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STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK
July 19, 1971
Appellate Court
Dismisses Case
On Student Fees
The Appellate Division for the Third
Judicial Department of State Supreme
Court has dismissed the case involving the
expenditure of SUNYA student activity
fees. The court said new statewide regu-
lations by the SUNY Board of Trustees
have made the whole issue academic.
Dismissed was the appeal of former
SU Chancellor Samuel B. Gould and the
SUNYA Student Association who chal-
lenged Albany Supreme Court Justice
Harold E. Koreman’s ruling that required
university trustees to review proposed ex-
penditures. Guidelines since adopted re-
quire each SUNY campus to determine
whether its student fees are to be man-
datory or voluntary. During the last
semester SUNYA students voted to con-
tinue the mandatory system.
Reportedly, trustees had hoped for a
decision that would designate the fees as
“trust funds” which would not be subject
to audit as are other state funds.
Justice Koreman had held that since
fees were mandatory, they constituted
state funds and trustees were under ob-
ligation to review their spending.
The original spending challenge was
brought by Kenneth Stringer who was
then a student here.
President Benezet and Student As-
sociation President Michael Lampert have
received from Chancellor Boyer fiscal and
accounting procedures for the disburse-
ment of funds under an approved man-
datory student activity fees program,
Included in the requirements is the
provision for cash not required for cur-
rent needs to be invested in savings ac-
counts, certificates of deposit, or treasury
bills. Also, disbursements shall be made
by check, and officers and employees
who are accountable for money or
property shall be adequately bonded. An
annual audit shall be performed by an in-
dependent accounting firm and the au-
ditors’ report shall be made available to
the student body.
Gallery To Feature
M.A. Students’ Works
Six candidates for the master’s de-
gree in studio art will show their work of
the past few years at the Art Gallery from
July 26 to Aug. 12. The exhibition, con-
sisting of prints, drawings, and paintings,
will serve as the final requirement leading
to the degree.
The candidates are Frances Martin,
William B. Schade, and Richard Stein-
bach, all of Albany; Thomas Krens of Wil-
liamstown; Tim Rodrigo of Scotia; and
Peter Jogo of Deposit.
Most of the students have exhibited
before, both locally and in regional shows
in other states. Their styles are of a wide
variety, ranging from realism to the ab-
stract.
The Gallery is open Monday through
Friday, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m, and Wednesday
evening 7-9.
UNIVERSITY PERSONNEL PROVIDED
INFORMATION last week to veterans re-
turning to civilian life at the Veterans’ Assistance Day program held in the New
Scotland Avenue Armory. Employers, as well as colleges, were represented at the
program sponsored by the Capital District Post- Vietnam Planning Committee.
Pinch Felt at Food Service
Economic problems are making
themselves felt in a variety of ways at the
university. The area most recently feeling
the economic pinch is the food service
division of the Faculty-Student Associ-
ation.
Twelve out of 15 student food ser-
vice workers on Colonial Quadrangle have
been laid off, and eight student workers
in the Campus Center Snack Bar had their
hours cut on an average of 20%. Neither
group of workers was given prior notice
of the cutbacks. Originally, evidently
through a misunderstanding on the part
of someone in the FSA chain of com-
mand, all student workers on Colonial
Quad were laid off. The next day, how-
ever, several of the students were re-
tained.
According to Malcolm Corbiey, food
service director, a major cause of the cut-
backs was, “the problem of rising costs
due to inflation that Faculty-Student As-
sociation hasn’t had in 20 years.” Specifi-
cally, the cutbacks in student help were
linked to less food service volume than
had been anticipated.
Dutch Quadrangle, which houses un-
dergraduate summer school students and
the EOP conference, was expected to
draw between 500-600 meal contracts.
According to Peter Haley, assistant to the
director of food service, only between
100-200 students actually did sign up for
meals. Mr. Haley cited the fact that stu-
dents were allowed to sign meal contracts
up until the day food service began as a
major reason for the actual contract
count being so far below the projected
count. Only two students are employed
in the Dutch Quad kitchen, and Mr.
Haley said, “I am willing to take two
weeks off without pay in order to keep at
least these two students from being laid
off.”
State Quad cafeteria, which was to
service conference guests, was shut down
due to several conference cancellations
and decreases in conference sizes. In one
case the cafeteria expected to feed more
than 100 persons and ended up serving
only about 30.
Permanent workers from the State
Quad cafeteria are filling the vacancies
created on Colonial Quad which serves
graduate summer school students and the
freshman and transfer summer planning
conference participants. Some of the
State Quad workers also will fill in at the
Snack Bar.
Robert Cooley, executive director of
FSA, explained that in order to be sure
that these permanent food service
workers returned in the fall to service the
approximately 1,400 quad residents, and
to assure these workers of a summer in-
come to support their families, the only
option was to lay off the students. Mr.
Cooley indicated that many of these
workers already had taken two weeks off
without pay so that they could work for
the remainder of the summer.
The FSA director stated that “if a
student is a real emergency case we will
try to help him out.” But, Mr. Haley, ina
separate conversation, said, “Obviously
they (the students) are all emergency
cases or they wouldn’t be working here
scraping dishes and the like.”
SUNY Constructi
AT ALBANY
i Drug Program
Given Funds
A grant of $38,000 has been awarded
to the university by the New York State
Narcotic Addiction Control Commission
to assist in a comprehensive drug edu-
cation program at the university. The
grant, sponsored by the Albany County
Community Mental Health Board, was re-
viewed by the State Board of Education.
The funds will make it possible to
have a full-time coordinator for some as-
pects of the drug education program. The
coordinator, responsible to Mrs. Lois
Gregg, associate dean of students and
chairman of the Council on Health and
Drug Education, will work with students
and help orient and advise the staff of
Crisis 5300.
The Council on Health and Drug
Education is an ad-hoc committee under
the Student Affairs Council and the
Senate and has been responsible for
keeping programs in health and drug edu-
cation going on campus since 1966, The
present council is composed of repre-
sentatives from various groups on campus
closely related to students and of repre-
sentatives from academic departments.
At a recent meeting, the council ap-
pointed a search committee chaired by
Morgan Little to find a coordinator for
the program, The committee has in-
terviewed candidates and will announce
the coordinator as soon as the funds for
the grant are secured.
The coordinator’s prime responsi-
bility will be to work with students. To
that end, he will have an office on
campus, possibly on one of the residence
quadrangles.
“A much larger program was pre-
sented for funding including research, ad-
ditional counseling and psychiatric ser-
vice, and classes in health and drug edu-
cation, and it is hoped that these phases
of the program will be covered by other
grants,” Mrs. Gregg added.
on Cutbacks
To Reduce Dormitory Expenses
SUNY Chancellor Ernest L. Boyer re-
cently announced a statewide plan to cut
back residence hall construction. The
plan will reduce projected building costs
by approximately $400 million over the
next five years.
Locally, Charles G. Fisher, director
of residences, noted, “The cutback in
residence hall construction will not con-
cern us. With the completion of Indian
Quadrangle, our building program of un-
dergraduate housing will have been com-
pleted.”
Dr. Fisher pointed out that the Con-
tinuing Education Center, graduate resi-
dences, and married student housing
planned for the university have been held
up. However, at present it is not certain
whether the delay is caused by budgetary
problems or a re-evaluation of the need
for such construction.
Chancellor Boyer emphasized that
while the residential curtailment is being
announced at a time of statewide budget
crises, it results from a major study of the
dormitory construction program that has
long been in progress.
Among the trends cited to explain
the major change in university policy are
increased construction costs, increased
costs in supervision and maintenance, and
the growing number of students who are
rejecting institutional living, preferring to
live off campus.
The third trend does not appear to
be the case with residence halls at Al-
bany. According to Office of Residence
figures for the past academic year, the oc-
cupancy of the residence halls was 99.6%
in the fall and fell off to only 95.4% by
May 6. Dr. Fisher indicated that the low
number of available apartments in the Al-
bany area explains the high percentage of
students who live in residences.
Boyer Announces Program
For Empire State College
One of 20 planned centers for State
University’s Empire State College, whose
students will earn degrees without at-
tending traditional, structured classroom
sessions at-a specific campus, will begin
operation Oct. 1 in a small portion of
Draper Hall on the downtown campus.
Chancellor Boyer has announced a time-
table for the opening of six of the col-
lege’s regional learning centers. Also an-
nounced was the appointment of Arthur
W. Chickering, former visiting scholar on
the research staff of the American Coun.
Summer Sports
Available to All
The physical education department is
offering summer activity in a number of
sports. Information and reservations may
be made at the general office, Physical
Education Building, or by calling 7-2970
or 7-2785.
Veteran Albany tennis coach Merlin
Hathaway will provide free instruction in
stroke and game improvement Monday -
Thursday. There will be three 30-minute
sessions commencing at 7 p.m., with a
limit of four persons per session. Ap-
pointments will be accepted until noon
each day. Racquets and balls will be pro-
vided by the department.
Table tennis tournaments may be
held, depending on interest. Tables are
available in the men’s auxiliary gym 3-5
p.m., Tuesday and Thursday, and in
Dutch Quad.
Cross-country and track coach Bob
Munsey will be available on the track
from 7 to 8:30 p.m. to help joggers get or
stay in shape. An Albany-to-Plattsburgh
mileage chart, with several stops in be-
tween, is on the men’s locker room bulle-
tin board. Jog on your own anytime, or
join Munsey after dinner.
The softball diamond with the per-
manent backstop on the playing field just
south of Dutch Quad is reserved for stu-
dents. Groups may reserve the field for
two-hour periods each day.
The Physical Education Building
pool is open weekdays 3-5 p.m. and
7:30-9:30 p.m., and from 2-4 p.m. week-
ends.
If you want to engage in a specific
activity, but can’t find anyone to play
with, call the above numbers and take ad-
vantage of the activity clearinghouse.
more events...
MONDAY - Roten Galleries, CC Foun-
tain, 10 a.m-5 p.m. and 6-9 p.m.
Film: “Up the Down Staircase”, LC
18, 8 p.m.
TUESDAY - Roten Galleries, CC Foun-
tain, 10 a.m-5 p.m. Film: “Auntie
Mame”, LC 18, 8 p.m.; also Wednes-
day.
WEDNESDAY - Discussion: “Recent De-
velopments in South Asia: Pakistan,
Ceylon, and India”, CC 315, 7:30
p.m.
THURSDAY - Ice Cream Social, CC For-
mal Gardens, 11:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m.
Night at the Races, Saratoga Harness
Track,
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cil of Education, as the college’s first vice
president for academic affairs.
Three SUNYA faculty members have
been appointed by the chancellor to assist
the new college’s faculty and adminis-
tration in the college’s further develop-
ment and in the establishment of on-
going liaison with the 20 participating
campuses of State University. They are
Webb S, Fiser, political science; Seth W.
Spellman, assistant to the president; and
Loren Baritz, history.
Two of the centers will be es-
tablished in Albany and in Rochester this
fall. Another center will be opened in
Westchester County in January 1972.
Three additional centers will admit stu-
dents during summer and fall 1972 in
Rockland and Nassau counties and in
Syracuse. Two other centers are in early
planning, one for Buffalo by January
1973 and another in Binghamton by
April 1973. The aim is to locate centers
within commuting distance of every stu-
dent.
When operating at full capacity, each
center will serve about 400 students. The
Albany and Rochester centers will offer
instruction to about 50 students at first
and then expand at an orderly pace since
students may enter Empire State College
at any time of the year, rather than under
the more formalized fall-spring-summer
semester system.
The concept of Empire State College
first was announced last February when
Carnegie Corporation and the Ford Foun-
dation each provided $500,000 to State
University to fund accelerated planning
of the new institution. Since then, more
than 8,000 unsolicited inquiries about the
new college have been received at Central
Staff headquarters in Albany.
The ESC coordinating center is lo-
cated on the old campus of Skidmore
College.
WHAT SUNYA STUDENTS DO for recreation during the summer depends upon the
inventiveness of the Student Activities staff and their own initiative. This student
seems to have opted for the latter of the two.
Round the Campus
A clambake and chicken roast will be held Tuesday, July 27, at the Mohawk Campus.
Food will be served at 5 p.m. Included in the goodies are clams, chicken, salads, and
corn, Beverages are not included and the cost is $3.25. A child’s plate of chicken and
salad for those eight years old and under is $2.25. . Members of the university com-
munity who are musically talented and willing to perform for a small stipend as part of
the Summer Activities Program are asked to let Patricia Buchalter know. Her office is
Campus Center 358 and her telephone number 457-6766. . .You can register now at
the bookstore to win a complete exhibit set of Encyclopedia Britannica. Bookstore
manager Bob Dinovo has arranged free drawings for summer students and faculty as
part of Britannica’s 200th anniversary celebration. The dates are July 21 and Aug.
4.. Governor Rockefeller has vetoed a bill which would have set minimum classroom
hours for college faculty members. . .Want to go to the Mohawk Campus for a dip or
change of scenery? Hop on a bus which leaves Administration Circle at 12:30 p.m.,
2:30 p.m., and 4:15 p.m., returning at 5 p.m. and 7 p.m. daily except Mon-
day. . Several faculty members are participating in “The Steady State Society”, this
month’s program at The Institute on Man and Science. The program is supported
partially by the National Science Foundation. ..Two small parcels of land on the
Faculty Notes
THOMAS BOEHM, Milne, conducted a
National Science Foundation-sponsored
workshop for junior high school science
teachers from the New Haven area in Feb-
tuary.
JACK BULLOFF, history and systemat-
ics of science, presented the introductory
lecture, “Quantum Reunification of the
Sciences”, at the International Symposi-
um on Atomic, Molecular, and Solid
State Theory and Quantum Biology in
Florida in January. He also participated
as a panel member in discussions on
Jahn-Teller distortions and molecular
symmetry and on quantum biology, and
as a commentator on polyheteropolyani-
on crystal chemistry, differential com-
pressibilities of atoms, non-stoichiometry
of oxycompounds, ultrapressure super-
conductors, and environmental perturba-
tion of DNA replication in contributed
paper sessions.
LEONARD GORDON, educational
psychology and statistics, is the author of
three recently published articles: “Weber
in the Classroom” in the Journal of Edu-
cational Psychology , “Bureaucratic Orien-
tation of the Japanese Adolescent” in the
Japanese Annals of Social Psychology,
and “Response Sets of Japanese and
American Students” in the Journal of
Social Psychology.
CHARLES GRABER, Milne, has been ap-
pointed chairman of an American Classi-
cal League sub-committee on the Latin
curriculum in the middle school.
RICHARD MYREN, criminal justice, is
president-elect of the Association of
Criminal Justice Scientists, an association
of professors of criminal justice in the
United States.
ERNEST RANUCCI, education, will be
doing work in mathematics education in
Ecuador this fall under a Fulbright grant.
He will be working at universities in
Quito, Guayaquil, Cuenca, and Loja.
DAVID SERRONE, nursing, presented a
paper, “Animal Models in Studies of Drug
Dependence,” at the annual meeting of
the Upstate New York branch of the
American Association for Laboratory
Animal Science held recently in Albany.
CRAIG SIPE, science education, de-
livered a paper on “Relevance in Sec-
ondary School Physics” at the meeting of
the American Association of Physics’
Teachers held at Beloit College in June.
JAMES TEDESCHI, psychology, is the
co-author of an article, “Reward Power
and Attraction in Interpersonal Conflict”
which appeared in a recent issue of
Psychonomic Science,
JOSEPH ZIMMERMAN, GSPA, is the au-
thor of an article, “Heading Off City
Hall—Neighborhood Wars,” which ap-
peared in the November issue of Nation’s
Cities.
Campus Exchange
FOR RENT: Room at 155 Western Ave-
nue near busline, $14 per week. Inquire
on premises.
FOR SALE: 1970 Hodaka trail bike, 300
miles, like new. Call Jack, 7-3847 or
765-4744,
campus off Western Avenue will be ex-
changed between the university and the
Niagara Mohawk Power Corp. The par-
cels, totaling about four acres, are now
owned by the university and the utility
but the exchange transaction will permit
better development of the university cam-
pus. Legislation permitting the transfer of
land was signed into law by Governor
Rockefeller. . Positions available: ad-
missions assistant, see Patrick A. Foti,
Admissions Office; and assistant to the
Dean for Graduate Admissions, see
Michael J. Kraft, assistant dean, College
of Arts and Sciences. Appointment dates
for both positions are the end of Au-
gust. ..Frederick W. Moore has been
designated as interim-chairman of the Ro-
mance languages department for the
period from this month through June
1972.
Course To Explore
Women in Literature
A three-credit daytime course in
women’s studies, “Women in Literature:
The Faces of Eve”, will be offered this
fall by the College of General Studies. To
be taught by Joan Schulz and Diva Daims
of the English department, the course will
employ class discussion and emphasize
the treatment given to women in litera-
ture, examining the traditional as-
sumptions about the nature of women
and stereotypes of behavior as they are
revealed in modern writing.
Class meetings are scheduled for
Tuesdays and Thursdays from 12:45 - 2
p.m. starting Sept. 7. Enrollment will be
limited to 30 and registration must be
completed by Aug. 20. Further informa-
tion may be obtained from the College of
General Studies, 7-4935 or 7-4936.
