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Tribune
Vol. 2, No. 20
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STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK AT ALBANY
February 8, 1971
SNOWBANKS have compounded parking headaches by eating up even more of the
already limited parking space near the podium. Nevertheless, campus drivers persevere.
Council Approves New Regulations
For On-Campus Parking, Traffic
New parking and traffic regulations
for the university were approved last
Thursday by the University Council, to
go into effect immediately. They were de-
veloped by the university Security Office,
at the urging of the University Senate.
The regulations apply “to all opera-
tors of motor vehicles on university prop-
erty, including faculty, staff, students,
and visitors” and to “‘the use and opera-
tion of all motor vehicles upon properties
owned or leased by” SUNYA. The
assumption made is that:
“The act of parking or driving a
motor vehicle on campus is a privilege
and constitutes acceptance by the owner
and/or operator of the responsibility to
see that his vehicle is neither parked nor
operated in violation of these regulations
or any applicable traffic regulation of the
State of New York.”
Parking will be allowed in authorized
parking areas only. Uptown campus park-
ing areas are designated on maps available
at the Security Office. Parking on walk-
ways, roadways, and in areas not desig-
nated is prohibited unless the vehicle has
a special parking permit.
Special parking permits are issued on
an individual basis and must be promi-
nently displayed on the vehicle. Unau-
thorized vehicles found in special permit
parking areas may be towed away.
Fines for violations of the regulations
are $1 for the first violation, $3 for the
second violation, and $5 for the third and
subsequent violations. Appeals may be
made to the Parking Appeals Committee
within three school days from the date of
the ticket.
Fines are payable within 30 calendar
days from the date of the infraction or
from the date of a rejection of an appeal.
Failure to pay the fine may result in revo-
cation of parking privileges. Once parking
privileges have been revoked, vehicles are
subject to being towed from SUNYA
property at the expense of the owner or
driver. Drivers who currently have fines
outstanding will be notified and given 30
days to pay them.
In order to relieve the congestion in
parking lots around the academic podium
and residence quadrangles, two shuttle
buses will be operating on 10-minute
schedules around the perimeter road,
enabling greater use of the parking lots by
the Physical Education Building and on
either side of the east perimeter road by
the campus lake.
Academic Dismissals Reach
A total of 105 students have received
academic dismissal from the University
College and the College of Arts and
Sciences following the fall semester of
1970. The number represents a four-fold
increase over previous semesters.
Bruce Gray, advisor at the University
College, cited three possible explanations
for the increased number of dismissals.
“The primary reason appears to be a
misconception of the workings of the S-U
grading system.” Under this system, a
full-time student must. satisfactorily
complete a minimum of six credits for
that semester. A number of dismissed
students ended the semester with grades
of Incomplete (I), which do not count
toward successful completion of the
minimum six credits.
“Another underlying cause of the
dismissals may be the new university
calendar,” suggested Mr. Gray. Previously
students had a breathing period during
winter recess to catch up with course
work. This year the semester concluded
before the holidays, leaving some
students high and dry.
“A third possible explanation might
be related to the faculty anticipating
disturbances similar to last spring,” Mr.
Gray postulated. Many faculty members
revamped the requirements of their
courses and assigned term papers that
were due early in the semester. As a
result, final examinations were not
Judicial Workshop Slated
The entire judicial system of the
university will be under scrutiny this
weekend when the Student Affairs
Council of the University Senate sponsors
a Judicial Workshop. At least 44 persons,
including students, faculty,
administrators, and judicial officials
outside the university, have agreed to
attend.
The workshop will proceed on two
assumptions: that there are no campus
judicial bodies in existence, and that all
responsibility for conduct has been
returned to the hands of the president of
the university for subsequent
reallocation. The concern of the
workshop will be to develop a judicial
philosophy in the best interest of the
university, not to evaluate or revise
judicial structures already in use.
Informality and free exchange of
ideas will characterize the workshop.
Emphasis will be on small group
discussions and constant feedback of
information and conclusions. Among
questions proposed for discussion are:
What are the aims, goals, and purposes of
a judicial system in a university setting?
Are the anticipated outcomes of a
university judicial system consistent with
those of society’s judicial system? What
are the responsibilities of the judicial
system to the rights of the individual, to
the group?
Although the workshop itself will
explore primarily the philosophical
aspects of university judicial matters, its
goal is the ultimate development of a
unified and formal judicial system for the
university. Said Kenneth Kurzweil,
chairman of the Judicial Workshop
Steering Committee, in a letter to
participants: “The judicial system must
cope with many new situations for which
guidelines do not now exist. Interactions
with faculty, security, and local law
enforcement officials are now common
experiences, and the university must
develop methods of organizing its judicial
system to include these factors.”
The workshop is intended to open
dialogue on the subject within the
university. Reports of the sessions will be
New High
weighted as heavy as previously. This
tended to throw some students off guard
and contribute to unsuccessful comple-
tion of work.
Each student notified that he was to
be academically dismissed had the right
to appeal that action by presenting his
case in writing to the Committee on
Academic Standing.
The committee heard 118 cases. It
continued 64 students on probation,
denied 52 registration, and allowed two
students to withdraw without penalty.
Of the 105 students dismissed, 38
were freshmen, 44 sophomores, eight
students with five semesters experience,
and 15 from the upper division of the
College of Arts and Science.
_ With Philosophical Emphasis
made available and participants are
expected to act as resource persons.
A final judicial system is envisioned
as one in which lines of jurisdiction are
clearly established, procedures
formulated, and areas of responsibility
defined. Working relationships would be
actively developed among all groups
having a part in such a system.
Anyone interested in attending the
workshop is asked to contact Sharon
Stiller, Livingston Tower, 5-8963.
Budget Increase
Reflects Savings
Albany State will receive $3.4 mil-
lion in increased operating funds in the
next budget year if proposals now before
the New York State Legislature are en-
acted. This represents a 9.6 percent in-
crease bringing the new total to $38.9
million.
First instance construction money
for the proposed new west podium exten-
sion has also been recommended in the
amount of $30.2 million with more than
$13.2 million reappropriated to cover
costs of projects already planned, which
includes the health and physical educa-
tion facility on the southeast corner of
the campus.
Most of the increase in operating
funds is in the area of instruction and de-
partmental research where an added $1.7
million, or 9.5 percent, has been recom-
mended, bringing that total to $19.6 mil-
lion. Other increases will also be seen in
plant maintenance and operation and in
residence halls.
Almost $2.5 million of the total in-
crease is earmarked for mandated salary
increases. The balance is slated for in-
creased faculty and slight program
support.
Fifty-eight additional positions to
cover increased workload are proposed in-
cluding 25 instructional and nine faculty
support positions. Student services are
scheduled to receive five and mainte-
nance, administration, and institutional
service, three each. Residence halls expect
to gain 10 more positions.
The $38.9 million already reflects a
saving factor of $956,000 which is
$31,000 more than last year. Total pay-
roll for the next fiscal year will be $28.8
million, less the enforced saving factor.
Anticipated in the proposed budget
is an increase in utilities cost of $78,000
and an overtime compensation increase of
$81,500. Additional space rentals will
amount to $123,600. This anticipates the
occupancy of office and research space
near the campus before the fall term.
Enrollment figures upon which the
budget is proposed estimate an added 629
FTE students (11,679) with the greatest
increase (701) at the upper division, Close
behind is the growth at the master’s and
professional level (356), while a decrease
(-471) is forecast in lower division
enrollment.
Security, Lettuce Boycott
Concern Central Council
At its Jan. 28 meeting, Central Coun-
cil called for increased security around
Alumni Quad; entered into an agreement
with Eastern Greyhound Bus Lines to
provide campus service; urged support of
the boycott of non-union-picked lettuce;
and asked that spectators be permitted at
intramural basketball games
Sage to Screen
‘Civilisation’ Films
“Civilisation”’, a series of hour-long,
full-color films, will be shown on Mon-
days, beginning this evening, at 7:30 p.m.
in the Schacht Fine Arts Center on the
Russell Sage Campus. Admission is free
and the public is invited.
“Civilisation” was created, written,
and narrated by Sir Kenneth Clark, a
British art historian. It is his personal
view of the ideas and events of the last
1600 years in the history of Western man.
The films are a result of 80,000 miles of
travel to film at 117 locations in 11
countries.
The series includes 13 segments and
will run through May 10. No program is
scheduled for Mar. 22. Each segment
covers one period of time—the Renais-
sance, the Reformation, the Romantic
Era—and illustrates its theme with paint-
ings, sculpture, buildings, places, and
peoples. At the end of each film, there
will be an opportunity for discussion.
Death of Professor
Robert P. Fairbanks, an associate
professor of public administration in the
Graduate School of Public Affairs, died
early Sunday evening, Jan. 31, at the
Albany Medical Center Hospital after a
brief illness. He was 36. He leaves a wife
and three children.
Dr. Fairbanks joined the faculty at
SUNYA in 1968. Previously he had
taught at the University of Illinois and at
the University of Northern Illinois at
DeKalb. He held an A.B. degree in politi-
cal science and a Ph.D. degree in eco-
nomics from Syracuse University.
Dr. Fairbanks was the co-author of a
book, Illinois Municipal Finance: a Politi-
eal and Economic Analysis, published by
the University of Illinois Press. In June
1970, he was named one of three recipi-
ents of a $50,000 grant from the Ford
Foundation for a two-year study of the
municipal bond market.
more events...
TUESDAY - Red Cross Blood Drive, CC
Ballroom, 9 a.m.; Lecture: “Perspec-
tive of National Liberation Move-
ments,” by A. Baaklini, CC Assembly
Hall, 7 p.m.; Film: “America Is Hard
to See,” 7:30 and 9:15 p.m.; also on
Wednesday.
FRIDAY - Film: ‘‘Hiroshima, Mon
Amour,” IFG, LC 18, 7 and 9:15
p.m.; Film: “2001-A Space Odys-
sey,” State Quad, LC 7, 7 and 10
p.m.; also on Saturday. Mixer, EOP,
CC Ballroom, 8 p.m.
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Noting the “poor security conditions
on Alumni Quad,” the council called
upon SUNYA’s security force to “take all
appropriate steps necessary to decrease
the amount of crime (theft, illegal entry,
vandalism, etc.)” in the area.
Central Council has requested that
the university use only lettuce picked by
the United Farm Workers Organizing
Committee, led by Cesar Chavez. Richard
Finke, assistant director of the commis-
sary, said, “We are buying Chavez union
lettuce from California whenever it is
available. Recently, we have been able to
do so.”
Lack of space and problems of crowd
control have led to exclusion of specta-
tors from AMIA basketball games this
winter. Central Council proposed that
they be admitted at least for a week and
further directed that all future actions
pertaining to the non-curricular use of the
gym be made pursuant to council ap-
proval. The coordinator of men’s intra-
mural athletics was invited to the next
council meeting.
Information Offered
On Medical Careers
The Department of Biological
Sciences is sponsoring an information
clinic for students interested in pursuing
careers in the medical arts. The meeting
will be held tomorrow evening at 7:30
p.m. in Biology 248.
The clinic, arranged by Hudson S.
Winn, professor of biological sciences,
will discuss requirements for admission,
selection factors, financial aspects, and
related areas for pre-med, pre-dental, and
medical technology students.
The affiliated institution of the uni-
versity is the Albany Medical Center Hos-
pital School of Medical Technology
whose executive director is Dr. Victor N.
Tompkins. Dr. Winn is the director of the
SUNYA medical technology program.
Each student in the program, com-
pleting his fourth or “intern” year at the
hospital, graduates with a B.S. degree and
as a certified clinical pathologist.
Faculty Notes
THOMAS ATKINSON, Milne, has pub-
lished an article entitled “The Ups and
Downs of Burning” in the November
issue of The Science Teacher.
JOEL CHADABE, music, has been chos-
en as one of the 1970-71 award winners
by the American Society of Composers,
Authors and Publishers (ASCAP). The
awards are made to reflect ASCAP’s con-
tinuing commitment to assist and encour-
age writers of serious music.
MARGARET FARRELL, mathematics
education, is the author of “Sweeping the
Plane”, which appeared in the Autumn
1970 issue of Mathematics Teaching, and
“Patterns and the Will to Learn”, in the
October 1970 issue of The New York
State Mathematics Teachers Journal.
ARLEN WESTBROOK, speech center, is
the author of an article entitled
“Teachers’ Recognition of Problem Be-
havior and Referral of Children to Pupil
Personnel Services” appearing in the
May-June issue of the Journal of Educa-
tional Research. The paper was also pre-
sented at the May meeting of the Ameri-
can Educational Research Association in
Minneapolis.
Round the Campus
Dates for academic advisement and pre-registration during the 1971 Spring Semester
for the 1971 Fall Semester have been changed. Academic advisement will begin
Monday, Feb. 15; pre-registration will begin Monday, Mar. 29, and end Friday, Apr.
30...The Board of Regents is considering the addition of a Doctor of Arts degree to
the degrees presently classified as professional degrees, while reserving the right to
withdraw the degree after a seven-year trial period if it does not appear to be of
benefit to students in New York State. . .Also in the news about degrees is Governor
Rockefeller’s surprise proposal — creation of a three-year baccalaureate degree within
the State University system. The proposal has been endorsed by State Education
Commissioner Ewald B. Nyquist. ..The Faculty Wives Club is planning a happy hour
tea Thursday afternoon in the CC Ballroom from 2 to 4. Mrs. Martha Brown will give a
talk on “Party Customs Everywhere’’...SU’s Board of Trustees has rescinded its
policy on nepotism thereby striking from policies enacted in 1954 a section which
barred from appointment to any college position the immediate relatives of any
member of the academic or non-academic staff of the college. . .International students,
of whom 12 are new this semester, are
advised that identification cards for 1971
are available at the Office of International
Studies (SS 111)...State University
College at Oneonta, in cooperation with
the universities in Israel, is sponsoring a
SUNY faculty Seminar in Israel April
8-18. Yonah Alexander at Oneonta has
details. . Frank P. Di Berardino, 3rd, a
political science major, is an appointee of
Governor Rockefeller to the Statewide
Committee of the White House
Conference on Children and
Youth. . .Another name in campus news:
Patrick V. Murphy, Police Commissioner
for the City of New York, has been
named to the visiting committee of the
School for Criminal Justice for a
three-year term. . Contemporary jewelry
created by students Margaret Anne
Bulger, Cheryl Likona, Lorna Watts, Paul
Dufee, Sibel Shinaishin, and Peter
Chamberlain was included in a recent
display of jewelry designs at the State
Museum. . Visitors at SUNYA’s Cloud
Physics Laboratory at the Schenectady
airport recently included a winter term
class in descriptive meteorology from
Skidmore College.
Robberies, Attack
Occur on Campus
University community life has been
marred in the past several days by an
assault on a Burns guard and more re-
ported robberies. One arrest has been
made in a robbery case and a warrant has
been issued for the arrest of a second
suspect in the same case.
Peter MacMurray, 25, the Burns
guard, reported he was hit on the head
with a hammer handle and kicked after
he came upon two young men attempting
to break into a vending machine early
Thursday morning at Livingston Tower.
The assailants escaped up a stairwell.
MacMurray received hospital treatment.
Joseph Graham, 20, a freshman, was
arrested on campus Wednesday and
charged with first degree robbery in con-
nection with a student’s complaint that
he had been accosted by two persons ear-
ly Saturday morning. One reportedly put
a knife to his stomach and asked for
money. A similar incident earlier, involy-
ing another student, also was reported.
Great Dane Sports
Five charter buses will provide trans-
portation from campus to Mechanicville
High School and back for Saturday’s
basketball game with Siena. Bus tickets at
50 cents per person and game tickets are
on sale at the Campus Center information
desk on a first-come, first-served basis.
The buses will accommodate 250
passengers.
If you are driving, take the Northway
to Exit 9 and follow the signs east to
Mechanicville. Capacity crowds are a cer-
tainty at Albany-Siena games, so plan to
arrive early. The varsity contest will begin
at 8:30, following a 6:30 freshman
preliminary.
It will be the 27th game in one of the
most exciting basketball rivalries in the
state. Siena holds a 14-12 edge, but
Albany has won eight of the last 11.
The two schools first met in
1939-40, and there were two games each
in 1940-41 and 1946-47. Siena won all
five. There has been at least one game
every year since 1956 and the Great
Danes, under coach Dick Sauers, have a
12-9 advantage. Last winter at Albany,
the Danes posted a 72-63 victory. Most of
the games have been close, with two be-
ing decided by a single point, four by two
points, and one by three.
This is the first time the teams have
met in Mechanicville, although the series
has had a number of homes. In addition
to University Gym and Siena’s Gibbons
Hall, the Danes and Indians have clashed
in the Washington Avenue Armory, Troy
High, and Cardinal McCloskey High in
recent years.
Albany also has a Tuesday night date
at New Paltz this week, while Siena will
play at St. Michael’s tonight.
REE REESE
The resurgent wrestling team is at
C.W. Post Wednesday and home against
Plattsburgh at 2 o’clock Saturday. The
grapplers are looking for their first win-
ning season in four years and have shown
steady improvement since losing their
first two matches in December.
Among the most consistent winners
for coach Joe Garcia have been 118-
pounder Tom Hull; John Lutz, 126;
Larry Frederick, 134; Jeff Albrecht, 142;
Phil Mims, 158; Cliff Wess, 167; and Tim
Coon, 190.
seasick sok
Albany will return to the State
University of New York Athletic Confer-
ence (SUNYAC) next fall. Great Dane
teams have played independent schedules
since leaving the league 10 years ago.
Campus Exchange
FOR SALE: 2 8.25 X 14 Firestone 500
4-ply nylon cord tires, $20 for both. 1
8.55 X 14 4-ply nylon cord recap with
tim, $5. Keystone 8mm projector with
reels, model R-8, $7. 135mm, f 2.8
Accurra Supertel telephoto lens, with
case and mount, excellent condition, orig-
inally $60; $24. Call Jim Kielt,
7A836...... LLangeflow competition ski
boots, 944M, $75. Head GS skis, 215 cm
(7 17), $60. Call Peter Idleman,
472-2692 or 399-4875.
FOUND: Black fold-away umbrella in
waiting area outside President’s Office.
Call 7-4545.
WANTED: Ride from Madison-Delaware
Avenue vicinity to SUNYA. Call Chris
Clough, 7-3390 or at home, 462-9766.
