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Vol. 2, No. 18
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STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK AT ALBANY
January 25, 1971
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THE CAST of “Harry, Noo!
rehearses a scene in the production that has
brought them to the semi-final round of the national competition of the American
Theatre Festival. Winners will go to Washington, D.C. in the spring.
Play Reaches Semi-final Round
In National Theater Competition
“Harry, Noon and Night,” a State
University Theatre production directed
by Dr. Albert Weiner of the drama de-
partment, has been chosen as a regional
semi-finalist in the national American
Theatre Festival competition.
Selection of the 10 finalists, made on
an elaborate point grading system, will be
announced next month. Winners will
spend a week in Washington, D.C. in the
spring, courtesy of American Airlines,
Security Arrests
Burglary Suspects
Charges of second degree burglary
and resisting arrest face two persons ap-
prehended on campus at about 10:30
p.m. Jan. 14 while reportedly in the proc-
ess of removing stolen goods. They are
Leon Petty, 21, of Albany, a student, and
Walter Williams, 17, also of Albany.
The arrests occurred after Burns
guard Peter MacMurray observed two
people making trips to a car while carry-
ing objects. He notified security person-
nel. When challenged, the two reportedly
dropped what they were carrying and fled
toward the podium.
After a lengthy chase, Williams was
taken into custody on the podium and
Petty in the vicinity of Indian Quad. The
arresting officer was Gary O’Connor.
An estimated $1,100 worth of vari-
ous objects, some of which were later
identified by David P. Jenkins, director of
Melville Hall, as being his property, was
recovered. Included were personal jewel-
ry, watches, amplifiers, tuners, turntables,
and radios.
Mr. Jenkins had reported that per-
sonal property valued at $1,479 was
missing in addition to students’ television
sets and stereo players stored in his apart-
ment over intersession.
Petty and Williams were committed
to the Albany County jail for arraignment
pending a preliminary hearing scheduled
for today.
American Express, and the American Oil
Company.
The SUNYA play was chosen from
among 14 entries from New York, New
Jersey, and eastern Pennsylvania. The
other semi-finalist from this region was
Mercer County Community College,
Trenton, NJ. Albany and Mercer com-
peted Jan. 16 at Lycoming College,
Williamsport, Pa.
“Harry, Noon and Night” was pre-
sented in the Performing Arts Center Dec.
9-13, when the preliminary judging was
done. More than 230 colleges and univer-
sities throughout the country entered the
competition this fall. An estimated
10,000 students, on and backstage, were
involved.
A lengthy excerpt from “Harry,
Noon and Night” was featured recently
on WTEN-TV. Eric Poppick plays the
title role as Harry. Also in the cast are
Jeffrey Tinkelman, Anthony Mastriani,
Richard Leaming, Marilyn Liberati,
Sandra Boynton, and Henry Kuivila.
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A NEW LOOK
AND A NEW SOUND have come
Ninety-nine Faculty Win
SUNY Research Awards
Ninety-nine faculty members have
received State University Faculty Fellow-
ships and Grants-in-Aid, totaling
$182,436 for the current year. The
awards, announced by Chancellor Ernest
L. Boyer, have been made on the recom-
mendations of the University Faculty
Awards Committee.
Forty-four $1,600 Faculty Research
Fellowships, totaling $70,400, received
here are distributed for research in the
behavioral sciences (8), humanities (16),
mathematics (18), and science (2).
Grants-in-Aid, ranging from $100 to
$1,600 and totaling $24,174, have been
awarded to 20 faculty members. The
distribution is for research in the
behavioral sciences (7), humanities (6),
and science (7).
Eight awards combining Faculty Re-
search Fellowships and Grants-in-Aid,
ranging from $1,800 to $3,200 and total-
ing $22,586 have been received by facul-
ty members for research in the behavioral
sciences (4), humanities (2), and science
(2). Twenty-seven faculty members have
been awarded either Faculty Research
Fellowships or Grants-in-Aid.
Recipients of the largest awards of
$3,200 are Erik P. Hoffman, assistant
professor of political science, for “The
Development of the Social Sciences in the
Soviet Union”; Arthur Rosenthal, assist-
ant professor of chemistry, for “Analysis
of Multicomponent Interacting Systems”;
and Ramaswamy H. Sarma, assistant
professor of chemistry, for “Nuclear
Magnetic Resonance Study of Biological
Interactions.”
Contrasted with last year’s awards
list, 14 more faculty have received awards
this year. The total dollar amount repre-
sents an increase of four in the number of
Faculty Research Fellowships and an
increase of six in the number of Grants-
in-Aid. There is a decrease of 29 in the
number of faculty receiving combined
awards.
The largest number of awards, by
to the enlarged Rathskeller
Campus Center. For the changed appearance there are wagon wheels, barn board,
hand-hewn beams, fresh paint, and artificial brick work accomplished during the
winter recess by a dozen students with Jeffrey Stark as project coordinator. Replacing
the jukebox is a four-speaker FM stereo system with a tape deck for special music.
category, was received by faculty mem-
bers in the sciences (39) including mathe-
matics (18). Faculty members in the hu-
manities received 32 awards while the be-
havioral sciences faculty received 28
awards.
Other grants received recently are in
support of atmospheric science and chem-
istry research projects.
G. Garland Lala is the recipient of a
$3,000 graduate fellowship from the
Chancellor’s Innovative Fund. Mr. Lala
will continue his work with James E.
Juisto, associate professor of atmospheric
science and senior research associate in
the Atmospheric Sciences Research
Center, on a theoretical and experimental
study of ice nuclei in the free atmosphere
and their measurement.
Andrew J. Yencha, assistant profes-
sor of chemistry, has received a $3,000
grant from the Petroleum Research Fund
and the American Chemical Society in
support of his project, “A Study of the
Emission Spectra of Excited State Ions”.
Dr. Yencha, who was educated at the
City College of San Francisco and the
University—of California,—joined the
faculty in September 1970.
“Double Major”
Before Senate
The first University Senate meeting
of the second semester will be held this
afternoon at 3 p.m. in the CC Assembly
Hall. On the agenda are reports from the
president and Senate councils, resubmis-
sion of a proposal regarding the concept
of a double major, and at least two items
of new business.
The Undergraduate Academic Coun-
cil is resubmitting its proposal to have the
concept of a “double major” recognized
by the university. The proposal had been
referred back to committee at the
Senate’s Dec. 7 meeting.
The proposal seeks to allow a student
to declare a major in more than one
department, complete the major require-
ments of each department as outlined in
the Undergraduate Bulletin, and have
each completed major certified as such on
the student’s “Undergraduate Record”.
Items of new business include ap-
proval of a Ph.D. program in German and
establishment of a Temporary Commis-
sion on Area College Cooperation.
Cooperation Asked
Students from PYE (Protect Your
Environment) working with SUNYA’s
building and grounds staff have begun a
project to collect and recycle waste paper
from the academic buildings.
All members of the university com-
munity have been asked to cooperate in
keeping waste paper separate from non-
paper trash. Where necessary, two or
more waste baskets should be used in
order to keep one reserved for paper.
Sponsors cite the project as “experience
in cooperation for survival.”
Sayles Lounge “Artwork”
Provokes Public Response
“The residence director is making
every effort to determine the most appro-
priate group of students within Sayles to
be billed for the damage. It is a responsi-
bility of the hall director to recommend
the most equitable resolution of the
situation.”
Charles G. Fisher, director of resi-
dences, so commented on the “Sayles
Hall Case”, catapulted into press limelight
by a columnist’s description of the de-
facement of walls in the second floor
lounge. The writings, which covered all
the walls, were described as “unprintable
obscenities, perversive graffiti, and crude
sketches...” The room had been locked
up pending completion of an investiga-
tion to determine responsibility.
Total cost of repainting the lounge
was set at $78 for labor and materials and
the project was scheduled to get under-
way last week. The room will not be
reopened for student use until the billing
procedure has been initiated.
Another matter related to the lounge
is that of missing furniture. Reopening
will be delayed also until the furniture
has been recovered.
Public reaction to the newspaper
account of the “Sayles Hall Case” has
resulted in a number of letters to univer-
sity and government officials at the
urging of the columnist. Additionally,
there has been published criticism of the
denial of television coverage of the lounge
walls during the intersession when the
hall was closed except for scheduled
maintenance. The Community Relations
Office took the view that “such photo
coverage would contribute little to the
public’s understanding of the complexi-
ties of the matter.”
Albany never has beaten the Univer-
sity of Buffalo in varsity basketball. The
Great Danes hope their 13th attempt will
be a lucky one when they host the Bulls
at 8:30 Wednesday evening. The 6:30
freshman preliminary will pit Albany
against Union.
Coach Dick Sauers believes the Danes
have a reasonable shot at UB, a University
Division school that plays the likes of
Syracuse, Maryland, Niagara, and
Cincinnati. The Bulls were under .500 in
early-season action.
Student Films Sought for Seminar
State University student film-makers
are invited to submit original films and
video tapes for a Film Seminar to be held
at SUC New Paltz on April 23-25. The
seminar will be sponsored by the Univer-
sity-wide Committee on the Arts in co-
operation with New Paltz and is designed
to bring together for the first time State
University faculty and students who are
interested in film-making.
Lounge in Limbo
Tentative plans for a lounge sought
by staff members located in the Adminis-
tration Building have hit a snag.
Plans were well underway for a
general lounge in the area surrounding the
Lecture Center Complex and for a special
one to be partitioned off near the
Computing Center for the convenience of
the staff of the Administration Building.
In fact, furnishings already had been
selected for the two areas. Being awaited
was final approval for the use of Capital
Construction funds. But before the
approval came the “freeze”, the newly
imposed limitations on state
expenditures.
There may be a silver lining. John F.
Buckhoff, Jr., director of physical plant,
and the university labor management
committee now are working on alternate
plans to assemble available furnishings.
Faculty Notes
WALLACE TAYLOR, educational foun-
dations, is co-author of Services for the
Handicapped in India, the third in a series
co-authored by him and published by the
International Society for Rehabilitation
of the Disabled.
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must be resubmitted each time.
Three noted professional film-
makers, Kenneth Jacobs, Robert Kramer,
and Mel London, will serve as a review
panel for all student films submitted. A
number of the films will form the basis
for weekend discussions at the seminar.
There will be no registration fee or
admission charge for the seminar, but all
participants must provide their own trans-
portation and make their own lodging
arrangements. The New Paltz student
government will assist participants in
finding suitable lodging.
A deadline of March 10 has been
established for submission of films. Entry
blanks may be found on posters in vari-
ous locations around the campus. For
further information, contact Kenneth
Blaisdell, Student Activities CC 361,
7-1597.
Scheduled Concerts
Offer Wide Variety
Beethoven violin sonatas 4, 6, and 7
will be heard this evening in the PAC
Main Theater at 8:30 p.m. Marvin
Morgenstern will perform on the violin
with Dennis Helmrich at the piano.
An additional 25 concerts have been
scheduled by the Department of Music
and Student Association’s Music Council
from Feb. 1 through May 9. Among the
offerings are concerts by the faculty; per-
formances by outside guest artists; band,
orchestra, and choral concerts; and an
opera.
At least six of the concerts will fea-
ture various combinations of film, elec-
tronic equipment, and special lighting. A
complete concert schedule is available
from the music department or Music
Council.
Food Survey Slated
An outside organization will conduct
a survey of the university’s Food Service
operation during February. Gerald W.
Lattin and Associates of the School of
Hotel Administration, Cornell University,
will make six or seven unannounced visits
over a period of several weeks. A report is
expected after March 1.
Round the Campus
The Campus Center has resumed normal weekend hours with the building and Snack
Bar closing at 1 a.m. Previous later hours, adopted on an experimental basis, no longer
are in effect as a result of lack of funds and low building usage after 1 a.m. . .The
University Calendar provides for resumption of classes at noon following certain
recesses which include religious holy days. After the spring vacation classes will resume
at noon Monday, Apr. 12. Classes originally scheduled before noon on that day will be
held Tuesday morning, May 4, the first day of the reading period. . Recent budgetary
decisions have necessitated the cancellation of New York State Professional Careers
Tests, open to all seniors and set for four different dates. All candidates now will be
tested on Mar. 27 and applications are due by Mar. 1. . General chairman of WMHT’s
Auction ’71 and head of the volunteer organization supporting the educational televi-
sion station will be Mrs. Louis T. Benezet. The event is scheduled for June 6-12...
Thirty persons can be accommodated in the bagpipe instruction classes now conducted
Thursday afternoons in the Physical Education Building. John Angus has details. . .
Students interested in a working summer with a Finnish family may obtain informa-
Sauersmen to Meet Buffalo Bulls,
Seek First Win in 13-Game Series
Albany has come close several times
against the Bulls in the series which began
in 1962-63. Two years ago, the Danes
dropped a seven-point decision and four
years back they lost by just three. Last
winter in Buffalo, Albany lost, 70-59, in a
game postponed by a bomb threat and
played the following morning.
The Bulls, coached by Ed Muto after
the dismissal of 14-year veteran Len
Serfustini, will have a huge height
advantage. Six-foot-seven Tony Ebner is a
starting forward and 6-6 Curtis
Blackmore of Ravena mans the center.
Blackmore leads UB in scoring and
rebounding. The three other starters are
all over 6-0.
The Danes will counter with a
balanced attack and a defense ranked
18th nationally in recent NCAA College
Division statistics. Although giving away
size at every position, Albany will have
the edge in speed. It should be one of the
season’s most interesting games.
Another cage doubleheader is on tap
Saturday evening, with the varsity playing
Potsdam after an Albany-Siena frosh
contest.
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In other campus sports action this
week, the wrestling team will meet
Fairleigh Dickinson at 3:30 Wednesday
afternoon and the swimmers will host
Cortland and Potsdam in a triangular
beginning at 2 p.m. Saturday.
Jeereeeat
Jerry Montgomery, a graduate of
Colonie Central and a freshman at the
university, recently was named the 1970
recipient of the $1,000 Nate Sutin
Memorial Scholar-Athlete Award, in
memory of the late Albany High coach.
more events...
MONDAY - Experimental Theatre audi-
tions, PAC Arena Theatre, 8 p.m.
TUESDAY - Film: “The Sea Beast”’, IFG
LC 23, 7 p.m. Panel discussion:
“Problems of Refugees in the Middle
East”’, International Student Associa-
tion, CC 375, 7 p.m.
WEDNESDAY - Campus Forum, Presi-
dent’s Office, Patroon Lounge, 2:30
m.
FRIDAY - Film Festival, Swalden, Bru
Lower Lounge, 7 p.m.; also on Satur-
day. Film: “The Island”, IFG, LC
18, 7 & 9:15 p.m. Symposium: “Re-
flections on India”, India Associa-
tion, LC 23,7 p.m. Film: “Farenheit
451”, Commuters, LC 2, 7:30 & 10
p-m.; also on Saturday and on Sun-
day at 7:30 p.m. only. Film: “Alice’s
Restaurant’’, State Quad, LC 7, 7:30
& 10 p.m.; also on Saturday. IFC
Smoker, CC Ballroom, 8 p.m.
SATURDAY - Benefit for Free School,
Women’s Lib, CC Ballroom, 8 p.m.
SUNDAY -ISC Coker, CC Ballroom, 2
p.m.
tion and application forms in the Interna-
tional Studies Office, SS 111. . Congratu-
lations are in order for Natalie Woodall, a
graduate student in the Department of
Classics. She has won a Woodrow Wilson
Dissertation Fellowship for
1971-72. ..Hugh Farley has information
about the social bridge program of the
Faculty Social Board. . State University
News is introducing a faculty publication
column which will feature a listing and
brief description of some of the more
noteworthy publications by the faculty,
exclusive of books. The Community Rela-
tions Office has forms. . Graduate stu-
dent Ronald C. Schongar has been named
chairman of the Youth Program of the
Rensselaer County Heart Fund. He will
coordinate the participation and activities
of various youth and college groups in the
Heart Fund campaign which culminates
next month. ..Among the students who
worked on the Rathskeller project during
vacation are James Keefe, James Maxwell,
Bernhard Frega, Gregory Sweet, Donald
Suhocki, Dennis Schrader, Gerald
Hourihan, Roy Farnsworth, John
Ewashko, Timothy Minnehan, Ebeeie
Usip, and John Leahy.
Low-Income Students
Have Priority for Aid
Department of Health, Education,
and Welfare Secretary Elliot L.
Richardson has announced that Educa-
tional Opportunity Grants and College
Work-Study funds are to be channelled to
college students in the lowest income
brackets first in the 1971-72 academic
year.
Colleges applying for participation in
the program are being asked to estimate
the number of their students in each of
six family-income categories: under
$3,000; $3,000-$5,999; $6,000-$7,499;
$7,500-$8,999; $9,000-$11,999; and
$12,000 and over. An estimated $340
million in federal funds will be available
for the programs.
SUNYA financial aids director
Donald Whitlock expressed “acute con-
cern over last-minute requests for statisti-
cal data originally requested for informa-
tional purposes only and ultimately used
in direct determination of aid allocations
to institutions of higher education.”
Campus Exchange
FOR SALE: 1969 BMW 2002, good
condition, $2,200. Call 489-4594 after 5
Palate Kastle 69” metal skis with
Marker bindings, excellent condition,
$100 (poles free). Men’s size 10 Lange
Standard boots, new last year, excellent
condition, $90. Call 482-6765.
WANTED: Travelers to Aruba in the
Caribbean. CSERA tour organizing for
April 24 to May 1, $340. Call Mrs. Grace
Smith, 371-6729 after 6 p.m. . Home
for AKC golden retriever, 3-year-old
spayed female, free, dog house included.
Call 439-2409.
