sufficient
to hold the lurge numbers c •
students that turned out. Initial
announcements that were made
by Jack Schwartz included a list
of some of 1 15 colleges that have
gone out on strike. He also
mentioned that those who have
U.S. savings bonds should send
letters with their serial numbers,
saying that if the war isn't ended,
they will cash in the bonds.
"Classes are still going on here
and our first priority is a shutdown of the classes so liberation
classes can be held, then the
community can be reached. A
boycott of all luxury goods can be
effective and everyone should buy
only necessities."
A representative of the Black
Panther Party rose to speak and
told the history ol the party and
(•numerated on the 10 points that
the party stands for. Basically it is
for self-determination of all black
people. Several of the points were
exemption for all black men from
the military service, release from
jails for all black men, and for all
black men brough to trial, a trial
by jury by his peers.
John Kaufman explained about
the turnpike incident of several
days ago. The reason they all
pulled out was that It was too
dangerous and they should put
their efforts in a place that's more
appropos. He suggested that
everyone
sleep
tomorrow
morning, hut did encourage
people to picket Lhe classroom
buildings and discourage people
from going to classes. Then at
1:00 there is to be a rally in back
of the Campus Center from which
everyone will go about and work
to shut down classes completely.
After that, liberation workshops
will be held in the Humanities and
Social Science buildings. The
topics that will be covered were
read aloud, as well as the teachers
who will be assisting. A meeting
will be held tomorrow night
where suggestions as to further
action will bo made.
A
representative
of
the
Women's Liberation Movement
spoke of coordination and uaing
Albany as the center for 25
colleges. Also someone told about
the Strike newspaper that will be
coming out that will help coordinate the strike.
It was announced that Albany
High is going on strike and needs
help in shutting it down.
At 12:00 there will be a
meeting in the Ballroom of the
faculty for the calling of a faculty
strike.
Then there was a speaker from
the Third World Liberation Front.
They are supporting the strike but
urged strongly for the white
students not to sit back and wait
for them, for if they don't have
equality, we are nothing. "You
shouldn't wait for us
to tear
down the flag but do it yourselves." At this point someone
tore down Lhe American flag that
was hanging behind the rostrum.
The mood in the gym immediately changed. Students became
angry. They
felt
that
the
American flag was still a symbol
for them and they were fighting
for il. The flag was hung once
more.
Why They March
"What are they doing this for, daddy?'
After eight miles, down and back, after nearly five hours of fighting
26 mile an hour wind, it came from a little girl, no older than ten.
After you've pushed yourself that long, a question like that can send
you dizzy.
"Why the militancy? What was the substance of the militancy?
Where is it all headed, daddy."
In a crisis situation you think about things you've never thought
about before. The very bigness and near-hopelessness of the whole
thing presses in--They say make a decision. Learn-quickly.
Decide-now-before it all comes down.
Even the pacifist becomes militant in a situation of national crisis.
He becomes all the more determined--for what is militancy but
determination. And perhaps every true revolutionary is a pacifist at
heart for he works for the day when social strife is a thing of the past.
The March was militant and the strike is militant and the struggle
against war and racism and stupid National Guard is militant because
if it's not determined to win, it's nothing.
The Nixons provoke and provoke and isolate themselves--that is
their weakness. They uncover the latent hostility in all of us.
But, skirmishes only reveal the size of the other army. Cambodia
reveals our whole foreign policy. Kent State reveals the oppression at
home-against all suppressed minorities Suddenly, the whole thing is n
lot bigger than it seemed.
So where do we start. We start with the determination to clear our
heads, to listen, to talk for the first time about all that which we've
avoided by coming to school. We start by freeing the university for its
first purpose- to make us citizens of the state, to make us responsive
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Statement From President Kuusisto
To the University Community:
Incidents of the pi.st twenty-four hours, including
the fires, molotov cocktails, and injuries to students,
have created an atmosphere of concern for personal
safely among students and faculty, I share this
concern deeply; however, the decision to close the
university can only be made by the Board of
Trustees. This policy has been confirmed lo me by
members of the Central Administration. I want you
lo know that wi will be taking every possible
avenue open to us at Ibis point to insure the safety
of each member of the university community.
I have been joined in this concern by many
members of the faculty and student body who huvo
volunteered to help protect the residence hulls
during this period. As an Institution we are pledged
to take all possible steps to insure the safety of all
our students. During the next few days those who
wish to attend classes should do so. I ask all faculty
to understand those students who feel they should
engage in discussing the major issues facing society
while, at the same lime, caring for the needs of the
many students who desire to continue the normal
pattern of their education. I have asked the vice
presidents of academic and student affairs to assist
faculty and students to plan appropriate activities
for these days.
To those students who participated in the march
from the campus to downtown Albany today I
would
like
to express
my
thanks and
congratulations for the commendable way in which
they behaved and I expect the seriousness of their
concern wilt continue to be reflected.
Allan A. Kuusisto