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Tribune
Vol. 1, No. 3
STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK AT ALBANY
February 16, 1970
Governance Committee Senate Condemns U.S. Actions
Solicits Broader Base
The six-member committee on uni-
versity governance, chaired by Martin
Edelman, professor of political sci-
ence, has offered to serve witha larger
group of between 20 and 30 individuals
to draft a working document on univer-
sity governance to which a new, cam-
pus-wide commission can react.
Dissolution of the existing commit-
tee was requested of the Senate Exec-
utive Committee with the suggestion
that a commission reflecting all major
viewpoints be created. The new body
would be charged with rewriting by-
laws and other governance procedures.
Dr. Edelman’s report, presented at
the general faculty meeting on Feb. 4,
stated the committee felt it was not
properly constituted. “‘It is true that
our members came from the faculty,
the administration, the non-teaching
professional staff and the student
body. But the six of us do not labor
under the delusion that we are any-
where near to being representative of
the great variety of opinion and inter-
est groups on this campus.”
Attention was called to the lack of
response at open meetings from many
segments of the campus community,
“despite the fullest cooperation of the
administration, the Executive Commit-
tee, Central Council, and the Albany
Student Press.’? Called for
broadly based commission
was a
“encom-
passing a sufficient breadth of view-
points’’ to insure support.
Mentioned in the report was the
addition of a large number of student
“and the consequence flow-
ing from their presence, impressed up-
on all members of the committee the
Senators,
need to broadly re-examine our entire
governance structure.”’
Budget Shows $4
For New Faculty,
An increase of $4,299,000 over
1969-70 approved allocations has been
recommended for SUNYA in the 1970-
71 Executive Budget. If approved by
the Legislature as recommended, the
total budget will be $34,151,000.
Four million forty-five thousand
dollars of the increase will be used in
the ‘“‘workload”” category of the budg-
et. Workload funds maintain ongoing
commitments of the university and pro-
vide support for the increases in per-
sonnel, facilities, and services re-
quired by larger student enrollments.
One fourth of the workload increase
will go for 105 new faculty positions
and another $475,000 for faculty sup-
port positions, supplies, and equipment
occasioned by growth in academic year
and summer session enrollments. The
EOP program is funded for the first
time under this section of the budget.
The library will receive a $353,000
increase over last year in funds for
both acquisition of new materials and
By a roll-call vote of 38-25 with
three abstentions last Monday, Senate
approved a resolution condemning
“the intervention of the United States
in the affairs of the nation of Viet-
nam’’
and denouncing “‘the immoral
violations of international peace and
the unjust interference with the Viet-
namese people’s right to self-determi-
nation.””
The resolution was an amended
version of one introduced at the Janu-
ary 16 meeting of the Senate. Senate
which
would have condoned “the growing
group of individuals whose conscience
forbids them from serving in the armed
rejected another amendment
forces.’’ It would also have committed
the university to ‘‘do all we can to
support and aid them in the expression
of their beliefs.””
The majority of the discussion at
the meeting actually centered on the
third section of the original proposal.
It stated that “‘the Senate body is ob-
ligated to take a stand on national
issues in its capacity as the major
representative channel of expression
for the views of both students and
faculty in the university community.’’
Senate rejected that position by a
roll-call vote of 52-16. The main ob-
jection expressed was to the word
“obligated”. Many Senators argued
that Senate should take stands on
those issues it wants to, but to obli-
gate it to do so would make it very
Professional Association
To Vote on Constitution
Non-teaching professional personnel
at SUNYA will meet at 9:30 Wednes-
day morning to ratify the proposed con-
stitution and by-laws of their newly-
formed association. The steering com-
mittee has urged all eligible persons
to attend the meeting in the CC As-
sembly Hall.
Those forming the association feel
a need for non-teaching professionals
to organize such a unit to represent
them. Currently, they are not truly rep-
resented by any of various organiza-
tions made up of either classified per-
sonnel (CSEA) or teaching faculty
(AAUP and Faculty Senate).
Regular membership. in the new as-
sociation is open to all full-time pro-
s of SUNYA, ex-
cept teaching personnel; those desig-
fessional employe
nated as ‘‘management”’ by the Taylor
Million Increase
More Services
hiring of additional staff. Administra-
tive operations and student services
will receive increases of $891,000.
Increases in funds in the “improve-
ment’’ category of the budget total
$221,000. These funds are used to up-
grade the quality of existing univer-
sity programs by providing support be-
yond what is necessary to keep the
programs functioning under the work-
load section of the budget.
The figures in this category include
$114,000 for an assistant dean and 10
faculty for the School of Nursing and
the department of Afro-American stud-
ies, $23,000 for a director and three
non-instructional support staff for a
social welfare field studies program,
and $10,000 for temporary service sup-
port for a Hebrew studies program.
An allocation of $33,000 was ap-
proved for a center for the study of
science and society, but funds for a
planned experimental college were not
approved in this year’s budget.
Law; and persons with term appoint-
ments of less than one year. Associate
membership will be open to other per-
sons as defined in the proposed con-
stitution.
Some 100 persons attended an or-
ganizational meeting December 5 and
selected a 10-man steering committee
to represent the Albany unit at a De-
cember 12 meeting to establish a State
University Professional Association
(SUPA). Seventy delegates from 17
SUNY campuses were present at the
latter meeting.
It was decided that each campus
delegation would have one vote in
SUPA and that the governing board
would consist of one member elected
locally by each campus; a president,
recording secretary, and treasurer
elected by a plurality of the voting
members; one vice-president each
representing university centers, col-
leges of arts and science, agricultural
and technical colleges, specialized
colleges, and medical centers, elected
by their respective constituencies;
and a corresponding secretary ap-
pointed by the president and serving
him as a non-voting member of the
board. Neil Brown was elected interim
president.
The Albany steering committee
named Grant Van Patten, chairman,
George Lange, and Joel True to a con-
stitution and by-laws committee. It
also named Patricia Rudd as secretary
and William Paju as treasurer until
those officers could be elected.
The proposed Albany constitution,
which must be ratified by at least 50
persons eligible for regular member-
ship, states as an association’s ob-
jective “‘to provide for the considera-
tion of matters of mutual interest and
to promote the interests and general
welfare of its members...’’.
The constitution would establish
an elected governing board, consisting
of a president, vice-president, secre-
tary, and treasui and 10 directors.
difficult for Senate to accomplish its
other work.
Supporters countered that it is
precisely Senate’s business to take
stands on matters of national impor-
tance since such problems are inti-
mately related to the life of the insti-
tution. Said John Reilly of the English
department, ‘‘The issue is whether or
not the institution as an institution is
going to do anything.”
Senate did pass a resolution which
asserts that the university is “‘obli-
gated to instill a sense of moral con-
science and the exploration of values
in its members, as well as promoting
good citizenship, political conscious-
ness, and the ability to judge the
legitimacy of governmental authority.”
After rejecting the third proposal,
several Senators took pains to state
that their vote on the Vietnam resolu-
tion was a personal expression and
not representative of their constitu-
ents. Others were just as adamant that
their vote was representative of their
constituents.
Senate’s proceedings were observed
by almost 200 students and faculty.
Applause and expressions of approval
or disapproval from the gallery punc-
tuated much of the Senate’s delibera-
tions. At one point, some members of
the gallery, unhappy about a Senate
decision, presented a pig’s head to
the Senate.
Innovative Programs
Go Beyond Classes
A program dealing with meaningful
work related to student studies has
been started by the Office of Student
Activities. ‘Innovative Action in Col-
lege and Community” was suggested
by an ad hoc student-faculty group,
“The Outfit.”
Development of leadership, sensi-
tivity to human situations, and student
effectiveness are among goals which
participants plan to tackle by involv-
ing themselves with education beyond
the classroom. The basic idea was
conceived by two seniors, John Cromie
and Jeff Brewer.
On the orientation
committee are Floyd Brewer, James
coordinating
Economedes, Neil Brown, Terry Ma-
thias, Steve Lobel, Thomson Little-
field, Dell Thompson, Cromie, and
Brewer. The program has more than 80
students involved. No action has been
taken regarding academic credit sought
by the initiating group.
Among the activities provided is
sensitivity training, designed to as-
sist the student in recognizing his
skills and limitations. A human poten-
tial seminar will evaluate personal,
social, and vocational goals.
Innovative community leadership
concerns field work to help find solu-
tions to area problems. The fourth op-
portunity offered is leadership in stu-
dent groups, dealing with the theoret-
ical scope of leadership and the prac-
tical aspects.
Father to Replace Son
As Study Center Chief
Eugene E. Rabinowitch, professor
of chemistry and biology, has been
appointed interim director of the Cen-
ter for the Study of Science and Soci-
ety, effective March 1 through Septem-
ber 1. He succeeds his son, Victor
Rabinowitch, who has served as di-
ector since 1968.
The center formerly was called the
Center for Science and the Future of
Human Affairs. Both professors have
been identified prominently with sci-
entific programs both in this country
and abroad.
Victor Rabinowitch, who came to
the university from the National Acad-
emy of Science in Washington, will be
returning there to become director of
programs on science, technology, and
development. He will
assume his new post on March 1 and
will be located in the Office of the
Foreign Secretary.
President Kuusisto has named an
ad hoc advisory committee for the
center to serve with the interim di-
rector and Earl G. Droessler, vice
international
president for research. ‘The appoint-
ment letter said in part, ‘“Today we
are even more convinced that here at
SUNYA we should pursue a systematic
study of the impact of science and
Executive Committee
To Report to Senate
Reports covering a two-month peri-
od will be heard this afternoon by the
Senate. The meeting is set for 3
o'clock in the CC Assembly Hall.
There will be a report of the Ex-
ecutive Committee on actions taken
on council reports and on other mat-
ters which have been pending before
the Senate. They include recommenda-
tions on reports from the promotions
and continuing appointment, under-
graduate academic, and graduate aca-
demic councils.
Also to be received will be a re-
port of the ad hoc faculty-student con-
sultation guidelines committee and
one on the resolution concerning the
West Podium. The resolution opposes
the exclusion of the West End Podium
extension from the Capital Construc-
tion budget for 1970-71.
The Executive Committee was in-
structed to act for the entire Senate on
matters of urgency as a result of Sen-
ate’s inability to take action on its
normal agenda items at its December
and January meetings.
Campus Exchange
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ings.
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technology on the future of human
affairs.’”
On the committee are Harold F.
Blum, James W. Corbett, James J.
Heaphey, Orville Poland, Edward Ren-
shaw, William Reese, Maurice Richter,
Louis R.Salkever, Vincent J.Schaefer,
and Stephen Wilson.
SU Actors to Present
Euripides’ ‘Orestes’
Euripides’ Orestes will be pre-
sented by State University Theatre on
four evenings, Feb. 25-28, and in the
afternoon on Mar. 1. The play, trans-
lated by William Arrowsmith, will be
directed by Albert Weiner. It is his
first major production on campus.
SUT is instituting a new ticket
policy. Tickets may be purchased for
$2 at any time. Owners of student tax
cards willreserve their seats and then
claim the tickets for those seats by
8 o’clock on the night of the perform-
ance.
In Search of Thespis, a symposium
on the place of classical Greek drama
in the now generation, is set for Feb.
26 and 27. Principal participants will
be Peter Arnott, Tufts University;
Jose Quintero, New York; Gerald F.
Else, University of Michigan; John
Simon, theatre critic, New York Maga
zine; Bernard M.W. Knox, The Center
for Hellenic Studies; and Glynne Wick-
ham, Bristol University.
Co-ordinators of the symposium, to
take place in the Performing Arts Cen-
ter, are Donald W. Prakken, classics,
and Dr. Weiner.
Mohawk Ice Skating
Ice skating at the Mohawk Campus
will be available during the winter
whenever weather conditions are ap-
propriate. The skating area is in a
field across the road from the parking
lot at the Mohawk Campus.
Skating hours are Mondays through
Fridays from 12—4:30 p.m. and week-
ends from 10 a.m.—4:30 p.m. Groups
may make arrangements for evening
skating parties through Fred Cook in
the Student Activities Office.
| *Round the Campus
The linear accelerator laboratory building has been accepted from the contrac-
tor. Work yet to be done includes air conditioning system, road and walk pav-
ing, and planting. Final completion is anticipated before June 1.....Ronald
Stewart, ASRC, was a witness at a special Congressional hearing at the U.S.
Customs Court House in New York on problems posed by the building of nucle-
ar power plants...Social studies teachers and supervisors are applying for a
seven-week summer course in the comparative economic development of India
and China to be conducted here. Louis R. Salkever has details...Guests on
campus have been four Brazilian leg-
islative administrators in a program,
“The Legislature As a Part of a Total
Political System,” sponsored by the
Comparative Development Studies Cen-
ter with the cooperation of the Center
for Inter-American Studies and the Sec-
retary of the New York State Senate...
Paul G. Bulger, educational adminis-
tration,has been named executive di-
rector of the Temporary State Commis-
sion on Youth Education in Conserva-
tion. His new duties will be in addi-
tion to his regular work here...Almost
a full house enjoyed the Richie Havens
concert, sponsored in the gym by the
Classes of’71 and’72 and, reportedly,
for the first time final bookkeeping
was in the black to the tune of $500...
With the approval of Central Council,
the Community Programming Commis-
sion is providing a draft reference li-
brary in the Student Association of-
fice...Nura D. Turner, mathematics, is
convalescing, at her home after being
hospitalized. She is the ‘author of “Why
Should Girls Study Mathematics?’’, a
career leaflet just issued by the State
Commerce ‘Department Woman’s Pro-
gram...Appointed to the newly formed
Marine Affairs Action Group to advise
on marine programs in the Department
of Interior has been Earl L. Droessler.
Secretary Hickelhas directed the group
to recommend “‘a detailed re-structur-
ing of departmental entities engaged
in marine related activities toward the
specific end of efficiently achieving
priority objectives.’’ ...More than 300
persons at the recent PYE club even-
ing meeting heard Robert Rienow in a
plea for a developing sense of aware-
ness of environmental control problems
Tina Howe Levy, whose husband
Norman is in the history department,
is the author of a comedy, ‘“The Nest,”’
set to open soon at the Mercury thea-
tre in New York.
SUNY Offers to Its Members
Low-Cost International Travel
State University of New York has
inaugurated a low-cost international
air travel plan which will begin opera-
tions this summer with a-sechedule of
nine charter flights to Europe. SUNY
has entered into an agreement with
KLM Royal Dutch Airlines and the Re-
search Foundation of the university to
operate a year-round schedule of char-
ter and group flights to various parts
of the world.
The flights will be arranged pri-
marily to meet the needs of students
and faculty taking part in university-
sponsored study-abroad programs and
of faculty and staff traveling on offi-
cial university business. Members of
the university community will be able
to make individual reservations on
such flights on a space-available ba-
sis. Spouses and dependent children
Great Dane Sports
Highlighting the sports slate this
week is tomorrow night’s basketball
game with Central Connecticut, one of
the few schools with a winning record
against coach Dick Sauers.
The Blue Devils hold a 9-4 edge
since Sauers arrived in 1955 and lead
the overall series, which began in
1934, 14-8. They have won the last
seven in a row, including a 76-42
romp past a good Albany club last
winter.
This year, Central is playing sub-
-500 ball in a rare off season. The
Devils play a murderous schedule,
though, and have lost to such powers
as Montclair and American Interna-
tional (both NCAA College Division
finalists last year), Springfield, South-
ern Connecticut, and Hartwick. They
also hold impressive victories over
Stonehill, St. Anselm’s, St. Michael’s,
and Akron, among others.
The Danes will be decided under-
dogs, but are hoping to pull a major
upset. Game time is 8:30, following a
6:30 contest between the Albany frosh
and Adirondack Community College.
The varsity also has a road game
Saturday at Ithaca, which will be
broadcast on WSUA at 8:15 p.m.
The rapidly improving wrestling
and swimming teams both are home at
2 p.m. Saturday. The swimmers will
host Plattsburgh and wrestlers will
entertain Binghamton.
more events...
of SUNY members may travel with them
at the same rates.
Information about the travel plan,
flight schedules,-and application ma-
terials may be obtained from John Slo-
cum, director of international programs,
Ad 238. Applications must be received
at least 90 days before flight depar-
ture.
Faculty Achievements
THOMAS BOEHM, Milne, has been
awarded a $13,705 National Science
Foundation grant to support his de-
velopment of a cooperative college-
school program to implement the move-
ment toward discovery-oriented sci-
ence instruction in the public schools.
MORRIS FINDER, has
written an article, ‘‘Comprehension:
An Analysis of the Task,”” which ap-
peared in the December 1969 issue of
Journal of Reading.
instruction,
DONALD LIEDEL, history, partici-
pated in an all-day conference at the
New York State Education Department
as a member of a state-wide Advisory
Committee to the Multiethnic Task
Force on December 2. In October he
spoke on “‘Reinterpretations of the
Reconstruction Period” at Shaker
Junior High School.
MONDAY- President’s Conference with Students, CC Patroon Lounge, 2:15 p.m.;
Senate Meeting, CC Assembly Hall, 3 p.m.;
TUESDAY- Dialogue, CC Patroon Lounge, 9 a.m.; Lecture In Transcendental
Meditation, Yoga Club, CC Assembly Hall, 7 p.m.
WEDNESDAY- Film, Russian Club, Campus Center 315, 7:30 p.m.
THURSDAY- Ski Club, Campus Center 315, 7:30 p.m.; Speaker: Eugene Nicker-
son, New Democratic Coalition, CC Ballroom, 7:30 p.m.
FRIDAY- Last day for degree applications for June graduates; IFC Smoker, CC
Ballroom, 7 p.m.; IFG Film: ‘‘The Horse’s Mouth”, LC 18, 7 p.m.
and 9:15 p.m.; Films: W.C. Fields, Colonial Quad, Flag Room, 7:15
p-m.; Film: ‘‘Fearless Vampire Killers’, State Quad, LC 7, 7:30 p.m.
and 10 p.m.
SATURDAY- Concert: Johnnie Winters, Contemporary Music Council, Gym; All-
University Mixer, Phi Beta Lambda, CC Ballroom, 8:00 p.m.
