sport:
University oi New York at Albany
Friday, February 28, 197S
The elevators let out boys and girls with wide eyes, unaccustomed lo State University decor.
They knew they were Ihe ones Ihe Queen of Armenia wanted to hear when she broke from the
One three year old sal on her father's shoulders, clinging desperately to his bald scene of the first fable, "The Liar" to ask If the audience knew any good lies , . .
spot... Somebody must have tipped these kids off, telling them, that with the mean height of
—From "Children Never Do Grow Up" by Barbara Fiichkin on page 12.
the audience being 4 feet, 2 Inches, youth was definitely to power.
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Miris* Cjisefe NCAA-Bound Danes
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by Nathan Salant
Mike Hart scored 31 points and Eart Holmes hit for 27, as the
Marist College Red Foxes defeated the Albany State Great Danes
varsity bastketball team 92-86 before a crowd of 79 fans. Albany is
now 14-8; Marist is 16-10.
"We played horrendously," said pts) ended the Fox streak with two
Albany State Coach Doctor Richard buckets of his own.
Sauers. "For IS minutes we looked
Albany put together a 10 point
like we did not even care about the streak on 2 buckets by Gary Trevett
game. Too many players were (12 pts), and oneeach by Ed Johnson
reading their clippings instead of (27), Mike Suprunowic/. (20), and
playing the game. It was good for us; Tom Morphis (6) to close the score
we got what we deserved."
to 37-34 with 1:10 in the half, and
And indeed they did, as Albany went off trailing 43-38 at halftimc.
Hart and Holmes were already in
was outscored, outshot (55% to
47%), outrebounded (42-39), and double figures (13 and II respectivesurrendered 70 points (let alone 90) ly) as were Johnson (12) and Trevett
for the first time in 8 games, the last (10). Neither team had been imtime being the 111-94 win over pressive, with both having strange
cold spells from the floor (Albany
Ithaca in overtime.
The game was close at the start, was 0-7 in a three minute stretch;
with the score tied at 18 after 8 Marist I for 9). The absence of the
minutes, before the Red Foxes hit 9 tough Dane defense seen versus
straight points, outrebounded the Brockport was as much a factor in
Danes 7r0, and opened up a 27-18 the loss as anything else.
lead with 7:30 to play. BobAudi(l2
The Red Foxes hit three straight
Danes NCAA stdryin 1969 showed
field goals to open the second half as 490 at $2.50 each; 10 at reserved seat
first round 109-64 loss to Wagner
Albany fell behind by II, and then ' rateof$3.50.TixonsaleTues.,Wed.
College and 71-70 win over
traded baskets for almost 10 9-12, 2-4, and Thurs. 9-12 in Main
LeMoyne in consolation, thanks to
minutes, The trading deadline came Office of Phys-Ed building. Plans
Rich Margision foul shot with 3
for
buses
to
Brockporthave
yet
to
be
at 9:56 when the Danes made a late
seconds left in the game."
surge to close withihg two, 74-74 announced.
with 6:02 to play, but baskets by
Holmes and Hart opened things up
and Marist was never caught.
Dane Dope: Nothing new in Danes
losing first game after receiving
NCAA Tournament bid. Did same
in 1969 versus New Paltz . . . Steve
Pass accompanied varsity but did
not play . . . Audi's 12 pts. upped his
season average to 11/game. Johnson
leads Albany with just under 20,
followed by Suprunowic/ at 17, with
Trevett and Koola also in double
figures . . . Dunes close out regular
season Saturday at Stony lirook,
then face week of tough practive in
prep for Round I versus St.
Lawrence in Brockport. Game time
at Brockport is 7 p.m. Albany has
been given 500 tix to both rounds,
Brockport Wins Conference
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by Nathan Salant
In a game viewed by over 3500 fans and carried live on Albany
State's campus radio station WSUA, the Brockport Golden Eagles
defeated the visiting Buffalo State Bengals 78-73, Tuesday and thus
clinched first place in the SUNY Conference, and the.automatic
NCAA Division III Tournament bid which accompanies it.
Once again, Brockport's 6'6"
"Pops" McTaw dominated the individual stats (24 pts.. 17 rebounds),
but the hero's role was reserved for
substitute guard Mike llussongwho
entered the game with 3 minutes to
play, and completed a 3 point play
with 16 seconds left in the game to
put it away for Brockport.
Brockport opened 10-2 and 31-25
leads in the first half but Buffalo
State battled back time and again to
lie. first at 12-12, later at 22-22, and
again at 31 -31, before the Eagles ran
off 8 unanswered points for a halftime 38-31 margin.
Buff. State reeled off 6 consecutive
points to start the second half and
went on to take the lead 48-46 with
12 minutes to play. The next 9
minutes of play saw the lead
doing the game tor. That bush team
has no business being out here . . .
You guys better beut St. Lawrence,
because then we're going to kick
your . . . Albany, Ihe school that
stepped in it and came out smelling
repeatedly changing hands with like a rose. If we had your lick we'd
neither team able to open more than be national champs."
The game was also marred by
a 4 point bulge until McTaw converted a rebound off a missed foul enraged Hull. State fans repeatedly
shot to put Brockport up 75-70 with throwing paper airplanes on the
court, as well as going on the court
30 seconds to play.
McTaw led all scorers followed by during play to yell at the officials.
Mike Panaggio (16), Dan I'anaggio I he bushness was climaxed when a
(13), Kevin Williams(9), Bill Curry fan hit Pops McTaw during the
(2), and Hussong(3). Dave Hock led game, forcing a stoppage in play to
Buff. Statewilh 16, followed byCireg wake the giant up, and to remove the
Miller (12), Al Richardson (I I ),Olee mindyman from the stands.
C/mola (10), John Dougherty (6),
Brockport no stranger
and several others with 4 and 5
points each.
Two years ago Brockport received
an NCAA bid and won the regional
The WSUA broadcast team were tournament. Last year the Golden
the victims of continuous second Eagles were losers in a must game
half and post game outbursts by versus Buffalo Stale, and were
Brockport's royal routers. Remarks winners in the ECAC Upstate Tournament.
included. "What the ••** is Albany
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versus Marist In losing cause last Wednesday.
Pups Down Marist
by Jon Lafayette
Thursday night, the Albany State Junior Varsity won 66-55 before
50 fans against Marist College. The start of the game was delayed
because half of the Marist team got lost on the way to the University
Gym.
Aubrey Brown had played
Once they did gel here they
jumped out to a 2-0 lead on a Neil tremendous basketball in the first
Lajeuness turnaround in the key, a half. He led all scorers with 14
move the Marist center would per- points, shooting 6 for 8 from Ihe field
form many times in the game. The and 2 for 2 from the line. He also
teams traded baskets until Aubrey pulled down 9 rebounds as the Pups
Brown and Carmclo Vcrdejo hit 2 controlled the boards in the first
consecutive jump shots giving the half.
The second half began with the
Pups their first lead of the game at
12-8. Both teams hud many oppor- teams trading baskets Pass,
tunities with offensive rebounds but Walton, and Brown scoring for
only Lajeuness and Eric Walton Albany. Then Marist got hot and
were able to convert. Lajeuness scored four straight baskets, two by
scored again (he'dscored the last McKce with lirickowski and Greg
three Marist baskets) followed by Giles hitting to lie the game.
Bro.vn scoring on a looping pass
When Ihe going gol tough, the
toward Ihe basket from the off-side Pups got going. They began pressing
by Bob Luciano. Ihe Pups would a n d h a r a s s i n g the Marist
ut: .••.' this play often during the ballliandlers, a strategy that worked
gtime. After David Thomson and • well against Union in the last game
Brown made Ihe sc re 22-15, Marist and paid off again. Hist, Dave
scored three straight baskets, on Thomson scored on a puss alter a
layups by guards John Vandcrvoort steal lo break ihe lie. I lieu Kay Gay
and Walt Bncknwski and a juniper hit three straight luyiipsihaiweresei
by John McKcc, to bring Maris! up by either he or Pass sieiilinn Ihe
back to within one. After Kay Guy hall. Gay scored his lotiilh in a row
hit a foul shot, Ctirinello Vcrdejo on a jumper from behind a Hmwn
went up with a shot Ihltl was blocked pick. Tut Walton scored Ihelwelvtll
and came down hard, lime was unansweied poinl mi a lehound lo
called by Ihe referees and ( nunello make the score 51-39 I he leanisliiid
was helped oil the conn Willi a each scored another six points when
sprained ankle.
another Pup went down. Amos
I his seemed to make the Pups Taylor came out ol the game lavormore determined as Tuny Hainclic ingfits right leg niter a collision in the
scored two baskets and Auhiey buck court. Marisl began pressing
Brown scored a basket and two free and tightened things up again with
throws while Manst could manage two buckets apiece by McKcc and
only one. Lajeuness hit two free Lajeuness making Ihe score 57-53.
throws and Brown hit another I lie game degenerated iulo a loul-ulliiin with only two field goals, both
jumper to end Ihe half at 33-25.
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UNIVERSITY OF NtW YORK AT ALBANY VOL UUI NO. 12
MARCH 4, 197S,
SA Slashes Stipends; SuggestsCredit
by David Winzelberg
A controversy is developing
around the Stipend Reform bill
passed by Central Council over two
weeks ago which made the elimination of most stipends and reduction
of the rest part of S A Finance Policy.
Stipends arc monetary reimbursements paid to students in
positions of responsibility in SA
groups.
The bill suggests that stipends be
replaced by pass-fail independent
study credit.
The bill was accompanied with a
three page report of recommendations for stipend reform submitted
by a Council Ad Hoc committee
formed on the subject. Committee
Chairman Kick Mecklcr reported
that "a growing number of requests
lor stipends sparked the reform effort." He added that "thecommittee
checked a lot of schools in the slate
system" and found that "a vast majority don't pay ihe stipends Ihatour
SA does,"
The Stipend Reform committee's
report, adopted as Council policy
when Ihe bill was passed,
recommends that several stipends be
.substituted by academic credit. A
"student activities board," also
recommended by the report, will lie
set up next term to assist in the administration of receiving academic
credit for those student activities
now losing stipends.
According lo Student Association
Vice-President Ira Birnbaum, sonic
positions left stipendless by Ihe new
policy include: Service Director of
SA. Concert Hoard chairperson, and
Central Council Vice-chairperson.
Uirnhaum added that "the ASP will
he losing the most in stipends"
among all of the groups now provided with the allowances.
"The independence of the ASP
would he greatly diminished if any
stall members were receiving
academic credit," said former ASP
Editor In Chief David l.erner.
"There's no way any administrator or faculty member can
determine what a student job is
worth. I wouldn't want some credit
hanging over my head as a carrot
long tradition on this campus. I
SA Groups
and stick so I could perform to the
satisfaction of some faculty
member," Lerner explained. "This
can effect reporters and editors unconsciously even before they write
the story, and in any case the Journalism and English departments arc
against it; credit is simply an unacceptable alternative to stipends,"
he said. "The committee admitted
the prohibitive amount of time required for these jobs," Lerner added,
"and since credit is not an alternative, money is the most effective
and fair means of reimbursement."
Another SA group that will be
affected by the bill is the campus
radio station WSUA. Station
Manager Brie Goldstein feels thai
the reform measure reducing
stipends will definitely be "detrimental" to the station's operation. He
continued by saying: "Stipends are
essential for Ihe efficient running ol
Ihe station. They are not salaries but
they arc reimbursements lor the expenses that these (workers in SA
funded organizations) people must
necessarily incur in the functioning
of their jobs." Goldstein said that he
would favor "a viable academic
credit" replacement lor stipends but
feels that none exist al the present
lime.
Dean of Undergraduate Studies
Robert Morris explained that
students seeking Ihese academic
credits would do so through Ihe independent study programs which
"virtually every department" has.
However, Morris explained further:
"A student seeking academic credit
for SA work must he intellectually
mature and astute enough to beable
lo draw on the direct relationship
between the subject mutter in the
academic discipline and the application of it to the SA work. This is a
necessary condition for identifying a
faculty member who'll be willing lo
serve as the mentor in such an
endeavor."
Dean Morris called the situation
"potentially volatile" and offered
this caution to students behind the
reform effort: "Students historically,
have taken pride in their independence in administrating their
own affairs (i.e., finances, media), a
This Year
(Total Stipends)
think this has been extremely constructive. But as soon as you move to
academic credit for any part of SA
work, you by definition run the risk
to give up some degrees of freedom
of the independence that they enjoy
now."
Chairperson of Central Council.
Lew Kidler had asked SA President
Pat Curran to veto the bill, stating
that it was a change in finance policy
and therefore needed a two-thirds
margin to pass (the final votewas 118 for the bill). Curran refused to veto
the reform measure claiming it was
an addition to policy, not a change.
Student Association V.P. Birnbaum
explained laht the reforms were "setting up new policy, noi amending the
old" and further said that "the
provisions of Ibis policy weren't in
conflict" with Ihe original policy and
therefore didn't require a two-thirds
vote for passage. I he issue has not
yet been brought to the S A Supreme
Court.
Chairperson Tidier is in favor of
stipend reform, adding, however,
that the committee's work thus far is
only a "first step in a several step
operation." He added that he "hopes
that ihe committee members would
continue their work lo add
refinements to ihe present bill." SA
Vice-President Birnbaum thinks the
reform is an "excellent idea" and
praised the Ad Hoc committee's
labors: "Ithink iheydidagood job."
by Susan Michael
An itemized study compiled by
State University College at
Brockport sludenl leader Clark Gebman that reported Ihe misuse of
$150,000 in sludenl funds was turned
over lo Ihe New York Stale Police
Bureau of Criminal Investigation by
Brockport College President Albert
W. Brown. One discrcpency that
prompted the study was Ihe enormous gasoline bills for Brockport
Slate's two vans. These bills were
allegedly run up in the summer and
are traceable to twenty different
vehicles.
These and oilier problems with the
Next Year
$4,850
$400 for Editor-in-Chief,
$200 for assistance
WSUA
$2,900
$300 lor Station Manager,
$500 lor Chief Engineer
President of SA
$900 for the year
$600 lor summer
$300 plus extra based on
needs up to $1,200
Vice-President of SA
$900 for the year
$600 lor summer
$300 plus extra based on
needs up to $1,200
$900 for the year
$600 for summer
$700
$700
$200
$400 for Ihe year
$300 lor Ihe summer
$300
Torch Editor
Central Council
Chairperson
New SA llnance policy will ellmlnalo many olher
ASP and WSUA stipends. For example, there would
no longer be stipends lor the managing editor,
run the risk of giving up some of their independence and freedom
from outside control if academic credit Is substituted for stipends.
$150,000 Misused At Brockport
Albany Student Press
SA Comptroller
photo courleiy lower tribune
Dean of Undergraduate Studies Robert Morris said that students
news editor, arts and sports editors. Other groups
alfectod Include Concert Board, Viewpoints', AMI A,
Albany Slata Cinema, and ACT.
allocation ol the mandatory sludenl
lax caused Albert W. Brown, the
President of SUC-Drockport to request an audit of the Brockporl Student Government (BSG equivalent
to SUNYA's SA) accounts in Oclonber. in addition to the alleged
misuse of HSG's Mobil credit card
there seemed to have been an excess
of S2K00 lo the Black Students'
Liberation Front and the $10,000
that BSG paid the Hrockport F.S.A.
for accounting services was discovered to liav been taken from the
wrong line of the budget. According
to guidelines established by the State
University Board of Trustees forthe
dispersement of the activity lee "Excessive surpluses of student fees
should not be allowed lo accumulate." Yet Brockporl hud
begun to accumulate an excess of
these monies in 1970-71.
A week after the original slury
appeared in the Hroackporl Stylus
further invesligalion by that paper's
staff revealed a former vice president
of BSG William Bennett had used
the BSG credit card lor a $500
overhaul of his car's engine. Bennett
was not alone in his misuse of that
card. In fact although only $2,500
were allocated for all summer expenses BSG ran up a bill of nearly
$2000 on Mobil account. By the end
of July Ihe Executive commitee
found il needed more money so it
simply re-appropriated some
without approval of the Student
Senate (equivalent to our Central
Council). Presented with this and
other evidence BSG president John
Myers called for an audit the last
week of October.
Ai ihe October .11 meeting of the
Student Senate BSG president John
Myers announced that he had taken
five steps against the alleged wrongdoing in BSG. These were cancellation of the Mobil credit cards, the
calling in of the BSG and SUCUrockport auditors, connecting
counsel, informing the Collegcpresident of all developments and a
promise to work with the Stylus in its
investigation of the affair. He also
explained that the District Attorney
had been called in and suggested a
moratorium on publicity until investigations were completed.
The Senate overwhelmingly approved the 3,800 dollars that the
audit would cost and Myers promised lo keep the Senate posted on the
audit's progress. At the same
meeting BSG Treasurer, Carrie
Wright, responded by saying the
BSG's financial problems were
nothing new. She also announced
her resignation, which would be
effective in two weeks and that she
would give a full financial report in
one week. She later retracted part of
that statement saying that there was
a 50-50 chance of her resignation.
Shortly thereafter approximately
four thousand students presented a
petition requesting new elections by
Thanksgiving and a new constitution by April 15. President Myers
commented that the petition could
not be ignored byt the present constitution did not allow for the
possibilities of such petitions. He
also said that because President
continued on page four
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Will Lecture Here Friday
lujMrAib
(ZNS) A Bowling Green University researcher warns that the United
States is being populated by "super
rats."
Doctor William Jackson says that
Former Senator Eugene J. Mc- Alex de Tocqueville's visit and a new study of rats in 40 American
Carthy, an Independent candidate America today. McCarthy also
cities has found that up to 77 percent
for the presidency of the United teaches at the New School for Social
of the rodents ahve developed a
States, will lecture on "Books That Research, New York.
natural immunity to the most potent
Should Change the World: The
of rat poisons. The doctor says that
Feminine
Mystique
by Betty
McCarthy retired from the Senate some large mutants can now
Friedan" at State University of New
in 1970, at the end of his second' produce their own vitamin K, a
York at Albany in Lecture Center 7 term. Since that time he has taught blood-thickening agent that comat I p.m. on Friday, March 7. Mr. university courses in politics, bats the most effective rat poisons
McCarthy will speak before a course
literature, and history and has lec- k n " * n ' " | f i f f c f - f t " « < " in American studies and the public is
tured to groups throughout the
As the result of a bill passed at last
invited to attend.
country. He also has written many Wednesday's Central Council
The former senator, who has essays a n d articles for such
meeting, thestudent tax referendum,
published six books, now is writing
publications as
"Commonweal"
originally scheduled to be held this
one entitled "America Revisited"—
"The Center Magazine," "The Na- week, has been postponed until Sprcontrasting America at the time of
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ALGIERS (AP) Ministers of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting
Countries appeared at odds Monday over how to keep prices high as surplus
accumulate in the face of declining consumption in the West.
Informed sources said the discord among oil, finance and foreign ministers
was over whether to seek a general production cutback or to allow prices and
output to be determined by market forces.
BERLIN (AP) A West German jetliner landed in the South Yemeni capital
of Aden on Monday night seeking asylum for five anarchists freed in a bid to
save the life of Berlin's kidnaped Christian Democratic leader, the German
airline Lufthansa said.
A spokesman for the airline said, however, it was not immediately clear
whether the anarchists wished to remain in South Yemen, a leftist state on the
southern part of the Arabian peninsula, or whether the plane was onk
granted permission for a refueling stop.
German police said they had no word on the fate of the abducted
politician, Peter Lorcnz, 52, mayoral candidate last reported held in a West
Berlin hideout.
PIINOM PENH, Cambodia (Al'l Communisl-led insurgents fired
Chinese-made rockets into two crowded sections of Phnom Penh and u»
nearby airfield Monday, killing at least 19 persons and woundinguhout 2tt
It was the heaviest toll of casualties in the Khmer Rouge's two-montli
shelling campaign against the isolated Cambodian capital. The city is cm ell
from the outside world by road and river, surviving on a U.S.-financed aitiill
of ammunition, fuel and rice.
(AP) Egypt's semiofficial newspaper Al Ahrum indicated on Monday that
Egypt is so sure of reaching agreement on a second stage Israeli withdrawal
from Sinai that it is trying to obtain international guarantees lor an over-all
Middle East settlement.
Egypt initiated the move because it believes the next step after the expected
success of Secretary of State Henry A. Kissinger's next round of Middle East
talks beginning Eriday wil deal with a final settlement of the Middle East
crisis, Al Ahram said.
WASHINGTON (AP) Many abuses in American nursing homes can be
laid to doctors treating elderly patients-by.telcphpne, with rare personal
visits,: according toa Senate subcommittee report released Sunday.
T h e hard, cold fact is that nursing homes suffer from the lack of medical
care and supervision," the report said. "What patient care there is. isgiven b\
nurses. In the end 80 to 90 er cent of the care is given by untrained aides and
orderlies. . ."
WASHINGTON (AP) When President Ford vetoes the bill which would
block his oil import tariff hikes for 90 days, he will delay for 60 days his
scheduled two monthly $l-a-barrel boosts. White House sources indicated
Monday.
Furthermore, these sources indicated. Ford will at that time - Tuesday
also defer for 60 days his equally controversial plan to remove price controls
on domestic crude oil April I.
The goal of both delay actions would be to give Congres ti me to prod uce an
energy program.
WASHINGTON (AP) William T. Coleman was confirmed today by the
Senate as Secretary ol Transportation. He is the second black in U.S. history
to hold a cabinet post.
A Philadelphia attorney, Coleman succeeds Claude S. Brinegar in the
transportation post. Brinegar has resigned. Coleman was confirmed by voice
vote, without debate.
LOS ANGELES (AP) A perjury charge against former White House aide
John I). Ehrlichman was dismissed today. A prosecutor said further
proceedings against Ehrlichman would be "an extensive and time-consuming
act of vengeance."
The request for dismissal by Dist. Alty. Joseph Busch had been expected
since last week.
In deciding to drop the charge, Busch had said, "I feel that it is in the besl
interest of justice and taxpayers' money not to go forward with the trial here
in view of Ehrliehman's conviction and sentencing in two Washington, I).(.'..
trials."
LOS ANGELES (AP) Linda McCartney, the wife of cx-licallc Paul
McCartney, was booked Monday for investigation of marijuana possession.
Police said Mrs. McCartney, 33, was with her husband and three
children two girls and a boy—when they slopped a 1974 silver Lincoln
Conlinentalshorlly after midnight Sunday when it failed to stop at a red light
While officers talked to Paul McCartney, who was driving, they said thes
noticed "a strong smell of burning marijuana" emanating from the car.
A search turned up six to eight grams of marijuana, enough for about bun
marijuana cigarettes, in Mrs. McCartney's purse.
NEW YORK (AP) State Supreme Court Justice Hyman Korn Morula)
ordered striking truck drivers back to work at the Daily News and threatened
to hold their union president in contempt if his order is flouted.
Out of court, union leader Carl Levy said he would direct the men to gi>
back, but when asked if they would comply with his order, said,"No. not in a
million years."
Meanwhile, the newspaper prepared to go to press with Tuesday's editions,
a spokesman said.
the wildcat strike Sunday night prevented the News, the nation's largest
circulation newspaper, from getting out Monday's editions.
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) Gov. Hugh Carey's bid to get an mi mediate, $1 III
million appropriation to keep the slate Urban Development Corp. running
appeared bogged down in the legislature Monday.
leaders of both houses expressed general agreement with the idea of an
appropriation, but differed with (he governor over various details. The
governor was pressing for action by the end oflheday, but thcdisagreemenls
appeared to stand in the way of that.
ALBANY STUDENT PRESS
MARCH 4, 1975
by Lands FriedTwo representatives from the
Schenectady chapter of the National
Organization of Women (N.O.W.)
spoke at SUNYA last Thursday on
the Equal Rights Amendment. Ms.
Ann Booth, a former British citizen,
has studied the issues involved for
the past two years.
Assisted by Ms. Linda Hart, Ms.
Booth informally outlined the facts
and misconceptions concerning the
E.R.A. The primary purpose of this
amendment is to make women legal
persons under the United States'
Constitution. The federal E.R.A.
passed overwhelmingly in the House
and Senate, but can not be enforced
until ratified by thirty eight states.
When four additional states join the
thirty four that have voted the
amendment in, there will be a two
year period during which every state
must bring its laws into compliance.
One major misconception held by
E.R.A. opponents. Ms. Booth
pointed out, is that under the amendment rape laws will be invalidated.
Rather, she explained, they may be
broadened to include protection for
men against sexual assault. Another
fear the opposition has is of women
being drafted. The present Constitu-
llawiliy
Tht housing mchangt board Is expected to provide Information to students looking lor off.
campus residences.
Housing Board Established
by Mike Plekarskt
A housing exchange board, the
first of its kind on this campus, will
be available for commuter reference
after the upcoming vacation, according to Off Campus Student Co-op
(OCSC) Director Robin Shuster.
The board will be only one of several
projects undertaken by the Student
Association-funded committee in its
efforts to alleviate some of the
problems faced by theSUNYA commuter, she said.
The board itself will be located on
the first-floor of the Campus Center,
possibly underneath the ballroom,
and will consist of information cards
concerning off-campus,, residences.
The cards will list available apartment rooms with their corresponding prices and may contain some
comments on their overall'Livcability."
Shuster explained that the board
will be divided into four major sections: one each for north, cast, south,
and west Albany. Each section will
be further divided into bus line routes (whether or not the SUNY buses
will pass that area) and into pricings
for the individual apartments.
The housing board will be similar
in format to the ride board of the
Campus Center and will be just as
conspicuous and accessible, promised Shuster. The cards will probably
be entitled something like "Tenant
Wanted" and "Tenant Available,"
along the lines of "Ride-Rider
WAnted" in operation now on the
Ride Board.
Although the apartment board
will be something of a novelty to
SUNYA students, it isnot elsewhere.
"Other colleges have it," said
Shuster. •
«Binghamion,
Georgetown, and Buffalo have it and
it's very successful. 1 don't know why
we haven't done something like this
before!"
Information on rented apralments
in the Albanyarea is now bcingcompiled by the OCSC Committee, but
the director is hoping for assistance
Fundraiser for
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lor the
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March 7 at 7:30 pm
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from thecommutersthemselvcs.She
expects to have the off-campus
students furnished with "rating
sheets" to accomplish that end.
If a student has had an apartment
and is leaving, Shuster hopes he will
be kind enough to fill out these
sheets giving his opinion of the living
conditions; including an assessment
of the landlord. These ratings will
give a prospective renter a better
basis of evaluation, she feels.
Cooperation on the students' part
will be a major factor in the success
of the board, she continued. "If
students will cooperate by advertising the fact that they arc leaving
their apartments (if. indeed, that is
the case), even if they're not
renting it, it will help us considerably." But the commuter will beunder no obligation to advertise or
fill out the forms against his will, she
explained.
J'hc apartment board is only one
part of the OCSC's overall plan to
assuage the commuter's problems.
"We hope to try and solve a lot of the
commuter problems in the next few
years," said Shuster. "Housing is the
main problem right now but we hope
to expand to help students in all
aspects of off-campus housing."
Currently the committee is
finishing up its "survival manual"
which should soon be accessible to
the commuter. It will attempt to give
the user hints and lips on off-campus
life; "sort of an 'Everything you
wanted to know about off-campus
living' book," she said.
••••••••
The city of Chicago says it is
negotiating for the sale ol six million
tons of sewage sludge to Ghana for
use as fertilizer, and Pennsylvania is
working out a similar deal with officials in the Bahamus(ZNS)
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President in 1976
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tion contains no provision exemp-
ting women from the draft,so in this
respect nothing would change. Concerning alimony and child support,
both would be awarded on the basil
of need. Already in New York State,
alimony is available to men.
A ' very convincing argument
presented by Ms. Booth regarded
overtime laws. As the laws now
stand, women are not permitted to
work over a certain number of
hours. This means that in some
higher paying jobs they are unable to
work as much as a man and as a
result, arc often not promoted.
E.R.A. Passage
.. .
The New York State E.R.A. passed in the State Assembly 128 to IS.
However. Ms. Booth continued,
groups such as A.W.A.R.E. and
H.O.T.D.O.G. have begun lobbying
against it. The amendment will be
brought to publichearings on March
II. If it passes in the State Senate,
the amendment will go to the voters
in November.
Ms. Booth's talk was sponsored
by theSUNYA Womcn'sLiberation
Group. Due to an unfortunate lack
of publicity, the meeting was sparsely attended. Representatives of both
sexes were present, all of whom
responded enthusiastically to Ms.
Booth's appeal for support.
Seminars to Start
problems such as the energy crisis,
Two month-long seminars on
the food shortage, overpopulation,
current world problems arc being
offered this summer al the Institute and the Law of the Sea.
of World Affairs in Salisbury.
The Institute program will include
Connecticut. Both seminars arc opportunities for discussions with
open to upperclassmen and graduate
eminent guest lecturers and
students from America and foreign
international scholars. Each group
universities, particularly to men and will visit New York to meet with
women interested in careers in
officials of the United Nations and
education, public service and
other organizations.
international relations. Partial
Heart of the Berkshires
scholarships a t e available to
Now in its fifty-first year, the
qualified applicants.
Institute first began in Geneva.
The first seminar from June 2 to Switzerland, then moved to its
July .1 will deal with current
present location in 1941.Situated on
international relations between the
a lake in the heart of the Berkshires.
U.S., Western Europe and the Soviet
the Institute has a 300 acre campus
Bloc and will be directed by
with modern dormitories and sports
Professor Ronald Tiersky of
facilities. There are man musical,
Amherst College. Students will
dance and summer theatre groups in
examine such matters as U.S.A. - the vicinity, including Tanglewood,
U . S . S . R . detente. East-West
site of summer concerts of the
relations in the light of the oil crisis,
Boston Symphony, the Jacobs
and America and the Soviet Union
Pillow ballet theatre, and the
vis-a-vis the Third World.
summer playhouses at Stockbridgc
)
The second seminar from July 7 to and Sharon.
August 7 will be headed by Professor
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PAGE THREE
New Lounge Provides Relaxing Alternative
byFegMoffttt
Have you ever found yourself in
the Humanities Building with a few
extra minutes before your next class?
If so, then you know this can present
a slight problem. You can either wait
in the hall, make a brief stop in the
library, or run over to the Campus
Center. But now you have a new
alternative—the brightly colored, all
new, informal Humanities Lounge,
located in room 354 on the third
. floor of the Humanities Building.
.
Here, students, faculty, and staff
can meet in a quiet, relaxed atmosphere and chat over a cup of hot
coffee and donuts.Oncthin dime will
get you a cup of coffee, and.donuts
can be obtained for the reasonable
price of IS cents each, two for 30
cents, and for those of you who go
for donuts in a really big way (and
can ignore the battle of the bulge), 10
donuts for the incredibly low price of
$1.50. New there's an offer that's
hard to refuse!
Both the donuts and coffee are
well liked by visitors who tend to
consume S dozen donuts a day,
which costs the Lounge about 35
dollars a week. Some of these donuts
are dunked in 90 cups of coffee; an
amount easily sipped around the 9
a.m. arrival. The "all new Lounge"
had its grand opening on February
10th.
There are other features of the
Lounge besides refreshments. It has
been totally remodeled—a job that
volunteer faculty and students accomplished in three hours one Friday afternoon. The new decor includes collages donated by the Art
Gallery, posters donated by Dean
Ruth Schmidt, and doodles, drawn
by anyone, on posterboards already
in the lounge. One such' poster
includes a thrilling|Portrait of Shirley
Cothran , Miss America 1975, that
even she may not recognize! For
people interested in glancing
through some reading material a
special periodical rack has been
provided.
Most everything has been, and
still is, furnished through donations
In the.beginning (about one year'•
ago),
the faculty committee consisting of: Dick McNally, RCO
Dept.; Paul Wallace, Classics Dept.;
Fred Moore, French Dept; Jeff Berman, English Dept.; Mike Kaufman,
English Dept.; George Hastings,.
English Dept.; and Judy Miller,
from the Dean's office, solicited
funds from various faculty members
to obtain initial supplies. At the moment, refreshment consumers have
been paying for the food through an
honesty system, if during any one
week extra money or a "profit" is
found in the coffee box, the money
will be returned to the initial contributors. According to Mike Kaufman the honesty system is working
with very few ripoffs. The Lounge
currently is a self-supporting, nonprofit endeavor.
Mike Kaufman feels the Lounge'
was a "spontaneous idea." It began
"because many people in the
building felt there was a need for a
place for faculty and students to
come together and talk." It can
replace faculty—student hall talks as
well as give color and human life to
the vertical white walls of SUNYA.
The Lounge is a place where the
people on the second floor can get to
know people on the third floor.
Some even bring their lunch. Kaufman quickly added, "If we branch
out to hamburgers, I'll let you know
immediately."
The Lounge still can be reserved
for faculty meetings and poetry
readings, but for the most part the
room is open. Right now the Lounge
is in need of a name. Anyone with a
suggestion may give it to any committee member. Obscenities will not
be tolerated.
Mike Kaufman feels, "The big
question will be if it picks up again
next fall. If it does, then the Lounge
will be an ongoing thing—not just
something for one semester."
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PAGE FOUR
Coordinator of Student Services
Sluart Bjtzputrick resigned for lack
of time lo devote lo Student Government.
Hot John
(ZNS) Elton John is completely
dominating the nominations list for
best-selling artist in this weekend's
National Association of Recording
Merchandisers awards.
There are six nominees for best
selling album, and three of them are
Elton John. Others also nominated
are Paul McCartney and Wings;
Bachman-Turner Overdrive; and
John Denver— Zodiac
(ZNS) The founder of Freelandia Airlines, Kenneth Moss, is
reportedly ready to surrender
himself in connection with the death
of Robbie Mcintosh, the late
drummer of the Average White
Band.
Moss was indicted in Los Angeles
earlier this month on charges that he
supplied a powdered drug to Mcintosh which caused the drummer's
death. Mcintosh died last
September after he allegedly sniffed
the drug—powdered heroin—
during a party at Moss's Hollywood
home.
Moss is said to be in Central
America presently; but his attorney,
Maurice Inman, has told Los
Angeles police that Moss will return
when he learns of his indictment—
Zodiac
Students and proftMore gather hi Irw Humanities lounge to chat,
drink coffee, and munch on donute.
SA Elections Begin Today
by Pat Sakal
Today is thefirstday of voting in
the first set of SA elections this
semester. Voting will continue
through Thursday.
Freshman class officers (President, Vice-President, and six class
council members) arc bcingelccted.
In order to vote, freshmen must have
paid class dues.
Presently open Central Council
seats (5) and University Senate seats
(4) must also be filled. Colonial, Indian, and Commuters will choose
I BELONG
TO SAS.U?
(sure do, if you have a tax card)
able to vote downtown and in the
Campus Center from 10a.m.-4 p.m.
Remember, in order to be given a
ballot you must present your tax
card and, University I.D.
members for both Council and
Senate; Dutch will elect only a
Senator.
Voting places are in the flagroom
of the four uptown quads and in
Waterbury malri1. hall for Alumni
residents. These places will be open
from 4-7 p.m. Commuters will be
Elvis' Pelvis
(ZNS) Bobbie Gentry hasfileda
SI million (dollar) defamation suit
against Movie Stars Magazine,
claiming that Elvis Presley never
made her pregnant.
The magazine last May ran a
banner headline proclaiming (quote)
"Scoop^lheir happy baby n e w s Bobbie Gentry to have Elvis's son,
how she gave him back his
manhood." The magazine ran a picture of Gentry which she claims
at the,
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Bobbie claims the entire item was
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(ZNS) The Air Force reports
that the costs of the so-called
"Doomsday flight Machines" are
soaring out of sight.
The " D o o m s d a y
Flight
Machines" are six specially-designed
Boeing 747 jumbo jets which arc
assigned to fly the President of the
United States and his staff to safety
in the event of a nuclear war.
The heavily-shielded planes—now
under construction—will be packed
with automatic computers and the
most sophisticated radio equipment
in existence.
Under the Pentagon's nuclear war
contingency plan, the President, the
Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of
Staff, 18 ranking military officers
and 59 key specialists and,advisors
would be rushed aboard trie planes
in the event of a nuclear showdown.
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In Italy, in the 1800's a
poor priest met a boy of the
streets. At that time there were
thousands of such boys in
Turin . . . hungry, homeless and
without hope.
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the first community that was dedicated prlma/lljtlb youth. With
a program of play, learn and pray ho brought the boys from the
streets back to God and gave them a means of earning their
living. From suet Jrumble beginnings a movemoht began that
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But what could one priest
do? Without money. Without
support. Without even a
building to house them.
V"
dare Nipples
(ZNS) The Baltimore County
Liquor Board has ordered scantilyclad male go-go dancers to fear
something to cover their nipples.
t h e planes would then take off,
38 Cents Worth
The Board advised a Dundalk,
and the officials aboard would
(ZNS) The U.S. dollar today is Maryland, tavern that its male
presumably direct the U.S. nuclear worth only 38 cents compared to its dancers not only had to cover their
response from somewhere in the buying power in 1946.
nipples, but that women in the
stratosphere.
If prices continue to rise at 9 per- audience should no longer be allowThe Air Force reports, however, cent a year—which is a slower rate ed to stuff money into the male
that large cost-overruns are plaguing than 1974—the dollar in just 25 years dancer's briefs.
the three-year old doomsday air- will be worth .only 4 cents compared
The ruling was handed down after
plane project. The cost of the six to the 1946 dollar—Zodiac
liquor board officials discovered
planes, the Air Force says, have
there was a regulation which
Disrupt Radicals
nearly doubled, soaring to $560
prevents any "person, waitress or
million (dollars), and even higher
(ZNS) A former undercover performer" in a licensed establishcosts are predicted.
operative for the F.B.I, has told 77ie ment from appearing topless—
The big 747's are being readied to New York Times that the Bureau Zodiac
replace a fleet of three 707's because continued to use cointel-pro type
Creatures Smelt
the jumbo jets will be roomier, and tacitcs until at least June of last
(ZNS) The Mutual U.F.O.
more Pentagon and White House year—despite repeated Justice
Network—a "flying saucer" research
staff officials will be able to climb Department assurances that the
group based in Quincy, Illinoisaboard.
program had been discontinued in
says that hundreds of residents in
However, Senator John Stcnnis, 1971.
Pennsylvania have reported
the Chairman of the Senate Services
"Cointel-pro" was a 17-year effort sighting—and even smelling—
Committee, ordered a slowdown on on the part of the F.B.I, to infiltrate, strange creatures with glowing red
the doomsday projects last week: disrupt and destroy so-called radical eyes.
Stennis complained that the planes organizations in the United States.
Stan Gordon, a researcher with
are simply becoming too costly to The existence of the program— the organization, says that the
build—Zodiac
which reached its peak during the creatures are described as hulking,
Nixon administration—was con- long-armed, with three-toed footMore Headaches
firmed last year by the Justice prints, and always with glowing eyes.
(ZNS) It's now official; Department following the filing of a Gordon suggests that the strange
politicians suffer more headaches civil suit.
creatures have been planted on the
than does the rest of the population.
The former operative, Joseph earth for experimental reasons by
The British Research Organiza- Burton, told the Times that as late as space beings.
tion Migraine Trust reports that it
Gordon says that in 1973, there
surveyed 635 lawmakers in the
were 118 such sightings reported by
House of Commons and found that
245 eye witnesses. He says that most
28 percent said they often suffer
of the sightings occurred in the
from severe headaches.
mountains of western Pennsylvania,
This was nearly three limes as high
and that the descriptions turned in
as the average rate of 10 percent
by both children and adults were
among the general population. One
"chillingly consistent."
in every seven of the politicians
Gordon's theory is that galactic
questioned said their blinding
explorers have deposited some kind
headaches were so severe that Ihey
of experimental creatures which he
sometimes were forced to stay home
believes are "remotely controlled by
from work because of the pain—
a radio signal similar to the way that
June of 1974, he was involved in a we track dolphins through the
Zodiac
variety of activities aimed at water."
Pot Eases Withdrawal
neutralizing so-called radical
Not one of the monslers. however,
(ZNS) A team of researchers at
political efforts, including the for- has ever been captured or even
the New York University School of
mation
of
"Sham"
revolutionary
photographed—Zodiac
Medicine has found that Marijuana
groups.
,
can be used to treat the symptomsof
Upset Stomach
Among
the
"SJiam"
revolutionary
morphine withdrawal.
(ZNS) A resident of Scotland,
groups Burton said he formed for the
Three medical school doctors,
who refused to show his driver's
writing in the magazine Science, say Bureau was a group called "The Red
license to police, has won a landStar Cadre." Burton said the F.B.I.
they have used T.H.C.—the active
mark decision.
supplied
him
with
everything
from
ingredient in pot—on morphineDuncan McVeigh, when stopped
addicted rats to completely block the operating funds to even T-shirts
at a police roadblock, chewed up and
bearing
the
slogans
"Fight
Back"
for
agonizing symptoms of withdrawing
swallowed his license. McVeigh was
the demonstrators.
from the drug.
The F.B.I, h.is denied Burton's promptly arrested and taken to court
The d o c t o r s suggest the
charges. However, Burton told the on charges of failing to carry his
marijuana extract might one day be
Times he would stand by his charges, driver's license.
used to help human addicts
McVeigh immediately protested:
and testify to them under oath, if
withdraw from heroin and other adhe insisted the license was in his
dicting drugs—Zodiac
possission—in his stomach—and
called several policemen as witnessei
who saw him swallow the permit.
The judge agreed, and all charges
against McVeigh were dismissed—
Zodiac
Moss To Surrender
Stipends Slashed
continued Jrom page one
Brown is responsible to the State for
the use of the mandatory fee he has
the power, lo freeze funds if he feels
that the student government is. not
operating properly. Myers also asked Student Government Executive
Board members to consider resigning if they felt that they had done
something wrong. Carrie Wright
said that she would resign when "the
financial mess is cleared up" and
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Representative
for the Red Cross
please contact Arlene D r a g o n , 4 6 2 7 4 6 1 . G e t involved!
Tutor n e e d e d
for Calculus III. Call
Kathy 4 3 7 - 7 7 1 9 .
Who is Yoads?!
RIDE7RI0ERS
WANTED
Ride to Florida-very
flexible.
Call
Chuck 7 - 5 0 0 7 or 7-5043.
Ride desperately n e e d e d from U to
A l b a n y Thursday 3 / 6 or Friday 3 / 7
a n d b a c k Sunday 3 / 9 . Please call
Dear Kelly, Jano, Jody, Ellen, Dirii,
Joyce, Denise, Lynn, Helen, Rena,
Brenda, Angi and Claire,
Thanks to all of you my birthday
couldn't have been any better.
I'll always remember it.
Sue
Nancy 4 7 3 - 4 6 8 1 .
To ail who were at Sutter's Friday
LOST&FQUND
Use:
Winter Coat (Mans). Descrip-
tion:
Blue
and
white
in
Ladies
night,
Thanks for helping me celebrate
my 18th birthday. It was great!
Room—Campus
472-6238.
o^jdj
PAGL SIX
nurse convention in Philadelphia on
If you have a n interest in the sport of
April 4 a nd 5? Come to the Students of
Archery come d o w n to t h e Women's
Nursing
Auxiliary G y m (2nd floor) a n d join
To the VB's of Anthony:
Thank you so much for remember-
The H a p p y Hooker
Organization
guys
are
all
Tuesday, M a r c h 4 at 12 noon in BA 130.
Albany
Will
ing 6:30-8:00 p . m .
discuss
Do you hove enough silverware
The m a d silverware rhief
Busman
Student*:
I love you for your crossword puz-
D,di
valleys, a n d look for her foce in a
To the person w h o put the personal in
the
Classifieds
Financial
camera
to BA 2 2 3 at 7:30 p.m. Thursday,
N u the Professional Business Sorority.
Number
booklets. Takes really good square
scores
ogam
,
»
When
you think
of
me
remember the Linda Ronstadt song
It's
"Different Drum."
you!
We
"Therapeutic
tervention."
In-
Sponsored b y Student
Nurse Organization, funded by SA.
The informal, once-a-semester " I n -
haven't
birds
have
(but not usually!). Thanks for putting
up with me.
Joyce
the
No excus«*J absenceswill oe guen, so
b e p r e p a r e d for a n Emergency Sub
How is the WAYSIDE M o t e l doing
K.G.
Thanks for the concert Saturday
night.
ing; two minutes for roughing; two
blood-rhe
Vegetables of the world Unite'
referee's; two minutes for c u r s i n g . . . .
—«
, .
,
"HI b e your b a b y tonight"is the official D.O.A. Clique song.
will b e served. Attendance is m a n -
Tuesday-Thursday at 1 1 : 1 0 a n d 4 : 1 5 .
Thursday, M a r c h 6th a t 5:00 p . m . The
d a t o r y for this all important event.
All week d a y masses held in the C a m -
Candidate's name is G e o r g e Stein, a
pus Center. Saturday a t 4:15 (instead
History Professor from SUNY Bingham-
A n t h r o p o l o g y C l u b : N a - O e n e will
„r 4:30) a n d a t 6:30. Sunday at 10:00,
ton.
have a meeting Tuesday M a r c h 4 at
12:45 a n d 5 : 3 0 . W e e k e n d masses held
8:00 in I C 12. The trip to Washington
in Chapel House.
All University students interested in a
m e n ' s g y m n a s t i c s club a r e invited to
a meeting a n d workout tomorrow at
4:00 in the Women's Auxiliary G y m .
S k y d i v i n g C l u b M e e t i n g Tuesday
M a r c h 4th at 7 : 3 0 in LC I . If you would
to
Club. A 15-1 victory over the Troy
by snuleiH
Huberman
for State
Central
TOURNAMENT
All are invited to |Oin
Prizes will be awarded
COlONlAl QUAD
ELECT
KtiTH GtUSMAN
[TO REPRESENT YOUR INTERESTS]
IN THE
11:10 a n d
This Thursday
12:10.
Sciences
All a r e
invited to join. Prizes will b e a w a r d e d .
have can b e answered. For more infor-
Call Russell for info. 4 5 9 - 7 1 5 3 Today 7-
mation call Steve Bahret 462-4585 on
12 p . m . , W e d n e s d a y 9-12 p.m.
and
dying
for
entitled
"The Right
to
to
of
Arts
Patroon
Peoples
a
ond
,
Lounge
friendship
Association: All invited to study g r o u p
on art a n d culture in C h i n a . Suggested
reading:
Mao's
"Talks
at
Venar
f o r u m on l i t e r a t u r e a n d A r t . " Thurs-
live—The Right to Die."
d a y at 7:30 p . m . — 7 2 7 Madison Ave.
...
M o r e inlo: Tommy a t 4 7 2 - 8 7 6 1 .
*»«
Sexism o n C a m p u s ; Part III. Now
this rapidly growing sport.
in m e e t i n g
Dean
come
US-China
at 8 p.m. C h a p e l
House will sponsor a seminar on d e a t h
B a c k g a m m o n Tournament.
be shown a n d a n y questions you may
that you know what sexism is, w h a t a r e
u J ! u U . \ i ylr
you going to do a b o u t it? Bring your
The
ideas to "Strategies to C o m b a t Sex-
American
ism."
Classics present The Borly B r o n z e A g e
Sponsored
by
the
Women's
Archaeological
Caucus, Humanities 3 5 4 , W e d n e s d a y ,
in Italy,
M a r c h 5 12:30-2 p.m.
Holloway
and
the
Institute
of
Department
of
a lecture b y Professor R. Ross
ol
Brown
Universidy,
HI) 3 5 4 . Admission Free.
WHAT TO DO
and The Marx Bros.
in
SAS.U.
SAV.6.S.
This is War
The Incredible
Jewel Robbery
There's Israeli Folk Dancing in the
gym each Thursday nite at 8:30. Instruction an Request. Its held in the
Dance Studio on the third floor. Come
and join.us. You'll enjoy the fun.
I
1) current t u i t i o n rale
2 ) s l u d e n l v o t i n g rights
3) student i n d i v i d u a l riuhts
4)
money through purehase
power
5) academic freedoms
6) sludent power
•4
Council
Representative. Remember wo'd all
just b e dupes if it wasn't for oops.
at
...
attend!
Come and enjoy an eveining of
Square Dancing. State Quad
Cafeteria, Wednesday, March 5,8:00
p.m. There will be a professional
Caller, refreshments will be served and
admission is free. Everyone is invited,
please be prompt. Sponsored by State
Quad Living and Learning Program.
call Russell for info at 459-7153|
Today 7-12 p.m
Wednesday 9-12 p.m.
wjwasmrsiNAri
clip and save
Wanna go home?
UACKGAMMON
Quad
Friday
candidate
assudaiion
March 4-6
Vote
N e w m a n M a s s Schedule: M o n d a y
will b e discussed. All a r e welcome to
like to try skydiving or would like some
information a b o u t i t d r o p b y ; a film will
Students interested
JOEL FELD
C o m m u t e r Representative
pilots ond i f i w a r e j t t i e i do.
•**
ond
THURSDAY, MARCH 6
LC-7
3 showings
7:30 9:15 11:00
$.50 tax.75 wo tax
limited
VOTE
Let's hear it for Albany Store's Hockey
Flames last Thursday.
in the CC Ballroom.
us help others. Thanks!!
5, in BI-248, a t 9 : 0 0 p.m. Refreshments
r
Ad-hoc Soiling Papers Com.
The Cha.iman
drawing
Beta
Old-
committe meeting.
for
Bofo
in The Bank Dick
There will be a mandatory meeting of
Pam
Your State Q u a d Pal
pus this Thursday from 10 a . m . - 4 p . m .
W e d n e s d a y , March 5, 1 9 7 5 , 8:00 p.m.
m i t t e e , at 7 p . m . (sharp)inC.C 3-to
You're a great bunch of guys! Thanks..
sale in the Campus Center on Frrldoy
M a r c h 7. Proceeds to to Telethon. H e l p
Friday. Anyone welcome.
memories like elephants sometimes
minutes
Beta
sponsored by the rugby club
ivsi
To one of the few "Good M e n , "
but I
entitled
*
will take place on W e d n n e s d a y , March
...
Touch A s A M o d e of Nursing
all
Don't forget! B i o o d m o b i i e on cam-
at the B a h a i C l u b . CC 3 7 3 7:30 p.m.
W.C. Fields
Kelly, Sue a n d Ellen,
at 7-771B.
while
a ' program
Attention
Jl
M
• *« •
W h i t m a n H a l l is sponsoring a coke
members. Induction of new members
3UT I
»i-w
campaign for Israel.
** •
game.
thought Coach was 13?
black a n d white, color photos, or
slides. Asking only $7,00! Call Cindy
10
ASP.
a g r e e on" this week's discussion topic
** *
in LC 7 Dr. Dolores Krieger will present
big stakes
with
flashcube a d a p t o r , straps, a n d ail
a
first-of-the-month
*
Management
box, "Didi sucks!"
Identify yourself, because you luck!
"instamatie"
Speaker Lynda
O n Tuesday, M a r c h 4th at 7:00 p.m.
zle.
next year should watch for ads in the
Q u i e t Hafts: All students interested
6 : 3 0 in C C 3 7 5 . Cash prizes. Special
Info Call Andy 7-8759.
"Unity a n d w h a t everybody can
***
M a r c h 6. Sponsored by Phi G o m m a
now?
whistling through the trees, see her
starry sky, I guess then you know she's
and
Program. All interested students come
Lew.
something special.
transportation
S t a t e Archers. Tuesday Even-
D u p l i c a t e B r i d g e every M o n d a y at
! re f tan-American
Sfvefeit*
AfHonce, in commemoration of the
death ol itoh/t great movie producerdirector-writer-actor VHtario Do Ska
will present his finest clastic film the
•(cycle Thief Wednesday at 8:15 p.m.
in I C 7. Those who love classics of the
cinema should not miss this hen.
J e w i s h Students Coalition
Speaker Gary Bess from the University
Department of U.J.A., Thursday March
6th—-5:30—CC 373. This li a meeting
for those interested in working on a
in a quieter residence environment f o r
** *
I
eyes shining like sunlight through the
on
Electric, will speak about the G e n e r a l
Dear Rick,
on
W h e n you can hear someone's name
meeting
Rettig, Financial M a n a g e r in G e n e r a l
Andy is coming!!!
INTERESTED FOLK
fun. Come to our meeting W e d n e s d a y
Center.
finances.
ing m e on the 2 n d .
Thanks to Tyrone, Paul, M a x , Tom &
DRUGS II
CLUBS & MEETINGS
p.m. on W S U A - t h e Sporty 640! Note:
the greatest experiences I ever h a d .
You
Association.
spelunking! G e t involved a n d h a v e
nights a t 7:30 in R-315 of the Campus
Electric
BUFFALO $10.55/20.105
NYC PA S8./I5.20
leaves every hour on the half- lv. 6:00arr.l:00 p
Iv 6:00 am' arr 1 :00 pmi (Sat.)
hour, 7:30 am lo 7:30 pm,
9:00 am 4:25 pm
arrives porl authority two
12:15 pm 7:05 pm
hours and fifty minutes later
2 pm 8:55 pm
also a bus leaves from the
5:15 pm 11:40 pm
administration circle
every friday at 4pm
and returns Sundays
leaving NYC PA at 4:30 pm
': difference!!! *
GO GREYHOUND!!!
ROCHESTER $8.70/16.55
lv 6:00 am arr 11:25 am (Sat.)
9 9:00 am 2:50 pm
12:15 pm 5:20 pm
2:00 pm 7:20 pm
4:00 pm 10:10 pm
1
m
SYRACUSE $5.40/10.30
lv 6:00 am arr 9:20 am (Sat.)
9:00 am 12:20 pm
12:05 3:20 pm
2:00 pm 4:55 pm
4:00 pm 7:55 pm
5:15 pm 8:10 pm
6:30 pm
10:00 pm
Mista,
Harvey's Bristol, Feelin Mellow and
H a p p y Birthday Thursday.
Jane
"REGISTRATION KJII:
coffee House rv«
To the new Tech Staff of the A S P
H a l Hal H a ! H a ! H a ! I got out! Hal
KRSONALS
Hal H a l Hal Hal
ENTERTAINMENT
1, 2 o r 3 p i e c e g r o u p s
ioAnM.
X.G.
Thanks far the concert Saturday
night.
Welfare
x-skiing, ice climbing a n d of course—
Colonial Q u a d is o n !
The girl I love can have everything but
Sue
checkered.
Reword: Coll 7-7983.
Socio/
Geese don't do ' t j I M h e air-oirplane
Yodes & /odes
a n d the Berkshire!. W e g o sno-shoeing,
Interested in going to the s t u d e n t
ANDY NEGRI- Two minutes for elbow-
Let us not gloat over the corpse of Lew
Barr.
Elections h a v e b e e n held for the
Love,
Wonderful WandaThere is never a reason. Drop by.
Jon
Delancy Suite 201,
Acts of aggression will not be
tolerated!
-The Deadly Duo
459-7764.
Biology Building Room 2 4 8 . Tuesday
by play action. G a m e time is 6:55
Dippikill was Dynamite! It was one of
Yep, looks like I'm runnin'—and I
don't mean an Perimeter rood.
Jonathan
the Adirondacks, the W h i t e M o u n t a i n s ,
as they bring you all the exciting play
Yau have beautiful eyetl
forgotten
advising details. A n y questions. Call
pre-dents will b e o f f e r e d 7 : 3 0 p.m. in
Lave
Malcomb Janes
been
for spring recess, l e t t e r s will b e mailed
Sweet Nothing
Official score: AUCE WON.
•Chico.
Advanced 456-1201.
Need a PHOTOGRAPHER? Weddings, Portraits, Albums, artist's and
other Portfolios, etc....Whatever your
photographic needs, coll Joe: 457
3002
Friday, M a r c h 7. Join Doug and Nats
Vote for Joel M e l for Central Coundl
Afga
The O u t i n g C l u b takes out several
trips every w e e k e n d to such areas as
f o r m a t i o n C l i n i c " for pre-meds a n d
evening, March 4 .
To Doc Cobane A N D THE TEAM:
Margie
7-8743.
lost
Bagmrw
.* * *
A l b a n y G r e a t D a n e Basketball this
Commuter's seat. March 4, 5 & 6.
sion,
' D o r m T e l e p h o n e s will b e t u r n e d off
The Three Musketeers. Forever!!.
BLUFF a n d ILENE A r e in l e v *
have
***
Jon
Smart ASS!
Sessions
Tuesday, M a r c h 4 in C C 3 7 5 a t 8 p . m .
MAJORS & MINORS
S u b c o m m i t t e e on
Evaluation
started. Everyone mutt attend o n e ses-
night o f b a l d i n g . Twaf?
(Suffragette City?)
Lake
Herman '.
Group
of P r o g r a m m i n g
H o w ' b o u t a n o r g y i n the study room?
Oksi
C n a s a l H S V M < Ail aononifMtiont
Thanks Fred N u r d s b e r g for a great
H e y , Sheryl-
teach her to play on it some day.
C e n t e r — F e b r u a r y 25. Reward. Call
Classical G u i t a r
furo
Love,
signed
THE BALLED EAGLE
WANTED
G o l d initial pinky ring, initials, L.G.,
SERVICES
arour**,
All the Love I Could Ever Want or
Need.
Philip Markert,
Who is running for Central Council,
will be in theColonial Fiagroom Tuesday„,9:00 p.m. to answer questions.
•••
Senior W e e k C o m m i t t e e meeting
Thanks.
Fulton Hail: Darts will fly if no LINKS
are recorded. P.S. Big stuff: your car
it a CADODA
LL
To Howard J. Guzik,
The Balled Eagle hears, sees all,
and knows all. He lurks in thedarkest
reaches of the unknown. There is no
chance of escape, So:
BEWARE
Medical, Dental and Law School
Applicants: Have you applied far
1975 classes, but without success sa
far? Perhaps we can hilp you get an
acceptance. Box 16140, St. Louis, Mo,
63103.
Roommate immediately for older student worker—434-1248.
Furnished unhealed 3 bedrcom flat,
suitable 3 girls. 55 Partridge.
turn
of 7 p.m. m
A I C o m m u n i t y Service SrSrdentt:
Everyone welcome.
guys!
fL ^
e f V f W f M V QTW T*V
Sunday s w A i n f
p . m . In I C 4 . A l l trips t o b e discussed.
A l l ' o f you.
Re-elect Marc Benecke Class of 7 8
President. Voting today, Wednesday
and Thursday.
Square Dancing! Wed. March 5, 8:00
p.m. State Quad Cafeteria.
Professional Caller, refreshments,
free admission. Everyone invited.
Please be prompt.
Typing—my home near SUNY—
E x p e r i e n c e d Ph. D. Thesis,
Manuscripts—Pat Jones 438-1430.
Female wants own room in apt. on
SUNY busline for max MO/month;
likes quiet. Call 466-8702 between 11
and 12 p.m.; ask for Vivienne.
Apartmentmate(i) needed immediately. 4 bedroom house with
fireplace. 3 blocks from SUNYA 4824742.
around',
SLADE beat Rhonda in Scrabble 282
to 174,...but he cheated!
Colonial Residents: Are you getting
screwed by your present Central
Council representative? Get ACTION
Vote Larry Laueman far Central
Council March 4-6.
'U-NEED-A' Band! Experienced
reliable agent will help your group or
business. Reasonable. Call Kevin
Daniels at 463-7123.
W a n t e d — 1 0 speed bike. Call M i k e
Looking for peopl e to share large,
modern apartment off busline in fall.
Coll Micheie 438-0379.
in t h e N C A A Tournament-Good Luck
.
around'..."
Irving Hall proudty presents the FIRST
"Q of the Month" Award to:
Valerie J. Vandeef
Valerie wan in an unprecedented tiebreaking runoff. Congratulation,
VolerieO!
To the Pussycat,
GET WELL SOON!
Lave
K.K., Von Drake, Turkey, Captain
Barry
Typing done in my home. 369-2474.
have played
4 bedroom a n d 2 bedroom
apartments located an Western
Avenue. Call evenings 869-5291.
luck this
behind
-TWMUi:WiT4-
Ski C/iifc M e e t i n g tonight, 3 / 4 a t S
& » n > m e Wbdt highway
Typing done in my home. 482-8432.
482-2223.
Apartmontmatos needed for modern
co-ed apartmonf on busline. Call
Aimee or Nancy, 489-1626.
best f o
my steei guitar, because I hope to
W a n t e d : Lessons in biuesar jazz piano,
ApartntsHrimaf* neadod. Own room.
Noar SUNYA busline. $70 inclusive
462-290*.
the
w e e k e n d os t h e y wrestle in Cleveland
Manuscript Typing Service 869-5223.
ftowmor MX-40 Calculator with
recharger/adapter. Mew. $30. Call
John 437-4701.
HOUSING
Hern
To teie" i t of * • W e n * yew b w
Arret follow some y e h W K M
KiTt.it.back in business now bigger
ami beeoer than ever!
tt*SAlt
- mrnwwmfWam*
• W S U A S o o r l l wishes l o r r y Mims and
" l i w i m j * «o*
You're a good kid even if you are a
lousy bowler.
Did,
ALBANY STUDENT PRESS
Fo r e i g n C a r R e p a i r s
Volvo
MG
VW
TR
and others
Righteous Auto
S01 Yates Street
inquire a t 4 5 7 - 4 6 1 4
Entertainment Information
438-5546
Tickets on sale
Thursdays 9-12 CC 346
Fridays 10-3 across from Check Cashing
(to all points in the Great Northeast)
for further schedule info call 434 8155
1
funded by sludent association
K**e»eoe.ee..o«£fl
prompt service—fair rates
MARCH 4, 1975
MARCH 4, 197 S
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-h'sh°ouldebe*rt'owhthat we're going to watch; tHe President with cartover.the next months.
We want to position ourselves so as not to be caught with a fall accompli."
.'
:. .
—James Buckley,
junior Senator from New York discussing plans of conservatives in regard to the t m
ediferial/i
Republican presidential ticket.
Practical Lessons
Most of the SA officials at SUC-Brockport have resigned. They built up enormous
gasoline bills on thier own cars and on their student government's (BSG, or Brockport
Student Government) two vans. One official used the BSG credit card for a five
hundred dollar engine overhaul. Other discrepencies were discovered also and the
entire case has been turned over to the New York State Police Bureau of Criminal
Investigation.
Corruption is not foreign to SUNYA. Last year's Director of the Campus Center
was indicted for finding ways for money to enter his pockets in amounts that have been
estimated at a twenty thousand dollar minimum. A head cashier over at FSA wasable
to funnel money into his pocket earlier this year in the same manner. The university,
like all other institutions in America, has no reliable way to avoid this because some
corruption (often referred to euphemistically as "benefits") is expected.
State University oi New York at Albany
. Tuesday, March 4 , 1 9 7 3
What has happened at Brockport has some practical lessons to teach us. Elected
student officials cannot be trusted, just as most other bureaucrats and officials cannot
be, and if students want to protect their yearly sixty-four dollars in tax payments they'll
have'to institute strict guidclinesforthe use of that money. Here at Albanya numberof
sophisticated financial procedures have been instituted in recent years for efficiency
and to prevent misuse. These procedures did not stop some of last year's SA officials
from obtiiining free tickets, free meals (charged to SA), and making other questionable
expenditures of SA money. This year's SA President Pat Curran is the antithesis of
corruption, and regularly refuses even the most trivial form of graft. But Pat Currans
arc few and far between, which is the point.
Price of Success
Events at the State University College at Brockport are reminders that students are
no exception to the pervasive current of corruption in American society. Watergate,
rather than eliminating unethical practices in business and government, may have
simply institutionalized them. If it goes on at the highest levels of the federal
government, how could it ever surprise us at any other level.
Solutions are being tried, but they arc analagous to draining a swamp by drinking
the water: You become heavy, feel crummy.get sick.and then it rains and you're back
where you started. For every white collar criminal brought to trial, there are thousands
who continue not only without being caught, but without seeing themselves as being
guilty. It would be much easier to list those skimming off the top than those who aren't
taking graft simply because it would be a real project to find an honest person.
Kenneth B. Clark of CUNY said in the New York Times recently that American
society has accepted dishonesty as the price of success, and that "when dishonesty
appears to work, it is difficult to argue persuasively for honesty" Corruption is so
prevalent in the United States that it may indeed houseless to argue against it. The only
solution, assuming we want one, would be a complete revolution, a revolution that
might not include violence but probably would.
Focus:
Shred of Optimism
yfthy David TroegerSWSSKWfcSWrW:
Thanks. . .
! ' • '
^!
David l.erner guided the Albany Student Press this past year to an increased size,
content and quality. His rigid determination for the paper tosuccecdand his sense of
journalistic independence and responsibility was a model considered an ideal by the
rest of the staff.
Under his direction, the newspaper has added a magazine section, streamlined its
operation, and increased its sense of professionalism. His dedication, pride, and
concern for the paper was essential to its growth.
The staff of the Albany Student Press thanks the former Editor-in-Chief, and wishes
him much success in the future.
i I i
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ACTINCi EDITH* IN CHIir
BUSINESS MANAGER
NEWS EDITOH
ASSOCIATE NEWS EDITOH
ASPECTS EDITOH
PRODUCTION MANAGE*
TECHNICAL EDITOR
ASSOCIATE TECHNICAL EDITORS
EDITORIAL PACE EDITOR
SPORTS EDITOR
ASSOCIATE SPORTS EDITOR
ARTS EDITORS
ADVERTISING MANAGER
ASSOCIATE ADVERTISING MANAGER
CLASSIFIED ADVERTISING MANAGER
DANIEL (JAINKS
Its ZUCKEKMAN
MICHAEL SENA
STEPHEN D/.INANKA
HHIAN CAIIII.I.
PATRICK MCOI.VNN
DONALD NKMCIK
Louise MAHKS, ,CAROI. MCPIIERSON
MAKC WUIOBK
BRUCE MAOC-IN
NATHAN SALANI
ALAN D. Ammv, PAUL PEI.AGAI.II,
HILLARY KELIIICK
LINDA DESMOND
J11.1. FLECK
JOANNI; ANDREWS
GRAHTTI EDITOR
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Pan American airlines could very quickly
go from theredto the black if they would only
win a contract from the federal government to
fly Henry Kissinger on his global jaunts.
Kissinger has recently relumed from ycl
another trip to the Middle East, This tour was
considered lo be one of a fact-finding nature,
seeing first hand where ihe President of Egypt
and the Prime Minister of Israel sland on II
second stage disengagement agreement.
Egypt, at this stage, is looking for more
concessions from ihe Israelis in the Sinai
Peninsula: relinquishment of the strategic
MitlaandGidi passes, as well as abandonment
or the Abu Rhudcis oil wells in the southwest
Sinai, which afford Israel a large margin of
petroleum .self-sufficiency.
What is Israel looking for? Among other
things they are seeking, an agreement of nonbelligerency between the two states an, and
rights of passage through the revitalized Suez
Canal. Israel's commercial'future rests to a
large extent with the second issue. It would
mean alot to an already hurting Israeli
economy if goods bound for iheir country
could move through the canal instead of
having lo lake a much longer route. The
Secretary of State is prepared to return this
Friday for another round of serious
negotiations between the two nations.
At this juncture President Sadat can very
seriously be considered the key linchpin in the
intricate framework of,, Middle East peace
He is a major determinant of where the chips
will fall. He can lean in favor of the Americans
and he can lean in favor of peace, each of
which have a potentially more optimistic
outcome than,, he tilts l h c other way
Sadat has said that "the Russians can give
you arms but only the United States can give
you a solution." He knows that n,c Soviets
move in for self-interest and allow Dungs i«
fester. Though the Americans undoubtedly
are concerned with national interest they »ill
at least try to stabilize the region I'm the good
of the region. Il is something that cannot he
said ol lhc Russians.
As national leader of the Egyptian people
what would Sadat hope lo gain Ironi U.II ' He
does nol relish seeing any ol his men killcdaiul
wounded in combat any more than Ihe Isiaelis
do. Every dollar placed in the win eollcisiakes
away from and drains their economy. I mally.
the Egyptians just don't fare well ngumii the
Israelis militarily - out of lour wars they lu»e
three defeats and one draw, nol a u'ty • ll
record.
Sadat, like any other politician. IN
concerned with saving face. If Dr. Kissinger
should fail in his peace efforls Sadat could eel
caught with his tail in the fan. He'll have lo
watch tilings very closely, if peace continues lo
elude both himself and the Secretary ol State
for too long he'll have to play il sale. Sadat
would be forced to go hack to the Russians
thereby protecting himself politically In""
such groups as the PLO and othet Aiab
militants who already suspect himol trying'11
make a separate peace with Israel.
The Egyptian president has been heard to
say: "I am very genuinely willing to terminate
the era of bitterness, hatred and violence ol
over 26 years. After that we can leave lo the
next generation the decisions concerning a
more precise outling of the future." hot all the
pessimistic talk there seems to be one ray "I
hope, one shred of optimism shining tin oiigh
the continual gloom of the Middle fins'
conflict. Perhaps 1975 will go down in history
as the year that the much predicted lild'
Middle East war did .not take place; I hit I
another road was taken instead.
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What's Your Addiction?
to traditional dorm living.*
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4 * 2 Starts
Anew
Vice is not nice
•One drinker in ten is an alcoholic, according to a recent national
survey. The total figure comes near ten million—enough for experts
to consider it at epidemic proportions. At last count, alcoholism is
the cause of more than 200,000 deaths annually, costing
Americans over 20 billion dollars. It is responsible for half of all the
arrests made in this country each year.
Campuses across the nation are not immune to this disease as
well as the other addictions and fads that are present in our society
today.
Tobacco and marijuana are two common forms of drugs that are
often used to excess. In the centerfold of today's magazine, various
abuses of these substances are viewed.
Photo Credits
Cover—Eric Kuehn; Page 3P—Erk
Kuehn;Page 7P— Erica Marcus
About the cover:
Be it pot, alcohol, or tobacco, too much of a good thing can
become bad.
4*2 Starts Anew
Tobacco: Confessions of an ExPot Patterns
Liquor Drenches the Ivy Walls
A Rich Nan's Justice
FSA: An Undercut...
And an Overview
SASU and the Student Concern
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by Rona Warren
I you've ever questioned
whether dorm living is really
lor you, but doubted that the
alternatives available would suit your
needs, you're not alone. This is a
question which motivated a group of
Indian Quad residents to search lor
more than mere traditional dorm
residence. The result of this search was
the "4 + 2 Revision Committee." The
commiltee was open to all who had
ideas to contribute or wanted to learn
along with its members.
In 1971, "4 + 2", a communal dorm
was i n i t i a t e d on Indian. The
excitement ol the new living concept
was maintained as long as its founders
resided in the dorm. Despite their
idealistic intentions, the plans were not
stringent enough to be perpetuated
alter the founders left. There was also
virtually no selection process to
guarantee that all the incoming 4 + 2
residents would be aware of the
commitments necessary to maintain a
specialized dorm.
Faced with the possibility ol 4 + 2's
termination, yet still believing in the
ideals originally established in 1971
(1-community, 2-cooperation, 3c o n c e r n , 4-communication, 5r e l e v a n c e , 6-responsibility) the
commiltee set out to revise and build
upon 4 + 2's original guidelines in
order to re-establish the communal
dorm. Although the original ideals
should still be maintained, Ihe
committee fell thai it was necessary to
change the means to attain Ihe 4 + 2
goals.
The basic premise upon which the
new dorm will be built is "communal'
residence." Communal residence is an
attempt to break down some ol Ihe
barriers created in large university
settings isolating us by the suitesystem. This will be accomplished
through Ihe assumption ol various
cooperative responsibilities related lo
the functioning ol Ihe dorm.
The success ol Ihe program
developed by the committee will be
directly related lo Ihe amount ol
cooperation developed belween
residents The structure will be set up
|,y ,nid foi ifsidenls ilirouijh whi.-h
lh,;y will be able lo mediate their v.n
I rnblems and Win1 Inqelhei in
n •hit-ving benelils an > activities iiul
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A strung commitment towards
,'nopemlion .uid a gn > emphasis mi
concern loi others .i" wh i1 the
committee ha. based : -ir ideas upon.
'I'h,. dorm will lin 'ion lliruiKih
eoiiiiiuttees winch see. lo organize is
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rosponaibli lor management and
collodion ol 'brm dm - It is through
lh n; committee II. I Ihe other
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members request lurid•,.
2 Special Events ('.ommillees
the Alpha Committee is in charge ol
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dorm related events such as parties,
speakers, colleehouses and movies.
Beta Committee is in charge ol special
events that take place outside the
dorm, (i.e., trips, intramural sports,
Holiday Sing.)
3—Activities Committee
initiating and institutonalizing
perpetual programs such as bagel
shop, cralts workshop, bar, live and
learn center.
4-Communications Committee
publicity within the dorm and
university community (i.e., dorm
n e w s p a p e r , advertising special
events).
S —Committee oi the Interior
responsible lor reviewing proposals
ol amendments lothe 4 + 2 constitution
a nd mainta in ing lounge atmosphere of
the dorm by lurniture checks and
coordinating lounge and dorm
decorating activities.
Each committee must research the
advantages and . disadvantages of
requests made to it but all final
decisions will be made at a "Towne
Meeting" based on committee
recommendations. Towne Meetings
will be held every week. It is hoped that
all residents will make the time to
attend each meeting. No one will be
breed lo attend, but considering the
typeol person expected to live in 4 + 2,
the word "force" will have no meaning.
Aside Irom committee reports and
decisions to be made, it is at the Towne
Meetings that ideas will beexchanged
and individual endeavors will be
pulled together.
The process ol selection was a major
issue that presented many problems
lor Ihe commiltee. Obviously it is
dilticull lo devise a liar and objective
method of singling out specilic people
lrom selection ol the applicants.
At the same time the selection
process is a key lactor in assuring
success ol the new 4 + 2 because it was
a key reason lor the original 4 + 2's
failure. It is imperative that the people
who reside in 4 + 2 do so for Ihe right
reasons^
Under the advisement ol Kathy
Kozar, the dorm's present director and
in experienced interviewer, Ihe
committee chose the "Task Oriented"
group method ol selection. This will
consist ol six applicants and three
interviewers Unlike the standard
question answer interviews which
allow I MM certain amount ol "bullshit,"
each applicant will be placed in group
situations which will be observed by
three interviewers.These interviewers
will be members ol the "Revision
Commiltee" trained by Ms. Kozarand
oilier experienced interviewers. The
purpose ol a "gioup" selection process
is lo see how well applicants work
together mid cooperate with one
another
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before its residents physically live was felt by the committee that the 210
together. Once the selection process is residents in these two dorms were too
over, 4 + 2 will begin Towne Meetings large a number to start a specialized
this spring so that members ol the dorm dorm with. It has been proposed that
can get to know each other belore the the new 4 + 2 will see its rebirth in
Mahican Hall on Indian which houses
fall semester begins.
At one of these Towne Meetingspro- just 108 residents. This will aid the
tem chairpersons will be selected lor dorm in getting together closer and
each committee. Each ol these laster.
chairpersons will keep their committee
The dorm will be co-ed by suite,
members and the rest ol the dorm Indian Quad Style; that is on each floor
posted during the summer ol any the end suites (4 in all) will be occupied
developments that occur within the by the members of one sex while the
committees.
hall suites will be composed of their
In addition to the various committees opposites.
that each dorm member is expected to
Although the dorm director should
serve on, the dorm's only judiciary be involved in the affairs ol the dorm,
body will be a "Lifestyles Panel." This this person should not usurp
will be a rotating panel of six members responsibilities given to the residents
picked at random when and only when by the 4 + 2 guidelines. The R.A.s
a problem between dorm members or appointed to the dorm will be made
violation ol the dorm policy occurs. aware of the dorm policies, and as a
Alter hearing both sides of an resident must agree toadhere to them.
argument, the panel will make a
The members of the committee have
decision and present a report at a been working hard lor the past few
Towne Meeting.
months with Kathy Kozar and David
Taking the panel's decision report Jenkins, coordinator ol Indian Quad.
into consideration, the Towne Meeting At an all-night meeting on February
will vote on whether the panel's 21, the ollicial proposal lor the new 4 +
r e c o m m e n d a t i o n s s h o u l d be 2 was drawn up. This proposal was
accepted. Alter this, the Lifestyles then submitted to the Housing
Panel is dissolved and no new panel Commiltee Sub-Committee of the
will be convened until another Student Alfairs Committee. Once the
proposal is approved, there will be
incident arises.
The advantage olthis system is that it announcements posted in the ASP and
is well integrated with the 4 + 2 ideals elsewhere lor interest meetings. All
as a whole. If any problem occurs Ihose wishing to join 4 + 2 must attend
within the dorm only dorm residents an interest meeting.
It is Ihe hope ol the committee and all
may act on it. Each member ol Ihe
dorm will be taking an active part in Ihose involved that people seeking
more Irom theiron-campus residences
solving any conllicts.
4 + 2 is now in Oneida and than just a place to sleep will find more
Onondaga Halls on Indian Quad. It in 4 + 2.
Upon acceptance to 4 + 2 each new
member must sign up lor one ol the
previously mentioned committees this
spring. The reason lor this is to facilitate
immediate organization ol 4 + 2 even
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Alcoholism on the college
Tobacco:
Confessions off an Ex-User
I
Liquor Drenches the Ivy Walls
In which • dry tickle changes into blatant reality
and grips at yonr solar plexus. A fourth attempt at quitting
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don't r e m e m b e r when I
d e c i d e d that 1 3 y e a r s w a s t h e
a g e to start, b u t s o m e h o w I
must h a v e m a d e that d e c i s i o n b e c a u s e
on m y 13th birthday, I lit m y first
•-igarette feeling fully justified that I
h a d w a i t e d t h e p r e s c r i b e d time. All w e
e v e r h e a r d b a d a b o u t cigarettes b a c k
then in the 5 0 ' s w a s that they stunted
your growth. N o o n e , of c o u r s e ,
b e l i e v e d it, all of u s h a v i n g u n c l e s w h o
s m o k e d towering o v e r six feet. W e felt
they just told u s that b e c a u s e they
didn't want u s to g r o w u p . W e k n e w
they p r e l e r r e d u s a s c h i l d r e n b e c a u s e
w e we're e a s i e r to control. Back then,
a n d in a lot of w a y s n o w also, w e
e q u a t e d a d u l t h o o d with smoking a n d
that's precisely the r e a s o n we started.
It w a s also very important to b e g o o d
at s m o k i n g a n d to a c h i e v e at least a
p a c k a d a y . W e all p r a c t i c e d in Iront ol
mirrors. W e n e v e r got t h e tip wet (lilters
w e r e r a r e then), n e v e r held it in t h e
m i d d l e ol o u r m o u t h s , a l w a y s to o n e
side. 1 got so g o o d I c o u l d hold it in m y
m o u t h while talking, squinting my e y e
so t h e s m o k e w o u l d n ' t irritate. By t h e
time 1 r e a c h e d a p a c k a d a y (hard to d o
w h e n o n e h a s to s p e n d live h o u r s in
school w h e r e n o s m o k i n g is allowed),
my p a r e n t s h a d lost a n y authority over
m e . Alter all, 1 r e a s o n e d , w h o a r e they
to tell m e . W e a r e all a d u l t s now, w e all
s m o k e . It is my c o n c l u s i o n that n o
matter what p e o p l e say, most ol t h e m
started s m o k i n g to a c h i e v e adult status
a n d that's the pity ol it. Now w e ' v e
l e a r n e d it c a n c a u s e c a n c e r , h e a r t
disease, e m p h y s e m a a n d who knows
what else. That's a whole lot m o r e than
w e b a r g a i n e d lor w h e n all we w a n t e d
to d o w a s g r o w u p .
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This is my lourth attempt to quit
smoking. I think I'll m a k e it this time.
For o n e thing, I c a n ' l r e m e m b e r h o w
long it's b e e n s i n c e I quit. (In the past, I
u s e d to know to t h e hour.) I h a v e s i n c e
c o n c l u d e d that c o u n t i n g the d a y s is a
mistake. In o r d e r to s u c c e e d , I've
d e c i d e d 1 must u n d e r s t a n d that it is
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stop smoking o n c e . I c a n pause, rest,
cut d o w n m a n y times, but only stop
o n c e . If I a m counting the days, then
quitting is a c o n t i n u o u s thing, not
something a l r e a d y accomplished. If I
h a v e truly stopped smoking a n d
s o m e o n e offers m e a cigarette, I'd say
"No thanks, I don't smoke." Otherwise
I'd say, "Not now, m a y b e later."
Two years a g o in Colorado I h a d
bronchitis. It w a s a month ol that most
h o r r i b l e ol t h r o a t t h i n g s , t h e
u n r e a c h a b l e dry tickle. I couldn't d o
two cigarettes a d a y without c o u g h i n g
till m y e y e s teared. When 1 was finally
well, I tried to quit the third time. My
h u s b a n d a n d I d e c i d e d lo try the
buddy
system developed
by
A l c o h o l i c s A n o n y m o u s . Working
together, we "paused" lor aboul six
w e e k s . Then h e h a d to g o oul ol lown
on a job for three months. That took
c a r e ol that lor both of us.
Now some p e o p l e say you can't hallway it. 1 don't a g r e e . I think it must b e
h a r d e r lor s o m e o n e w h o d o e s two
p a c k s a day to quit than someone who
d o e s two or three p a c k s a week. I a m
c o n v i n c e d o n e can work out a
p r o g r a m ol g r a d u a l withdrawal so that
w h e n o n e takes the linal plunge, it's not
so s e v e r e . 1 a m reinforced in this belief
by a n interview I saw ol Katharine
H e p b u r n in which she related how s h e
quit smoking by cutting down d a y by
day. It w a s a deliberate, disciplined
effort on h e r part a n d it worked.
Alter the Colorado failure, I never
quite r e a c h e d a pack a day. 1 noticed
(and I'm sure all you smokers out there
know the feeling) that il I did over a
p a c k a day, my throatwould burn and 1
would wake u p the following morning
leeling like my fat mother was sitting
on my chest. Now who wants to feel like
that for a n e y e - o p e n e r ? To what
p u r p o s e — y o u can't e v e n get high on
the stuff.
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them that it w a s always sore, that I w a s
b e g i n n i n g to b e afraid myself. A throat
is not s u p p o s e d to hurt constantly, I
know that for sure.
I think of myself a s practical, logical
a n d realistic. "What," I would ask
mysell, d o I get from smoking? It
doesn't s p e e d me up, slow m e down or
improve my appetite. (I a m quite
skinny a n d always working on gaining
weight.) li doesn't bring m e down or
e v e n get m e high a s a kite. T h e worst
chemical on the whole drug s c e n e h a s
a better record on that score. Yet, I
would think about quitting a n d a cold,
deadly leeling would e m e r g e right
a r o u n d the a r e a o l my solarplexus. I'm
sure you know it; a light list g r a b b i n g al
you, forcing you lo b a c k d o w n .
Until recently, I believed that il I
could ligure out t h e reason lor that
leeling ol tear, the psychological basis
for my smoking would b e c o m e clear
a n d 1 would thereby b e c u r e d . I still
don't h a v e the a n s w e r to that o n e . My
throat couldn't wait. I knew the time
had c o m e to stop now a n d if 1 h a d time
later, I could p o n d e r on the why's ol it.
Anyway, I had to admit lo mysell the
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only p r o b a b l e reason I was a smoker is
1 started at 13 lo b e a grown-up. I a m
inumdaled with prool ol my adulthood
now, responsibilities, motherhood, etc.
I truly don't need cigarettes lo a s s u r e
mysell thai I ain no longer a child.
Now I do not smoke. I n e e d two hours
less sleep per nighl a n d w a k e u p as
relreshed a s I did w h e n I was a kid. I
hop out ol bed ready to g o e v e n alter
staying u p late the nighl before. They
say things taste a n d smell belter, I'm
not really sure. I d o know that I h a v e
m o r e e n e r g y than I've h a d in y e a r s a n d
that's the part 1 like best.
welve
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/ am asking every smoker who has
currently use i
never tried to quit, who has never spent
m o r e than hull
a lew days without a cigarette since he
population
lavors in
or she started smoking, lo try it. II
toughening
the pen
you've b e e n smoking a y e a r o r l w e n l y
possession, a c c o r d i n g
years withoul a break, try it. I a m not
r e l e a s e d n a t i o n w i d e sui
asking you lo quit, only to try to g o
by IheDrug A b u s e Con
without il lor a lew days. Feel the
"(This) is t h e first ruiln
w i t h d r a w a l symptoms,
(they're
survey to ask the publn
impossible lodescribe).Notice how the
variety ol c h a n g e s in n
desire lor a cigarette c r e e p s u p on you
currently b e i n g d e b a t e d
w h e n you least expect it. Introduce
yoursell lo the list clutching al your
legislatures a n d Ihe II
solar plexus. Then, alter the lew d a y s
stressed C o u n c i l Pn 'Ki< !•
have passed, light o n e up.
Bryant. A c r o s s section
a n d 5 0 5 t e e n a g e r s .n m'
Remember
the Iirst cigarette
you
w e r e polled by intervi'
ever smoked? You probably got dizzy,
homes.
sick in the stomach, foil a little weak.
1 d e c i d e d lo cut d o w n little by little.
Every day, I'd a d d 15 minutes or more
to the time I waited lor my Iirst cigarette
ol the morning. I would not allow
myself m o r e than o n e smoke p e r
hour.In just three or lour months I got
d o w n to three or lour p a c k s a week.
Hours would g o by without even a
c r a v i n g . I r e m a i n e d at that level lor
o v e r a year. Now e v e n the C a n c e r
Society would b e h a p p y with that. 1 was
pretty satisfied with it myself, but not
rny h u s b a n d . He h a d quit by himsell
some m o n t h s before a n d like some
reformed c r u s a d e r , h e b a d g e r e d . My
R e m e m b e r ? Well, after a lew d a y s
d a u g h t e r b a d g e r e d . "I mind il you
withoul a cigarette, as soon a s you light
smoke,"she'd nag.
one u p that old e x p e r i e n c e c o m e s
O h , I h e a r d all the a r g u m e n t s . . . . all back lust like the lirsl time. And that's
the latest statistics Irom t h e c a n c e r and what cigarettes do daily.They must b e
h e a r t p e o p l e . They would appeal to my some kind ol downer. They repress
intelligence, my sense ol logic, my love you, make you dizzy a n d sick a n d w e
lor them, a n y t h i n g they could use. It all gel used to il, so we don'l e v e n
w a s getting more a n d more difficult notice anymore. We a c c e p t ourselves
s t a n d i n g my g r o u n d knowing lull well I that way. We lorgel it's the cigarette
w a s wrong. Moreover, a n d what I lhat is doing il | 0 us.
c o u l d n ' l a d m i t t o t h e m , my throat never
really slopped hurting since that time I A rtlcle
courtesy ol "Do II Now
w a s sick in Colorado. I d a r e d not tell
Foundation
ALBANY STUDENT PRESS
by John Ghrist
Pith a downturn in the u s e of
'drugs
like
LSD,
a m p h e t a m i n e s a n d even
marijuana, many y o u n g p e o p l e across
the nation h a v e returned to another
d r u g that w a s n u m b e r o n e all along:
alcohol.
And what's more, many ol them a r e
getting farther into t h e liquid d r u g than
they e v e r did with other d r u g s . T h e
result is a serious a n d growing
p r o b l e m ol young alcoholics.
T h e D e p a r t m e n t ol
Health,
E d u c a t i o n a n d W e l l a r e (HEW)
released a re-perl last s u m m e r showing
thai o n e out ol every 2 0 college
students is a problem drinker. Ol all t h e
students surveyed, the 18 lo 21-yearold iqe bracket had the highest
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Whatls Your
Addition?
Pot
Patterns
T h e s u r v e y shov
a d u l t s p o l l e d Icivi > til.
criminal p e n a l t i e s
p o s s e s s i o n ol i mil
m a r i j u a n a or II" • >
believe t h e r e slum
for possession ol si
snid they IdVorod re
laws.
T h e survey In in ,1 III
quirk: 5 % ol those
penalties also a< I
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A c c o r d i n g lo the survey, 1 8 ol US
a d u l t s o v e r a g e 1 8 h a v e Iried
marijuana, a n d 8 % a r e c u r r e n t l y users.
A m o n g t e e n a g e r s 1 4 % h a v e tried the
d r u g a n d 5 % a r e c u r r e n t users.
T h i s m e a n s t h a i 2 9 million
A m e r i c a n s h a v e Iried marijuana al
s o m e lime in their lives.
One-fourth ol all c u r r e n t users a r e
u n d e r a g e 2 5 , a s a r e almost hall ol the
total n u m b e r w h o h a v e Iried it.
Nearly o n e hall ol the users also live
in cities ol m o r e than o n e hall million
population, while only 4 % c o m e Irom
cities u n d e r 5 0 , 0 0 0 population, thus
making marijuana primarily a n urban
phenomenon.
O l those a d u l t s d e c l a r i n g a political
preference, a sigmlicantly g r e a t e r
n u m b e r ol i n d e p e n d e n t s h a v e Iried or
currently u s e m a r i j u a n a than either
R e p u b l i c a n s or D e m o c r a t s .
Two-thirds ol the adults w h o use
marijuana d o s c o n c e a week oi less
1 8 % a d m i t t e d to s m o k i n g o n e t i d a y or
more.
The Drug Abuse Council, which
r e l e a s e d the survey, was established
by a g r o u p ol foundations in 1 9 7 2 to
s e r v e a s a "nonpartisan s o u r c e ol
inlormalion and public
policy
evaluation in the held ol d r u g u s e and
misuse."
.Milage ol paiDle n drinkers,
•ed by Ihe 21 lo 24 year-old
group
Tine r e is.in alarming switch (among
sludi nisi h u m d r u g s lo alcohol—the
p a r e lis' . l i ' nee i 'I drug, said Thomas
hie,,. isli illhe N a t i o n a l C l e a r i n g h o u s e
College
lot Alcoholic Information.
siutlents think II" v re indeslructible,"
he iddo-i
•new popularity ol alcohol c a n b e
I., a n u m b e r ol (actors,
ti.n d
inly, young p e o p l e h a v e found
thai I in' is like iiiuriiuana a n d LSD
legal d a n g e r s a r e d i s a p p r o v e d
i. .st I then iuuiilies a n d a r e
info I. gel than alcohol. By
'itching
lo beer, w i n e ' o r spirits o n e
1.1 lo
n Iiiid itist.isgoud a high that's easy
I- 'I an. 1 ' -ai n e s lower risks.
I b e i e h a v e been other reasons, loo.
a leasing
p r e s s u res a n d a
li -II- iili' -ii in the quality ol file have
ii many to seek something I
In
•:• llieiu a n d m a k e s t h e m leel
Alcohol a s a d r u g h a s also c o m e
into vogue b e c a u s e it h a s a
l. if
' -ill eliect than some other drugs,
dill.
le California fraternity m a n put it,
As i
'.e g e t s you rowdier than pot."
bu
S T E M M I N G THE TIDE
Whatever the reasons, alcohol u s e
h a s continued to grow. AI a n u m b e r o l
colleges, administrators h a v e b e c o m e
a w a r e of Ihe need to h e l p d e a l with Ihe
problem.
Al Indiana University, a 1 9 7 3 survey
ol sludenls found lhat almost 9 0 %
a d m i t t e d to using alcohol as a
• r e a l i o n a l d r u g , and last lall
'Uta-d balW
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administrators in c h a r g e of dormitories
noticed "what s e e m e d to b e a n
o v e r w h e l m i n g i n c r e a s e in alcohol use.
It just s e e m e d to b e the m o d e oi
b e h a v i o r to g e t yourself w r e c k e d o n
booze."
Last month, the university l a u n c h e d
a task force on alcohol e d u c a t i o n to
d e v e l o p an educational
package
a bout t h e d rug for u se on c a m p u s . O n e
ol the first in the country, t h e g r o u p h a s
lound that most alcohol e d u c a t i o n a l
material is a i m e d at older drinkers.
In addition, IU boasts the first c o l l e g e
campus
c h a p t e r of Alcoholics
A n o n y m o u s . S i n c e its organization last
lall, AA h a s set u p weekly m e e t i n g s
a n d a 2 4 - h o u r hotline. T h e g r o u p
p r e s e n t l y h a s only six to eight
m e m b e r s . w h o attend regularly, but the
hotline h a s received many inquiries
Irom p e o p l e worried a b o u t the a m o u n t
ol alcohol they a r e c o n s u m i n g .
Finally, Ihe university h a s s l o p p e d
requiring that its resident assistants
report lor disciplinary action a n y
student drinking in the dormitories.
Rather than turning in Iriends who
w e r e e n g a g e d in a very c o m m o n
activity, many RAs look n o action at all.
Now, disciplinay action takes a b a c k
seal to counselling a n d RAs a r e
e m p o w e r e d to take certain personal
actions il they leel s o m e o n e is overusing alcohol.
Al UCLA, a p r o g r a m h a s b e e n
established called Student Heallh
A d v o c a t e s . The student a d v o c a t e s a r e
trained lo deal with minor health
p r o b l e m s . T h e y d o counselling,
d i s p e n s e aspirin a n d c o u g h m e d i c i n e ,
a n d e n c o u r a g e those with alcohol
p r o b l e m s lo seek help Irom Ihe Student
Health Service, which h a s b e e n
working with Dr. Karl UIIis. a n d expert
in a d o l e s c e n t alcoholism.
half a credit. S h e pointed o u t lhat a b i g
p r o b l e m for alcoholics is social
attitudes. Often those a r o u n d t h e
alcoholic i g n o r e the p r o b l e m o r
p r e t e n d that h e is not responsible for.
his o w n actions. At colleges, t h e r e m a y
actually
b e social
pressure
e n c o u r a g i n g alcohol a b u s e .
At most schools there a r e simply n o
facilities to h e l p a y o u n g alcoholic.
.Rules against alcohol u s e o n c a m p u s
make
school
employees
unapproachable
for f e a r of
disciplinary action a n d infirmaries a n d
health c e n t e r s a r e olten ill-equipped to
h a n d l e m o r e than the simplest h e a l t h
p r o b l e m . Administrators h a v e b a r e l y
b e g u n to w a k e u p to the p r o b l e m .
EVOLUTION OF A DRUNK
A c c o r d i n g to treatment e x p e r t s ,
t h e r e a r e t w o s t a g e s in t h e
d e v e l o p m e n t ol alcoholism. T h e Iirst is
psychological: a p r e o c c u p a t i o n with
liquor, a personality c h a n g e , g u l p i n g
or d o u b l i n g d r i n k s a n d a n i n c r e a s e in
tolerance. T h e second, physical s t a g e
o c c u r s w h e n Ihe d i s e a s e h a s
p r o g r e s s e d o v e r a period ol time.
S y m p t o m s c a n i n c l u d e blackouts,
u l c e r s a n d liver or kidney d a m a g e .
For those w h o suspect they m a y b e
slipping into a n alcohol problem, the
National Institute o n Alcohol A b u s e
find Alcoholism h a s a ten question test:
1) Do you think a n d talk about
drinking olten? 2) Do you d r i n k more
than you u s e d to? 3) Do you sometimes
g u l p drinks:* 4) Do you olten take a
drink lo h e l p you relax? 5) Do you
drink when you a r e a l o n e ? 6) Do you
sometimes lorgel what h a p p e n e d
while you w e r e drinking? 7) Do you
k e e p a bottle h i d d e n s o m e w h e r e lor
guick pick-me-ups? 8) Do you n e e d a
drink lo h a v e lun? 9) Do you e v e r start
drinking without'really thinking aboul
il? 10) Do you drink in the m o r n i n g to
relieve a hangover: 1
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A y e s ' a n s w e r to lour or m o r e
q u e s t i o n s "may indicate you h a v e a
drinking problem,' Ihe Institute h a s
advised.
For those with a drinking problem,
Alcoholics A n o n y m o u s isslill the best
road lo travel m many parts ol Ihe
country, particularly in n o n - u r b a n
a r e a s . AA c a n b e contacted without
obligation
lor inlormalion o n
symptoms
and treatment
ol
alcoholism.
"Traditional b e h a v i o r like Ihe return
lo Iralernity a n d sorority hie is the
m o d e lor e v e r y o n e across the country
a n d . . alcohol u s e is obviously very
traditional," h e noted.
AI S a n Jose City C o l l e g e in
California, c o m m u n i t y w o r d e r Angela
Walsh p e r s u a d e d college ollicials to
sponsor a s e m i n a r on alcoholism for
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FSA: An Undercut...
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A Rich Man's
Justice
by Paul Warkow
a n d Howard Wittlin
here are advantages to our
school being located in the
• state's capital. One is theCourt
oi Appeals, the highest court in the
land. TheCourt oi Appeals is in session
lor two weeks each year. This year it
was open from Monday, February 10th
to Friday, February 21st, each day from
two to six in the alternoon.
On Monday February 10th I took the
bus down to Draper and then walked
down Washington Avenue to the court
house. It is located across the street
from the State Legislature and in
between the two buildings is a statue ol
General Schuyler. The court house is a
large white dome building with old
Greek columns in front.
1 entered through the revolving
doors and was stopped by a guardGuard: Where are you going?
Myself: JuBt to listen in on the court
proceedings. Aren't visitors allowed?
Guard: Not like that. You can't go in
like that There is a dress code. You
must wear a tie and a jacket.
Myself: A tie and a jacket. You gotta be
kidding.
Before I knew it I was standing in
Iront ol the court's head clerk, Mr.
Stennard.
Stennard. I'm sorry but we have a dress
code here. 1 tied my scarf into a tie.
T
Myself: How's that?
Stennard: I'm sorry it won't do. You'll
have to wear a jacket, a tie—and dress
pants. No dungarees or workshoes.
I think I gave him a good dirty look.
Stennard: I'm sorry. It's not ol my
choice. The dress code is vigorously
enforced by Chief Justice Britel.
Myself: Can I see the code?
Stennard: I don't believe it's written
down.
Myself: Well if it isn't written down it
doesn't exist.
But it was too bad for me; I was
barred entrance.
How lair is this? I happen neither to
own a tie or a pair ol dress pants. A rich
. man's justice—everyone has to wear
ties and suits? Are the courts reserved
only lor the rich? A tie! Sometimes
even Judd on Tudd lor the Defense'
didn't wear a tie.
Now who decides proper dress. The
judge? If Justice Britel wore leotards
like Superman, would we all have to
dress in leotards? I wonder if I came
dressed like George Washington if I'd
be bared entrance. Don't worry, I only
wondered, I never came that way.
On Wednesday, February 12th 1
tried again*This time I borrowed a tie
and wore a sweater that had buttons
down the middle, as a jacket.
I was allowed entrance. What I found
was not as impressive as I expected.
There was one medium sized room (ss
256), everything was in intricately
carved wood: the ceiling, the floor, the
desks and chairs. The walls were lined
with paint portraits of past judges. The
seven judges sat in frontof the lawyer's
desks. In the back was forty chairs for
visitors. The only people there were the
seven judges and the lawyers who had
approached the plea desk. I was the
only visitor.
Judge Britel sat in the middle, calling
the cases and doing most of the
questioning. At the lar left sat Judge
Fuchsberg who ran unsuccessfully
against Justice Britel two years age.
The only one not wearing glasses was
Judge Wachtler from Nassau County.
For those who were in Professor
Johnpoll's Political Science 101 last
term, in the movie Wachtler was the
Machiavallean schemer who ran
u n s u c c e s s f u l l y against Eugene
N i c k e r s o n for Nassau County
Executive in 1967.
Most of the pleas by the lawyers
were dry and unemotional, the
language was very technical. Only
one lawyer showed any humaness.
Looking u p at the end ol his plea at the
seven dry laces he apologized lor
being emotional; 'it was just that I'm so
sincere in my cause.' The judge
laughed and Britel said, "Never put
veracity and sincerity at issue." Give
the judge a cookie.
There was one interesting case. This
involved the system of assessing land
in New York. Instead ol assessing land
by its full value, it is assessed at its
fractional value. The plaintifl in this
case argued two points: 1) The
assessors gave the value using
fractional assessment. This caused the
man to pay excess taxes. 2) The
Iractional system is unfair and
impractical because it is hard to
determine the Iractional value ol land
and diflerent states use diflerent
fractions, so you need special
conversion charts. The court might
decide that you must assess land at its
lull value. The only question is, how do
you determine lull value?
Because the Court ol Appeals does
nol involve a jury and the questioning
ol witnesses, il is not as exciting as a
trial court. Yet it is still a worthwhile
experience. All the more reason since
it's only in session two weeks
throughout the whole year. 1 believe it
wouldn't be the worst idea to go down
to the Court ol Appeals at least once
during one ol your lour years at
Albany.
And wear a lie.
MK«!!L
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VOU'RB
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y Paul Burgdorf
nd Edwin Helitzor
o you have been here since
September, you have lost
thirty pounds, and have taken
ut a bank loan to pay for subs every
ight. It is a proven fact, the gross
ceipts ol Walt's Subs is inversely
roportional to the quality ol the "food"
erved by F.S.A. that night.
Who cares il it cost you lilteen dollars
piece, lor the two cavities you lost
uring the intended consumption ol a
amburger-greaseburger. We cannot
expect F.S.A. to remove all the bones
from their F.D.A. choice meat before
they grind it and serve it to the
unknowing public.
We don't care if we ruin a new pair of
jeans when we cut into our hot grease
cutlet parmigian. However, when the
hot grease spurts from the grease
cutlet and gives our neighbor second
degree burns on his arms and legs, we
find reason for concern.
Trying to keep our bodies healthy,
F.S.A. serves seafood twice a week. I
guess they cannot help it il their filet of
sole tastes like sole of shoe, their lish
balls taste like fish balls, and we have
And An Overview
by Howard Jacobs
hen you put down your tray on
the conveyer belt what do you
think happens lo it? It doesn't
go b a c k into a computerized
dishwasher that separates plates,
dishes and garbage. This task is
performed by the dish crew. The job is
not exactly the most presligious one
that FSA has to oiler. In lact tilings get
extremwly messy sometimes. All the
time.
I've been working on thedishline lor
the past lew months. 1 have the rare
pleasures ol seeing what a bunch ol
slobs eat in the Colonial Quad dining
room. I have learned lo accept the lact
that some people gel a charge out ol
stuliing glasses with napkins and
ravioli. Some people love loglue plales
and glasses together witheggsalad or
put out their cigarette butts in potatoes,
1 can easily overlook those people who
enjoy mixing every lype ol garbage
together on a plate and piling it up to
Hie ceiling. Occasionally an artist will
produce a beautilul arrangement ol
collee cups, bubble gum, plales and
lettuce on one tray. I don't mind the
MARCH 4, 1975
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ALBANY STUDENT PRESS
remnants ol the sandy beach that the
Iried clams were collectecd Irom in the
Iried clams.
We always bring our own steak
knives when they serve sirloin burger,
alias "hockey puck" and "vulcanized
tire patch." However, we still have
difficulties trying to separate the
mesenteries which hold this beast
together. Maybe an electric carving
knile would be more apropos.
Every once in a while we get
Now it is utility sauce time. Come on,
you know what utility sauce is. It can be
disguised as many different things.
Utility sauce is the gravy on the beef,
chicken, lish, lamb, pork, and probably
spaghetti. The color and consistency
can be varied by the addition of flour
and dye. Thin utility sauce is soup and
jello, while thick utility sauce doubles
as gravy and pudding. Utility sauce is
almost always overseasoned enough .
to ulcerate tb> strongest of stomachs.
What we are trying to say, is that the
lood is damn poor. How can F.S.A.
justify an eight percent increase in the
cost of board when they cannot
provide adequate board now. This
increa se will not increase the quality of
potatoes which are seasoned beyond the food, just keep at its present level.
consumption. We feel sorry for the Any increase in the cost 61 board
cook who gets spasms in his arm when should be preceded by an increase in
he attempts to season the food. On the quality. We think that most students
other hand, when the food is bland, we would be willing to pay a lilteen
cannot even lind any salt to spice it up. percent increase il the food would take
on a more appetizing quality.
In c o n c l u s i o n , d u e to the
Have you ever attempted to eat the
meat ol a beel-yak rib? 11 the answer is aforementioned conditions, "Ptomaine
yes, where did you lind the meat? Tavern" was voted the most feared
These ribs must have come Irom a very place to be at mealtime, by the humble
Colonial Quad inhabitants.
skinny beel-yak.
MARCH 4, 1975
leeble minded people who forget to
lake their silverware oil the tray. The
people who drink nine glasses ol milk
and need a dillerent glass each time
don't really phase me. Bui there is one
thing that 1 lail lo understand. Why the
hell is so much lood wasted?
Your liisl answer is probably, The
lood sucks." (Thai message has
appeared on napkins on several
i iccasions.)Thul isolten true. Sorneol il
I would rank third to Purina Cat Chow
and rat stew. But how does that
account loi entire sandwiches or entire
hut d« gs that come back? Why do lull
dishes if pineapple or whole bananas
return: These are items thai most
peopl- lind edible. And il they don't.
why a: • they taken in the first place?
inlimited lood policy makes
some people unconscious ol whal Ihey
take. They lake everything. Every time
that spinach is served, a large
percentage always linds its was lo the
eouveyei bell Perhaps these people
missed oulon Popeye when they were
young but that is IMJ excuse. Why take
il ' Why L\O entire slices ol bread come
back:' Why butter:' Why lull bowls ol
lello:1 Why milk and coke?
Even ilv very bad items should nol
"• .."'A out in such large quantities.
- iy now and then something is
upnsingly bad, but in most cases,
alter I ha semester is a month underway
everything has appeared at least once.
Alter the initial trial and error period,
the waste should be signigicantly less.
1 am not going to push the line about
children starving in India. That is
another issue. Yourwastewill nol allect
India. But it will allect your pocket. It
has to! 1 can't give ligures but alter
Hi rowing out many a hot dog it appears
thai waste is quite signilicant in
detennining the amount ol lood that is
purchased by FSA.
ALBANY STUDENT PRESS
Last week an article appeared in the
ASP explaining how the organic
wastes Irom the quads are processed
on Fuller Road. The compost is then
used as a soil enricher on campus. This
is an attempt to stop erosion.
So, whal it comes down to is quite
basic. Either w a y w e lose. II we keep
throwing out tons ol lood, the prices
will probably rise. II wearecarelul not
lo waste anything the university will be
washed away.
PAGE 7P
e. Allow a n y registered voter to
SASU—the Stuctehi A««tkstottan ol - a - V *
i-v " J - R - - the State University ol New York. Inc., WOHOHg Oil fctfalff ©/ tH* •tlMfofll*... apply lor a n a b s e n t e e ballot u p to
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• • • » • » » • • • • • twelve n o o n of t h e d a y before t h e d a t e
2 8 SUNY c a m p u s s t u d e n t
of t h e election.
governments which collectively
2 . Continue t h e provision in the
represent over 130,000 students. The
Regents Scholarship Program enacted
organization works to represent and
last y e a r w h i c h g u a r a n t e e s that at least
advocate the interests and welfare of
o n e s c h o l a r s h i p will b e a w a r d e d e a c h
SUNY students on a state-wide basis,
y e a r for e v e r y forty g r a d u a t e s from
that is, to the Board of Trustees and
e a c h h i g h school in the state.
Central Administration ol the State
. 3 . A m e n d t h e provision defining
University, to the Legislature, the office
financial i n d e p e n d e n c e of a s t u d e n t
of the Governor and the other
from his o r h e r p a r e n t s by e l i m i n a t i n g
Executive agencies.
t h e r e q u i r e m e n t that a n i n d e p e n d e n t
SASU is an independent student
student establish a p e r m a n e n t
organization and' its positions
r e s i d e n c e other t h a n i n a c o l l e g e
represent student opinion arid not that
dormitory.
•i the State University or the SUNY
III. P r o p o s a l s t o R e s e a r c h a n d
Board ol Trustees.
affect SUNY students.
E. State Work Study P r o g r a m
D e v e l o p in 1 9 7 5
SASU and the
Student Concern
Finances
SASU is funded by dues from
campus student activity fees which are
apportioned on.the basis of 60 cents
p e r full time e q u i v a l e n t student. T h e
d u e s level i s set by. t h e Delegate
A s s e m b l y a n d e a c h c a m p u s student
government o r student
body
voluntarily c h o o s e s e a c h y e a r to b e a
m e m b e r of the organization.
D u e s a r e u s e d to p r o v i d e a variety of
services for s t u d e n t s a n d student •
g o v e r n m e n t s i n c l u d i n g s p o n s o r s h i p of
p u r c h a s i n g cooperatives, i n s u r a n c e
p r o g r a m s , travel programs and
c o n c e r t booking, information a n d
r e s e a r c h on c a m p u s a n d state-wide
issues, a n d p r e s s c o m m u n i c a t i o n s o n
n e w s of state-wide interest.
Legislative Activities
II. Priorities l o r A c t i o n D u r i n g t h e
1 9 7 5 Legislative S e s s i o n
A. S t u d e n t m e m b e r s h i p o n
G o v e r n i n g B o a r d s — A voting student
m e m b e r s h o u l d b e a d d e d to s e r v efora
o n e - y e a r t e r m on e a c h of t h e following
governing boards:
1. SUNY Board of
Trustees—student
m e m b e r should b e e l e c t e d b y a n d
from t h e student A s s e m b l y of t h e State
University. Student m e m b e r shall b e a
m e m b e r of t h e E x e c u t i v e C o m m i t t e e of
the Board of Trustees.
2. SUNY Local College
Councilsstudent s h o u l d b e e l e c t e d by a n d from
the r e s p e c t i v e .student body.
3. Community
College Boards of
Trustees—student
should b e e l e c t e d
by a n d from the respective student
body.
4. New York City Board of Higher
Education—student
should b e elected
by and, ,fr,om the. University Student
S e n a t e of the City University of New
York.
SASU restricts i t s legislative
a d v o c a c y to only those issues directly
related to h i g h e r e d u c a t i o n or which'
B. O p e n m e e t i n g s of G o v e r n i n g
directly affect t h e interests of SUNY B o a r d s
s t u d e n t s in their c a p a c i t y a s students.
Require
m e e t i n g s of the
"We'd, all very much like to see him buried, but he is
tenured, you 'know . . .
E x a m p l e s of s u c h issues include:
s t u d e n t financial aid, SUNY Budget,
SUNY tuition a n d room rent, university
governance,
a n d s t u d e n t rights
i n c l u d i n g voting rights.
SASU Legislative Concerns
T h e following outline lists s o m e of
the positions a n d iBsues which SASU
h a s a l r e a d y d e c i d e d to p u r s u e d u r i n g
the 1 9 7 5 legislative session.
SUNY B o a r d ol Trustees, the b o a r d ol
trustees of e a c h C o m m u n i t y College,
a n d the Board ol H i g h e r Education of
the City of New York, at which formal
action is taken b e o p e n to the public
a n d that a d e q u a t e notice b e g i v e n ol
such meetings.
C . A g e ol Majority
A m e n d the Alcoholic B e v e r a g e
Control Law to r e d u c e to 1 8 the
m i n i m u m a g e of a n y o n e serving as a n
oflicer or a m e m b e r of the b o a r d of
d i r e c t o r s of a corporation that holds a
liquor license.
I. A u t o m a t i c T o p P r i o r i t i e s
1. M a i n t a i n a d e q u a t e state funding
of SUNY to p r e v e n t a n y i n c r e a s e in
D. Tuition Assistance (TAP) a n d
tuition
o r r o o m . r e n t o r i n Regents Scholarship Programs
l a c u l t y / s t u d e n t ratios o r a n y d e c r e a s e
1. C o r r e c t t e c h n i c a l errors in the
in funding of t e m p o r a r y s e r v i c e jobs E d u c a t i o n Law to insure retention of
l o r s t u d e n t s o r s t u d e n t s e r v i c e the "Save H a r m l e s s Provision." This
provision w h i c h w a s i n c l u d e d l a s t y e a r
programs.
2 . O p p o s e a n y a c t i o n w h i c h would b e c a u s e of the efforts of S A S U allows
result in a n i n c r e a s e in SUNY tuition or s t u d e n t s prior to t h e 7 8 - 7 9 a c a d e m i c
y e a r to o p t to r e c e i v e their a w a r d s on
room rent.
3. Oppose any proposal for the t h e b a s i s of t h e n e w financial a i d
Legislature to eliminate or regulate th ? p r o g r a m s o r by t h e provisions of t h e
old S c h o l a r I n c e n t i v e a n d Regents
mandatory student activity fee.
4. Oppose any cutbacks in financial S c h o l a r s h i p p r o g r a m s , w h i c h e v e r is
aid programs which would adversely m o r e a d v a n t a g e o u s to t h e student
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. T h e Legislature s h o u l d resolve to
c r e a t e a state work study p r o g r a m a n d
should direct t h e State Education
D e p a r t m e n t to research, d e v e l o p a n d
p r o p o s e a p r o g r a m for action b y t h e
Legislature in t h e 1 9 7 6 legislative
session. Like the federal p r o g r a m ,
eighty p e r c e n t of the cost should b e
b o r n e by t h e State with t h e r e m a i n d e r
provided by the sponsoring,institution
or a g e n c y a n d a limit should b e p l a c e d
on t h e n u m b e r of h o u r s that c a n b e
worked, e.g. fifteen to twenty h o u r s p e r
week. S t u d e n t s should b e selected on
the basis of financial n e e d but also
b e c a u s e of other c o n s i d e r a t i o n s s u c h
a s skill, expertise, a n d interest in a r e a s
lor w h i c h jobs a r e a v a i l a b l e . Unlike the
lederal p r o g r a m , h o w e v e r , eligibility
lor t h e p r o g r a m s h o u l d not b e limited
t o o n - c a m p u s jobs, but s h o u l d actually
e m p h a s i z e off-campus jobs which a r e
related^.to students' major fields ol
study or c a r e e r p l a n s .
G / S t u d e n t Voting Rights
T h e E l e c t i o n Law should b e
a m e n d e d to:
1. Student Voting
Residency
Permit students the option to c h o o s e
to register to vote a t Iheir c o l l e g e
r e s i d e n c e or their p a r e n t s r e s i d e n c e ,
d e p e n d i n g on which they d e s i g n a t e to
b e their p e r m a n e n t r e s i d e n c e . T h e
legal definition ol r e s i d e n c e should not
e x c l u d e residency in college
dormitories.
A. S a l e s Tax o n C o l l e g e Textbooks
A m e n d t h e Tax Law to e x e m p t from
t h e state a n d local sales tax all
textbooks sold by stores o w n e d a n d
operated by approved colleges and
u n i v e r s i t i e s o r b y not-for-profit
educational
corporations or
associations located o n t h e c a m p u s e s
of s u c h institutions w h i c h a r e sold to
students e n r o l l e d in s u c h institutions.
B. Discrimination Against S t u d e n t s
in Housing C o d e s
Prohibit housing c o d e regulations
which discriminate against unrelated
households.
C . Collective B a r g a i n i n g in Public
H i g h e r Education
T h e Civil Service Law s h o u l d b e
amended
to a d d t h e following
provisions in r e g a r d to collective"
b a r g a i n i n g by e m p l o y e e s ol public
institutions ol h i g h e r e d u c a t i o n :
-Permit r e p r e s e n t a t i v e s ol student .
g o v e r n a n c e o r g a n i z a t i o n s to b e
a c c o r d e d third party o b s e r v e r status
d u r i n g negotiations.
-Collective b a r g a i n i n g a g r e e m e n t s
s h o u l d r e q u i r e the a p p r o v a l ol the
institution's g o v e r n i n g board.
-"Terms and
C o n d i t i o n s ol
E m p l o y m e n t " should b e defined so a s
to e x c l u d e m a t t e r s r e l a t i n g to
university g o v e r n a n c e .
D. Selection ol G o v e r n i n g Board
Members
Provide lor a broadly constituted
advisory c o m m i t t e e to consult with the
G o v e r n o r in t h e a p p o i n t m e n t ol
m e m b e r s ol the SUNY Board ol
Trustees.
E. F i n a n c i a l Aid l o r Part-lime
Students
2. Standardize
and Simplify
Absentee
Registration
and Ballot
Forms
a. Require the State Board ol
Elections to establish a single stateTuition Assistance P r o g r a m
wide application lorm for a b s e n t e e
Eligibility lor a w a r d s should b e
registration a n d a b s e n t e e ballots.
e x t e n d e d to i n c l u d e halt-time students
b. Require county a n d city b o a r d s of
elections to m a k e c o p i e s of this (those c a r r y i n g 6 credits or more) w h o
a r e matriculated in a s s o c i a t e o r
standard form a v a i l a b l e in bulk at
baccalaureate d e g r e e programs. Such
colleges, hospitals, n u r s i n g h o m e s a n d
students would r e c e i v e a w a r d s e q u a l
o t h e r institutions w h e r e a b s e n t e e
to one-half ol the a w a r d that tlfey would
voting is prevalent, post ollices a n d
o t h e r p u b l i c facilities, a n d tob e entitled to a s lull time students. For
o r g a n i z a t i o n s which
disseminate
t h e p u r p o s e ol d e t e r m i n i n g t h e
voter registration inlormalion.
n u m b e r ol s e m e s t e r s lor which
s t u d e n t s a r e eligible lor aid, e a c h
c. Extend eligibility lor a b s e n t e e
s e m e s t e r a s a hall-timestudent shall b e
registration a n d voting to i n c l u d e
c o u n t e d a s one-hall ol a lull-time
u n m a t r i c u l a t e d c o l l e g e students.
semester.
d. Eliminate provisions requiring
a b s e n t e e forms to b e notarized a n d
F. C a m p u s Day C a r e Facilities
s i g n e d by a third parly to verify the
Establish a p r o g r a m ol slate aid to
n e e d lor a n a b s e n t e e form.
d a y c a r e facilities at c o l l e g e c a m p u s e s .
ALBANY STUDENT PRESS
Student Input
the studentsof thisuniversitybe forced to pay a
mandatory tax to fund programs they have
little or no interest in? Instead, 1 favor an
itemized voluntary tax, whereby the student is
allowed to choose for his or herself those
programs he or she wishes to fund or support.
The students of this campus should not be
coerced by SA and the Bursar's Office to fund
that which they do not useorcannotpayfor.
This referendum was put on very short
notice and definitely is to the disadvantage of
those opposing the mandatory tax. There is
precious little time to mount any opposition
against this inadequate and unfair tax.
The time is now for the studentsof SUN YA
to exercise their right of representative
taxation and vote against the mandatory
student lax. A requirement of a 20% voter
turnout is necessary for a binding vote,
repealing the mandatory tax. The next chance
fur a repeal won't occurugain until 1977, so it's
the last chance for many students to exercise
their perogative and rights on this issue.
being centers of great intellectual sharing and
intellectual development was basically true."
("Where troubles melt like lemon drops—a
way up on the chimney tops .. . where pretty
little bluebirds fly—oh, why . . . oh, why .. .
wh, why . . . can't.. . . I'.' . . ."—lyrics from
"Somewhere Over the Rainbow"). (That
explains i l - B O B MAYER IS FROM
KANSAS!! Thus, we begin with that classic
of bad journalism—the unsubstantiated
bullshit premise. I mean, WHYdid Mr.Mayer
"imagine"thcse things'rWhere has he been since
Sputnik 1—on Easter Island, waiting for a
call?
Not content to lay the premise out only
once, he drives the rusty nuil in further—"I
even believed that going to college would
change me somehow from a rough,
undisciplined creature into a fine polished
thoughtful youngman . . . " (GROAN) Need 1
present any more proof as to the inaccurucics
of Mr. Mayer's conceptions about the
University?
But finally, at least, we have thejumping-off
poin lor Mr. Mayer's essay. Henowskillfully
draws the connection between the Obscure
Quote and his insightful remarks about
SUNYA. How docs he do it? By writing—
"Pondering both this remark as well as the
state of SUNYA as I sec it illustrates clearly
how removed we have become from the noble
ideas of enlightenment" Mr. Mayer then
proceeds to ponder, and ponder, and ponder.
First, he ponders "The Administration."
They, of course, are more concerned with the
efficiency of operation and public image of the
University than the groomingof "fine polished
thoughtful" young men and women. Then, he
ponders "The Faculty," They, of course, are
"cowards" who are either selfishly interested
in bettering their careers, or too intimidated
by the system of promotion and tenure to fight
for what, in their hearts,they know is right.
Mr. Mayer docs acknowledge t h e
"courageous minority" of faculty members
who "speak up and don't bow down and
worship a sick academic system," but he goes
on to point out that "the system is so set up as
to ensure that their numbers decrease even
further." And, finally, Mr. Mayer ponders
"The students" (very clever, that shift to lower
ease). They of course, "suffer the most,
because it is their education that is short
changed." However, here at the tail end Mr.
Mayer throws a little curve into the striaght
line (like the cardiogram of a corpse) that has
been his essay. He introduces -what's
this'.'!'.' -students that aren't "The students"
"For sure, those students who come here and
want to become doctors, and nurses, and
atmospheric scientists" A TMOSI'IIERIC
SCIENTISTS'.".'.' "can do so if they simply
follow the game plan but there is more." Yes,
I'm afraid there is more- "Just the fact that
the goal is the'successful man'with the'secure
job' illustrates how well we are shafted."
Amen.
o the Editor:
The search for a College of Arts and
ciences Dean provides the appropriate
ccasion for a restatement of the need for
tudent voting rights on tenure committees.
r. Seymour Geisser, a candidate for the
osition, has stated that students should not
ave a votcon tenure committees. In addition,
e feels that professors should be judged on
cholarship, teachingand service by a group of
cers.
A professor's colleagues arc the best judges
f scholarship, but are they better able to
Martin Patched
udge his teaching ability than are students'.'
uestions about the professor's lecture style,
ourse organization, accessibility to students, Editor's Xotc: A hill was passed ill last
•ichicvemenl of objectives, choice of reading Wednesday's Councilmeetingpostponing the
tax referendum tilt Spring- This should insure
material and fairness and thoroughness in
a larger voter turnout.
evaluating student work arc key to the tenure
granting process. These questions must be
dealt with from all possible perspectives,
including that of students.
The argument is made that evaluations
completed by students for all teachers in all
departments sufficiently informs the laculty
of student views. But of what value is this
information if there is no assurance ol it being
acted on when the all-important vote is taken'.'
Situations may arise when a professor's
scholarly endeavors are nationally recognized.
Who. then, can guarantee that the ultimate
tenure decision will reflect consideration of
the professor's teaching ability as well'.1 In
contrast to a college, a university should place
a good deal of emphasis on scholarship, but
consideration of teaching ability cannot be
given second priority of we are sincerely
interested in maintainingan outstanding staff.
^
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The above argument is a rational one. I here
need be no reference to student power. No
threat to teacher job security or academic
freedom is posed. And there is no mention of
the notion that those who pay should have a
say in the matter.
The point here is that tenurecommittecscan
fulfill their responsibilities more effectively if
issues of scholarship, teaching and service are To the Editor:
ruled on from the varying perspectives of all
Hob Mayer writes a column for the ASP
parties concerned.
entitled, "Notes from the House of the
Dead:". Alter reading it. more often than not 1
Ira Zimmerman
am forced to wonder why. Doesn't he have nay
useful hobbies'.' He just never seems to say
anything (e.g. .his brilliant iivdcplh analysis of
Scoop Jackson); and what he doesn't say, he
doesn't sayfttill a rude lack ol style, structure,
To sum up, Mr. Mayer, I found your essay
and wit. It had gotten to the point where 1
poorly written, cliche-ridden, poorly
would have preferred to see a re-print of that
'portrait' ol I lavcCoj nc trying his best to look structured, and with nothing fresh or original
to say. You made outlandish statements
sinart-hui-scxy you printed a couple of weeks
without the flimsiest support offered to add
ago (is that really gonna be on the cover of his
weight to them. You approached the concept
next album'.').
ol the university as though it were in a void,
Well, with today's 'essay' ("Beneath the
making no attempt to understand it as an
Wheel." 2 25) Mr. Mayer has totally changed extension of a highly industrialized society
mj reaction to his near-weekly attempt to with a far-reaching, bureaucratic government
undermine the rights of a free press in this (Albany is a state university!). Notice. 1
country, lie no longer bores me. lie now "understand" and not appreciate, or respect.
insults and offends me. With thisletler, 1 hope For I am probably no bigger a fan of the
to return the favor.
university than you are, Mr. Mayer. Your
Upon reading "Beneath the Wheel" I was essay, with its total effective means of pointing
To the Cdilor:
forced to conclude that Mr. Mayer thinks his out the poor education offered at the
In the February 25, 1975 issue of the ASP reading audience has the political awareness university.. . Class of 74?
there was an article by Betty Stein, concerned of an Eisenhower supporter, and the
Dave Wainwright
with the mandatory student tux. The first journalistic sensitivity of an "Enquirer"
sentence of Ms. Stein's article was "As many subscriber.
students already know, a referendum will be
Let's gel down to brass tacks. Mr. Mayer's
held on March 4-6 to determine whether the opening 'paragraph' is a good indicator of
present mandatory student tax policy is to be what is to follow. "I always imagined that
maintained or instead replaced with a somehow people involved in an institution of
voluntary payment policy." 1 feel that many higher learning were humanists." .,. INSERT
students do not know of this referendum and DEFINITION Ol-'HUMANIST'HERE . . .
SA ought to publicize it more than it has.
•M thought that all the talk about universities To the Editor:
We are today contending with a food crisis
The article dealt with the reasons behind the
which is the embodiment of several mujor
upcoming tax referendum and the possibilities
challenges to humankind. These include
The Albany Student Press reserves
offered in place of the mandatory tax. Mr.
producing and preparing sufficient quantities
the sole right u> prim or etlil Letters lo the
Stringer a former Albany undergraduate, had
of food stuffs to keep the specter of famine at
Editor. Submit letters typewritten tit CC
criticized the mandatory tax policy in 1970.
bay, and ending the systematic depletion and
J.'fl tor consideration. Keep those amis
He sought to eliminate the mandatory tax and
contamination of the ecosystem from which
anil letters earning, lolksl
replace it with a "pay-as-you-go" or voluntary
we draw our life.
basis.
In confronting this amalgam of challenges,
I support Mr. Stringer's views. Why should
Brass Tacks
"No Taxation..."
Back to Basics
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sea*" is feicfyecV,''
MARCH 4, 1975
MARCH 4, 1975
ALBANY STUDENT PRESS
the most imperative task facing ui is arriving
at and disseminating* better understanding of
their dimensions. Although we may be able to
conceptualize numerically how much food
must be produced to keep certain numbers of
people from starving, we don't as a culture
necessarily understand or evince a willingness
to try to understand or change the
institutionalized practices which have brought
us into such a crisis. We accept the status quo
and perform our calculations from that point
on.
For example, factory farming has
extinguished, or irrevocably altered the nature
of many age old strains of cultivatablc food
sources. It has stagnated the dynamic
evolution of the ecosystem and perverted its
balanced integrity, as can be evidenced in our
over-dependence on the success of a mass
produced crop. Formerly self-sufficient
agricultural systems lire led into a relationship
of consumer dependency on the multintional
usksses as they subscribe first to "modernity"
and then the new consumptive habits.
Commercial agricultural scientists proclaimed
the dawning of the 'green revolution'with the
advent of petroleum fertilizers. But their use
serves as a mere palliative measure for the
short run, a windfall to multinational
corportations, and an exacerbation of the
crisis over the long run.
In this country dieticians matter-of-factly
calculate the present and future nutritional
"needs" and "demands" of our bodies on the
basis of our present consumptive habits and
tastes. These habits and tastes which are
tailored by agribusiness, and which in turn
determine its conduct, are not themselves
questioned as to their wastefullness. or Iheir
ramifications for the rest of the world. The
nutritional content ol the food these tastes call
for is appraised according to the standards
mandated by agribusiness lobbies in
Washington.
The knowledge of nutrition by the average
American indeed, ol the institutional
dietician, is appalling. It will continue to he
so as long as nutrition is defined in terms of
profitability and convenience and the stains
quo. As long as diet is determined by
convention of insiiiiuionasol'innlproportion,
ibis food crisis concentric lo the World's food
crisis will continue.
If we are to arrive at a better understanding
of the dimensions of this food crisis, we must
not be afraid lo pursue a radical analysis. In
Ibis case we musi turn to the subtle
complcxiliesol thcccosvstem.anall loo underutilized teacher and source of wisdom. It also
involves oursehes, individually, in the selldetermination of our physical constitutions
(since we are exactly what we call and our
personal relations with the ecosystem. So we
must be sell-questioning. A radical
understanding which is seen to incorporate the
individual into the analysis, is one which calls
for personal responsibility in action. One can
never do nothing.'because non-action is at
least aquiescence lo the status quo.
Within the microcosm of Albany State
there are some of us who feel the need for such
an understanding. We believe thai there is a
little more lo the nutrition story than getting
your "3 squares" and "four basic food
groups." We believe in the strength of
organized collective action, and see the need
for an education .action movement, consisting
primarily of those who participate in FSA
meal plans, which fuses understanding with a
determination to regain control over the
constitution of our own bodies and the
authorship of our own relations with the
ecosystem which subsumes people and all
other living things. I here will be an interest
meeting Tuesday night al7:00 p.m. in the
Fireside Lounge lor all people who would be
interested in setting up and participating in
e d u c a t i o n / a c t i o n workshops and
investigating alternatives towards these ends.
Kieran Donaghy
PAGE NINE
outweigh their assets, lilt any property and
name their creditors and amounts owed. The
process usually lasts about half an hour.
columns
From the Capitol:
The Eleventh Hour
LoaiiDstwH
Spare a Dime?
by College Press Service
Faced with a deflated bank account, few job
prospects and heavy school debts?
Don't bother with small loans to regain
'solvency, go for the big time: declare
bankruptcy. Because of a quirk in our
economic system, bankruptcy is the legal
means of reestablishing good credit and
starting fresh financially.
An increasing number of students and
graduate students have turned to bankruptcy
as a way of resolving personnel debts,
according to legal sources. With inflation and
the high cost of living, many graduate students
have started their professional careers with
debts up to $30,000 and have seen no feasible
or honest way to pay up.
Students and Stigmas
"Students don't take bankruptcy lightly,"
said Beth Karren, the legal advisor at the
University of California at Berkeley. "There's
a real moral stigma attached to it and they
usually come in quite a few times before they
decide to go ahead with the proceedings."
There is also a financial stigma. Stereos,
radios, sports equipment, furniture and other
material goods are all taken away when
bankruptcy is declared. Bankrupt students
can usually wave bye-bye to credit cards and
loans for the next several years. Proven to be
unreliable, they, also face possible
discrimination by future employers.
aid
Self-defense
Yet bankruptcies are so easy to obtain that
students, for the most part, represent
themselves in court. In fact, all students have
to do is convince the judge that their liabilities
The cumulative effect of student
bankruptcies, however, have been severe. The
University of California at Berkeley absorbed
$303,364 in uncollected student loans last
year; this year, across the country, students
will default on 1500 federally insured loans.
The debt approached halfabilliondollarsand
has threatened the existence of the federal
student loan program.
This program, which has been in effect since
1966, has distributed $7 billion to over 4
million students. It has been predicted that 24
per cent of the outstanding loans will never be
repaid. The 1975 fiscal budget originally
estimated that the student loan loss would hit
$134 million but the figure has since been
revised to $245 million.
by David Lemer
In the forseeable future, New York State will be run by crisis politics. For the past two weeks,
Governor Carey has been completely pre-occupied with the insolvent Urban Development
Corporation, a billion dollar low-income housing subsidy construction corporation whose
business rarely if ever touched the lives of New York's citizens. Words were cast about during the
storm such as "endangering the financial structure of the state," "rippling affects across the
nation's money markets," or "compromising the entire system of low-income housing." Most of
the rhetoric was hyperbole, designed in the last minute atmosphere, to scare the lazy State
Legislature into action.
The Metropolitan Transportation' Authority, which runs all the commuter trains in the
metropolitan area as well as bus and subway service in New York City has been running at a
million dollar loss every day for the past year. It needs $273 million in subsidies to survive past
March 6, Thursday. Without it, the MTA shuts down, the trains stop, no one commutes to New
York City to work, and thewordsof "financial crisis," "endanger the money structure," "cripple
the city and the state" will be heard again.
The New York State Legislature closes shop on Wednesdays, and they can all be seen on the
No Limits
Thruway or the American Airlines 12:59 to New York on Thursday. Judging from past behavior,
As of now, anyone may file for bankruptcy that their four day weekends are more important than the MTA, the decision to bail it out, which
and there is no minimum or maximum debt
in the end is what the state will do, will occur at midnight on Wednesday, following impassioned
limit. The cost for petitions $50' and it is not
speeches chastising the political parties, praising themselves for the last minute heroics, while all
necessary to obtain legal counsel.
the while, the Democrats would havethe votcsorithe bill before one of them set foot on the
Bankruptcies are handled only by federal
Assembly floor that night. Asonc Al Blumcnthalaidc said before the U DC vote: "We're bringing
courts but property exemptions are
the billto the floor now (11:30 p.m.)." Q: Do you have the votes? A: "No bill like this would get to
determined by state law. The normal
the floor if we didn't."
exemptions—property that a person can hang
So the MTA will be saved by playing crisis politics. Right now there is a bill to appropriate $67
on to after declaring bankruptcy—include
million lo the MTA. It has been sitting in committee for three weeks. Why? There are two
clothing, a percentage of wages, basic
reasons. First, the Democrats probably don't have the votes secure enough to dare reporting it
u n p r e t e n t i o u s transportation and
onto the door. Secondly, if they wait until the last minute, more bi-partisan support will develop
occupational tools.
as no one bothers to think about what they're doing. At midnight. Assemblymen, like most
humans, don't function at peak efficiency. There is a greater chance of slipping a big one past
One Good Thing
them at midnight than at three in the afternoon. As long as the bill sits in committee, no one will
The ease with which student borrowers
take the extra time out and read it. By the time it gets out of committee, it will be too late. Crisis
obtain bankruptcies has prompted two
politics will have taken over.
California congressmen to sponsor a bill
There arc other criseslo keep a watchful eye out for. The state budget is due on March 31 and
which would exempt student federal loans
Gov. Carey's proposal stand little chance of seeing passage as it looks now. On the same day New
from bankruptcy laws.
York City will need $800 million or run out of money and be unable to meet its payroll. Two
In the meantime, bankrupt students have
crises in oneday are more than the Legislature can handle. The Gov.'s executive budget provided
one good thing going: some banks consider
for a decrease in school aid. Without such aid, county leaders arc warning of real estate taxes
academic bankrupts a good credit risk because
rising close to 45% People may not tare less about the Urban Development Corporation, and
of students' potential earning power and
may.actually hope that NYC sinks, but when their taxes go up 45%, then they'll be heard. Except
rjecau^e'fecjcra! kj^r. prohibits them f t M j ^ n g
.fay. that time, it will be too late, the Lcgis'tifUrc'wilrhavc made its c6Hective mind up: crisis politics
bankruptcy again for six years.
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The Maids, by Jean Genet, is a
fascinating play portraying two
highly complex characters pursuing
a lih of illusion. Its plot is
mysteriously enigmatic and involved, and its exposition often
leaves the audience guessing as to
whether or not they should believe
what they are being told. Because of
the complexity of both character and
plot structure, the play is a very difficult one to produce effectively. The
Sunya Theater Department's
production of Genet's play last
weekend overcame these difficulties
with deftness and ease, leaving a very
nice production.
in, first the fantasy, then the actual
death of one of the maids. This highly involved love-hate relationship
was well presented in the production.
Debbie Ottaviano, in the role of
Claire, the younger of the two maids,
gave an excellent performance,
reaching into the many levels of her
character and exhibiting each one
very nicely. Her performance of
Madame during the opening game
was well done, bringing across the
hateful image of Madame as seen
through Claire's eyes. Herfirsttransition from Madame to Claire was
perfect. One almost felt Ms.Ottaviano shrink as she went from the
The play revolves around the fan- grandeur of Madame to the
tasies of two maids, Claire and minuteness of Claire. As Claire, Ms.
Solange, whose base existences are Ottaviano was the picture of innototally comprised of illusions of cent despair in all she did. Her
grandeur. Their fantasies are eerie, youthful turbulence was artfully dissado-masochistic games, highly in- played throughout the performance,
volved master-slave relationships from her first fantasy of murdering
that have become more real for them Madame to her final decision of
than reality itself. As one maid suicide. As the weaker of the two
pretends at being Madame, their sister maids striving for control of
employer, the other rises up in the relationship, Ms. Ottaviano
rebellion -and is stopped short of brought across every bit of rashness
murder only because the time alio ted and disparity inherent to the
for the game is up. As the play goes character. Her scene in which she imon an intense love-hate relationship agines herself to be a grovelling
is developed between the maids, a Madame at the feet of the victorious
combination of disgust and fascina- Solange was breathtaking, and
brought across the total desponden
tion for their miserable lives, ending
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as warriors, the whole nation being Forum to commemorate the
practically a war machine. Even the domestic peace and harmony which
historian Livy recounts that in very had been obtained by a compromise
early times her neighbors regarded worked out between the disputing
Rome as "an armed camp in their social classes. Much later, when
midst." But the Romans had a love Augustus was emperor, an altar to
of peace also and a high regard for it. Peace, another deified abstraction,
Actually they may have been no was erected in the Campus Martius
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to mention modem, peoples, only Mars himself, to commemorate the
more efficient.
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Romans themselves that they were might, there can be no doubt that the
the descendants of the war god, Romans had a full appreciation of
Mars?" The question should rather the blessings of peace for all people.
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original nature of this deity is lost in The central figure in the relief is
the long expanse of time since the Mother Earth, holding two human
days of the primitive Romans and in babies; on one side of her is the spirit
the layers of later accretions. of air, on the other that of water.
However, there is ample evidence
Tibullus, a poet of the Augustan
that Mars had important connec- Age, has summed up the feelings of
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originally he was a god of farms and peace:
pastures with the special function of
May peace meanwhile cultivate
protecting crops and herds, often, of the plowed fields. Beauteous peace
course, by war.'
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At the time of the dictatorship of curved yokes oxen to plow (the
Sulla, following the wars between land). Peace nourished thevinesand
Marius and Sulla, Cicero wrote of stored juices in the grape cluster that
the disastrous effect of the violence the son might pour forth (to the
of war upon the character of those gods) from the ancestral libation
who had once been humane. To be bowl an offering of un milted wine. In
sure he is speaking of the violence of peace the hoe and the plowshare
a civil war, and undoubtedly he is - gleam brightly, but in a dark corner
idealizing the Roman character. rust creeps over the grim arms of the
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Helene Gcberer, as Solange, the
stronger of the two maids, was also
quite good. Ms. Geberer'scold, cruel
visage and hard, calculating stance
riveted the audience's attention from
the moment she stepped on stage,
while her brutality throughout the
show was overwhelming. Ms.
Geberer was at her very best,
h o w e v e r , during her two
monologues at the end of the play.
Her first, in which Solange imagines
herself the murderer of Claire, was
nicely controlled, bringing the
audience to a climax just at Claire's
entrance and leaving them gasping.
Solange's final monologue was also
very nice. One could almost see the
two characters merging into one
through the person of Solange.
There were times, however, when
Ms. Geberer's control did not work
to her benefit. Often one felt that she
was holding herself back, not allowing herself to let loose with role. The
one moment that comes to mind is
immediately after the maids have
discovered that Madame's lover is
out on bail. Ms. Geberer never
allowed her character to get very
alarmed over this situation. Even
though the character is, for the most
part, calm and rational, it seemed a
little unbelievable that she did not
get the least bit upset over such a major problem. For the most part,
however, Ms. Geberer's perfor| mancc was very well done.
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PAGE ELEVEN
Four Note Opera
Rates Five Stars
Children Never Do Grow Up
by Ira Shibronsky
by tobm Ftachkm
When the "Tell Tale Players"
came to town lait weekend the
children who waited for them butside the Studio Theatre looked kind
of shaky. The elevators let out boys
and girls with wide eyes, unaccustomed to State University decor.
One three year old sat on her father's
shoulders, clinging desperately to his
bald spon. Next to her, a little girl
looked up at her mother and nervously asked, "Don't we get to sit
uown when we watch it, Mom?
Don't we get to sit down?"
By the time they all got in to see
the four "Far Off Fables" enacted by
the members of SUN YA's children's
theatre troupe, things had changed.
Somebody must have tipped these
kids off, telling them, that with the
mean height of the audience being 4
feet, 2 inches, youth was definitely in
power.
They knew they were the ones the
Queen of Armenia wanted to hear
when she broke from the scene of the
first fable, "The Liar" to ask if the
audience knew any good lies. Only
the simplistic, but cutting, under
twelve remark, "I have one. You're
not a queen." would do here.
They knew they could cry when
they wanted, call out opinions,
adamantly direct the foolish wed,,i lib-
ding party in "The Foolish Wife" to
"Go through the door!" or "Bend
down!" and still remain in the good
graces of the actors.
And even though I put up a strong
front, sitting in the back row, chewing lots of gum loudly, blowing
bubbles and laughing while the underage sophisticates in front of me
discussed beauty tips and their intellectual pursuits in the second
grade, it still didn't really matter
what 1 thought.
It didn't matter if I saw some of the
acting as stilted or melodramatic; or
that some of the fables seemed to end
out of nowhere.
What mattered was that the
younger generation sat on the edge
of their seats when Denise
Fitzgerald, as Death, tried to take a
young man's sweetheart on his wedding day, in a Middle Eastern tale
entitled, "The Power of Love".
They ooohed and aaahed during a
transitional scene while Carol Tanzman grew from a caterpillar in a cocoon to a blue winged butterfly.
And theyapplauded loudly for the
Greek priest who returned to his
family because, "No matter how far I
roam, I found there were no fools
like the fools at home."
They were able to look at the
stage, empty, except for an orange'
Vittorio DeSica, Italy's great
movie director, actor, producer and
writer, who died this past November
in Paris, will becommemorated this
Wednesday night, March S by the
Italian-American Student Alliance
with the presentation of one of his
finest films "The Bicycle Thief."
Set in post-war Rome, "The Bicycle Thief, tells the story of a poor
bill-poster who has occasion to make
an urgent and desperate appeal to
the police. His bicycle, the last
valuable thing he owns, has been
stolen. Without it he will lose his job
and be deprived of the only way to
support his wife and child.
The police officer is impassive.
"Rome is full of bicycles," he says.
"It would take every man on the
police force to search for a missing
one. This sort of thing is a nuisance,
it happens dozens of times every
day."
The poor man is dumbfounded.
"Did anyone witness the incident?" the officer wearily inquires,
"People saw it, sure, but nobody
cared..."
That one line ontains the bitter essence of the rueful and devastating
theme of this beautifully pure and
tender picture: People see, but
nobody cares.
DeSica's intent in "The Bicycle
Thief is to make us care, to view
with concern and compassion one
isolated instance of misfortune in a
troubled world. He wants to leave us
so attached to these small victims
that our eyes and hearts should be
forever more alert.
In making plans for this picture,
DeSica recognized that it could only
be done with pictorial authority in
authentic settings and preferably
with a real-life cast. Finance was not
easy to come by, and for a brief time
DeSica was lured by an offer from
David O. Selznich to put up the
money for the film. Selznich's choice
for the Roman bill-poster was Cary
Grant, and DeSica, for all his
eagerness to get some money, could
not see Grant in the role. He told
Selznich he would take Henry Fonda, but Selznich vetoed that. He said
Fonda was "not box office."
Negotiations were fortunately
dropped. DeSica eventually raised
the money from friends, and he
found a Roman electrician, Lomberto Maggiorani, to play the role, and a
wonderful, chubby-faced youngster,
Enzo Staiola, to play the boy. The
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Thorn Pragar • • John, the witch boy, and Joyce Farra • • Barbara
>n a scene from "Dark of th» Moon."
New "Moon" over PAC
by Joel Gross
Tomorrow night will be a special
night at the Performing Arts Center,
for it will mark the opening of the
Main Stage production of Dark of
the Moon.
Dark of the Moon is the State University Theatre's third major
production of the year. In selecting
Dark of the Moon director Ed
Golden has chosen a play that has an
unusual angle to it. It is the story of a
witch-boy who falls in love with a
human girl. The witch-boy, desiring
to pursue.thjs, love, decides to have
himself changed into a human. It is
at this point that the action of the
play begins.
The setting of the play is in the
Great Smoky Mountains, a range of
mountains that lies in North
Carolina and Tennessee. The play
contains a great deal of the mountain
flavor. The characters arc mountain
folk—gossipy, lazy, wary of outsiders and highly superstitious.
Scenes include a country square
dance, a general store, a church
revival meeting, and a place high up
on the mountain where witches live.
The play is a blending of these
Smoky Mountain elements with the
supernatural.
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Dark of the Moon was a
collaboration between Howard
Richardson and William Bcrncy.
The first draft was written by
Richardson in the early 1940's as a
fulfillment for a graduate course in
theatre at the University of Iowa. In
1944 it received its first production
outside of Iowa U., in Mass. at the
Cambridge Summer Theatre. The
show was well received, and the next
year it went on to Broadway for an
extended run. It has had four
revivals on Broadway since then (a
fifth one is in fact planned for this
year, and is now at the audition
phase of production).
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Opera has now perhaps gained
some sort of » foothold at SUNYA
with its extremely successful' performances of two comic operas this past
weekend, Hayden's La Camarina
and Johnson's The Four-Note
Opera, both "opera parodies," poking fun at the operatic form.
I found the Hayden piece quite
boring. Aside from the charming
music played beautifully by a
chamber orchestra, complete with
harpsichord, the plot of the opera
was quite poor. The "flow" was very
bumpy, events happening much too
quickly. Marjory Fuller was in very
fine voice, but her stage presence was
less than I would have liked to have
seen. The cantarina, Anne Turner,
had an equally fine voice, but she
had no real opportunity to show it
off until the end of the piece. Brad
Logan did not look or sound the part
of a lover. His movements were
much too stiff and uncomfortablelooking, and he looked much too
young to be the cantarina's lover.
Abraham Mizrahi as the Macstrocum-lover of the cantarina was
superb. His mugging, rantings and
ravings, along with his lovely tenor
voice, gave the opera its real comic
glow. The period costumes for the
piece, and the wing-and-drop set, a
convention of the period, lent much
to the atmosphere, but not quite
enough to sustain my interest..
On the other hand, I thought that
The Four-Note Opera was absolutely delightful. While the voices of the
students were not as strong as those
of the professionals, the students
should be commended for their
talents. This opera was double-cast
(two sets of students performing at
different performances), and I saw
both casts perform. Each performance had a slightly different flavor,
but on the whole I was very pleased
with this opera. The staging and
costumes were quite simple, but that
was enough the singers took over
from thcrc.This opera made obvious
fun at duels, rivalry between singers,
mad scenes, love duets, and all those
other conventions of opera that we
all know and love.
The voices were exceptionally
good. The Sopranos, Sandra
Ncuman and Dcbrn Lipkowitz, had
different feelings for their part, especially evident during the Mad
Scene. Neuman was a wild-eyed
Ophelia, tossing flowers this way
and that, while Lipkowitz was more
like a paranoiac let out of some
asylum. Very different but both
equally as effective . Different, too,
were their voices. Neuman's voice is
light and airy, while Lipkowitz's is
dusky and lyric. Hut again the performances were equally fine.
Charles Varadian (Tanor), Sandra Nauman (Soprano), Laa Babarman (Barttona) and
Lynn Rosen (Contralto) In a scene from tnt Four Note Opara.
Golian's deep and resonant, llcberman's lighter, rich and soft-edged.
Lynn Rosen gave an excellent performance, too, as Ihc Contralto
("but I'm actually a mezzo!".she
proclaims in her aria). She sang the
role for both performances, Dorccn
DcMilio being unable to sing
because of the flu. Her voice was
dark and melodious, and blended
well with the others in the Trio and
the Quartet.
The Four-Note Opera charmed
me completely. Itwlls'fun to;watch
and, judging from the attitude of the
singers, fun to do. The Quartet, the
Mad Scene, and the sound effects of
the Soprano's preparation for her
arias had the audience in hysterics.
Even the accompanist, l.orrie Ward,
had tilings to do aside from doing
her line job of accompanying the
sinners. At the end of the Love Duet,
Not so with the Tenor and
Baritone parts. The Tenors, Charles
Varadian and Michael Grill were
both good, but in different ways.
Grill has a very nice voice, but he is
not quile an actor. Varadian's voice
was not as good, but his acting was
beautiful his facial expressions were
priceless.
I.ee Beberman and Robert
Golian, loo, were very different.
Hcbcrman seemed unsure of himself
on stage and his movements were
quite conservative lor the part.
Golian, on the other hand .seemed as
if he lived on the stage. His first
baritone aria was done with an enormous amount of bravado. Both ol
their voices were marvelous,
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the Tenor and the Soprano embrace, The contrast between the maids and
the Contralto leans her head on the their employer came across very well
shoulder of the Baritone, and the Ac- because of the portrayal of Madame.
companist fondly caresses her piano. Ms. Mackenzie was also able to brThis was definitely one of the comic ing across to the audience the conhighlights of the opera.
ceitedness and plasticity of this
Maybe : now, at last, this will open woman. It would have been nice,
up a new audience to the opera, and however, if the actress had used a litthose who claim that "opera is bor- tle less art and a little more life.
ing" might now venture to sec what
The most credit fqr the evening
an opera really is all about. Kudos to should go 16 the director of the show,
Stage Director Joseph Roach, David Morong. Mr. Morong obMusic Director Stephen Osmond, viously had complete control over
and all the singers, who reaffirmed the play and was secure in his intermy failh that opera is an art, and a pretation. His staging was brisk and
joy to behold.
, clean, quite a feat for the amount of
space used for the stage. His actresses moved like fighters in a ring,
continued from pane eleven
British accent soon grated on one's with grace, speed and lightening
cars. Her delivery was the same for quick malevolence. One of the nicest
all her lines, fast and meaningless. hits in the show was, in fact, a direcYet Ms. Mackenzie did seem ittac^ torial piece. Just before Madame's
complish a few things with the role. exit, as she and Claire were standing
in the ent ranee way, Solangc quickly
pushed Claire out of her way and
took her place. I his one small movement was a perfect summation of the
relationship between the two
characters Claire and Solangc. It
was moments like this, plus the line
acting of the major roles, that made
the production a success,
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still see a fantasy world.
It is a tribute to the children that
they haven't been ruined by television spoon feedings or Disney over
indulgences. And it is a tribute to the
company that it was daring enough
to make just a shawl become an old
woman, or a cape; a queen.
I may be too far gone to believe it
all, but the kids did and proved it
after the performance, as they pulled
their parents to the front of the
theatre where the actors had
gathered, explaining, "BUT...Daddy, I want to MEET THEM."
The line for autographs was really
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Saints Could be
The Saints can't afford to let the
St. Lawrence k i t played Albany
two years ago in the initial ECAC Danes run, as they are likely to be
Upstate tournament,'' losing to the burned by the much quicker Albany
Danes in the first round. To be able. squad. St. Lawrence must control
McElroy, RPI's leading scorer (15.5
to beat Albany, the Saints must use the tempo of the game.
by Biuct Maggin
their slight height edge to their adSports at RPI has always meant per game)'and 6'3" Mike Mcvantage by controlling, the boards.
The game, sets Up as an even one thing: A first class hockey team. Donnell, the Engineer's leading
St. Lawrence must close up the mid- match. Fan support could make the But lurking in the shadows has been rebounder (7.4 rebounds per game).
dle and force Albany to shoot from difference. Pick Albany 67, St. the RPI basketball team, who in the One of these men must guard
the outside.
last few years have grown into Brockport's leading scorer, Pops
Lawrence 63.
. McTaw. Whether they will be able to
respectability.
The Engineers will be making stay with him, remains to be seen.
their second trip to the NCAA's.
In the backcourt are Dan Veith,
Two years ago, RPI lost to Potsdam , the team's third leading scorer and
.year.
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by Nathan Salant
Division 1111 NCAA basketball. He 52-51 in the opening round of the the team's playmaker and Bill
This was supposed to be a "You have to make Brockport the averages IS points and rebounds a playoffs. This year was supposed to Susctka, the team's co-captain and
be a rebuilding year for them but top defensive ballplayer. These men
. rebuilding year for St. Lawrence as favorite," said Albany State varsity game, while blocking 5 shots.
Brockport lost to Albany State they got off to a quick start, winning will have to guard the Panaggio
they lost three starters from last basketball coach Doctor Richard
year's squad. But midway through Sauers, and such is the consensus of with McTaw fouled out of the game; -their first four games. In their open- brothers.
The team doesn't get much scoring
this season, the Saints put it all the other three coaches involved in Brockport edged Buffalo State to ing contest they beat Colgate at
together and won ten straight the t o u r n a m e n t , including win the SUNY Conference with Mc- Colgate for the first time in 18 years. from its bench. Dave Subatka and
Taw ,who scored 24 and pulled down
ballgames. They have beaten some Brockport's Mauro Panaggio.
RPI's 12-7 record isa littledcceiv- Ken Kubiak give the Engineers some
of the better Division 111 schools, inThere are four good reasons for 19 rebounds while blocking five ing as they have lost to some tough much, needed depth at the,forward
shots.
cluding LeMoyne (winners over seeding Brockport number one:
opposition. Union has beaten them positions. The third guard is Dave
Siena), Potsdam, Hobart, St. John's
After McTaw the Golden Eagles twice. Albany beat RPI in the con- Mchalick.
1. Their record and seasonal play:
Fisher, Alfred and Ithaca, who gave 21-3, including wins over Morgan start Kevin "Bambi" Williams, a 6'8" solation round of the Capital DisRPI likes to use a deliberate
Albany all sorts of trouble.
State, Maryland Eastern Shore, Buf- junior IromBrooklvn, who has been trict' tournament, 83-78. The offense, always working for the good
"They are a good basketball falo State, and Oneonta. Their only averaging 13 points and 18 Engineer's four remaining losses shot. If the opportunity prevails,
team," said RPI coach Kallbaugh, losses came at the hands of top rank- rebounds. Williams showed signs of were to Division I Cornell, they will fast break. The Engineers
whose team beat the Saints earlier in ed Division II C.W. Post, NCAA McTaw's brilliance versus Buffalo Rochester, RIT and Brandcis like their opponents to play a man to
the year. "They are a little bigger Tournament-bound Hartwick and State, pulling down IS rcboundsand College, New England's top ranked man defense. If they are ahead, RPI
Division III school. RPI's other big will stall to force the opposition out
blocking 3 shots.
than Albany as they haveacoupleof Albany State.
I he Panaggio brothers, Dan (17 victories came against St. Lawrence of the zone defense.
forwards who go 6' 5"....They are a
2. The home court advantage:
RPI has never played Brockport.
rugged bunch of kids."
always a key factor, particularly in pts) and Mike (18), arc the starting in overtime and Williams College.
Much of the Engineers attack is The Engineers are a smaller club
The man to watch out for is guard intercollegiate basketball where in- guards. Neither played well against
Jim Young, the team's leading timidation of officials by home Albany, and only Mike looked good dependent on senior co-captain than the Eagles. The team is basing
scorer. He has been averaging twen- crowd fans is accepted. "The home offensively versus Buffalo State Carey DaSatti," the team's 6'6" its optimism on the ability of the
Can R.P.I, handle McTaw and center. This will be especially true in shorter Albany State learn to beat
ty points a game and his*shooting has advantage, or actually, the crowd
been phenomenal, hitting 67 per cent composition, can be worth as many company? They have u,better shot the Brockport game. He is a three Brockport. When RPI lost this year,
from the field. The Danes will also as 15 points," said j Albany's, Tom than many people will. givcuthcm. year starter, having played,yn RPI's they were usually beaten in the midhave to contend with the Saint's 6' 5" Morphis, alter Ihc Great Danes beat Fresh off a big win over Williams NCAA team of two years ago. He dle. Thill is where Brockport's
College (the only team to beat has averaged I {.7 points a game and strength lies. To beat the Eagles, RPI
center, Tony Ross. Ross has been Brockport in Albany 72-67.
averaging eleven points a game. He
3. The experience: Brockport has Albany at Albany this year), the provides much of the team's reboun- must try to wear their opponents
is a 60 per cent shooter from the field been there before, winning this very Engineers will play a patient work- ding. Carey will have the respon- down. They cannot afford to play
ing game, and may give Brockport sibility of guarding Kevin Williams, deliberate basketball. Pick RPI gets
but most of his points come from in same tournament two yearsugo.
plenty to cope with. Lctlcrman
a fast ticket to the consolation
close.
4. Forward Monroe "Pops" Mc- center Carey Dassatti at 6'6"can get Brockport's big center.
On the forward line are Larry round—Brockport 90 RPI 64.
At forward are 6'5" Rob Lalonde, Taw: this 6'6" sophomore from
up there with McTaw, and might be
esSMHsaassjssssMsssssat
ihc team's third leading scorer (10.7) Franklin High in Rochester is the
able to give McTaw some trouble.
and 6' 2" Mark Garrow (10.3). The dominant force in New York State
other guard is 5' 7" Don Watkins.
"We have no standouts on our
club, j ust five guys playing together,"
AII women Interested in participating
said St. Lawrence Coach Paul
Evans. One of his team's strong
points is an excellent bench. Jim
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With the inviting of Brockport
Stale and Albany | State to the
NCAA Eastern Regional tournament, many fans are already anticipating a rematch between these
two SUNY AC rivals who played one
of the most exciting games ever seen
. at University Gym.
To set up that rematch, though,
the Danes must get past a very good
St. Lawrence team. The Saints bring
the second best record into this tournament, losing only five times this
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ning their next eleven games. They Danes were tt-5. They beat
The year was 1969. The University earned the nickname, the cardiac Hartwick, 77-76 in overtime. Albany
celebrated its 125th anniversary. kids, as they continually pulled then played two of their moat exJanis Joplin played the Gym. games out in the closing seconds. citing games, coming back to back.
Students were clamoring for a The streak started with a win over St. First it was Brooklyn College. The
change from their mandatory meal- Lawrence, Albany's opponent in the Danes were tied 66-66 and BC had
plan. The school as a whole was first round of this year's NCAA's. the ball in the closing seconds. BC
growing into the new uptown cam- Albany took the Capital District turned the ball over. The Danes inpus. For basketball historians, 1969 Tournament, beating Siena 59-58 in bounded to Margison, whose
was the year Albany State received the finals. Next it was a victory over desperation shot from halfcourt
its first and until this year, its only Merrimack College, 76-75.
rippled the cords to give Albany the
bid to compete in the NCAA basketThree more victories and the victor
ball tournament.
One yearbefore (1967-68), the 184 Danes were denied a bid to that
same tournament, as the NCAA felt
that Albany's schedule was too easy.
Doc Sauers still believes that his '68
team was better than his NCAA
club.
Optimism reigned in the late fall pf
1968 as the basketball season approached, mainly due lo the return
of Rich Margison, the Danes'
leading scorer from the previous
year and Scott Price, the team's
leading rebounder. The team was
basically a live man squad with Jack
Jordan, Jack Adams and Jack
Overly rounding out the starting
five. The Danes were also optimistic
because they finally had a
homccourt of their own, with the
opening of University Gym.
Albany opened their season at
Oneonta and like the '75 club, lost to
Ihc Dragons. Albany returned home
and heat Stony Brook, 57-52. The
Danes lb en lost their next two out of
three on the road, before holiday The year la 1969. The plact la LeMoyne College, eight of the NCAA
Eastern Regionale. With 3 second* left, Albany's Rich Margison hit*
break.
this lour shot lo give the Danes a 71-70 victory over LeMoyne
But the Danes caught lire, win-
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The 6-fool junior's 2 '/5-minutc, 10point scoring streak overcame a 10point deficit. Lehman was topseeded in the six-school tournament.
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The Danes were embarrassed by
their loss to Wagner and they wanted
to prove that they were a better team
than they showed the night before.
But LeMoynetooka l6pointleadat
half time as Margison and Company
were held in check.
In the second half the Danes finally put it all together. Margison, playing in his last game as a Great Dane,
hit for 24 points in the Beat IS
minutes, as Albany closed the gap.
With a minute to play, Albany dosed to within two. Margison got the
ball and sunk a 20 footer to tie it.
LeMoyne started to slow things
down,looking for the last shot But
with 30 seconds left they changed
their strategy, as they threw up a shot
that missed. Caverly cleared the
boards for Albany and it was now
the Danes' turn to play for the final
shot.
The clock showed under ten
seconds when Margison got the ball.
He tried a driving layup, but he ended on the floor, fouled by LeMoyne.
Richie calmly sunk the first shot, ensuring Albany's victory. Typically
the cardiac kids closed out the
season with another one point victory, winning 71-70. The Danes had
800 fans in the stands for that game
and Doc Sauers publicly proclaimed
that the fan support was instrumental in Ihe upset victory.
For his effort lhat year, Margison
was voted ECAC Division II player
of the year. He had averaged 22.1
points for the year and set numerous
Albany scoring records that still
stand today (most points in a
season—530, most points in a
career—1409). Hehada remarkable
three year career at Albany and is
remembered as the greatest Albany
basketball player.'
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In their next game, the Danes blew
a big lead and found themselves trailing Cortland by a point with It
seconds remaining. The ball went to
Margison and hit shot bounded
around the rim and dropped as the
buzzer sounded, giving Albany its
eighth win in a row. Winsover Ithaca
and Hobart brought the streak to
eleven before arch rival Siena finally
beat the Danes. But the Danes
rebounded, beating Southern Conn,
and Utica before receiving word that
they had been invited to the NCAA
tournament.
The cardiac kids celebrated their
bid by losing to New Paltz on
Albany's homccourt. This was the
Danes' first loss at University Gym,
as this club established the winning
tradition at home. Albany closed out
the regular season with a win over
Oswego.
But now it was on to the NCAA
tournament, hosted by LeMoyne at
Syracuse. The Danes were going to
play the pre-tourney favorite
Wagner College, while LeMoyne
met Montclair in the nightcap Friday, March 7,
The Great Dane fans didn't listen
to the words of the experts. There
were) bonfires and rallies starting on
the Sunday before and lasting
throughout the week. On Monday a
band enjoyed the support of upwards of 1,000 students, as they
paraded from one quad to another,
finally ending up in front of the
Campus Center.
But the rallies didn't help the
basketball team that Friday, as they
were crushed by Wagner 109-64,
putting them in the consolation
game the following evening against
LeMoyne, losers to Montclair St.
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As hewaittdm the
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friend?" Bill turned. An old man in a threadbare three-piece suit.. . held out a rValchlower at
ami's length as if It were a "No Trespassing" sign, The old man seemed as surprised as Bill and
squinted for a closer look." Why, Praise the Lord!you'rejust theman fvebeen looking for!. ..
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Danes Top Patriots; Readying for NCAA's
by Bruce Maggbl
The Albany State Great Dane
basketball .team closed out their
regular season in unconvincing
form, as they defeated a vastly in' feripr Stony Brook team, 82-70,
Saturday evening.
For the Danes it was their second
poor performance since receiving
their NCAA bid. t i k e the Marist
game, Albany just could not get
"psyched" for the contest. With a bid
in their pocket plus the fact that
Stony Brook was 2-21, the team was
following night in the first round of
the Eastern regional playoffs. Game
time will be 7:00 PM. If Albany is
victorious in their opening round
contest, they will advance to the
championship game Saturday evening.
Tickets for both games are
currently on sale in the main office of
the gym. Later this afternoon the
Athletic Advisory Board will meet to
decide if busses should be chartered.
If busses are chartered they would
probably leave at 12:00 the day of the
willing to coast to victory. Eddie
Johnson and Mike Suprunowicz led
the Danes in scoring, each chipping
in twenty points'.
The Danes must now be able to
turn it on again as they focus their
attention towards the NCAA's. They
need the same enthusiasm that they
had for the Brockport game.
Albany will be leaving for
Brockport Thursday afternoon.
They will practice on the Brockport
home court that evening, before taking on St. Lawrence University, the
it
lahmon
Tha Albany State Basketball team In action against Brockport. II both the Dana* and
Brockport win their opening round games Friday, they will play a rematch the following
night.
game and return following each
game. When a decision is reached,
notices will be posted in the campus
center and on all five quads. For
those who cannot attend the games,
WSUA (640) will broadcast both
games live, starting Friday at 6:55
' If Albany State is to have any
hopes of advancing in the NCAA
tournament, they are going to have
to prove that they can win on the
road. The Danes are 9-1 at the university gym this year, but are playing under .500 ball on the road (6-7).
In the Danes recent past, Albany
could not win the big road game,
Dane losses this year have come
against Siena (twice), Hartwick,
Oneonta, Hamilton, Frcdonia and
Marist. Albany did manage to beat
Buffalo State on the Bengals home
court and the Danes lost to Hartwick
by only one point in overtime.
Judging from the Brockport game,
Albany can take the heat. Their entire season was on the line and the
Danes responded with' fury. The
team exhibited great poise, refusing
to fold, even when Albany fell
behind late in the contest.
To be able to win the tournament,
thought, Albany must perform like
they did against Brockport and Buffalo State. It is going to take a complete team effort. Much of the
pressure will fall on the Danes'
forwards. Albany's biggest man is
Tom Morphis who goes 6'5". St.
Lawrence has two men that have
that height, while Brockport and
RPI have centers who are taller.
Because the Danes have the smallest
team in the tournament, Koolu.
Morphis, Audi and Kcanc will have
to work extremely hard under the
boards, boxing out their opponents.
Doc Saucrs thinks his team is The Dane guards will also have to
capable of winning the "big" game help underneath. The Dane's /one
on the road, feeling his team has yet will have to shutoff Jimmy Young,
to play up to their potential. A St. Lawrence's top scorer.
strong contingent of Albany State
Offensively, Albany must be very
fans are expected at Brockport for selective with their shots. They canboth games. Add the RPI fans for not afford to just throw the ball up
both nights, plus the Brockport from 30 feet. The team must be willcrowd Friday, hoping for a Dane- ing to be patient and wail lor the
Brockport rematch, and Albany shot. The Danes might be expected
could feel very much at home against to do a little more running against
St, Lawrence. Neutral referees ap- St. Lawrence, as the Saint defense is
pointed by the NCAA will also help. not as strong.
Tournament time means pressure
Coineidently, this Friday marks
time, since there is no tomorrow. six years to the day that the 196')
One mistake and the season could be Dime NCAA team made its first
over. How will the young Dane basketball appearance. Whether the
squad, composed of one senior, one 1975 Danes can progress further
junior, five sophomores and one than their predecessor, remains to be
freshman, react to this pressure? seen.
Junior Varsity Closes Season on Sour Note
by Mike Pieksnki
They should never have gotten out
of bed. In a game that included a
bench-emptying Tight, a slight concussion, and same awfully poor
shooting, The Albany junior varsity
basketball team concluded a
successful season on a sour note by
bowing to Coblcskill 70-49 on Friday night at the Tiger's home court.
The 49 point total was the Pups'
lowest all season and the loss was
team's captain, who suffered a leg injury late in the season, was unable to
participate in the States. Last year
Bailey placed third in the all-around
competition. Mary Oftring, who
scored a 5.45 in the balance beam
event, had one comment, "It (Gymnastics) was the only thing that kept
me going these past years."
The future is hopeful for the
Danettcs. The team is losing only
one member to graduation, Mary
Oftring. Oftring, a valuable asset to
the team, will be missed, but many
promising newcomers arc expected.
The .earn, whose spirits were always
at a constant high, seemed disappointed that the season was over. As
Doc Cobane put it, "It was a good
season. They did well and I'm proud
of them."
the loss of Brown for a good part of
the second half, the Pups were hurting under the boards. But the way
Albany was playing, it didn't matter
anyway.
Walton Scores
Eric Walton began the game with
a layup off an offensive rebound but
the Tigers tied it on Brian Dinecn's
short jumper. Steve Pass, Walton,
and Brown then connected,
countered only byu Colbeskill score
for an 8-4 lead with six minutes gone
by. Both teams were pretty flat and
the turnover rate was high, which the
field goal percentages were low.
Both squads traded hoops and
that four point Albany advantage
was to be their biggest of the day.
Coblcskill started to find the range
Brown Hurt
and finally overtook the Pups 16-15
Earlier in the half, Aubrey Brown on u Murk Patrick short jumper with
was in a collision with Mark Van about nine minutes left in the half.
Geider and both hit the floor hard.
But Brown with a layup and Amos
Brown was hit in the head and hud to
Taylor with a drive, put the visitors
be removed. He went backina little! back on top at 19-16, seconds later.
later but seemed to be in a dure and
Van Geider then.snared a couple of
was taken to the hospital. It was hoops and the teams traded buckets
learned that he had suffered a slight
until the intermission, with the
concussion, but that it was not
Tigers on top by a 27-25 score,
serious. With the loss of start center
The Pups looked very disorganizCarmelo Vcrdejo to the varsity, and
ed and sloppy; they were lucky to
Gymnasts Place 7th
by Joyce R. Bclza
The Women's Gymnastic Team
ended itss.cason'wiih a seventh place
finish in the NYSA1AW Championships held at Ithaca College this
past weekend. The Danettcs as a
team made a beautiful showing,
scoring 65.60and missing sixth place
by .9 points.
The team's best event yvas the uneven bars competition with Julie Acton and Cathy Caperna placing
ninth and tenth, respectively. Acton
and Caperna also placed in the low
teens in the vaulting event a- did
Nancy Paffrath.
After the game. Julie Acton related
the feelings of the whale team when
she said, "If we would have had
Allyson we would have definitely,
clinched sixth." Allyson Bailey, the
their second in the last four. Still, the
14-5 final record brings Coach Bob
Lewis' log to 31 and 8over.the last
two years with two entirely different
teams. Not bad,
The fight came in the second half
and involved the Pups' Bob Luciano
and the Tiger's' Ed Rundy. Randy
was being covered by Luciano and
there seemed to be some contact
made. Words were exchanged, then
a shove by Luciano, and all hell
broke loose. All the players on the
court, both benches, the officials
and a couple of spectators charged
out to center court and began
pushing and shoving. Fortunately,
no one was hurt and order was eventually restored, with only Luciano
forced to take a premature rest.
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even be that close. And their
shooting? A pitiful 29%! Brown,
who picked up 11 rebounds in the
half, was about the only Pup who
looked halfway impressive.
Pass opened thesecond halfwitha
17 footer to tie it at 27, but when
Coblcskill scored the next nine
points in a row, it wasall over for the
Pups. Bad shooting, bad passing,
and not enough rebounding (with
the exception of Walton), sealed
their doom.
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Senate Debates Limiting Exams To Finals Week
by Pat Sakal
A bill currently before the University Senate, if passed, would require
that final exams only be given in the
sixteenth weekof the semester (finals
week). The hill, introduced by the
Undergraduate Academic Council,
came about because a student complained because he had too many
finals in the fifteenth week ol classes
(the last week of classes).
The hill notes that final exams
carry substantially more weightthan
other tests, and are comprehensive.
Furthermore, the bill states that
any test in the 15th week ol classes
should be announced in the syllabus
ol the course no later than the 11 ill
week, must not extend beyond class
hours, nor may it fit the above definition of a final exam. This bill does
not require a professor to give a
final, rather it seeks to keep all finals
within their specified times. Instructors may get their course exempted
from this policy only by the dean of
the school, by the request of the
department chairman.
On Monday the University Senate
met and discussed this bill. After 40
minutes of discussion, the meeting
was adjourned, without resolution of
the topic in question. However,
several important points were
brought up regarding this bill during
and after the meeting.
Senator John Slut/ (faculty)
pointed out that the way the system
is now. if a professor decides lo give
the final early, students really can't
object to it if, for example, they have
another exam on thesameday. Slut/
says this is because of the "tremendous peer pressure" to gel the exam
Gay Scores Half
Ray Gay was the only one who
seemed to be able to locate the
basket as he snared hall of the Pups'
24 second half points. The rest of the
team was having its problems (to say
the least) and the Tigers were just
pulling away at will. A 15-4 Tiger
burst in the last three minutes put the
Pups out of their misery and locked
up the final score.
Shooting a horrible 27% on the
night and scoring only 49 points, it
was probably their worst game of the
year. Dincen and Van Geider with
21 apiece were the leading scorers,
while only Gay with 16 had a respectable total for the losers.
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SA Veep Ira Blmbaum, who is also a University Senator, believes that
final exams should be more spread out over the span ol the semester.
over with as soon as possible. He
tnen indicated that he believed the
reason lor objection lo the hill is to
let students out a week earlier. Ira
Bimbaum (student senator; also
Vice President of SA) raised a "point
of personal privilege", saying that is
not the reason he objects lo the bill.
At this point, the room, filled mostly
with administrators and professors,
broke out in laughter. Bimbaum
continued, saying it is more advantageous to students to have the exams more spread out than they are
now. Andy Goldstein (student
senator (agreed, arguing for flexibility in the exam schedule rather than u
"fence" around classes.
Lewis Tidier (student senator) did
not see justification lor the intervention in this matter by the University
Senate at all. lie proposed thai each
class should decide on the exam
policy lor itself, rather than the
Senate "dictating" policy.
A female student senator spoke in
favor ol the bill, saying there is no
reason to v iolatc or deviate from the
existing final exam policy.
Slut/ then said he believed that by
not requiring all courses to have
finals in their specified lime period, it
"robs" the classes in which
professors don't choose to give an
early exam of valuable classroom
time.
Various amendments to the hill
were discussed; then one faculty
senator staled that since it was shortly alter 5:00 and the discussion seemed to he heading nowhere, the
meeting should be adjouncd.
In an interview later, Dr. Philip
Tomkins. Chairman of the Rhetoric
and Communications Dept. and a
faculty member of the Senate, in-
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Faculty member Phillip Tompkins favors the Senate bill.
dicated he is in favor ol the bill. Dr.
Tompkins believeslbe "most salient
argument" for the bill is that he. as a
department chairman, has received
complaints from other RCO
professors saying the work thai is
supposed to he done in the 15th week
ol classes is often disrupted and not
done because of absences. I ompkins
also said that, given our existing
system, the bill is in order with iland
will make the system work better.
In response to Birnbaum's
feelings, he said there may be other
possibilities which he would consider. He cited the abolishment of
finals altogether,givinga week more
of class I ime; or establishing a "study
period" of several days between the
last day of classes and the first day of
exams.
Dr. Tompkins believes the most
constructive thing to do is to debate
these alternatives, questioning the
present system, rather than spending
time try ing loatnend the present bill.
Disagreeing with Tidler's objection lo considering the bill,
I ompkins does not think it is practical lo have each class determine its
ovv n policy, lor it would interfere at
times with other courses.This would
Anti-Student Bill
ha Bimbaum calling the proposed
policy an "anti-student" bill, believes
it is wrong to make students face all
of their finals in one week because it
exerts too much pressure on them.
He stated; "There's nothing more
frustrating than getting;! lower mark
in a course than you're capable of
only because you've had another
final the same day." He added that it
comes to the point where "students
who do well in finals are those who
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