Tower
Tribune
Vol. 3, No. 10
November 1, 1971
STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK AT ALBANY
BERNARD FERSTENBERG (I.) and Eric Poppick enact the coronation scene
st ae
in SU Theatre’s production, ‘‘Enrico 1V’’. Directed by Richard Sogliuzzo, the
play will be performed Wednesday through Saturday at 8:30 p.m. and Sunday at
2:30 p.m. in the PAC Studio Theatre.
Director of Research Being Sought
To Administer Funding Activities
Efforts now are underway to fill the
newly-created position of director of re-
search. The person chosen will serve as
executive officer for formal research ad-
ministration under Louis R. Salkever, vice
president for research and dean of gradu-
ate studies.
A search committee, chaired by Ber-
nard Vonnegut, atmospheric sciences, is
interested in candidates with extensive
experience in research. President Benezet
and Dr. Salkever have characterized the
new position as a key one in the adminis-
tration.
Crimes Increase,
Positions Vacant
A variety of 176 reported crimes oc-
curred on campus during September.
That’s the report of James R. Williams,
director of security, who added that the
value of stolen property totaled $8,130.
Mr, Williams also pointed out in his
monthly summary that 14 personnel va-
cancies exist in security. Seven are of the
civil service grade 15 uniform supervisor
classification, The re-
maining seven positions are at the GS 12,
patrolman, level. Six of the positions are
expected to be filled by mid-November.
Reported crimes include grand lar-
ceny, 6; burglary, 46; criminal mischief,
19; false incident report, 12; petit larceny
(under $250), 80; harrassment, 2; leaving
scene of accident, 6; fires, 6; and sexual
abuse, 1. The number represents an in-
crease of 30 percent over September
1970.
Mr. Williams stated that different
shift arrangements to increase patrol
or investigator
coverage during peak crime hours are
being explored. Ten burglaries occurred
while occupants were in their rooms,
“with all the potential for violence that
attends this particular type of burglary”,
added Mr. Williams.
Among the duties the director of re-
search will assume is to obtain in-
formation on external funding oppor-
tunities for research, training grants, new
program developments, and any other ap-
propriate activity for the faculty and
staff. He then will transmit this in-
formation regularly to the appropriate
units and individuals.
In addition, he will assist in the con-
struction of proposals for which external
funding may be sought, develop and
transmit to the SUNYA Foundation pro-
posals for activities for which its support
could be sought, and serve as secretary to
the Committee on Sponsored Funds.
Working with Dr. Vonnegut on the
search committee are Ashley M. Bryan,
chemistry; Frederick H. Truscott, bi-
ology; Jagadish B. Garg, physics; J. Ralph
Tibbetts, education; Maureen C. Didier,
social welfare; George W. Putman, ge-
ology; James J. Heaphy, Comparative De-
velopment Studies Center; Ronald W.
Forbes, finance; Vincent O'Leary, crimi-
nal justice; James Tedeschi, psychology;
and Robert A. Donovan, English.
Nominations and supporting vitae
should be sent to Robert McFarland, sec-
retary to the search committee, AD 222.
Moyer Hunsberger Named
Dean of Arts and Sciences
I. Moyer Hunsberger, who recently
completed an assignment with The Ford
Foundation as a program advisor in edu-
cation in Pakistan and who served as dean
of the College of Arts and Sciences at the
University of Massachusetts for eight
years, has been named dean of the Col-
lege of Arts and Sciences.
President Benezet, who noted the
successful conclusion of a long search to
fill the deanship vacancy, stated, “The
Deanship of Arts and Sciences at SUNY
Albany is one of the most important and
onerous assignments of academic adminis-
tration in the University Center. We are
delighted that we have been able to ob-
tain the leadership of Dr. Moyer Huns-
berger, a person of extensive and specific
experience in the precise position he will
hold here.”
Dr. Hunsberger said, “I look forward
to providing the leadership necessary to
consolidate the gains made by the college
during its recent period of rapid growth.”
He continued, “The prime emphasis will
be on increasing academic quality so that
the college and the university can earn a
place among the better state universities
of this nation, To accomplish this goal,
increased participation by students and
faculty in the determination of academic
policy will be solicited.”
Dean Hunsberger earned his Bachelor
of Science, Master of Science, and Doctor
of Philosophy in chemistry at Lehigh Uni-
versity. He has taught at Antioch College
and at Fordham University. He served as
department chairman at the University of
Massachusetts and has published ex-
tensively. His professional activities are
numerous and include chairmanship of
the American Conference of Academic
Deans of 1967. He is a native of Quaker-
town, Pa.
Dean Hunsberger’s appointment was
confirmed last week by the State Uni-
versity Board of Trustees and became ef-
fective Thursday. It was recommended by
the search committee chaired by Dean L.
Gray Cowan of the Graduate School of
Public Affairs and endorsed by Vice Presi-
dent Phillip L. Sirotkin.
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Moyer Hunsberger
Task Force To Study Implications
Of SUNY Regionalization Policy
Robert B. Morris, dean of under-
graduate studies, has been named chair-
man of a seven-man staff planning task
force on regionalization appointed by
President Benezet. The group will hold its
first meeting today.
Other members of the task force are
assistants to the president Edgar B.
Schick and Seth W, Spellman; Sorrell E.
Chesin, assistant vice president for uni-
versity affairs; John A. Hartigan, assistant
vice president for management and
planning, and controller; Dwight C.
Smith, director, institutional research;
and Robert J. Robinson, director, com-
puting center.
Dr. Morris emphasized that the group
Piano, Wind Music Set for Today
“Music for Winds”, a music faculty
concert, will be presented tonight at 8:30
in the Recital Hall of the Performing Arts
Center. Performing will be the SUNYA
Faculty Quintet composed of Irvin Gil-
man, flute; Charles Boito, clarinet; Rene
Prins, oboe; Ruth McKee, bassoon; and
Daniel Nimitz, French horn. Selections
will include compositions by Raphael,
Ibert, Arnold, Harris, and Reicha.
The First-Monday-and-Tues-
day-of-the-Month-at-4-Concert by Find-
lay Cockrell, pianist, is scheduled for this
afternoon and tomorrow in the Main
Theater. The program will be “Chopin:
Five Polonaises”. They are No. 1 in C
sharp Minor, No. 3 in A Major, “Mili-
taire”, No. 5 in F sharp Minor, No. 6 in
Ab Major, and No. 7, “The Polonaise
Fantasie”. Mr. Cockrell performed the F
sharp Minor Polonaise in Warsaw, Poland,
in 1965 as part of the International
Chopin Festival.
“Classics of the 20th Century”,
another music department concert, will
be given next Monday at 8:30 in the Main
Theater.
will confer broadly with faculty and stu-
dents in preparing its report.
SUNYA has been placed in the
northeast portion of coordinating area
number three, one of four areas into
which the State University has been di-
vided for purposes of regionalization.
President Benezet has directed the
task force to study and report on the fol-
lowing aspects of regionalization:
1. An inventory of formal and in-
formal ways in which individuals and
groups on campus presently are cooper-
ating with institutions and agencies
within region three.
2. A determination of available re-
sources for use in planning, coordination,
and public service in the region.
3. An assessment of the region’s
needs and a recommendation of priorities
that could be met within SUNYA’s re-
source capacity so that maximum bene-
fits are produced with minimum costs.
4. Preparation of a tentative agenda
for a region three forum on regional co-
operation.
5, A draft for the 1972 Master Plan
dealing with SUNYA leadership within re-
gion three, 1972-1976, including plans
for admission of community college
graduates, cooperation with public and
private institutions, sharing resources, and
public service to all state agencies and
functions.
Campus Chest To Support
Street Academy of Albany
The mission of Albany’s Street Aca-
demy is to aid school dropouts and the
mission of Campus Chest 1971 is to sup-
port the academy in its endeavors.
Seniors Joan Schwimer and Pat Schu-
mann, co-chairmen of this year’s annual
event, put it this way:
“The Street Academy, commonly re-
ferred to as the ‘school without walls’ has
been chosen as the recipient of all the
proceeds earned by Campus Chest during
the week of Nov. 8-13. We feel that this
school which aids dropouts aged 13 to 18
to further their education is one of the
Pre-Registration
Soon To Begin
Pre-registration for spring 1972 will
begin Wednesday at 9 a.m. and continue
through 4 p.m. on Wednesday, Noy. 24,
in the U-lounge of Colonial Quad. Lines
will be closed between 12 noon and 1
p.m, each day,
Students will be permitted to draw
class cards according to an alphabetical
schedule by days and times. No student
may draw cards before his stated time.
Students who miss the time period for
their name should draw their cards as
soon as possible thereafter.
In order to pre-register, a student
must present a program card signed by his
adviser and a valid SUNYA photo ID
card. He will receive a permit fo register
and a packet. He must obtain one class
card for each course and fill out all cards
in the packet. The packet must be turned
in before the student leaves the regis-
tration area. He must present his ID card
again when turning in his packet.
Additional pre-registration hours are
available for students in late afternoon,
evening, and Saturday classes only. They
are Monday, Noy. 15, through Wednes-
day, Nov. 18, 6-8 p.m, and Saturday Nov.
20, 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.
Dancing To Highlight
International Night’
The Burundi Dancers, a colorful in-
ternational fashion show, and an Indian
sitar recital will highlight an “Interna-
tional Night” to be held on Saturday at 8
p.m. in the CC Ballroom.
Sponsored by the International Stu-
dents’ Association, the evening’s enter-
tainment will take the form of a variety
show at 9. Performers from many diverse
cultural backgrounds will be featured, in-
cluding dance groups representing such
areas as Russia, Persia, the Philippines,
China, and Latin America.
President Louis T. Benezet will de-
liver the opening address, concerning the
relationship between international stu-
dents and SUNYA, at 8:30 p.m. At 11
p.m., following the large selection of acts,
a mixer will be heid, with music provided
by a local band.
Admission to the “International
Night” is $1.50 per person. Drinks and
other refreshments will be served.
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finest causes in the tri-city area meriting
any gifts we can make. In this changing
world, different methods of education are
constantly sought. By initiating this first
step of supporting a unique type of
schooling, perhaps both different and
similar ways of teaching and learning can
be started.”
The energetic seniors, together with
other volunteers, have in the planning
stage button and coffee booster sales, a
trivia contest, a noon-hour happening
with music and entertainment, faculty
wives’ bake sale, a movie, and a record
hop.
The Street Academy of Albany be-
gan its second year in September with an
enrollment of 61 and a waiting list of 20.
Innovative education is what adults may
call it, but to some area high school stu-
dents the Street Academy means being
“turned-on” to education.
The school was founded by Sister
Maryellen Harmon, a religious of the Sa-
cred Heart and former head of the mathe-
matics department at Kenwood Aca-
demy. Serving as executive director is
Robert Peterkin.
Courses are taught in the school’s
headquarters at 55 Columbia Street and
in city agencies, the State Capitol, State
Museum, libraries, art museums, and busi-
ness firms.
o SF 5,
CAMPUS CHEST is the name of
the game as Joan Schwimer, co-chairman, James P.
Doellefeld, student activities advisor, and Pat Schumann, co-chairman, plan campus
fund-raising activities to benefit Albany’s Street Academy.
Round the Campus
The next Campus Forum is scheduled for Wednesday afternoon at 2:30 in the Patroon
Lounge. ..The first meeting of the President's Advisory Committee was held last
Thursday in the Administration Building. On the committee are Judy Avner and
Thomas Signore, Student Association; Pamela Benanati, Graduate Student Associ-
ation; Warren Haynes, academic dean; Jerry Lee, Educational Opportunities Program;
Joel True and Donald Whitlock, State University Professional Association; James
Powers, Harry Hamilton, M. Elizabeth Grenander, faculty; and Yolanda Dellosso and
Daniel Grygas, Civil Service Employees Association. ..Sharon Fanning, senior, will
play the ritle role in Albany Civic Theater’s forthcoming production, “Little Me”,
beginning Nov. 10. ..The formal opening of the Empire State College Learning Center
at Draper Hall will take place Friday at 2:30 p.m. . .The Milne School has been elected
to membership in the College Entrance Examination Board. . .Want to socialize now
Great Dane Sports
At least four, and possibly five, of
Albany’s 23 basketball games this winter
will be against teams that were ranked
among the top seven College Division
squads in the state at the end of last sea-
son.
The Great Danes, rated fifth them-
selves a year ago by the NYS Sports-
writers Association, will meet No. 1 Buf-
falo State (home, Feb. 5); No. 4 Brock-
port (away, Jan. 14); No. 6, and NCAA
regional winner, Hartwick (home, Jan.
22); and No. 7 Marist (away, Feb. 29).
They also may play third-ranked Union
on Dec. 30 if both win, or both lose, their
opening-round games in the Capital Dis-
trict Tournament the previous night.
Including the two tourney games, the
Danes will play 12 contests in University
Gym, where they have a 27-9 mark in
three years. In addition to those men-
tioned above, top home-court attractions
include the opener with Stony Brook on
Dec. 4 and the annual battle with Siena,
Feb. 12.
setae
Women interested in trying out for
the Women’s Intercollegiate Basketball
Team should come to an organizational
meeting tonight at 7:30 in PEC 125.
Learn and Return
“Learn and Return Day”, an edu-
cational program for women of the Capi-
tal District, will be held Saturday in the
CC Ballroom. It is being sponsored by the
Home Economics Division of the Capital
District area Cooperative Extension As-
sociation and the College of General
Studies.
Six topics will be offered in morning
classes. Included are “Fabulous Fabrics of
the ’70’s”, “More Meat for Your Dollar”,
“Family Attitudes”, “Container Gar-
dening”, “‘Behind the Nutrition Head-
lines”, and “Population”.
Following the classes, a luncheon
program will feature Ersa Poston, presi-
dent of the NYS Civil Service Com-
mission. She will speak on “Expanding
Opportunities for Today’s Woman.”
Those unable to attend should contact
Barbara Palm, 7-4538, by Nov. 10.
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The football club returns home Sat-
urday for the first time in a month,
hosting SUC Plattsburgh at 1 p.m.
°72 Salary Talks
Get Underway
Negotiations begin today between
the Senate Professional Association and
the state’s Office of Employee Relations
in regard to the 1972-73 salary package
for SUNY’s academic and non-teaching
professional staff. To give strength to its
position in the negotiations, SPA is now
in the midst of a membership drive,
Membership information has been
sent to eligible staff members at SUNYA.
Those seeking additional information are
asked to contact one of the campus mem-
bership co-chairmen, Bertha Wakin, BA
310, or Robert Gibson, ULB 36.
In relation to the current contract
with the state, a workshop was held in
Syracuse on Oct. 15-17 to inform repre-
sentatives of local SPA chapters on mat-
ters of implementation. Vincent Aceto,
Gary Pelton, and Donald Whitlock at-
tended from this campus. Included in the
workshop was an explanation of the
grievance procedures outlined in the
contract.
Leila Moore has been appointed to a
joint state-SPA committee for the “De-
velopment of an Evaluation System for
Non-teaching Professionals”. The com-
mittee, appointed under terms of the con-
tract, must report its findings and recom-
mendations to the state by Jan. 15, 1972.
Faculty Notes |
LEONARD GORDON, educational
psychology and statistics, co-authored an
article, “Response Sets of Japanese and
American Students,” which appeared in
the fall 1970 issue of Journal of Social
Psychology.
and then and get to chat with fellow fac-
ulty members? Starting Wednesday there
will be informal tables for cocktails in the
Patroon Room beginning at 4, and as an
added inducement, drinks will be only 75
cents on Wednesdays. . .The Community
Relations Office has a fall calendar of
events at Skidmore College.. .“The
American String Trio, assisted by Dennis
Helmrich, piano, gave another of their
thoroughly professional concerts ... in the
charming and comfortable Recital Hall of
SUNY(A).” So wrote the Times-Union
music reviewer. . Patricia Lane, a doctor-
al candidate in biology here, presented a
research paper at the 18th Congress of
Limnology in Leningrad. Mrs. Lane was
the only graduate student in the U. S. to
receive from the American Society of
Limnology and Oceanography a travel
award of $400 to attend the congress.
more events. . .
MONDAY - Speaker: James Forrest,
“Holy Outlaws, Religious Radicals
Today”, Chapel House, 7:30 p.m.
Speaker: Rabbi Meir Kahane, Jewish
Students Coalition, CC Ballroom, 8
p.m.
TUESDAY - Discussion: “Peoples and
Governments of Southeast Asia, with
Special Reference to the Montag-
nards”, Perspectives on Southeast
Asia, LC 19, 7:30 p.m. Speaker:
Chris Cunningham, “Big Advertisers’
Effects on Editorial Content”,
Journalism Seminar, HU 129, 8 p.m.
Speaker: Jack Forem, “An In-
troduction to Transcendental Medi-
tation’, Students’ International
Meditation Society, LC 25, 8 p.m.
Campus Exchange
FOR SALE: Pull-down ceiling lamp, $12;
new Tidykins snow suit, medium, white
with blue, $11; Cosco step stool, $5. Call
489-0356...... Firestone snow tires, E
78-14, studded, used two seasons, $25.
Call 7-8581...... Two silver wheels with
snow tires mounted, for 1970 Karmann
Ghia, used one season, $10 each; VW
roof-top ski rack, $5. Call J. L. Norton,
7-8232.
WANTED: Used Zildjian cymbal, 18-22
inch, Call Marty, 7-4928.
