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Vol. 3, No. 13
November 22, 1971
STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK AT ALBANY
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THIS BUILDING on the Perimeter Road
by the E. D. Stone architectural staff.
Department, which is expected to occupy i
near the Health Center was recently vaceted
It is to be the new home of the Security
it by the end of the month.
Acts of Violence Increase Sharply
In Overall Rise in Campus Crime
In his monthly tally for October,
James R. Williams, director of security,
states that 226 crimes were reported to
‘Security as having occurred on campus
during the month. The figure represents a
28% increase over crimes reported during
September and an increase of 88% over
the corresponding month of 1970,
A substantial increase in violent acts
reportedly occurred during October.
They include seven robberies, four at-
tempted robberies, one rape, two cases of
sexual abuse, three assaults, 55 burglaries,
Housing Needs
Survey Taken
A one-page questionnaire concerning
off-campus housing is being distributed at
pre-registration on the Colonial Quad-
rangle as part of a survey being conducted
by Charles G. Fisher, director of resi-
dences.
Said Dr. Fisher, “For several years
the Office of Residences has been acutely
aware of a lack of adequate off-campus
housing facilities for both single and mar-
ried students attending Albany State. In
an attempt to determine the extent of
this problem, a housing survey is cur-
rently being conducted of all Albany
State students living off campus.”
He added, “The primary purpose of
this study is to help the university present
an empirically sound argument for the
building of additional apartment-style
housing both on and off campus. Obvi-
ously, the cooperation of our students
presently living off campus is needed.”
Questions range from class standing
and price ranges to transportation and
problems with present accommodations.
Notice
Due to the Thanksgiving holiday, the
next issue of the Tower Tribune will be
published on Tuesday, Nov. 30. The regu-
lar Monday publishing schedule will re-
sume in December.
six grand larcenies, and 70 larcenies under
$250.
Mr. Williams stated that the reported
value of stolen property totaled $13,620 —
not including stolen cars, or damage
caused to private or university property
by various acts of “destruction/mischief”.
In the operations section of his re-
port, Mr. Williams pointed out that “in-
sufficient local funds to fill job vacancies
limits our ability to cope with demands
imposed by increased crime on campus”.
He noted that an additional investigator
had been added to the staff in October
prior to the budget freeze,
During October the security depart-
ment became a contributor to the New
York State Identification and Intelligence
System, Security will fingerprint those
persons they arrest rather than using the
booking facilities of the Albany Police
Department or of the County Sheriff’s of-
fice.
Eight Cases Judged
By Judicial Boards
Judicial boards on all five residence
quadrangles and the University Student
Judicial Committee have been formed
and are in operation. As of Nov. 8, cases
involving 16 violators had been heard.
Eight cases had been disposed of and six
were pending adjudication during the
week of Nov. 8.
Of the eight cases acted upon, two
were dismissed due to lack of evidence
and one had the charges dropped. Three
violators received unofficial warning let-
ters, one received a university warning let-
ter, and one was placed on disciplinary
probation for two semesters. One of the
violators receiving an unofficial warning
letter was required to make restitution
for damages.
Violations in the cases heard in-
cluded misuse of university property, vio-
lations of residence rules, violations of
motor vehicle and parking regulations,
and violations of safety regulations.
Continued Austerity Seen
In 1972 Budget Projections
Increased faculty/student ratios and
no relief from an austerity budget were
the messages from Executive Vice Presi-
dent Phillip L. Sirotkin at a special
meeting of the Senate last Monday. He
was reporting to the Senate on priorities
for university programs,
Beginning with a summary of the
1972 budget situation thus far, Dr.
Sirotkin explained that SUNYA had re-
quested a $5 million increase over last
year’s budget and an additional 64 po-
sitions. SUNY Central Administration,
which is the first agency to review the
budget, has cut the request by $2.2 mil-
lion and 57 positions. Further cuts by
other agencies are likely.
One result will be that the student/
faculty ratio is expected to be about
16.14/1 in 1972. It was 13.6/1 in 1970
and is 15.3/1 this year,
The dearth of new faculty will also
mean that present faculty positions may
have to be shifted among departments to
balance teaching loads. Dr. Sirotkin
noted, for example, that the social and
behavioral sciences, library science, the
“School of Business, and the humanities
have heavy faculty/student ratios, while
sciences and mathematics have much
more favorable ratios.
There are, however, few positions
available for readjustments. Of some 800
faculty lines, only 86 will be open in June
1972. They represent faculty on one year
term appointments. Other lines are oc-
cupied by tenured faculty or faculty
holding two- or three-year term appoint-
ments to whom commitments have al-
ready been made.
Foreseeing a similar problem in
1973, Dr. Sirotkin declared that there
was a moratorium on commitments for
appointments ending in June 1973.
In hiring to fill vacancies, Dr.
Sirotkin noted that the university would
actively seek appointments of minority
group members and women. Currently,
vacancies among the teaching faculty are
at 4%, vacancies among the maintenance
staff are at 17%, and vacancies among the
administrative staff are at 18%.
Despite curtailment of funds, the
university is still exploring new programs.
Priorities among those being contem-
plated are given to interdepartmental pro-
grams such as environmental studies and
bio-chemistry; development of ethnic
studies such as Puerto Rican studies, and
development of a three-year baccalau-
reate program, Dr. Sirotkin emphasized,
however, that if new faculty positions are
not allocated, courses in such programs
could not be offered unless faculty work-
loads were increased or existing courses
sacrificed.
Enrollment projections for 1972
show an increase of 1,030 over this year’s
13,905 headcount. The total would in-
clude 9,435 undergraduates and 5,500
graduate students.
Teacher Award
Nominations Ope
The Outstanding Teacher Awards
Committee, headed by elected chairman
Terrell Bynum, has released an open let-
ter to the university community. Others
on the committee, appointed by Presi-
dent Benezet, are Robert Frost, Helen
Horowitz, and Hyman Kuritz, faculty,
and Tom LaBarbera, Phil Prince, and Bert
Sapurstein, students.
The Outstanding Teacher Award will
be a grant of $2,000. Up to two such
awards will be given annually to members
of the SUNYA academic staff.
The letter continues: “The first task
facing the committee is the development
of a workable and appropriate set of
criteria for reaching decisions. In tackling
this task, the committee will work closely
with all parts of the university com-
munity and will also gather information
from other colleges where similar awards
are given. The procedures of the com-
mittee in securing nomiriations and
reaching decisions will be made public
throughout the university community.
“Nominations for the Outstanding
Teacher Award will be accepted until
Feb. 15. All members of the university
community are invited to submit nomi-
nations, including self-nominations.
Nominations may be anonymous. In or-
der to function effectively, the com-
mittee decided that none of its own mem-
bers may be nominated.
“Nominations must include more
than just a name. They should also men-
tion the courses which the professor
teaches that indicate excellence; and they
should specify in detail why the nominee
should be considered an outstanding
teacher. These inputs will help the com-
mittee develop guidelines and criteria for
selecting winners of the award.”
All nominations, inquiries, and in-
formation should be sent to Mr. Bynum
in HU 256,
Re-evaluation of Tenure Decision Asked
In recent action, Central Council
adopted a position statement on the
denial of tenure to David Goodman, as-
sistant professor of history, by a vote of
17 with two abstentions,
The measure, approved by Student
Association president Michael Lampert,
states, in part: “that Central Council,
concerned about any inequities which
may have been involved in the History
Department’s recent decision to deny Dr.
David Goodman promotion and tenure,
strongly recommends that this decision
be re-evaluated, and that student opinion
in this process be recognized, listened to,
and given weight in determining the final
decision,”
Other approved measures call for a
$555 budget for the Fencing Society and
a supplemental appropriation of $400 for
20 new mattresses in the farmhouse at
Dippikill.
Allocations Total $194,500 |
For Teaching Fellowships
The university has received approxi-
mately $194,500 for grant fellowships al-
located under the National Defense Edu-
cation Act, Title IV, U. S. Office of Edu-
cation.
Paul Saimond, associate dean of grad-
uate studies, reports that represented in
the total figure are nine new awards and a
continuation of 26 previous awards, for a
total of 35 active at the present time. The
purpose of the awards is to assist the
preparation of college teachers who are
studying for their doctorates. The original
award is for a period of three years to an
individual.
Departments involved are astronomy,
atmospheric science, biology, chemistry,
economics, English, French, history,
mathematics, philosophy, physics, and
psychology in the College of Arts and Sci-
ences. In the School of Education they
are curriculum-instruction, educational
administration, educational psychology
and statistics, guidance and personnel ser-
vices, and reading. Also benefiting are stu-
Records Refiling
Restricts Service
Thomas C. Burnette, registrar, has
notified deans, division chairmen, depart-
ment chairmen, and academic offices that
effective today staff of his office will be-
gin re-filing student permanent record
files in alpha sequence. Consequently, it
is necessary to restrict counter service to
9:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. in order to free cleri-
cal staff to perform the task, It is antici-
pated that a minimum three-week period
will be needed to accomplish the task.
Visits from faculty and staff from
outside the office will be restricted to
special and necessary access to the files.
In every instance, prior arrangements
should be made with office staff before
visits are made for use of the student per-
manent record files.
New Book Highlights
Czech Scenographer
Jarka Burian, interim chairman of
the Department of Theatre, is the author
of The Scenography of Josef Svoboda,
just published by the Wesleyan Press of
Middletown, Conn. Svoboda, an archi-
tecturally trained stage designer who pre-
fers the term “scenographer”, is con-
sidered the most prolific and sought-after
designer in Europe today.
Dr. Burian gathered most of the ma-
terial for his book in Prague in 1968 and
1969 while on a research grant co-spon-
sored by the American Inter-University
Committee on Travel Grants and the
Czechoslovakian Ministry of Education.
During that time he worked directly with
Professor Svoboda, had access to his
studio and archives, and taped many of
their discussions. A return visit to Prague
in 1970 gave Dr. Burian the opportunity
to bring his material up to date on
Svoboda’s most recent productions.
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Communications to the editor should be
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should be submittsd to AD 262, 7-4630.
dents in the Graduate School for Public
Affairs and the School of Criminal
Justice.
Within the total grant of $194,500 is
the sum of $107,000 for new and con-
tinuation grants. SUNYA will receive an
estimated $87,500 in supporting cost of
education funds.
Two new recipient areas this year are
economics and philosophy.
’Round the Campus
The Faculty Wives Club will sponsor a bloodmobile visit on campus Wednesday , Dec.
1. It will take place from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m, in the Campus Center Ballroom. During the
past three years the university community has contributed 2.567 pints of blood to the
American Red Cross as follows:
pints.
ble.
1969, 808 pints; 1970, 1,100 pints: and 1971, 659
Contributions were made in 1968 and earlier but no records are availa-
. Elections for members of the College of Arts and Sciences’ Council will be
Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday, Nov. 30 - Dec.
in the Main Lounge of the
Campus Center from 10 a.m. until 3 p.m. All those advised by a member of the faculty
of the college are eligible to run as well as to vote. Applications for election of
students to the council are available in the Student Association office. They should be
returned there until 5 p.m. today. .
.There will be limited bus service during Thanks-
giving recess and no service on Thursday, Nov. 25. .
-Nathan Gottschalk, music depart-
ment chairman, has been invited to conduct the New York All-State Festival Orchestra
LEONARD GORDON, educational
psychology and statistics, is the co-author
of an article, “Bureaucratic Orientation
of the Japanese Adolescent,” which ap-
peared in the November 1970 issue of
Japanese Annals of Social Psychology.
RENO KNOUSE, distributive education,
spoke at a meeting of the New York State
Area Occupational Center Distribution
and Marketing Teachers and Adminis-
trators in May, His address was “In-
structional Materials for the Distributive
Teacher-Coordinator”.
RONALD LEY, educational psychology
and statistics, presented a paper, “Classi-
cal and Instrumental Conditioning As-
pects of Escape Behavior in the Treat-
ment of Obsessive Behavior,” to the staff
of the department of psychiatry at the
New York Medical College in April.
ROBERT NURNBERGER, general
studies, served as a consultant on “Design
and Production of Instructional Materials
and Procedures,” at the National Science
Foundation Conference on Environ-
Bowling, Table Game
Competitions Slated
Contests in billiards, bowling, bridge,
chess, and table tennis, sponsored by the
Association of College Unions, will take
place from Monday, Nov. 29, through
Saturday, Dec. 4. All events will be con-
ducted in the Campus Center. They will
be held under the direction of the Stu-
dent Activities Office.
Registration forms for each event
may be obtained at the CC information
desk. Registration closes Friday.
Administering the various areas of
competition will be Lee Battes, chess;
Daryl Hendery, billiards; Paul Schiffman,
table tennis; Nelson Swart, bowling; and
Tom Trifon, bridge. There is a $1 fee for
each participant in bridge, billiards, and
table tennis. Bowling entrants must pur-
chase an ABC or WIBC collegiate mem-
bership card for 50 cents.
Students will be paired for com
petition and participants will be notified
by each tournament director. Winners of
the local tournament will be eligible to
compete in the Region II contest to be
hosted by State University College at Os-
wego on Feb, 10-12.
Foundation Director
Lewis P. Welch, vice president for
university affairs, has been elected execu-
tive director of the State University of
New York at Albany Foundation, Inc. He
succeeds Earl G, Droessler, former vice
president for research,
Other officers of the foundation’s
board are President Benezet, president;
Robert A. Stierer, assistant vice president
for management and planning, treasurer;
and Chandler Stein, secretary. Also a
member of the board is Vice President for
Research Louis R. Salkever.
Faculty Notes
mental Education in Washington, D.C., in
May.
WILLIAM SHORT, Milne, has shown
color movies and slides of the Milne
School Spanish-Mexican Musical Demon-
stration Team, “Los Neoyorquinos” (the
New Yorkers), the only known student
group of its kind, to a group of educators
in Yucatan, Mexico.
CRAIG SIPE, science education, has been
appointed to a three-year term as a mem-
ber of the National Evaluation Com-
mittee of the Wisconsin Research and De-
velopment Center for Cognitive Learning.
Leave Restricted
Elmer C. Mathews, dean for per-
sonnel administration, has advised all
faculty and professional staff represented
by the Senate Professional Association of
limitations on the accrual of. sick leave
and vacation credits. The SPA contract
provides increased accumulation maxi-
mums for vacation and sick leave credits
of 40 and 165 days, respectively.
However, President Nixon’s wage-
price freeze limited maximums to 30 days
of vacation and 150 days of sick leave
until Nov. 15. Phase II guidelines have
not yet been made available. Therefore,
staff members should not accumulate
credits beyond the lower maximums until
further notice.
Drug Center Needs
College Volunteers
Volunteers are being sought to work
with young people aged 14-25 who are
involved with drugs. The Drug Informa-
tion Center in Schenectady is particularly
interested in college-aged volunteers who
live in the Schenectady area. Volunteers
will be asked to work two nights a week
at the center. Monday night would be a
training session; dialogs and encounter
sessions with. the young people are held
Tuesday through Thursday nights.
Volunteers would report on Monday
nights to the center, 325 Clinton Street,
Schenectady, For further information call
Mrs. Martha Proper, 374-7666 or
374-8113.
Trespass Charges
Two Albany youths, Edward Thomp-
son and Robert Rocco, were arrested at
Indian Quadrangle Nov. 15 by uniformed
security officers and charged with crimi-
nal trespass. They later pled guilty before
Justice of the Peace John Welch of the
Town of Guilderland and were released
on condition they remain off campus for
a year.
more events...
WEDNESDAY - Thanksgiving Recess be-
gins, 6 p.m. SUNYA football films,
IFC, LC 1, 7:30 p.m.
SATURDAY - Film, Indian Association,
LC 18,7 p.m.
SUNDAY - Residence _ halls
noon.
reopen, 12
at the Concord Hotel. The orchestra is
made up of the most talented musicians
from throughout the state. Dr. Gotts-
chalk also has been invited to conduct the
Massachusetts All-State Festival Orchestra
in March...More than 500 persons at-
tended the International Night program
held recently by the International Stu-
dent Association, An estimated 20 new
international students are expected here
for the spring term. There will be a one-
day orientation program Jan. 14 and vol-
unteers are needed...Next month the
School of Social Welfare will graduate the
first class of students who have com-
pleted their studies in 16 months. They
will be available for positions Jan. 1. . .Er-
nest R. Ranucci, mathematics, is fighting
the battle of supplies in Ecuador and
wondering what’s going on here. You can
write to him care of Comision Fulbright,
Apartado Postal 722, Quito, Ecuador, via
air mail...The impact of health man-
power legislation on health education
centers in the Northeast was the subject
of a conference held on campus Thursday
by the U. S, Department of Health, Edu-
cation and Welfare. SU’s Health Sciences
Office was sponsor.
SPA Committees
Committees for communications and
publicity, grievances, membership, and
negotiations have been formed by the
Senate Professional Association, Chair-
man of the Communications and Pub-
licity Committee is Alice Corbin.
Membership co-chairmen are Bertha
Wakin for the teaching faculty and Rob-
ert Gibson for the non-teaching pro-
fessionals.
DeWitt Ellinwood chairs the Griev-
ance Committee. Members are Robert
Burgess, Mauritz Johnson, Janice Havens,
and Leila Moore. Chairman of the Negoti-
ations Committee is Donald Whitlock.
Members are Melvin Bers, Charles Ed-
wards, Rodney Hart, Margaret McKenna,
Catherine Newbold, and Joel True.
Campus Exchange
FOR SALE: Laced ski boots, size 84D;
ski pants, 32-28, like new; 7-piece all
brass fireplace set. Call 482-3126 after 5
ean eateed Firewood, maple and oak, split
and delivered, $20 face cord. Call
489-0348 evenings...... 1965 98 Olds
luxury sedan, power everything, cheap.
Call Rich, 472-5106 after 8
Pies es 49” wooden skis, including
Cubco bindings, $20; K-2 Holidays 195,
$60; Sunbeam electric snow blower, $60.
Call 439-7621...... 1964 Ford custom,
3 speed standard, 6 cyl., 4 new tires, ex-
cellent condition, $495. Call
EB ET ECE bai seit Doral enlarger with
80mm enlarging lens, sturdy unit with
baseboard, 35mm, and 2% X 2% negative
carriers, $25. Call 482-7526 after 5
PO... Snow tires, 7.75 X 15, studs, 4
months use, $35; 8.25 X 14, 1 year use,
$25; 15” Rambler wheels, $3 each. Call
7-4901 and 439-1337.
WANTED: Apartment for 3 girls, re-
sponsible, will pay up to $160 per month.
Cal7 51330 os. 4 Student desires work
cleaning or caring for children. Call
7-5133.
