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STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK AT ALBANY
August 30, 1971
SPA Contract
Sent to Voters
For Ratification
Announcement is expected this week
of the results of voting on the proposed
contract between Senate Professional As-
sociation (SPA) and the State of New
York. Some 3,900 SPA members were eli-
gible to vote on the contract, which will
effect more than 13,000 SUNY pro-
fessionals if ratified.
Casting a shadow over the pro-
ceedings is the national wage-price freeze,
which probably will delay or prevent im-
plementation of the salary increase,
scheduled for 6% retroactive to July 1.
There has been no official word on the
precise effect the freeze would have ona
ratified contract. In any event, salary
benefits must await legislative appropri-
ation of funds in January.
If approved by the membership, the
agreement would be in effect for three
years, with the exception of the salary
clause, which will be renegotiated yearly.
If the contract is rejected, SPA and the
state will resume negotiations. However,
if 30% of SUNY professionals petition
PERB for new elections, SPA could be
replaced as bargaining agent.
In addition to the salary increase, the
contract includes several other key pro-
visions. Among them are a dental in-
surance plan similar to that available to
CSEA workers, six additional holidays for
calendar-year employees, a grievance pro-
cedure, committees to study an evalu-
ation system and a promotional program
for professionals, procedures which are to
be followed in terminations due to “re-
trenchment,” and public announcement
of vacancies throughout SUNY to all
employees.
Earl Droessler
V.P. Droessler
To Leave Albany
Earl G. Droessler, vice president for
research here since 1966, has resigned his
position to take a new post. Effective
Oct. 1 he will become administrative dean
for research and professor of geo-sciences
at North Carolina State University at
Raleigh.
During Dr. Droessler’s tenure at
SUNYA, sponsored research funds have
grown from $400,000 to more than $6
million. In addition to his university re-
sponsibilities, he is vice president and
treasurer of the SUNYA Foundation,
Inc., and trustee of Dudley Observatory.
On Sept. 6-11, Dr. Droessler will lead
the American delegation, expected to to-
tal about 40 participants, at the First In-
ternational Conference on Weather Modi-
fication in Canberra, Australia. He won a
travel grant from the National Science
Foundation in national competition to at-
tend the conference, which is sponsored
by the Australian Academy of Science
and the American Meterological Society.
Freshmen To Be Welcomed
At Convocation Ceremonies
The 128th opening convocation and
candlelight ceremony will be held tomor-
row evening at 8:30 on the Academic
Podium. M. Moran Weston, 2nd, pro-
fessor of Afro-American studies, will give
the convocation address.
Traditionally the program signifies
the beginning of the academic year and
the welcoming of freshinen to the uni-
versity community. Upperclassmen will
hold candles symbolic of the flame of
knowledge.
The Rey. Dr. Weston, who in 1969
was appointed visiting professor of his-
tory in the Afro-American studies depart-
ment, currently serves as a trustee of Co-
lumbia University and on the executive
committee of the board, on the Citizens
Commission on the Future of State Uni-
versity of New York, and as chairman of
the board of Carver Federal Savings Bank.
He also is founder and president of Urban
Ventures, Inc.
Dr. Weston has a Bachelor of Arts in
chemistry and English from Columbia
College, Bachelor of Divinity with a spe-
cialization in social theology from Union
Theological Seminary, and a Doctor of
Philosophy in sociology and history from
Columbia University. His Doctor of Di-
vinity was conferred by Virginia Theo-
logical Seminary.
Following the candelight ceremony,
at the opening of the program, the call to
order will be given by Harry S. Price,
grand marshal. Welcomes will be ex-
pressed by President Benezet and by
Michael A. Lampert, president of Student
Association. At the conclusion of the
Rev. Dr. Weston’s address, the assemblage
will sing the Alma Mater.
Those seated on the platform during
the candlelight ceremony and convoca-
tion will include C. Luther Andrews, plat-
SUNYA Revises Equal Employment Policy
In response to findings of a study
conducted by the Department of Health,
Education and Welfare that cited job bias
at SUNYA, the university has released a
revised policy statement on its Equal
Employment Opportunity Program.
The statement asserts that it is the
general policy at SUNYA ‘‘to
provide...upward mobility for all qual-
ified persons, to prohibit discrimination
in employment because of race, color,
religion, sex, or national origin, and to
promote the full realization of equal
employment opportunity through a
positive, continuing program of affirm-
ative action throughout the university.”
The HEW report had cited 24
specific deficiencies in the area of equal
employment. Five instances were related
to the university’s implementation of
equal employment opportunity guide-
lines; 19 involved unfavorable compar-
isons between women, minority groups,
and white males on the basis of salaries,
job levels, and tenure.
A letter from President Benezet to
HEW acknowledged the university’s
deficiencies in most areas mentioned by
the report, although he did correct some
figures and cited explanations for others.
He stated that the university would adopt
a plan of affirmative action in accordance
with HEW requirements.
Leon J. Calhoun, newly-named coor-
dinator of Equal Employment Oppor-
tunity, will carry out the implementation
of such a plan. He pointed out that the
HEW report has focused “attention in
areas where unconscious acts on the part
of personnel in selecting people for posi-
tions in professional areas have thwarted
EEO goals. We need to indulge in more
affirmative action for equal employment
opportunities at SUNYA. This policy re-
flects the focus on affirmative action and
it presents an affirmative action plan to
move toward an increase in employment
of women and minorities.”
Stressing that all qualified persons
would be considered for positions, Mr.
Calhoun commented, “I don’t interpret
the program as being one that will pre-
clude the appointing of non-minority
persons. It is a program to overcome
unconscious preclusion of women and
minority people.”
Copies of the policy statement are
available in Mr. Calhoun’s office, AD 315,
where he will answer questions about it.
Auditions for Choral Groups Begin Today
Auditions begin today for pros-
pective singers in the two university
choruses, the University Chorale and the
University Singers. Sign-up times are
posted outside Performing Arts B-78. Stu-
dents who have registered for a chorus
should come to the first scheduled week
of rehearsals, Faculty and staff may make
appointments for auditions through the
music department office. Persons in-
terested in being accompanists should
also register through that office.
Both choruses will be under the di-
rection of Tamara Knell, the new director
of choral music. The University Chorale,
an advanced choral group of men and
women, will perform at least three con-
certs, including a spring concert with the
University Orchestra.
The University Singers will consist of
20-40 highly select singers who will per-
form works on the contemporary concert
series and the Brahms series. Off-campus
concerts may be scheduled.
form marshal; Vice President for Manage-
ment and Planning John W. Hartley; Mark
D. Marcellus, Class of 1974 president;
Vice President for Student Affairs Clifton
C. Thorne; Richard A. Liese, chairman of
Central Council; Alumni Association pres-
ident William G. Floyd; University Coun-
cil member Elinore H. Posner; Terry B.
Wilbert, Student Association vice presi-
dent; Gordon E, Thompson, Class of
1972 president; Vice President for Aca-
demic Affairs Phillip L. Sirotkin; Alan S.
Pallat, Class of 1973 president; Vice Presi-
dent for Research Earl G. Droessler;
Arthur N. Collins, chairman of University
Senate.
Four Appointees
Take New Posts
A new dean of graduate studies, a
new associate dean of humanities, a new
director of the Educational Opportunities
Program, and a new coordinator of Equal
Employment Opportunity were named
this summer.
Louis R. Salkever, professor of eco-
nomics and department chairman, has
been designated by President Benezet as
dean of the Office of Graduate Studies.
Dr. Salkever, who is also associated with
the Department of Afro-American
Studies, joined the faculty in 1965.
Ruth A. Schmidt was appointed asso-
ciate dean of humanities by President
Benezet upon the recommendation of the
search committee and with the support of
Vice President for Academic Affairs Phil-
lip L. Sirotkin, Dr. Schmidt joined the
faculty in 1962 as assistant professor of
Romance languages and was promoted to
associate professor four years ago.
Kathleen Kendall and Edward P.
Cowley, Jr. served as co-chairmen of the
search committee. Other faculty members
were Alberto J. Carlos, Joel A. Chadabe,
Robert A. Donovan, Harold Morick, and
John M. Spalek. Other committee mem-
bers were Paul Sadowski, undergraduate,
and Philip Rice and Natalie Woodall,
graduate students,
Vernon A. Buck, of Colonie, who has
been an official of Learning Technology,
Inc., Albany, has been named director of
the EOP. Mr. Buck is a graduate of More-
house College, Atlanta, Ga., where he ma-
jored in business administration. He holds
a Master of Science from New York Uni-
versity.
Leon J. Calhoun has been appointed
by Vice President for Management and
Planning John Hartley to serve as the co-
ordinator of Equal Employment Oppor-
tunity. Mr. Calhoun assumes the responsi-
bility in addition to his duties as director
of management information systems
planning. As director of EEO he will be in
charge of developing and implementing
the Affirmative Action plan which the
university is developing in accordance
with Department of Health, Education
and Welfare regulations.
Yet to be named is a new dean of the
College of Arts and Sciences.
Opening Remarks
by President Louis T. Benezet
In my sophomore year at SUNY Albany I feel most of the symptoms of that stage
(“sopho-more” from the Greek roots “sophos-moros” or “wise-foolish’””).
It takes more than one year to learn a place as complex and dynamic as State
University at Albany. The best I can wish for the incoming students is that you will
learn as much in your first year here as last year taught me. It is not only the rich
variety of SUNYA that makes for learning; it is the times we are living in with their
instant communication and their sense of urgency to get on with the solution of
human problems too many hundreds of years waiting for solution.
We are in a period of national retrenchment so far as funds for higher education
are concerned. Let us hope it may be brief, for the nation as a whole is rich, not poor.
Our University Center at Albany started in 1962 with a dramatic growth plan. Even
after the past three years of tightening state appropriations we have facilities and
faculties beyond most new state universities.
That, however, may not seem important to you as you seek your education here.
Many of today’s students seem concerned with two things above all: a discovery of
one’s self and a contribution to improvement in the human condition. Goals like these
are not entirely dependent upon the exact amount of dollars made available for
education.
At SUNYA we are reviewing our needs for better university governance. Students
here have a larger place in decision-making committees and councils than is found in
most universities. We now need to decide how students, faculty, and staff can be
brought together on the chief priorities for this institution. One illustration comes out
of a discussion led by our Environmental Decisions Commission on the question of
how fully the State University at Albany might develop itself into a living model of
environmental control systems, preserving a quality of life both for today and for
FOOD SERVICE PERSONNEL were praised for their devotion, competence, and
efficiency in a recent survey of campus food service operations. The survey was made
by G.W. Lattin and Associates of Ithaca, N.Y.
Survey Rates FSA Food Service
‘Above Average for an Institution’
future years.
Welcome to our campus, new students and faculty and those who are returning. It
could be a year of grim-faced defense against budgetary stress and financial cutbacks.
Or it can be one of the best years the university has had, as we face our problems and
prospects together. Naturally, I hope we will join in the latter course.
Large Enrollment, Varied Programs
Mark Summer Session at Albany
Total enrollment for the summer ses-
sion was announced as 5,436 by the
Registrar’s office. The figure includes
some 630 undergraduates enrolled from
198 different colleges and universities in
the United States and Canada. That was a
25% increase from last year’s 504 stu-
dents from 182 schools. The largest num-
ber of students from a single institution
was 38 from SUC Plattsburgh.
Blood Drive Set
A blood drive will be held on campus
Wednesday from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. in the
CC Ballroom. All campus personnel are
urged to donate blood to insure an ade-
quate supply at the Albany Blood Bank
for the Labor Day weekend.
Faculty and staff may schedule ap-
pointments by calling 7-3923. Students
may schedule appointments in the CC
Lobby from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. to-
morrow. Donors will be accepted on a
Of the 291 faculty scheduled to
teach, 45 were visitors from universities
throughout the nation and several were
from other lands. Among the foreign
countries represented were Sweden, the
Union of South Africa, and Canada.
In excess of 600 different courses
were offered on all levels from freshman
through doctorate. Fifty courses were
scheduled in the evening.
Most of the 1,600 freshmen and 600
transfer students here this fall were on
campus during the summer for a Summer
Planning Conference. Eight three-day ses-
sions for freshmen and five one- and
two-day sessions for transfers were held
during the weeks of July 5 through Aug.
3. In addition, 91 of some 300 freshmen
admitted through the Educational Oppor-
tunities Program participated in a
seven-week EOP summer orientation pro-
gram.
Organized recreational activities for
summer students and staff included films,
walk-in basis.
Faculty Hear Reports
The first general faculty meeting for
the new academic year was held Friday
morning in the Campus Center Ballroom
with President Benezet presiding.
Scheduled reports included that of
the Commission on University Govern-
ance by Barbara Rotundo, chairwoman,
and on the work of the University Senate
by Arthur Collins, chairman. On the
agenda also were comments by Roy
Klages, who is heading the United Fund
appeal on campus, and remarks by Pres-
ident Benezet concerning the state of the
university—during the immediate past and
in the near future,
Fellowship Awarded
John A. Ross, a master’s degree stu-
dent in public administration at the Grad-
uate School of Public Affairs, has been
awarded a New York City Urban Fellow-
ship by Mayor John Lindsay. The award
consists of $4,000 from New York City
and $500 plus tuition waiver from the
university.
discussions, ice cream socials, sports, and
special events.
RELAXATION AND THE PURSUIT of individual interests were as much a part of the
summer scene as were classes, orientations, and organized activities.
“the overwhelming consensus, in
the student consumers interviewed, is
that the food service is good at SUNY,
Albany and that the food presented is
well above average for an institution,”
states the G.W. Lattin and Associates sur-
vey of campus food service operations.
The study was instituted at the re-
quest of Milton C. Olson, past vice presi-
dent for management and planning, in
December 1970. A 34-page report with
conclusions and recommendations was
presented to his successor, John W. Hart-
ley, in April and to the Faculty-Student
Association at its May 11 meeting,
The associates were on campus Feb.
25-26, March 4, and April 17 to observe
all food service operations on both the
uptown and downtown campuses. Both
residence hall board contract meals and
cash food sales were studied. Some of the
visits were made in company with food
service officials and some were made
anonymously. The Associates made an ef-
fort to talk with food service customers
and to investigate complaints.
Among complaints concerning inade-
quate menu variety, overcooked meats,
and improper distribution of surpluses
from food service, the Associates found
only the overcooked meats complaint to
be justified. They recommended that
steps be taken to grill steaks or slice
roasts as close to serving time as possible.
Contrary to student complaints, the
report complimented FSA for the variety
e
and nutritional value of selections of-
fered. It also complimented both the pro-
fessional and student employees, noting
their efficiency and loyalty.
As to the distribution of food service
“profits”, the Associates felt that lack of
information was the cause of many un-
warranted complaints. Pointing out that
“earned income distribution is a preroga-
tive of the University Administration”
not of the food service operation, they
recommended “that communications be
opened between the students and the
University Administration in regard to
matters concerning the distribution of
so-called profits that are engendered in
the food operation.” They felt that the
question might become “a major point of
friction” between students and food ser-
vice personnel if lines of communication
were not opened.
The Associates commented further
that “cost consciousness was apparent in
all facets of the food service department’s
operation....The only individuals viewed
during the Associates on-site visits, who
were not cost conscious, were the ulti-
mate consumers.”
Students Given
Fee Procedures
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 a mandatory student
activity fees program approved by
SUNYA students in a referendum last
spring.
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 prop-
erty shall be adequately bonded. An an-
nual audit shall be performed by an in-
dependent accounting firm and the au-
ditors’ report shall be made available to
the student body.
Earlier this summer, the Appellate
Division for the Third Judicial Depart-
ment of State Supreme Court dismissed
the appeal by former SUNY Chancellor
Samuel B. Gould and the SUNYA Stu-
dent Association of the case involving ex-
penditures of SUNYA student activity
fees. The court said new statewide regu-
lations by the SUNY Board of Trustees
have made the whole issue academic.
Chairman Gives Senate Report
An orientation picnic is scheduled at
5 p.m. today at the Mohawk Campus for
members of the 1971-72 Senate. A fea-
tured part of the orientation will be a dis-
cussion with President Benezet of major
issues facing the university in the coming
year.
The first Senate meeting of the aca-
demic year is slated for Monday, Sept.
13. The Executive Committee will hold
its meeting Wednesday to set the agenda.
All items for inclusion on the agenda
should be submitted by that time.
As noted in the annual report of the
Senate below, the Senate office has
moved from the Social Sciences Building
to AD 216, The phone number is 7-4919.
Dates of future Senate meetings are
Oct. 4, Nov. 8, Dec. 13, Jan. 24, Feb. 28,
March 27, April 17, and May 8. The Ex-
ecutive Committee will meet on Sept. 22,
Oct. 27, Dec. 1, Jan. 12, Feb. 16, March
15, April 5, and May 1.
The 1970-71 Senate report follows.
by Arthur N. Collins
Chairman, University Senate
In the interest of economy, the Sen-
ate’s Executive Committee has voted to
forego publication and distribution at
large of the customary Annual Report of
the Senate. Copies of the annual reports
of the Senate’s councils have been placed
in the University Library so that all mem-
bers of the community may consult
them. Copies have been sent also to the
chairmen of departments, to deans, direc-
tors, and administrative officers. Other
persons having need of copies of partic-
ular reports may request them from Miss
Kane, Secretary to the Senate, AD 216
(457-4919).
As in every year of its five-year exist-
ence, the Senate underwent significant
organizational and procedural changes in
1970-71. Among these the following are
noteworthy:
—Amendment of the By-laws by the
Faculty to provide for an elected chair-
man of the Senate;
—Modification of the quorum rule to
“fifty per cent plus one”;
—Use of a numbering system to iden-
tify bills introduced, thus making possible
easier reference to Senate actions and,
ultimately, the codification and indexing
of all Senate legislation; and perhaps most
important,
—Appointment of a secretary to the
Senate (Miss Kane, whose efforts have
made it possible for all Senators to have
in hand the texts of proposals under de-
bate and for the elected secretary to take
part in discussion with confidence that
someone else was taking notes).
Two further innovations contributed
to the ease of Senate operations: an
orientation session and picnic held in Sep-
tember at the Mohawk Campus, which
enabled Senators to meet one another
informally, and the publication of a Sen-
ate Handbook. (Copies are still available
from Miss Kane.) A procedural measure
in the debate of the highly controversial
issue of elective credit for ROTC courses
served both to sharpen and shorten de-
bate and deserves to be used often in the
future: the preparation and distribution
in advance of briefs for both sides of the
question.
In addition to resolutions and pro-
cedural motions, forty-one bills were
brought before the Senate. Thirty-four
won approval. Of the remainder, three
were withdrawn or referred to committee
and were eventually passed in revised
form; one (calling for a faculty lounge)
was withdrawn for further study and has
not yet been resubmitted; one (dealing
with student and faculty roles in demon-
strations) was defeated; and on one, the
last bill introduced (concerning student
evaluations of teaching), action is still
pending.
Six bills dealt directly with the Senate
itself. In addition to the amendments of
the By-laws noted above, the Senate
revised the membership of the Student
Affairs Council and of the Graduate Aca-
demic Council and urged the Faculty to
maintain student participation in the Sen-
ate. (These changes are incorporated in
the Addendum to the Faculty Hand-
book.) The Senate also proposed the
amendment calling for election of the
Committee on Nominations and Elections
at the first Faculty meeting of the calen-
dar, rather than of the academic year.
The uncertainty in the spring of 1970 as
to the Senate’s jurisdiction and the scope
of its power was resolved partly by the
resolution passed by the Faculty in Sep-
tember and partly by the resolution on
Powers of the Senate which became the
first bill of the Senate year.
Despite hours of discussion, parking
and stop signs were the subject of only
three bills (16, 17, and 29). Off-campus
housing for fraternities and sororities was
the subject of Bill No. 10. Bill No. 6
amended the academic calendar to allow
for the observance of Jewish holidays.
Several bills early in the year modified
procedures in the granting of tenure and
promotion; Bill No. 37, incorporating
these with the work of a special com-
mittee named in the spring of 1970 and
of the Council on Promotions and Con-
tinuing Appointments, established a new
set of guidelines to be implemented this
year. Other bills, chiefly of concern to
the faculty, dealt with inequities of salary
and fringe benefits (20), a faculty lounge
(25, withdrawn), and the establishment
of guidelines for annual awards to out-
standing teachers.
The remaining bills concerned aca-
demic matters, except for the re-naming
of the School of Library Science as the
School of Library and Information
Science (36). In the area of under-
graduate programs, Bill No. 21 estab
lished the double major Bill No. 39 inter-
preted the second field requirement Bill
No. 34 authorized a year-in-Israel pro-
gram for the Department of Judaic Stud-
ies, and Bill No. 40 authorized a Bachelor
of Science program in social welfare.
The Senate voted to extend
cross-registration for resident graduate
credit to include Albany Law School and
gave approval to new Ph.D. programs in
anthropology, German, library science
and social welfare. The Senate responded
to the work of the Doctor of Arts Plan-
ning Group by approving programs
leading to that degree in the fields of
economics, English and physics,
Two general academic policies were
adopted. As the result of a special tem-
porary commission, the Senate recom-
mended that the President negotiate with
the
Colleges and Universities, should an invi-
tation to join be extended, and estab-
lished a Commission for Fostering Area
College Cooperation. (The report of the
commission is included in the series of
council and committee reports distri-
buted as noted above.) The second matter
required extended discussion, culminating
in passage of a resolution (Bill No. 38)
that the university commit itself to the
idea of a university-wide program in
environmental studies.
The Executive Committee met
throughout the year to determine the
agenda of Senate meetings, to assign mat-
ters for consideration by particular
councils and committees, and to nom-
inate members not only for its own
councils and committees, but also for the
United Fund Board, the Environmental
Decisions Commission, the Commission
on Area College Cooperation, a com-
mittee to recommend conferring of emer-
itus status, and the membership board
and directors of Student Dwellings,
Incorporated. After the final Senate
meeting it acted for the Senate to
approve revised general programs for a
B.A. in music and for a B.S. in business
education as well as a Ph.D. program in
geology and an M.A. program in
Afro-American studies. It sought the
cooperation of departments and schools
in complying with the Guidelines for
Consultation of Students and in imple-
menting the Saimond Committee report
on the training of teaching assistants. It
urged the adoption of by-laws for the
College of Arts and Sciences and
requested that the practice of publishing
faculty salary distributions be continued.
As Chairman of the Executive Com-
mittee, I protested, ineffectually, to the
Hudson-Mohawk Association of —
Arthur Collins
Governor against the moratorium on sab-
batical leaves; later I attended a meeting
of representatives from public and private
colleges concerned to persuade the State
Legislature against further interference
with traditional university autonomy. I
similarly took part in and reported to the
Senate on two meetings of heads of cam-
pus senates convened by Chancellor
Boyer in an effort to improve communi-
cations between his office and the facul-
ties of individual units.
It is only a short time ago that the fac-
ulty of SUNYA demanded a greater voice
in making policy and decisions. The Sen-
ate, born of that demand, has already
achieved a precocious maturity. Both
students and faculty members have now a
means of participating in the governance
of the university. Like the citizenry of
the nation itself, they must shoulder the
responsibility for making the system
work and for remedying and preventing
abuses. Alone among the Senate’s
appointed groups, the Governance Com-
mission named in 1970 has not been
required to interrupt its deliberations to
prepare an interim report; the Senate has
been assured that a proposal for a new
governing body, uniting representatives
from the staff with those from the stu-
dents and the faculty, will be submitted
in the coming semester. The goals of com-
munity and equity are closer than ever
before. No mechanism, however, can en-
sure the interested participation of those
who choose to run and are chosen to
serve. Cloyingly pious as these phrases
may sound, they state an essential truth.
Senate Council, Committee Members
Executive Committee Grad. Student Senators: Lester Hawkins Robert Hardt
Ex Officio: Louis Benezet Edward La Croix Robert Chatterton Patricia Ward
Morris Berger James Monk Hugh Farley Faculty Non-Senators:
Shirley Brown Alan Morrissey David Martin Vincent Aceto
Alfred Finkelstein Grad. Student Non-Senators: Joseph Testo Alan Klein
Michael Lampert ‘Two to be appointed Faculty Non-Senators: Sidney Reisberg
One to be appointed James Connally ‘Undergrad. Student Senator:
Faculty Senators: Student Affairs Council Robert Pettengill Gordon Thompson
Arthur Collins Ex Officio: Clifton Thorne Christine Tofflemire — Undergrad. Student Non-Senator:
Benjamin Chi Faculty Senators: Brita Walker To be appointed
Dorothy Cole Charles Bowler Undergrad. Student Senators: Grad. Student Senator:
Webb Fiser Neil Brown. Edward Allegretti To be appointed
Seth Spellman Margaret Farrell John Pavlis Grad. Student Non-Senator:
Ralph Tibbetts Faculty Non-Senators: Undergrad. Student Non-Senator: To be appointed
Undergrad, Student Senator: ‘Armand Baker To be appointed
Diane Kowalski Sorrell Chesin Grad, Student Senator: Library Council
David Hartley To be appointed Ex Officio: Jonathan Ashton
: : Judith Lewis Grad, Student Non-Senator: Earl Droessler
Undergraduate Academic Council John Overbeck To be appointed Phillip Sirotkin
Ex Officio: Robert Morris Undergrad. Student Senators: Faculty Senators:
Phillip Sirotkin Richard Liese Council on Promotions and Mary E. Coyle
Faculty Senators: Allen Reiter Continuing Appointments Edwin Reilly
Douglas Alexander Kenneth Stokem Ex Officio: Phillip Sirotkin Nathan Wright
Thomson Littlefield Undergrad. Student Non-Senators: _ Faculty Senators: Faculty Non-Senators:
Marjorie Meyer ‘Two to be appointed Harold Cannon* Thomas Baylis
Donald Wilken Grad. Student Senators: Richard Clark Lance Bosart
Faculty Non-Senators: ‘Two to be appointed Ruth Schmidt Richard Myren
Alice Corbin Grad. Student Non-Senator: Malcolm Smiley Undergrad. Student Non-Senator:
Robert Frost To be appointed Faculty Non-Senators: To be appointed
F. Barry Haber Winifred Bell Grad. Student Non-Senator:
Hedi McKinley Council on Research Melvin Bers To be appointed
William Reese Ex Officio: Earl Droessler Ronald Stout
Undergrad. Student Senators: Faculty Senators: Frederick Weinstein Council on University
Deborah Natansohn Richard Teevan Undergrad. Student Senator: Evaluation and Improvement
Philip Cantor : Mary Collins Richard Aiken Faculty Senators:
Undergrad. Student Non-Senators: Harold Morick Undergrad, Student Non-Senator: W. W. Haynes
Two to be appointed Frederick Truscott* To be appointed Robert Kelley
Faculty Non-Senators: Grad. Student Senator: Richard Kendall
Graduate Academic Council Carol Evans To be appointed Faculty Non-Senators:
Ex Officio: Louis Salkever Henry Kuivila Grad. Student Non-Senator: Charles Edwards
Phillip Sirotkin Donald Reeb ‘Amold Elman Donald Cohen
Faculty Senators: Reuben Rusch Robert Pruzek
Kendall Birr* Undergrad. Student Senator: Council on Educational Policy Undergrad, Student Senators:
Ulrich Czapski David Hi Ex Officio: Louis Benezet Jay Goldman
Roswell Fairbank Grad. Student Senator: Earl Droessler Robert Harris
Kathleen Kendall Lawrence Reylea John Hartley Undergrad. Student Non-Senators:
Faculty Non-Senators: Grad. Student Non-Senator: Phillip Sirotkin Two to be appointed
Maureen Didier To be appointed Clifton Thorne Grad. Student Senator:
Joseph Leese Faculty Senators: To be appointed
Keith Ratcliff Personnel Policies Council Stanley Blount Grad. Student Non-Senator:
Inving Sabghir Faculty Senators: James Corbett To be appointed
University Sets Up Archives
To Preserve Its History
To ensure that all important archival
materials are retained and organized for
use, the university has established the
SUNY A archives.
In a letter to university adminis-
trators, Phillip Sirotkin, vice president for
academic affairs, noted, “The university
regards as matters of official concern the
collecting, preserving, and organizing of
the records, documents and reference
sources relevant to its history.” He fur-
ther stated, “The provision of archival
Students Report
Endeavors, Goals
Albany’s Student Association, in its
annual report to members, highlights its
accomplishments over the past year and
outlines its goals for the coming year.
Among the major accomplishments
listed was the adoption of a new S.A,
constitution, This, for the first time in six
years, provides for direct election of the
S.A. President and Vice President and
Central Council. Also credited to Student
Association was the inception of the
football club and of on-campus Grey-
hound bus service to several major New
York cities.
In the area of student living, the as-
sociation pushed for reform of FSA,
helped in securing 10% board and 15%
room rebates for residents of the still un-
finished Indian Quad, and provided for
the formation of two corporations to
build low cost student housing in the
area.
The association’s plans for 1971-72
include continued efforts to reform FSA
and to improve academic grievance ma-
chinery, The association also wants to see
increased student participation in resi-
dence staff selection.
Funds for Student Association ac-
tivities come from the mandatory Stu-
dent Activity Assessment. This year’s fee
is $30 per semester. Various fee waivers
are available to students who cannot af-
ford the fee, off-campus student teachers,
and married students. Applications for
waivers, available in CC 346, must be
made within two weeks of the due date
of the student’s university bill.
4-Day Orientation
For Foreign Students
A four-day orientation program for
new international students here ended
Saturday. An estimated 80 students were
expected to attend, according to J. Paul
Ward, international student adviser.
Forty-one countries are represented
by the 135 international students ad-
mitted for the semester. Of the group,
114 are graduate students and 21, under-
graduates. Eleven are doctoral students;
102, master’s candidates; and 11, non-
degree students.
Already enrolled at the university are
200 international students. The new
group will bring the total to 335 repre-
senting 60 countries.
Tower Tribune
Edited and published weekly when
classes are in session by the Community
Relations Office as a service to the
university community; AD 235; 7-4901.
Communications to the editor should be
typed and must be signed. All material is
subject to editing. Opinions expressed in
signed articles and columns are those of
the writer and do not necessarily reflect
the views of the Tribune or the univer-
sity. Items for “Campus Exchange”
should be submitted to AD 262, 7-4630.
services is vital to modern institutional
life and, thus, essential to this University
Center.”
A summary of the archival policies
and practices includes the establishment
of the archives as a division of the Uni-
versity Library. It is to be housed in a fire
resistive building, safe from all hazards.
Morrison C. Haviland has been desig-
nated as university archivist to organize,
maintain, and service the archives. He will
be responsible to the Director of Li-
braries.
The SUNYA archives will be a non-
current collection of many types of ma-
terials. Among them will be minutes and
records of the University Council, ad-
ministrative records, official reports and
publications, student publications, and re-
cords of student organizations.
Two categories of material not to be
included in the archives, unless their sub-
stance relates to the university, are pub-
lications by faculty and publications by
alumni.
Access to official university records
and documents not intended for general
distribution and considered confidential
will be limited to designated and author-
ized individuals only,
3-Year Degree
To Be Examined
Seth W. Spellman, assistant to the
president, has been chosen to head a
faculty group to study the concept of a
three-year baccalaureate. The 11-man
committee, which held its initial meeting
July 23, has been asked by Vice President
Phillip Sirotkin to review some of the pre-
liminary plans, further develop the de-
tails, and make recommendations.
The group has been divided into two
subcommittees, one of which will study
the lower division and the other, upper
division. Dr. Spellman will serve on both
subcommittees.
The lower division group, which will
concentrate on grades 12 and 13, includes
Thomas Boehm, Mauritz Johnson, Benja-
min Chi, Nathaniel Friedman, and Leon-
ard Lapinski.
The upper division group will study
“Man and His Institutions” and is com-
posed of Robert Hoffman, Morris Eson,
Robert Guerrin, Richard Goldman, and
Donald Birn.
During the past winter and spring, a
Staff Planning Task Force appointed by
Dr. Benezet recommended as one of its
proposals that the university establish a
program which would effectively com-
press from eight to seven the high school
and college years. This would be ac-
complished by combining the current
senior year of high school and the fresh-
man year of college.
Office Relocations
It’s annual office-moving time. Here’s
the latest tally.
Associate Dean for Arts and Sciences
Paul Wheeler has moved from Social Sci-
ences 340 to SS 109. Peter T. Furst,
chairman of the anthropology depart-
ment, is located in SS 340. Frank Car-
rino, director of the Center for Inter-
American Studies, formerly in Richard-
son 175, is now in SS 338. William Sey-
mour, director of the Center for Eco-
nomic Education, has moved from Ad-
ministration 216 to Richardson 175.
At the Campus Center, Daniel Burns,
Campus Clipboard editor, is now in 137.
Round the Campus
Welcome, freshmen! Welcome, transfer students! Welcome, new graduate students!
Welcome, new faculty! Welcome, new staff members! Welcome, visitors!...A com-
pletely revised university bus schedule has gone into effect. New routes take eastbound
buses directly up Washington Avenue, with six stops between the uptown campus and
Draper Hall. Westbound buses return along Western Avenue, with seven stops between
Draper and the new campus. An average of five to six buses an hour will be running
during the weekdays. Weekday bus runs begin at 6:45 a.m. from the Administration
Circle. The last bus leaves Draper Hall at 1 a.m. On weekends and holidays the
schedule is from 8 a.m. at the Circle to 1 a.m, from Draper. . .The first students have
been admitted to SUNYA’s new Doctor of Arts program, recently approved by the
Regents, via amendment to the 1968 SUNY Master Plan, and awaiting final approval
by Governor Rockefeller. Three students
in the economics program and four stu-
dents in the English program each have
received $3,000 fellowships and waivers
of tuition. . William Wilson, professor of
art, has won the $300 first prize at the
Saratoga Springs Art Fair for his air brush
portrait of the 19th Century French
painter, Toulouse-Lautrec...Robert A.
Bosman, a graduate student here, served
as a summer intern on the staff of Repre-
sentative Howard W. Robinson in his
Washington office...Also politically-
minded is a freshman, Glenn F. von
Nostitz, of Niskayuna, who next month
becomes committeeman from the 11th
District by appointment of the town
Democratic chairman, Reportedly, he is
the first 18-year-old political committee-
man in Capitaland. . .Newly-named
assistant director of the Community Ser-
vice Program and lecturer in social wel-
fare is Mrs. Lelia Simmons Coleman,
formerly of the University of Washing-
ton. . .State Trooper Roland T. White has
been accepted at the School of Criminal
Justice where he will complete his studies
for a master’s degree under a $3,000
fellowship from the New York State Of-
fice of Crime Control Planning. . Position
available: assistant to the dean, Graduate
School of Public Affairs, pending budget
approval, See Dean L. Gray
Cowan. . .New offering: “Women in Mod-
ern Literature: The Faces of Eve”, three
credit hours, Tuesdays and Thursdays,
12:45 - 2 p.m., College of General Studies
has details.
S-U Exemptions
Granted to 168
At a second meeting of the Under-
graduate Academic Council last week,
168 freshmen and sophomores were
granted exemption from the satisfactory-
unsatisfactory grading system upon
petition. Instead, they will receive A-E
grading. Most plan to enter medical
schools.
The Undergraduate Academic Coun-
cil is scheduled to meet again tomorrow
to consider S/U grading and other mat-
ters. Late last month a letter was sent by
Dean of Undergraduate Studies Robert B.
Morris to all incoming freshmen con-
cerning their right to petition for A-E
grades. Under current university policy,
all grades for freshmen and sophomores
are submitted to the registrar as S (satis-
factory, credit) or U (unsatisfactory, no
credit),
Some medical schools have indicated
that without supplementary information
to S/U grades, a student’s admission
might be adversely affected. Also, some
students reportedly were not aware of the
mandatory S/U grading at the time of ad-
mission to SUNYA. Last year 223 peti-
tions were granted by the Committee on
Academic Standing of the Undergraduate
Academic Council. The new committee
will be organized shortly.
Great Dane Sports
With pre-season workouts barely un-
derway, the only certainty for the fall
sports teams is the schedule. Barring
natural disasters or an invasion of Laos,
cross-country and soccer will open Sept.
18 and football a week later.
Actually, Bill Schieffelin’s booters
will face intercollegiate competition Sept.
11 when they host Central Connecticut,
Colgate, and Williams in the annual Quad-
rangular Scrimmage. The regular-season
schedule:
Sept. 18, Potsdam; 25, Oswego; Oct.
2, at Binghamton; 6, Oneonta; 9, Platts-
burgh; 16, Stony Brook; 23, at Cortland;
27, at RPI; 30, Hamilton; Nov. 6, at
Union; 13, New Paltz.
The games against Potsdam, Oswego,
Oneonta, Plattsburgh, Cortland, and New
Paltz will count in the SUNY Athletic
Conference standings. Homecoming is
slated for Oct. 9.
Highlighting the fall for Bob
Munsey’s harriers will be the fifth Albany
Invitational Oct. 30. A slightly larger field
than last year’s 152 varsity runners from
21 schools is expected. The Danes will be
seeking their 10th straight winning season
since the sport’s 1962 varsity inception.
The schedule:
Sept. 18, Clarkson; 25, at Coast
Guard with Montclair; Oct. 2, New Paltz;
6, at RPI with Siena; 9, at C.W. Post with
CCNY; 13, at Potsdam with Plattsburgh;
16, at Merrimack Invitational; 20, Hart-
wick; 23, SUNYAC Championships at
Fredonia; 27, Colgate; 30, Albany Invi-
tational; Nov. 2, at LeMoyne.
Bob Ford will send his second-year
football club against Middlebury and
Union in closed scrimmages prior to the
eight-game regular-season schedule:
Sept. 25, Utica; Oct. 2, at RIT; 9,
Niagara (Homecoming); 16, at Adelphi;
30, at Siena; Nov. 6, Plattsburgh; 13, at
Hudson Valley; 20, Pace.
Campus Exchange
FOR RENT: 2-bedroom ranch off Wash-
ington Ave. near campus, furnished,
adults only, available Nov. | to May 1.
Call 459-6508,
FOR SALE: 1968 VW convertible, tan
with black top, radio, good condition;
$1,445. Call A. Werner,
439-4250...... 1967 Ford F250 camper
special pickup truck, V-8, automatic, very
good condition, many extras; $1,595,
Call W. Zimmer, 377-5910 or
TASOT eos Outboard motor, Wards Sea
King (Chrysler), 3% horsepower, ex-
cellent condition, used twice; paid $110,
asking $75. Call E. C. Mathews, 7-3214 or
at home, 439-2029...... 1968 VW
beetle, 53,000 miles, excellent condition,
5 tires like new, 2 snow tires; best offer
over $1,000. Call Robert Rice, 7-4903 or
371-5891.
more events.
MONDAY-SUNDAY - Used Book Sale:
receive books Monday and Tuesday,
9 a.m.-9 p.m.; sell books Thursday-
Sunday, 9 a.m.-9 p.m., CC Assembly
Hall.
FRIDAY and SATURDAY - Film: “Joe”,
LC 18 (Fri.), LC 2 (Sat.), 7 and 9.
