Tower
| Tribune
Vol. 3, No. 3
STATE UNIVERSITY OF
NEW YORK AT ALBANY
September 13, 1971
Personnel Shortages Critical
Critical shortages in personnel due to
the state freeze on hiring have led to cur-
tailment of services in at least two uni-
versity offices. Recent memoranda from
Robert J. Robinson, director of the Com-
puting Center, and Harry Raymond, pub-
lications coordinator in the Community
Relations Office, outline the problems
and resultant adjustments.
The Computing Center currently is
functioning on just 50% staffing in opera-
tions. Three of the six operator positions
are vacant and permission to fill them has
not been obtained. Mr. Robinson has ex-
plained “the gravity of the situation” to
the Division of the Budget and to SUNY
Central Administration, but even if au-
thorization is granted to hire new people,
the recruitment and training time is four
to six months, Thus, the emergency will
not soon abate.
Mr. Robinson anticipates several “re-
straints” in computer service. In the area
of administrative data processing, reports
to such offices as registrar, housing, and
bursar will be provided less frequently;
while non-scheduled requests, such as spe-
cial reports and mailing lists, will be de-
layed 30 days, rather than receiving the
previous 10-day service,
Opera Singer
Concert Slated
The music department will open its
1971 concert season Wednesday evening
at 8:30 in the Main Theater of the Per-
forming Arts Center. Michael Devlin,
bass-baritone of the New York City
Opera and the Lake George Opera, will
perform. Mr. Devlin has appeared in
leading roles with the Santa Fe Opera and
as soloist with the Philadelphia Orchestra
at the Saratoga Performing Arts Center
this summer.
After a tremendously successful per-
formance, on short notice, as Mephi-
stopheles in Boito’s opera at the New
York City Opera last season, The New
York Times stated, “Devlin’s days in the
minor leagues are over.” Mr. Devlin is an
Affiliate Artist of the New York State
Council on the Arts with Warren County
in cooperation with the Lake George
Opera Festival.
The performance is without charge
and members of the university com-
munity, as well as the general public, are
invited to attend,
Academic usage also will be reduced.
It almost certainly will be necessary to
refuse access to the computer for some
1,300 students in 26 courses that had not
used it materially in the past, but were
scheduled to do so this year. It also may
be necessary to ration severely the num-
ber of computer runs permitted each stu-
dent. Curtailment of research also is ex-
pected.
Mr. Robinson emphasizes that any
restrictions employed will be made uni-
formly; “no favorites, no special users,”
He assures that every effort is being made
to keep machines running, even at re-
duced efficiency. However, his advice “to
gird for a very bad time over a rather long
period” indicates the severity of the situ-
ation.
The outlook is little better in the
Community Relations Office, whose pub-
lications staff is responsible for most of
the printed matter from university of-
fices, schools, and departments. Here, a
shortage in clerical staff makes it im-
possible “to guarantee immediate at-
tention to requests for service.”
In an effort to provide the best possi-
ble service with a minimum of confusion,
Mr. Raymond has sought the cooperation
of those making printing requests.
1, Allow as much lead time as possi-
ble on all printing requests, internal and
external,
2. Don’t plan on immediate issuance
of job control numbers and cost esti-
mates,
3. Review the “University Printing
Procedures” booklet to avoid time-
consuming questions
4, Submit a completed “Request for
Printing” form with your job.
5. Keep accurate records of your ac-
count balances, since overdrawn accounts
will delay work,
Drug Education Program
Names New Coordinator
Richard Tryon has been named coor-
dinator of the university’s new drug edu-
cation program, In a recent interview, he
played down his role as professional and
stressed the importance of student
participation in the program.
Indicative of the approach adopted
by the new director is the fact that two
undergraduates, Judy Jove and Jeri
Bryant, have been designated as coor-
dinators equal to Mr. Tryon, Miss Jove
was a founder of Crisis 5300 and Miss
Bryant, a staff member of Refer Switch-
board, Inc.
Mr. Tryon, a graduate of Hartwick
College, has a bachelor’s degree in di-
vinity from Hamma School of Theology,
Wittenburg University, in Springfield,
Ohio. He was parish minister at St. Mark’s
Lutheran Church, Guilderland Center,
until leaving a year ago to become co-
director of Refer, which he helped found.
“T hope the drug education program
here will provide a listening ear for people
with troubles,” Mr. Tryon told the Tower
Tribune, “I see us in a kind of ombuds-
man role,” he continued. “Our philoso-
phy is that the use of drugs is a symptom
of the alienation and loneliness in our so-
ciety. We will attempt to deal with the
problems and find alternatives to drugs.”
The program will be three-pronged.
The Crisis 5300 line will continue to pro-
vide immediate assistance for those who
avail themselves of the service. Beyond
that, however, is an educational aspect
that will concentrate on group work with
students, faculty, and staff and attempt
to break down the “barrier of profession-
‘Perspectives on Southeast Asia’
Focus of Public Seminar Series
A new series, Perspectives on
Southeast Asia, will be presented jointly
this fall by the College of General Studies
and the Asian Studies Committee. The
series is open to the general public with-
out admission charge.
Sessions will be held on consecutive
Tuesdays, Oct. 5-Nov. 16, 7:30-9:30
p.m., in LC 19. The opening topic will be
“Cultural Variety in Southeast Asia”,
Parking Sanctions Now in Effect
James R. Williams, director of se-
curity, has issued the following notice to
the university community:
“A survey of parking conditions on
campus forces one to conclude that, in-
deed, the situation could hardly be worse.
Students, faculty, and staff who arrive on
campus after 9 a.m. find all of the more
accessible spaces in Dutch and State lots
taken. However, there is adequate space
available in the two lots located by the
lake—certainly not as conveniently lo-
cated, but nonetheless there. The shuttle
bus system operates on a 5-8-minute
schedule from those points. Increased use
of the bus system would greatly relieve
parking congestion near the academic
podium.
“Over the past few years, we have
placed warning tickets upon vehicles in-
correctly parked during the first four
weeks of the fall term. We can no longer
afford that luxury. Accordingly, uni-
versity traffic tickets have been issued for
violations, and automobiles not parked
according to SUNYA parking regulations
will be towed away at the drivers’ ex-
pense.”
taught by De Witt Ellinwood of the
SUNYA history department.
Other subjects include “The Colonial
Experience in Southeast Asia,” Malcolm
Willison, sociology, Union College, Fred
Tickner, GSPA, and Dr. Ellinwood, Oct.
12; “Chinese Communities in Southeast
Asia,” Martha Egelston, history, SUNYA,
and Chee-won Hon, graduate exchange
fellow from Nanyang University, Oct. 19;
and ‘‘Economic Development in
Southeast Asia,” Jin-Min Lin, exchange
professor from Nanyang, Richard Kalish,
economics, SUNYA, and Chee-won Hon,
Oct. 26.
Also, “Peoples and Governments of
Southeast Asia, with Special Reference to
the Montagnards,” Jane Hanks, anthro-
pology, SUNYA, and Lucien Hanks,
Southeast Asian Program, Cornell Uni-
versity, Nov. 2; “Changing Social Re-
lations in Southeast Asia since 1945,”
Nov. 9; and “Interstate Relations in
Southeast Asia: Small States, Large States
and the Indochina War,” Jonathan
Knight, GSPA, Dr. Tickner, and Dr. Ellin-
wood, Nov, 16,
alism” that often hinders such efforts.
Here, also, Mr. Tryon will stress the coop-
eration of students to help solve each
other’s problems.
The development of educational
tools, such as films, tapes, and literature
also will be encouraged and supported.
The third area of concentration will
be community oriented. Close working
relationships will be established with local
high schools, churches, and other groups.
Training of persons for Crisis 5300 also is
planned.
The new program will be housed in
the director’s suite in Ten Eyck Hall on
Dutch Quadrangle. Additionally, rooms
will be available on each of the other
quads, including Alumni downtown.
Currently, Mr. Tryon is involved in
gathering and training a staff. He hopes to
provide 24-hour service by Oct. 1 under
the program supported by non-university
funds.
Students interested in becoming in-
volved in the program should attend a
meeting either Wednesday or Thursday
evening. They may call Mr. Tryon at
7-7734 for further information.
Grants, Awards
Deadlines Near
Faculty and students are advised that
deadlines are approaching for grants and
fellowships.
The 1971-72 SUNY University
Awards Committee and Joint Awards
Council program has a deadline of Oct.
15. Three programs will provide support
for projects in amounts ranging from
$100 to $3,200. Faculty may apply for
one of the three programs. Guidelines and
application forms are available from the
Office of the Vice President for Research.
The Research Foundation has announced
an “absolute deadline”, with no ex-
ceptions, of 5 p.m., Oct. 15.
Competition for grants for graduate
study or research abroad, and for pro-
fessional training in the creative and per-
forming arts for 1972-73 is underway.
Annually, the Institute of International
Education is responsible for the recruit-
ment and screening of candidates for U.S.
Government Full and Travel Grants au-
thorized under the Fulbright-Hays Act.
Application forms and information
for eligible SUNYA students may be ob-
tained from the campus Fulbright Pro-
gram Adviser, Robert B. Morris, dean of
undergraduate studies. The deadline for
filing is Wednesday, Oct. 20.
Dean Morris’s office also has in-
formation about the 1972-73 Danforth
Graduate Fellowships for College
Teaching Careers. The Graduate Record
Examination Aptitude Tests in Verbal
and Quantitative abilities are required and
should be taken on Saturday, Oct. 23, or
earlier by all nominees for the fellow-
ships. Scores from the Dec. 11, 1971,
‘testing will be accepted.
Losses Hamper Football;
Soccer, Runners Strong
The football club lost several men.
last week who could have made key con-
tributions this fall. Fullback Rudy Vido
and swing back Keith Ward were dis-
missed from the squad for disciplinary
reasons, while transfer quarterback Mike
Standish returned to Baldwin-Wallace
College.
Vido was being groomed as the
Danes’ top inside running threat. Royce
Van Evera now will be moved from line-
backer to fullback in an attempt to fill
that important position,
Standish had great promise, but ran
into problems in transferring sufficient
credit from B-W, so decided to return to
the Ohio school.
Sosa
Many Non-Credit
Courses Offered
The largest number of non-credit
courses ever to be offered by the College
of General Studies begins this month.
Those interested in detailed information
can obtain it at the college offices in the
Administration Building.
Scheduled courses and instructors in-
clude sculpture, Alex Markhoff; basic
drawing, Mr. Markhoff; introduction to
Yoga, Swami Pranananda; modern in-
vesting, Joseph Donohue; Hebrew, Zvi
Abbo; technical writing, Ronald Dixon;
reading improvement, M. Elizabeth Tib-
betts; life drawing, William H. Wilson.
Also, ceramics, Nancy Selvin; film
production, Kenneth Blaisdell; painting
with oils and acrylics, Shirley Penman;
color seminar, Miss Penman; highway
safety, Richard Ellis; and Art Gallery
talks, Donald Mochon and Nancy H.
Liddle.
Albany opens its 22nd soccer season
at 1 p.m. Saturday as host to Potsdam,
The booters also have been hurt by a
key personnel loss: last year’s second
leading scorer, Fred Campbell, has left
school. The top returnees from 1970’s
3-8-1 squad are centerforward Demetrios
Michael and goalie John Thayer. Forward
Carlos Alvarez, a transfer from Cobleskill
A&T, is the best-looking newcomer.
Michael, whose 17 career goals rank
fifth on the all-time Albany list, tallied
nine last fall to lead the team for the sec-
ond straight season. Coach Bill Schieffelin
is hoping Alvarez can provide additional
scoring punch,
Thayer is in his third year as first
string goalie. Last season, he posted two
shutouts and allowed only 2.8 goals a
game.
Halfback and fullback are problem
areas that must improve over last season
if the Danes hope to record their first
winning soccer season since 1966,
seek
It comes as no surprise that Bob
Munsey has a powerful cross-country
team in training for a 2 p.m. opener Sat-
urday against Clarkson. The harriers are
shooting for their 10th straight winning
season and should get it.
Calling the squad “immeasurably
stronger”. than last fall’s 10-3 club,
Munsey singles out four men as front
runners at this point: freshman Brian
Quinn, senior Larry Frederick, transfer
Scott Abercrombie from Central Con-
necticut, and veteran Dennis Hackett.
At least eight men are pressing the
leaders, giving the Danes plenty of depth.
The optimistic Munsey terms it “a real
quality team.”
Faculty Notes
VIOLET LARNEY, mathematics, re-
cently gave an address entitled “Every-
thing You Always Wanted To Know
about Six (But Were Afraid To Ask an
Algebraist)”, at the 21st annual meeting
of the Association of Mathematics
Teachers of New York State held in Buf-
falo.
Ten Students Travel
To Mexico for Fall
Ten SUNY students arrived last week
in Mexico, where they will spend the fall
semester at the University of Guadalajara.
Most of the juniors and seniors are from
Albany, but Oneonta, Binghamton, and
Plattsburgh also are represented.
Major fields are divided evenly be-
tween Inter-American Studies and
Spanish, Students will be living with fami-
lies in Guadalajara and may remain for
the spring semester, if they choose.
Classes begin Friday.
Students interested in spending the
spring 1972 semester at Guadalajara are
advised to consult Dr. Frank G. Carrino,
director, Center for Inter-American
Studies, SS 111.
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RONALD LEY and DAVID LOCASCIO,
educational psychology and_ statistics,
presented a paper entitled, “Associative
Reaction Time'in Free Recall” at the an-
nual meeting of the Eastern Psychological
Association in New York in April.
GERALDINE O’CONNOR and
WILLIAM SHORT, Milne, participated in
a panel discussion on “The Less Able Stu-
dent” at a meeting of high school and
college teachers of modern foreign lan-
guages at Emma Willard School, Troy, in
May.
WILLIAM REESE, philosophy, was
granted a Fulbright Award to attend the
Second Argentine National Congress of
Philosophy in June and to give a series of
lectures on North American philosophy
at Argentine universities the remainder of
the month.
WALTER TISDALE, planning and de-
velopment, has been appointed a director
of the International Center, Inc., Albany.
The center assists international visitors
and students who are living in this area
for the first time.
more events...
THURSDAY - Central Council meeting,
CC 375, 7:30 p.m.
FRIDAY - Biological Sciences Seminar:
“Effects of Nerve Stimulation of
RNA Metabolism in Giant Neurons
of Aplysia”, Price Peterson, BI 248,
4p.m.
SATURDAY - Sigma Tau Beta Mixer, CC
Ballroom, 8 p.m.
| ‘Round the Campus
The University Senate will hold its first meeting of the academic year this afternoon at
3 o’clock in the Assembly Hall at the Campus Center. Under old business the Senate is
expected to take up the matter of a proposed resolution regarding student evaluations
and on the agenda under new business is a proposal concerned with university priori-
ties... .At the Sept. 2 meeting of Central Council, that body by voice vote joined the
Executive Committee of the Senate, acting in the Senate’s absence, in encouraging
students to participate in primaries on Sept. 14 and in also “encouraging faculty,
because there is no absentee ballot for primaries in New York State and, because some
students live at great distance from the university, to excuse the absence of students
who find it necessary to miss classes in order to exercise their right to vote.” Central
Council postponed for a week acting on a bill providing for a $32,000 appropriation
for a SUNYA day care center introduced by Jack Schwartz and Gary Carnal. . .The
Fifth National Drawing Biennial of the Minnesota Museum of Art at St. Paul, Minn., is
on exhibit at the Art Gallery. Included are approximately 80 contemporary drawings
by artists from throughout the United States. ..A general dinner meeting of CSEA
Chapter 691 will be held Friday, Oct. 15,
at 7 p.m. at the Italian Benevolent As-
sociation. . Auditions for the State Uni-
versity Theatre production of “Henry
IV” will be held tonight and tomorrow
night starting at 7 in the Lab I (Studio)
Theatre of the Performing Arts Cen-
ter...If a Student Association group or
residence hall wishes to enter a float in
the Homecoming Parade or wants to
nominate a candidate for either
Homecoming Queen or Freshman Prin-
cess, Linda Falco and Mary Mazzeo have
application details...Mrs. Anne Arm-
strong, co-chairman of the National Re-
publican Committee, toured the campus
last week. . Office relocations: Associate
Dean Paul Wheeler is now at Social Sci-
ences 112 and Peter Furst, chairman of
the anthropology department, at SS
367. . Stuyvesant Plaza is offering free
bus service evenings on Monday, Wednes-
day, and Friday. On Saturdays there will
be all-day service from 11:30 a.m. until
6:05 p.m. from the plaza. . .The Knicker-
bocker News reports that a group of
SUNYA students plans to challenge in
Federal Court a state law passed during
the last session of the Legislature which
would bar college students from voting
where they go to school, except under
certain circumstances. . Donald J. Whit-
Jock is on the board of the new Capital
Housing Rehabilitation Corp., formed by
a committee of the Albany Area Chamber
of Commerce to purchase, rehabilitate,
and sell housing units in the city. . .Cor-
rection: The student insurance, not
health information, office has moved
from the third floor of the Campus Cen-
ter to Room 111-B on the first floor.
Campus Exchange
FOR SALE: 18” GE portable television,
black and white, asking $75. Call Gail
Fisher, 472-8180... ... 1969 Fiat spider
convertible, 18,000 miles, excellent con-
dition, reasonable. Call
3871-68407 100%.) 1965 Chrysler New
Yorker, 4-door, power brakes and
steering, light blue, excellent condition;
asking $700. Call E. C. Mathews,
AS9220297 9 3-4 bedroom brick colo-
nial house, living room, dining room,
kitchen, separate breakfast nook, 14
baths, Florida room, 2-car garage, deep
fenced lot, raised patio, city location, 8
minutes from SUNYA; $36,500. Call
7-3390.
WANTED: Work house cleaning, ironing,
some child care or cooking, 4-5 hours a
week, $2-2.25 an hour, schedule and
transportation to be arranged; experi-
enced, references. Call Dawn Holden,
7-5135 or 7-5133, 9-10:45 a.m., 3-5 p.m.,
OPiS pan res Work as landscaper,
painter, laborer. Call Bill,
766-2882...... Ride from Schoharie
(junction of Rt. 30 and 30A) to SUNYA.
Call Carol Ann Wise, 7-4904 or
TA a aia Ride from Waterford to
SUNYA, 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Call 7-5945.
Visitors To Have
New Parking Lot
A new visitors’ parking lot is being
prepared on the southwest corner of the
podium in the area bounded by the per-
imeter road on the west and the access
roads to the Dutch Quad and the podium
on the south and north, respectively. This
will replace the current visitor’s parking
on the cobbled area at the main entrance.
The latter area will be arranged for more
satisfactory shuttle bus service with the
inclusion of a shelter.
The new parking lot will have con-
trolled access and may include a modest
user fee which is now permitted under
regulations recently approved by the
SUNY Board of Trustees.
The nine trees originally planted at
the new lot have been transplanted and
the sod and topsoil removed for use else-
where. Surface on the new lot will be of
stone chips on a base of crushed stone
penetrated with asphalt, The lot is ex-
pected to open in early October.
New Staff Members
In Admissions Office
George M. Mitchell has joined the
staff of the Office of Admissions as ad-
missions counselor. A graduate of
Broome Community College with as-
sociate degrees in both electrical tech-
nology and liberal arts, Mr. Mitchell later
received his bachelor’s degree in psychol-
ogy, magna cum laude, from State Uni-
versity College at Cortland.
Mr. Mitchell pursued graduate course
work at the University of Louisville be-
fore entering the student personnel gradu-
ate program here. His responsibilities will
be with the transfer admissions process.
Another addition to the staff is Mrs.
Joanne Dickinson, admissions assistant.
Mrs. Dickinson, an alumna, also is en-
rolled in the student personnel program.
She will work with transfer admissions
and transfer credit evaluation.
Joins Computer Staff
John Tuecke, from the University of
Nebraska at Omaha, has joined the Com-
puting Center as assistant director for aca-
demic services. Mr. Tuecke was on the
math and computer science faculties and
was chairman of the computer committee
at Nebraska. In his new position here he
will be responsible for the development
and administration of programs of service
by the Computing Center for the aca-
demic community.
Mr. Tuecke described the Academic
Services Division of the Computing Cen-
ter as “an interface between the center
and the academic community.” The di-
vision offers consultants for faculty and
students wishing to use the computers, It
also offers a programming service and
maintains a program library.
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