Tower
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Vol. 2, No. 15
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STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK AT ALBANY
December 7, 1970
shown in a scene from the play as he
“HARRY, NOON AND NIGHT” has Eric Poppick in the lead role of Harry. He's
leans over Jeffrey Tinkelman, who plays
Immanuel. There will be preview performances tonight and tomorrow.
SU Theatre Production to Open,
Will Compete in Theater Festival
“Harry, Noon and Night”, a State
University Theatre production opening
Wednesday night, will be the entry of
SUNYA for the American College Thea-
tre Festival next spring in Washington. It
is the work of Ronald Ribman and is
being directed by Albert Weiner.
The play, to be presented in the Stu-
dio Theater of the Performing Arts Cen-
ter beginning at 8:30, will continue the
remainder of the week. Reserved seat
tickets are $2 or $1 with student tax
card.
Preview performances will be held
tonight and tomorrow evening, also at
8:30. There will be a limited general ad-
mission audience at $1 and at 50 cents
with tax card.
The competition aspect of the pro-
duction is an added challenge for the
technical designers: Mildred Koob, cos-
tumes, Robert Donnelly, scenic design,
and Jerome Hanley, lighting, because the
festival rules place certain limitations
JAMES R. WILLIAMS has begun his new
duties as director of campus security for
the university.
upon them, The entire company with cos-
tumes and set must be able to travel to
the regional contest, and perhaps to the
final Washington competition.
In the cast are Eric Poppick as Harry;
Henry Kuivila, the soldier; Sandra
Boynton, Herman’s wife; Marylin
Liberati, the prostitute; Richard Leaming,
as Archer; Anthony Mastriani, the police-
man; and Jeffrey Tinkleman, as Immanu-
el. Mr. Poppick was seen as Jacques
Casanova in “Camino Real” and as the
double character, Scrivens/Priest, in “A
Scent of Flowers”.
Choral Groups
To Give Concerts
With Karl A. B. Peterson directing,
the music department will present its an-
nual choral festival Thursday and Friday
evenings. The concerts, to begin at 8:30,
will take place in the Main Theater of the
Performing Arts Center.
An unusual and exciting contempo-
rary work by Norman Dello Joio, a young
American composer, will be performed
by a chorus of more than 250 voices from
singers of the mixed choruses, the Univer-
sity Singers, and The Statesmen. The
work, “A Psalm of David’’, is based on a
cantus firmus by Josquin des Prez in a
setting of the psalm.
Dello Joio is a first-generation Ameri-
can who assimilates the heritage of Italy
and more indigenous elements such as
leading a jazz band and studying at the
Juilliard School. He also has worked with
Hindemith.
There is no admission charge for the
concerts and the public is invited.
Academic, Personnel Items
Under Senate Consideration
Senate will meet today at 3 p.m. in
the CC Assembly Hall. On the agenda are
three bills not acted upon at the last
meeting and several items of new busi-
ness. One measure under old business
would add Albany Law School of Union
University to the list of cooperating
institutions where SUNYA doctoral
students may take courses and have them
included for resident credit. Another
would increase the membership of the
Graduate Academic Council to 15 by
adding five graduate students. The third
would require that faculty being con-
sidered for a continuing appointment be
notified of the departmental decision 90
days prior to notification of the univer-
sity decision.
One of the items of new business is a
resolution regarding correction of inequi-
ties in faculty salaries and fringe benefits.
It calls upon the SUNYA Administration
to inform the Senate by its next meeting
as to what plans are to remove or reduce
the inequities and when the changes will
be made.
Another item of new business is a
proposal to establish procedures for the
granting of annual awards for outstanding
teaching performance. A third proposal
would call upon the faculty to extend the
current structure of the Senate. Provi-
sions for student membership on the Sen-
ate are due to expire in July 1971.
Also under consideration will be the
1971-72 academic calendar and an Under-
graduate Council proposal that the uni-
versity officially establish a “double
major” option for undergraduates.
Although members of the Senate had
asked that the parking problem be consid-
ered at this meeting, the Executive Com-
mittee felt that it would propose no new
legislation until the effectiveness of the
recent enactment could be determined
and the Personnel Policies Council had
made its recommendations. John F.
Buckhoff, Jr., director of the physical
plant, will be at the meeting to report on
the current parking situation.
Voting Faculty
Remains Intact
An amendment to the Faculty
By-Laws that would have deprived non-
teaching professional staff members of
their status as voting faculty was over-
whelmingly defeated at a special meeting
of the faculty last Thursday. Only a hand-
ful of some 400 faculty present voted for
the proposal. During the debate, Kendall
Birr, chairman of the faculty committee
on nominations and elections emphasized
that the two prerogatives accorded by
voting faculty status are the right to vote
for representatives to the Senate and the
right to serve on the Senate.
Three other amendments to the
by-laws were passed with little opposi-
tion. They have lowered the quorum of
the Senate to 50% plus one, removed the
president as chairman of the Senate, and
provided for election of the committee
on nominations and elections in the
spring semester for the next academic
INFANTS AND PRE-SCHOOLERS receive tender loving care in the university’s new
day care center which has opened with a staff of ten and an enrollment of 40.
Day Care Center Opens in Pierce
SUNYA’s day care center opened last
Tuesday on the ground level of Pierce
Hall. Some 25 children were on hand for
the opening, while a total of 40 are en-
rolled in the facility. The children range
in age from six months to six years. They
are about evenly divided between infants
and children of pre-school age.
Most of the children are those of stu-
dents in low income brackets. Fees are
computed on a sliding scale based on the
parents’ financial status. While fees range
from $.50 to $15 per family per week,
most of the children are accommodated
at the $.50 fee. Few pay more than $3
per week.
The center is under the direction of
Mrs. Blair Barrett. Nine other full-time
employees are on the staff. Planning is
handled by a Board of Directors which
includes representatives of concerned
campus groups.
Party Time
Is At Hand
It’s party time.
The annual faculty-staff Christmas
party will be held Friday evening, Dec.
18, in the CC Ballroom beginning at 6:30.
Tickets are $7 per person.
There will be a cocktail hour from
6:30 to 7:30 to be followed by a gourmet
buffet from 7:30 to 9. Tommy Ippolito
and his orchestra will play for dancing un-
til who knows what time. A choice of
refreshments during the evening also is in-
cluded in the price of a ticket.
Einard S. Haniuk is chairman of the
committee. Table reservations, for not
less than a group of six, may be made
with Sharon Antonucci (7-8590).
The sixth annual plant department
banquet is planned for Saturday evening,
Jan. 16, also in the CC Ballroom, begin-
ning at 6:30. All faculty and staff are in-
vited to the sixth annual affair.
Tickets are $4.50 per person. In-
cluded for the price of admission will be a
smorgasbord supper, prizes, raffles, mu-
sic, dancing, and refreshments.
To be honored are all retirees from
the plant department and CSEA mem-
bers. They include Vincent Pierno,
Patrick O’Keefe, Dennis Blane, Henry
Fisher, and Leland Borden. Sal A.
Gimondo is serving as publicity chairman
for the banquet.
Lecture to Compare
Witchcraft, Psychiatry
“Witchcraft: Medieval and Modern”
will be the subject of an all-university lec-
ture on Thursday at 2 p.m. in the CC
Ballroom. Speakers will be Rossell Hope
Robbins, international professor of Eng-
lish at SUNYA, and Thomas S. Szasz,
professor of psychiatry at the Upstate
Medical Center in Syracuse. The lecture is
sponsored by the Department of Sociol-
ogy in conjunction with its Student Men-
tal Health-Community Intern Project.
There is no admission.
Dr. Szasz is a severe critic of the
practice of psychiatry in institutional set-
tings, likening it to the inquisition in an
age of witches—a way to control, to re-
move, and to purge the society of those
who do not agree with the status quo. Dr.
Robbins is a prolific writer in the field of
literature and author of The Encyclope-
dia of Witchcraft and Demonology, an
authoritative work.
2 Students Arrested
For Criminal Trespass
Two university students, Harold
Nelson, 20, and Osie Bell, 18, have been
arrested on charges of criminal tres-
passing. They allegedly entered a stu-
dent’s room and remained there on
November 16.
They were arrested Nov. 30 in
Albany Police Court where Bell was pres-
ent for a hearing on a charge of petit lar-
cency and criminal trespass. Both were
committed to the Albany County Jail
pending $500 bail each.
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John Slocum
Director to Spend
Spring on Cyprus
During the spring semester John
Slocum, director of international pro-
grams on campus, will be on assignment
on Cyprus. Charles Colman, associate
dean in the College of Arts and Sciences,
will assume the added responsibilities of
acting director during that period.
Dr. Slocum, professor of economics,
will be working with the Institute of
Cypriot Studies in which SUNYA has
been cooperating with the Ministry of Ed-
ucation of the Government of Cyprus. He
will do research work in the field of col-
lective bargaining, a topic of interest both
to the Cypriot government and to Profes-
sor Slocum.
The institute is operated by the Com-
parative Development Studies Center here
as a joint project with Cyprus. Dr.
Slocum will be situated at Nicosia.
While Dear Colman will continue to
have his office at its present location,
communications to the Director of Inter-
national Programs are to be addressed to
AD 238.
| ‘Round the Campus
Pictured on the cover of the current issue of Capital District Guider are Homecoming
Queen Linda Marshall and Freshman Princess Angela Sloboda shown during the recent
Homecoming Parade. . .A one-man show by Robert Barsamian opened yesterday in the
Art Gallery. It continues through December 20. . .In the gallery Wednesday evening at
8:30 there will be an electronic music concert, the first in a series of four to be held
through April. ..The Educational Opportunities Program participants and staff enter-
tained at a holiday soiree Friday evening in the Campus Center ballroom. , Auditions
for the SUT musical, “Peter Pan”, will be held tonight and tomorrow evening at 7
o'clock in the Experimental Theatre and also tomorrow morning from 10 till noon on
the main stage. The production requires a large cast. . Theodore Andrews of the
Bureau of Education will speak Thursday afternoon at 4 in Lecture Center 22 in the
first of a series of symposia sponsored by the School of Education. Refreshments will
precede the lecture at 3:30 in the faculty
lounge of the Ecucation Building...
Tomorrow evening at 7 the Society of
Physics Students will hold a meeting in
Physics 129. A film, “Stone Henge”’, will
be presented. . Qualified personnel for
bargaining elections who have not re-
ceived a ballot by Thursday are advised to
notify Henry Mau in the personnel de-
partment (7-3923). . Those students who
have registered for skiing courses 6326
CPE 151T - 12:45-5 and 6390 CPE 251W
- 1:10-5 for the third quarter who do not
have their own skis and poles should call
Edith Cobane between 9 and 12 noon
Dec. 9 - 11...The Physical Education
building will be open for recreational use
Dec. 23, Dec. 28-30, Jan. 4-Jan. 8, Jan.
11-Jan. 15, and Jan. 18 from 8 a.m. to 2
p.m. Regular hours will resume on Jan.
19...The work of Mia LeComte, painter
and wife of Edward LeComte of the Eng-
lish department, is on exhibition through
Dec. 16 at Siena College. ..Dwight Smith,
institutional research, was interviewed
Sunday evening on the WROW program,
“Capital District Profile’. . Positions
available: academic counselor, University
College, see Robert Gibson; Admissions
counselor (transfer), see director of
admissions Rodney Hart; and senior
systems and programmer analysts, see
Robert D. Burgess, Computing Center.
Great Dane Sports
The only varsity action on campus
this week is Saturday afternoon’s
swimming meet. Albany will host King’s
College and Bridgewater State at 2
o'clock. The freshman basketball team is
home at 7:30 tomorrow evening against
Albany Business College. The varsity
cagers are at Plattsburgh Wednesday and
Binghamton Saturday, while the wrestlers
travel to RPI Wednesday and the
University of Rochester Saturday. Then,
all teams break for exams.
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Heading into the current season,
Albany’s veteran basketball coach
Richard Sauers held impressive state and
national ranking in several career
categories. His 237 victories were fourth
in New York and 66th in the country
among active coaches. His winning
percentage of .677 was tops in the state
and 18th nationally among active coaches
Faculty Notes
LOREN BARITZ, history, recently repre-
sented the United States at a UNESCO
Round-Table discussion on “Cinema and
Literature” in Locarno, Switzerland.
HEDI MCKINLEY, social welfare, has
been elected to The American Academy
of Psychotherapists.
ROBERT RIENOW, GSPA, has been ap-
pointed to represent the American Politi-
cal Science Association in the work of the
Biological Science Curriculum Study at
the University of Colorado. He also was
the keynote speaker at the Philosophy
Colloquium at Lycoming College,
Williamsport, Penn.
with at least 200 wins. Only 10 active
coaches had both more victories and a
better percentage.
At Albany, “Doc” has won 49 more
games in 15 years than his 10
predecessors did in 39 previous seasons.
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The women’s synchronized
swimming team captured a trophy in
Eastern Intercollegiate Synchronized
Swim Conference competition with 11
schools at Mount Holyoke recently.
Individual gold medals were won by
Denise Goldberg in beginning diving and
Maureen Melling in advanced diving.
Albany will host some 35 schools for
competition March 20-21.
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Statistical leaders in Albany’s first
football season:
Rushing - Bernie Boggs, 488 yards in
84 carries, 5.8 average. Passing - Rich
Petty, 14-35, 190 yards; Bill Flanagan,
13-38, 215 yards, two touchdowns;
Gordy Kupperstein, 14-36, 109 yards,
two touchdowns. Receiving - Ed Perka,
12 receptions, 70 yards. Scoring - Boggs,
43 points on five touchdowns, four of
seven extra points, and three of four field
goals.
Campus Exchange
FOR SALE: Sears 20”, 3 hp rotary lawn-
mower with grass catcher, used one sum-
mer, excellent condition; $25. Call Rob-
ert Rice, 7-4901 or at home,
ede bi pa ocr Automatic electric
washing machine, $10. Call
489-3909 -Typing of term papers,
reports, etc., at home; 30 cents per page.
Call 785-8112.
Institute’s Focus
Is Gerontology
Rey. Anthony Rocha, first to head
the newly-established Institute of the
Aging in the College of General Studies,
has been participating in a series of re-
gional meetings concerned with planning
for the proposed 1971 White House
Conference on the Aging. SUNYA’s new
institute is concerned with the many
phases of aging, with emphasis on
gerontology.
Before coming here, Father Rocha
was serving as a Roman Catholic priest in
the diocese of Fall River, Mass. There he
founded the philosophy of senior citizen
power. He has held positions as gerontol-
ogist and health services administrator
and at SUNYA he has an appointment as
professor of continuing education.
Father Rocha holds degrees in
theology from the University of Lisbon,
Portugal, and the University of Waterloo
in Ontario, Canada. He also has a Master
of Science in hygiene and health
administration from Harvard University
and a certificate in gerontology from
Boston University. He was ordained a
priest in 1959.
The institute director’s plans include
seminars and workshops, starting next
September. Also being assessed is the pos-
sibility of degree programs starting in
1972 and a doctoral program by 1975.
Father Rocha points to the value of a
multi-disciplinary approach in developing
gerontological insights and to the need
for generalists in gerontology.
Applications Accepted
For Recess Housing
Resident students who want resi-
dence hall accommodations during the
winter recess must apply to their resi-
dence hall directors by Thursday. The
residence hall directors will determine the
legitimacy of each request.
All residence facilities except one
will be closed on Wednesday, Dec. 23 at
10 a.m. through Sunday, Jan. 17 at 9
a.m. No students will be permitted to
stay in the closed halls.
Mohigan Hall on the Indian Quad-
rangle will remain open for students who
have permission to stay. Special arrange-
ments similar to those made over Thanks-
giving will prevail during the recess.
more events...
TUESDAY -Economics Lecture, Eco-
nomics Department, CC 315, 8 p.m.
Film: “Marius” IFG, LC 4, 7:30 p.m.
WEDNESDAY - Alumni Night at the
Bookstore, 5 p.m.
FRIDAY - Film: “The Lion in Winter”,
State Quad, LC 7, 7:30 and 10 p.m.
tonight and tomorrow. Film: “The
Bailiff’, IFG, LC 18, 7 and 9:15
p-m. Coffee House, CC Governing
Board, CC Cafeteria, 10 p.m. tonight
and tomorrow. Pinto Party Group,
Marketing Department, Ballroom, 8
p.m.
