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Friday, January 24, 1975
Faltering Danes Drop Fifth
by Bruce Maggki
After a mediocre 2-3 road trip, the'
Albany State basketball team
returned home Tuesday night, hoping
that their home court would turn
things around. But the magic of Univcrsity.Gym did not hold, as Harry
Shcehy and Fred Dittman put on
their own magic show as they led
Williams College to a 75-71 over
Albany. The win broke Albany's 12
game home winning streak, and
dropped the Danes to a 6-5 record.
Sheehy, Dittman star
Sheehy and Dittman combined
for 54 of Williams points as both
men shot an incredible 60 per cent
from the field. Beating Albany was
nothing new for Shcehy, as he
starred in last year'svictory over the
Danes. He was simply on fire in the
second half, as he scored 19 points
and was unstoppable.
The Danes played far from the
kind of ball that they showed before
the semester break. Gone was the
Danes In a winning •(fort against RPI In the Capital
District Tournament.
tenacious . defense. Albany's fast
break was ineffective. The team's
biggest problem was in rebounding
as Albany was murdered under the
boards. Williams constantly followed up their missed shots with one or
two easy shots from underneath,
while Albany often had to settle for a
single shot. Albany was also taking
low percentage shots, as many of the
ballplayers felt impelled to shoot if
they got a pretty pass.
Perhaps the biggest problem for
Albany In a losing cause versus Williams Tuesday.
the Danes was the lack of a leader on
the court. They needed someone to
take charge and settle the team down
when things weren't going their way.
Last year Bryon Miller took the
pressure off the team with his clutch
shooting. This year their is no Miller
to save the Danes, and it showed late
in the game Tuesday. In the closing
moments Albany tried desperately
to close the gap, but failed because
they forced shots from all over the
court.
The game opened with Williams
takingan early lead, as Dittman and
his teammates had the hot hand.
Albany seemed tight, as they managed one basket in the first live
minutes. The Danes settled down
and Eddie Johnson's shooting enabled Albany to lake the lead for the
first time 14-12. For the next couple
of minutes it was u shoot-out as both
teams were hot and traded baskets.
/.one stifles Danes
With Albany leading 30-28,
Williams switched lo a zoncdefensc.
and completely stifled! the Danes.
Albany failed to work the ball in lor
an inside shot as they forced shots
from too far out and the shots did
not drop. Williams ran off nine unanswered points to close the half,
and went into the lockcrroom
leading 37-30.
The Danes were able to eopo with
Williams' /one in the second half as
Johnson once again had the hot
hand. Albany closed to within throe.
47-44, but Williams pulled back to
their seven point lead. With almost
ten minutes lo go in the contest,
Albany received a technical foul.
This, plus the insertion of Rich
Kapner into the lineup, seemed to
spark the Danes. The offense started
to roll and the team finally started
playing some defense.
Bob Audi put in two foul shots to
bring the Danes within two. His field
goal tied it at 54-54, but that would
be the closest Albany would get.
Sheehy and Dittman took charge,
and Williams opened up an eight
point load as the clock ticked under
the throe minute mark. Albany tried
to come back, but their forced,
hurried shotsdid not drop. The Pups
closed within four, hut Williams
hung on lor a 75-71 victory.
Ed Johnson led the Dane scorers,
as he chipped in 17 points. Hard
working Hob Audi finished with Id
points. 15 in the second half.
The Danes must now regroup 1
their forces unci start playing some J
solid basketball. They must get!
better production from Pole Koolal
and Tom Morphis. I hey can't keep!
giving the oppostion second audi
third chances at the basket!
Morphis. who was so impressive ml
the Capilal District Tournament^
could do little against Williams. Ila^
must use his height and weight lo hiij
advantage.
Offensively. Albany must worfl
for better shots. I hoy can't ius||
throw the ball up.
Iho talent is there as evidenced 1
the team's early victories and ihejj
win over Buffalo State. Iho leaf
must work harder, if they have anjj
hopes lor (he SUNYAC Crown. I'M
team gels a chance to turn thing
around, when it faces Southern C'onl
necticut tomorrow al Universit]
Gym. Game time is 8:30 p.m.
Wrestlers Suffering From Injuries
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friends. A friend 111 call John considers himself oat to Mmsilf,fefctmask}, the tomajaaaty Mat
society, but not to any friends or acquaintances. He feels that now that he has coast to gripe wh*
his homosexuality and built up his confidence as an IndlvMual H data apt pay to risk Ms
friendships by revealing himself. John feeh It at useless to "Upset the apple cart," fearimj that
people would react to him differently
•Gay Like Me on the ASPects centerfold, pates 4P and 5P.
by George Miller
The Albany State wrestling team
burdened with costly injuries to key
players since the start of the season
in early December has thus far
struggled to a mediocre 2-5-1 record.
in their most recent mutch Coach
Joe Oarcia's Great Danes hosted
Williams College and Fairlcigh
Dickenson University Wednesday
evening. The best the varsity could
produce from this outing was an 18IX tie with Williams, while suffering
a 24-18 set back to Fairleigh Dickenson.
Against Williams, it was an even
and exciting contest right down the
line. The outcome rested on the final
match which posed Tom Cleary of
Albany versus Jackson of Williams
in the heavyweight division. It was
one of Albany's brighter spots of the
night as Cleary was able to defeat his
man by the slight margin of 9-8 to
gain a tie for the Danes.
In the 118 lb.division Albany was
forced to forfeit all its matches, litis
proved lo be the most severe blow, as
they lost six valuable points to each
team. In both cases ihose six points
proved to be whal could have been
the margin of victory for Albany.
At 126 lbs. Albany's Brian Jubrcy
decisioned William's Sunders 10-2.
In the 134 lb. class Frogulc of
Williams decisioned Albany Stale's
Vic Oagliardt 14-4, Since the
William's man was able to defeat his
opponenl by more than ten points he
was awarded a superior decision
thereby gaining for his team four
points rather than the usual three for
a win.
Co-captain Larry Mints also won
by a superior decision over Coleman
of Williams 13-3.
Rhodes of Williams was able to
shut out Albany's Jeff Golden 6-0 for
three points.
At 158 lbs., Albany State and
Williams wrestled to a 5-5 tie as
neither D'Ambrosio or Mitchell
were able to gain an upper hand and
take the decision. As a result both
teams were rewarded 2 points.
At 167 lbs., Rick Robbins of
Albany look the decision over Conanl of Williams 6-1. At 177 Tom
Horn of Albany was victorious over
I olios of Williams while Hubbard of
Williams squeezed past Ethan Allen
8-3.
In iheir match with FDU Albany
showed some line wrestling in the
lower and middle weight classes but
ran into stiffer competition in the upper divisions where they ultimately
lost it.
Al 134 Vic Gugliardiiind Dickenson's Met* wrestled to a low 2-2 tie.
Larry Mims was able to put Albany
out in front with his second superior
decision of the night 13-1. However,
licit/ of FDU tied things back up ut
12-12 by defeating Albany's Jeff
Golden 12-0 at ISO lbs.
At 158 lbs. D'Ambrosio won it for
Ihc Danes with a 3-0 decision. State
moved further into the load as Rick
Rohbins was able to wrestle an 8-2
decision from Dickenson's Dressier.
Things started to turn sour at 177
lbs., when Seuly decisioned Tom
Horn 8-3.
The big match that pul Fairleigh
Dickenson in the driver's seal was
when their man Sapicnza pinned
Ethan Allen ol Albany at 5:06. This
tall gave Dickenson six big points
and a 21-18 edge with only one
match remaining.
In the heavyweight class Dickonson's Klein was able to seal the verdict by defeating font Cleary 6-2.
Last Saturday, the varsity had a
rough time of il as they dropped all 3
ends of Iheir quadrangular match,
27-10 to Unionand 35-6lo Potsdam,
and 24-16 lo St. Lawrence.
A large void is definitely felt in the
lineup hy the absence of Doug
Bauer, out with a rib injury, Don
Mion at 190 lbs. and AII-SUNYAfl
heavyweight champion Rudy Vidfl
who is still suffering from injuries ut
eurred before vacation. Il is hope
thai Mion may he hack in form fof
the Oneonla mulch next Wednesl
day.
Road meet tomorrow
Iho varsily will try to put all:
together tomorrow when they travel
lo face Amherst. Southern Conf
nolicui, and Lowell at Amherst.
Women to Open Tomorrow
by Mike I'iekarski
Yes, there Is a women's varisty
basketball team on this campus.
And yes, they tto play basketball. If
you have never seen lltcse girls play,
you're in lor quite a surprise.
Coach Barbara Palm's squad is
getting "psyched up" for tomorrow's
season-opener al Oswego, and with
hopes of improving upon last yettr's
5-4 record; the worst in Ms. Palm's
recent memory. But it won'l be easy.
The loss of Liz Gilliam leaves Coach
Palm with four sophomores and
seven freshmen on her 11-girl leant.
So, inexperience will be a major factor in Albany's seasonal outcome.
Fortunately, all four sophs ure
returnees from last year and will be
seeing plenty of action.
Mary Ellen Foley and Wendy
Gath are co-captains and returnees,
along with Cathy Dower and Vicki
Ciirko. Girko is the only starter from
last year's team and Gath (known as
the "super sub") was quite a
sparkplug in many of those games.
Freshman Vila Davis looks very
promising and may be the key lo
Albany's success. She is an excellent
jumper and (albeit a guard) should
be the primary rehounder, and,
possibly, scorer. Sue Winiltrop
seems lo be lite team's hosl shooter
and has impressed Coach I'alm with
her lall-around consistency. Sue is
recovering from an accident hut still'
should see considerable playing
time, Dorothy Colctti will probably
be battling Girko for the center slot,
but the coach stresses thai there will
be no automatic starling line-up]
that il is subject lo change. I'hfl
a f o r e m e n t i o n e d players will
probably comprise the starling five!
Rounding out the squad arq
Dorothea Drown, Nancy II
Lauren Harris,and Maiilyn HiudenJj
Height will definitely be
problem, as the Utiles! girl on the
squad, Vicki Girko, is listed as only
5'9". Rebounding difficulties may
uIfoct lite Inst break Ms. Pain
prefers. Coach Palm is hoping fojij
the best and said, "we'll rely on n run J
ning and hustling game to keep us inf
it." "We're striving for a team off
fori," 'she said when queried ubou
any individual lo watch for, but sh
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Students Return; Russian Exchange Complete
by Nancy Abaugh
The first thing the ten students
noticed in Moscow were the immaculate subways. But the city itself
was grey. And the people seemed
grey, loo.
Don DePalmu, one of the ten
SUNY students who just returned
from a semester in Moscow last
semester was struck by the "uniqueness of the Russian people."
"They are confused about who
they are. One is struck hy the fact
that they arc stuck between the East
and the West. It's a closed society.
"One ol the. most interesting
character revelations about the
Russians is that they very rarely
smile. I guess that is an American
I mil. but they used lo come up lo us
and say, 'What is it about you
American? You're always smiling'.
" A n o t h e r thing thai tells
something about them is that they
niton drink shot alter shot of
vodka." Don smiled, remembering,
"flic strange thing is not many
people really enjoy the taslo of it.
I hey never mix il with anything
just drink il straight." He grimaced,
"I can't look at vodka anymore -I
have to close my eyes." Silting back,
he slid his brown Foster-Grant
glnssosup liisnoseand thought for a
minute. "You know, 1 really think it
might boa failure of ihem to provide
a spiritual value lo life . . ."
Hut. "Lenin isa (iod to them, and
communism is iheir religion.
"By the time we wore there for a
while, we were getting tired of the
Soviet religion, and Ihc Czechs felt
the .same kind ol ambivalences wo
did, so wo got along . . . Il was hard
to say good-bye lo some of them. Wo
made some close friends.
"The courses we had were pretty
good. We wore split up into two
groups of live each because our
knowledge ol Russian wasn't good
enough lo go into ihc regular Institute classes, but il was nil right."
1 he ten who went wore from
different SUNY schools: Robert
Kinizel. I crry Jo Corarolo, Annette
Jarniak, Nina 1 oan.TanyaSliulgin.
Don Dcl'alma, Lorraine Foreman,
I ynn Stone, Morris Rabinko, and
\mlreil Hoesing. I heir advisor, Ed
Soulln horn SUNY Oswego.
Touring downtown Moscow. Left to Right: Lynn Stone, Don DePalma, Annette Jarmak, Morris Rabunko, Nina Loan, and Terri Ceravolo.
brought his family something that
surprised the Russians, who aren't
allowed to leave the country together
with iheir families.
Iheir courses were rather standard tare for anyone who studies
abroad:
Phonetics. "Which vvas difficult.
You see, the problem here is that
whal wo sludyai Albany is limited lo
what Iho emigres (most of whom
have lived in Franco or somewhere
before coming here) toll us so that
Ihc intonation vvc learn here is
hilarious to them."
Lexicology was lexicology, and
the Americans look a film course
"a hunch of boring films about ihc
Soviet Union designed hy Moscow
Stale University lor increasing
language usage and comprehension."
Soviet culture, Soviet lilcniluie.
practical Russian, and translating
Irom l.nghsh to Russian were the
olhoi courses they studied.
"I he school was a lot like our high
schools you know, smoking
between the classes, the girls on one
side of the hall and the guys on the
other. Classes wore an hour and a
half long, and they were mostly pretty good. 1 know my Russian improved."
"Il was strange, though, after a
while we started to almost lose our
American identity lo forget things
about America, bin every month, as
il turned out. we had some kind of a
get-together thai reminded us of
home. One time in October, after wo
were there about a month, we went
lo dinner at the Manager of the
Moscow Chase Manhattan Hank's
house. He had about three or four
average Soviet apartments pul
together, so it was really big and really nice not like the usual Moscow
scene. Il was there that we had the
only green salad the whole lime we
woic in Moscow."
"In November, we went to the
apartment of Walter Stessin, the
Smeiican ambassador. Il was right
alter Vladivostok:
"Any interesting scoops'.'"
"It was fanlastic. talking to him:
He said that Ford was not as
aggressive as Nixon, but that they
goi some things done."
Speaking of Nixon:
"The Russian people really like
him because of the detente. They
really don'l understand what
happened to him."
Another lime, they wont to a
Soviet rock concert, but the music
was straight American. It vvas only
alter the concert they learned Iho
group they had heard was one thai
performed only at embassies and
played only Western music "jazz
and rock. They did ./.('. Siifterxlar
and si Ml I Irom Chicago and Blood,
Sweat and fears."
Another reminder of America was
the lime Sen. James Buckley came to
Moscow to visit."Ho headcdsiraight
lor the synagogue to talk to the Jews
who wanted lo leave the Soviet Union. Then he wont lo talk to some
other dissidents. And Ihut idiot He
couldn't figure out why ihc Soviets
weren't too cordial lo him."
Some ol the controls on the
students were strict as they are in all
ol Russia. "Russia isa country oflitllc slips of paper. You have lo show a
paper to change rubles into
American dollars. You have to show
a pass lo leave the building and one
lo gel into a building."
"We lived in a hotel." Annette Jarmak (a grad student here) said on a
recent WTEN interview."and alone
lime, the hiibuska downstairs didn't
know wo could leave, or who we
were, so we were stuck in the hotel
lor throe days or so .. . Hopefully,
the next group will live in the
dorms."
Don complained thai the hotel
was loo far from the campus and ihe
dorms ill the Moscow Institute for
Foreign l.angiiageSiudy."It'sabout
lorty minutes lo the campus, depending on the connections you make
thus lo Irain). and then another fifleen minutes, al leasl to the
dorms . . . l:\ei\liineweshovvedup
al the dorms somebody, especially
the Czechs, would pull out a bottle of
vodka and we'd have a party."
Recycled Meatballs
" I he food was horrible." Moscow
is a grey cily. and the food was also
grey. Recycled meatball, two kinds
ol cabbage (cooked and raw), and
braid were standard. I have to conless, and I told this lo Norb Zahm
(FS A Director ol food Service) the
other day (hut when I came back
here, and I couldn't believe how
good the FSA food tasted compared
to the Russian! dormitory food.
SA Alerts Students to Tuition or Board
Hike, OCSC Work, and Reciprocity
h) Kick Pulley
S.A. President I'at Cumin held a
news eonteionco vcsleidiiy lodiscuss
upcoming changes lor the spring
seinoslci that affect most Albany
students. These include possible tuition, board, and F.S.A. price hikes,
increased O.C.S.C. (Off-Campus
Student Coalition) activities lo aid
o i l - c a m p u s students, and a
reciprocity policy between participating S.A.S.U. member schools.
Much ol the conference concerned
rumors of tuition increases for
S.u.N.Y. students. Cumin explained Ihut all the informal ion up to now
has been heresuy and thai « definite
\cs or no answer on a tuition inciease would come alter the budget
has been decided upon this Saturday.
Carey Promises
Governor Carey has promised no
increase in tuition lor the stale
schools and as a result the desired increase in tuition may be reflected instead in higher hoard rales.
There was also mention of a
possible separate student health tax,
which up to now has been included
in regular tuition charges.
Speaking lor lite Off-Campus Student Coalition ut Ihc conference was
Robin Sinister. She explained that
ihc O.C.S.C. plans to intensify itsuciiwlcs lo assisi oil campus students
by studying city housing and zoning
codes. This would help the organization advise students on landlordlonunt problems thai are created
when more than throe people live in
the same apartment,
Booklets
The O.C.S.C. also plans to distribute booklets lo off-campus
sludenlsthul would explain the complicated housing code and help solve
such problems us where lo complain
iibnui housing problems when an inspection would reveal lour or more
people living in the complainant's
house.
S.A. Vice President Ira Hirnhaum
discussed the now S.A.S.U. plicy of
reciprocity between member
schools. The policy allows any student at a S.A.S.U. member school to
have Ihc same rights and privileges
of lux paying students al all other
participating schools, This would include (with minor exceptions) ticket
sales lo concerts and most other
citmpus-sponsored activities at the
following schools: C a n t o n ,
Binghumpton, Cortland, Delhi,
Oneonlu, Gencseo, Univ. of Buffalo,
and Farmingdulc. More schools are
cxpecled to aprticipute shortly.
"You can get some American
food -or at least food that we're
used to -in the foreign currency exchange stores. You see, the Soviets
like to have foreign currency coming
into the count ry, so they encourage it
hy running these stores where you
cun get Pepsi and lettuce and good
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Russian Emigre Teitelbaum to Speak
Oregori Teitelbaum, a Ruiiian
Jew recently permitted to immigrate
to Israel, will speak at SUNYA thii
Wednesday afternoon at 3:00 p.m.
in Campus Center room 37S. He is
currently on a six-week tour of the
United States on behalf of the United Jewish Appeal to emphasize the
plight of Russian Jews.
Oregori and Tamara Teitelbaum
spent monthsin efforts to secure permission to emigrate from their home
in Moscow to Israel. With the help of
some members of the Albany Jewish
Community and United Jewish
Appeal, they now live in Tel Aviv,
Israel, where Mr. Teitelbaum can
pursue his profession as a photojournalist.
Americans read and hear about
the difficulties of Russian minority
groups who want to leave the Soviet
Union but are denied permission by
their government. The recent trade
bill between the Soviet Union and
the United States included an
amendment to assure emigration
rights for at least a minimum
number of these people. Since the
bill was signed, however, Russia has
blatantly announced her intention
not to adhere to its terms, and no one
in this country has cared to insist on
law enforcement.
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Mr. Teitelbaum's description of
living conditions amid pressure, extortion, and indiscriminate spies tells
us just how important the ammendment is to these Russian minorities.
The Albany Jewish World quoted
him last month: "Freedom...you
take for granted; you have it...But to
be able to get up and go. ..to come, or
not...our whole life is infected in
Russia with this lack . . . "
The money raised in a United
Jewish Appeal campaign is not spent
.^H
Impact and Change Mark Women's Conference
SAIGON, South Vietnam (AP)
,
Le Due Tho, the North Vietnamese leader who negotiated the Vietnamese
cease-fire agreement signed two years ago yesterday, has declared the Ford
administration is "giving a new path to the war" by urging additional military
aid for the Saigon .government.
In military action, the South Vietnamese command said two of its A37
bombers were shot down today by North Vietnamese antiaircraft missiles
during a battle west of Saigon near the Cambodian frontier.
PARIS (AP)
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President Anwar Sadat of Egypt arrived in Pans today seeking French
weapons and diplomatic support in the Mideast conflict.
Sadat, on his first visit to a Western country since he became president in
1970 was greeted at Orly Airport by ' President Valery Oiscard D'Estaing.
Sadat and Giscard d'Estaing were to hold their first working session
yesterday. The Egyptian president is accompanied by a high-powered
delegation including War Production Minister Ahmed Kamaled Badri.
Mr. Qrtgorl Ttitalbaum who will spsak hart tomorrow afternoon In
BELFAST, Northern Ireland (AP)
tlw Campus Cantar.
Belfast newspapers reported that the army council of the Irish Republican
for any arms or military equipment.
Albany State is being planned for Army's Provisional wing might announce a new cease-fire in Northern
Israel Emergency Fund is a camthis semester, with further details to Ireland today.
The papers said the army council met Sunday in Dublin.
paign of UJA which is granted tax- be announced in the near future.
Reports of a new cease-fire have been circulating since British officials met
exempt status under the Internal
Mr. Teitelbaum's engagement on
Revenue Code as a charitable Wednesday is sponsored by the last week with representatives of Sinn Fein, the IRA's political front, to
organization
d e v o t e d to Jewish Students Coalition-Hillel, discuss renewal of the Christmas truce that expired Jan. 16.
SOUTHAMPTON, Bermuda (AP)
humanitarian needs, i.e., "rescue, with the cooperation of the Albany
The United States team was expected to withdraw from the world contract
relief, rehabilitation." The monies go Jewish Community Council. All
to the Jewish Agency and Joint Dis- members of the university communi- bridge tournament yesterday in protest against the failure of the World
Bridge Federation to expel two Italian players accused of cheating by using
tribution Commission which handle ty are invited to attend.
foot signals.
only social welfare needs such as immigration and absorption centers,
After discussing the charges by an American journalist and others against
( Z N S ) Cecil Slemp of
immigrant housing, and vocational
Gianfranco Facchini and Sergio Zucchelli for nearly eight hours, the
Jarrettsville, Maryland, has come
training. Monies also go to areas
Federation's Appeals Committee announced the two Italians were
up with a reversed shoe that has
other than Israel, like Iron Curtain
"severely reprimanded for unnatural movements of their feet and touching
the heel in front and the toe
and Arab countries (under the
their partner's feet."
behind. Slemp has been trying lo
auspices of JDC) to provide food
sell hisinvention to the Pentagon.
Allegations against the two Italians resulted in the postponement until
and clothing to Jews there.
later yesterday afternoon of the fifth round match between Italy and the
He believes the shoe has
United States. But the U.S. team announced earlier it would not play against
military possibilities in that it
Mr. Teitelbaum's three-day stay in
a team that included Facchini and Zucchelli, und the Italian team said it
would leave tracks leading in the
the Albany area will hopefully help
would quit the tournament if the two players were suspended.
opposite direction than the,
to begin the Albany Jewish Comwearer actually marched.
munity's UJA Campaign for 1975. A
WASHINGTON, (AP)
similar campus-wide campaign at
Volkswagen, a German manufacturer of small cars, told the
Environmental Protection Agency today it will follow the major American
companies in seeking a one-year extension of 1977 auto emission standards.
Arthur R. Railton, vice president of Volkswagen of America, the U.S.
branch, said in prepared testimony at an EPA hearing that Volkswagen was
achieving the 1977 standards in laboratory engine tests.
But healso stated that thccompany'sexhaust-cleaningcatalystsdo not last
long enough to meet U.S. standards and the results of the tests did not
said that the rule interfered with
provide enough margin to ensure the assembly-line cars would meet the
marital privacy and forced graduate
standards and stay within them.
students to put toddlers in
The EPA has been holding hearings on requests for a one-year suspension
"psychologically damaging" boarof ths 1977 standards, which currently require steep reductions in emissions
ding homes while their parents were
of hydrocarbons, carbon monoxide and nitrogen oxides.
in school.
LOS ANGELES (AP)
No Appeal
Can the movie industry continue to defy the nation's economy and
During the hearing of the case,
maintain prosperity in 19757 Film leaders are confident, and they point to the
students living in the dormitory
list of attractions for the coming year.
testified that they had experienced
While many other industries were hurting in 1974, motion pictures made n
more noise and less of an "academic
startling comeback.
environment" in all-student dorms
Daily Variety reports that America's film theaters did their best business
in their undergraduate years than
since the postwar boom of 1946. Income is estimated to have reached as high
they did in a graduate dormitory
as 1.675 billion, an 18 per cent jump over 1973.
otherwise. He called the school's at- with children.
Several reasons have been offered: the search for escape in troubled limes,
titude "perfectionist" and agreed
SUNY has not yet acted to appeal
the need of neighborhood entertainment during the gas shortage, ami
with the students who filed suit who the decision.
disenchantment with television.
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Perhaps the soundest reason lor the box-office upswing was the
appearance ofappealingattractions.startingofftheyearwith The Sling. The
Exorcist and I'apillon and ending with TVre Towering Inferno, Earthquake,
The Godfather, Part II, Young Frankenstein. Lenny, and The Man with the
Golden Gun.
Judge Rules Kids O.K. in Dorms
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(CPS)—A U.S. District Court
Judge has ruled that the State University of New York at Stony Brook
cannot prevent married graduate
students from keeping their children
in dormitories with them.
SUNY/Stony Brook had forbidden children in the graduate
dorms on the grounds that there
were no "supportive community
facilities" for family living, such as
full bath and kitchen facilities. In addition, the ban on children was
necessary to preserve an "academic
atmosphere" in the graduate dormitories, said the school.
But Judge Orrin Judd ruled
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In the Jan. 27 issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association.
they describe lour cases, including one which proved fatal, in which patients
developed agranulocytosis after taking these herbal medicines. They suy
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by Audrey Seidman
Over fifty women of all ages
and vocalions exchanged ideas,
related experiences and vented
theiroccupational frustrations at
the " W O M A N
a n d the
Professions" conference here at
SUNYA this past weekend.
The mood was set at the opening session on Saturday morning
by Patricia A. Bull, Director of
her own consulting firm. Since
the objective of the conference
was to enable the women to gain
insight
into
their
professional personal decisions.
Bull had the participants examine and then share some of
their personal feelings.
Fifteen successful professional
women served as role models
relating their experiences and insights about their fields in
presentation and interaction settings. For example, one exuberating workshop was "Impact and Change: Politics", with
State Senator Karen Burstcin.
Burstcin, who looks like a college
student and talks at 7X rpm is in
her second term representing
paits of Queens and Nassau
counties.
an advocate of the legalization of
marijuana. Upon her election to
the Senate her mention of the
"sexist attitude in Albany*
received wide press coverage and
put her in "bad odor" with her
colleagues. Her committment
und devotion to her constituency, however, gained her respect
in the Senate and re-election.
Women in the Media were
represented by Sharon Smith,
news analysist and reporter lor
WRGB
t e l e v i s i o n , and
(Catherine Harrington, Executive Women's Editor of the
Knickerbocker News. Smith said
she climbed up the same ranks as
her male colleagues, beginning
by t y p i n g
programming
schedules at a radio station while
a student at Northwestern University, und getting summer jobs
at different radio stations. She
was working in Austin, Texas,
where she received her Masters
degree, before she came to
Albany.
Smith stressed building up a
resume and watching related
fields in order to enter tho media.
Union regulations and the present economic situation make it
particularly difficult for young
people to break in.
Burstcin, who lost her first
race in 1970, says she has been
dealt with differently due to her
sex. In 1970 her age, 28, was held
against her, at least until it was
found that she had a law degree.
She was told how to dress, and
felt hostility from other women.
This hostility faded in 1972, and
she saw being a women as a
positive factor in the 1974 race.
Speaking on "Education as a
Medium of Change" was
Virginia Corsi, Director of Communications and Community
Coordinator, Cassadaga Valley
Central School District. She was
recently appointed to l.t.
Governor Mary Anne Krupsuk's
staff for program planning.
She found that entering
politics helped her to find a sense
of herself. An outspoken critic,
Burstcin is a feminist, an early
anti-Vietnam War worker, and
Corsi stressed practical experience: the individual's abililty
to learn anything. "Do your
homework" she stressed, along
with learning group skills and
Students Return
continued from page one
meat and sausages."
Brezhnev's problems were interesting to watch in the papers. "As
time went on, lie was mentioned less
and less in tlie Soviet press." Don
said they interpreted this to mean
that Soviets were increasingly dissatisfied with his performance.
"You have to read between the
lines in the news stories." It seems
that what they don't say is important . "1 here is a slunda'rd format for
news stories." Don had discovered
something, and his eyes lit up. "In a
trade conference that goes well, the
papers might say the atmosphere
was friendly, but like with the conference with Japan, you know it
went poorly because they didn't
mention any kind of friendly atmosphere. The news there is pretty
standardized . . . We got the International Herald Tribune tofindout
what was going on."
Depalma with another funny
story, told the saga of his malfunctioning tape recorder.
One ol his teachers asked, "What's
wrong, Don?"
"This tape recorder it's eating
the tape. But then, what do you expect'.' It's a Czech tape recorder. I'm
an American student. You're a Russian teacher. We're in a Soviet University. How do you expect
anything 1" work together'.'"
His teacher leaned down and
whispered to him: "I have a Sony."
Women's lib isn't quite the same
there, said lerri Cciavolo, an iia-
JANUARY 2 8 , 1 9 7 5
dcrgrad here. "They think they're
liberated because they work side by
side in the factory, but you get out
and they talk about 'Oh, when am I
gelling married"?"
Ceravolo said thai the older men
are more endearing and more sensitive than the women. She thinks
litis is becuuse they lead such harsh
lives.
Once the students got to know
some Russians, the Russians opened
up about Communism. They
privately say thai Communism isn't
the ultimate answer, thai as with any
doctrine, it is good in theory, but it
slill exploits the worker in practice.
And. what are Russians interested
in from America? Props from the
great American Dream cars,
televisions, records, and, strangely
lumped in books."Books arehurd
to find in Moscow, so they love it
when some are available."
"It was interesting, it was alright,
it was not like here," are Del'alma's
stock answers to "How wus your
trip?"
"I wasa bit upset, hecuuse the only
movies they show," evidently for
propaganda reasons, "are films like
The Hew Centurions, and 7'/«? Godfather. Russians think America is
run by the Mafia. It was sort of
depressing, coming hack from seeing
Tlw Niw Centurions . . . It works
both ways, our impressions of
Russia are distorted, us ure theirs of
mi."
It's trips like this then, that open
management techniques. She encouraged women to introduce
new ideas, to fight the typical '1
n e v e r t h o u g h t about it"
traditionalist attitudes. Believing
that power corrupts, she wants
no part of it, but can't help realizing the difference when making a
phone call and identifying herself
as either u Lt. Governor's office,"
or as "Ginny."
T h e participants in this
workshop, mostly teachers, ex-
pressed loneliness in their jobs
and frustrations with the system.
How to help high school women
to plan their future seemed to be
one problem.
Other presentations included
law, criminal justice, management, and Business Administration. Black feminist lawyer
Florynce
Kennedy, who's
appearance inspired the whole
conference, spoke last night.
There was also a multi-media
presentation, "A Woman's Place
is Everyplace" by Audrey Seid-'
man, showing women at their
various jobs. A dance was held
Saturday night co-sponsored by
the Women's Liberation group
and Albany's
Lesbian's, for
Liberation.
The Conference was coordinated by Patricia' Buchalter,
Director of Student Activities.
Feedback on the sessions is
welcome from the participants.
New Information Sources Directory
Published for the Capital District
matter.
Names and addresses for the
directory were taken from existing
directories,
public
and
organizational phone books,
bulletin boards, and suggestions
made by acquaintances of the compilers. An open-ended questionnaire
and cover letter were mailed to about
1200 organizations in the Capital
District, and information was culled
from the 400 organizations which
responded.
Edward M. O'Connor served as
The School of Library and Information Science at State University
of New York al Albany has published "Capital District Information
Sources," a referral pointer to social
s e r v i c e and i n f o r m a t i o n disseminating organizations in
Albany, Rensselaer, Saratoga, and
Schenectady counties.
The 118-page booklet lists and
d e s c r i b e s Capital District
organizations which offer information, social services, or community
facilities lo the public, eitherdirectly
or through referral to other
organizations, lite directory is intended to lead those with questions
lo a place where answers can be
found.
the American Society for Information Science.
The project was funded by the
Hudson-Mohawk Association of
Colleges and Universities, Latham,
N.Y.; the Mid-New York Library
System, Utica, N.Y.; and the School
of Library and Information Science
at SUNYA.
The price of the directory is SI,
and those interested in obtaining a
copy are advised to contact Janice
Sacco, School of Library and Information Science, State University of
fhe greater part of the book is an
alphabetical listing of 339
organizations in the Capital District.
Each entry contains the name of the
organization', primary mailing address; telephone number; a description of activities, in abstract form,
based on information submitted by
the organization; the size and scope
of library, if any, maintained by the
organization; office hours of administrative staff; and the source of
funds as reported by the organization.
The directory also contains a list
of 145 lobbyists and the interests
ihey support; a list of libraries in the
Capital District; and a bibliography.
It is indexed according lo subject
Student displays a copy ol the new directory.
chief compiler for the catalogue and
was assisted by nine students from
SUNYA student chapters of the
Special Libraries Association and of
New York at Albany, 1400
Washington Avenue, Albany, N.Y.
12222. Her university telephone
number is 457-8575.
LAST CHANCE TO APPLY!!
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BOARD OF DIRECTORS
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CLASS OF 78
at Colonial Quad
U-Lounge
Saturday, Feb. 1
9:00 pm
by Andrea Herzberg
"Their eyes are bigger than their
stomachs and they're spoiled. Ifthey
don't get exactly what they want,
they throw it out," says Bob
Toussaint, student and 3 year
veteran ol'FSA.ashctacklesthc next
tray. Untouched knockwurst, two
halffull glasses of coke and a fistful
of napkins get dumped into the
Somat disposal unit.
State Quad's lunch time disposal
crew is one man short this particular
Saturday. Waste is coming down the
conveyor belt faster than they can
dump it. Two hamburgers, 3 hotdogs, two untouched chocolate puddings riding the same tray plus
seemingly countless numbers of discarded buns and napkins arc thrown
away withing two minutes time.
"And believe me. that's nothing,"
says Hob. 'Last night I threw away
plates of roast beef. There's nothering wrong with that meat. Knowing
the world's food situation, it's hard
to understand this." Bob, who is
thinking of entering the priesthood.
is concerned with the apparent indifference of S U N Y A students to the
growing food crisis.
Hob thinks that because students
arc situated in an atmosphere of
abundance they cuncasily havean attitude which says "I paid for it
anyway. 1 have a right to lake it and
if 1 don't want it I'll just throw it
out." He wishes il were possible for
them to reali/e that there are people
who must sim ive on a mere bowl of
mush a day. He suggested a 'food
consciousness day' in which each
student would go 24 hours with a
howl nl mush to sustain him.
Another l-SA employed student
said that when he asked students
why they threw out untouched portions they said they didn't know it
would be so had. I his excuse,
although often valid, is no explanation lor the waste ol bread, coke, or
napkins. Also it is conceivable thai
alter a substantia! period of lime
students are acquainted with which
ol the cafeteria loud they consider
inedible.
ISA \ssislam loud Director
Ronald Clough and Slate Quad
C'hcl Inn larullo agree that there
lias been a vast improvement tnei
lasi \ear's wasteful behavior. I hey
cited 'waste-consciousness' posters
which students had pin up in ihe
L.ilcieinis as effective deterrents.
Clough says ilial the reduction ol
last \ear's waste was a big laclor in
presenting price increases in this
seat's meal plans.
Clough said that current lood
price increases, especially in sugar.
have necessitated certain waste
precautions. These include taking
sugar off the tables and having to ask
for cereal instead of taking it
yourself. "We want you to have as
much as you want, as long as you eat
it," says Clough.
Although there is an improvement
over last year both Clough and
Tarullo also agree that there is still
unnecessary waste. Chef Tarullo
says that often students take a lot
more than they can finish the first
time through! the line so as not to
face the inconvenience of having to
go up later.
"There is a state health law
prohibiting the return of anything,
even sealed packages of cereal, to the
main supply, after it has been taken,"
explained Clough. "Once it is on the
belt, forget it!"
Birds, Bees, and Gorillas;
Machine Stumps Soviets
(ZNS) Fog and cold weather have dashed another attempt by zoo keepers
in Sacramento, California, to turn two naive gorillas into lovers.
Su/.ie and Chris have been in captivity since their births, zoo officials
explain, and don't know the first thing about sex or mating.
So the zoo imported an educational film from Switzerland which
illustrated in living color the sex hubits of gorilla tribes.
I heir plan to show hard core flics to the reluctant pair was foiled several
limes when Chris and Suzie found the movie projector much more interesting
than sex films. On a third attempt to arouse the gorillas, rain and fog shut
down the private screening once again.
Profs Book Admired
The Mafia Mystique, by Dwight description of the development of
C. Smith, Jr., will be published of- ' the Mafia mystique if by far die best
ficially by Basic Books, New York, compendium and analysis of the
on Thursday accompanied by a literature to date."
number of extremely favorable adAmong other tributes to the work
vance reviews. Mr. Smith is Director is John Camett's: "An excellent
of Institutional Research at book, based on solid empirical data.
SUNYA.
Greatly superior to the existing
Writing in the The New York literature on ethnicity and organized
Times, Christopher Lchmann- crime." Dr. Cammett is Provost and
Haupt described the work as a Dean of Faculty at John Jay College
"scholarly study of crime imagery in of Criminal Justice.
20th Century America." He comMr. Smith's book details the
mented fuTtrier, "But more impor- development of the "Mafia Mystitant than its persuaveness, Mr. que" and explains how a peculiar
Smith's thesis seems useful. For, as blend of hidden motives and senhe argues, so long as we perceive sational reporting created the public
organized crime as an alien con- fascination with the idea of a secret
spiracy, we are not going to get at its criminal society. According to the
real causes. So long as we imagine author, the hard-boiled novel. Conexotic enemies in our midst, we arc gressional committees, the press,
almost hound to run the risks with and the movies have contribulted to
our legal system that produced the Mafia Image.
Watergate."
Francis A,J, lanni. Director,
Horace Mann-Lincoln Institute.and
author of A Family Business and
Hlack Mafia, wrote, "Mr. Smith's
(ZNS) American Soviet detente sometimes has its pitfalls. The Soviet
publication the Literary Gazette reports that Moscow business enterprises
have been stuck with a piece of expensive American machinery that no one
knows what to do with.
The problem. Ihe magazine explains, is that no one in the Soviet Union can
figure out what the complicated machine purchased recently from the
United States is supposed to do.
I hey have placed the machine in several Moscow vegetable stores, and
tried everything from squeezing oranges to cooling fruit with it without
luck.
I he only injut malum they have on the machine is that is hack is stamped
wuh ihe name "National Siinitorium Company." Unfortunately, even Ihe
Standard and Poors Register of Corporations in the United Slates fails lo list
a company bs thai name.
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a Visiting Associate Professor of
Police Science at John Jay College.
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I have 2 words lor you and you
can't toy,
"Vou'd love To."
Hoppy lirfhday.
love always
frond
CLASSIFIED
1967—Impola
Convertible
$295.
482-3681 eve.
FP«$M5i
Rainier Gone Down Jacket. Eicelent
condition. International orange.
Double-zip, ski-jocko) design. Price
negotiobse. Can Steve, evenings,
4*3-2*77.
Darkroom enlarging meter, timer
and focusing aid all in one. The
Beseler Bectroscon, Super-Mint condition. Less than two months old.
S21.00. Can Ste»e, evenings, 4652877.
Schick Styling Hairdryer #336. Infrequently used (short hair!) $12.
Cyndi at 457-8870 evenings.
Sony Stereo phonograph (HP 150)
Built 'mGorrard 30w/Pickering-v15Micro IV AME. 7RMS/channel. S35.
Mark 457-7977.
66 Volant 5200.00 very dependable. 21MPG. Joe 4654970.
71 Datwn 510—slight rear end
damage — engine
excellent
condition— rodiats. 30A 38 MPG.
Best oiler over $600 or trade (or van.
869-7731.
Diamond ring, 81 pts. 3 / 4 karat,
good color, white gold setting value
500. sell 5300.869-7731.
SKIS—Hon Mercury—190 cm. with
Tyrolia bindings— 550. Rich 4651895.
For Sale. Small stereo AM/FM
receiver and speakers with BSRMocdonald 1650 turntable, idea) for
someone with a small room ond
limited iunds. A Guaranteed
Bargain. Call Ron 472-6404.
Sola:$15,Desk: S10,Choir: S2eoch,
dresser: S3, 65% new. Cannot afford
if? Just coll before January 30.
Nikkormot FTN cornera-with a 50
mm. 1.4 lens. Ms only 8 months n e w el steal o: $240.00—still under
original warrantee for 4 months. Coll
465-0272 and ask for Howie for inio.
Used Furniture Store—600 Clinton
Ave.. Open Monday through Saturday 11 -6; Furniture, Dishes, Clothing,
Appliances, etc. Reasonable. Coll
434-6859, and 459-6568.
Calculators, Wholesale, SR-10—$57,
SR-11—562, SR-50—$125. Teias Instruments, coll Carol 7-7786.
North Face Down Expedition Parka.
Brand New. Ideal for Winter Comping. $75. Norman 465-9875.
Radar detection unit. For cars. Like
new. $28.00 Coll David 472-7730.
12-string Yamaha guitar with case.
S95.00 472-8897.
longe Ski Boots. Sire 9W. Excellent
Condition. Boot cose included $45.
Mitch 457-8712.
HOUSING
Just returned from studying at the U.
of Copenhagen and now without a
place to live. Looking far a room in on
opt. ora house. Call: 438-3988. John.
Freshly painted 2 Bedroom apt.
$100.00per month. 10 min. walk I
from Draper Hall. 143 S. Knon St.
Call anytime 462-1940.
Le'isureviHe Apartments—1 and 2
Bedroom from $160, free heat and
hot water. SPECIAL student leases.
Off 9-r Johnson Rd., Latham, 7851756.
Femole Aptmote wonted. Own room,
neor busline. Coll 489-1042.
Mirondo,
Bon aniversoire! Hope the celebration will bo groat fun! Shall wo choose
a new Dairy Queen?
Laura
Apartment, seven rooms-Dove St.,
Albany, $225 per mo. 463-7459.
Dear Dave Shoin,
Really fine party. Really fine. Fine
Fine Fine.
Byeeeee,
Steve
Large Bedroom in professor's house
at edge of campus. Use of Kitchen
ond garage. Call 7-8417 or 4381233.
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Executive Secretory—part-time, typing, steno, machinery, 3 yrs. experience. Call G. Kandra Orr, 4575255.
Skeeter,
You haven't ruined anything.
little sister
Dear Maria,
I love you is the only original thing I
can sayLove, Chris
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Nino,
Double shots and your onltle don't
mix.
Typing done in my home. 869-2474.
Flute Lessons from flute major. Diane
465-7996.
TYPING, my home, Reasonable, Lid.
Pickup/Delivery, Coll Pot, 765-3655.
Dear Fats,
KLB6, please.
Love, Tubs
Typing done in my home. 482-8432.
Happy 22nd, Honey!
The Democratic Republic by Diamond, Fisk, Gorfinltel (2nd ed.)Coll
Kevin 457-5057.
Love, Sue
Four horny males looking lor four
goodlooking young ladies. Come to
2nd floor Alden Hall (downtown) or
coll 472-6404 ond ask for Jeff, Ifo,
Ron, or Jeff.
WANTED
Jaime,
Happy 2tst birthdoy. It's about
time you caught up with me!
Kothy needs a tutor for Calculus HI.
Coll 457-7719.
Love, Sue
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Wives
Amelia,
Remember oil the times together
and our good luck.
Roomie
Ride Wanted. Philadelphia, This
weekend. Paul 457-8739.
KD,
Too bod!
Love, TXO
LOST & FOUND
Final Tolly:
Lost—Gold bracelet with pearls,
reword if rtturned. Contact Barbara
ot 457-7732.
PERSONALS
Dear Ontario,
It looks as if you were right.
Love Lake
Joimie ond Let. Hoppy Birthday. The
post may be behind us but memories
of those days will never die. Take
core and good tuck!
Cbrence,
I miss you...H seems like it's been
300 years
Love,
Vol
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HEY RABBIT!
Hoppy Birthday!
Love,
Jo, Sanch, Rhea, ond JoeDiMoggio
Zwolf, Your new toys ore ready.
Pick up your gear up ot the center.
Ramrod
Wednesday
6p.m.
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Better luck next time!
Ad-hoc paper committee will be
resuming hearings this semesterdetails will be announced soon.
Memo to Condi, Mark, Pot (and Pot
with the tie), Cheryl, Pigljp^ S ) e v e
Steve Porlaimentofion, Lew.
Re: 1/23/75 Show
Subject; Thanks for dropping
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Dear Ed my new roomote—
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Photo Club
Economic! Depf. announces spring
semester a p p l i c a t i o n s for
membership in Omieron De'fo
Epsifon. All junior and senior students
who are interested in being
considered for membership should
contact Dr. Chen or Miss Franklin in
the Economics office.
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Business Students, if you are
interested in getting professional
business experience, and opening
the doors of the business world.
Contact the Professional Business
Fraternity, Delta Sigma Pi. For
information contact Dave Ratner at
457-4655.
The Day Tomorrow Began, a film
by the Atomic Energy Commission,
will be shown by the Society of
Physics Students on Tuesday,
January 28 at 7:30 p.m. in PH-129.
All interested students are invited,
Refreshments will be served. Funded
by S.A.
There will be a meeting of the
Chemistry CJubWednesday the 29th
6:30 p.m. in CH-151. Topics to be
discussed will be speakers and the
spring picnic.
Pre-iaw
Society: Business
meeting—to discuss plans for Sp.
semester fill-in elections. All
welcome. January 29. HU-1 13.
All Pre-Med Pre-Dent Students:
There will be a meeting of the Society
Monday,
February 3, at 8:30 in
L.C. 23, New Members Welcome!
The Speech Pathology and
Auciiology Club presents Mrs. Kathy
Smith, a speech therapist at the
Cerebral Palsy Center. January 28at
8 p.m. HU-354. Refreshments will be
served,
Coming in April: Sau Club Banquet.
The Sou Club presents a Panel
Discussion of Sau Grads from SUNY
Albany. Topics to b t discussed will be
their positions, and how they feel
undergrad training did or did not
prepare them for their jobs. Monday,
February 11th at 6 p.m. HU-354.
Refreshments will be served.
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Interested in musical activities? The
University Wind Ensemble has
openings for trumpet, horn, and
trombone players. See Mr. Charles
Boito right away in PAC-B-03 or call
457-6977—his office, or 438-5325—
his home phone.
The Department of Classics will
hold a Departmental Assembly on
Wednesday, January 29, at 4:10
p.m. in HU-024. All students with a
major or minor in the department are
Wed.,
&Fri.
Seniors: There will be an
organizational meeting for all those
interested in planning Senior Week
7 5 . Watch the ASP for further
details.
Don't let the winter season have
you staying in the dorms—get
involved in the Outing Club and
go X-skiing, sno-shoeing, caving, and
winter mountaineering. Meetingsare
Wednesday eves at 7:30; C.C. 315.
Everyone Welcome.
If you have an interest in the sport
of Archery—come down to the
Women's Auxiliary Gym (2nd floor)
and join Albany State Archers.
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Senior Week will be here soon. Want
to know what you'll be doing? Watch
future ASPs and save your ideas.
Attention Gay Students. How can
this campus better meet your own
personal needs? Share your ideas
and talents with the Gay Affiance
which will be meeting throughout the
semester on Tuesday evenings at 9
p.m. in Campus Center 370.
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All Business Student* are
welcome to a Keg in the basement of
Ten Eyck, Thursday, January 30,8:00
p.m.—Sponsored for you by Delta
Sigma Pi and Phi Gamma Nu, the
Professional Business Fraternity and
Sorority.
5Quad Volunteer Ambulance
Service needs crew members and
dispatchers. We will provide the
training. Training for crew members
will include an emergency medical
care program and response
procedures. Dispatchers get a short
first aid background plus radio
procedures. Questions will be
answered, further explanation
given, and training begun this
Wednesday night, January 29 at
8:30 in L.C. 20.
5:15 pm
Resident Advisor Positions for the
Graduate Dorms and Sayles Int'l
House available for 75-76. Seven
graduate
students and two
undergraduates will need to be
hired. If interested, attend one of the
following mandatory meetings:
Tuesday, February 11 —9:30 p.m.—
Sayles lower lounge.
Wednesday, February 12—4:00
p.m.—Brubacher Hal! main lounge.
For questions—call 472-7671—Pat
McHenry.
A Business Career Seminar will
be held for all interested people,
Wednesday January 29th at 7:30
p.m. in L.C. 22. Speakers will include
representatives from Ernst and Ernst,
General Electric, and Sears Roebuck.
Sponsored for you by Delta Sigma Pi.
The Marines are looking for a few
good men. Are you one of them?
Contact: Matt Meyer—Box 356—
Dutch Quad. .
Graduating Spring 1975?
If you are expecting to graduate on
June 1, 1975, you are reminded that
you must file a degree application on
or before Friday, February 7, 1975.
Pick up and return the necessary
Bloodmobile on Campus Monday,
February 3 from 10-4. Donor
Registration, CC Lobby 9:30-3:30
clip and .save
home?
hour, 7:30 am to 7:.1() p m ,
administration circle
There will be a meeting of the
Israel Committee e l me Jewish
Students Coalition on Sunday,
February 2nd at 7:00 in the Fireside
Lounge. All interested students are
OFFICIAL NOTICE
Ski C u b meeting tomight at 8 p.m.
in L.C. 4. All future trips will be
discussed. Everyone welcomed.
leaves every hour on ihe hall-
hours and filty minutes later
Jewish Students Coaftrfon—
General meeting, Sunday, February
2nd, 8:00 p.m. in C.C.-315. The
speaker will be Rabbi Michael
Kramer, Topic—"Jews in American
Politics."
CLUBS & MEETINGS
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Orientation
Assistant
applications are now available. If
you are interested in applying for an
O.A. job with the 1975 Summer
Orientation program, pick up an
application in CC 130 between
January 20 and February 4, 1975.
You must also attend a mandatory
interest meeting.
•••
Women In China: U.S.-China
Peoples Friendship Assoc, begins
1975, International Women's Year
with a panel discussion on this subject
by Mickey Green and Holly Nelson,
two former SUNYA students who
toured Peoples' China in 1974.
Wednesday at 8 p.m. in L.C. 4. More
info: call Tommy at 472-8761.
***
The Aegean Institute will provide
six weeks of study and travel in
Greece this summer at moderate cost.
For more information see Prof.
Pohlsonder in HU-332.
B"-t>
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open. Taught in English, MWF 10:10,
HU-128. No knowledge of Russian
required. Register now!
requested to attend.
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up at the C.C. information desk.
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We wish to announce our intention
to publish a SUNVA based joumaf
of ideas and contemporary issues.
The journal wilt be a co-operative
venture of faculty and students to
further intellectual exchange and
shared k n o w l e d g e .
Anyone
interested in such an undertaking is
invited to an open meeting on
Monday, February 3, 7:30 p.m. in
HU-354. (See Collegium Column).
•• •
Many
N e w York
State
Assemblypersonsand Senators need
part-time,
volunteer
student
assistance during the Spring
semester. If you feel like donating
your time and help to improve our
state government, contact the
Assistant to the Dean, graduate
School of Public Affairs, 457-2371,
Room 905 in the Mohawk Tower.
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Just can't get back into the swing of
things, too many pressures hassling
you, need some information about
drugs or pregnancy, or just need to
rap with someone? Call Middle
Earth 7-5300 a strictly confidential
service with people who sincerely
care to help you without moralizing
or making value judgements.
Volunteers are needed to help at
the Freeie-Dried Coffee House.
Please call Roger ot 489-3152.
Par set is now accepting
manuscripls and artwork for Spring
1975 publication. Deadline is March
7. Leave contributions in S.A. Office,
C.C. 346,c/o Parsec.
New Program abroad in Israeli If
you would like to participate in actual
research, or would like to test your
classroom studies by studying a real
urban situation, request basic
information from- Dr. Lawrence
DeBoer, Director, Office of
International Education - Library
Room 3522, SUNY at Stony Brook,
N.Y. 11794. Additional details may
be obtained by writing to- Dr. Sasha
Weitman, Department of SociologyAnthropology, Faculty of Social
Sciences, Tel Aviv University, Ramat
Aviv, Tel Aviv, Israel.
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ALBANY STUDENT PRESS
JANUARY 28, 1975
JANUARY 28, 1975
ALBANY STUDENT PRESS
PAGE SEVEN
Quote o f the Day:
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"Of late, Ford, Kiuinger and U.S. Secretary o f Deferue Jamej Schlesinger have called for
additional:tniliury aid t o the Nguyen Van t n i e u administration, and this means giving a new
path to the war."
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U Due Tho, North Vietnamese Foreign Minister,
discussing the possibility of renewed fighting in Vietnam
editorial / comme nt
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The Buckley File
The principle behind the Buckley amendment is quite solid; all it really does is apply
the Freedom of Information Act to education. Students will now have the choice as to
whether or not they will have "open" flies, or "confidential" ones. The original bill,
unamended, would have permitted students to see recommendations and references
that, when written, were expected to be closed to the student forever. It would have
been unfair to the professors who wrote them to permit students to see* the
recommendations, and claims of "student rights" in this regard are little more than
disguised curiousity.
One wonders, after looking through the bill in detail, whether the new law will make
any difference to most students. Since many professors will insist that their
recommendations be confidential and many students will "close" their files with a
blanket waiver of rights, the "open" recommendations will be few in number. It sho.uld
then be pointed out that many references are no surprise in the first place, so we are left
with only a slight change in what students know about the files.
But there is more to the bill than this. For the first time, there is an assertion that
students have rights over what is contained in their records. They will know, without a
shadow of doubt, who is getting to see their files since they will have to release them in
writing each and every time they are sent out. The minor inconvenience this might
cause is nothing compared to the importance of knowing who knows about you.
The loopholes in the bill are disturbing. If government officials want to use them in
evaluating schools, they may. It is worded vaguely enough to thrill even the most
experienced politician. "Evaluation" can mean downright anything. But this is nothing
new. indeed our system counts on new interpretations of old laws for change.
Students seeing their records report one or two things of some interest, but overall
nothing exciting. They cannot view recommendations and the like but can see
transcripts, correspondences already received, and all sorts of little Ibrmsthey've filled
out and material relating to their application (if someone wrote something to the
school without telling you, it would be there).
All in all. a good bill, but nothing to scream and shout about.
Padded Payrolls
Talk of a tuition increase has spread completely across the SUNY system. There is
now little doubt that SUNY central, along with the Board of Trustees, has been
planning a tuition hike to further drain the students in an effort to balance their own
inflated budgets. Members from within the Board confirm plans are in the works for a
hike, though no one will confirm whether the increase will take the form of a board,
room or tuition raise. Further confirmation comes from Lieutenant Governor's office,
which is a somber warning that Governor Carey may abandon his campaign pledge not
to increase tuitions.
That there is a discrepancy between the money the state gives to SUNY and the
money that SUNY Central shells out for the individual campuses is not in doubt. The
solution, however, is not as quickly apparent.
it has always been the policy of the Board to raise the rates to cover the debts, but no
one has apparently bothered to seek another way to find an answer. The costs of
running theSUNY system are absurdly high. Estimates range that from34%to44% of
the education budget goes to the administrative bureaucracy while some 36% goes to
such educational ends as teaching or library services. In all but the most conservative
estimates, this places more money in the hands of adminstrators, Deans, Secretaries
and stenographers than in the classrooms.
This unneccesary waste of valuable education dollars is the true cause of the budget
gap. SUNY Central alone employs a staff of 600. When new facilities are completed
with a capacity for 1200 employees, thercwillsuddenlybea need for 1200employees.
The solution to the money shortage is in cutting the enormous fat from the middle
management level. An investigation launched from the Governor's office into the
purpose and justification for the enormous administrative tangle will doubtless reveal
the useless paperwork and the pointless desk-jockeying, whose only goal is in the
perpetuation of the bureaucracy. Herein lies the path toward sparing the students a
$400"cosl-of padding" increase.
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Changing the Grading System
•:by Stive BaboulisWft-:*:*:-:>y-'•:•;•••:•
Now thin everyone has received his
EX. I -Three students, 1.2, and 3,are destined
transcript, for better or worse, it seems a good
to receive a "B" in a course. Sludeni 1 had an
time to examine the system by which our work
89 average. Student 2 had a solid middle "II".
is evaluated. To me, it is a flawed grading and Student 3 eked out a"B" with an KI on the
policy, without enough precision and
final. The present system would yisc each "I
specificity to be equitable.
them a "B" or .3.0 on their transcripts. I he
It seems thai with little or no increase in the proposed system would give Student I ,i '''
Student 2 a 3.5, and Student 3 a 3.0,
work done by teachers, we could employ a
system that is as accurate and fair as any EX. 2 -Students I and 2 both did "A'woikiii
a course. Student I had the highest numbei "I
system can he expected to be.
points in the class, Student 2 had a 90au-i age
first we should examine the present system.
The new system would give Sludeni I a 5 (land
Us highest grade is 4.0, which signifies "A"
work. Immediately a Haw arises. There is no Student 2 a 4.0.
allowance for different types of "A" work.
HencTits outweigh problems
Alter all. there are live possible letter grades:
Of course there are some problems, bui I
A,B,C,D. orE. But there are only lour number believe they are minor. O n e is Ural the
ranges: 0.0-1,0, 1.0-2,0, 2.0-.1.0, 3.0-4.0. And
professor's subjective opinion enters into ihe
there is equal unfairness in the other grade situation. Hulas long as sonic basic staiuIauK
ranges. We have all benefitted and or suffered
are adhered lo, teachers shouldn't v;u\ .i ureal
by the fact thai the highest "H" work is deal in their grading policy. Anolhei piobleni
represented by the same number as the lowesi
might he an increased burden foi leiicheis.il
possible "H" work.
finals l i m e , w h e n they are tilic.ul>
It might be argued that everyone's luck
overworked. Some professors might think this
balances out, that we get the same number of a problem, but it seems thai for Ihe most pan
good breaks as bad, but why leave that to professors would welcome the chance lo be
chance'.' There arc a few steps that could be
more exact in their grading. Email) is i' lc
taken to alleviate the inequities throughout
problem of graduate schools exam if
the present system.
transcripts from a "4.0 point of view " I l«c\
l-'irst, scrap the 4.0 system and replace it
might welcome this change as well, but il ihc\
with a 5.0 system. That would assign each did not, a simple mathematical juggle would
grade a number range between 0.0 and 5.0. do the trick. Ihe final cumulative average
Now "A" work is not represented by a single could be multiplied by 4 / 5 to translate u into
number, 4.0, but by a range, 4.0-5.0. This "4.0" language.
pattern will hold throughout the scale of
So, this system would be on the whole much
grades. "H" work is in the range, 3.0-4.0, "C"
more equitable and precise. It would gnc
work is from 2.0-3.0, " 0 " work isfrom 1.0-2.0,
everyone, s t u d e n t s , advisers, gradual*
and "E" work is from 0.0-1.0.
interviewers, mid hiring managers a betlei
Then the system is carried n step further.
indication of how the student has performed
Instead of having the professors give students ut Albany State. I d o not claim that il is
letter grades, they would now give number necessarily u brilliant, original idea. Many
grades, This would allow u professor to give a students have probably thought about similar
truer indication of the student's performance changes in their own minds. It just seems to be
in his course. Some examples should clearly
firmly bused in common sense, which cannoi
illustrate the point.
he said about the present system.
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Gay Like Me
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Toilet Talk
Ready Or Not,
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Welcome to the second semester of the ASPs magazine section. Now
called ASPects, we hope the magazine will continue to serve you with
unusual, entertaining and informative articles of all styles and formats. We'll
always welcome contributions from students, faculty, or any other member
of the University community.
About the cover:
It is unfortunate that our main story ' (Gay Like Me): must be labeled
"anonymous", but it is necessary to protect the author in light of the
prevailing attitudes in our society. Today's cover illustrates what life may be
like for many homosexuals in a world abundant in prejudice. Maybe
someday there will be no reason to hide one's true sexual feelings; it seems
that we are moving that way.
Photos by Rob Magnien
Societal
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Toilet Talk
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Gay Like Me
Getting to it before it gets to
by Neil Kenduck
briskly walked down the
corridor a n d swung open the
bathroom door only to find two
urinals that were both occupied. I
entered a toilet stall, closed the door
behind me, and commenced the
p r i m o r d i a l p r o c e s s oi urinary
excretion.
I. stood impatiently,
glancing at the walls surrounding me.
They were almost completely covered
with writing—pictures, limericks,
epigrams, and quotations. I began to
read some of the scribble; "If you voted
for Nixon, you can't shit here—your
asshole is in San Clemente." I started
to shake uncontrollably with laughter.
When 1 regained my composure, I
looked down and noticed that I had left
a sizeable yellow pool in the left corner
ol the toilet stall. I nervously zipped my
lly and turned to the door. But belore 1
could reach for the latch, 1 collided
With a boldly inscribed message on the
door:
"Our aim is to keep this
bathroom clean—your aim will help!"
That night 1 thought about the vast
display of gralfiti. It amazed and
puzzled me. What motivated people to
do this? Did the writings have any
signilicance, or were the walls merely
treated as one big adult coloring book?
1 wanted answers to these questions. I
d e c i d e d to scrap my original
communications project in favor oi
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meant to be both private and public at
the same time. His written contribution
will be on public display lor all who
follow his occupancy ol the toilet stall.
Because the toilet stall offers both
privacy and publicity, the writer can
communicate his ideas to society in
ways which would be considered
However, it is not just a matter of taboo by other forms ol media.
Much of the content leaned toward
seclusion that fosters grafliti. Few
people write on the walls oi the toilets s e x u a l perversion and vulgar
in their own homes. 1 concluded that profanity. The women's toilet stalls
graphical expression on the walls of were no exception to this observation.
public toilet stalls is unique in that it is Although 1 found sexual obscenity
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Within two weeks, my friend and I
had gathered enough samples for the
project. 1 spent several weeks studying
the collected data and I arrived at
some very interesting and revealing
observations.
I realized what
motivated people to write in the toilet
stalls. Graffiti is an expression of inner
drives, needs, and impulses that are
not presented through formal avenues
ol communication. What is written on
the walls would not appear in a
newspaper, on a radio, or in formal
conversation because ol restrictive
cultural norms. The toilet stall affords
people a confidence ol privacy and
security that no other public place can.
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as my major resource. I called a girl
friend and asked her if she would help
me with my research by covering the
toilet stalls in the women's bathrooms.
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most prevalent, harsh racistgrattiti was
almost as widely displayed in the
men's stalls, (very little racist graffiti
w a s f o u n d in t h e w o m e n ' s
bathrooms—their forte was strictly
sexual perversion). Most of the racist
gralfiti was anti— black in sentiment..
•A most interesting point is that little
racial friction appears outside of the
bathroom walls. Although the campus
does not have an air ol complete racial
harmony, there seems to be a sense of
mutual respect between the students of
diilerent races. There are barely any
• signs ol racial hatred.
When I
questioned several black and white
students about the existing racial
situation, their remarks were to the
elfect that things "weren't good,
weren't bad, but cool." Obviously,
there is a sharp contradiction between
the exterior attitudes of the students
and the implications of the bathroom
gralfiti.
B e l o r e last y e a r ' s "Parents'
Weekend", at the university, the
janitors were ordered to wash off the
gralfiti in the bathrooms. During that
time, 1 visited one supposedly clean
toilet stall and found "E.O.P. niggers
eat shit" written across the wall and
untouched by cleanser. Underneath
this statements, were several replies in
defense ol black students which were
mostly washed over and barely
legible. This evidences the presence
ol obstacles ol communication in the
toilet stalls.
Like all graffiti, bathroom wall
writing is rarely viewed as.containlng
any serious messages. Grafliti tells us
how diilerent we are Irom what we like
to think. When a wall exhibits signs of •
racism, people preler to ignore them or
pass them oil as nonsense because
they fearwhatthey read. Grafliti in the
batlirooms offers the students, faculty
and administration a picture of a racial,
conflict that is hidden Irom them. They
must be willing to accept this image
and deal with it accordingly.
I no longer laugh as loudly when
someone jokes about what they had
read in a toilet stall, My research has
enlightened me to many things that I
tailed to realize belore. If anything,' I
have come to understand what Paul
Simon meant when he forewarned that
"...the words of a prophetare written on
a subway wall,.."
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Age: range 19-32, average 21.3,
Status: 1-graduate, 9-1975, 3- 1977.
Residence: 7- on-campus dorms, 5- off-campus apartments, 1- with family.
Age of first homosexual relationship: range 9-21, average 16.25.
Order of coming out to:
self-13,12-#1, l-#4.
family- 8, 5-#3, l-#2, l-#5, l-#6.
friends-11, 7-#2,3-#3,l-#4.
acquaintances- 10, 3-#3, 3-#4, 2-#2, l-#5, l-#6.
community- 6, 3-#2, 3-#4.
;
society- 5, 3-#5, l-#4, l-#6.
Organizational membership: 5 SUNYA Gay Alliance, 2 Albany Gay Activis
Alliance, 8 no organizations.
What does coming out mean to you? Checking a s m a n y as apply:
joining gay community- 5
having a homosexual experience- 6
revealing your sexuality to others- 5
awareness of self- 13
Situations in coming out: Accidentally- 4, Premeditated- 6, discussions 7.
Need for coming out- self-rated scale 1-10: range 2-7, average 5.5.
Per cent of friends on campus that are gay: range 0-90%, average 33
Per cent of straight friends know I'm gay: range 0-100%, average 50v.
Have you gone for counseling regarding your sexuality?: 2-on-campus. 1
off-campus.
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am gay.
Were I to fill in my own
questionnaire I would admit to
being 21, a senior, I live off-campus,
had my first homosexual relationship
at 21, belong to SUNYA Gay Alliance
and Lesbians for Liberation, have
c o m e out to people mostly in
premeditated situations or through
relevant discussions, and have a very
high need for coming out. About 10%
of my friends on campus are gay and
about 8 0 % of my friends know I'm gay.
I haven't gone for counseling, despite
my mother's encouragement.
The
other questions require more thought
or explanation; these are just statistics.
But I am not a statistic. I am a person.
I am your friend. I sit next to you in
class, eat with you in the cafeteria, and
pass you on the podium daily. By now
a few of you know my name, but to
each of you that doesn't—would it
make a difference if you knew?
As I was involved in the process
known as "coming-out" myself this
year I decided to survey other people's
views and experiences in the area as a
project for one of my courses. As I am
not a statistician I will use the statistics I
compiled from my very limited sample
as a jumping off point for my
observations and discussion of the
experiences of my friends and myself.
First of all, there are more gay people
on this campus than many of you can
imagine. We meet each other one by
one, first with a strange feeling of being
lound out, then with a warm feeling of
camaraderie.
This feeling of
community is important to many of us,
as we come to feel less "unusual".
Remember, we too were brought up to
be heterosexual, and it is no easy task
to throw off twenty years of parental
and societal conditioning. It is not a
decision made over-night—it is a long
and involved, and often painful
experience—"coming out".
The ages of the students questioned
are about the same, and it seems that
more women had taken some time ofl
from school. All of the women students
are living off-campus, whereas about
half of the men live in the dorms.
Perhaps this indicates that women find
it harder to be comfortable with a gay
social life in dorm living.
One weakness of the questionnaire
was that many of the questions were
open to interpretation. The first of these
asked the age of the person's first
homosexual "relationship." As some
people pointed out, an "experience" is
different from a "relationship". Also, as
one woman illustrated, an emotional
relationship is different than a physical
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relationship. I would agree with this as
the discovery of homo-emotional
relationships is often the beginning of
coming-out.
The survey showed,
however, that men have homosexual
relationships earlier than women on
the average.
The results on the next question
made me do quite a bit of thinking. I
was trying to find out in what order
people came out to themselves and
others.
Everyone considers
themselves out to themselves, and all
but one man said this step came first.
I'll call this friend Scott. Scott and I
became friends during our Summer
Planning Conference. We kept in
touch freshman year, until I noticed a
change in his friends. I suspected that
something strange was going on and
realized now that I became uptight
when I realized that he was "becoming
gay."
We lost touch until the
beginning of this semester when now,
having something in common 1
renewed our friendship with an
apology. I guess I was a pretty naive
freshman.
Anyway, I asked Scott why he
answered that he came out to his
acquaintances, iriends, family, and
then himself, taking two years. "I didn't
realize the impact of what I was saying"
he replied. He hadn't really associated
himself as a homosexual despite
telling these others that he had had sex
with men. Coming out to himself lor
Scott was finally accepting being gay
as a way of life, letting it become
something natural for him.
In thinking this overlam now able to
understand why for months I was only
able to tell my friends that I was
"thinking about" or "considering"
being gay. I could not until later say "I
am gay." My initial identity crisis
(delinitely my hardest week) ended
when I decided to investigate my
sexuality and reject labels, yet it took
quite a while before I accepted a gay
identity. The necessity ol this selfawareness was expressed by Scott, "1
feel that not too many people ever
come out. As lor me coming out is
being aware of yoursell as a person,
which is something I leel lew people
ever do, gay or straight."
All ol the women, and all but two ol
the men have come out to those they
consider lo be Iriends. A Iriend I'll call
John considers himself|out to himsell,
his family, the community and society,
b u t n o t to a n y I r i e n d s or
acquaintances. He leels that now that
he has come to grips with his
homosexuality and built up his
confidence as an individual it does not
pay to risk his friendships by revealing
his homosexuality. John feels it is
useless to "upset the apple cart,"
learing that people would look at and
react to him differently. He would also
feel uncomfortable asking his friends
to keep his secret, so will wait until he's
ready for all ol them to be told. John
told his parents, however, two years
ago and still maintains
a close
relationship with them.
One woman who has come out
within the last year also expressed
some of my own feelings.
After
coming-out to herself she revealed her
gayness to her close friends who
"watched it happen."
She then
revealed
herself
to
some
acquaintances, commenting that "no
one has yet to drop his or her teeth."
Last, which she calls "the hardest, but
absolutely necessary," washerfamily.
Deciding that you are gay is a very
hard thing to tell your parents; it is also
a very hard thing sometimes not to tell
them. Slightly over a half of the males
and the lemales studied have come out
to their families. This sometimes meant
just parents, just siblings, or perhaps
just the members of one sex. One
woman has not told her lather, upon
whom s h e is still financially
dependent.
This exemplifies the
situation where people are afraid to tell
people who have some sort ol power
over them.
The category ol community was
taken in two dilferent ways. First was
the usual sense of Albany or SUNYA
community, which I would guess was
meant by those checking it as filth or
sixth. It could also be taken as the "gay
community" which just about anyone
who frequents the bars or attends
meetings has come out to, and this very
likely does precede Iriends and lamily.
Relatively lew people considered
themselves out to society.
The reasons tor pining
gay
organizations are both personal and
political, which would account lor why
80%ol the women surveyed and about
40% ol the men surveyed belong to
campus and oil campus groups (also
keeping in mind that these people
were contacted through these groups,
so there are many who don't.) The
reasons that women gave lor joining
usually centered upon security, as
they m e n t i o n e d
Iriendsiiip,
c o m m u n i t y , socializing, and
consciousneBs-raising.
This leeling of community is very
important to the women. A young
worker from Vermont said "My first
love was a woman. We both were
.straight and we thought
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becoming angry at himself in
schizophrenic fits, until last semester'
when his "straight side" tried to kill his
"gay side", as he explains his
attempted suicide.
He had been
seeing a University counselor at the
time, and three weeks later at one of the
sessions decided to accept his
gayness. It took over one year of
Larry's awareness of his sexuality to
become acceptance.
From the sample taken, it seems that
the other factors of "coming-out" are
more pertinent to the women than to
the men. Joining the gay community
and revealing their sexuality to others
may be more important to these
women because of their needs lor
community and openness.
The
c o n n e c t i o n with the women's
movement may be relevant here. The
women also placed a greater emphasis
upon h a v i n g a homosexual
experience than the men did. The
s t a t i s t i c s a n d s o m e personal
discussions have led me to one
possible explanation lor this.
According to one male iriend, he fell
Results from atmnside survey.
Gay Like Me
"Coming Out" is something thai ill homosexuals experience yet each
individual experiences this phenomenon differently, a n d attaches
different meaning to it. The purpose* this questionnaire was to survey the
experiences of those gay people aire dyout to some people a n d reveal the
similarities and the differences in the individual experiences.
Approximately 8 0 surveys weredisl buted to gay people, mostly SUNYA
students. They were contacted eilhei through the SUNYA Gay Alliance or
Albany's Lesbians for Liberation, or' ere recognized on c a m p u s as people
who frequented the gay ba rs. The lm nediate limitation to this study is that
it completely eliminates all gaysonc impus who ar^ either u n k n o w n to the
surveyor, or have not yet begun the process of "coming-out".
only ones. ThankGod there are mi >r> •
Its hard to believe that still happens l
people who are sheltered from othe
gays. The women down at Lesbians In
Liberation are also rather political, in
feminist sense. Many ol them soi
Ihemselves as aligned with lh'
women's movement more than the gn'
movement.
The men also seem to join Ihf i'iy
groups lor social and political reas< >i.:
Some ol the gay men questioned ha
varied reasons for not joining group:
Some just don't enjoy organize
groups, or find them stimulating
The phrase "coming-out" h
multiple meanings and a cjiif*-r« -i
interpretation from each individu.il
An awareness ol sell seems lo be i m
universally accepted factor. Howeve
one friend that I'll call Larry pointed i-i
the dillere nee between awarei less. u n
acceptance ol sell. A year ago Lin
was aware ol his homosexual drive:
bul was totally unable to accept Ihis
He was unable to discuss his feeling
with anyone, and had nol y>
expressed these leelings sexually
He suffered, d e e p depressions
SUNYA FeiAales
his sexual drives directed towards men
during his early teens. Males seem to
have homosexual experiences sooner
and more often than most women,
making it a less vital factor of their final
coming-out. Whereas a woman may
feel homo-emotional for many years, it
is not usually until later that she has a
h o m o s e x u a l e x p e r i e n c e which
perhaps becomes a more monumental
occurence.
Most people have revealed their
sexuality to others in varied situations.
One man's comments adequately
e x p l a i n all t h r e e m e t h o d s .
Accidentally, he says, is usually
"through someone else's big mouth.
Some people just love to talk and have
a compulsion to reveal things ol this
nature to others."
Premeditated
situations "usually involve people who
should know for one reason or
another," lor example a roommate.
Finally he will come out during a
discussion concerning sexuality il he
feels thai he can "add a worthwhile
example or other information."
more integral to their personality than
others do, which often affects their
attitude towards coming-out. This
could also be one aspect affecting their
choice of friends.
lthough both groups range
from few to most, it seems that
Lesbians choose more gay
friends than homosexual men do. It is
important to have gay friends socially,
and also to have people to relate to at
school on at least one level. Both the
men and women said that about half of
their straight friends knew that they
were gay.
Friendships and social activities
change to varying extents after people
come-out. Moving off-campus might
have a good deal to do with my change
of social activity and loss of contact
with some friends, but coming-out has
certainly had its affect. I spend one
night a week at Lesbian for Liberation
meetings, socializing with other gay
women, and usually visit the gay bar
on the weekend. Although I now have
quite a lew gay acquaintances, my.
There are dozens ol reasons why "Iriends" (in the strict sense ol the
people come-out to others. The self- word) are my straight friends I had
rated scale shows that women leel belore coming out in most cases.
more ol a need to do so. One attitude
When coming-out, however, some
towards this revelation can relate to an people do feel it is necessary to seek
increasing ol other's awareness, or out new friends and activities. One
public relations lunclion. One woman woman wrote, "While living on
wrote, "1 like to show people that an campus 1 felt quite alienated since
otherwise normal' person like me can dorm life is designed in very exclusive
be a lesbian without any negative heterosexual terms. Parties, mixers,
ellect on other aspects ol my life." The etc., are very woman|man oriented."
need lor acceptance as oneself, She soon "dropped" many straight
reluctance lo lie, the desire to be friends and became friends with gays
understood are other reasons lor with whom she felt she had more in
coming-out lo others.
common. One man has also felt a
"It is not an easy feeling lo do change in his circle of friends and
something secretly lor very long," one choice ol social activities. He attributes
man said. "Eventually you will want lo his increase in friendships with other
be able lo do these things and not have gays to the fact that with them he could
lo hide them...It's not an easy thing to really be himsell. 'To be anything less
do, but once it's done you leel better." with anyone else is no longer
The degree ol closeness to. the satisfactory."
Another man believes these
individual is a major deciding factor.
One woman commented lhat she changes have not been overpowering
would nol lell people who would lor him. "Host a lew Iriends as a result ol
become "very upset." She looks at coming-out, but very lew," he said, "A
coming-out as necessary lor good lew Iriendships were strengthened."
This change in social life for the gay
relationships, however. Then again,
olhers look al it as peripheral to their student is due partially to the lack of a
non-sexual relationships. One man comfortable atmosphere to be oneself
with a low need lor coming out said, on campus. Especially when I lived in
"A s 1 leel that 1 have accepted 'me', it is the dorms belore coming-out 1 had
nol important lor "me" to describe to very high attendance to campus
olhers why they should look at me events, movies, Henways, the works. I
differently. You see 'me' lor what I am, still attend a movie, play, orother event
lo you, Ihere'sno need lo allow that to that interests me as my campus
interests have not changed. However,
change due to stereotypes, etc."
Some people view their gayness as there was one night when I attended a
campus movie with another Lesbian,
and felt quite frustrated that I hod to
restrain myself from showing affection
to her, as the heterosexual couples
freely did, to' save myself and others
embarrassment. One man mentioned
feeling quite alone at straight dances.
Because we are members of the
SUNYA community (and student tax
payers) I asked il there were enough
campus activities that they could
enjoy. O n e woman
wrote,
"Involvement in any social activity not
specifically billed as "gay" involves at
least a partial shedding of my sexual
identity in order to feel comfortable. A
change in general public attitude
would make it easier for gays to enjoy
campus social activities." Another
woman feels that more on-campus gay
activities would involve the same
people seen at the off-campus gay
activities, so it doesn't make much of a
difference.
Some students would appreciate
more dances and coffeehouses geared
towards gay students. One.memberof
the Gay Alliance said, "The reason we
can't expect more activities is because
there aren't yet enough people who
will participate in them. In order to get
more students out ol the closet, the Gay
Alliance has to make itself much more
obvious."
This same man did have a concrete
answer to the final question, "How can
Albany State better meet your needs as
a homosexual?" He suggested more
positive reference material in the
library, particularly to help those not
yet "out"; a la rger appropriation for the
Gay Alliance; and finally some
centrally located lounges for gays.
Most people believe that the
institution itself can do (or should do)
nothing to meet their needs, as it is a
personal thing. Larry wrote, "It can
only help indirectly by educating
people as to their prejudices, so that
someday, I too might be accepted by
the majority ol this society as what I
am—a thinking, leeling, human
being." One woman views this type ol
change as more ol a "real possibility in
a university community."
Another woman seems to .speak for
many. "It starts with people!' she said.
"It's kind of like what the man said ir.
the Greening ol America—'if tho
people change, the politics v{ill follow
like a wave caused by a boat.' If thcpeople ol the school would become
more open to sexuality—any kind you
choose for you—my needs would be
met."
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Age: range 19-28, average 21.7.
Status: 1-graduate, 5- 1975, 1- 1976, 2- 1977, 1- 1978,
Residence: 10- off-campus apartments.
Age of first homosexual relationship: range 16-23, average 18.9.
Order to coming out to: (ol nine responses-perhaps tenth hasn I begun)
sell- 9, #1 lor all
family- 6, 3-#3, 2-H4, 1 #5
fnends- 9, 8-ff2, l-#4.
acquaintances 8, 5-HA, 3 /M.
community- 5, 1-H2, l-#4, 1 #5,
society- 3, l-#3, 1-H4. 1 #6.
1 SUNYA Gay Alliance, 8-Lesbians Ic
Organizational membership:
Liberation, 2-none.
,
What does coming out mean to you? Checking as many as apply.
loining gay community 6
having a homosexual experience 8
revealing you sexuality lo olhers 7
awareness ol sell 9
Premeditated-4, Discussion •3.
Situation in coming out: Accidently 0, . •--—-_
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from
1-10. Range 2-10, average-/.J.
Need for coming out: Bell-rated
Per cent of friends on campus that are gay: range 5%-90%, average60%.
-jo- 5%-100%,average-50%.
Per cent of straight friends know I'm gay: range
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Have you gone for counseling regarding your sexuality. 1- on-campus.
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In order to have lun while getting the
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establish a pattern of good study habits
and skills. Such habits and skills will
help you get the necessary work done
as the months a n d years g o by, and you
will handle exams with a minimum of
stress and a maximum oi achievement.
Authorities in education generally
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an examination starts in the beginning
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suggested:
T
1. Make a term study plan
2. Use good review techniques
At the beginning
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develop a daily schedule that allows
time for class preparation, study,
review, recreation, eating a n d
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Forgetting
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But each period of study
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Be alert throughout the term to the
emphasis instructors put on certain
topics, aspects or ideas. They often
give clues to points that are important
or particularly need review.
Ask your professor
what
he
recommends
for pre—examination
work. Usehiscommentsasaguidebut
don't try to outguess him.
Group reviewing can be helpful.
But it .shouldn't take the place of
working on your own.
Limit
discussions of significant points and
possible 'test questions to 30 or 45
minutes, with no more than 4 or 5
Avoid cramming.
If you have
followed a regular schedule of study
and review, you should not have to
cram the last day.
Remember,
forgetting takes place more rapidly
right after learning. II you do have to
cram, be selective. Don't attempt an
exhaustive review.
by Ed Pierson (CPS)
ome exam time, most students
throw away idealistic notions
ol learning and bear down on
the real business ol school: grades.
An economics professor at Denver
University capitalized on this
competitive syndrome by injecting
some Iree market theory into his class
last quarter. He sold grades to the
highest bidder.
Prolessor Mike Rock raked in almost
$2000 in a grade auction where the
average "A" went for $85, "B" lor $55
and "C" lor $35.
Nearly 90% ol the students present
in the class participated in the auction
ol grades right up until the day alter the
bidding when the prolessor revealed
that it was a hoax.
In a recent interview, Rock said, "In
retrospect, 1 wish I hadn't done it,
precisely because it was so depressing'
to see how easy it is to manipulate
students."
The bizarre tale unfolded like this:
One day last quarter the economics
prolessor walked into class and said:
"Look, you people have won . . . I'm
going to sell grades. Grades will go to
the highest bidder. II you people are so
happy with the market process, why
don't we just let the marketdiclate who
C
gets what."
Rock told the class he would sell a
certain number ol A's, B's, C's and D's,
that payment was due within three
days, and that those who didn't want to
buy grades had the option ol taking a
"withdrawn passing" (WP) grade.
An impartial auctioneer, another
faculty member was brought in by
Hock as he told students that he himsell
could not "in good conscience" sell the
grades. The auctioneer stood up in
Irontol the class and began, "What are
the bids lor an A?" The lirsl bid was
$45. The bidding went on and the
grades were all sold.
Several members ol the class
objected to the selling ol grades and
proceeded to go to the department
chairman, dean ol the business school
and acting dean ol student lile.
Some objected to the proposed
grading system mainly because it was
not in the original contract ol the class
Others said that it was blackmail to pay
lor the class twice.
One business major who consulted
a lawyer, said that he was not opposed
to the selling ol grades as long as it was
student initiated," but was opposed to
the lacl that Rock told them they had to
buy grades. That was "coercion" he
sa id.
One other shrewd business student,
noting that a number of students were
absent from the auction, bought up all
of the C's and D's. He planned to
advertise them in the campus
newspaper and sell them at a profit.
While he didn't advertise, the
student did spend fifteen minutes in
class the day after the auction trying to
sell the grades at a 300% profit.
After paying $86 in cash for an A,
another student asked Rock, "Do you
think you're going to get another
teaching job in this country? You're
going to be blackballed Irom every
university in the country."
Students in the class were so
convinced that Rock was serious that
many stopped studying lor the final
exam and others tore up their papers.
On the last day of class, Rock
explained that he had not been
serious. "How could you be so absurd
as to believe you could get away with
something like this?" he asked them.
When asked why he believed Rock,
one student answered, "Look, you're
an authority ligure and as an authority
9 g u r e we take what you say at lace
value."
Another member ol class, alter
hearing it was all a hoax, tried to keep
Rock to his contract and lorce the
money on him. "We made a contract
yesterday," he argued. "Here's my
$80. 1 want my A!"
Rock noted that no one attempted to
obtain a WP In the class, that ultimately
the money made no dillerence in the
grading, and all the money was
returned.' Only"'$86 in ca-sh'waS'
actually collected. The remainder was
in the form ol notes.
"It's so easy to convince students ol
almost any tiling," said Rock. "My God,
il t h a t ' s e d u c a t i o n , then the
educational system is more messed up
th< a 1 thought il was."
Explaining his reasons for intitiating
the scheme, Rock said, "For nine
weeks I attempted to engage the
students in a dialogue which most ol
Ihern relused to be engaged in."
I would have thought everything 1
did lor those nine weeks would have
led them to believe that I'd be the last
person in the world to sell them
grades."
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ALBANY STUDENT PRESS
JANUARY 28, 1975
JANUARY 28, 1975
ALBANY STUDENT PRESS
Are pot—smokers and feminists on
the decline?
The American Council on Education
is out: with a report indicating that
liberal trends of the 1960's may b e
sharply reversed by 1975 college
students.
In a massive study, the Council
surveyed 3 6 4 colleges and 190,000
first year students on such topics as
dope a n d equal rights.
Surprisingly, the Council found that
for the first time in six years, the
number of students favoring liberal
marijuana laws a n d job equality for
women has dropped. (ZNS)
A report on marijuana from the
Department of Health, Education and
Welfare indicates that approximately
three in every five high school students
has smoked dope.
H.E.W.'s 1974 report, Marijuana and
Health, cites a study in San Mateo,
California, where 61.9 percent of the
boys and 58.2 percent ol the girls
smoked pot. H.E.W. estimates that one
in every seven Americans over the age
of 12 has used pot.
The United States Government is
also studying the possibility that the
g i a n t marijuana plants, which
currently grow wild in the mid—west,
may become extremely potent as the
years go by.
A series ol studies commissioned by
the Department of Health, Education
and Welfare has found what, many
smokers have long known—that the
wild plants contain almost no T.H.C.
As a result, smoking the wild plants
produces almost no "high" at all.
However, additional H.E.W. studies
h a v e iound that "high T.H.C.
producing strains" are "dominant" —
that is, by cross—pollinating v/ith the
low—T.H.C. plants, high T.H.C. pol is
the inevitable result.
The Governmenl reports finding that
successive pot crops in Mississippi
have been growing stronger by the
year.
The same is expected to happen lo
the wild weed in the Midwest, the
Government says. (ZNS)
The U.S. Government has spent
more than $350,000 (dollars) in an
effort to prove that marijuana smokers
become dependent on pol.
San Francisco physician Dr. Reese
(ones, the director ol the research
project, reports that volunteers are
kept in a stoned state around the clock
lor twenty — one days. Each ol the
volunteers, according to Dr. Jones, is
given the equivalent ol 80 marijuana
cigarettes each day.
Two ol the volunteers in the
project—bolh ol them long- time pot
smokers—have complaini d that the
dosage in the experiments was so
heavy
that t h e y had
serious
hallucinations, muscle spasms, and at
times, believed they had died.
A critic of the experiment, Dr.
Sanlord Fineglass, calculates that each
volunteer is being administered the
equivalent ol a marijuana cigarette
every eight and a hall minutes
around the clock.
The project's director, Jones, says he
has proved that Bmokers do become
physically dependent on marijuana.
Dr. Jones states he plans to apply for
another Government grant for a new
experiment which will triple the
amount of drjjfr'-<ii*?p A9 .vjajyaiteerfl.
That would be a joint more than once
every .three minutes. (ZNS)
PAGE 8P
Trends toward* legalization...
The Oregon Pot
Study
Oregon is the first state • to abolish criminal penalties lor
possession of o n e ounce ol marijuana or less and to replace them
with a maximum civil line of $100. The independent Drug Abuse
Council commissioned a survey in October 1974—the first
anniversary of the new legislation—to assess what changes have
occurred in marijuana usage during that year and to find out what
impressions Oregonians have of their new law.
A majority (58 percent) ol the State ol Oregon residents favor the
elimination ol criminal penalties lor the possession of small
amounts ol marijuana. Three out of every 10 Oregon adults
approve ol their state law that makes simple possession of .
marijuana a civil "offense"—akin to a parking ticket—carrying a
fine but no jail term or criminal record. An additional 26 percent
favor changes making sale and|or possession of small amounts ol
marijuana legal.
The Oregon survey consisted ol 802 personal interviews with
adults 18 years or over, representing a balanced sample ol the
state's population. As might be expected, young adults—ages 18
through 29—took a more liberal view on the four legal choices
regarding sale and|or possession ol small amounts of marijuana.
The division is sharp between those who either have or currently
use marijuana and those who have never used marijuana.
marijuana Usage
Total adults
By Age
18-29
30-44
45-59
60 8, over
Have ever used
_
i
N e v e r used
46
15
4
2
54
85
81
96
98
Two out ol every ten Oregon adults have at least tried marijuana,
with one out ol every ten reporting thai Ihey currently use
marijuana.
Again, a sharp difference in marijuana usage is
observed between younger adults and older adults.
Change In Marijuana Usage
Current users
\
Decreased usage
Increased usage
No change
40
5
52
It appears that the number ol individuals using marijuana has not
signilicantly increased in Oregon during the year since it has
removed criminal penalties lor simple possession ol one ounce or
less.
Reasons For Non-Usage
Current non-users
%
No interest
Health danger
Possibility of legal prosecution
Not available
Other reasons
Undecided
53
23
4
2
9
9
The lederal National Commission on Marijuana and Drug Abuse,
alter an exhaustive two—year study, estimated in 1972 that 26
million Americans had tried marijuana, with 8 million ol these
usingitregularly. The Commission recommended that possession
ol marijuana for personal use no longer b e a criminal offense and
that casual distribution ol small amountsof marijuana not involving
prolit no longer be an ollense. Oregon is the only state to adopt, in
part, this recommendation, although many other states are
presently considering it.
The Oregon survey was conducted by Bardsley and Haslacher,
Inc., of Portland, Oregon, a marketing research lirm, and consisted
of several questions asked as part ol a longer, regularly scheduled
survey ol public opinion on a variety of issues.
ALBANY STUDENT PRESS
The New York times reports that the
use of drugs, including marijuana, is
on the upswing among young people
in the Soviet Union.
• Although Soviet officials deny drug
use. is a p r o b l e m t h e r e , the
Government recently enacted tough
new drug laws designed to punish
drug users.
In a sharp departure from normal
practice the official newspaper of the
Young C o m m u n i s t L e a g u e has
reported in detail the recent bust ol a
young Soviet citizen for peddling
packets ol hashish.
' According to the Times, official
newspapers rarely, it ever, talk about
drug cases—and the lactthat a hashish
story was p l a y e d prominently
indicates that the article was a warning
to other potential drug sellers.
The Times adds that Soviet youths
are able to obtain marijuana which is
cultivated in Soviet Central Asia. The
newspaper says pot is also shipped to
major cities throughout the U.S.S.R.
Irom the Caucasus and Irom the port ol
Odessa on the Black Sea. (ZNS)
A group ol young, dope—smoking
Australians has lormed a nationwide
union and political party to push lor
legal marijuana in Australia.
The organization, lormed tv/o years
ago, is known as the Dope Smokers
Union—or the "D.S.U."— and is
currently generating $65,000 (dollars)
a year in income.
The D.S.U. has run dozens of
advertisements
in
Australian
n e w s p a p e r s , ollering
marijuana,
hashish and "Buddha Sticks" which
are the tops ol pot plants through the
mails. An ounce ol good marijuana
sells tor,$39 (dollars), with the-: extra
prolit.'being used to finance D.S.U.
political -activities.
The advertisements in newspapers
make a special introductory oiler ol a
Iree "joint" to anymne who wants to
sample one.
The D.S.U.'s b u n d e r Peter Carey
says thai although the Union's
activities are technically illegal, the
police will not move against the D.S.U.
because its organizers have gathered
incriminating information about police
a c t i v i t i e s related lo narcotics
enforcement.
The parly's platform calls lor
legalizing
marijuana
growing,
legalizing
prostitution,
and
encouraging people to go back lo Ihe
land and run farms. 'Ihe D.S.U. says il
ate; plans lo establish a travel service
designed especially lor people lleeing
Irom dope charges.
Ihe parly states il will
run 12
c a n d i d a t e s in Ihe next lederal
elections in Australia.
Also in Australia, some farmers have
been raising marijuana as llieii major
cash crop alter unseasonal rams
destroyed their tobacco crops.
The Australian magazine Nation
Review reports lhal the pot trade has
grown into a multimillion dollar
industry which is expanding lasleven
though police continue to bust both
smokers and larmers.
In one section ol Australia, however,
about 100 miles northwest ol Cairns,
farmers are reported to have grown so
tired ol police raids, heavy lines and
jail sentences that they have lormed an
armed militia to protect their pot fields.
A reporter Irom Nation Review, alter
a lirst—hand look at the marijuana
plantations, writes that the larmers are
well—armed and mean business.
(ZNS)
JANUARY 28, 197S
letters
The Dominant Society
To the Editor:
In the Central Council meeting of January
22,1975. the chairperson of C.C. presented a
resolution that proposed a 67% cut of all the
budgets of the ethnic groups on campus. His
rationale was I) the money given to these
groups is "astronomical," and 2) that these
groups "breed hostilities" on campus. The
chairperson recommended a 67% budget cut
as a means to eventually eliminate all ethnic
organization on campus, and having these
organizations "absorbed" by the larger
general S.A. organizations. During the
debate, no non-council members were allowed
to speak, though representatives of Fuerza
Latina, on the affected groups, were asking to
be recognized.
Though the resolution was overwhelmingly
defeated. I feel that its implications are
importnnt to understand and I sincerely hope
that a debate will be waged in the ASP, so that
wc may all reach a higher level of truth and
clarity on the question. The following is my
contribution to the debate.
When the chairperson states that ethnic
groups are receiving astronomical sums of
money, he is merely displaying his ignorance
and racism by implying that I) non-Anglo
talent is inferior and not worth the same
money as Anglo talent and that 2) non-Anglo
cultural expressions are limited and
redundant, therefore only one or two annual
activities per ethnic group will suffice, or that
3) ethnic groups should give up their cultural
integrity and should move along the path of
acculturation, or 4) all of the above.
As to his argument that ethnic groups breed
hostilities, the chairperson is again showering
us with his ignorance and racism, lie is
implying that the ethnic groups arc the
"problem."
His implications do not have an ounce of
originality but do have an identifiable basis.
That basis is the racism and intolerance of
cultural pluralism that exists in the dominant
society. The chairperson is not entirely to
blame for his beliefs, He is a product of a class
divided society where the exploitation of
people by people is the basis of its socioeconomic system.
Racism and intolerance of cultural
pluralism cannot be erased from this campus
us long as they continue to he a part of the
ideology of the dominant society. They can
however be alleviated by encouraging the
nourishing of ethnic organizations and
encouraging the general Anglo community lo
attend the activities sponsored by the ethnic
organizations,
1 congratulate the Central Council for
acting responsibly in defeating the resolution,
and I urge them to attack problems Irom their
roots, not their symptoms.
President of S.A. informed Brown of his
alleged ineligibility sighting Brown's failure to
pay his class dues as a problem.
Facts
1. Jimmy Brown is a member of the Class of
'78 in good standing at the University.
2. The EOP Program, Office of Financial
Aids, and the Bursar have verified records of
payment on bills for Brown including class
dues.
In our analysis of the situation, EOPSA
found that S.A. was supplied by the Bursar
with data on studcntaccounts. Included in this
material was information on class dues and
student tax payments. It was later admitted by
S.A. thai the data supplied and used was. in
fact, inaccurate since much ofthe information
had not been updated. This, explained S.A..
was the cause of Brown's name being
removed. His name did not appear on the
dated sheets.
Facts
1. S.A. did not attempt to correct ihe
situation until alter the removal of Brown's
name from the ballot,
2. Although S.A. compensated for the
mistake by invalidating December third's
Class ol '78 elections, slill a large segment of
voter* were uneducated to Ihe circumstances
involved. Many tailed lo return lore-cast their
Mile.
3. hive 15) FOP freshmen, whose names
were not on Ihe out-dated sheds were not
allowed to Mile in both elections Class of'78
and CentrnlCouneil/l heseeasesare presently
being documented by EOPSA.
4. Central Countil Elections lor December
3, ll)74vvcre mil declared invalid, as a result of
these students being disfranchised.
I here are still many questions, relating to
ilns enure situation, that have been left
unanswered.
1. Why was confidential information on
student accounts sought by S.A.. and used in
ihe electoral process'.1
2. Istheuseol such information pan ol S.A,
election procedure?
3. Were I O l ' students ihe only students
disfranchised'.'
4 Is ihe overnight storage ol ballot boxes in
residence areas (dorm roomsHilsn permissible
under S.A. election procedure?
5. Is not a valid ID and lax card sufficient
lor an election?
I lie clients ol llns entire mailer, though,
seemingly insignificant to Student
Association, are mosl disturbing to EOPSA.
We vieu Ihis act by Student Association as
being highly discriminatory, biased and
rapidly approaching racist. We strongly
demand that all elections ol December 3-6,
l')74 be declared invalid and that Rich
Grccnhcrg be removed from his position as
Acting-Flection Commissioner.
Ihe McmhcisamlRcprcsciitativcsot EOPSA
Assistant Coordinator
Fuerza Latina
Voters' Choice
To the Editor!
On December 3, 1974 the SUN Y A Student
Association began elections for vacancies on
Central Council and for officers and council
members for Ihe Class of '78. In both elections,
EOI'SA endorsed candidates for the
positions. For both elections, EOP students
Were not allowed to vote by S.A. appointed
Poll-Watchers, It is this disfranchisement of
EOF students by S.A. which has provoked our
demand that the elections of December 3-6,
1974 be declared invalid, and that new
elections be established.
Knowledge of disfranchisement of students
reached our office on December 3, 1974. It
begun when Jimmy .Brown's name was
illegally removed from the election ballots.
Brown was running for the office of President
| the Class of 78. Iru llirnbaum, Vice-
JANUARY 28, 197S
"Il is In fact nothing short of a miracle that
the modern methods of instruction have not
yet entirely strangled the holy curiosity of
inquiry; for this delicate little plant, aside from
stimulation, stands mainly in need of freedom;
without this it goes lo wrack and ruin without
fail."—Albert Einstein
We intend to inaugurate a co-operatively
owned, edited, and published journal from
which we hope will emerge new insights into
both traditional and experimental disciplines.
We believe that an independent periodical
may stimulate our curiosity by encouraging us
to transcend the conventional boundaries of
orthodox scholarship. Because this will be a
co-operative forum, it may encourage the
growth of a genuine community of scholars
drawn from all backgrounds and points of
view, and permit Ihe mutual consideration
and continual exploration of vital intellectual
principles. And because this publication will
be ours, it will challenge us to make of it what
we can.
We hope that its content will be fruitfully
diverse and Ihus provide a forum for a
continuous interchange of ideas within and
outside our respective departments; and that it
will enable teacher and student alike to escape
the fetters of narrow specialization and
academic sterility. Tending to be more
p r o v i s i o n a l t h a n conclusive, more
interrogative than declarative', the journal will
attempt to foster communal interaction in two
ways: it will encourage students to engage
more actively in the experience of education,
and in the process of self-discovery; and it will
try to reunite us with our colleagues, with
whom wc share a profound interest in humane
studies.
Wc invite all those interested to join with us
at an open meeting on Monday, February 3,
7:30 p.m.. in HU-354.
Erich Nussbaum
Sigurd Juncker
William Grimes
Alfred Finkelstein
Harry Staley
Michael Kaufman
Jeffrey Bcrman
Notes From the House of the Dead:
His Arm in the Till
li) Robert Mayer
Several University officials have not quite recuperated from thescandal six months ago that
uncovered Campus Center Director Tom Wilhelm's exploits. Wilhclm who distinguished his
career at SUNYA with more tilth written about him in Campus Center elevators than any other
individual, was found with his lingers in the till. Before something rotten was discovered in
Denmark by PSA sleuths, Wilhclm managed to bilk the university and students for several
thousands of dollars, minus the gratuities that some .affectionate students managed to secure
from their boss.
Well il has happened again. Faculty Student Association is silent and so is Security and the
D.A.'s office. This is what we have pieced together from several sources.
Id Adis, who jtisi recently received a horizontal promotion in charge of cash register
operations, was discovered with his whole arm in the till. The figure is somewhere between 16
and 21) thousand, possibly more, and according to Assistant Director of University Police
llannigan. "involves hundreds of transactions."
Aside Irom the obvious embarrassment to the University which now credits two major
scandals, these exploits are costing students a lot of money. Ihe job of the University Police is lo
investigate these kinds of corruption but the job of Faculty Student Association personnel and
Student Affairs office is lo insure thai these things don't go on for years without being
uncovered.
Hundreds of man hours have already been spent to unravel these gross examples of
embezzlement while certainly better time could be spent serving us clients.
Sole: A friend of mine was employed with FSA last Spring and often I would visit her al the
Executive Park Offices. Il was there thai I met Ed Adis who vvas the staunches! anti-Nixon
person in live building simply because the former President was "an S.O.B. crook." Il all goes to
show lhal there is no comradcrie among thieves.
*************
Il was Old Home Week Friday night for many SUNY A graduates who came to see The Star
Spangled Washboard Hand. But the experience vvas very different from those days when the
group would play on the Slate Quad lawn witlr their simple microphones, Sam Brook's P. A.
system and worn out instruments. On Friday night Ihey were all Pro and the old timers could
inly say, "Wow, Ihey have changed."
mil
*************
Buzzing Around
To the I'.ditor:
Juan Tito Melendcz
Cooperation and Production
ll seems lhal Ihe best place to catch a buzz
on campus is in Ihe library. Year alter year,
students are plagued by ihe incessant buzzing
ol Ihe fluorescein lights that seep into every
nook and cranny ol the library. I he problem is
a serious one. No one likes lo study under the
fear that a giam swarm ot bees is about lo
altaek; vel the situation remains unchanged.
1 his constant, endless, hypnotic drone may, in
lad. be partly responsible for the library's
reputation as a good place lo catch up on some
sleep (there are Ihose, however, who insist that
il unfortunately keeps iheiu awake).
Until the library does something about the
buzzing lights. I suggest that students study in
their rooms. Ihis doesn't mean you slill won't
catch a buzz, but at least you'll be able lo get
your work done.
I his is Ihe agenda for concerts this semester. Solid and set: Feb. 7, Billy Cohham; Feb. 21,
Marshall fucker and Elvin Bishop. Heller than Maybe: April 12. Focus; April 24. Zappa.
lingers Crossed: Hilly Joel; Jefferson Slarship.
Alter a remarkable Fall semester, University Speakers Forum is working out another fine
slate ol speakers. On Feb, II George Plimton will speak on "My life from the Packers to
Playboy." On Feb, 20 Nicholas Johnson will speak on "How lo Achieve notoriety in an
innocuous Government job. On Feb. 25 Supreme TrekkerGenc Rodenberry will discuss "Why
there should be courses on Siar lick in Colleges today." April 8 will bring Sol Gordon and a
discussion on "Why ihe orgasm is infinitely superior to gelling high." April 23 through 25 Alger
Hiss will discuss "From the Stale Department lo SUNYA and all because of Richard Nixon."
Finally April 30 Isaac Asimov speaking on "SUNYA as a Separate Celestial Entity."
Sale: Hie names and dates are Hue but the lilies are adulterated fantasy.
**************
"Moles From Ihe House of Ihe Dead" will he appearing weekly. I would appreciate any
information of import you wish lo be made public. I would also appreciate any information you
may know that someone else wishes lo be made public. But I would be most appreciative about
information individuals wish to remain private. Thanks. -R.M.
SENATE
CANDIDATES
KWTRHERE
I hen, again....
Steve Kerch
The Albany Student Press reserves
ihe sole right to prim or edit Utters to the
Editor. Submit letters typewritten to CC
J.'ri for consideration. Keep those runts
mill letters earning, folks!
ALBANY STUDENT PRESS
PAGE NINE
columns
Poems
Poems
Today's Special: A Poetical Smorgasbord
The Price of Meat and Potatoes:
Three People in One . . .
. . . Or No One At a All
by D M M M ( t 9 M M f » )
was the "Re-Elect the President" corner. He
W40-.it it. that says University life is de- told me that I looked like someone who might
penonaliaedT For two years, I have listened to like to work for President Nixon's Rethe . depressing groan* of students Election. 1 replied "thanks a lot" and turned to
complaining. People complain that this school leave to prevent my saying something more
is too large and that they have become just a appropriate, when I heard him offer an
handful of social security numbers buried invitation to a free beer party after the
deep inside a Univac's memory bank. I dont campaign work. Completing a 360 degree
understand them at all.
turn, I asked where 1 could sign up. On the
Allow me to introduce myself. 1 am 099-40- practically bare list he presented me, I added
4939.1 realize that by identifying myself by my the first name that came to my head besides
social security number 1 am supporting the my own, Steve Morgan,
contention that we are depersonalized by
machines at SUN Y A, but then again, it is the
I really didn't expect anything to come of it.
computer who really knows who 1 am.
On the following Saturday, 1 reported early at
1 am 099-40-4939, no doubt about it. Every Re-Election HQ, lest 1 be seen by any of my
once in a while; I go down to the computer friends. To my dismay, a raging party was in
center and punch a few keys, just to make sure. progress, a Republican party. Biting the
It never fails. For two years here at SUN YAI bullet, 1 dashed in hoping to reap some reward
haven't altered one bit. I am always 099-40- for my commitment. Before I could curl my
4939. It is very reassuring.
fingers around a glass, the funny looking dude
Oh, 1 don't go around introducing myself by from the campus center grabbed my drinking
my student I.D. number. Quite the contrary. arm, pulled me into a corner and started to
Many people here know me by my given talk with me. He explained that he knew me
name, Jason. Jason T. Albright, schmuck Pre- through our large, lecture center Political
Med student. However, there are quite a few Science class, but he didn't know my name. I
of you out there who will recognize me as again used my hastily contrived alias and my
Steve Morgan, and an equally disturbing friend started to introduce me to his friends,
number of you call me Keith Borglum. calling me Steve Morgan.
Impossible you say? Not in this I) niversity and
It was amazing. In the brief span of that
I am the living proof.
Saturday afternoon, 1 was transformed from
Jason T. Albright, McGovern idealist, to
S|»teMoi^
' It all started quite by incident."/SroMad-^Sleve Morgan, Nixon reactionary. In
election in 1972; I w a V ' n l ^ g ' l i j i ^ n l n ^
I vehemently disagreed with
campus center doing nothing in particular, everyone 1 met that day—that is in my mind.
when, without any reason, a short burly lad But that day, 1 wasn't me, 1 was Steve Morgan
with blonde hair and brown mustache and 1 loved it. It was new, it was different.
motioned me over to his propaganda table. It None of those people had known me before
and besides, the size of classes and the
numbers of people on campus were in my
favor. None of those people would ever find
out that Steve Morgan didn't exist, and never
had. I secured close friendships with many of
the people 1 met that day and the relationships
have remained strong since.
Then Who la Keith Borgtam?
My next venture began almost as innocently
as the first. A fellow sufferer in my lecture
center Psych class asked my my name. I
hesitated a moment, remembering my
experience with the Nixon people and
immediately recognized that this presented a
whole new opportunity. This fellow had long
hair and a beard and I suspected that he
smoked MARIJUANA!!! The name I gave
was Keith Borglum.
Later in the week, 1 spent an afternoon
helping my new friend with a term paper at his
room. He asked me if 1 got high, and
practically leaping at the opportunity, 1 lied,
replying in the affirmative. Whereupon he
whipped out a joint and lit up. That was the
very first time I got stoned. With this and
several gatherings afterwards, 1 was
unofficially initiated; in the world of the freak,
and again I was no longer myself. A whole new
person emerged, instead of Jason T. Albright,
conscientious student, I was now Keith
Borglum, freak.
For two years now, 1 have developed along
three different personality lines. One, Keith
Borglum became one ol the directionless ones.
Living wholly in a drug oriented atmosphere,
not caring about anything in particular, he
grew much as mold on a cheese, acquiring
character and individuality. Keith made new
Lament
friends and connections and even did a little
dealing on the side in order to keep himself in
head stash.
Steve Morgan also grew and made new
friends and found new ideals operating in a
politically oriented atmosphere and political
community. And, Jason Albright continued
on his original course. 1 still muddle around as
a disenchanted pre-med student. Reality
escapes me most of the time, but then who
needs it. Most of my J.T. Albright friends
think I'mabitwhackedout. If they only knew.
"All the World's A Stage..."
Am 1 a schizophrenic? Au Contraire. I
know exactly what I've been doing and 1 enjoy
it immensely. If I was schizo, 1 wouldn't be so
selective with the times 1 choose to flash my
alter egos. It goes without argument that my
multi-personality could present some real
problems, so most of my friends recognize me
as good old Jason T.
So all you people out there who complain of
having no identity, what is your problem? In
this huge mass of humanity I've managed to
find enough identity to last three lifetimes.
How can you do it? You can find a way, the
possibilities are endless. My secret lies in the
fact that I try to spread myself out over several
quads. On Alumni, my home base, I am Jason
T. On Indian where all my activist friends are,
I'm Steve Morgan, and on Dutch 1 am very
much active as Keith Borglum. I still have two
quads and the commuters to use yet.
A Walter Mitty reality is within your grasp.
If you feel lost, just go out there and be
someone, it doesn't matter who. 11 you don't
like it, you can always be somebody else. 1
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A crisp comforter of snow
covers everything and blurs the outlines
of streets and trees.
The sun has been blazing
like a torch at night
but it stays 90 million miles
away to blind us.
We have retreated
in an orderly manner,
leaving a trail of monuments
in our wake.
Many have given up praying
and want to defect or surrender,
and to make matters worse
there is rumor of icestorms
cruising in the North.
That door is a dam holding back a restless river.
Dreadful torrents of emotion wait to ravage troubled spirits.
The Hoods will follow the contours of your mind
And thoroughly wash out all other roads of thought.
through the picture window.
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The sting of the razorblade wind
chips at the nerves,
the skin pales & shrinks,
the blood slows sluggish
as mercury,
It has been said that the extremities
are the first to freeze,
the edges of limbs
the ears
the nose
the fingers
the toes,
the sentries on the mountain peaks,
but there is something inside that chills
the moment that motion becomes
impossible,
something that folds into itself
like a fetus and dies.
Hope, daughter of Delusion, why do I seek thee?
You burn out my stomach and torment my heart,
Let dreams be buried that are phantoms of no substance.
Why can't I willingly accept hateful Fate?
by Godolphln Reed
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Sing O Muse of a man of laughter
. Who lies now fallen broken in spirit.
Eros, the wielder of gold and lead arrows
Pierced open his heart, then left him to waste.
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apanese Film Reveals City
By Ira P. Shaoroaakj
On January 24, Akira Kurosawa's
Dodes'ka-den was presented at the
Performing Arts Center. All the
other Japanese movies I have seen
are those grade Z Godzilla or
Mothia flicks on television, so I was
quite unprepared for this particular
film. .
Kurosawa uses the film as a canvas to paint a surreal portrait of a
Tokyo slum. There are many small
plots in this film, the purpose of
which is to show the slum-dwellers
miserable poverty and how the poor
cope.
One way of dealing with .the
equator of this slum is drinking.
Most everyone drinks sake', a cheap
rice wine. Two laborers are warned
by their wives not to come home
drunk again. Of course, they do
return crank. One wife tells her husband that he must stop drinking. He
goes to his friend's house, and the
friend decides to talk to the man's
wife. Each man gets chummy with
his friend's wife, and, in the blink of
an eye, the friends switch wives. The
local gossips enjoy seeing this switch,
but no one is terribly surprised or
offended. The morals of these people
are different than ours, I suppose.
Another means of dealing with
poverty is by retreating into onesself.
One man, who discovered his wife
with another man, became a recluse
and comes out of his hovel only to
buy and sell rags. He locks hu door
against intruders, but in truthThe has
nothing that warrants stealing. But
he has absolutely nothing else left ex-
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gives the father a small container of
fish he was told to boil. The father
says that the fish is pickled and it it
not necessary to boil this fish, and so
they eat, and continue "working" on
the house. An interesting point was
that they never appear in the house
itself up to this point in time.
cept hit little house and the food inside.
The third, and perhaps the most
important way of dealing with the
miserable conditions of the slum is illusion and delusion. The title of the
film, Dodes'ka-den, means "the
sound of the trolley" and indeed, the
first plot we see has to do with a
young man who conducts an imaginary trolley car down a long path
and back, all day. He travels from a,
"station" along the path through the
junkyard to the local "water-hole,"
around which sit a gaggle of women,
washing clothes, gossiping, and
otherwise spend the day. They
become our commentators, telling
us little bits of information about
each story-line. Except for leading us
to this place, the young man plays a
minor role in this film, returning
once or twice to the screen, running
along his "track," repeating
"Dodes'ka-den."
The beggars, father and son, are
the lowest on the totem pole of financial ability. The others manage to
scrape up some money, making
flowers, cooking, etc., but these two
are the most destitute. And yet they
have the biggest dreams. They build
a house on a hill. Of course, being so
poor, they can't really construct this
house, but they are rich in their
dreams. They start with an elaborate
gate of iron, thena a fence to surround the j^onerty. At thtwpoint,; ]
the Tittle boy goes off to beg for the
day's food. He returns and they eat.
Before finishing the meal, the son
That night they both become ill.
They still discuss the house. The
house is now built, an ultra-modern
design, in a metallic rose-pink, with a
porch for the son to play on. The
father recovers from the illness, but
the little boy gets worse. Afraid to
take him to the doctor, the man
deludes himself into believing that
everything will be alright. He goes
off and returns with some broth. As
he heats it up, he talks of building a
swimming pool. He opens the door
of the abandoned automobile in
which they live, and the boy's inert
body fallsout. The father and theold
wise man cremate the body and bury
it. The father then says "You see,
Kiri, you have your swimming pool
now," and suddenly he is standing
before a huge round pool. He is now
in his dream, and thedream becomes
his reality. Illusion is the only way he
can cope with his misery.
Dodes'ka-den is Kurosawa's first
film in color, and he uses color quite
effectively. In the "trolley"-man's
room, the walls are literally covered
with trolley cars in rainbow colors,
in the style of kindergarten paintings. T h e paintings serve to
emphasize the dully-colored house
and the even more dully-colored
lives of the slum dwellers.
The colon used for the sunsets
and evening light are also quite
brilliant. They underscore and contrast the action on thescreen. For instance, the beggar boy's death scene
contains a sunset where reds and
purples predominate, The majesty of
this sunset contrasts with the boy's
agonizingly gruesome death,
touching a very harsh chord in the
hearts of the audience, to show that
life goes on, stopping for no one.
Akira Kurosawa must have lived
in the Tokyo slums at one time or
another to have been able to portray
this poverty with such a sympathetic
feeling. He is an artist, expressing his
feelings, using celluloid as a canvas,
to show how the deprived of Tokyo
manage to eke out any sort of existence for themselves.
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Dance Theatre Workshop, Inc., a
group of young artists creating and
producing original works, will perform in the Main Theatre of the Performing Art's Center at State University of New York at Albany on
Thursday, Jan. 30, at 8 p.m. The
troupe, which is devoted to the
development of the art of
choreography and its related
theatrical and musical elements, will
be in residence at the university for a
lull week and will conduct a number
of workshops and master classes.
On Tuesday, Jan. 28, from 6:30 to
9 p.m., the company will
demonstrate techniques of improvisation; the following evening
from 7:30 to 9:30, they will conduct
classes on intermediate technique.
Two master classes will be held on
Saturday, Feb. I—one in technique
from 12:30 to 2 p.m. and one in improvisation from,3 to 3:30 p.m. All
classes will take place in the Dance
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The program is> the fourth in a
series of performances and
workshops in contemporary dance
sponsored by the univcristy's Dance
Council, funded by Student Association. The purpose of the program is
to bring to the community distinguished modem dance companies
representing a variety of approaches
to dance.
The weekend of February 7 and 8
will bring to the Eighth Step
Coffeehouse, 14 Willett Street,
Albany, an interesting group known
as the buxlehude Trio. Basically an
acoustical group of musicians, they
feature a variety of music styles that
can best be described as folk-rock
with a definite jazz influence. A large
section of their material consists of
music by Dylan, Mike Mcsmith,
Van Morrison and others.
The group consists of Joseph
D'Entrone, vocals and guitar;
Russell Gardel, electric bass; and
Mitchell Shuldman, vocals and
guitar. Joseph D'Entrone, of
Albany, writes most of the original
material performed by thegroup. He
is an excellent guitarist with training
in musical thcoryand is soon to be
graduated with a degree in music
from SUNY at Cortland. Russell
Garde!, from New Jersey, the
bassist, is responsible for adding the
contrapuntal line to their performances. Mitchell Shuldman, from
Brooklyn, the other guitarist, is
presently studying classical guitar
and is soon to graduate from Cortland, also with a music degree.
classical fot
The Proposition
continued from page 13
out and devours Mata Hari and a
finale hi which everyone comes ba dc
' to life. All wat done in song, with the
actors' fine voices parodying the
Italian operatic style with such songs
as "What's the Matter, HarryT' Excellent miming of actions such as being swallowed by a lion contributed
to the humor (the actors use no
props whatsoever).
After the fairy tale "Cinderella"
was cleverly performed in the style of
six suggested playwrights successively (Shakespeare, O'Neill, Ibsen, Euripides etc.), came the finale of the
evening, a dodgers and Hammerstein musical comedy about a
plumber, and earthquake and false
teeth that don'tfit.Centering around
a dentist who falls in love with a lady
plumber, but is upset because one of
his patient's false teeth don't fit, the
happy ending comes when the
plumber uses her plunger to create
and earthquake which makes the
patient's mouth slam shut around
the false teeth. Sounds wild? It was,
and the songs were amazingly clever,
abounding in puns such as "I'm
flushed all over", "You've bridged
the gap—Let's take the plunge" and
"You're a pal—I'll even do your root
canal."
The Proposition's goal is to
entertain—and they certainly
succeed. They work within a semifixed framework (their show will
usually include a musical, a foreign
film festival, aparody ofplaywrights
etc.), but the framework is free
enough to allow them to improvise
characters, situations, dialogue and
song incorporating audience
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Fragments of a Roman tomb on the Via Appla from the time ot the poet Catullus.
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Improvisatory theatre is exciting
theatre; a company of five young
performers called 7Vle Proposition
proved this last Saturday night to a
full house at the, Main Theatre. The
Proposition's formal was conceived
of and directed by a man named
Allan Albert and this format,
coupled with the talents of the performers, is a sure-fire success. The
show has been running for several
years now in Boston and, up until a
year or two ago, at the Mercer Arts"
Center in New York City.
What makes this show so exciting'.1
Part of the answer lies in the fact that
it is spontaneous, created on the
spot, and employs the suggestions
given by the audience only a minu'e
before, Il is the sheer delight of
watching your own suggestions
cleverly and comically incorporated
into improvised songs and skits thai
makes litis show a special experience
lor the audience. Ami the other part
of the answer is that the members of
the company are inventive and versatile enough It) cany oil with great
polislinntl humoi ;t scene, for example, involving such diverse elements
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and and earthquake. They even set it
to music!
The members of this company are
Kay Baker. John Monteith, Olga
lloluh, Suzanne Rand and pianist
Allen Cohen, who improvises the
music ttt accompany the action. It is
difficult to convey the essence of
what they do, since their material
owes its humor largely to the spontitneity of its creation, but I will
attempt to describe how they took
audience suggestions and imprnvised situations around them.
lor the first improvisation, Kay
asked the audience for an emhanassing moment and a volunteer
responded with "walking in on your
roommate while he's "using' the
loom." The format was that of a
foreign film festival, and the scene
was enacted in French, British,
Japanese and Italian. The performers are trained in the sounds
and gestures associated with these
countries, so their foreign gibberish
sounded amazingly real and Iheir intonaitons and expressions were extremely funny.
Another
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The Proposition created a great rapport with PAC audiences.
audience suggestions of a place and a
first line: a ball park, and "Gosh,
these hamburgers stink!" and involved a first meeting between John
and Suzanne. At various points, Ray
froze the action and asked the
audience to help continue the plot.
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For example, he asked, "Why is she
so aggressive'.'" and the answer was
"Constipation." Suzanne told John
of her problem and then added, "But
1 shouldn't be loading all my
troubles on you." This is just one example of the way the performers use
the suggestions to make on-the-spot
jokes and puns, which is why they
arc so funny.
Combines Myths and Spies
The next improvisation was an
opera called The Hercules of Seville
using the suggestions of a dilemma, a
myth and a famous woman: what to
have for dinner, Hercules and Mata
Hari. To say that it was wildly funny
would be an understatement. The
complex plot involved a quarrel
between Hercules and Mrs. Hercules, a love affair between Hercules
and Mata Hari, Hercules pulling off
his wife's girdle as one of his Labors,
Hercules eating a lion which jumps
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Former Governor Malcom
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sprinkling his public speeches with
Latin quotations. It was, therefore,
not at all inappropriate that the
Knickerbocker News, in its
November 6 edition, should employ
Latin phrases in reporting the
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(84-54 B.C.) is the most personal of
Latin poets; in fact he has been called
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salvation of American Music. What
they are is a hilarious mixture of
song, dance, "a lot of laughs and
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quite a while.
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of several fifties tunes as comic interludes, while their music takes care
of the rest.
On stage, Hello People handle
themselves well, possessing the ability to create almost spontaneous rapport with their audience. They have a
tight, original sound, due in part to
their producer: Todd Rundgren.
But credit must also go to the experience and versatility of the
members themselves. They've been
around for nine years and were never
very successful. Now, though, with
ABC pushing tin r new album—
Handsome Devils—and with a solid
new single just released—"Future
Shock"—what was formerly only
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potential is turning into action.
Caravan & The New Symphonia
(London) After several little known
albums, Caravan seemed ready to
settle back into the comfortable, if
not glamourous, role of a small
name opening act band. But this
album, recorded live with The New
Symphonia, indicates that the hand
has higher ambitions.
Warhol's 'Dracula' A Biting
Comment On Morality
bid
by C.S. Sintino ,,
"The blood of these whores is killing me!" complains Count Dracula.
Count Dracula has met with hard
times. He's losing weight. His skin
turns paler by the day. His greying
hair requires a touch-up job in the
morning. You sec, the vampiric
nobleman is addicted to virgin
blood—he's got a bat on his back, if
you will—and he's finding fully intact young females an increasingly
scarce commodity these, days. It's
cold turkey for the Count, and unless
he sinks his teeth into "virgin meat"
before a fortnight, it's the end of the
line.
At least that's the way it is in Andy
Warhol's "Blood for Dracula"
(publicized as simply "Dracula"), the
sequel to his "Frankenstein," written
and directed by Warhol's recently
surfaced protege Paul Morrisscy.
Following closely on the heels of
its predecessor, "Dracula" is another
X-rated blood-and-scx-drcnched
horror spoof that demands a fairly
strong stomach and a willingness to
laugh at dust-dry, unpunched comeoyT it's a fraiujfially funny movie
that refuses to take.itself seriously,
an off-beat, occasionally off-color
parody of the horr,oj genre with particular attention paid to the slick and
sexy Hammer Filrn,p(oductions.
As the updated legend goes,
Dracula (lido Kier) has but one
hope in his search for unspoiled
maidens—to flee his native Romania
for Italy, where the influence of the
Church has allegedly kept wanton
lust in check. With the aid of his
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frenetic but resolute assistant, Anton, Dracula lakes up residence in
the crumbling castle of the DeFiorl
family asan aristocrat in search of a
virgin bride.
The DeFioris offer the Count any
one of their four virtuous daughters.
There's just one little catch,
though—two of the girls have
already found their thrill with the
hired hand, a brute named Mario
(.loe Dallesandro) whose studied
machismo, Brooklyn slang, and
Marxist leanings provide the film's
most readily accessible humor.
Obviously, Dracula samples the
two imperfect girls first (to complicate matters) not realizing what
he's getting himself into. The result is
expected he can't keep down experienced blood. That still leaves
two virgins for the frustrated vampire, but Mario is on to Dracula's
game and is doing his damnedest to
disqualify the finalists.
What it amounts to is a contest
between a virile, bawdy farmhand
and a sickly, thwarted aristocrat,
which can hardly be called a contest
at all.
Morrisscy has a somewhat
muddled message to deliver here—
he's using Dracula's plight as an
awkward metaphor for the collapse
of the old morality and the ruling
class—but "Dracula''' hus'iis tongue
rooted so firmly in its cheek that it,
can barely speak. IsMorrisseyonthe
level? Apparently not.
The acting and dialogue in the film
are remarkably atrocious. There are
some very, very funny lines that are
delivered with such contrived gravity
that laughter may seem an
afterthought. The gore is stylized to
the point of absurdity so the lopping
off of an arm or leg is reduced to
slapstick. All of this is quite
intentional—a deliberate aim at
mediocrity.
The film's only unplanned flaw is
that Morrisscy can't decide whether
he merely wants to point out the
failingsofthc horror film or make us
laught at them, too. But this is a
minor fault—the film remains a
reasonably entertaining romp and a
must for the high camp set.
SEC
The album is largely instrumental
and that is one of its strengths, for
guitarist and lead singer Pye
Hastings' voice is not really suited to
any strenuous activity like singing.
Another strong point lies in the excellence of the recording itself,
something not usually found on live
recordings, for which applause must
go to producer David Hitchcock.
There's nothing staggeringly
original about combining rock
group with symphony orchestra, but
where the album docs break new
ground is in the method of combination. Conductor MartynJ'ord and
the'members of the New Symphonia
did not simply play background
chords, hut joined in as an integral
part of the music, and that's what
makes the album a success.
Trace (Sire) Trace is three of the
most talented musicians in Dutch
rock -Rick Van Der Linden on
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keyboards, Jaap Van Eik on guitars;
and bass, and Pierre Van Der Linden
(well known for his work with Focus
in the last three years) on drums.
Right from the beginning Trace is
a straight musical trio, with not a
"trace" of the superfluous: plain
silver and blue packaging: the inner
sleeve a complete information center
for ihc'ulbum, providing everything
from inspirations for each track to
precise descriptions of equipment
utilized.
Musically, Trace relics totally on
their instruments there are no
lyrics t,p help point out the album's
direction and gimmickry is kept
down to a minimum. It's a presentation of their own blend of classical
and European folk music with rock,
and il comes off very well in the
studio. They should provide some
interesting performances when they
go on tour.
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mandatory meetings. It will be
recommended to Central Council to
revoke these groups budgets if they do not
contact the Controller of Student Association by Friday, January 31,1975,5:00 pm.
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Karate Club
State Quad Program Council
Sky Diving Club
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Friends of the United Wuy
Hellenic Students Assn.
Friends
Geography Club
Duplicate Bridge Club
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The Albany State Swim Tean.
jetted Bridgewater State this past
Siturday by a score of 61 - 52. This
m the ftnl meet after the long inB ^ i o n training program and the
torovement was evident. The win
over Bridgewater was the first since
dull meet competition began
between the, two teams five years
i«, The swimmers' record now
lUnds at 2 T 3.
Swimming before a large crowd
by Albany standards, the mermen
dominated most of the meet. They
won I out of 2 relays, and placed first
in 8 out of 11 individual events.
The team of Masom, Seidenberg,
Rubin, and Siebecker got the
iwimmers off to a 7 - 0 lead with an
easy win in the medley relay. The
Bridgewater team did not swim the
relay with their full strength. They
were holding some of their better
swimmers for the latter part of the
meet, thereby conceding the victory
to Albany in the medley.
In the 1000 yard freestyle
freshman Dave Rubin placed Tint
with a new school record of 11:00.0.
This broke Len Van Ryn's old record
by a full seven seconds. Ken Weber
placed third in this event.
Rubin and Bridgewatcr's Battistini had an exciting dual for first
place. Rubin managed to stay ahead
for the entire 40 laps of the race. But
around the 30 lap mark, Battistini
closed the gap and was a mere
shoulder length behind. Rubin seemed to turn on an extra reserve of
energy and pulled away to Finish the
race seven seconds ahead of Battistini.
Ben Siebecker swam next in the
200 yard freestyle and placed second.
Ben also came through in the final
stretch to pull ahead in the last two
laps and beat the third place man by
half a body length.
Rick Masom swam a hard 50 yard
freestyle, with a time of 23.5, only to
miss first place by .2 of a second.
In the 200 yard individual medley
Dan Dudley swam 4 seconds ahead by Nathan Salant
In A. M.I.A. Floor Hockey action Sunday... Division A: Steve Katr'i
of the field to easily takefirstplace.
Dave Rubin and Battistini once . breakaway goal inside the two minute mark of period one proved to be all the
again competed closely for the se- scoring Nate's Nanooks needed, as they beat the State Blues, 2-0. Steve
cond place. This time Battistini Greenwald scored the other goal, beating Blues' goalie Bill Stech on a
managed to edge out Rubin by a rebound shot.
shoulder length.
The Blues came close to scoring early in the third period when Nanook
Artie Rosenberg placed first in goalie Jeff Lefkowitz was caught out of the net, but Nolan Altman was there
both the one meter and three meter to kick out a ten footer by Andy Negri.
diving events. The lack of divers has
Stech stopped 42 shots, an A.M.I. A. record, while Lefkowitz was called
in the past been a sore spot for
Albany swim teams. Rosenberg's upon only 9 times...
Hawks Edge Something Special, Cheekiei Extinguish Fire
success broke that tradition and conBob Fried scored a breakaway goal with less than one minute toplay. in trVt
tributed to the moral and the point
total of the team. In the three meter game, as the Hawks edged Something Special in a cliffhanger...
' Tom Martin scored one goal and assisted on two others, as the Cheekiei
dive Rosenberg failed to complete
one of the five required dives, yet put out the Fire, 5-0. Marc Plevin opened the scoring at the five minute mark
managed to outdive Bridgewater in of period one, off a pass from Tom Ryan. Martin notched his first assist at
the four remaining dives to compen12:00 of period one, when Roy Michaelson took his pass andfiredit oast the
sate for the failed dive.
Fire nctmindcr. After a scoreless second period, Larry Kahan scored goal
In the 200 yard butterfly Mitch
number three on Martin's second assist. Ryan tipped in a Plevin ten footer at
Rubin cruised to an easy victory,
11:27 of the third period, and Martin scored unassisted with 10 seconds
with the nearest Bridgewater com- remaining.
petitor fifteen seconds behind.
Division B
Ken Weber placed third in the 100
"No' scored five unassisted breakaway goals, four in the third period, and
yard freestyle with a time of 52.4.
stopped STB, 5-1. Dan Theberge put.No on top at 10:54 of period one, with a
Rick Masom swam a strong race,
breakaway goal. Mike Gazelles evened matters ai 5:20 of the second period,
leading thcen tire way to place first in
before No exploded its four-goal bombing...
the 200 yard backstroke. Dan
Mike Jeffson scored twice and picked up an assist on Scott Madigan's
Dudley passed a Bridgewater
twenty footer, as Poke's Pucks slapped the Yaks, 3-0. After a scoreless first
swimmer in the last two laps to take
period, Madigan's centering pass from the right corner found Jeffson alone
third.
in front, where he tipped it past a sprawling goalie. Thirty seconds later, they
Dave Rubin once again placed
reversed roles, with Madigan getting the goal. Jeffson scored again at 11:40
first in the 500yard freestyle, beating
of the third period...
challenger Battistini by a substantial
11 second margin. Ben Siebecker
Whalers Harpoon B.V.D.
placed third.
Brad Scid notched the first Hat Trick of the young season, and assisted on
Albany swept the 200 yard .;• a fourth goal, as the. Whalers harpooned the B.V.D.'s, 6-0. Seid split the
breastrokc with Jack Seidenberg defense at 6:15 of period one, took a Neil Gesch pass in for his second goal at
placing first and breaking his own
7:45 of period two, and then converted from Gesch again, this time at 11:00 of
personal record with a time of 2.28.4.
the third period. Bob Constantinc, Mike Razenhoffer, and Cliff Gerber
Dan Dudley came across with the
scored the other goals...
close second place.
Bob Pape (2goals, one assist), Tom Herman (2 goals), and Jay Wasserman
The Mermen go on the road next
weekend for a meet against a strong (I goal, 3 assists) combined for 9 points, to lead the Colonists over the
Mother Puckers, 6-0. Pape scored twice in period one to give the Colonists all
Potsdam team.
they needed.
Wrestlers Continue to Slide
Finish Third in Tourney
by George Miller
The Albany State wrestling team
ran into some stiff competition over
the weekend and was unable to
salvage its floundering record which
How stands at 3-7-1.
The grapplers participated in a
quadrangular tournament which included State, Lowell Technical Institute, Southern Connecticut and
host Amherst. The team scores,
which were arrived at using a new
format, were as follows: Amherst 45,
Southern Connecticut 29, Albany
State 28 and LIT 10.
This was the first match in which
Albany has competed this year
which was run under the "Sparks
System" of scoring. Rather than
having a wrestler in each weight
class, this system allows the coach to
field his best 14 wrestlers with two in
each division.Therefore,!! is possible
to have iwo wrestlers in only five or
six of the 10 classes and not get
Floor Hockey
penalized by having voids.
This method proved to he very advantageous to Coach Joe Garcia as
he was able logo void at 1 IK lbs. and
190 lbs. where the Danes have been
weakest. Team points were awarded
on a 5-3-1 basis lor first, second and
third place in each weight class, with
one point forpinsand one-half point
for superior decisions.
At 126 lbs. Albany entered Brian
Jubrey, who defeated S.C'.'s Walsh
10-6 and then lost to Amherst's l.ocb
to move to the consolation round.
There Jubrey won by fall over
Lowell's Skandier and took third
place by decisioning Diemcr of
Southern Connecticut 6-3.
At 134 lbs. lithan Grossman
wrestled his way to the finals where
he was beaten by Trouvillc of LIT, 63. To get there, he soundly defeated
S C's Cannon 8-1.
The one weight class where
Albany can almost always be
A reminder to all captains—all sticks must be properly padded and taped
with white tape before Sunday's games. Please check your team's sticks,
bearing in mind that the foam rubber does wear out.
assured of a win is at 142 lbs. with
All-Amcrican Larry Mims. Thus far,
the talented senior remains undefeated this year as he got by
Amherst's Hirsch by the narrow
margin of 3-1. H is other victims were
Albany State's women's varsity
Southern Connecticut's Gayoski by
basketball team suffered a season
fall at 1:26 and Smith of Lowell by
opening setback as Ihey lost to Osfall, in an incredibly fast 0:21
wego State 71 -34 Saturday ai the vicseconds.
tor's court.
Albany entered two men at 150
Although the offense was unable
lbs. and was able to put a lock on
to penetrate well, a strong defense
third place. Jeff Golden was defeated
enabled Albany to stay within strikby Pendcrgast of S.C. and Trucsdcll
ing range throughout the first half.
of Albany decisioned Carrol of After the half-time break, however,
Lowell 3-1 and then lost to McDuffic Albany's defense faltered and Osof Ambers!.
wego quickly pulled Ihe game oul of
At 158 both Jack D'Ambrosio and reach wilh some surprisingly acJohn Alden niadeit inlo the consola- curate hilling from the outside.
tion rounds and therefore got third
During the opening half, Albany
place for the Danes.
had difficulty stopping Oswego's
SUNYA was able to gel its second Joanne Murphy, the game's leading
first place of Ihe day in the 167 lb. scorer with 17 points. Coach Barclass as Tom Horn went all the way. bara Palm changed Albany's defense
Tom did it via two decisions,one II- in an effort to get more height (in Ihe
3 and the other 6-3 against Nash of form of Vicki Girko) into Ihc middle
Amherst. Also at 167, Rick Robbins lo slop Ihe lowering Murphy. But
pul in a line showing by taking third this left Ihe defense prey to the
place by a 9-6 decision.
penetrating drives of Vicki Pope,
Greg Allen won another third who had u fine second half to finish
place for the varsity in the 177 lb. the game wilh 14 points forOswego.
division. Greg was able to pin
Coach Palm is considering some
Skroski of S.C. in 4:14 in his first new defensive changes to help her
match, lost lo Smolinski of LIT in team compensate for I its lack of
overtime, won by fall over Soloman height. One of these changes mighl
of Amherst and defeated Harmon ol well be a 2-3 zone defense which she
Amherst, 8-6,in u full day's work.
hopes lo try out this week in practice.
In Ihe heavyweight class, Tom
Co-captain Wendy Gain had a
Cleary nearly look il all bul was just
fine game for Albany, providing the
nipped out hy Amherst's Conway 6bulk of Ihc scoring wilh 14 points,
5. On Ihe wuy he did manage lo pin
She and Vila Davisprovided most of
Conway's icammulc Gorbel.
the hustle,but were unable lo get Ihe
The vursily's next outing is at offense moving.Davis had 7 points
Oneonlu for a dual match.
Women Drop Opener
Australians Play Here
A Women's International Basketball Game will be played between
Australia and Slate University
College at Brockport here al Albany
Statcon February 10,1975. The conlot, which gets underway at 7:30
p.m., will be played under^ international rules,
This murks the first time a
women's international competition
hat been staged in Metroland. In the
P>lt, teams and performing groups
from other countries have pul on exhibitions in this urea.
The Australian team, which has a
twenty game schedule slated for its
tour of the United Stales, is making
Albany its only New York State
stop.
Tickets lor the game are available
on a guaranteed seat basis. Student
tickets are free wilh a lax card. They
must be picked up at the Campus
Center Lobby at the following times:
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Feb 3
11:30-2
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and Girko had 6,but more can be expected from them once Ihe offense
starts working effectively.
Probably a major factor in the loss
was the relative inexperience of
Albany's young team, composed of 3
freshmen, 7 sophmores, and (junior
transfer student. As Albany had no
scrimmages, this was the first time
these women have played together
against an opposing team. It is in this
game situation thai they must learn
to adapt their style of play to the
foreign strategies of another team.
With the tough schedule they have(3
or 4 gamesa week) allowingthem little time for practice, most of the
problems will have to be ironed out
in actual game situations.
Coach Palm is stressing the importance of driving to Ihe hoop and
oulpositioning the taller opponents
for rebounds. She is hopeful that the
learn will be able to incorporate
more of these skills into its plan for
this week's home games.
Albany will also have to work for
the belter shot as they hit on only
23% of Ihe shots from the field
Saturday, while Oswego hit 44% of
their shots. Albany had the advantage on Ihe free throw line, however,
hitting nearly 33% of their foul shots
lo 20% of the opponent's.
The learn has its third game this
•• week, Thursday, against Bingham' ton at the gym. Game time is 6:00
p.m,
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Stronger then Buck Rogers, faster than Flesh Gordon, able to leap over the carillon
lower in a single bound, Captain Marvel made Ms debut on cajstpa laM Friday nhjht.
This semester, for the first time ever on the SUN Y A campus a serial, "The Adventures
of Captain Marvel", will be shown In its original weekly format....
Sound serials were produced from the advent of sound film, up until the mid 50's,
when they died out, killed by television. The bulk of (he serials, and most of the beet
serials, were produced hi a fifteen year period from MM to 1 9 M . . .
The majority of the serials were based on about five themes: Westerns, African,
super hero, crime buster, and spacemen...
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Danes Dazzle Fans; Top So. Conn.
by Lea Zuckeimtn
Go Melt Go Mel! Go Melt
These cries explain the mood of
Saturday's 10S-85 Albany victory
over Southern Connecticut. In the
remaining minutes of the contest it
was the State substitutes that won'
the applause of the crowd.
Doc Sauers removed his starting
Ave with four minutes remainingand
Albany ahead 91-65. lnthecourseof
the action, 5' 10" Mel Brown had the
entire gym on their feet cheering his
acrobatics. The "Mel Brown Show"
featured three consecutive baskets in
a distinguished style.
Brown began his antics after being
charged with a palming violation at
midcourt. He stood up, silently exploded, and cautiously bounced the
ball to the referee. Then he took his
revenge.
The Owls' Ray White hit a lay-up
and the inbound pass came to
Brown. He dribbled a la Marques
Haynes complete with a series of
bounces while lying on his back. Mel
then took off downcourt, stopped at
the foul-line and swished a jumper
through the cords.
Following a missed shot by the
Owls, Brown got the ball, and again
he raced the length of the court (this
time with conservative dribbling
techniques). The University Gym
audience was electrified with the
driving shot. Mel capped off the sequence by stealing the ensuing inbound pass at midcourt, racing to
the basket and hitting the layup.
The late minute heroics by Brown
overshadowed the excellent individual performance by Ed Johnson. The sophomore guard shot an
incredible 12-13 and finished with 28
points. As a team, Albany amassed
44 field goals, only four short of a
school record. The Danes' shooting
percentage was a torrid 59% while
the Owls' hit a respectable 43% of
their field goals.
When the game began, it seemed
as Albany would be victim to the
same problems that plagued them in.
recent contests. The Danes were facing a tough zone defense and were
forcing their shots from long range.
The much taller Connecticut squad
was moving on offense and finding
their forwards underneath for an
easy layup.
The Owls led 13-12 with 13:36
remaining in the first half when Doc
Sauers called time-out to change his
strategy.
Taller Owls
The taller Owl forwards were taking advantage of the Danes both
offensively and defensively. Sauers
decided to replace Gary Trevitt with.
Tom Morphis to help rebound.
Morphis was the key to this victory as he played flawless basketball
in the following four minutes. In this
period the Danes held the Owls
scoreless as they scored seventeen
points to attain a 29-13 lead. The
Owls couldn't regain their style of
play as the rest of thegame appeared
to be an intra-squad scrimmage.
Albany's largest lead in the contest
came in the second half with an K5-53
advantage.
The decline of the Owls was the
effective shooting of Albany State.
The /.one had to be disbanded in
favor of the man-to-man defense.
Then Albany used their quickness to
stifle Connecticut. The Owls committed many personal fouls out of
frustration. They couldn't cope with
the Dane fast break and quickly lost
confidence.
Tom Morphis was superb on
defense, blocking shots and grabbing rebounds. He and Pete Koola
did everything possible to intimidate
the larger Owl forwards. On offense,
Morphis went 3-4 with seven points,
Koola had 5-8 for twelve.
The most important statistic was
the turnover ratio as Southern Connecticut muffed 27 to only 17 by
Albany. Most of the Dane turnovers
came in the final four minutes as the
substitutes played sloppily.
The Dane starters Bob Audi and
Mike Suprunowicz added excellent
performances. Audi was noticeable
as he hustled on defense. The cornerman shot 5-7 for the evening with
twelve points. Suprunowicz. was all
over the court, challenging the opponents. He shot 7-12 and finished
next to high scorer Ed Johnson with
sixteen points.
Rich Kapner concluded the game
with twelve points and was a strong
point on defense. He grabbed loose
rebounds and acted as a floor leader
when Gary Trevitt was on the bench.
Although Trevitt did not score, he
played one of his finest games this
season. He took only five shots but
he passed off to his teammates for
easy layups as he controlled the ball.
Subs' Kevin Keanc and Dave
Lanahan contributed four and six
points respectively. Their play was
holt
steadyand the extra game time wasa Action In Saturday's Albany Southern Connecticut contest Albany
welcome chance to prove their abiliwon, 105-85.
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Squandering an 18-point halftime
lead, the Albany Junior Varsity
basketball squad saw their lead slip
to three points late in the second half
before coming away with an 85-74
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victory over Albany Business
College Saturday night at University
Gym.
The win was the Pups' second over
ABC and seventh of the season
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Aubrey Brown and Carmelo
Vcrdejo were the stars of this
ballgame, as they just plain
demolished A DCs defense. Garnering 45 points between them. Brown
with a game and personal high of 25
and Verdejo with 20, and muscling in
for rebound, the dynamic duo
appeared unstoppable. And yet, the
Pups had quite a scare in the second
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with another victory.
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The Collegians scored first on a
Dave llalloran hoop before Steve
Pass found Verdejo underneath for a
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Pups reeled off the next twelve layups with Brown and Verdejo dopoints in a row, parked by Pass and
ing the honors. At this point, with
Greg Johnson. Johnson began the the hosts ahead by 22, Albany B.C.
surge by pulling down an offensive started to turn things around. They
rebound and laying it right buck in
began pressing the Pups and it did
for the first score. Hcthen fed Verde- wonders as the turnovers began to
jo and Brown for short jumpers, and > add up.
now it was 25-18. Pass then came to
And then the Collegians caught
life and drove in for two pretty fire. Marbley got hot and with Jerry
layups sandwiched around Ray Gay
Lawson hitting two jumpers, they
free throws and now the Pups were came up with nine consecutive
in the driver's seat with ABC thirteen
points. Pass' bucket from the top of
tallies in arrears.
the key still gave the Pups a comforTerry Marbley, ABC's6'4"center, table fifteen point lead, but not for
who had quite a game with 16 points, long.
finally ended the streak when he conABC Conies Back
nected on a 15-footer from the corABC kepi coming back and it was
,ier to cut it to eleven. Hut the losers 66-53 when they reeled off eighl
were not to come even that close more unanswered points; 66-61 and
again until much later in thegame. A
fingernail-biting time. A pretty
Gay steal and layup and a Brown 3- Verdejo to Brown backdoor play
poinl play gave the Pups a 17 point was answered by Marbley and Chris
cushion at 40-23 as both teams Coons baskets and now it wasa three
played even basketball until the end point contest with over six minutes
of the half. Verdejo popped in a 20 remaining.
foot jumper at the buzzer and the
But Vcrdejo, Johnson and Brown
Pups looked like they were going to picked up buckets and ABC all but
run away with it as they led 48-30 ran out of gas. The Pups now had an
heading for the lockerroom.
eight point advantage and this lime
Brown had IS and Verdejo, 14 as refused to relinquish it. Now it was
76-70 and Johnson took over. A
no less than eight Pups contributed
to the scoring column in that half, steal and driving layup, a couple of
Coach Lewis has expressed con- key rebounds, two foul shots, and
fidence that his bench can do the job assist and a short jumper and it was
and they certainly have done it. all over but the final score.
Lewis substituted quite freely with
Johnson ended up with eight big
no adverse results in the first and se- points down the stretch us the Pups
cond halves as Johnson and Amos continued their winning ways with
Taylor looked particularly im- seemingly always someone new compressive.
ing off the bench to aid in victory.
Tomorrow night the Pups will
The second half started off with a
bang as the Pups scored two quick host Utica with game time 6:30.
'STATE UNIVERSITY O F NEW YOHK AT ALBANY
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1ANUABY 3 1 , 1 9 7 S
Staff, Library Cut In Carey Budget
by Daniel Gaines
Eighteen positions, including five
faculty, would be eliminated at
SUNYA if the Legislature passes
Governor Hugh Carey's proposed
budget, released yesterday.
SUNYA's proposed budget increase of $1,476,000 represents
mostly mandated increases minus
about a half-million dollars in cuts.
Tuition and Hoard increases seem
unlikely.
Reductions include: Faculty and
staff (132,000), lower library acquisition rate (162,000),
and the expected elimination of the Solar
Energy Project ($192,000). a oneyear allocution, according to SASIJ.
Compared to other parts of the
State's budget, Carey's proposal for
SUNY is relatively generous.
SUNY Central announced lust
spring that SUNYA would have a
no-growth budget. Carey's budget is
consistanl with that attitude,
providing for increases in faculty
and students at Ihc other University
Centers but not SUNYA.
Vice-President for Management
and Planning, John Hartley, said he
was "very disappointed" but indicated that the allotments for
Albany were not unexpected.
One bright spot In the proposed
budget is thai il would give Albany
the lowest faculty-student ratio
among the developed state schools,
with 15.6/1. Last year SUNY A had
15.5/1 while Stony Brook had
15.3/1. Stony Brook now has
15.7/1.
SUNY had asked for an 87
million dollar increase in the statewide budget, which would have
brought the present 609 million to
700 million. Carey's proposal
supplies a 37.2 million dollar increase.
Certain student tuition waivers
will he eliminated SUNY wide. The
Civil Servant contract is not final
and is not included in this budget.
Money for this would come from
supplemental funds later.
Carey's budget would boost state
spending by nearly a billion dollars
and would be financed by increases
in income, business, liquor and other
taxes, including a ten-cent gasoline
tax.
Committee and Governor
May Ease Pot Penalties
by Edward Moscr
Campus heads may take some
pleasure in two current political
happenings, both of which have to
do with the possible elimination or
watering down of criminal penalties
for the use of marijuana.
First, the New York State
Assembly Committee on Codes
plans to hold open hearings to discuss the tough anti-drug laws passed
in 1973 under theguidaneeol former
Governor Rockleller. The Committee is a sort of watchdog on
legislation; from time to time il
reviews the effectiveness of laws
enacted in the past.
Secondly, Governor Hugh Carey
said Wednesday he was considering
the easing of penalties for marijuana
usage.
Witnesses at the Codes Committee hearings can be expected to
raise many questions as to the
Rockefeller legislation'sclTecton the
criminal justice system ilself. lake,
for example, the plea bargaining
aspect of the present law. Those
brought up on drug abuse charges
are severely limited as to the extent
in which they and their lawyers can
bargain lor more lenient sentences.
The result, some claim, has been that
alleged abusers stay in court to the
bitter end of their trials, and thus
flood the court system with extra
cases. Many also object to the
emphasis on a single class of crimes;
they fear that the unusually heavy
penalties slapped on drug offenders
distort the justice system.
The drug law's influence on society as a whole will also be studied.
Committee witnesses will try to find
out if harsher sentence;; deter drugrelated crimes, and If the enforcement of the law has been effective
enough in increasing the number of
arrests of drug pushers during the
last year.
It would also be interesting to
know whether the number of drug
addicts is decreasing and whether the
present law scares away those who
might provide information on illegal
narcotics deals.
Ill addition, there's little doubt
that some committee members
themselves will propose abolishing
penalties for the possession and use
of marijuana.
The N.Y. Times
reported Wednesday that Governor
Hugh Carey was "considering ihc
removal of criminal penalties for
possession ol small amounts ol marijuana." The Governor seemed to indicate that two panels he had appointed to study drug abuse were going to alter the 1973 law to a large
degree.
Last October, at a SASU conference during the race for the governorship, then candidate Carey said
thai if ihc suite legislature were to
pass a bill decriminalizing marijuana, he would sign the bill into law.
In regards to the time and place of
the Codes Committee hearings, in-
Marijuana: Sold In liquor stores?
lercsted SUNYA students will find
the opening Tebruary IS meeting
most convenient to attend. It will
lake place in the Executive Office
Building, in downtown Albany, at
10:00 a.m.
The other scheduled meetings will
lake place in New Y ork City on
Tebruary 20. and in Buffalo, on
February 28.
WSUA Forced Off the Air;
Equipment Breakdown Blamed
Above: Acting Station Manger Eric Goldstein complain that WSUA's
"transmitters are aged." Below: Former manager Pat McGlynn. He
believes a "near full-time" advisor could alleviate many of WSUA's
problems.
by I Jin id Winzelberg
I he campus radio station WSUA,
left the air last Friday due to
malfunctioning equipment.
The station has been broadcasting
with dated equipment needing frequent repair for some lime. Eric
Goldstein, who has been wilh
WSUA fur a year and a half (becoming Acting Station Manager just a
lew days ago), said: "Our
transmitters are aged, it's difficult to
keep them on the air." Goldstein
feels that repairs will be made soon
and that Ihc station will resume
broadcasting in "ten (lays to two
weeks".
The problems of the station stem
from the eosi of the repairs needed
on each transmitter in order to
restore a good signal lo all live
quuds. Pat McGlynn, Goldstein's
predecessorus Station Manager, explains that the transmitters are
"highly complex equipment" requiring experienced engineers to repair
them properly; however, the cost ol
hiring professional niainlcnunce for
t h c equipment is prohibitive.
McGlynn explained: "'The cost for
gelling the live transmitters working
with a good signal would probably
exceed ilia station's present budgci."
McGlynn, retired Station
Manager as of this week believes lhat
Ihe station could alleviate many of
ils problems under a different
system. He favors ihc addition of "a
near full-time faculty advisor with
station experience or a professional
station manager" to help the existing
student staff.
Although each year there is an
abundance of volunteers for WSUA,
a kind of apathy seems to have
developed among some of the
station's stall as well as ils audience.
I he apathy is largely a result of the
station's failure so far to land their
elusive FM license. Joel I-eld, the
station's Program Director,believes
lhat "die chances are much improved" to gel the license. WSUA is
considering hiring Educational FM
Associates, a firm which aids radio
stations in getting their l-'M licenses.
Last year ihe same firm helped the
slalion at Union College go FM.
Since leaving Ihe air last week,
there have been questions raised
concerning ihe future of ihc station.
Student Association Vice-President
Ira Bimbaum said, "CcmralCouncil
should use careful consideration
before continuing ihe operation of
ihe station. It seems to me lhat many
people in this University don't care
about the station, one way or the
uiher." Some Central Council
proposals are lo move WSUA offcampus, operale Ihe slalion on a
reduced budget or to form a committee to run it.
Some station workers claim there
has been administrative fool dragging in regard to the I'M license.They'
say that their FM application is
slow-moving because il has been tied
up in bureaucratic red tape, and
should be given ihc lull attention il
deserves.
Nevertheless, current staljpn.
staffers are mcelinglhis week to stick
the injured station back together.