Tower
Tribune
Vol. 3, No. 25
NEW YORK AT ALBANY
March 13, 1972
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Craftsmen exhibition, poses with his ceramic composition, “In Memory Of”.
Crafts, Drawings, Photography
Scheduled for Art Gallery Show
Three separate and varied exhibitions
are scheduled for the university’s Art Gal-
lery starting Friday.
The New York State Craftsmen is
sponsoring a show of works in clay, fiber,
glass, metal, and wood by 21 of the
state’s leading craftsmen. According to
Kenneth Wilson, president of the crafts
organization and curator of the Corning
Museum of Glass, the event is “in re-
sponse to a growing public interest in the
work of fine craftsmen in the state and an
increasing concern for the craftsman and
his work in society.” A two-day seminar
on “Employment of the Craftsman” will
be conducted at the beginning of the ex-
hibition. A public reception Fiiday eve-
ning will open the showing.
During the same period, the gallery’s
first floor will contain an exhibit of 65
Dada drawings by Hans Richter entitled
“The World Between the Ox and the
Swine.” The material falls into six dis-
tinct, iconographic catagories which re-
veal the Dada state of mind and illustrate
the artistic dialogue between content and
formal change.
Soviet Scientist Visits
Andrei D. Vinogradov, a_ visiting
scientist from the Soviet Union, is at the
university for a month. He currently
holds an associate professorship at Mos-
cow State University.
Dr. Vinogradov has contributed signi-
ficantly to the field of electron and
coupled energy transfer in biological
systems, especially on the study of some
of the enzymes which are essential for the
body’s energy supply from the com-
bustion of food.
Dr. Vinogradov plans to do some re-
search with Tsoo E. King, professor of
chemistry and department chairman, on
enzyme oxidation-reduction, an area they
have been working on for almost 15
years.
Also to be shown in the gallery will
be an exhibition of poetry and photo-
graphy by Neil Kagan, a sociology gradu-
ate student at the university. The
showing, “Beyond a Changing Myth,” is
part of the artist’s research toward the
development of photography as an instru-
ment for the behavioral sciences, under a
grant from the NYS Department of Men-
tal Hygiene.
All three of the exhibits will be
shown through April 10, except for
Easter weekend. The gallery hours are 9
a.m.-5 p.m. daily and 1-5 p.m. Saturday
and Sunday.
Totals for New Students
Reported by Admissions
Admissions director Rodney A. Hart
reports that a projected total of 2,490
new students will be admitted for 1972.
Of these, there will be an estimated 1,350
freshmen, 840 transfers, and 300 EOP’s.
The freshman class will include 200
students from the Albany area, defined
by a 50-mile radius; 1,100 from outside
the area; and 50 students in the new ac-
celerated degree program for high school
students who have completed eleventh
grade.
There have been 800 applicants for
the 200 “Albany area” spaces in the
freshman class. The geographic quota has
been established with SUNY’s overall goal
of regionalism in mind. It is not antici-
pated that students in this group will be
requested to commute, as was the case
several years ago during the severe cam-
pus housing shortage.
Competition for the 1,100 non-local
spaces will be intense. Some 3,200 ap-
plicants have high school and Regents
averages of 90 or better. Last year’s fresh-
men from this group had a mean high
school average of 91 and were in the top
9% of their class. The “Albany area”
freshmen were in the top 12% and had a
mean high school average of 88.
Highest priority for transfers is given
to students currently enrolled in parallel
programs at two-year SUNY colleges.
Last year, 66% of the new transfers came
from two-year schools, most of them
from SUNY units. Their mean grade
point average at the two-year school was
3.14 ona 4.0 scale.
If legislated appropriations permit,
300 new students will be admitted to
EOP. More than 1,600 have applied. In
accordance with legislated guidelines,
President Benezet Describes
Long-Range Planning Objectives
“The prospects for SUNY-Albany ina
time of continuing financial retrenchment
vs. growing educational demands call for
an unprecedented order of planning. The
four Vice Presidents and I share
responsibility to make such planning go
forward. Though bound to the con-
straints of SUNY as a whole, we believe
that each campus unit and particularly
the University Centers must work in-
dividually toward the resolution of their
own problems.”
The above is the opening paragraph
of a memorandum sent by President
Benezet to newly-named members of a
long-range planning task force. Dwight
Smith, institutional research, will serve as
chairman and Edgar Schick, assistant to
the president, as executive secretary.
Others on the committee are Sorrell
Chesin, university affairs; John Hartigan,
management and planning; Helen Horo-
witz, economics; Robert McFarland,
graduate studies; and Roy Speckhard,
political science.
President Benezet indicated the task
force will develop options to be presented
to campus governance systems and to the
administration. He added, “The plan
when brought together should reflect the
most feasible resolution of graduate,
undergraduate, special program, research
and service commitments for the schools
and colleges of the university center
EOP students will be selected mostly
from within a 120-mile radius of Albany.
Most will be freshmen, although some
may be transfers from two-year SUNY
schools and some from SUNY’s Co-
operative College Centers, Each applicant
will be screened on the basis of academic
background and achievement and fi-
nancial eligibility as established by the
Chancellor, based on State Education
Department guidelines.
Group To Seek
Program Head
A search committee has been named
by Dean I. Moyer Hunsberger, College of
Arts and Sciences, to aid in the selection
of a professor of Puerto Rican studies,
following an administrative decision to
support the further development of
Puerto Rican studies at the university.
The person selected for the post will
have a major role in leading the present
Puerto Rican studies program to depart-
mental status sponsoring an academic ma-
jor and also will teach several courses and
perform research in an academic area
covered by the program. Preference will
be given to a person holding a Ph.D. in an
appropriate academic area with previous
teaching experience and clear evidence of
scholarly research. Leadership potential
and capacity to relate effectively to stu-
dents, faculty, and university adminis-
trators also will be considered prere-
quisites for the position.
Appointments to the search com-
mittee include faculty, university staff,
and student representatives. They are
Carlos Astiz, political science; Shirley
Brown, psychology; Vernon Buck, di-
rector of Education Opportunities Pro-
gram; Alberto Carlos, Romance languages
and literatures; Robert Carmack, anthro-
pology; Frank Carrino, director of the
Center for Inter-American Studies and
elected chairman; Edna Acosta, doctoral
student and instructor of Puerto Rican
literature, elected secretary; Antonio
Perez, doctoral student and coordinator
of Puerto Rican studies; and Jeannette
Colon, Gladys Figueroa, Luis Feliciano,
Myrna Gutierrez, and Nydia Rivera, stu-
dents.
Use of Racial Quotas Charged
The Anti-Defamation League of
B’nai B’rith has accused the university of
illegally setting up racial quotas and
giving preferential treatment to minorities
in its hiring policies.
“Preferential treatment and racial
quotas impose one form of racial dis-
crimination in place of another,” Sey-
mour Grubard, national chairman of
B’nai B'rith said in a letter to President
Benezet. He cited a number of instances
in which university action violated the
federal guidelines for “affirmative action”
to insure equal employment opportunity.
President Benezet will respond to the
letter after he has received information
from Vice President for Management and
Planning John W. Hartley and from Leon
J. Calhoun, director of Equal Em-
ployment Opportunity and in charge of
developing and implementing the Af-
firmative Action plan. They are expected
to recommend in their report that a copy
of the letter from B’nai B’rith and a copy
of the SUNYA Affirmative Action pro-
gram be sent to the Department of
Health, Education and Welfare in order to
resolve a seeming difference in in-
terpretation of the federal regulations.
Tuition Charges
and Calendar
Announced for Summer Sessions
New tuition charges for the 1972
summer sessions have been announced.
For New York State residents the charges
are $21.50 per credit hour for freshmen
and sophomores, $26.75 per credit hour
for juniors and seniors, and $40 per credit
hour for graduate students.
For out-of-state residents the charges
will be $35.75 per credit hour for fresh-
men and sophomores, $43.50 per credit
hour for juniors and seniors, and $50 per
credit hour for graduate students.
Two sessions are planned for the
summer. Session I will be June 5-23 and
Session Il, June 26-Aug. 4. During the
Session II time period there will also be
two intensive sessions. Session Ila will be
June 26-July 14 and Session IIb will be
July 17-Aug. 4. Important dates for the
1972 summer sessions follow.
SESSION I
June 5 Registration; classes begin
June 22 Classes end
June 23 Final examinations
SESSION II
(Sessions Ila and Ib)
June 26 Registration: Session II and Ses-
sion Ila; evening classes in Ses-
sion IT begin at 6 p.m.
June 27 Day classes in Session II and Ses-
sion Ila begin
Israel Studies
Ideas Sought
Charles W. Colman, director of inter-
national programs, has requested any de-
partments or individuals having proposals
for programs, faculty exchange, or re-
search projects in Israel to inform him.
Several months ago Chancellor Boyer
appointed a Task Force on Israeli Studies
to ascertain the status of Judaic studies in
the State University of New York, to ex-
amine SUNY interests, and to explore
possibilities for greater collaboration with
Israeli universities in academic fields of
mutual interest. One result has been the
establishment of a consortium of SUNY
campuses actively interested in study pro-
grams in Israel. SUNYA will be a member
of the consortium and will participate in
the consortium program committee.
The SUNY undergraduate program in
Israel will be held at the Hebrew Uni-
versity of Jerusalem and Tel Aviv Uni-
versity under the supervision of the
newly-formed consortium committee. It
is expected that some students also may
enroll at Haifa University.
Dining Room Opens
A small conference dining room in
the back of the Indian Quad dining room
is now available for small group meetings.
Students, faculty, and administrators can
reserve the use of the room for anytime
except Tuesday evenings by contacting
Maxine Peacock, quad secretary, at
7-3989,
The room will seat 20 persons, and
additional seating can be provided when
necessary. Cash and contract food service
is also available in the dining room during
the lunch hour.
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July 4 No classes
July 14 Final examinations: Session Ila
July 17 Registration: Session IIb; classes
in Session IIb begin
Aug. 3 Session II classes end at 12:20
p-m.; final examinations for Ses-
sion II begin at 12:30 p.m.;
classes end: Session IIb
Aug.4 Final examinations continued:
Session II; final examinations:
Session IIb
A balanced offense and stingy de-
fense were key ingredients in Albany’s
17th straight non-losing basketball sea-
son, The 17-6 Great Danes had only two
men average double figures - John Quat-
trocchi, 15.1, and Byron Miller, 12.9 -
but coach Dick Sauers got maximum
mileage from his 11-man squad.
Ten men were starters at least once
over the course of the season: Quattroc-
chi, Miller, Bob Rossi (9.2), Reggie Smith
(8.3), Werner Kolln (7.1), Bob Curtiss
(6.9), Dave Welchons (4.7), Don Joss
(4.4), Harry Johnson (3.8), and Tony
Tedesco (2.1). All of them hit double fi-
gures at least once and six of them led the
Danes in scoring at least once.
Defensively, Albany ranked among
the nation’s top 20 College Division
teams, permitting just 62.5 points a game.
A tenacious man-to-man defense, Sauers’
trademark, nullified many taller and
high-scoring opponents.
Quattrocchi was the offensive leader.
His 88 assists fell just five short of the
school record and his 85.6% free throw
accuracy was one of the best in the coun-
Benefit Basketball
This Month in Gym
A professional basketball game be-
tween the Schaefer Brewers and the New
Jersey All-Stars, sponsored by the State
Quad Association, will be held at 8 p.m.
Saturday in the gym. Admission is 50
cents with a Quad Card, $1 with tax card,
and $2 general. Advance tickets may be
purchased at the Campus Center and
State Quad.
The Brewers, in their seventh season,
feature Barry Kramer, Dave Bleau, and
newly-signed Jim Tedisco, former Union
College All-American.
One of the New Jersey players is
Harry James, who played with Montclair
in the 1969 East Regionals in Syracuse,
where Albany finished third. Also on the
AAU championship team are 6-9 George
Watson, formerly of USC and a third-
round draft choice of the New York Nets,
and 6-5 Floyd Kerr of Colorado State,
also an ABA pick.
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The following Friday, March 24, the
Harlem Laugh-Ins will play a team of uni-
versity faculty and staff. Tickets for the
8:15 contest — 75 cents with student tax
and $2.25 without — are on sale in the
Campus Center lobby. Proceeds will go to
Fight For Sight, an organization that sup-
ports research to prevent eye disease.
more events ...
WEDNESDAY - Lecture: Keith DeVries,
“The Greek Encounter with Near
Eastern Myths and Art”, Department
of Classics, HU 354, 8 p.m.
THURSDAY - Film: “Black Orpheus”,
Modern Dance Council, LC 3, 7 &
9:30 p.m.
’Round the Campus
President Benezet will hold a faculty information hour tomorrow afternoon at 2:30 in
the CC Assembly Hall...During the immediate aftermath of the Mar. 3 plane crash
east of the campus student security patrol members effectively covered the campus on
foot while security officers were at the scene to render assistance. . Senate meetings
for the remainder of the semester will be on Mar. 27, Apr. 17, and May 8. All will be
at 3 p.m. in the CC Assembly Hall. The Executive Committee will meet on Mar. 15,
Apr. 10, and May 1...A recent hour-long interview with Roman Vishniac, arranged
and presented on campus as part of the prototype teaching program in philosophy and
produced by the Educational Communications Center, will be shown in its entirety on
Channel 17 at 11 o’clock tonight. . John H. Rosenbach, professor and chairman of the
Department of Educational Psychology and Statistics, has been elected to the post of
vice chairman of the University Awards Committee. . .A /ecture on Seferis, Greek poet
and Nobel prize winner, will be given tomorrow evening at 7:30 in the CC Assembly
Hall by Edmund Keeley of Princeton University under the sponsorship of the Depart-
Great Danes End with 17-6 Mark;
Quattrocchi, Miller Best Scorers
try. Captain “Troch” also served in the
important role of court general.
Rossi, who wasn’t a starter until
two-thirds through the season, was the
team’s best scorer over the last seven
games. He averaged 16,9 points during
that stretch and led the team four
times. His last-second jump shots beat
Hartwick and Cortland.
The Danes finished 8-2 in SUNY
Conference play, tied for second with
Buffalo State, whose 28-game SUNYAC
winning streak they broke, 66-61. That
was one of 12 wins at home without a loss.
The Danes haven’t lost a game in Uni-
versity Gym since Jan. 23, 1970. The
streak has reached 19 games. On the road,
the team was less successful, losing six of
Ii.
As many as nine men will be back next
year, giving Sauers one of his most ex-
perienced teams.
The JV team finished 4-12, led by
Jerry Hoffman (14.6) and Bruce Davis
(12.3). Personnel problems plagued coach
Bob Lewis all year and only five
players remained at the end of the sea-
son.
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Bill Johnson, golf pro at Hanover
(N.H.) Country Club and coach at Dart-
mouth College, will give a clinic in the main
gym tomorrow. The subject will be “How
to Improve Your Swing.”
Students may attend 9:30-10:30 and
10:30-11:30 a.m.; faculty and staff,
2:30-3:30 p.m.; and the general public,
7:30-9:30 p.m.
Faculty Notes
NATHAN GOTTSCHALK, music, con-
ducted the Pioneer Valley Symphony of
Greenfield, Conn., in a performance of
Mahler’s “First Symphony” and Mozart’s
“D Minor Piano Concerto.”
M.E. GRENANDER, English, is the au-
thor of “Ph.D. Reference Manship” pub-
lished in the AAUP Bulletin.
SAMUEL McGEE-RUSSELL, biological
sciences, presented a paper at the Con-
ference on High Voltage Electron Micro-
scopy at the U.S. Steel Corporation Re-
search Center. He also addressed a
meeting of the American Society for Cell
Biology in New Orleans.
JOSEPH ZACEK, history, presented a
paper, “Palacky and the Conception of
Austrian Federalism, 1848-1876”, at the
annual meeting of the Northeastern Slavic
Conference in Montreal. He also pres-
ented a paper, “Frantisek Palack¥: The
Philosopher-Historian as Statesman”, at
the 86th Annual Meeting of the American
Historical Association in New York City.
Afterwards he was asked to tape an inter-
view about the paper for the Voice of
America broadcasts to Czechoslovakia.
ment of Comparative Literature and the
Modern Greek, Studies Association. . By
resolution, the Central Council has ex-
pressed its support of the concept of
overseas study and requested SUNYA’s
administration to take the necessary steps
to assure the continuation of programs
for international study...Copies of
several changes in Student Guidelines are
available at the CC information desk; the
Office of Student Life, CC 130; and the
Office of Student Affairs, AD
129. . .Twenty international students
made a recent field trip to the State
Capitol as guests of Assemblywoman
Mary Ann Krupsak. She briefed the stu-
dents on legislative procedures and made
arrangements for attendance at an Assem-
bly session. ..As a money-saving service
to new and renewal subscribers to Con-
sumer Reports this month Hudson Winn,
biology, will make arrangements for sub-
scriptions upon receipts of a $6 check,
name, and zip code address. . .A visitation
team from Phi Beta Kappa is expected on
campus this week. . . Several faculty and
graduate students from the Department
of Biological Sciences attended a Bio-
physical Society meeting in Toronto
where Colin Izzard and Henry Tedeschi
made a presentation.
Auto Insurance Plan
Offered to Employees
The Senate has endorsed a recom-
mendation made by its Personnel Policies
Council that a group automobile in-
surance plan be available for all perma-
nent employees of the university. The in-
surance program is written through the
Century Indemnity Company, an affiliate
of Connecticut General Life Insurance
Company.
It is hoped that the plan will provide
superior coverage at a savings for most
faculty and staff members. For the pam-
phlet and forms describing the program,
an immediate quotation, or any other
question, call a representative of Law-
rence VanVoast, Inc., at 372-5651.
Campus Exchange
FOR RENT: 2-bedroom furnished apart-
ment on bus line, available June 1, 1972,
to Aug. 15, 1973. Call 7-4585 or
462-2296 before 9 p.m.
FOR SALE: Martin electric guitar, thin
neck, hollow body, arched top, deluxe
case; Fender Princeton Guitar Amp, 2
channel with reverb, excellent condition,
$300. Call 438-5688. . Kneiss| White
Star skis, Look Nevada-Grand Prix
bindings, excellent condition. Call D. Tru-
dell, 7-8763...... 4-bedroom Clifton Gar-
dens colonial, fireplace, many extras, large
landscaped lot, $35,500. Call Jim Rice,
7-8527 or 371-5973...... Royal portable
electric typewriter, excellent condition,
Call 355-3686...... 1968 Ford pickup,
360 V8 with 4-speed transmission, 4-wheel
drive with lockout hubs, new clutch and
tires, excellent condition. Call 465-8021
after 5:30 p.m.
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