‘Tower
Tribune
Vol. 2, No. 10
November 2, 1970
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STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK AT ALBANY
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ISMAIL MUHD. SALLEH, of Malaysia, combines the use of his Braille typewrite:
ir with
his newly-acquired four-track tape recorder. Assisting is John H. Blackburn, of the
international service committee of Albany Rotary Club which presented the recorder.
FSA Votes New Board Makeup,
Approves Semi-Annual Meetings
Significant action taken-at the four-
hour long annual meeting of the Faculty-
Student Association last Wednesday in-
cluded a change in by-laws which calls for
a new makeup of the Board of Directors,
and the addition of a second meeting of
the full Membership Board of 25 in the
spring semester to review fiscal affairs.
The membership also approved plans for
a meeting of the new board early in
November to review the 1970-71 budget
and make recommendations to the fall
membership board before the end of the
fall semester. A third proposal calling for
different representation on the fall mem-
bership board was withdrawn by its stu-
dent sponsors. All action was virtually
unanimous.
Membership on the new board is all
ex-officio being comprised of: the presi-
dent; vice president for management and
planning; vice president for student
affairs; chairman of the Senate’s person-
nel policies council; president, Central
Council; president, Graduate Student As-
sociation; vice chairman of the Senate;
vice chairman elect of the Senate; and
vice president of Central Council. Pro-
vision is thereby made for equal repre-
sentation of students, faculty, and
administration.
The financial report showed a net ex-
cess of income over expense of $29,872.
Total net income was $268,593 with
food service representing $221,097. Net
losses equaled $148,682 of which the
bookstore represented the largest loss of
$70,119. Support for university activities
and the Mohawk and Goodman proper-
ties totaled $90,039.
In President Benezet’s remarks open-
ing the meeting he said that the board
owed a stable business organization to the
institution, its membership and the state
with whom it contracts. Stating that FSA’
exists to give good service to the univer-
sity community, the president recognized
it should be responsive to the broad spec-
trum it serves and that adjustments pro-
posed for the Board of Directors were in
line with the spirit of openness in
decision-making which affects the constit-
uents of the campus.
Commission Recommends
Voluntary Activities Fee
The Temporary State Commission to
Study the Causes of Campus Unrest,
headed by Assemblyman Charles D.
Henderson, has recommended to State
University of New York that the adminis-
trative officers at SU units cease to with-
hold grades or transcripts of grades of stu-
dents solely because of their failure to
pay a student activity fee. The withhold-
ing practice has been in effect for some
time under the mandatory student activi-
ty fee system.
The commission further stated, in its
resolution forwarded to Chancellor
Ernest L. Boyer and the Board of Trus-
tees, that student activity fees should be
voluntary at all the SU units and that the
students should vote as to whether they
want voluntary fees or none at all. Also
called for was a student-elected board of
managers which would prepare a unit
budget, where a voluntary student activi-
ty fee had been approved, and voting
upon the budget itself by the students.
Reportedly, the commission sees the
present controversy over student activity
fees and funds as an element in, and
underlying cause of, campus unrest. It has
pointed out that the fees and funds which
amount to some $5-million each year
have been governed until recently pursu-
ant to a 1968 ruling of the State Comp-
troller. The ruling said that the fee should
be governed by student organizations
without any interference by college ad-
ministrations. More recently, a study by
the comptroller’s office brought about a
Day Care Center Opening Nears,
Application Processing Continues
Preparations are continuing for an
anticipated early December opening of
the day care center. The Board of Direc-
tors, although incomplete, will have its
first meeting Thursday; the physical facil-
ities in Pierce Hall are expected to be
completed by November 13; and equip-
ment has been ordered.
Applications are being received and
evaluated by Blair Barrett, director of the
center. A “very modest” sliding fee scale
has been proposed and is under consider-
ation. Application forms may be obtained
at the Campus Center information desk,
the financial aids office (BA 111), and
from Mrs. Barrett (Draper 149).
The Board of Directors will number
13, including Mrs. Barrett and William
Rooney, acting dean, School of Social
Welfare, who are ex officio. Appointed
thus far are Cecile David, faculty mem-
ber; John Hartigan, budget control offi-
cer; Ruth Lefton, faculty wife; President
Benezet; John Helsdon, Pierce Hall stu-
dent; and Bernice Miller, consultant, Area
4 Office, Department of Social Services,
representing the community outside the
university.
Yet to be designated are three mem-
bers of the Women’s Liberation Front
and two student parents not Women’s
Liberation members. These five persons
will be chosen from among those with
children in the center or who are eligible
to use the center.
Nine full-time employees have been
hired: Mrs. Barrett, a secretary, a program
director, a certified teacher, a nurse, two
non-certified teachers, and two teacher
aides. In addition, six work-study stu-
dents will be employed.
revision in the 1968 ruling and a recom-
mendation for administrative controls
and supervision.
Members of the commission, in ad-
dition to Chairman Henderson, are Sena-
tors John E. Flynn, Albert B. Lewis, and
Edward J. Speno; Assemblymen William
F, Passannante and Alvin M. Suchin; and
Edward F. Carpenter, Carl H. Pforz-
heimer, Jr., and Edward V. Regan, who
were appointed by Governor Rockefeller.
Mr. Flynn is vice chairman and Mr.
Passannante, secretary.
Trustees Appoint
New GSPA Dean
The appointment of L. Gray Cowan
as dean of the Graduate School of Public
Affairs was approved Wednesday by the
State University Board of Trustees. He
will begin his new duties in January. Fred
J. Tickner has been serving as acting dean
of the school.
Dr. Cowan presently is professor of
government at Columbia University and
also director of the university’s African
Institute. He has been on the faculty at
Columbia for the past 23 years.
The newly-appointed dean is an
alumnus of the University of Toronto
where he majored in modern languages.
He holds advanced degrees in Germanic
philology and political science from
Columbia University.
Dr. Cowan is the author of several
books including France and The Saar,
Local Government in West Africa, and
Dilemmas of African Independence. His
most recent publication is The Cost of
Learning.
The political scientist served during
the past year as president of the African
Studies Association. He has traveled ex-
tensively in Europe, Asia, and Africa, and
has been a consultant to U. S. govern-
ment agencies and various foundations.
He is a member of the Council on Foreign
Relations and of the Africa Committee,
Social Science Research Council.
Futterer Lecture in PAC Tonight
John Bailey Fernald, the 1970-71
Agnes E. Futterer Lecturer and professor
of theatre, will present the first of two
scheduled lectures at the Studio Theatre
in the Performing Arts Center tonight at
8 p.m. His subject will be “Shakespeare
and ‘Reality’ in the Theatre.” There is no
admission charge. The Futterer Lecture-
ship has been established in honor of
Agnes E. Futterer, professor emeritus of
speech and theatre.
Mr. Fernald is an eminent interna-
tional theatre scholar, director, and pro-
ducer. Early in his career he was dramatic
editor for Pall Mall magazine and directed
extensively for amateur theatre. He was
director of the Liverpool Playhouse after
WW II and has staged over 40 productions
in the United States, England, and several
other countries.
John Fernald
Most recently he served four years in
Rochester, Mich., as director of the John
Fernald Company of the Meadow Brook
Theatre and head of the Academy of Dra-
matic Art of Oakland University.
Directions for Doctor of Arts Degree
Discussed by Twelve Area Colleges
A meeting of 12 area two- and four-
year colleges on Oct. 16 has produced
consensus on the direction to be taken
for the new Doctor of Arts degree at
SUNYA. The conference was sponsored
by SUNYA’s D.A. Planning Group,
headed by Arthur Collins.
Participants in the conference were
polled as to the degree of desirability of
certain elements proposed for inclusion in
Doctor of Arts programs. Those items
considered most valuable were (1) “a
minimum of 45-50 semester hours. of
graduate courses in the major field,” (2)
“an internship year,” (3) activities during
the candidate’s resident years that involve
him directly in the complexities of col-
lege teaching, (4) “related courses from
outside the major field,” and (5) a disser-
tation.
Meetings Slated
On Peace Corps
Representatives from the Peace
Corps will be on campus today through
Wednesday. Information will be available
in the Campus Center lobby from 10 a.m.
to 3 p.m. during that time. Personal inter-
views will be held in CC 375.
Tomorrow a film concerning Peace
Corps volunteers in Colombia will be
shown in LC 1 at 7:30 p.m. Afterwards a
panel, consisting of two Peace Corps vol-
unteers and two international students
from Colombia, will discuss the film and
other related topics. A question and
answer period will follow.
Since the inception of the Peace
Corps ten years ago, 57 volunteers from
SUNYA have completed service overseas.
In addition, there are 25 recent graduates
of this university now helping the people
of 60 nations where Peace Corps pro-
grams are underway.
A Peace Corps representative stated
that, despite rumblings to the contrary,
significant national gains in volunteer en-
rollment have been posted in such aca-
demic skill categories as business degrees,
up 75%; civil engineers, 23%; home eco-
nomics, 6%; mechanical engineers, 19%;
other engineering degrees, 10%; agricul-
tural degrees, 47%; and industrial arts, up
59%. Overseas programs for liberal arts
majors continue to fill on schedule.
Blood Donors Needed
A Bloodmobile visit will be held in
the CC Ballroom on Nov. 20 from 9 a.m.
to 3 p.m. Faculty and staff will receive
donor registration forms with their pay-
checks on Wednesday, while students will
be accepted on a walk-in basis.
The Bloodmobile motto is “The life
you save may someday be your own.”
Blood donors are given a brief physical
checkup and receive free blood coverage
for themselves and members of their
immediate families.
Past visits of the Bloodmobile have
produced an extremely low number of
donors. This time it is hoped that many
more will volunteer to donate their life-
saving blood.
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must be resubmitted each time.
Of five subjects for formal study
within the professional component of the
degree, the most highly rated was “the
psychological needs and attitudes of late
adolescents and early adults,” followed
closely by “history of problems and is-
sues in higher education.”
All but three participants viewed a
dissertation as an essential component in
a doctoral degree for college teachers.
The response indicated a clear preference
for a dissertation ‘on scholarly issues
within the discipline” over the type of
dissertation required for a Ph.D. and also
over one “in the problems of teaching at
the college level.””
All of the colleges have expressed
their willingness to consider individual
D.A. candidates for a year’s appointment
to serve as full-time staff members on
their campuses. In general such interns
would be compensated at the beginning
salary level. Immediate supervision of the
intern’s work would be provided by a fac-
ulty member of the participating college,
with regular visitations by one or more
members of the SUNYA department.
Participating schools were North
Adams State, Russell Sage, Saint Rose,
Siena, Union, Williams, Cobleskill,
Columbia-Greene, Fulton-Montgomery,
Hudson Valley, and Orange County.
| ‘Round the Campus
A course in nonviolent conflict resolution will be offered here next semester, possibly
for three credits. Martha Dickinson, physics, is the coordinator and has additional
information. . Starting Nov. 10, the College of General Studies has scheduled a day-
time non-credit course in understanding the stock market. ..The Downtown Campus
Branch Library in Hawley contains materials of interest to f:
ulty and graduate stu-
dents doing research in the fields of government, political science, public affairs,
economics, and in cultural and urban problems. . By recent Senate action, those being
considered for promotion or continuing appointment must be informed of the depart-
ment recommendation. Those wishing to appear in their own behalf before the Coun-
cil on Promotions and Continuing Appointments are advised to notify Henry Mau. . .A
group of 43 Canadian students has been
attending classes at The Milne School as
part of an exchange program. . .Barry
Haber in the School of Business has de-
tails about an experimental program to be
offered in 1973 at Nanyang University in
Singapore. . .Recreational swimming
hours for faculty and staff are 12 to 1
Monday, Wednesday, and Friday, and
11:45 to 12:45 on Tuesday and Thurs-
day. . International student ID cards are
available at SS 111 and renewal stamps
for 1971 may be obtained next
month. ..A multi-media production,
“Zone: On Tour’, will be presented
Saturday evening at 8:30 at the PAC, and
Tuesday at 8:30 p.m. there will be music
for winds and piano in the Recital
Hall... .The Italian reading examination
for graduate students will be administered
by the department of Romance languages
Dec. 1 and Apr. 13 at 3:30 p.m. Those
interested should notify Giose Rimanelli
at least two weeks before the test date.
Great Dane Sports
The sailing club recently combined
with a team from SUNY at Stony Brook
to win a race sponsored by the Corinth-
ians, a group of yacht owners, at the
Stamford, Conn., Yacht Club. The
Albany-Stony Brook contingent, which
was formed due to a shortage of boats
supplied by the Corinthians, defeated a
14-team field which included such top-
ranked schools as Kings Point, Maritime
College, and U.S. Coast Guard Academy.
Representing Albany were Glenn Faden,
Marg Straube, Gail Henry, Hank Maduro,
and Jack Arthurton.
Study on Mindanao
Receives Approval
A graduate program for study on
Mindanao, an island in the Southern
Philippines, has been established by the
university in a cooperative effort with the
Ford Foundation.
The program will provide annually
for 10 to 30 SUNY candidates for doc-
tor’s or master’s degrees, with an oppor-
tunity to advance their work through
research or teaching at one of the six col-
leges on Mindanao, while offering assist-
ance to those colleges as graduate fellows
in teaching or in research.
The Office of International Pro-
grams, which has additional information,
reports that next June will mark the start
of the 10-month program.
Medical Librarianship
The School of Library Science has re-
ceived accreditation for its sequence of
courses in medical librarianship from the
Medical Library Association. The notifi-
cation was made by Dr. Donald Wash-
burn, president of the association.
Instrumental in obtaining the accred-
itation was Pauline Vaillancourt of the
School of Library Science faculty. Profes-
sor Vaillancourt teaches medical librarian-
ship and medical bibliography, part of the
MLS program for persons desiring to be
certified medical librarians.
The school has cooperative library ar-
rangements with Albany Medical College.
Regular season action in cross-coun-
try and soccer concludes this week. The
harriers host LeMoyne at 3 p.m. tomor-
row and the booters entertain Union at
the same time Thursday. The football
club is at Plattsburgh Saturday and re-
turns home for the finale against Hudson
Valley November 14.
Jeeeencer
Albany at Towson, Oct. 24, 1970
Albany 0140 0-14
Towson P2121) 720) --69
Albany scoring: Ernie Thomas
(10-yard pass from Gordon Kupperstein);
Bernie Boggs (16-yard pass from Kupper-
stein, two extra point kicks).
eRe EE
A faculty-staff volleyball league is
being planned and all interested partici-
pants. are invited to attend an organiza-
tional meeting Wednesday noon in the
main gym, physical education building.
Play will begin after a brief meeting.
Times available to the group are
noon-l p.m. Monday, Wednesday, and
Friday. Lockers are available for a $2
deposit and towel service for $4 per year.
For further information call DeWitt Ellin-
wood (7-8687, 438-4358) or Al Werner
(7-4513).
more events...
TUESDAY - Campus Forum, President’s
Office, Patroon Lounge, 2:30 p.m.
WSUA election night coverage, on-
the-spot reports from key political
headquarters in Albany and New
York City, Radio 640, 8 p.m.
WEDNESDAY - Forum on University
Library Problems, Patroon Lounge, 2
p.m. Central Council Grievance Com-
mittee, CC 346, 3:15 p.m. Russian
Classical Music Night, Russian Club,
Assembly Hall, 7:30 p.m.
THURSDAY - Meeting for Sing leaders
for Holiday Sing, LC 13, 7 p.m.
FRIDAY - Film: “To Die in Madrid,”
IFG, LC 18, 7 and 9:15 p.m. Film:
“The Fixer,” State Quad, LC 7, 7:30
and 10 p.m., tonight and tomorrow.
Mixer, Young Conservatives, CC Ball-
room, 8 p.m.
Signum Laudis
To Plan Induction
Signum Laudis will conduct a
preliminary meeting tomorrow at 7:30
p.m. in the Assembly Hail to compile a
new membership list and plan for
induction. No juniors were inducted last
spring as a result of the strike.
Customarily, in the spring of their
junior year, students in the top four
percent of their class are inducted,
provided they have completed at least 74
hours, have a cumulative average of at
least 3.0, and have passed at least 50
hours here by the end of the first
semester of their junior year. In the fall
of their senior year, students in the next
four percent of the class are inducted,
provided they have completed at least 90
hours, with an average of at least 3.0, and
have passed at least 50 hours by the end
of their junior year.
Those who have a cumulative average
of 3.38, the cut-off point for the top
eight percent of the class, or higher, and
who meet the requirements for either of
the above groups, are eligible for
membership.
Campus Exchange
FOR SALE: Electric washer and stove,
$10 each. Call 489-3909...... Brand
new auburn Adolfo dynel stretch wig plus
dummy, $20, Call 7-308. .... . Pair of
white-wall snow tires, 9.50 x 15, $45.
Call S.H. Rubin 7-4341...... Sears
super-8 movie camera, 6 to 1 zoom lens,
originally $140, used only twice; also tri-
pod, floodlight, six film cartridges, movie
viewer; all for $100. Call Larry, 7-3921, 9
am. to5 pm..... New unused Bell &
Howell super-8 motion picture camera
with automatic exposure control; also
new unused super-8 Bell & Howell mo-
tion picture projector with reversal and
still capacities. Call 7-3358 or 438-1056
after 5:30 p.m......Mobile home, 2
bedrooms, good condition, set up in
trailer park on bus line; (will sell or rent).
Call 731-2253)... os. House, eleven
rooms, Schenectady (near Union Col-
lege). 1968 Corvette convertible, 427 cu.
in., 390 hp, 4 speed, yellow. 1967 Ply-
mouth, automatic, blue, big engine. Call
Esther Gardiner, 7-8498 or at home
SEO TEY exes Seven puppies, 4 weeks
old, pure basset hound on the inside,
polybred on the outside. V. Aceto,
7-8843 or 377-3007...... 15° cruiser,
lapstreak hull 40 h.p. electric motor,
trailer, cover and top, battery like new;
$850 complete. Call Walt Hamlin, 7-4928
or 462-1455.
WANTED: Homes for free kittens, eight
weeks oldepCalliK. Cook,
489-0894. ..... Studio apartment, fur-
nished or unfurnished, $75-100, in up-
town or downtown campus area. Call
Leon Calhoun, 7-8590.
Faculty Notes
VOLKER MOHNEN, ASRC, has been se-
lected by the American Association for
the Advancement of Science as a guest
lecturer in an experimental science educa-
tion program being conducted this fall.
