Tower
Tribune
Vol 1, No. 9
April 6, 1970
LONG DISCUSSIONS took place in the
Library Lounge and eisewhere in the
university during two days of dialogue
on Mar. 19-20.
Senate Responds to Dialogue
Three new committees and an infor-
mation center were established by the
Senate at a special meeting on Wed.,
Mar. 25. The meeting was called spe-
cifically to deal with recommendations
coming out of two days of university-
wide dialogue on Mar. 19-20. Senators
received an 11-page document from the
dialogue committee listing comments
and suggestions under 30 separate
headings. They took action, however,
on five proposals drawn up by their
Executive Committee, which had met
with the dialogue committee all day
Monday.
The three new committees are a
University Governance Commission; a
Special Committee on Faculty Evalua-
tion and Term Renewal, Tenure, and
Promotion Criteria; and a Senate Coun-
cil on University Evaluation and Im-
provement. All will have both student
and faculty representation, the latter
on a 50-50 basis.
The University Governance Com-
mission will be constituted with nine
students, seven teaching and two non-
teaching faculty,and six administrative
and staff personnel. It will undertake
a complete revision of the structures
of governance at the university and
will work toward a system of govern-
ment which embraces all elements of
the university community.
The special committee on faculty
evaluation will have five students and
five faculty members. It, is designed to
supplement the Council on Promotions
and Continuing Appointments and is
charged with recommending methods
of faculty evaluation and developing
“explicit criteria which shall serve as
Legislators Pass SUNY Budget,
Approve $34 Million for Albany
State University of New York has
been allocated $390,072,250 under the
state’s 1970-71 budget approved by
the Legislature on Mar. 26. The allo-
cation is $10,145,750 less than had
been submitted in the executive budget.
Albany will receive $34,123,000,
$128,000 less than had been requested.
Specific items excluded in the reduced
figure are the Center for the Study of
Science and Society at $33,000, the
Comparative Development Center at
$27,000, organized research funds of
$18,000, and added instructional equip-
ment, $50,000.
Albany’s budget had been submitted
with requested increases of $4,299,000,
14.4% over the 1969-70 appropriation
and 19% higher than the expenditure
ceiling. Albany’s percentage increase
was highest among the four centers,
as was its student enrollment increase.
Albany’s $128,000 reduction was .029%
of its requested increase. The other
centers received similar reductions.
All units of the State University
will be required to operate with a 1%
saving factor in addition to the sav-
ings imposed by the Division of the
Budget in the Executive Budget. All
of the unapproved items, plus some
which had been eliminated at earlier
stages in the preparation, are being
sought in the supplemental budget.
Funds of $400,000 for campus su-
pervisory and security services for
the entire university have been ap-
proved. They will be allocated by the
Division of the Budget upon approval
of position classifications and a uni-
versity-wide study of security needs.
Editor's Note: Further details of the
impact of the budget will be published
as information becomes available.
Student Freed from
A charge of criminal trespassing,
third degree, against Frank K. Bor-
zilleri, freshman, brought by security
officer John Henighan, has been with-
drawn at the suggestion of administra-
tion officials. Albany Police Court
Judge Michael V. Tepedino consented
to the action on the basis of a promise
made by a faculty member and two stu-
dents to reimburse the university for
damages to the administration building.
guidelines” for groups involved in de-
cisions on the status of faculty. The
committee is temporary and is in-
structed to make its report at the June
meeting of the Senate.
The new council will be permanent
and will have six students and six
faculty. Its function will be to study
and evaluate both the present perform-
ance of the university and ideas for
improvement in its performance. It will
serve an advisory function only, bring-
ing all ideas and recommendations to
the Senate for further action. s
Senate recommended to the Presi-
dent that the information desk in the
Campus Center “‘be constituted a per-
manent information center for the uni-
versity, authorized to receive, main-
tain, obtain, and release to members
of the university community informa-
tion on any matter or subject pertain-
ing to the activities of the communi-
ty.”” It further recommended that a
member of the President’s staff be as-
signed near there each school day to
receive complaints and ‘answer ques-
tions.
Senate tabled a proposal to set a-
side class time on Tuesday and Thurs-
day afternoons next year for meetings
and continuing dialogue. It will con-
sider the proposal again at its April
20 meeting.
Hearings Set on Proposal
To Repeal Requirements
A series of open hearings on the
elimination of university degree re-
quirements will be held this week
throughout the university. The hear-
ings will be conducted by the Commit-
tee for Undergraduate Requirement
Elimination (Cure) which will offer a
specific proposal and a plan of imple-
mentation at the hearings.
CURE will also conduct an opinion
poll on April 15, 16, and 17 in the CC
Main Lounge to ascertain student sup-
port for the proposal. The proposal
and the implementation plan will be
brought before the Senate at its April
20 meeting.
The text of the proposal is as fol-
lows:‘‘The Curriculum Committee rec-
ommends that the undergraduate de-
gree requirements approved by the
faculty of the university in the 1961—
62 academic year be withdrawn and
that the following statement become
the statement of the university degree
requirements: a. Requirements for the
Bachelor of Arts Degree: (1) The Bach-
elor of Arts degree requires a minimum
of 120 semester hours. (2) The B.A.
degree is the liberal-arts degree, and
stresses general preparation in prefer-
ence to specialization. (3) Of the se-
mester hours in this degree, at least
75% must be in the liberal arts and”
sciences. In addition, the physical
education requirement as approved by
the faculty is retained for the next
two-year period, and reviewed there-
after.
Trespassing Charges
The case was an outgrowth of a
disturbance Mar. 13 when 26 window
panes were broken by several stu-
dents. Borzilleri’s arrest took place
Mar. 18. Cost of repairs was $1,024.
Henighan indicated in court Mar.
25 that he was willing, as complain-
ant, to have the charge dropped. Bor-
zilleri signed a waiver to prevent his
suing for false arrest. He was repre-
sented by a member of the Albany Law
School faculty.
“*b. Requirements for the Bachelor
of Science degree: (1) The Bachelor of
Science degree requires a minimum of
120 semester hours. (2) The B.S. de-
gree is the degree permitting speciali-
zation and/or stress on preparation for
a specific vocational objective. (3) Of
the semester hours in this degree, at
least 50% must be in the liberal arts
and sciences. In addition, the physi-
cal education requirement as approved
by the faculty is retained for the next
two-year period, and reviewed there-
after.
“The Committee recommends fur-
ther that this new degree pattern be
implemented immediately upon ap-
proval by the Faculty Senate of this
university, so that the individual fac-
ulties awarding the degree may use
the flexibility provided to them.”
The proposal was originally sub-
mitted to the Senate last spring after
it had been reviewed and approved by
the Curriculum Committee and the
Undergraduate Academic Council. It
was tabled at that time, according to
CURE members, ‘‘primarily because it
lacked a plan of implementation and
needed proof of significant support
throughout the university community.”’
CURE members hope that the hear-
ings and opinion poll will provide
“proof of significant support.’’ To
meet the other objection, they have
developed an Implementation Amend-
ment, dated April 20, 1970, which is
intended to replace pages 71-75 of the
1969-70 Undergraduate Bulletin.
In summary, the amendment retains
the concept of a major, a second field
special requirements for
students in the teacher education pro-
gram, free electives, and a physical
education requirement. It eliminates a
required distribution of courses within
the arts and sciences. General univer-
sity-wide requirements would be elim-
inated in the schools of business and
nursing as well as in the College of
Arts and Sciences.
sequence,
Student Applications Due
For On-Campus Housing
The office of residences will be-
gin to process applications for on-
campus housing this week. A student
must turn in a completed contract card
(signed by parents if the student is
under 21), the advance rental deposit
card, and a $25 deposit by check or
money order before his application will
be processed.
Seniors and juniors may turn in
their completed applications this
week, April 6 through April 10, while
sophomores, continuing freshmen, and
fraternity and sorority members who
plan to live with their groups are
scheduled to return their packets next
week.
Completed applications and the
$25 deposit are to be returned to the
State Quadrangle Flag Room from 9-12
a.m. and 1-5 p.m. Students planning to
live together in a room of a suite must
turn in their completed contract cards
together. No applications will be ac-
cepted unless all students in the group
are present to have their Food Service
pictures taken.
All applications must be submitted
by April 17 or the student will forfeit
his selection privilege, be placed on a
waiting list, and lose any guarantee of
housing.
The office of residence is listing
one male hall and one female hall on
Indian Quadrangle for continuing stu-
dent sign-up. Students who would like
to live on the Indian Quadrangle should
file housing materials in two, three
Self-Study to Begin
A committee to make an. in-depth
study of humanities at Albany has been
appointed by President Kuusisto. It
will prepare one of the self-study re-
ports requested by the Middle States
Association which makes its decennial
accreditation visit here next year.
The committee is chaired by Fred-
erick Beharriell and includes Douglas
Alexander, William Clarkin, Charles
Colman, William Fenton, Francine
Frank, Mary Goggin, Jerome Hanley,
Edward Jennings, Donald Mochon,
William Reese, Ruth Schmidt,
Charles Stokes.
Campus Exchange
FOR RENT: 1-bedroom furnished apart-
ment in Latham, available June-August,
1970. Call Robert Tsuchigane, 7-8681
or at home, 785-7055.
FOR SALE: 4-bedroom Cape Cod, ga-
rage, finished cellar, w-w carpeting.
Call 489-5775... . . 4-bedroom house
in Westmere, $11,000 4-%% assumable
mortgage. Call Peter Benedict, 7-3975.
. . . .8-bedroom raised ranch in Clifton
and
Gardens, 1% baths, large corner wood-
ed lot. Call Allan MacLeod, 7-4035 or
at home, 371-7428... . « Sec slits
Corvette convertible, 427 C.U.,390 hp.,
4-speed, must sell, best offer. Call
Esther Gardiner, 7-8498 or at home,
377-8734.
WANTED: Copy of Social Language
by Frederick and Smith, published
about 1935, out of print. Call Marian
Hoffman, 7-8530.
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binations.
Students will be notified of hall
assignments during the week of April
27 through May 1 and may select rooms
at hall meetings between May 4 and
May 7. Students not present at these
hall meetings will lose the privilege
of room selection.
| *Round the Campus
Gershon B. O. Collier, visiting professor in the department of Afro-American
studies, participated Saturday in the JUDGES CONFERENCE on the Future of
the World Court held at the Center for International Studies, New York Univer-
sity. He presented an invited paper, “The World Court in the Eyes of the New
Nations’. . .The office of admissions has announced that the POSITION of
assistant director of admissions is available with a starting salary within the
range of $9,770-$11,510. Those interested may send credentials to Frank
Krivo. . SUNYA’s FOIL FENCERS defeated RPI by a score of 11 to 9, there-
by chalking up their third victory of the
season. Earlier State defeated Colgate
University 28 to 20. . -Health Insur-
ance CLAIMS for 1969 will be accepted
First Black Cultural Weekend
Alive with Special Productions
The First Annual Black Cultural
Weekend, April 10, 11, and 12, will
feature performances of the play, “The
Association,’ by Milledge Moseley,
guest lecturers, and a.special concert
with Miss Nina Simone. The cultural
weekend is being jointly sponsored by
the Third World Liberation Front and
the Black Ensemble.
The weekend will officially begin
at 1 p.m. Friday with an opening intro-
duction followed by films and a dis-
cussion led by Edoho Bassey Edoho,
professor of African history. Other
scheduled events for Friday include
speaker Horace Holliday, former body-
guard of Malcolm X; a jazz workshop;
and theatre productions.
Saturday afternoon’s program begins
with “An Hour in Memory of Malcolm
X” presented by the Black Ensemble.
The production, including a play and
poetry reading, will be given at 1 p.m.
and at 2 p.m. in the Studio Theatre.
In the evening a pre-concert fashion
show will feature creations from New
Breed. Then at 9:30, in the gymnasium,
Miss Nina Simone will appear in con-
cert.
The weekend will culminate Sun-
day afternoon in the PAC Recital Hall
“Hip Black and
Angry,” presented by the New Herit-
with the production
age Repertory Theatre. Six perform-
ances of “The Association’ are
scheduled throughout the weekend.
Tickets for the Nina Simone Con-
cert are available in the EOP office,
ULB 94. Price is $3.50 in advance,
$5 at the door.
Faculty Achievements
THOMAS BROWN, music, has recorded
a single long-playing Clinician Series
album for Crest Records, Inc., in which
he discusses and demonstrates rhythm
sections. The record will be distrib-
uted nationally.
ERNEST RANUCCI, instruction, is
the author of Tessellation and-Dissec-
tion, published by J. Weston Walch.
DWIGHT WALLACE, anthropology,
presented a paper on ‘‘Multi-cultural
Civilization: a South Coastal Peruvian
Case’ at the annual meeting of the
Institute for Andean Studies in Janu-
ary.
JOSEPH ZACEK, history, has been
named editor of a series of East Euro-
pean works. His job will include edit-
ing and writing explanatory introduc-
tions to older works of East Europe.
The reprints will be published by
Frederick A. Praeger.
Great Dane Sports
Weather the spring
sports season will open Wednesday
permitting,
with the varsity baseball team visiting
RPI at 3 p.m. On campus Saturday are
a baseball doubleheader against Os-
wego at] p.m. and a tennis match with
Central Connecticut at 2 p.m. The la-
be at
Plymouth State and Boston State, re-
spectively.
Replacing his graduated pitching
staff is the major problem facing base-
ball skipper Bob Burlingame. The hit-
ting should be adequate, led by letter-
men Rich Spiers, Jim Sandy, Rick
Bardeschewski, and Tom Brooks, plus
sophomores and_ transfers.
Whether it will be enough to offset the
loss of all the starting pitchers from
last year’s best-ever 11-6 team re-
mains to be seen.
more events...
crosse and track teams will
several
Coaches Bill Muse and John Mor-
gan have nearly 20 men back from last
year’s 9-1 lacrosse club, including
top scorers Mark Werder, Larry Smith,
and Steve Jakway. The schedule will
be considerably tougher, though, and
the stickmen will have their work cut
out to equal the 1969 record.
Track coaches Bob Munsey and
Brian Kelly expect their squad to im-
prove with the weather. Lack of indoor
facilities hurts the cindermen, since
many of their opponents have winter
track programs. Fifteen lettermen
among the more than 60 candidates
give the team a solid nucleus, how-
ever, and most events should have
more depth than a year ago.
We'll look at the golf and tennis
prospects in the next issue.
MONDAY-President’s Conference with Students, CC Patroon Lounge, 2:15 p.m.
TUESDAY-Dialogue, informal coffee hour, CC Patroon Lounge, 9 a.m.; Film:
“Sunrise,” IFG, LC 23, 7 p.m.
WEDNESDAY-Informal class: ‘A Modern Inquiry into the Bible,”” HU 115, 8:30
p-m.; Lecture: ‘The Hungarian Revolt of 1956,” Dr. Bela Kiraly,
LC 1, 8 p.m.
THURSDAY-Film: “A Night at the Opera” with the Marx Brothers, LC 6,7 p.m.
and 9:15 p.m.; Informal class: ‘‘New Trends in Jewish Thought,”
HU 115, 7:30 p.m.; Lecture: “Israel in the Eyes of a Christian,’
Dr. R. Young, CC Assembly Hall, 8 p.m.; Party, Celebration II,
CC Rathskeller, 9 p.m. — 12 midnight.
FRIDAY-Film: ‘‘Planet of the Apes,”
LC 18, 7:30 and 10 p.m.; Mixer, CC
Ballroom, 8 p.m. — 12 midnight.
by the Personnel Office through Apr.
10. Before completing 1969 claims,
call Sandra Wheeler (457-3923) for in-
structions. . .SUNYA will receive five
HEW FELLOWSHIPS, totaling $31,200,
for training library personnel. . .Tick-
ets for the International Center’s
BALL-ON-THE-MALL Saturday are
available at the International Student
Office. . .Leon J. Calhoun, Sr., has
been appointed the NEW DIRECTOR
of management information systems,
reporting to Vice President Charles T.
O'Reilly. He was formerly employed
by the State Department of Transpor-
tation. . .Final date for filing APPLI-
CATIONS FOR ADMISSION next fall
to Milne School’s grades 8 through 11
is Apr. 15. . .Staff members may obtain
QUESTIONNAIRES on local political
participation from Ed Sargent who es-
pecially wants to hear from anyone
who has run for office or is serving in
an appointed or elected position. . .
Two distinguished lecturers, Oleg
Jardetzky, Stanford University Medical
Center, and Albert Moscowitz, Univer-
sity of Minnesota, are serving as VIS-
ITING PROFESSORS in the chemistry
department. . .Faculty Wives Club and
Faculty Social Board are co-sponsoring
a DINNER-DANCE Saturday evening
in the Assembly Hall. Dress is to be
semi-formal.
Gym Hours
Recreation hours at the Physical
Education Building for the fourth quar-
ter include a faculty-staff family swim
time from 1-6 p.m. each Sunday. The
pool is also open from 7—10:30 p.m.
on Sundays. During the week, swim
times are 8-10:30 p.m. Mondays,
Wednesdays, and Thursdays; 9—10:30
p-m., Tuesdays; 7—10:30 p.m., Fri-
days; and on Saturdays from 1-5 p.m.
and from 7—10:30 p.m.
The main gym, handball and squash
courts, and the weight room will be
open Mondays through Fridays, 6—10:30
p.m.; Saturdays, 8 a.m.—10:30 p.m.;
and Sundays, 1—10:30 p.m.
Educational Models
‘Conversation’ Topic
The educational psychology de-
partment will host a Conversation in
the Disciplines on the topic “Models
and Methods in Research on Compen-
satory Education”? on Thursday and
Friday. The conference sessions will
be held in the Campus Center ballroom.
Discussions will be oriented to-
ward a delineation of models of com-
pensatory education and aspects of
models which appear to hold special
potential for future work.
Among the scheduled participants
are Edmund Gordan, Teachers College,
Columbia University; Irving Sigel,
SUNY Buffalo; Carl Bereiter, Ontario
Institute for Studies in Education;
Clyde Nobel, University of Georgia;
James Kuethe, professor of education-
al psychology, Albany; Robert Pruzek,
associate professor of educational
psychology and statistics, Albany;
and J.M. Stephens, professor emeritus,
Johns Hopkins University.
Persons interested in registering
for the conference should contact Mrs.
O. Durgerian, Education 232, 7-8234.
