Tower
Tribune
STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK AT ALBANY
Vol. 1, No. 1 February 2, 1970
Kuusisto to Assume
College Presidency
WELCOME SPRING!—The Spring Semester begins today, but it will be a long
time before the last of Cecember’s snow melts away from the campus. At least
it’s a welcome prospect for the spring skiers.
Vietnam War Resolution
Halts Action
Senate’s Executive Committee has
_been instructed to act for the Senate
on matters of urgency in the wake of
Senate’s inability to take action on
its agenda at its last two monthly
meetings. A resolution to condemn the
war in Vietnam has been the major
stumbling block to action on other
business, as the Senate has been un-
able to limit debate on the r
‘olution
and come to a vote. Discussion on it
at the January meeting lasted an hour
and a half and ended only when the
Senate lost its quorum.
The resolution is sponsored by John
Reilly of the English Department and
PYE Club to Plan
Semester’s Projects
An outgrowth of the popular Envi-
ronmental Forum, a three-credit course
instituted as an interdisciplinary pro-
gram, has been the emerging chapter
of PYE (Preserve Your Environment)
Club formed by interested undergradu-
ates, graduate students, and faculty.
The club’s steering committee has
planned a meeting for Thursday eve-
ning, February 5, starting at 7 o’clock
in Lecture Hall 23.
Action statements and prospects for
PYE will be presented by Robert
Rienow, professor of political science
and co-author of Moment in the Sun;
Vincent J. Schaefer, director of ASRC;
and Donald C. McNaught, director of
Cranberry Lake Biological Station and
professor of biology. PYE’s major
project currently is to arrange a teach-
in on the environment on Wednesday,
April 22.
The avowed goal of the club is.to
‘make a concerted effort to educate
and act on problems of the environ-
ment at local, state, and possible
national levels.’’ Members help to fi-
nance their activities through the sale
of bumper stickers and lapel buttons.
in Senate
Jack Schwartz ’72. It asserts in part
that: ‘‘The university, in addition to
being a home of academic education
is also obligated to instill a sense of
moral conscience and the exploration
of values in its members, as well as
promoting good citizenship, political
consciousness, and the ability to judge
the legitimacy of governmental author-
ity.””
It seeks to “‘condemn the past and
present policies of the United States
in the region of Southeast Asia...’”
and to ‘‘denounce the immoral viola-
tions of international peace and the
unjust interference with the Vietnamese
people’s right to self-determination.”
It further asserts that: ‘“The Senate
body is obligated toward such action
in its capacity as the major represent-
ative body and the appropriate channel
of expression for the views of both
| students and faculty in the university
community.”
Supporters of the resolution argue
that it is not enough for individuals
| to take a stand on the war. They feel
that the university, as an institution
of the society which is conducting the
war, must also take a stand on it. They
seek to make that stand one of con-
‘demnation.
Opponents contend that the Senate’s
proper business is to conduct the edu-
cational program of SUNYA, and that
Senate is not qualified to speak for
the entire university community on a
' political issue.
Director to Resign
Frank G. Krivo, director of admis-
sions since 1966, has tendered his
resignation, effective in July.
Mr. Krivo began his professional
career here in July 1960 as an admis-
sions officer. He progressed through
assistant and associate director to his
current post.
Allan A. Kuusisto, SUNYA’s acting
president since last July, has been
named the 23rd president of Hobart
and William Smith Colleges, effective
July 1. He succeeds Beverley D.
Causey, Jr., president of the two col-
leges for the past year.
In accepting the post as head of the
coordinate men’s and women’s col-
leges, Dr. Kuusisto said he deemed it
an honor “‘to be selected by the board
of trustees of Hobart and William Smith
Colleges to be their next president.”
Before serving as acting president
here, the former assistant
sioner for higher education of the State
commis-
Education Department was vice pres-
ident for academic affairs. That post
now is held on a temporary basis by
Charles T. O’Reilly, of the
School of Social Welfare.
Commenting on his pending depar-
dean
ture, Dr. Kuusisto said:
“Leaving the State University of
New York at Albany at this point is
a_personal_wrench._Immersingmy-
self these past two years in its
problems, which have sometimes
seemed larger than they really are,
I have learned to thrive on its crea-
tive tensions. SUNYA is well on the
way to becoming a ‘center of excel-
lence’. The faculty is good and get-
ting better; the students, first-rate;
and even the budget seems to be
coming around, especially if the
Executive Budget for 1970-71 is
implemented.”
The Afro-American studies depart-
ment, the Slavic studies program, envi-
ronmental studies to be developed by
September, and the growth of the Edu-
cational Opportunities Program, are
curriculum additions which Dr. Kuusisto
has had a hand in developing during
his brief tenure here. In an interview
with an Albany newspaper reporter, he
said that the matter of capital con-
struction with the resulting
problem remains ‘‘a tough problem”.
He added that he would be leaving
Albany before some programs are de-
veloped as much as he would like. He
space
regrets he will not see the further de-
velopment of the SUNYA Foundation
Inc., a separate non-profit foundation
which seeks money ‘‘without strings
from non-governmental sources
“significant breakthroughs for excel-
for
lence.
Dr. Kuusisto, who will serve here
until the arrival of the new president,
Louis T. Benezet, has had a career
that has swung from his birthplace in
Kaleva, Mich., to high school in Pea-
body, Mass., to Wittenberg College in
Ohio, to four years duty in the U.S.
Air Force ranks from private to
geant, and on to Harvard Unive
er=
y
for master’s and Ph.D. degrees in po-
litical science. At the University of
New Hampshire, where he began his
career, Dr. Kuusiste became full pro-
fessor of government and later dean
of the Graduate School and coordinator
of the university’s research.
Allan A. Kuusisto
Need for Information Prompts
Birth of University Newspaper
Making its debut with this issue is
Tower Tribune, a weekly publication
designed to serve the university com-
munity. It has been prepared by the
Office of Community Relations for
campus distribution on Monday morn-
ings.
The Tribune will replace Campus
Courier, a weekly newsletter for fac-
ulty, and Staff Beat, a monthly bulle-
tin for faculty and staff. It also will
carry news of scheduled events for-
merly listed in the Calendar of Events,
published by the Student Activities
Office.
Items about professional activ
ies
“of the faculty also will appear in the
Tribune. There will be no spring issue
of The Professor, which carried such
news.
For some time, many segments of
the university community have ex-
pressed both the need and the des
for more information about a wide
riety of activities on campus. While
the dimensions of the Tribune will be
modest this semester, the publication
may be enlarged later.
Subject to space limitations, the
Tribune will report Senate meetings,
Administrative policy statements, in-
novative programs, and curriculum de-
velopments, among other news. Regu-
lar features will include selected com-
ing events of all-university interest, a
general activities column, sports high-
lights, and classified ads.
Distribution of 10,000 copies of the
paper will be made to all faculty and
staff offices, residence units, com-
muter lockers, and the Campus Center
information desk. Arrangements have
been made for copies of the first issue
to be delivered to students’ rooms.
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Students to Spend Year
At University of Rome
A year’s study in Italy at the Uni-
versity of Rome will be offered by
Albany beginning next fall. The pro-
gram is designed to furnish research
and study opportunities not only to
language students, but also to stu-
dents in the humanities and political
science, both undergraduate and grad-
uate, from the four State University
Centers.
In conjunction with the University
of Rome, SUNYA will offer courses in
SUNYA Adopts Policy
On Equal Opportunity
A “Policy Statement on an Equal
Opportunity Program for the State Uni-
versity of New York at Albany’ is be-
ing circulated to deans, directors, de-
partment chairmen, and members of the
Senate. Additional copies are avail
able in the Office of the Vice Presi-
dent for Academic Affairs.
Prepared at the request of President
Kuusisto under the leadership of
Charles O'Reilly, vice president for
academic affairs, the document states
in part:
“It is the policy of the State Uni-
versity of New York at Albany to pro-
vide equal opportunity in employment
for all qualified persons, to prohibit
discrimination in employment because
of race, color, religion, sex, or na-
tional origin, and to promote the full
realization of equal employment oppor-
tunity through a positive, continuing
program throughout the university.”
The Vice President for Academic
Affairs has been designated as re-
sponsible for equal employment oppor-
tunity for the university. In addition,
the President has appointed an Equal
Employment Advisory Committee which
will meet at least quarterly.
Members of the committee include
three members of the teaching faculty,
two students, and one representative
each from the Personnel Office, Senate
Grievance Committee, Physical Plant,
Office of Vice President for Academic
Affairs, Office of Student Affairs, and
Faculty-Student Association.
8 Faculty Nominated
For Senator-at-Large
Eight faculty members have been
nominated by the Committee on Nomi-
nations and Elections to run for the
position of Senator-at-large. Four will
be elected by the faculty. The nomi-
nees are Donald Cohen, social wel-
fare; James Corbett, physics; Harry
Crull, astronomy and space science;
Vito Gioia, educational psychology
and statistics; Hugh Farley, business
law; William Leue, philosophy; David
Martin, summer and late afternoon pro-
grams; and Donald Wilken, mathemat-
ics.
Additional candidates may be nomi-
nated by petition of at least ten mem-
bers of the voting faculty.
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Administration 235
foreign languages and literatures, his-
tory of fine arts, Greek and Latin lan-
guages and literatures, history, and
political science. Additionally, there
will be study tours and tutorial ses-
sions.
Up to 30 hours may be earned through
the prefatory courses, the tutorial ses-
sions, and the lectures at the Univer-
sity of Rome. All work done on the
undergraduate level carry the
same credit as it would if completed
on the SUNYA campus.
Although the program concentrates
in the particular listed offerings, stu-
dents may pursue any course among
many offered by the University of Rome.
The academic year for the study pro-
grams will extend from September 15,
1970, to June 15, 1971.
The basic requirement for the pro-
will
gram is the aural comprehension nec-
essary to profit from lectures in Ital-
ian combined with the reading knowl-
edge to understand texts and collateral
readings in the student’s own field.
Forty students will be selected from
among seniors and graduate students
who apply and are recommended by
their departments.
The ultimate cost of the program is
expected to be no more than the ex-
pense of attending SUNYA for the aca-
demic year. Those holding New York
State Regents scholarships or scholar
incentive awards may apply them to
the program.
Further information may be obtained
from Charles W. Colman, associate
dean of the College of Arts and Sci-
ences. Applications will be accepted
until the end of the spring semester.
Faculty Achievements
DONALD FAVREAU, curriculum and
instruction, spoke on ‘‘Management
Vitality’? at the Florida State Fire
Chiefs Conference in Sarasota on Jan-
uary 27. On January 29 he spoke on
“Management by Objective” at the
Louisiana State Fire Service Confer-
ence in Baton Rouge.
JOSEPH LEESE and MAURITZ JOHN-
SON, curriculum and instruction, are
the authors of an article, “‘Curriculum
Development,” which has been pub-
lished in the first volume of Britan-
nica Review of Ame rican Education, a
new annual effort of Encyclopedia
Britannica, Inc.
LOUIS LIEBERMAN, sociology, is the
co-author of a book, Authority and
Addiction, published by Little, Brown
and Co.
more events...
‘Round the Campus
SUNYA is the recipient of a $1,000 education grant from Eastman Kodak
Company. The unrestricted gift is part of Kodak’s educational aid program,
enlarged this year to include grants for publicly supported institutions...An-
nouncements to be aired by WSUA may be left in the station’s mailbox located
behind the Campus Center Information Desk or mailed to 750 State. Street. Mark
Rosenberg, public relations director, and Keith Mann, station manager, add:
“If you can’t wait, give WSUA a call at 472—4204.”’...Position openings: as-
sistant director financial aids, see Donald Whitlock; assistant facilities pro-
gram coordinator, see James Utermark...Student activities were publicized in
the Congressional Record recently when Senator Randolph called attention to
SUNYA’s new record for contributing blood to the Red Cross and to the raising
of $5,500 for mental health in a telethon...Before the deadline, more than 200
applications had been received for the 72 places available at The Milne School
in September. Final date for filing admission applications for vacancies which
may occur in grades eight through 12 next fall will be April 6...Special events:
The Contemporary Chamber Ensemble will perform works by Stravinsky and
Schoenberg in a concert sponsored by the Music Council Friday evening at 8:30
in the PAC. David Huson, on Thursday evening at 8:30, will be heard in a stu-
dent program in the PAC recital hall. He will play compositions by Hindemith,
Dukas, Saint-Saens, and Richard Strauss on the French horn, with piano ac-
companiment by Ronald Abel...Familiar faces back on campus are those of
Dell Thompson in the Office of Student Affairs and Jack Deeringer in the Office
of Academic Affairs...Karl Hartzel, music, was at the console for the carillon
concert honoring Martin Luther King, Jr. Selections included Bach chorales,
Negro spirituals, and “We Shall Overcome’’...Jim Jiusto, ASRC, who suffered
a heart attack recently, has been a patient at Albany Medical Center in the in-
sive care unit...Betty Levison, Office of Student Affairs, is returning from
arasota, Fla., where she did research at New College...Ray Falconer, ASRC,
and George Wiesner, ECC, have arranged a special display opening today at
the Colonie Center Mall in celebration of the centennial of the U.S. Weather
Services. It will continue 9:30 a.m. - 10 p.m. through Saturday...Signups for
the SUNYA Children’s Swim Team classes, open to children of members of the
university community, will be held Sunday at the gym.
Si" Great Done Snevts 2
Winter sports are back in full swing
this week, following the annual hiatus
for exams and intersession. No home
events are scheduled, however. Dick
Sauers’ varsity basketball team will
meet Connecticut at New
5 Wednesday evening and
will play at Cortland at 8:30 p.m. Sat-
urday. Both games will be broadcast
on WSUA. Bob Lewis’ freshman squad
makes its only start Friday at Hart-
Southern
Haven at 8
wick.
Wrestling coach Joe Garcia takes
his team to Plattsburgh Wednesday
and Hobart Saturday, attempting to
avoid setting an unwanted record. The
Great Danes have dropped 10 straight
dual matches over a two-season span,
including all four this year. That
equals the school mark for consecu-
tive defeats.
There is light at the end of the tun-
nel, though, as the last two losses
were by 10 and four points, while the
opening debits came by margins of 28
and 34. The addition of freshmen Phil
Mims (167 Ibs.) and Frank Barone (177)
has strengthened the club. Leading
wrestlers thus far have been 134-pound
freshman Jeff Albrecht and sophomore
Jim Nightingale (158), both 3-1 in dual
competition.
The first-year varsity swimming
team will take its 1-6 mark to Geneseo
Saturday and coach Brian Kelly feels
MONDAY — Registration, Gym, 8 a.m. - 5 p.m.; All University Mixer, Young
Republicans, CC Ballroom, 8 p.m.
TUESDAY — Classes begin 8 a.m.
WEDNESDAY — General faculty meeting, CC Ballroom, 4 p.m.
FRIDAY — IFG Film: ‘Red Desert,” LC 18, 7 p.m. and 9:15 p.m.
Wild Wild Weekend II — Mixer, CC Ballroom, 8 p.m.;
Film, State Quad, 7:30 p.m.
SATURDAY — Faculty Wives Club mother/daughter luncheon and fashion show,
CC Ballroom, 1 p.m.;
Concert: Richie Havens, Sophomore-Junior Classes, Gym, 8 p.m.;
Wild Wild Weekend II - Mixers, Dutch and Colonial Quads,10p.m.,
Pizza Parlor, CC, 10 p.m.
Wild Wild Weekend I - Classical Music Concert, Art Gallery;
SUNDAY —
Dinner and speaker, Hillel, CC Ballroom, 5 p.m.
BOOKSTORE HOURS: Monday through Thursday - 9 a.m. — 8 p.m.;
Friday - 9 a.m. — p.m.; Saturday - 9 a.m. — 2 p.m.
that if his young squad is to achieve
another victory this winter, this is its
best chance. Danes defeated
Potsdam, 54-49, earlier in the season
for their first swimming triumph ever.
The top performers for Kelly have
freestyler Andy Mc-
diver Pete Klara, the team’s
ior; freshman butterflyer Jaik
The
been freshman
Schubert; and sophomore breaststroker
Bill Smith.
Grads Outstanding
In Certification Test
Albany’s School of Social Welfare
has received word that all graduates
in the Class of 1969 who took the
New York State social work certifica-
tion
pleted the test. Twenty-three gradu-
ates, more than half the class, took
the examination. The school had the
second highest percentage of 1969
graduates from schools throughout the
state taking the test.
William §. Rooney, acting dean of
the School of Social Welfare, in com-
menting on the report said, “We are
very proud of the performance of our
recent graduates and we feel that it
reflects the quality of education which
we had hoped to achieve.
examination successfully com-
“‘A very large percentage of the
graduates currently are working in
public and private agencies in the vi-
cinity and are helping to relieve the
acute shortage of professional person-
nel.”
The school, which graduated its
first class of 25 in 1967, has received
full accreditation from the Council on
Social Work Education.
Campus Exchange
FOR SALE: Sky-line mobile home,
51’ X 10’, like new, now set up. Call
John Angus, 399-7007 after 5 p.m.
WANTED: Unfurnished —3-bedroom
apartment or house for 3 girls
in or around Albany, preferab”
Call Sandy Chard, 7~7604
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