WEDNESDAY, APRIL 21,1971
ALBANY STUDENT PRESS
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FIVE CENTS off campus
City, School Board,
Architects, Accused
For School Delays
Albany Student Press
State
Vol. LVIM No. 32
The New Albany High:
Back to Drawing Boards
the architectural Firms of Lux and pilings, a n d h a d t o fit their layout.
Quackenbush
a n d E i nh orn • T h e original plan was t o build a
s c h o o l with t h e m o s t innovative
Sanders.
and m o d e r n s t r u c t u r e .
T h e c o m m i t t e e a p p o i n t e d by
T h e plans for t h e new school
the m a y o r on February 10 found
began in 1965 when the .site of S t .
the architects had m a d e mistakes
M a r y ' s Park on Washington A v e in making the original e s t i m a t e s of
nue was acquired. In March, 1 9 6 6 ,
"several million dollars".
the Board of E d u c a t i o n issued a
T h e original plans were cancelled in May, 1 9 7 0 , after t h e policy s t a t e m e n t t h a t t h e school
c o n s t r u c t i o n bids came in at $ 3 6 w o u l d b e ready in 1 9 6 9 , and this
was u p d a t e d t o the fall o f ' 6 8 . By
million and u p w a r d s , 2 1 0 % over
t h e spring of 1 9 6 7 , t h e date was
the architects' e s t i m a t e s of $ 15
again p u s h e d back t o t h e original
million.
fall of ' 6 9 opening. In t h e fall of
Because of t h e excessively
' 6 8 t h e architects a n n o u n c e d ,
high cost, the plans were revised
N o v e m b e r '71 was t h e target d a t e .
last year and a smaller, less costly
During 1969 g r o u n d b r e a k i n g
design was arrived a t . On J a n . 2 of
a n d t h e driving of t h e pilings
this year, c o n s t r u c t i o n bids came
o
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r
e d . M a y o r Corning, during
Between $ 3 . 2 and $ 3 . 7 mil- in for o n e section of the school a t
his seventh re-election campaign,
lion has already been spent on t h e $ 2 0 . 5 million and u p , 5 0 % over
t h a t y e a r , h a d this t o say a b o u t
high s c h o o l : $ 1 . 8 million o n pil- the revised plans' e s t i m a t e d cost.
t h e n e w high s c h o o l : " I t is beThis revised plan w a s going
ings, $ 1 4 0 , 0 0 0 on excavation and
cause of planning such as this, and
from $ 1 million to $ 1 . 5 million t o to utilize much of t h e original
achievement
throughout the
yearsfhe has been m a y o r of Albany since 1 9'11) t h a t I ask for
the s u p p o r t of all of y o u for t h e
D e m o c r a t i c c a n d i d a t e s for public
office in t h e city of Albany and
wesl b o u n d a r y o f the Mall, will
t h r o u g h o u t the c o u n t y " .
Governor Rockefeller, in his
provide offices for t h e legislators.
T h e m a y o r a n n o u n c e d last
recently cut-back austerity budT h e cost for the building will be
week t h a t t h e city will soon hire
get, included a $ 3 0 0 , 0 0 0 boost l o
new
architects f o r t h e project.
from $ 3 0 to $ 3 5 million when all
the c o n t r a c t o r of the n e w legislaT h e original architects have dethe
law
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tive building in the Mall lo speed
c i d e d n o t t o try again on a third
up work for c o m p l e t i o n b y the delays are settled.
design.
T h e directive by t h e goverT h e m a y o r also disclosed last
end of this year.
week a t his press c o n f e r e n c e that
The building, on t h e n o r t h - nor calls lor c o m p l e t i o n of inteo n e of t h e architectural firms is
rior work on the third l o e i g m h
involved with other city a n d counHour by late D e c e m b e r , 1 ^ 7 1 .
ty projects; a m o n g t h e m are t h e
11 ilii; building is c o m p l e t e d
A l b a n y C o u n t y Sewer District,
by that lime, it will be ready I'm
the n e w A n n Lee H o m e for t h e
next year's legislative session. It
aged, Albany County Infirmary
and t h e p l a n n e d Albany city liwould he a m o n g t h e first build
brary.
ings c o m p l e t e d .
T w high s e h o o T T o r t h e city, said o n T h u r s d a y t h a t t h e parties
involved in t h e project— t h e s c h o o l b o a r d , t h e architects a n d t h e
m a y o r o u g h t t o share equally in t h e blame for t h e five-year delay for
the new school.
Haessig blamed p o o r c o m m u n i c a t i o n s b e t w e e n t h e different
parties involved a n d cost e s t i m a t e errors o n t h e part of t h e architects
for m u c h of t h e trouble.
T h e a r c h i t e c t s ' j o i n t venture m a d e u p of t h e firms of Lux and
Q u a c k e n b u s h and Einhorn-Sanders m a d e ' s u b s t a n t i a l errors according
t o Haessig. S o m e of t h e errors were m a d e m a t h e m a t i c a l l y , s o m e were
omissions ( t h e firm lefL o u t t h e cost of 4 , 0 0 0 tons of steel in their
e s t i m a t e s ) a n d s o m e were transpositions. A $ 3 5 0 , 0 0 0 cost e s t i m a t e
for o n e aspect of the project was changed t o $ 3 5 , 0 0 0 .
T h e m e m b e r of t h e fact-finding c o m m i t t e e also disclosed the
group h a d suggested t h e city hire a part-time professional engineer to
s t u d y t h e future progress of t h e school. T h e m a y o r has agreed to this
suggestion.
Haessig said t h e group had r e p o r t e d thai a m o r e c o n v e n t i o n a l l y
designed school could be built for $ 1 5 million or less.
Haessig, a state e d u c a t i o n d e p a r t m e n l a u t h o r i t y on buildings,
will b e speaking tonight at 8:0!) o n t h e project at t h e First
Presbyterian Church, corner of S l a t e and Will el I Streets.
Certain architects will soon
be faced with very unusual design
p r o b l e m s , trying t o plan a n e w
Albany high school utilizing pilings already Set in t h e ground
from a previous design. Actually
the pilings are there from t h e
original plan t w o designs ago, n o t
the latest design.
This situation exists because
the second " r e v i s e d " plan for t h e
new Albany High has been aband o n e d . Mayor Corning m a d e t h e
a n n o u n c e m e n t last week in keeping with t h e r e c o m m e n d a t i o n s of
an, a p p o i n t e d t h r e e - m a n c o m m i t tee which h a d m a d e a s t u d y of the
problem-plagued n e w high school
venture.
Rockefeller Finds Funds;
Speeds Legislator's Building
How to use
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to tight
the system
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Delays, Rising Expenses
For New Ghetto School
A n o t h e r school in Albany h a s also been t r o u b l e d with rising
costs a n d delays. It is t h e n e w Arbor Hill e l e m e n t a r y schoolOriginally p l a n n e d for a fall opening this year, t h e school is n o w
e x p e c t e d to be c o m p l e t e d s o m e t i m e in 197'2. C o n t r a c t s signed by ty
officials call for a spring ' 7 2 c o m p l e t i o n date, b u t m a n y projects
Albany have e x p e r i e n c e d delays in recent years.
T h e school will replace the present schools T>,(i and 7 in the inn
city. H will be an " ( m e n s p a c e " school, varying greatly in design fro
c o n v e n t i o n a l grade schools in Albany
Last s u m m e r font ruction bid* for the school came in at $ 1 .
million over t h e original $•!.!"> mi Hi in cosl estimate. The building •
presently u n d e r c o n s t r u c t i o n . It wa originally suggested M be built i
196:1, and plans have progressed situ t* then
Uniuersity of New York at Albany
Friday, April 2 3 , 1971
Jews Stage Vigil
3500
in Attendence at Peak
Poor Student Turnout Decried
Legislature "Congratulates' 1 Israel
by Bob Warner
"11 would a p p e a r t h a t t h e p r o b l e m of Soviet J e w r y is n o t o n e t h a t
captures t h e imagination of S U N Y A s t u d e n t s t h e way that a V i e t n a m
War with Calleys d o e s , " said Paul Nobes, o n e of t h e hundred o r so
s t u d e n t s w h o staged an all-night vigil a t t h e Capitol for Soviet J e w r y .
D i s a p p o i n t m e n t and anger characterized t h e a t t i t u d e s t o w a r d s t h e
University of m o s t of t h e poeple at t h e march and vigil. Although
I26H s t u d e n t s signed u p for t h e meal fast and u p t o 2 5 0 s t u d e n t s
partially p a r t i c i p a t e d in t h e march a n d / o r vigil, t h e a p a t h y of t h e
university c o m m u n i t y seemed t o h u r t t h e people w h o were " t o t a l l y "
involved. Said Barry Silverlvrg, the leader of the Student Coalition for
Soviet J e w r y , " W e e x p e c t e d a c a m p u s response in p r o p o r t i o n t o t h e
III,0(H) s t u d e n t s mi c a m p u s , especially the ,'1000 Jews...ll is my feeling
that my fellow students at S l a t e have proved once again their
compatibility t o Phil O c h ' s song ' L o v e Me I'm a L i b e r a l . " '
Steve Shaw also felt thai t h e university's professed liberalism was
sheer h y p o c r i s y . " O n c e again student apathy has shown itself. Albany
Stale, t h e so-called liberal-oriented university, is e x t r e m e l y h y p o c r i t ical for its lack of s y m p a t h y with h u m a n i t y , " h e said.
But t h e spirit of those w h o did stay at t h e Capitol steps for t h e
2-1-hour vigil was s u p e r b . As Barry Silverberg said: " Those of us w h o
coordinated
t h e march and vigil and those w h o came along with us
c o m p e n s a t e d for the d i s a p p o i n t m e n t of t h e t u r n o u t . "
S o these studenl.s and m e m b e r s of A l b a n y ' s Jewish c o m m u n i t y
danced, sang, and rapped through t h e night. A few A s s e m b l y m e n and
Senators c a m e o u t a n d s p o k e , either formally o r informally. S e n a t o r
Marchi ( R e p u b l i c a n , S t a t e n Island) delivered a brief address, while
A s s e m b l y m a n S e y m o u r Posner ( D e m o c r a t , B r o n x ) rapped with a few
s t u d e n t s well i n t o t h e night. Even Mayor Corning s h o w e d u p t o say a
few words,
Part of t h e aetivites beside those m e n t i o n e d included a playlet o n
the Holocaust, Dennis Prager, reading names of t h e victims of Nazi
genocide, a n d services. A t the vigil's peak, 3f>00 people, mostly from
the c o m m u n i t y , c a m e Lo participate.
Yesterday a f t e r n o o n while the vigil c o n t i n u e d from t h e night before,
the S t a l e Legislature passed a resolution " c o n g r a t u l a t i n g t h e governm e n t and t h e people of t h e S t a t e of Israel u p o n t h e twenty-third
anniversary of t h e creation of t h e S t a l e of Israel ;is a free and
independent n a t i o n . " T h e resolution, which was passed c o n c u r r e n t l y
by both t h e S e n a t e and the Assembly, called Israel the " c h a m p i o n of
the cause of freedom, h u m a n dignity, and jusi pea
T h e Assembly version of t h e resolution wa
nsored by 75
Assemblymen which is exactly half of thai I
m o s t of the
sponsors wen- D e m o c r a t s .
T h e Assembly also passed a resolution "designating April twentysecond, n i n e t e e n h u n d r e d seventy-one as Warsaw G h e t t o ' s M a r t y r ' s
Day in h o n o r of t h e m e m o r y of t h e valiant Jews w h o fought t h e
battle df t h e Warsaw G h e t t o . " T h e resolution cited the d e s p o t i s m of
the Nazis: " W h e r e a s , In 19-11) t h e Nazis established t h e infamous
Warsaw G h e t t o in such city and brutally, cruelly and craven!y
confined a half million Jews in t h e G h e t t o ; and Whereas, In 194:1 the
n u m b e r of J e w s so confined w a s reduced t o 'J 5,0-00 by mass
e x e c u t i o n s , pestilence, starvation and d e p o r t a t i o n to death c a m p s . . . "
The Senate is e x p e c t e d lo approve t h e same resolution next Monday.
Approximately 7 5 people m a r c h e d from Darper Hall t o the Capitol t o participate in a 2 4 hour vigil for
Soviet J e w r y a n d for Jewish " s o l i d a r i t y . "
—cantor
Hoffman Invites Hard Hats,
Freaks to 'Do It9 in May
by Tracy Egan
Abbie Hoffman, of Chicago H
trial fame, held a press conference
and s p o k e at a rally here T u e s d a y
night. Both R e n n i e Davis and his
replacement, J o h n F r a m e s , were
unable t o iniike their 'scheduled
appearances.
T h e Press Conference
Hoffman held his press confer
ence in t h e hoc t u n ; Center in
front of a b l a c k b o a r d bearing diagrams and slogans included in his
new b o o k , ffteoi Thin Booh, Graffiti such as " A v o i d needle d r u g s the only d o p e w o r t h s h o o t i n g is
N i x o n " and C o n Edison's credit
curd n u m b e r a d o r n e d t h e boards.
Hoffman's
opening statement
:
Frolic in the Formal Gardens!
A Coffeehouse with
John Simpson, Frank & Paul,
was an invitation t o all for t h e
Celebration of Life a n d May
Action Rally in Washington, D.C.
T h e d e m o n s t r a t i o n s will be t h e
conclusion and presentation of
the Peoples' Peace Treaty b e t w e e n
the people of t h e United States
and Vietnam. He informed t h e
small press gathering that he w a s
"so good al i n c i t i n g t n l e r s t a t e riots
I've gone i n t e r n a t i o n a l . " Conseq u e n t l y , m e m b e r s of the Y o u t h
International Brigade in Holland,
France, England., G e r m a n y , Mexico, J a p a n , and N o r t h e r n Ireland
have organized d e m o n s t r a t i o n s t o
coincide wilh those in Washington. Asked if he would be at t h e
march, he said "Well, I'll he
jumpin' around."
T h e m o n e y Hoffman receives
for speaking here will go t o supp o r t radio station WPAX. This
station will b r o a d c a s t to Armed
Services personnel t h e music a n d
news " t h e g o v e r n m e n t w o n ' t allow t o b e a i r e d , " said Hoffman.
Liberation
groups and wellk n o w n s , including J o h n Lennon
and Yoko O n o , are making tapes
to be used by t h e station. T h e
station will c o m e o u t of Hanoi
playing to o u r troops for two
hours a d a y , seven days a week.
A reporter asked Huffman if he
had recently had m u c h c o n t a c t
with J u d g e Julius Hoffman. He
replied, " Y o u k n o w t h e r e ' s o n e
thing t h a t m o s t people d o n ' t
k n o w a b o u t t h e trial ( t h e Chicago
8 trial). We asked for h i m . We got
him. We knew h e ' d s h o w t h e
world what every American judge
is like...He ran it like a candy
store—you were there t o b u y .
Before o u r trial he'd h a d 24 jury
trials with 24 convictions. N o w
it's 2 5 for 25 and h e ' s b a i t i n g a
thousand."
Diane McNamara, a m e m b e r of
the Albany Coalition for Peace
and J u s t i c e , sat with Hoffman
t h r o u g h o u t t h e press c o n f e r e n c e .
She p o i n t e d o u t that t h e area
news media has neglected t o give
coverage t o t h e action directed
against t h e First T r u s t Bank in
Albany. S h e asked that people call
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First
Trust
and May Rally
Actions.
The Rally at the G y m
T h e rally in the gym was
o p e n e d by Paul J o h n s o n w h o
stated t h e objectives of t h e upc o mi ng d e in o u s t rations. T h e
rallies, he explained, will express
| c o n t i n u e d on page 2 |
Julian Bond Stricken,
Speech Here Cancelled
Julian Bond, black Georgia legislator, scheduled l o speak here
Wednesday night as part of the black week activities, was b r o u g h t
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and Otto Road
t o Albany Medical ('enter complaining of a b d o m i n a l pains.
A n n o u n c e m e n t of his illnoss elicited a general groan from t h e
audience of close l o BOO people w h o had gathered lo hear t h e ,'11
year old D e m o c r a t speak.
As
will be sponsored by CCGB for Spring Weekend on
of 5 : 0 0 p . m . T h u r s d a y ,
Bond
was reported to b e in
satisfactory condition by Albany Medical C e n t e r Hospital and t o
be undergoing extensive tests.
Now at your bookstore
Delia paperback $1.95
Delacorte hardbound $4.95
Del! Publishing Co., Inc.
T h e Georgia legislator will not be able t o speak on c a m p u s until
Sunday, April 25 from 1 to 5 PM.
possibly next fall.
Abbie Hoffman, of Chicago 8 fame, spoke to approximately 2,500 people Tuesday night.
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IALBANY STUDENT PRESS
FRIDAY, APRIL 23,1971
Two Students Arrested
On Drug Sale Charge
War Veterans Rally i
Police Clear Area
by Tom Seppy
Associated
Press
by Steve Salant
Writer
District of C o l u m b i a police b r o k e u p a d e m o n s t r a t i o n b y V i e t n a m veterans o n t h e s t e p s of t h e
S u p r e m e C o u r t t o d a y , arresting 1 1 0 of the antiwar
activists. T h e 1 1 0 , t w o of w h o m were w o m e n were
t a k e n t o t w o police s t a t i o n s , where individual b o n d s
of $ 1 0 were set. T h e y were charged with disorderly
c o n d u c t , r a t h e r t h a n the m o r e serious impeding-of-justice charge which was cited t o t h e m when
t h e y w e r e arrested.
When w o r d of t h e arrests was a n n o u n c e d at the
veterans' c a m p o n t h e Capital Mall, requests were
m a d e for d o n a t i o n s to pay bail or fines. Many of the
veterans were given canisters and s e n t t o various
parts of Washington t o solicit m o n e y .
A r r a n g e m e n t s also were m a d e for t h e veterans t o
sell their b l o o d at $ 2 5 per p i n t .
T h e veterans, in t o w n this week for a series of '
activities aimed at speeding an end t o t h e Vietnam
war, offered generally n o resistance as police escorted t h e m from t h e s t e p s u n d e r t h e h u g e pillars of
the c o u r t t o a police b u s .
S o m e of t h e v e t e r a n s told n e w s m e n t h e y were
p r o t e s t i n g specifically in o p p o s i t i o n t o Wednesday's
S u p r e m e C o u r t decision u p h o l d i n g a U.S. District
Court ruling forbidding the veterans t o sleep, build
fires o r pitch t e n t s o n t h e Capital Mall where they
have been staying all week.
Many of the veterans at the court clasped their
hands o n t o p of their heads and m a r c h e d olf with
the police in w h a t they called " p r i s o n e r of war
style."
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Chinese Students Request Help
In Case of 'Misidentification'
Chinese s t u d e n t s ill the University of Houston have appealed to
students across the nation for
funds to hire lawyer Percy Foreman to defend a Chinese student
at the university w h o has been
convicted of rape.
A national c o m m i t t e e of Chinese s t u d e n t s has been set up to
help raise the $ 2 5 , 0 0 0 that Foreman is requesting to appeal the
case before the U.S. Supreme
Court.
According to the s t u d e n t comm i t t e e " T h i s is a classical case of
misidentified convict. This lime, it
happened t o a Chinese; it can
happen t o a n y o n e . " After reviewing the case, the Chinese students
Editor's Note
David A Pietrusza. who wrote
a c o l u m n entitled
"Student
Peace Treaties a H o a x " in the
April 21 ASP, is a stuff member
and writer for the Albany Heinle
a right-wing publication on campus.
It should also be mentioned
that Mr. Pietrusza and Mr. Frost
who wrote the twin column
were writing their own opinion.
The ASP does not claim that
those writers w r o t e the truth,
or the facts if you will. VVe feel,
however, t h a t a conservative has
the rijihl to be heard as well as
a n y o n e else.
. .
R.J.W.
H I I I I I I U H I I H I I
strongly felt that it was less than a
fair trial. The students state t h a t :
"We want to believe that America
is a land of justice."
Students Junfu Feng ( 4 8 2 - 7 3 3 4 )
and Dorothy Lau ( 4 7 2 - 4 2 7 0 ) have
the Peoples' d e m a n d s for immediate U.S. withdrawal from Indo('hina, a m i n i m u m income for all
families, and the freedom of all
political prisoners. Action is being
taken against First Trust of Albany, he c o n t i n u e d , because it is a
local representative of Bankers
Trust. Barters Trust is involved
with Genera] Dynamics, Honeywell, Inc., and Lockheed and
other firms contributing to the
war effort. Johnson c o n d e m n e d
First Trust for its " $ M 0 million
tax free loan for a project (the
South Mall) which took
the
homes of
l,t)0t] families...and
helped no one.
Abbie Hoffman, taking over the
platform,
criticized
Governor
Rockefeller for the hypocrisy of
his Earth Day speech. " H e o w n s
the Board Walk, Park Avenue,
Argentina and Standard Oil which
pollutes half the w o r l d , " Hoffman
said to the laughter of the large
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and Otto Road
of
Ihe
available
Hill Ural re
sources.
The
Y I P P I E leader was
rccenlh
in Paris w h e r e he lalked with
Mme, Dinh and oilier Viel Cons
representatives to I lie unpruiliiitive Peace Talks. Mme Dinh it.o'i'
Hoffman a ring which he said was
" m a d e o u t of one of lire il.'iH US
planes s h o t d o w n over Laos ll
was clear the Cong were wlii|i|nn
a s s . " As t o the people in Waslimfi
ton claiming success in I s.
Hoffman q u i p p e d , "They learned
from Hitler t h a i , if you gottn I"'
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Hoffman
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A
.sinmn challenge to the controversial
Federal
Communications
C o m m ission decision
banning
pro-drug lyrics in rock music programming bas arisen here in recent
weeks.
Although turned down in Federal District Court, several disc
jockey's and station managers affected by the FCC ruling are
appealing to the Circuit Court of
Appeals, T h e y c o n t e n d thai t h e
F C C decision, which buns lyrics
that "glorify <"' p r o m o t e " the use
of illegal drugs, c o n s t i t u t e s censor
ship.
Their Lawyer Tracy Westen says
Ihe Commission ruling is a "ser
inns threat lo freedom of s p e e c h . "
Tin- FCC issued a revision to the
March r> notice on April 10 in
response to a nationwide furor
caused by the original decision.
The revised statement l a m e n t e d
the public controversy surrounding the earlier action, uml clarified
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Senate Majority Leader Earl W. Brydges u n n o u n c e d t h a t he is
s u b m i t t i n g legislation to enable every college s t u d e n t in t h e state t o
b o r r o w enough m o n e y to finance his higher e d u c a t i o n . T h e measure
would c o m b i n e elements of the "deferred t u i t i o n " system and t h e
present state s t u d e n t - l o a n p r o g r a m . S t u d e n t s could b o r r o w u p t o
$1 5,000 over-all and spread r e p a y m e n t s over up to 20 years.
GORDON LIGHTF00T
Banned
FCC Decision
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a n n o u n c e d thai on May :l freaks,
farm workers, hard hats, velennis
and s t u d e n t s will march lo pill »»
end to the war in Indo Chum I'1'
explained thai lo s l o p the govern
m e n t which wages this war. ll"'
d e m o n s t r a t o r s will abandon M
cars in the streets, sil in offices "I
the GIA, FBI and Ihe IVnlagoii,
and the Capitol if necessary Sn
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All SA Presidential a n d Vice-Presidential c a n d i d a t e s please c o m e lo the ASP office (CC
3 2 6 ) on M o n d a y , April 26 b e t w e e n 1 0 : 3 0 a.m. a n d I p . m . lo pick u p q u e s t i o n s for
publication in Wednesday's ASP. Y o u r p h o t o g r a p h s will also be taken al this time. If
there are any p r o b l e m s please c o n t a c t Vicki al 4 5 7 - 2 1 9 0 . If you d o not c o n t a c t t h e
office, or pick up the q u e s t i o n s , we will nol be able t o publish either y o u r picture or
y o u r answers lo Ihe questions,
| c o n t i n u e d from page 11
A Coffeehouse with
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C a m p u s radio s t a t i o n s are appealing FCC regulation; on pro-drug lyrics
S. A. Pres. & V. P. Hopefuls Take Note
further informal inn <>n
C o n t r i b u t i o n s can l>e
Appealing F u n d s , Chn
d e n t s Association, I n n
H o u s t o n , H o u s t o n . Texa
Abbie Hoffman Speaks
Frolic in the Formal Gardens!
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T w o s t u d e n t s , S t a t e Q u a d r e s i d e n t s w e r e arrested
b y State Police o n d r u g sale charges o n Wednesday
m o r n i n g . T h e y were t a k e n t o A l b a n y C o u n t y Jail.
At a p p r o x i m a t e l y 8 : 2 0 a.m., o n W e d n e s d a y , plainclothes s t a t e p o l i c e m e n arrived at S t a t e Q u a d with
w a r r a n t s for t h e arrest of o n e male s t u d e n t in
A n t h o n y Hall and o n e female s t u d e n t in C o o p e r
Hall. Both were charged with a Class C felony which
is " t h e sale of d a n g e r o u s d r u g s . " This charge covers
the sale of marijuana and h e r o i n and carries a
m a x i m u m penalty of 14 years in prison.
In c o n j u n c t i o n with the t w o arrests o n c a m p u s ,
Siena College had three arrests and off-campus
h o m e s were hit as well. Security sources said t h a t
most of t h e arrests were due t o information received
in off-campus investigations and arrests. It m a y also
be speculated t h a t since the police d i d n ' t use search
warrants b u t had warrants with the s t u d e n t ' s n a m e
and the charge, t h a t the police m a y have g o t t e n
information necessary for the warrant from a
narcotics officer involved in dealings with the
students.
In y e s l e r d a y ' s arraignment, the t w o S U N Y stud e n t s were released o n p r o b a t i o n .
IN
Challenged
All of the songs on Ihe "unoffic i a l " Commission list of b a n n e d
lyrics e x c e p t t w o wore m e n t i o n e d
as e x a m p l e s of pro-drug programming by Vice President Spiro Agnew in a Sept., 1970, speech in
Las Vegas.
T h e Agnew speech coincided with
the start of " m i x e d - m e d i a " briefings on drug abuse by Pentagon
staffers at the White House. T w o
or t h r e e conferences were held al
the executive mansion for media
executives which included a pep
talk by President Nixon.
T h e March f> public notice requiring broadcasters to review records is a p p a r e n t l y part of a high
a d m i n i s t r a t i o n campaign to erase
the superficial aspects of the nation's growing drug p r o b l e m ,
Commissioner
Nicholas
J o h n s o n , dissenting from the FCC
decision, raised additional serious
q u e s t i o n s about the motivation
behind Ihe drug lyric ban,
J o h n s o n asks why there has
been no a t t e n t i o n t o alcohol -" t h e n u m b e r o n e drug abuse problem in this c o u n t r y . " And a b o u t
drug advertising: " W h y do the
majority c h o o s e t o ignore these
gray flannel pushers?
" T h e answer to these qtieslions
is simple: the exclusive concern
with song lyrics is in reality an
effort lo harass the y o u t h c u l t u r e ,
a c r u d e a t t e m p t to suppress the
anti-establishment music of the
c o u n t e r - c u l t u r e a n d the "movement."
" I t isa thinly veiled political
move. This a d m i n i s t r a t i o n has for
reasons best k n o w n lo the Presid e n t , chosen to divert the American people's a t t e n t i o n to 'the drug
m e n a c e , ' and away from problems
like: the growing Kouthest Asia
war, racial prejudice, inflation, une m p l o y m e n t , hunger, poverty, education, growing urban blight, and
so f o r t h . "
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Staff needed for Fall 1971
International Student Orientation
Continuing students who are interested in serving on
the Fall 1971 international Student Orientation Staff
are requested to see Mr. Ward, International Student
Advisor, CC 329. Both undergraduate and Graduate
students are needed. Tentative orientation dates are
August 25-28 inclusive.
Applications for
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si all' e u n e r p u n d i ' l l t Boh llliejies
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viulali' I hi' drug lyi'ii' han from an
Vl'l' stuff member Commission
s p o k e s m e n say that the list lias no
ulTii-ial stains, however
Inrlnili'il mi Hit' list were sni'h
an I i ill nil Koll|(s as I hi' Mi'alli's " A
l.illli' lli'lp from My F r i e n d s , "
Jefferson Airplane's " W h i l e Rabb i t " (lyric's Ink™ Irani Lewis C u r
lull's Alii'" in W o n d e r l a n d ) , " A c i d
Q u e e n " hy HID Who, and '"I'll"
P u s h e r " by Sleppeuwalf. " T h e
P u s h e r " is nsml in u National
Institute of Mi'lilal Health nil I i drug film.
manager of the Used Book Sale
will be available at the CC Information Desk. More
than one manager will be hired. Experience or business
background is preferred. Applications must be submitted no later than April 28th to the Info Desk. Any
questions, call Dan Burns at 457-6764.
FRIDAY, APRIL 23,1971
ALBANY STUDENT PRESS
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Editorial
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FRIDAY, APRIL 23,1971
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ALBANY STUDENT PRESS
First in a three part series
Comment
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The New Opium War
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by Frank Browning and Banning Garrett
RAMPARTS 1971 reprinted by College Press Service
by permission of the publisher
March!
Once again the people of America have been
called upon to show "their" government how
America feels about this war. Tomorrow, in
Washington and in San Francisco, thousands,
perhaps millions, will demonstrate their feelings
on the continuing "police action" in Southeast
Asia.
Never in American history have so many
people shown so much concern, active concern
for what the government is doing. Of course,
never has an American government shown so
much ignorance of what the people are thinking. Now is the time to wake Dick Nixon up to
the truth: we've got to get out oj Southeast
Asia, and we've got to do it now.
Admittedly, it's a rough time to have to
march on Washington, what with exams and the
end of the year approaching. Remember, however, that if your time is precious, that of a
Vietnamese is even more so: their life expectancy is a lot shorter.
Go, if you at all can; and show the president
that people are still against the war and will
remember his inhumanity and deafness in l')72.
For in the mind of Richard Nixon, there is no
war, there is no dissent, there is no April 24.
There is only 1972. Let us show Dick that for
him there will not be a 1972, unless he does
something. March on Washington April 24!
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Incident
To the E d i t o r :
Tho more we think a b o u t them, the less real they
seem. T h a i is, the events of Christ's last Monday. We
a t t e m p t e d to flee t o the next c o u n t y from the
Promised Land b u t were accosted by the R o m a n s
who d e m a n d e d one of our party as p a y m e n t for
leaving. T h e y had the spears b u t we lacked the
numbers a n d besides f r e e d o m was necessary.
T h e city we came t o was so beautiful, almost
unbelievable. T h e clean air, free life, and disappearing s n o w s t r e t c h e d before us as we traversed Pont
Champlain. T w o bits a n d we headed forVerdum.
T h e day's events squickly passed and we left one of
us after seeing the market place of the great city.
R e m e m b e r i n g that the R o m a n s still held a captive,
we r e c o m m i t t e d ourselves to her defense. We did
not fully anticipate the gall of " t h e filth that rape
our n a t i o n . " T o return to o u r own c o u n t r y , they
a b d u c t e d a n o t h e r and threatened still another. At
tongue-point, we were hassled and hustled outside.
We then w o n d e r e d h o w much freedom there was on
the outside of prison bars. Thirty miles south of the
R o m a n fortification, we c o n f r o n t e d the d e p u t y
tribunes of Clinton C o u n t y . He denied us visitation,
information, and c o m m u n i c a t i o n , but grunted two
oinks as we left his building. We fortunately escaped
the pursing R o m a n s by traveling a straight line on
the main r o a d - t h e Houthway.
Beware, in crossing the U . S . C a n a d i a n border fear
not our friend to the North, b u t rather fear the
almighty D.C. R o m a n s in whose hands y o u r destinv
lies.
Friends of Amalie Pastrani
(Deported 4/13/71)
Education
Replies
T o the Editor,
I would like lo commonf on the article wrillen by
Peter Morici in the April 21 issue of the ASP, Firsl
of all, 1 want lo make it clear that my attacks were
not directed toward Education s t u d e n t s only. In my
article, I mentioned the inadequacies and dishonesty
in other courses, t o o . I d o agree with Mr. Morici
thul a more a p p r o p r i a t e alienation would he thai
many of our s t u d e n t s are not all they could be. I
also heartily agree that teachers are merely a mirror
of t h e h u m a n collection they represent. However, 1
believe t h a t s t a g n a t i o n is setting in. Mr. Morici says
that we s h o u l d n ' t e x p e c t t e a c h e r s t o live up to a
standard t h a t we ourselves refuse to achieve. Why
not? S o m e o n e has to break t h e vicious cycle by
providing a good m o d e l . How else can anything he
changed? I realize t h a t m a n y of the accusations I
made a b o u t s t u d e n t s are accusations that should be
made against our entire y^ciety, which neither
c o m m a n d s nor deserves respect. We are all victims
of our hypocritical society. But I think that
s t u d e n t s have a lot of p o t e n t i a l . T h e y simply are not
motivated, in m a n y cases, t o use it. In the words of
T h e o d o r e Roszak, a u t h o r of " T h e Making of a
Counter C u l t u r e , "
" I t is n o t of supreme i m p o r t a n c e that a human
being should be a good scientist, a good scholar, a
good a d m i n i s t r a t o r , a good expert...Life is mil wlial
we are in o u r various professional capacities or in
the practice of some special skill. What IS of
supreme i m p o r t a n c e is that each of us should
b e c o m e a person, a whole and integrated person ui
w h o m there is manifested a sense of the human
variety genuinely experienced, a sense of having
c o m e t o t e r m s with a reality that is awesomely
vast."
Diane
Police
Margiore
STATE
To the University C o m m u n i t y :
On Wednesday, April 21 si, b e t w e e n O-'.'Hl ami 7 :lll
ill the morning, stale police walked info Anlhimy
Hull on Slate Quad and busted Iwo s l u d e n l s on
marijuana charges. University sources claim liny
had no knowledge of t h e i m p e n d i n g arrests but il
has been rumored for a n u m b e r of weeks thai an
undercover agent has been living in A n t h o n y
We believe the University a d m i n i s t r a t i o n should
d o everything in its [lower lo prevent the unann
ounced arrival of police on c a m p u s by informing llie
s t u d e n t s of any investigations by city or stale
authorities. A good university udminisl rat ion should
look mil for | h e welfare of the s t u d e n t s , so until lite
university starts working for us we had heller waldi
o u t for the Narc next d o o r
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c o m m o d i t i e s , or local c u r r e n c y . T h e same kilo wil
bring $ 2 0 0 in Saigon and $ 2 0 0 0 in San Francisco.
T h e r e are h u n d r e d s of r o u t e s , and certainly as
many m e t h o d s of t r a n s p o r t by which the smugglers
ship opium—some of it already refined into h e r o i n through and o u t of S o u t h e a s t Asia. But there are
three major n e t w o r k s . Some of the o p i u m from
Burma and n o r t h e r n Thailand moves into Bangkok,
then Lo Singapore and Hong Kong, then via military
aircraft, either directly or through Taiwan, to the
United States. T h e s e c o n d , and probably major,
r o u t e is from Burma or Laos t o Saigon or t o ocean
drops in the Gulf of Si am; then it goes either
through the Middle E a s t ' a n d Marseille to the U. S.
or through Hong Kong and Singapore to the West
Coast. A final route runs directly from o u t p o s t s
held by Nationalist Chinese troops in T h a i l a n d to
Taiwan and then to the U.S. by a variely of m e a n s .
O n e of the most successful of the opium e n t r e p r e neurs who travel these routes, a Time r e p o r t e r w r o t e
in 1967, is Chan Chi-foo, a hall-Chinese. half-Shan
Burmese) m o d e r n - d a y warlord w h o might have
stepped o u t of a Joseph Conrad adventure yarn.
Chan is a soft-spoken, mild-mannered man in his
late thirties w h o , it is said, is totally ruthless. He has
t r e m e n d o u s k n o w l e d g e of the geography and people
of n o r t h w e s t e r n Burma and is said to move easily
a m o n g them, conversing in several dialects. Y e t he is
also able to deal c o m f o r t a b l y with bankers and
o t h e r businessmen w h o finance his operations from
such centers as Bangkok a n d Vietnam. U n d e r Chan
Chi-I'oo's c o m m a n d are from 1 0 0 0 - 2 0 0 0 well-armed
men, with the feudal hierarchy spreading d o w n to
encompass a n o t h e r 3 0 0 0 hill tribesmen, p o r t e r s ,
h u n t e r s and o p i u m growers w h o pay him fealty and
w h o m he regards a b o u t the same as the m o r e than
500 small mules he uses for transport.
The CIA Poppies
Most of the opium in S o u t h e a s t Asia is grown m a
region k n o w n as the "Fertile Triangle," an area
covering n o r t h w e s t e r n Burma, n o r t h e r n Thailand,
and Laos. It is a m o u n t a i n o u s jungle inhabited by
tigrrs, elephants, and some of the most poisonous
snakes in the world. T h e source of the o p i u m that
shares thf area with these exotic animals is the
p o p p y , and the main growers are the Meo hill
tribespeople who inhabit the region. T h e Meo men
c h o p hack the forests in the wel season so thai the
crop can be planted in August and S e p t e m b e r .
Poppies p r o d u c e red, while or purple blossoms
between J a n u a r y and March, and when the blossom
withers, an egg-sized pod is left. T h e women harvest
the c r o p and make u small incision in the pod with a
T o get his caravans to m a r k e t , however, Chan
must pay a price, for the crucial part of his r o u t e is
heavily patrolled n o t by Thais or Laotians b u t by
nomadic
Nationalist Chinese or
Kuomingtang
(KMT) troops. Still s u p p o r t e d by the ruling KNT or
Taiwan, Generalissimo Chiang Kai-Shek's 9!Jrd Division controls a major part of the o p i u m flowing
out of Burma and Thailand. Roving b a n d s of
mercenary bandits, they fled t o n o r t h e r n Burma in
1949 as Chiang's armies were being routed on the
Chinese mainland, and have maintained themselves
since by buying o p i u m from the nearby Meo
tribesmen which they then resell, or by exacting
tribute p a y m e n t s from e n t r e p r e n e u r s like Chan
Chi-foo. As travellers to the area attest, these troops
also s u p p l e m e n t their i n c o m e by running Intelligence operations into China and Burma for the
U.S.,lust last year a reporter w h o was at Chieng Mar,
Thailand, saw Thai troops and American advisors,
as well as military supplies provided by the Taiwan
government.
T h e KMT are tolerated by the Thais for several
reasons: they have helped in the c o u n t e r i n s u r g e n c y
efforts of the Thai and U.S. g o v e r n m e n t s against the
hill tribespeople in T h a i l a n d ; they have aided the
training and recruiting of Burmese guerrillas armies
for the CIA; and they offer a payoff lo the Border
Patrol Police (BPP), and through them lo the second
most powerful man in Thailand, Minister of the
Interior O n . Prapasx Charusafhira. T h e BPP were
trained in the TiO's by the CIA and now are
financed and advised by AH) and are flown from
border village t o border village by Air America. T h e
BPP a d as m i d d l e m e n in the o p i u m trade b e t w e e n
the KMT in the r e m o t e regions of Thailand and the
Chinese m e r c h a n t s in Bangkok.These relationships,
of course, are flexible and changing, with each
group wanting to m a x i m i z e profits a n d m i n i m i z e
antagonisms and dangers. But the established routes
vary, and s o m e t i m e s douhlecrosses are intentional.
mike ellis
editor
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Bikeways
A group of Albany bicycle riders
is planning a mass ride on May 9
from the Washington Park b o a t house to the c a m p u s of t h e State
University to d e m o n s t r a t e the feasibility of the bicycle as a legitim a t e and adult means of transportation in the city. Mayor Corning
has agreed to join the g r o u p when
it gathers at the Washington Park
b o a t h o u s e at 1:00 this M o t h e r ' s
Day. Governor Rockefeller has
been asked to endorse the bikeway c o n c e p t during Earth Week,
April 19 through the 2 4 t h .
Hundreds of c o m m u n i t i e s have
established bikeways over q u i e t
less-traveled streets, T h e p r o p o s e d
Albany
hi keway, would
be
m a r k ed
by
attractive
signs
approved by the National J o i n t
C o m m i t t e e on Uniform Traffic
Control Devices and a u t h o r i z e d
by the Federal Highway Administration,
U.S. D e p a r t m e n t
of
T r a n s p o r t a t i o n , which would run
on residential streets b e t w e e n
Washington and Western Avenues.
T h e group sponsoring t h e May 9
event, the Capital District Bikeway C o m m i t t e e , has been organized by Howard L. " P a t "
Malone a n d Richard R a n d i e s of
the State Budget Division staff
and Edward M. S o m e r s of t h e
State Assembly staff. T h e Committee is <dso r e c o m m e n d i n g t h a t
the State a n d t h e City c o o p e r a t e
!
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by c o n s t r u c t i n g a p p r o p r i a t e connecting p a t h s and c u r b r a m p s on
State a n d City p r o p e r t i e s along
t h e p r o p o s e d bike r o u t e .
" N o w t h a t the c o u n t r y seems
solidly c o m m i t t e d to improvem e n t in t h e e n v i r o n m e n t , " Mr.
Malone said, " p u b l i c officials are
obligated t o seek o u t and p r o m o t e
activities which foster a b e t t e r
e n v i r o n m e n t and
the
bicycle
makes good ecological s e n s e . "
As vice president of the Mohawk-Hudson
c h a p t e r of
the
League of American Wheelmen, a
century-old national organization
d e v o t e d to the " t w o - w h e e l e r , "
E d w a r d M. Somers is interested in
the sport of bicycle touring, a
rapidly growing form of recreation in this c o u n t r y . " A n awareness in cities t h a t t h e bicycle is a
force for quiet and clean air will
s t i m u l a t e d e v e l o p m e n t of bicycle
trails in t h e c o u n t r y s i d e , " Mr.
Somers said. " M a n y states already
have t h e m ; a b a n d o n e d railroad
beds are especially suited for the
p u r p o s e , " he a d d e d .
According t o r e p o r t s received by
S o m e r s , experience with b i k e w a y s
in o t h e r cities indicates t h a t traffic a c c i d e n t s are s h a r p l y r e d u c e d
on those streets m a r k e d as bike
r o u t e s . T h e signs remind m o t o r i s t s
t h a t t h e r o u t e be is following has
been designated to be shared with
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death from accidents, suicides or cancer. It has also
become a major cause of c r i m e : t o sustain their
habits, addicts in the U.S. spend more than $ 1 5
million a d a y , half of it coming from t h e 55 p e r c e n t
of crime in the cities which they c o m m i t a n d the
annual $ 2 . 5 billion worth of goods they steal.
Once safely isolated as part of tho destructive
funkiness of the black ghetto, heroin has s u d d e n l y
spread out i n t o Middle America, becoming as m u c h
a part of suburbia as the Saturday barbecue. This
has gained il the a t t e n t i o n it otherwise never would
have had. President N i x o n himself says it is spreading with " p a n d e m i c virulence." People are becoming aware that teenagers are s h o o t i n g u p at
lunchtime in schools and returning to classrooms to
nod the day away. But what they don't knovv-and
what no one is telling them—is t h a t neither the
volcanic crruplion of addiction in this c o u n t r y ivor
the crimes it causes would be possible w i t h o u t the
age-old international trade in o p i u m (from which
heroin is derived), or that heroin addiction —like
inflation, u n e m p l o y m e n t , and most of the o t h e r
chaotic forces in American society t o d a y - is directly related to the U.S. war in Indochina.
The c o n n e c t i o n between war and o p i u m in Asia is
as old as empire itself. But the relationship has never
been so s y m b i o t i c , so intricate in its n e t w o r k s and
so vast in its implications. Never before has the trail
of tragedy been so clearly marked as in the present
phase of U,S. involvement in southeast Asia. F o r the
international traffic in opium has e x p a n d e d in
lockstep with the expanding U.S military presence
there, just ns heroin has stalked the same y o u n g
people in U.S. high schools w h o will also be called
on to fight t h a t war. T h e ironies that have accompanied the war in Vietnam since its onset are more
poignant than before. At the very m o m e n t that
public officials are wringing their hands over the
heroin problem, Washington's own Cold War crusade, replete with clandestine activities t h a t would
seem far fetched even in a spy novel, c o n t i n u e s t o
play a major role in a process that has already
rerouted the o p i u m traffic from the Middle East to
Southeast Asia and is every day opening new
channels for its s h i p m e n t to the U.S. At the same
time the government starts crash programs t o
rehabilitate drug users a m o n g its young people, the
young soldiers it is sending to Vietnam are getting
h o o k e d and dying of overdoses at the rate of o n e a
day. While the Presidenl is declaring war on narcotics and on crime in t h e streets, he is widening the
war in Laos, whose principal p r o d u c t is o p i u m and
which has now b e c o m e the funnel for nearly half
the world's supply of the narcotic, for which the
U.S. is the chief consumer.
T h e story of o p i u m in Southeast Asia is a strange
one at every turn. But the conclusion is k n o w n in
advance: Ibis war has c o m e h o m e again in a silky
grey p o w d e r thai goes from a syringe i n t o America's
mainline.
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three-bladed knife. T h e p o d e x u d e s a w h i t e latex-like substance which is left t o a c c u m u l a t e and
thicken for a day or t w o . T h e n it is carefully
gathered, boiled t o remove gross impurities, a n d the
sticky substance is rolled i n t o balls weighing several
p o u n d s . A fraction of t h e o p i u m remains t o be
s m o k e d by the villagers, b u t m o s t is sold in nearby
rendezvous with the local smugglers. It is the M e o s '
only cash c r o p . T h e hill tribe growers can collect as
m u c h as $ 5 0 p e r kilo, paid in gold, silver, various
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"Mr. President, the specter of heroin addiction is
h a u n t i n g nearly every c o m m u n i t y in this n a t i o n . "
With these urgent w o r d s , S e n a t o r Vance H a r t k e
s p o k e up on March 2 in s u p p o r t of a resolution on
control being considered in the U.S. Senate. Estimating that there are 5 0 0 , 0 0 0 heroin addicts in the
U.S., he p o i n t e d o u t t h a t nearly 20 p e r c e n t of t h e m
are teenagers. T h e c o n c e r n of H a r t k e and o t h e r s is
n o t misplaced. Heroin has b e c o m e the major killer
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AND THE WAR GOES ON...
Not surprisingly, this was exactly the aim of the aerial bombing; the
"logic" could be seen in the claims of men like'Samuel Huntington,
chairman of the Department of Government at Harvard University. He
wrote in Foreign Affairs that a "direct application of mechanical and
convential power... on such a scale as to product* a massive migration
from countryside to city" would insure the defeat of the Viet Cong.
A ban was supposedly placed on the deadliest herbicide-Ageng
Orange- six months after it was reported by the government that large
doses caused birth defects in rats. But usage is continuing in Quang Tri
province in spite of the ban.
Not that it would make much difference. Most of the land is already
destroyed, food cycles upset, animal life altered, the rice crop
(essential to the village economy) destroyed. Democratic Senator
Gaylord Nelson has stated that the government has dropped six
pounds of chemicals per person in Vietnam.
And of course, there are always the atrocities committed by ground
troops. Testimony from veterans, gathered during hearings held by the
"National Veterans Inquiry into U.S. War Crimes" removes any doubt
that corporate America is guilty of war crimes - and that anyone who
remains silent is no better than the silent Germans of World War II.
Even the establishment press is reacting. The suburban Long Island
daily Newsday editorialized last week that: "Atrocities are being
reported more rapidly than they can be disposed of, The confessions
and the accusations are lulling up like bodies in a ditch and the stench
is beginning to rise..." The editorial went on to call for a "'War
Crimes Tribunal" to investigate the many cases of genocide in which
this nation has been involved.
And along with the stench comes the remembrances. Of brothers
and sisters who are fighting the atrocities at home. Thoughts of Kent.
And Augusta. And Jackson. Of My Lai. And body counts. Berkeley.
Angela Davis. Fred Hampton. Of CleaVer. And the Berrigans. And the
draft. Of struggle. Frustration. Impatience. Impotence.
And again the numbness is fading.
And once again, it is spring...
by Al Senia
An ASP Column
It has taken ten years, ten painfully long years, but people are
finally beginning to glimpse the truth. Through imposed press
blackouts and contradictory statements, through distorted statistics
and outright deceit, through word games and optimistic appraisals, the
word "atrocity" is more and more being equated with the American
venture in Southeast Asia.
Information is scanty to most, always difficult to come by. When
Laos was invaded, a press blackout was imposed. Next came the
imposition of a blackout on news of the blackout. Still, it did not
keep the "incursion" secret and it has not kept the media from
reporting news of the beating the South Vietnamese (or rather,
American mercenaries) have taken at the hands of the Vietcong.
The Secretary of State dreamt up more fancy phrases ("orderly
retreat," "mobile manuevering") but still the image of panicky South
Vietnamese retreating and grabbing on to the landing skids of
American helicopters to escape the "enemy" remains embedded in
one's consciousness. It is the image of a beaten army, sick of being
used for c a n n o n fodder by an insane little man named Richard M.
Nixon who happens, at this moment in time, to rule the world's
largest war machine.
Everyone is starting to realize who the true enemy is. For it has been
corporate America that dropped the napalm, corporate America that
"wasted" the women and children, corporate America that has made
Laos the most bombed nation in the history of mankind.
Like every other policy designed to combat the "enemy," the
intensive aerial bombing campaign has failed. But it has succeeded in
accomplishing one thing-it has completely destroyed the intricate
rural irrigation system used by neighboring villages to water their
crops and guarantee a steady water supply. The system had withstood
the trials of two thousand years of use-until American bombers came
along. Presumeably, this is what Nixon means by "protective
presence."
But the amount of destruction cannot be fully appreciated until one
considers the intensive aerial spraying campaign that corporate
America conducts in conjunction with the bombings. It has caused
birth defects, crippled food production, contaminated drinking water,
and caused more death.
The most celebrated case (and even this has been kept out of the
public eye) occurred in 1969 in the hamlet of Tu My. There, ninety
infants and children (twenty percent of the entire population) died
after being exposed to the herbicide "Blue." The Herbicide Assessment Commission has documented this through eyewitness accounts.
The also note that the peak year of herbtcidal spraying (1967)
corresponded with the peak year for still births.
And finally, they report an increase in birth defects in areas
exposed to spraying. Unfortunately, this is difficult to document. The
Saigon Ministry of Health has placed a "secret" classification on the
files of malformed babies.
Further investigation has been hampered by the refusal of the
American government to release requested information to the group.
She has become numbed by her own statistics, but they are there for
her children to judge. American planes have dropped six million tons
of bombs on South Vietnamese villages • 20 tons of explosives for
every square mile, and triple the amount dropped by the U.S. during
all of World War II.
This has resulted in the creation of millions of refugees one-and-a-half million in Cambodia (one-fourth the population), over
four million in South Vietnam, and 300,000 in Laos. This, in turn, has
caused a massive rural migration that has seen the population of the
major cities increase tenfold in the last fifteen years.
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be seen.
THE ARTS
J M U I Christ-Superstar will have a
repeat, performance on Saturday,
April 24 In the Art Gallery. Doors
will open at 7:30 and only the first
400 will be admitted. No one will be
admitted after 8:00 p.m.
IT'S HARD TO TOP
RoSENSj
Celebrate Israeli Independence Day
on Sunday, April 25, in the SUNYA
Gym at 3:00 p.m. There will be
Israeli singing, dancing, performances
and ruachl Admission is free; everyone is invited.
FASHION
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Union College Coffee House presents Patterns, and Scott Wagar and
Warren Litts Friday, April 23, at
8:30. Admission is only $1 with free
coffee and doughnuts.
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on Environment Studies please turn
them in as fast as possible. Thank
you -C.R.A.V.E.S. FA 218 or Campus Mail.
A BAD PLAY FOR AN OLD
LADY is a good way to end the day.
It wilt send you home believing again
you are alive. To help you out of
your rut, we've even scheduled it at
unusual times. Tonight at 10:01 p.m.
and midnight. Tomorrow at 7:30
p.m. and 10:03 p.m. Both nights in
the Arena Theatre. If you've never
seen a live minuet before, now'syour
chance, not to mention...well, we'll
do it. Will you? An Experimental
Theatre Production. In spectacular
color.
The Ukrainian Student Organization presents an exhibit of Ukrainian
Art, including ceramics, embroidery,
and hand-made objects, in the Campus Center lobby on April 26-May 1.
Chinese Club Is co-sponsoring a
film showing. "Storm over the
Yantze River.."Saturday, April 24, 7
p.m. Sage Lecture Hall, R.P.I. Ad
mission, $.50.
John Simpson, Frank and Paul, .ind
Otto Road will be performing al the
Campus Center Governing Board's
Spring Weekend Coffee House un
Sunday, May 2, from 1-5 p.m. in the
formal gardens.
ETC., ETC.
Studunis interHsled in applying for
Ihe Junior Year 1971/72 Study Program in Israel should contact the
Dupartmfi.it of Judaic Studies.
Attention Juniors and Seniors - I n
terested in studying other languages,
other cultures, linguistics, and education? And in put ting il all together
to teach minority children? Or
adults? Here or overseas? See Ruth
Blackburn or Richard Light in ED
112.
DRAFT COUNSELING
St. Cloud State College will again
offer a course which will tour leading
behavioral science attractions in Eastern United Slates. The 8 quarter
hour course will run from Aug. 20 to
Sept. 12. For additional information
write Gerald C. Mertens, Psychology
Department, St. Cloud State College,
St. Cloud, Minnesota 56301.
The 1971 TORCH is benTg given
out from 10-3:30 at the book sale
window in the tunnel. Sale will continue as long as copies remain. Price
is $1.00 with student tax, $10.00
without.
SSW Courses 301, Introduction to
Social Welfare and 302, Programs in
Social Wellare have been changed to
SSW 201 and SSW 202 for the Fall
semester 1971. Students must register under the new numbers.
PRIMER campus literary magazine, will be distributed this week in
ihe CC Lobby from 11 a.m. to 3
p.m. daily. Free with student lax.
$1.00 without.
In conjunction with Sprint) week
end, Colonial Quad Board will he
(jiving out kues on the traffic circle
on Saturday, April 24, 197 1, starting
at 1 p.m. 1 (Hire's a limited supply
and they will be distrihuifd on a
iirstcoine, first served basis.
The Eastern New York Botanical
Society has invited the Biology Club
of SUNYA on an early spring field
trip, Saturday, April 24. The trip will
depart from behind Ihe greenhouse
at 9:00 and return at 5 0 0 . Bring
your own lunch. Please sign up on
Ur Hillebrand's door-Biology 210.
Come to the Fairll Stale
Falr'71-Saturday, May 1, in ihe
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This annual farce will he published on May 1st and
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April 2 7 Jerry Rubin and Dave Del linger,
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April 3 0 "Settle Accounts with Albany's
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May I 7 "If the governmeni won't slop ilit;
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utilities. 462-0632.
10 Spd. Bike $35. Also VW Pushbutton Radio $25, Camping Lantern
& Ice Chest. Rich 434-2073.
For Sale: Farfisa organ, Leslie amp.
439-2997.
The annual election meeting of the
Jewish Student Organisation Hillel
will be held on Monday evening,
April 26, at 7 30 in CC 375. a lilm.
will be shown "Beyond Ihe Mirage"
the story of Israel, past and present,
in addition to electing officers lor
the coining term. All members and
non members are welcome,
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duv, April 27, ,H 7 ;«> pm. in LC 7
Admission Iron .ill invited to attend.
Sponsuied liv Cathaxis, AAC, CPC
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Pennsylvania, and authority on Asian
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ATTENTION: Wed. April 28
is the last issue this term that
||Classifieds will appear in.
Need a place to store your stuff
for the summer? Foot lockers,
cartons, elc. Real cheap rates.
Call
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Notice: 1-Birthdays cancelled for
Monday, April 26, 1971. 2-Laura
not admitted to Paxton concert.
3—Paxton confirms above.
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f u n d e d by
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C o n c e r n e d About
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Beautiful Duplex suitable 4-6 girls.
Available June 1 near Wash. Park.
Call 462-5024.
| $1.00 with tax
Tower E»*t Cinema
467 8583
Friday & Saturday
April 23rd & 24lh
LC 7
7 30 8. 10 pm
Admlsaion-S 1 2b ur $.75 arid State Quad card
!!
Summer Sublet: Juno 1, $230
month, upstairs apartment, living,
dining, kitchen, 3-4 bedrooms,
porch. One block from Draper. Call
Kris at 457-7877.
For Sale: Brand new—never used.
Kodak Hawkoye Instamatic Super 8
movie camera with film & carrying
case. Call 472 7419.
:
" 5 7 " - It's April 24.
To Cream,
Happy Birthday these days.
personals
To the stinker for being soft and
you. Love Doug.
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I'm looking for some peopla who
would like to go to Zihusun.jo, •
"primitive" fishing village 100 mils,
north west of Acapulco far from tha
trappings of sooper soonya civilisation, all summer. But 1 lack a car.
Frank Borzilleri, 457-4038.
Hi, Bea!—Love Warren
Happy Birthday Snookie Poohl
Yours forever-Hockey Puck.
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Summer Sublet-4 to 6 peoplB—
beautifully furnishod apartment/on
busline/ JUHB 1-Aug. 31-option to
lease. Call: Wundy 457 8993. Jorry
465-2724.
OVERSEAS JOBS FOR STUDENTS-Australia, Europe, So.
America, Africa, etc. All professions
and occupation, $700 to $3000 monthly. Expenses paid, overtime, sightseeing. Free information. Write:
TWA Research Service, Box 5591 A,
San Diego, CA. 92105.
Two female roommates needed for
summer. Own rooms. $36.25.
462-3915.
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Summer Sublet-ideal for 4, two
large bedrooms. Furnished $200/
month, includes utilities. Close to
bus. Available after M;iy 15. Call
Dennis. 457-7969.
Men of all trades to NORTH
SLOPE, ALASKA and the YUKON,
around $2800.00 a month. For complete information write to Job Research, P.O. Box 161, Stn-A,
Toronot, Ont. Enclose $3.00 to
cover cost.
We like you, Harriet, even if you
don't have the background. Right on,
Harriet. Happy Birthday! Suites 1, 2,
3.
Classifieds
Apt. Summer Sublet-1 or 2 people, furnished, near bus route.
$92/month including utilities. Call
Bob-463-0065.
Professional typist wanted to type
master's thesis. Phone: 399-7834.
Wanted: 2 bedroom apartment near
SUNY busline, starting June. Call
457-2190 or 457-3033.
4 room apt. for rent. Albany. June,
July 8. Aug. $125. 434-2743.
For Sale: New Panasonic Tape
Deck, old tapes. $100. Air conditioner. $25. 465-0256.
Last Campus Forum Wednesday,
April 28, 2 30 p.m in the Patroon
Lounge.
Wanted: Summer Sublet, anywhere
in Albany Area, for loving married
grad. couple-482-5600 or 489 6305.
Summer Sublet-3 BR, Air Cond,
Dishwasher. 10 min. on Northway
from SUNY. Quiet, Peaceful location. Call 434-8303.
4 track stereo. 7 in. Reel-Panasonic
with extra large speakers; accessories.
$225. Call 399-3937 before 2.
A well-written paper can mean the
difference in your grade! TERM PAPERS—completely edited for good
writing, references checked, grammar
corrected, punctuation corrected,
e.g.: footnotes. By a professional
writer—$5 {up to 20 pages on nontechnical pnpers). $15 for theses. $25
for dissertations. Call: 489-8288.
Now.
Wanted for September; apartment
for married couple near campus or
busline. Call: 489-3062.
Summer Sublet June-Aug. 2 BR,
Air Cond., Dishwasher. Easy lOmin.
on Northway from SUNY, Quiet,
Peaceful. Call 785-8722.
For Sale: Baby long-haired Guinea
pig. 436-1259.
For Sale: Stereo Component System. 457-4996. (Paul).
Wanted—4 bedroom apartment for
fall semester. Call Bob or Eric—4775094.
Summer sublet—option for fall.
Studio with kitchenette and bath.
Diane 462-1016.
Free kittens—striped and calico females—yellow and black and white
males. Call 456-6711 after 5 p.m.
SUNYA Draft
Counselors
-Meeting Tuesday, April 27, at 7:30
p.m. in the S.A. Office. Very important that .ill counselors attend! Will
discuss plans for counseling during
the summer, and next fall.
Three girls need roommate for summer apartment. Near bus. $52/
month. Private room. Call Gail,
438-4918.
C o r v a i r - ' 6 3 Checker-'64-393-7960.
For Sale: 10 gallon aquarium. Complete-fish, motor driven filter, more.
Will discuss price. 7850772.
MEETINGS
Wanted: Person or people to live
with in Gloucester, Mass. this summer. Call Aileen 457-8966.
Summer Sublet—3 bedrooms furnished. Near bus. Call Sue. 434-1409
or Maria. 457-3063.
1966 Saab Station wagon, rebuilt
engine, reasonable. 459-3434.
Newly elected ofliceis for Cathaxis
are, Co-chairman Steve Brown and
Chris Minet and Secretary-Treasurer,
Lin Kotowic/.
Wanted: 1 or 2 girls for summer
sublet-457-4764.
Apartment to sublet for summer,
on busline, reasonable. Call
457-7554.
1969 Volks Bus. 22,000 miles
clean. Asking $1900. 459-7084.
Registration information for overseas programs ot all SUNY units.
Summer and Fall, 19/1 class cards
are available at AU 238. You need
your permit and your program card
signed by your advisor. The packets
will be held in AD 238 until the final
day of pre -registration. International
Student I D. Cards are available in SS
111.
help wanted
Female Roommate needed to share
beautifully furnished apartment with
3 girls/on busline/own room/$70
mo./Sept 1-May 31. Call: Wendy
457-8993. Jeri 465-27?4.
Large Apartment-Summer sublot.
June 1 to August or September 1. 4
or 5 students-busline. 457-7874.
Sunbeam Alpine 1967, radials, wire
wheels, 39,000 miles, perfect, $900,
439-1274.
The People's Coalition for Peace
and Justice Events
Apt. available May 15, $175/mo., 3
persons, large, 2 bedrooms, unfurnished. State Street close to bus.
Call 449-1364.
Basement Apt. Sublet May 15-July
1.$70/mo. 459-3434.
1966 Dodge Dart. Air conditioned.
Good mechanical condition. Howie.
463-1052.
us a call at 4 5 7 - 2 1 9 0 .
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PAGE9
I ALBANY STUDENT PRESS
FRIDAY, APRIL 23,1971
The American Explorers Association is currently recruiting
applicants for salary-paid summer and fall positions with
private and institutional-affiliated expeditions to North and
South America, Africa and the
Far East.
Positions are available for
both experienced and inexperienced male and female students
in all fields. Students with interest and/or orientation in languages, engineering, archeology,
art, photography, teaching and
all natural sciences are of special
interest.
To apply complete a one page
typed resume that includes the
following information: name,
address, age, phone, relevant
work or recreational experience,
education and/or areas of special
interest, dates available, name(s)
of other students with whom
you wish to work, and any other
pertinent information.
In May your edited resume
will be included in our Directory
which will be sent to over 100
affiliated groups, organizations
and institutions actively planning overseas expeditions.
Send your resume with $6.00
processing fee to:
American Explorers Association
P.O.Box 13190
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19101
Kindly complete and mail
your resume no later than May
15,1971.
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FRIDAY, APRIL 23,1971
ALBANY STUDENT PRESS
PAGE 10
THE ASP SPORTS
by Rob Mirett
ThU past Tuesday the Great
Danes opened up at home and
came away with an impressive
blanking of visiting New PalU,
by the score of 3-0.
Freshman Kevin Quinn, who is
fast becoming the ace of the
by John OeBlasio
Albnty State mound staff, tossed
a two-hitter, allowing only two
singles. In winning his second
game of the season, the hardthrowing righthander walked no
one and struck out five while
going the route for the second
straight time. He was in complete
Z s k s Sjp<s&k§
by Robert Znremba
The A l b a n y S t u d e n t Press was privileged t o publish in Wednesday's issue, a
smattering o f garbled nonsense addressed to the Editor and signed by Theta Xi
Omega. U n d o u b t e d l y this masterpiece must have necessitated the summoning
up o f t h e c o m p o s i t e argumentative and literary skills o f T X O fraternity, their
executive b o a r d , b r o t h e r h o o d , honoraries, and close friends. The composite
Softball skills o f t h e same people c o u l d n ' t overcomean early lead taken by Four
Years A f t e r in a League I A M I A Softball game last Tuesday, and th is was the
incident t h a t served as i m p e t u s f o r one of the great literary arguments of our
time.
A l t h o u g h t h e letter implies the game started fifteen minutes late, the umpire
of the game has stated t h a t t h e previous game ended o n time (before 4:45) and
the game in question f o l l o w e d immediately afterward. The time l i m i t on this
Softball game, as it has been f o r all games this year, is one hour and fifteen
minutes. Hence i t has been general policy all season long that n o game that
Albany's Sal Rodriquez (left) has broken SUNYA's 440 record in his last two outings. His performance
Wednesday broke his own previous record, as he was clocked in 0:50.1.
—chow
starts on t i m e shall go b e y o n d 6 : 0 0 p.m., unless there is a tie or unless B O T H
team captains agree to c o n t i n u e play; the latter c o n d i t i o n is Inqhly unlikely since
the leading team has no reason t o risk a chance t o blow their lead.
F u r t h e r m o r e , regardless of when it started, A b b i e H o f f m a n was here that day,
Sailing Team
and the PE B u i l d i n g had accordingly announced th<it it w o u l d close .iftet 6 p.m.
This means all e q u i p m e n t had t o be i n , etc. and it was part of Mr. Yager's j o b .
as A M I A d i r e c t o r , t o see that this 6 p.m. deadline was met
Finishes First
Yager called t h e game at a f e w minutes before 6 p.m.. as 5'.' full innings were
complete, and t h e visiting team I T X O I was trailing. T o give T X O another t u r n
at bat w o u l d mean p l a y i n g another full inmnr
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and certainly w o u l d have p u t the
game b e y o n d its t i m e l i m i t .
The Albany Sailing Team
traveled to Marist College recently
where it outsailed four schools
and choppy seas to place first in
their second regatta of the spring
season. The four other schools
competing included Marist, Lafayette, Queens, and Stevens.
A total of 10 races were sailed
around a triangular course of
which Albany sailors took five
firsts.
Top skipper for the event was
Chris Follows, team captain of the
Albany sailing team. Skipper of the
B Division was Glenn Faden with
Sandy Graff, Gail Henry, and
Marsha Magrill as crews. Charles
Bowman accompanied the team as
assistant coach.
Coming up is a regatta that
Albany will be hosting which will
Skipper Chris Follows, wild crew Marsha Magrill, prepare for the
lake place tomorrow and Sunday.
start of Pace i \ on the Hudson River at Maris! College.
What's most interesting is that on several occasions earlier this season, the
T X O c l u b has been o n the w i n n i n g end of games that were called in identical
situations, in identical fashion, and for identical reasons. O n these occasions
somehow they d i d n ' t see f i t t o be so outraged a' M r . Yager's actions. Tuesday.
however, they were losing, and so the calling of the game turned (hem into an
uncontrollable pack of green meanies, as they kicked and huffed and hurled all
sorts o f verbal abuse at t h e A M I A director.
The more upsetting and p r o v o k i n g aspect of that letter of protest was in its
most
overtly
stated
implications. According
to T X O , the above
incident
show"the lack o f organization which has plagued the program since the start of
the year." T h e y c l a i m that this is due to the "inconsistency" of its Director
whatever the hell t h a t means, and that Mr. Yager has "singlehdndedly t h r o w n
A M I A into c o m p l e t e chaos."
Ridiculous, u n t r u e a n d unfair. The Albany M e n s Intramural Program happens
to be one of the most extensive programs of its k i n d in the c o u n t r y . This year,
under the supervision o f M r . Yager, even more activities have been added and
participation has greatly increased. T h e program has r u n remarkable smoothly
and e f f i c i e n t l y ,
despite a chronic
lack of funds
t i m e , space and student
assistance. A n d speaking of student assistance, the authors of that letter had the
audacity t o i n c l u d e t h a t "since A M I A is f u n d e d by the students, there is n o
reason w h y o n e m a n should p u t it upon himself to c o n t r o l the entire p r o g r a m . "
The fact isthat T X O themselves waived their o w n right to representation on the
A M I A c o u n c i l . T h e y s u b m i t t e d a name at the beginning of the fall semester b u t
he has n o t materialized at a single A M I A Council meeting during the entire
70-71 year.
To
so strongly malign A M I A ,
and Mr. Yager
in particular, on
account
of a loss in a Softball game, is most immature and terribly t -esponsible.
The letter, i n its final paragraph, concludes by calling the A M I A
" i n t o l e r a b l e . " T o those w h o f i n d A M I A
situation
" i n t o l e r a b l e " T H E ASP SPORTS
suggests t h a t y o u n o t participate in it and that y o u rush T X O . T o those w h o
find T X O intolerable, T H E ASP SPORTS wishes you good luck on your finals,
a happy and h e a l t h y summer, and best prospects for a winning A M I A f o o t b a l l
team next
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Commitsion
Friday, April
Noun time
Spring Weekend Picnic Dinner
All quail dining halls
Movie: BUTCH CASS1DY & THE SUNDANCE KID
q»t.irrl»iv.
Community Programing
Commission.
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Carillon Concert by FRANK PUTORTI
Noontime
WEEKEND
1 .11) pm (spun, by quad hoards)!-.
Kite Flying & Frisbce Flinging
Administration Circle
2 M pm
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23rd
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CC Cafeteria
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Bands and Beer
State & Colonial Quads
PRESENTS:
1 C 7 7: ill iSt III pm
JOHNNY WINTER plus TYRANNOSAURUS REX in concert
1 8 - 8 0 welcome...
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control throughout the game and
retired the last nine batters to face'
him. In 18 innings this season,
Kevin has permitted only seven
hits and no earned runs.
Outfielder Jim Lee hit a solo
homer in the third inning, his
second of the season. Lee has the
distinct ton of being the only player of the club to have hit any
round-trippers. Second baseman,
Rod Dunbar connected for a single and triple; the triple being a
380 foot drive to center field,
knocking in Jim Lee from third
base. States's other run crossed
the plate when third baseman Bill
Lapp slapped an infield single.
When the peg to first pulled the
visiting first baseman off the bag,
John Zimmerman raced home.
As in the previous game, buckup catcher, Jeff Saperstein, filled
in capably for ailing Jack Leahy.
Jack, one of the leading batsmen
on the squad, is out with bursitis
in the hip.
Over the weekend, the Danes
ran into Pittsburgh and had their
undefeated string snapped by a
10 pitcher's battle. The only run
of the game was unearned as with
two outs and a man on base, an
infield error allowed the runner to
come all the way around to score.
Started Nick Ascienzo went six
innings and after being lifted for a
pinch hitter. Vic Errattte hurled
the remaining two. Each team was
only able to produce four hits.
Rod Dunbar and Jeff Saperstein
Albany's Kevin Quinn follows through en route to a two hit shutout
picked up two hits apiece for the in the Dane's home opener last Tuesday.
—chow
Danes.
The game itself was a frustrating
one for both the team and Coach
Bob Burhngame, for going into it,
Albany State had been averaging 7
runs a game. But in this game all
of the Dane hits were scattered
and they found it difficult to even
advance a baserunner to third.
The contest ended on a sour note
.t-i a State runner was thrown out
at third base.
I he Ebene/er Howaid Project is presently looking for
Today. Albany is hosting RP1 at
students who wish to do independent study on some
;!PM and on Sat unlay a single
home game against rival Siena will
aspect of the proposed new community or in-town
be starting at '2PM. The team is an
rehabilitation housing projects. Students may apply for
exciting one and so if it's at all
from 3 to IS academic credits. Any student or
possible, it would be worth a walk
down to the lake to take a look at
students, who wish to work on individual or group
thus ballclub.
projects are invited to attend an interest meeting on
Friday, April 23 in CC 320 at 4:00 p.m. The range of
possible projects is wide and we are especially looking
for students with social science and humanities backgrounds.
fall.
Dr. William Abruzzi
Sing Along...
Saturday 8 - 2 . . .
JOHNNY WINTER
TICKETS on sale starting April 15, in CC Lobby from
Piece
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cast ol the Mississippi.
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ALBANY STUDENT PRESS
State 9 Win; QuinnThrows Two Hitter
Track Meet Tomorrow at 1:30
Tracksters 4-0;
Squash Oneonta
Albany State's Munseymen steam-rolled another opponent Wednesday afternoon for their 18th straight win. Their latest victim was a
hapless Oneonta State squad, as evidenced by the final score: Albany
108, Oneonta 37.
The winning streak extends over three years now, and as the
previous scores have indicated, there seems no end t o the Munseymen 's destruction. Only a team equally strong, deep and as enthusiastic as ours could provide ample competition and right now that team
seems pretty distant.
A new school record was set by Sal Rodriguez in the 440 with a
time of :60.1. Don Van Cleve and Dee Grilli once again dominated the
shot and discus, while Van Cleve also won the javelin. Other individual
State winners were Cliff McCarg in the 100 yd. dash, Pete Payne in the
mile and 880, Saul Moshenberg in the high jump and long jump, Nick
DeMarco in the two mile, John Streeter in the triple jump and Tommy
Moore in the pole vault.
By placing many finishers in the top three places, the Danes took
almost complete control of the meet. The team's depth is utterly
tremendous, as Coach Munsey keeps shifting his men among a variety
of events.
The trackmen entertain Plattsburg and Siena in a triangular meet
Saturday afternoon at home, so come out and cheer on a much
deserving track squad to victory. You'll be watching perhaps the
strongest team to ever represent this school in any sport.
FRIDAY, APRIL 23,1971
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ALBANY STUDENT PRESS
FRIDAY, APRIL 23,1971
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State Uniuersitu of New York at Albany
Vol. LVIII No. 33
300,000
JESUS CHRIST
Genuine love is so rare these
days, and it seems especially so on
this campus. That's what makes a
production like Jesus Christ, Superstar so important. As productions go, it is extremely good; but
of much more significance it has
proven to be a true instrument of
love.
The term "spontaneous theatre"
more than applies to this production. Its creation, synthesis and
execution can all be encompassed
in this term. It all began when
some of the campus clergy began
thinking of the possibility of Jesus
Christ, Superstar being done for
the Easter Season. They obviously
spoke to the right people, because
the word got to Maud Baum, who
organized the whole production.
She became interested immediately, and began to collect people to
be on cast and crew as she heard
of them. The whole production
sort of trickled together, from a
variety of sources. Quite soon
rehearsals began and the show was
on.
During rehearsal however, something amazing happened. The
members of the cast began Lo
really feel their parts, and take
each experience of the characters
they played, to heart. Hugh Hill,
who plays Jesus Christ, had been
brought from Harvard to dance the
role. Although he had danced the
part before, his interpretation was
founded on the feelings of the
total cast. Everyone became part
of a total love experience and was
able to transmit this emotion to
the audience.
It is hard to believe, that this
cast is not composed of professional dancers, with the exception
of the lead dancers. Jesus Christ,
superbly danced by Hugh Hill;
Mary, by (Jinny Goszewska;
Judas, by Fred Volenti; and Maud
Baum dances Mary's Dream.
Most people have heard by now,
of what went on at the last
performance. It is almost impossible to describe the joy and sadness, love and tragedy, experienced by everyone present in the
Art Gallery. Hopefully, this will
again happen; beginning at 8:00,
Saturday evening, again in the Art
Gallery.
March on Washington
by Bob Warner
Anywhere from 175.000 to 500,000 people swelled
Pennsylvania Avenue en route lo the Capitol to protest
the Indochina War and many of its ramifications. The
massive march and rally, despite Attorney-General
Mitchell's pessimism, was almost completely peaceful and
orderly. In fact, the march had been so well planned that
the entire program was underway at least an hour earlier
than expected.
Al 10:15 the marshalls began lo group the march and
by 11:00, the march to the Capitol had begun. The
original schedule called for the gathering al the Ellipse
near the Washington Monument. By 12 P.M. the march
was to begin and by 2 P.M. the rally should have been
underway.
With no interruptions, marchers poured around the
Capitol lawn from the parade route. Only until the rally
ended at 5 P.M. did the flow onto the Capitol grounds
reverse itself. The great concentration of people caused
traffic jams and virtually paralyzed any movement on the
roads for fiftv miles back.
SUPERSTAR
photos by chow
Monday, April 2 6 , 1971
Speakers Are Varied
Quite a few speakers addressed the rally. Among them
were Congressmen, clergymen, civil rights and peace
leaders, and writers. The remarks, at least for the better
half of the rally, were in essence the same. Richard Nixon
had to go. Immediate withdrawal of all troops from
Indochina was an urgent priority of America. And now
that the doves were a majorily of the nation, they must
use political power (most advocated action through the
electoral process) for the attainment of peace. It was also
resolved that the war is an especially barbaric one, and
that "for Nixon, dates are meant to be broken, nol
kept."
The vociferous Congresswomen Bella Ahzug (DemocratManhattan) said: "Well, it looks like everyone is here
today except Richard Nixon." Nixon was at his reLreat in
Camp David for the weekend. Although Abzug felt that
the President was unmoved by this massive protest, she
did think that the rally, especially the veterans' protest,
would move the Congress.
That sentiment of abject pessimism of influencing the
President was a recurrent theme of the rally. Congress
was cited as the only peaceful alternative left. A few
speakers acknowledged that the President was stubbornly
against peace in Southeast Asia, so it would be a waste of
time to direct protests at him. By nol renewing the draft
this June 110 and by not voting for war funds, this war
could be strangled, quite a few people on the speaker's
platform said. Congressman Herman Badillo (Democrat,
Tri-Borough district of New York City) who is the first
Puerto-Ft i can- American to serve in Congress, said:
"You've come In the right place" by coming to the
Capitol lo protest. Rev. Joseph DulTy, the Chairman of
the A.D.A,(Americans for Democratic Action) and 1970
candidate for the Senate, promised that "the greatest
voter registration drive in the history of this nation" will
be begun soon. And former Senator Omening of Alaska
agreed that the only hope for ending tin' war was in the
legislature.
America's Loss of Humanity
America's loss of humanity was bewailed by quite a
few speakers as well. Mrs. Corel la King called upon
America "to invest in humanity." The martyred civil
rights leader's widow called the war "inhumane and
insane." She especially mocked American values of
justice and of the good. "(Our Saigon) puppets have
been made to destroy for money," she said. "Mass
murderers bring a hero's welcome," she said in reference
to Lt. Galley. But Mrs. King> like all the black and
minority speakers at the rally, spoke of the connection
between the war, and poverty and repression: "Subsidies
for Lockhead," but crumbs for starving children. She
asked the people of this nation, in conclusion, to "declare
that the war...hunger, poverty, and repression are over."
Ralph Abemalhy rang the same chord as Mrs. King,
except that he was perhaps more militant in his outrage.
"The real hero in this war is not Lt. Calley...or the
Commander-in-Chief.... We must understand this war as
the major showing of racism and exploitation (in this
counlry)."
Florence Luscomb, a veteran suffragette, and Congressman Abna Mikva of Illinois agreed with Abernathy's
indictment of American humanity. Luscomb said: "Not
since Hitler killed six million Jews has any government
committed such atrocities as the Indochina War." Mikva
said in reference to our refusal to honor free elections in
Vietnam: "Our [15)68 Presidential) election didn't turn
out too well, but nobody defoliated us."
Senator Hartke Speaks
The highest political official in this counlry who
spoke at the rally was Senator Vance Hartke, Democrat
of Indiana. "Out now!" he yelled into the microphone.
"America's commitment is to mankind." Hartke, as well
as others, said that, the "prisoners of war will be released
when the war ends." Hartke said that it is ludicrous to
expect an enemy to release its prisoners before a peace
treaty is signed. After all, he said, America has never
released her prisoners of war prior to any peace agreement in any of her previous wars.
Rights for the Minorities
The last dozen or so speakers diverged from the main
theme of the rally, (peace in Indochina). Such causes as
Third World, black equality, Chicnno rights, homosexual
rights, and representation for the District of Columbia
were espoused. Angela Davis' mother spoke in defense of
her daughter's innocence. She mentioned the unfairness
of leaving Calley relatively free on house arrest, while
Bfe.
confining
Davis to a jail cell without rights of bail.
Armando Trevino, a Mexican-American spokesman said
that, "Richard Nixon has no conscience."
The solutions for anti-war actions were varied. Some,
like Dellinger, (member of the Chicago 8) called for tax
resistance (i.e. defense percentage of income tax, federal
phone lax). "The people of the U.S. must stop the
government from waging war, said the Chicago 8 defendent. But Dellinger stressed that we should not use the
violent methods of the government to protest the war.
Others, especially the Congressmen and partisan political leaders there, underlined the importance of action
through the political process. If Congress and the
President are to be on the side of peace, men with similar
philosophies with the peace movement must be elected,
they said.
Congressional Sponsors
The rally, which was initiated by the National Peace
Action Coalition, was sponsored by 11 U.S. Senators.
Nine of the 1 1 Senators are Democrats; the list includes:
Mike Gravel of Alaska, Fred Harris of Oklahoma, Vance
Hartke of Indiana, Philip Hart of Michigan, Harold
Hughes of Iowa, George McGovern of South Dakota,
Edmund Muskie of Maine, John Tunney of California,
Harrison Williams of New Jersey, Clifford Case of New
Jersey, and Jacob JaviU of New York.
Forty Congressmen including the non-voting representative from the District of Columbia also supported the
march and rally, 39 of the 40 are Democrats; the only
Republican supporter was Ogden Reid of Westchester,
New York. Out of the 40 House sponsors, 14 were from
the New York delegation.
Entertainment
The four hour rally was not a set of continual speakers,
however. Peter, Paul, and Mary, Country Joe, and Pete
Seeger were the most notable of the entertainers who
broke the seriousness of the speech-making, although the
songs were alt anti-war. Peter, Paul, and Mary sang
"Blowin' in the Wind," and "Give Peace a Chance" this
time because the time had come to drop any sense of
politeness in our demands to end the war.
San Francisco March
A massive anti-war protest was staged simultaneously in
San Francisco. Approximately 75,000 to 125,000 people
marched six miles through San Francisco demanding an
immediate end to the war. The march began in the San
Francisco Bay waterfront and ended up in Golden Gate
Park for the rally.
According Lo the Associated Press, thousands of signs
were waved saying things like: "Nixon-Mass Murderer,"
and "Nixon, Yi u're Blowing It Up," Half i dozen
marchers carried a red plywood bomb labeled Nixon's
Big Peace Plan."
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