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Vol. 2, No. 6
NEW _ YORK AT ALBANY
October 5, 1970
STATE UNIVERSITY OF
NO, IT’S NOT a new rock group posing for an album cover. It’s just a group of
friendly local students celebrating the last day of summer, the first day of fall, and
other equally worthy causes for joy.
Podium Reflecting Pool Provides
Cool Refreshment on Hot Days
During periods of hot weather in
Albany, one of the most popular areas on
campus is the large reflecting pool in the
center of the academic podium. The
fountain is supposedly only for
decorative purposes, not recreational,
although this fact is often overlooked by
both students and administrators.
Luckily, few injuries have resulted from
the wading around.
Because of the recent outbreak of
illness on campus, it has been rumored
that the pool is contaminated with every
germ from small pox to syphillis. A check
with the Infirmary reveals that no such
Program Offers
Academic Help
Students who could benefit from
services of the new Full Opportunity Pro-
gram are advised to consult Mrs. Christine
T. Tibbits, program counselor. While the
program’s emphasis is directed toward
any veterans or commuters needing help,
its services presently are not limited to
the 200 additional undergraduate stu-
dents admitted under the program this
year.
Available services include general
counseling; developmental non-credit
courses in English composition, mathe-
matics, and study skills; and tutoring in
any undergraduate subject. The FOP
budget is for operating expenses, neces-
sary increase in staff, and tutoring.
If, after consultation, a student
thinks he would benefit from tutoring, ar-
rangements for individual assistance
either on a short-term or long-range basis
will be made through the tutoring staff of
the Educational Opportunities Program.
Those who decide that a developmental
course would best suit them will have to
take a test for placement in the appropri-
ate level of the particular course. Devel-
opmental, non-credit courses are evolved
as part of the EOP program.
Mrs. Tibbits’ office is 94-L located in
the library basement, telephone 7-7651.
relationship has been established, but
tests are still being conducted.
It should be noted, however, that
purification of the pool water is not as
complete as that of a regular swimming
pool. John Buckhoff, director of the
physical plant, reports that the same
water is being constantly recycled
through the fountain. The filtering
system provides only for the removal of
large chunks of debris, not bacteria.
Chlorination is an impossibility
because of the fountain structure, and
thus the only method of purification is
natural aeration. The pool is vacuumed
three times a week to remove the silt
which is blown in from the podium, but
the possibility remains that the water
may be contaminated. In the words of
Mr. Buckhoff, “Swimming in the pool is
unwise.”
Another area of concern is that of
the individual fountain heads which have
been used by bathers to create interesting
water spray effects. The spigots are on a
rotating head, but constant manipulation
may cause them to break off. This is a
potential danger because the jagged edge
would be under the surface of the water
and could cause injury to an unsuspecting
wader.
Reports are that no one has yet
drowned in the pool, but the Coast Guard
is on 24-hour alert.
Shooting Tragedy
A shooting tragedy which took five
lives on the State Office Building Campus
Sept. 23 involved both an alumnus and
the daughter of a university employee.
Patricia Ann Chromik, 22, daughter of
William F. Chromik who works in the
Boiler Plant, was one of four young secre-
taries shot to death in their offices in
Building 12. Their assailant, Joseph W.
White, later committed suicide. He was a
student at Albany in 1967-68 and earned
a master’s degree in the Graduate School
of Public Affairs. Early reports had indi-
cated that the shootings were on the uni-
versity campus.
O'Reilly, Olson to Leave
VP Positions in February
Two major changes in key posts of
the university will take place at the end
of the current semester, President Bene-
zet announced on Friday. Milton C.
Olson, vice president for management and
planning since 1966, and Charles T.
O'Reilly, acting vice president for aca-
demic affairs during the past year and a
half, will be leaving the top administrative
echelon.
Dr. O'Reilly has requested return to
his permanent position as dean of the
School of Social Welfare and Dr. Olson
has accepted appointment in the School
of Education as professor of business edu-
cation, a position held in former years.
He will replace Professor Herbert Tonne
who has resigned. Prior to his post as vice
president, Dr. Olson was dean of the
School of Business.
Dr. Olson came here in 1948 to di-
rect commercial studies and became busi-
ness school dean in 1962. Dr. O’Reilly
became dean and professor of social work
in 1968 when he came here from the Uni-
versity of Wisconsin.
Two ad hoe advisory search commit-
~ tees will be formed to review candidates
for the positions. President Benezet has
the ultimate responsibility to nominate to
the University Council and the SUNY
Central Administration new vice presi-
dents for each post. Central Council of
the Student Association, the Graduate
Student Association, the Executive Com-
mittee of the Senate, deans, and other
administrative officers will help form the
two committees.
In a memorandum sent to student,
faculty, and administrative leadership, the
president said, “*. . . 1 look forward to the
opportunity to express fitting apprecia-
tion to Dr. Olson and Dr. O'Reilly for
their leadership in our university com-
munity. We count on them for continuing
leadership while seeking their successors.”
Council Asks Shift
In Control of Funds
A position statement passed by Cen-
tral Council at its Sept. 24 meeting has
recommended to the SUNY Board of
Trustees Executive Committee “that Pres-
ident Benezet be empowered to approve
Student Association’s budget and appro-
priations.” The council proposed this as
an interim action to be superceded by
any future court action.
It further proposed that a series of
study groups be set up to consider the
implications of the recent student tax
court decision and other questions regard-
ing collection and use of funds for stu-
dent activities.
Another bill passed by Central Coun-
cil establishes a committee to investigate
and control the operations of radio sta-
tion WSUA. The station has been charged
with fiscal mismanagement. A third bill
supports Indian Quad residents in their
request for lowered room rates because of
inconveniences and lack of services on the
unfinished quad.
Concert, Dinner-Dance Tickets
On Sale for Homecoming Weekend
Tickets are now on sale in the Cam-
pus Center for the Homecoming Concert
on Oct. 17. Sergio Mendes and Brazil 66
will share show time with the folk duo of
Seales and Croft. Tickets are $2.50 each
with student tax, $5 without.
A price of $7.50 a couple with stu-
dent tax or $10 a couple without will buy
tickets to the “Mardi Gras” champagne
formal dinner-dance on Oct. 16. Tickets
will go on sale Wednesday in the Campus
Center. The music of Tom Ippolito will
be featured for the evening and the
Homecoming Queen and Princess will be
crowned. The reigning royalty will be
chosen by student ballot in the Campus
Center on Oct. 12-14.
“Carnival Time” is the theme for the
weekend, and other events scheduled for
students are a pep rally and bonfire on
Oct. 16 and the Homecoming Parade and
football game vs. Siena College on Oct.
17. A pizza parlor with beer will be set up
in the CC Cafeteria following Saturday
night’s concert.
Although alumni are welcome to par-
ticipate in all student events, they have
scheduled special programs of their own.
A wine and cheese reception is planned
for Oct. 16 with a special showing of the
orientation film used during the Summer
Planning Conferences. Class reunions and
tours of the campus will be held on Oct.
17 and an alumni breakfast with Dr.
Benezet on Oct. 18.
“The goal of Homecoming ’70 is to
get as many students out of the dorm and
into the main life of this university as
possible,” said Homecoming chairman
Charles Gibbs. “We have tried to plan var-
ied events so something may appeal to
everyone.” Working with Mr. Gibbs are
Judy Avner, parade chairman, Paul Gold-
stein, pep rally chairman; Mary Mazzeo,
formal chairman; and James Waters,
queen contest chairman.
Strep Outbreak Ebbs
Some 400 students were victims of a
strep infection which reached its peak the
weekend of September 26-27. Sore
throats and upper respiratory ailments
symptomized the outbreak, which did
not reach epidemic proportions.
All residential areas on campus were
affected. Investigations to determine how
the infection was transmitted were con-
tinuing at press time.
The Student Health Service began ad-
ministering innoculations last week to
prevent further spread of the illness. Pa-
rental permission slips will be required
and alternate treatment will be given to
persons with allergies,
United Fund
Goal Up 7.7%
Charles F. Stokes, professor of
music, has been named campus coordina-
tor of the United Fund Appeal now un-
derway at SUNYA. Bette Herzog, execu-
tive secretary for university communica-
tion, will serve as executive assistant for
the campaign.
Under the supervision of the faculty
wives, general letters of appeal were
mailed to all employees on the payroll
last Thursday. Special workers have been
named in each department to follow up
on the letters and encourage people to
contribute. Methods of appeal to students
have yet to be worked out.
The university’s goal of $32,276 rep-
resents a 7.7% increase over last year’s
goal. The overall goal for the Albany area
is $2,183,000.
Thirty-three agencies are funded by
the Joint Appeal. They are divided into
the following fields of service: the Ameri-
can Red Cross, child care services, family
services, health and rehabilitation, urban
neighborhood services, and youth and
character services. Last year the largest al-
location, $543,691, went for youth and
character services which include the boy
and girl scouts, boy’s clubs, and youth
camps. Over 33,000 people were served
by agencies in that field alone. The Amer-
ican Red Cross received the second largest
share, with an allocation of $352,821.
Delegates Designated
Catherine Newbold, professor of his-
tory, has been elected as alternate faculty
senator to the SUNY Senate. Her election
is the result of balloting at the Sept. 1
faculty meeting.
Kendall Birr, chairman of the Com-
mittee on Nominations and Elections, al-
so announced the election results for the
1970-71 Committee on Nominations and
Elections. Members include Alfred Cali,
Violet Larney, Edwin Reilly, Jr., and
Irving Verschoor. Barbara Rotundo was
elected to fill the unexpired term of
Warren Roberts, who is on sabbatic leave.
THE CHARACTER of Job in “The Book
of Job” to be presented this week.
Children’s Plays
On Stage at Page
Theatre Council, a student organiza-
tion funded by Central Council within
the Department of Theatre, will present
with the cooperation of the theatre de-
partment and SUNYA Children’s Theatre
two performances by the Everyman Play-
ers, a nationally-known repertory compa-
ny. They will take place Friday and
Saturday evenings at Page Hall on the
downtown campus.
“The Book of Job’, a stylized dra-
matic realization of the Biblical story of
the prophet, will be presented Friday eve-
ning at 8:30. The script is written in the
mode of Elizabethan drama.
The Everyman Players’ noted pro-
duction of “The Tortoise and The Hare’
will be offered Saturday evening. It is an
adaptation of the well-known children’s
story. Costumes and makeup realize the
animal characters in the play.
Tickets are available this week. They
are on sale at the Performing Arts Center
box office located on the first floor lobby
for those in the university community in-
terested in the performances. For stu-
dents with tax cards, both shows will be
$1. For children under 16, tickets will be
75 cents. Admission for others is $2.
Great Dane Sports
Intercollegiate football makes its
long-awaited debut on campus Saturday,
when the Great Danes host Rochester In-
stitute of Technology at 2 p.m. The vis-
iting Tigers will be playing their third
game of this, their third season, so will
have a decided edge in experience over
the young Danes. RIT defeated Utica,
21-6, in its 1970 opener. Results of its
game against Plattsburgh last Saturday
were unavailable at press time.
Albany coach Bob Ford has seen his
fledgling gridders improve in scrimmages
with the RPI freshmen and the Middle-
bury junior varsity, but uncertainties re-
main. An eager squad of some 65 men,
many of them relatively inexperienced,
will engage RIT. The numbers alone are
encouraging, since the turnout indicates
strong support for the sport at Albany.
Loyal support will be most welcome
in this formative year. Patience also will
be important; football teams cannot be
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built overnight. While the Danes figure to
provide plenty of excitement on brisk fall
Saturdays, fans should realize that mis-
takes will occur, too. All six teams on the
schedule have at least one season behind
them and are that much advanced. All
opponents are club teams, except Hudson
Valley.
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In addition to football, Albany
sports fans will have four other events to
choose from Saturday. The JV soccer
team will entertain Mohawk Valley at 10
a.m.; varsity soccer vs. New Paltz is sched-
uled at noon; varsity cross-country will
engage C.W. Post and CCNY in a double-
dual meet at 2 o'clock; and JV cross-
country hosts Post at 3. All-American
Ron Stonitsch of Post will be in action in
the varsity meet.
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Persons interested in the faculty-staff
mixed bowling league should call Merlin
Hathaway (7-4524) or Robert Burlingame
(7-4571) at once. The league starts Thurs-
day at 8 p.m. in the Campus Center.
Teams consist of four people, two
men and two women. Those interested
may sign up as individuals, as a pair, or as
a foursome. The league, which operates
on a handicap system, is open to all facul-
ty and staff. In the past, it has had six
teams, but more will be added if interest
warrants.
‘Round the Campus
“Restructuring the University’ will be the subject of debate and discussion Thursday
afternoon at 4 in Lecture Center 4 when the American Association of University
Professors chapter holds its annual meeting. Debaters will be Curtis Smith, English,
and Webb Fiser, political science. . Campus Forum will be held Wednesday afternoon
at 2:30 in the Patroon Lounge. . .The Milne School team was victorious in the tele-
vised contest, “Answers, Please”, by a score of 410-60 over Albany Academy. The
students will compete again Saturday evening at 7 on the popular WRGB program
Milne is also in the news with two National Merit Scholarship finalists, April Shelford
and Celia Moore, and four recipients
of National Merit letters of commenda-
tion. . Copies of the SUNYA Senate handbook have been mailed to faculty and staff
and copies distributed in residence halls. Also, copies are available at the Campus
Center information desk for non-
residents. . Positions available: buyer of
non-required books for university book-
store, $7,000 plus fringe benefits, Fred
Silva, Humanities 369; technical assistant,
biology department, $7,000, Frederick
Truscott, Biology BSS...The services of
Ticketron, a computerized ticket facility
for theaters and sports events along the
Eastern Seaboard, are now available at
the Campus Center information
desk. . Also at the same desk are copies
of Student Guidelines, 1970-71, for all
faculty and staff...Edward Sargent,
foundations of education department, in
a survey of political participation by
members of the university community,
reports that seven persons serve as com-
mitteemen, two in elected positions, and
six in appointive posts. . Some residents
of Pierce Hall have organized to express
opposition to the location of the day care
center.
Regulations Change
For Travel Expenses
New regulations governing official
travel expenses incurred by New York
State employees are now in effect. Per-
sons traveling by air on official business
will be required to pay the 8% Federal
tax but will be reimbursed on their ex-
pense vouchers.
The per diem travel allowance for
lodging in rooming houses, tourist homes,
apartments and private residences has
been increased to $15. The rate for hotel
lodging, three meals, and incidental ex-
penses remains unchanged.
Effective Oct. 1, the mileage rate for
use of personal cars on official business is
10% cents. Tolls paid on the Thruway
will be reimbursed when receipts are pre-
sented and permit holders will be reim-
bursed up to $40.
Advance authorization for foreign
travel is necessary. Further information
may be obtained from Lloyd Hebert
7-4644.
more events...
MONDAY -Central Council Elections,
CC Main Lounge, today through
Wednesday.
TUESDAY - Film: “A Cottage on Dart-
moor,’ IFG, LC 4, 7:30 p.m.
WEDNESDAY - President s Campus Fo-
rum, CC Patroon Lounge, 2:30 p.m.
Film: “The Cranes are Flying, CC
Ballroom, 7:30 p.m.
THURSDAY -Speaker: Dr. Abraham
Rivlin, “Education In Israel, CC
Ballroom, 8 p.m.
FRIDAY - Film: “Brand X, IFG,LC 18,
7 and 9:15 p.m. Film: “Alice in
Wonderland,’ YSA, LC 2, 7:30 p.m.
Film: “The Two of Us, State Quad,
LC 7, 7:30 and 9:30 p.m.
SATURDAY - Yom Kippur Services,
Hillel, Assembly Hall, 8 a.m., Film:
“Chatarany,’ India Assn., LC 18, 7
p.m. Film: “The Night They Raided
Minsky’s,’ State Quad, LC 7, 7:30
and 9:30 p.m. Film: “Alice in Won-
derland, YSA, LC 2, 7:30 and
10:15 p.m. Mixer, KB, CC Ballroom,
8 p.m.
Women’s Caucus
Elects Leaders
Joan E. Schultz, associate professor
of English, and Judy H. Miller, adminis-
trative assistant in the department of Ro-
mance languages, have been elected to the
seven-member steering committee of the
Caucus on Women’s Rights at SUNY. The
second statewide conference on ending
sex discrimination in the State University
of New York was held on campus two
weeks ago. :
Co-chairing the committee are
Roberta M. Ottaviani, assistant professor
of speech at SUNY College at New Paltz,
and Peter K. Gessner, associate professor
of pharmacology at SUNY at Buffalo.
Other committee members are Shirley
Wirtz, Alfred, Irma Gray, New Paltz; and
Sandra Mied, Rochester.
The caucus, composed of women’s
rights groups at 30 units of the SUNY
system, had plans last week to query by
letter Governor Rockefeller, Arthur Gold-
berg, the SUNY Board of Trustees, and
Chancellor Ernest L. Boyer on how they
would procede to equalize the status of
men and women in the SUNY system.
Being sought is affirmative action plans
for special recruitment for women stu-
dents, faculty, and administrators in
fields now dominated by men.
It has been asserted by the newly-
formed caucus that women at SUNY are
severely discriminated against, as students
(entrance requirements are lower for
males than females in some units), as fac-
ulty (women receive less pay, hold lower
faculty jobs, hold fewer faculty jobs), and
as staff (women are given lower civil serv-
ice grades, receive less pay). At stake may
be federal contract monies.
Faculty Notes
MARY EVANS HAMDI, nursing, co-
authored an article, “A Study of the
Effectiveness of an Assessment Tool in
the Identification of Nursing Care Prob-
lems,” which appeared in the July-August
issue of Nursing Research.
CESARE MANICCIA, EOP, presented a
paper, “Innovative Teaching of Mathe-
matics to Students with Economically
and Academically Deficient Back-
grounds,” at the Institute on Innovative
Teaching and Counseling in Binghamton
in September.
Campus Exchange
FOR RENT: 2-bedroom unfurnished
house, w-w carpeting in living room, re-
frigerator, stove, no utilities, 3 minutes
from Colonie Center; $220 a month. Call
Bruce Verch, 438-8075 after 3 p.m.
FOR SALE: Boat, 15’ cruiser, 40 h.p.
motor and trailer, like new; $950 com-
plete. Call Walt Hamlin, 74928 or at
home, 462-1455......1 Winter coat, cran-
berry colored with white fox fur trim,
satin silk lining, size 16. Call Sharon,
7-8590 before 5 p.m...... 1968 Ford
convertible, $1300. Call Bette Herzog,
71-5976.
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