Tower
Tribune
Vol. 3, No. 21
February 14, 1972
FSA _ Discusses
Fiscal Outlook
Discussion of current operation, op-
erating policy, and plans for improvement
occupied much of the attention of the
FSA Board at its Feb. 4 meeting. Prime
management objective for the current fis-
cal year is to break even and avoid the
deficit situation experienced during the
past two years.
A presentation of charts graphically
showing proportionate costs and income
was designed to aid in understanding the
problem and to facilitate discussion
leading to a solution. A variety of possi-
bilities which could reduce costs or in-
crease income were presented and dis-
cussed but no action was taken.
Also discussed was a personnel com-
mittee report which outlined the range of
salaries paid to FSA administrative em-
pleyees and the number receiving them
The policy has been to approach equity
with state- paid salaries for comparable
work. FSA cannot match state-supported
fringe benefits.
The question of board support for
full-time professional residence staff was
raised and discussed, but action was post-
poned until the next meeting pending
more complete information. Also post-
poned until the next meeting were action
on a proposal to make mandatory a sum-
mer board plan and discussion on the pro-
posed renovation of 211 Ontario Street
and on the status of student loans.
Seek Associate Dean
Nominations are being solicited for
the position of associate dean of Social
and Behavioral Sciences in the College of
Arts and Sciences. Names, with vita if
possible, are to be sent to Arnold Foster,
chairman of the search committee, SS
361, before Mar. 1. Self-nominations will
be accepted.
SALES OF BOOSTER BUTTONS and
yoyos for Telethon get underway today
from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. in the CC lobby.
This year's slogan is “It’s Nice to Care’.
Buttons are 25 cents each and yoyos, 88
cents. You can strike a bargain: one of
each for a dollar. The annual fund-raising
event will benefit Camp Wildwood, a
summer camp run jointly by the National
Society for Autistic Children and the
New York Association for Brain-Injured
Children.
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dent of Tri-City Manpower, Inc., Albany; Lucinda Youngs, chosen to represent her
fellow students; and Hedi McKinley, director of the Community Service Program. The
merit award was a successful entry in Manpower’s summer youth program contest.
Research Team Receives Grant
To Investigate Transport in Cells
A research team organized by Robert
D. Allen, chairman of the Department of
Biological Sciences, has been awarded a
research grant of $671,926 from the Na-
tional Institute of Medical Science for
four years to continue basic research into
the physiology and biophysics of move-
ment of, and transport within, living cells.
The total for direct costs this year is
$164,517. Other recommended amounts
are $166,737 for the second year;
$169,089, third year; and $171,583,
fourth year.
The group receiving the award al-
ready is credited with a number of dis-
coveries which have attracted the interest
of the medical community. A recent jour-
nal article by S.M. McGee-Russell and Dr.
Allen in Advances in Cell and Molecular
Biology announced the discovery of a
new class of “labile” microtubules which
had escaped detection in other studies.
Because of the suspected role of micro-
tubules in the transport of substances in
nerve and other cells with elongated pro-
cesses, the discovery attracted the at-
tention of neuropathologists concerned
Gallery Shows Work
Of Book Illustrators
An exhibition of the works of five
prominent children’s book
will be held in the Art Gallery starting
tomorrow and continuing through Mar.
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Artists whose works will be exhibited
are Ed Emberley, Nonny Hogrogian, Ezra
Jack Keats, Blair Lent, and Lynn Ward.
Miss Hogrogian has just won the Calde-
cott Medal Award for the most dis-
tinguished contribution to American pic-
ture books for children. The award is
based on illustrations in “One Fine Day”
published by The Macmillan Company.
There will be six works by each artist
in the exhibit to be displayed in the bal-
cony section of the gallery, Some will be
reproductions and others will be originals.
illustrators
with diseases of the system
caused by failure of the nerves to trans-
nervous
port substances within them.
Research by Dr. Allen’s group has
been published in more than SO articles in
the last five years. Various aspects of the
work have been presented at international
symposia in England, Ireland, Mexico, Po-
land, Sweden, Italy, and Soviet
Union,
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Photographer Here
For Lecture, Exhibit
Roman Vishniac, one of the world’s
foremost photographers of microscopic
life, will lecture tomorrow afternoon at
4:30 in the CC Assembly Hall. The pro-
gram is under the auspices of the Art
Council.
Dr. Vishniac will be on campus to-
morrow for the opening tomorrow eve-
ning from 7:30 to 10 of the exhibition of
some of his works in the Art Gallery. He
is renowned in academic and scientific as
well as artistic circles.
The observer of all forms of life,
from the invisible to that which can be
clearly seen, has doctorates in medicine,
Oriental art, and zoology. He has taught
biology, done portrait and documentary
photography, traveled extensively for his
art collections as well as his work, and has
been the subject. of an award-winning
television documentary film, “The Big
Little World of Roman Vishniac”
Award Given
For Service
The university’s Community Service
Program has received a $100 merit award
as a result of successful competition in
the Summer Action "71 contest spon-
sored by Manpower, Inc. Some 200
youth projects throughout the country
competed for $10,000 in prizes as the
contest sought to stimulate and reward
meaningful community action by young
men and women.
Evaluation of entries was based upon
community need and benefit, initiative of
participants, originality, and potential for
application elsewhere. Judges were Art
Linkletter, Mayor Henry Maier of Mil-
waukee, and John Weaver, president of
the University of Wisconsin.
Since 1970 nearly 2,000 SUNYA stu-
dents have spent more than 150,000
hours in the Community Service Program.
They devote six hours a week to one of
the more than 100 local agencies asking
for student volunteers. Academic require-
ments include a daily log, a term paper,
and attendance at orientation and group
evaluation sessions. Hours are arranged
between the student and the agency and
transportation is the student’s responsi-
bility.
Commented Hedi McKinley, director
of the program: “I was extremely pleased
and a little disappointed to have received
the Manpower award for the Community
Service Program—pleased about the recog-
nition due to the students who have
worked so hard for this program, disap-
pointed not to have won a larger amount
to be used for the much-needed bus to
transport students to hard-to-get-to
agencies.
She continued, “Community Service
Program is a unique service SUNYA stu-
dents give to the community. Over 3,000
manhours per week go into this service.
For many students it bridges the gap be-
tween books and reality. Those 10 stu-
dents who helped start the program have
opened doors to thousands of others
who, presently and in the future, will add
a truly relevant experience to their col-
lege education.”
The program, sponsored by the
School of Social Welfare, is administered
by the Student Steering Committee.
Among the participating agencies are Al-
bany Boys Club, Albany Medical Center
Hospital, Eden Park Nursing Home, Ur-
ban League, and Legal Aid Society.
Information about the program,
which is an S-U course, is available at
7-4801, from 10 a.m.-4 p.m., Monday to
Thursday, Friday 10 a.m.-noon.
Security Reports Decrease in Crime
In his January report, security di-
rector James R. Williams reveals a 52%
decrease from the number of crimes re-
ported in December. The total of 36 also
represents a sizeable decrease, 50%
the amount reported in January
, from
1971.
The reported value of stolen property to-
taled $6,943, up from $6500 a year ago.
Mr. Williams adds that, with the ex-
ception of two sexual abuse reports, with
SUNYA coeds as victims, and four lewd-
ness reports, all incidents involved proper-
ty theft or destruction. Four of the six
burglaries occurred in the residence halls
at night. In two of the incidences the
rooms were occupied.
Crimes reported during January in-
cluded sexual abuse, 2; burglary, 6; grand
larceny, 1; public lewdness, 4; petit lar-
ceny, 16; false incidents (bomb threat), 3;
and criminal mischief, 4.
States Offer
New Degrees
State Education Commissioner
Ewald B. Nyquist has joined with New
Jersey State Chancellor of Higher Edu-
cation Ralph A. Dugan in announcing a
plan to coordinate the development of
external degree programs in New York
and New Jersey.
Under the proposed plan, New
York’s College Proficiency Examinations
and new tests which are being prepared
for Regents External Degrees in business,
nursing, and the arts and sciences, will be
made available to New Jersey residents
through Edison College when it opens in
July. At that time Edison will begin to
develop external degrees in different sub-
ject areas, carefully chosen to avoid dupli-
cation with New York programs, and of-
fer those to New York residents through
the Regents External Degree system.
During the past year faculty from
many of New York’s colleges and uni-
versities, joined by business and com-
munity leaders, have been meeting to es-
tablish the requirements for Regents Ex-
ternal Degrees. A Regents Associate in
Arts Degree, which may be earned by ex-
amination with or without formal col-
legiate study, will be offered to the public
next summer. An external baccalaureate
degree in business, designed primarily for
people with experience in accounting, fi-
nance, management or marketing, will be
available in 1973. No college attendance
will be required for either degree.
A PORTRAIT UNVEILING was the oc-
casion Friday evening for a reception in
the library. The painting of Alice Hastings
Murphy, who served the library for 22
years and was director from 1956 to
1970, is the work of Betty Warren and
the gift of faculty and library staff mem-
bers. It is located in the second floor
lounge.
Chinese Club Dinner
The annual Chinese Student Club
New Year’s Dinner will be held on Satur-
day at 6 p.m. in the Brubacher Hall
Dining Room on Alumni Quadrangle. In
addition to the dinner, a variety show will
be presented and a dance will culminate
the evening.
Tickets are $2.50 with student tax,
$3.50 without. They may be purchased in
the CC Lobby or at the International Stu-
dent Office, CC 329, through Thursday.
Faculty Notes
C. LUTHER ANDREWS, physics, has
been elected a Fellow of the Optical So-
ciety of America “‘in recognition of ... dis-
tinctive contributions to the advancement
of optics.”
LOUIS BENEZET, president, addressed a
meeting of Canadian and U.S. university
heads sponsored by the Institute of Inter-
national Education on “Recent Intellec-
tual and Educational Development in the
United States.” He is the author of an
article, “Open and Closed Systems,” in
The Graduate Journal.
JOSEPH FICHTER, sociology, gave the
presidential address at the annual meeting
of the Society for the Scientific Study of
Religion in Chicago, His topic was “The
Concept of Man in Social Science:
Values, Freedom, and Second Nature”.
J. B. GARG, physics, is co-author of an
article, “Neutron Resonance Spectro-
scopy,” published in Physical Review.
more events...
MONDAY - Lecture: Norman Mailer,
SUNYA Cinema, CC Ballroom, 7:30
p.m.
WEDNESDAY - Lecture: Hamish Frazer,
“The Revolution of Northern Ire-
land”, YAF, LC 22, 7:30 p.m. Lec-
ture: Thomas Blanchfield, “Guerrilla
Warfare”, Forum of Politics, CC As-
sembly Hall,8 p.m.
THURSDAY - Lecture: G. Rimanelli,
“History of the Mafia”, Italian Club,
HU 354, 8 p.m.
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REGINALD GILLIAM, Jr., Afro-
American studies, has been elected to the
Board of Trustees of North Country
School and Camp Treetops of Lake
Placid.
M. E. GRENANDER, English, is author
of Ambrose Bierce, published by Twayne
Publishers, New York. She is also co-
author of an article on T.S. Eliot “The
Waste Land and the Upanishads: What
Does the Thunder Say?”, appearing in
Indian Literature (Calcutta), March 1971.
DAVID KOBRIN, history, presented a
paper on interdisciplinary approaches to
history at the Upstate Medical Center,
Syracuse.
MARK MONMONIER, geography, is the
author of “Plotter Mapping (GYPSY 2
and SURGE 2)” published as No. 11 in
Computer Applications in the Natural
and Social Sciences, by the University of
Nottingham.
VINCENT O’LEARY, criminal justice,
has been appointed to the Management
Committee of the American Bar Associ-
ation’s National Parole Aide Program for
Young Lawyers.
ROSSELL HOPE ROBBINS, English, re-
cently visited Haverford and Bryn Mawr
Colleges in the Distinguished Visitor
Series.
WILLIAM SIMMONS, psychology, is au-
thor of an article, “Clinical Training Pro-
grams, 1964-1965 and 1968-1969: A
Characterization and Comparison,” pub-
lished in the American Psychologist.
BEVERLY WELLS, speech pathology
and audiology, has been elected president
of the Capital Area Speech and Hearing
Association,
’Round the Campus
Senate Professional Association will hold a hearing Thursday on the local negotiating
committee’s proposed definitions for the portion of the contract dealing with per-
sonnel files. The meeting will be held at 12 noon in the CC Assembly Hall. . .A display
of Chinese handicrafts and artistry will be exhibited in the CC first floor lounge today
through Mar. 14, . Over in the Rensselaer County Historical Society Museum there is a
display of early American lighting, 16th to 19th century, which was prepared by
James Crowley, supervisor of social studies at The Milne School. . .The Fight for Sight
committee is sponsoring a basketball game with the Harlem Laugh-ins on Mar. 24.
Faculty and staff interested in playing against the comedy team are asked to inform
Steve Needleman, 7-8739. . Sorrell Chesin was a guest at the recent National Prayer
Breakfast in Washington. Participants, at the invitation of Congress, included the Presi-
dent, the Cabinet, and national and international guests. ..SUNY campus presidents
will attend a Central Administration con-
ference on the budget here on Friday. . .
Tomorrow, the Legislative Women’s Club
will be on campus for lunch. Dr. Chesin
will address the group...The Middle
Earth Drug Education Program will spon-
sor a heroin workshop Saturday be-
ginning at 10 a.m. in LC 4 and continuing
throughout the day. Two films will be
shown and there will be an open dis-
cussion. . .The format of the WGY radio
show with Hedi McKinley as guest re-
source person has become a “call-in” pro-
gram dealing with topics of mental health
and family problems. ..Tuesday is the
closing date for nominations for the Out-
standing Teacher Awards. Nominations
and inquiries should be directed to Terrell
Bynum, committee chairman. . .Former
Chancellor Samuel B. Gould will receive
an honorary Doctor of Humane Letters at
a special Regents convocation... Akram
Niroomad-Rad, of Iran, has been selected
by the area Business and Professional
Women’s Club to receive a $300 scholar-
ship grant for the current academic
year. . .Positions available: electronic
technician and electromechanical techni-
cian, biology; associate dean, Social and
Behavioral Sciences; instructor or as-
sistant professor, rhetoric and public ad-
dress. ..The search committee for a dean
to head the three-year B.A. program is
now soliciting nominations. The chairman
is Melvin Bers, SS 368.
For Albany SUPA
1972 Positions Filled
New officers and directors have been
elected for the State University Pro-
fessional Association at Albany for 1972.
Officers are Leila Moore, president; Alice
Corbin, vice president; Robert Gibson,
secretary; and Patricia Buchalter, treasur-
er.
Serving on the Board of Directors are
Jack Haggerty, Rod Hart, Gary Wester-
velt, Ralph Beisler, Joel True, Robert
McFarland, Joel True is also serving as
representative to the state-wide Joel True
is also serving as respresentative to the
state-wide SUPA council.
ASSITEJ Congress
Given New Emblem
A special symbol has been designed
to identify information and materials re-
lated to the Fourth International Con-
gress of the Associ-
ation Internationale
du Theatre pour
VEnfance et la
Jeunesse (ASSITEJ).
The congress will Ww
meet on the SUNYA
campus from June 18-25, with delegates
from many nations attending. The em-
blem was designed by Donald Mochon of
the Art Gallery and will be used as the
trademark of the congress.
Great Dane Sports
The basketball team will be on the
road this week with games at Utica, 8
p.m. Tuesday, and Cortland, 8:30 p.m.,
Saturday. The Cortland contest is the sec-
ond to last SUNYAC game for the Great
Danes, who are 6-2 in the conference. Al-
bany will return for its final home game
Wednesday, Feb. 23, against New Paltz,
before finishing the season at Buffalo,
Feb. 26, and Marist, Feb. 29.
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Basketball captain John Quattrocchi
gained ECAC All-East honors last week
for his play against Fredonia and Buffalo
State the previous weekend. He is the sec-
ond Albany player so honored this sea-
son. Byron Miller was Rookie of the
Week after the Capital District Tourney.
foes
Both the swimming and wrestling
teams will host their counterparts from
Oneonta Wednesday evening. The
swimming meet is scheduled for 7 and the
wrestling match at 7:30. The swimmers
then travel to New York for a triangular
Campus Exchange
FOR SALE: Infant’s dressing table,
white, good condition, $10 or best offer.
Call 482-0034...... 1969 Mustang Fast-
back, V8, power steering, original owner,
excellent condition. Call Ellen, 7-7190 or
272-3209.
with Stony Brook and Columbia Satur-
day afternoon,
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Candidates for this spring’s junior
varsity baseball team are requested to at-
tend a meeting at 4:30 Wednesday after-
noon in Room 125 of the Physical Edu-
cation Building.
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Joseph Mascarenhas, associate pro-
fessor of biological sciences, will present a
badminton exhibition next Monday (Feb.
21) from 4-5 p.m. in the Physical Edu-
cation Building Gymnasium “C”.
Organization Forms
For Mesoamericanists
Peter Furst, chairman of the Depart-
ment of Anthropology, is a member of
the board of a new informal organization
of Mesoamericanists affiliated with the
State University system.
Mesoamericanists share a common in-
terest in the study of the high civiliza-
tions, such as Aztec and Toltec, of Meso-
america, defined as the region which in-
cludes Mexico, Guatemala, and adjacent
portions of Central America. In the
planning stage is a newsletter to serve
about 50 SU faculty members and gradu-
ate students. Others on the board are
from Buffalo, Brockport, and Stony
Brook.
Happy Valentine’s Day!
