The State University of New York at Albany
Divided
We Fall
Friday, March 13, 1970
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NO DECISION YET!
by Vicki Zeldin
Thursday at high noon a stu-
dent sit-in marathon was initiated.
Approximately 150-200 crammed
into the red-carpeted area in front
of President Kuusisto’s office.
Student Power, now with the
backing of two Central Council
bills, presented the administration
with two sets of “requisites,” not
demands.
One was that students would
remain where they were until
Gerry Wagner was “given notifica-
tion concerning his term renewal”
plus “Dean Perlmutter’s original,
unedited report,” which contains
recommendations about Wagner
plus other information that can
only be speculated on at this time.
The second requisite was for
“complete faculty-student control
of all aspects of University life.”
They asked for a reply to this
request on Thursday, March 19.
Other groups were also present
in the building. NLOC was present
and did not seem to meet with a
favorable response. What seems to
be a new student group was also
present in the form of Bob
Iseman. The group, The Coalition
For Responsible Student Action,
presented a paper containing
seven items that essentially at-
tempted to nullify the student
action. The group did, however,
ask for a “departmental commit-
tee composed of no less than 25%
student majors in the department
to make decisions on the matter
of hiring, firing and tenure of
faculty.”
Singing, card playing and gener-
al rapping filled the hours spent in
wait, and “cool” and “right-on”
were the words for the day. A
constant concern was voiced that
the area be cleaned before the
students left.
The group at times dwindled,
but the spirit was the same “Just-
ice for Gerry Wagner” and ‘50%
across the boards student control
of all University life.””
‘The students were for the most
part orderly, controlled and
patient.
Throughout the many hours
spent on the second floor of the
Administration Building waiting
for Wagner information concern-
ing what was happening was dis-
seminated. What may have only
been a rumor, or a misunderstand-
ing on someone’s part, or may
have been truth, concerned the
response of the department chair-
men concerning the Wagner issue.
It was reported that a large num-
ber of chairmen threatened to
resign their positions if Wagner
were reinstated. This report initi-
ated a series of phone calls to the
chairmen in an effort to find out
if this were true, and to “educate”
them as to what the issues were.
At the last report there had been
19 chairmen polled. Twelve were
in favor of 50-50 representation, 6
were against, and one was unde-
cided.
Wagner, with his lawyer Fred
Cohen, had been meeting with
Kuusisto, O'Reilly and Morris
from 3:00. Fred Cohen came to
the students at 6:00 to report that
no decision had been reached. The
meeting was to be reconvened at
~7:30. Just before Wagner returned
to the meeting he came to the
students whose numbers had
dropped off to about 30. Wagner
came bearing chocolate Easter
eggs and said, “If I am going to be
crucified I might as well have a
happy Easter.” He then departed
to return to his meeting.
Other points of information
were given throughout the hours
spent waiting. An ASP reporter,
Al Senia, who had just returned
from Buffalo reported that the
strike committee there had en-
dorsed the actions at Albany, and
were asking for a similar endorse-
ment from Albany.
A general appeal was made for
all students to speak to their
instructors about what was trying
to be accomplished by the stu-
dents’ actions. Dave Wollkind,
from Student Power, reminded
the students that the faculty was a
very important element to the
movement and they must be in-
formed. It was said that the stu-
dent-faculty committees would
help to open channels between
the two and prevent alienation.
The issue concerning the possi-
bility of mass resignations by the
department chairmen obviously
puts Kuusisto, who said he would
abide by Perlmutter’s recommend-
ations, in a difficult position. Stu-
dents noted that Perlmutter had
“really extended himself” over
the Wagner issue, and they real-
ized that he was in the middle of a
very difficult situation now. Sev-
eral students said that they were
ready to back Perlmutter if his
position in the University were
threatened due to the develop-
ments over the Wagner issue.
By about 8:30 the group had
reformed, and about 150 people
were present. Counts and Ariza
spoke to the group. Counts de-
scribed the NLOC, its politics, and
its relationship to Student Power.
‘As of yet there does not seem to
have been any reconciliations of
continued on page 3
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Council Endorses
“Student Power”
by Bob Warmer
Central Council met Wednesday
evening with 400 students who
lobbied for the passage of a bill
that would incorporate the de-
mands of Student Power. In a bill
introduced by Dave Neufeld,
Dick Wesley, Bert Eversley,
Chuck Ribak, Lenny Kopp, Steve
Brown, Larry Smith and Norm
Rich, Council recognized “‘the ele-
ment of change needed in a grow-
ing university.”
Council demanded of the Ad-
ministration “that each depart-
ment in the University have a
committee composed of 50% stu-
dents and 50% faculty.” Council
also demanded that the commit-
tee on Student Conduct and all
Councils and committees in de-
partments and-or University Sen-
ate be apportioned on a 50-50
basis with faculty and students.
Council, which was pressured
into taking action amidst a rather
impatient crowd, came out quite
strongly in favor of the demands,
yet the students and their student
government were at odds. The
coalition of radicals and New
Leftists were impatient and in-
tolerant of the slow machinery
(Robert‘s Rules of Order) by
which Council operates.
Even though Council finally
came to grips with the mainstream
of student thought, they were not
in line with the “means” by which
Albany students would achieve
their demands. The students were
further alienated from their go-
vernment because the meeting was
not theirs, since Terry Mathias
was in control of the microphone
and gavel.
Council’s goals were coincident
with the students, even if their
means for change differed. Dave
Neufeld said that it was time that
Central Council got “out of its
sterile shell.” He said that stu-
dents have fallen “under sub-
ordination,” but that the bill is a
means, not an end.
Lenny Kopp said that “the
movement's been building,” and
that students have “been taking a
back seat. We want to be treated
as equals. We're not going to be
nice anymore. We’re going to take
action.” Kopp warned students,
however, that the strike should be
used responsibly.
On the subject of faculty in
student demands, an NLOC mem-
ber accused faculty of being pigs.
Another student took a more con-
ciliatory attitude and said that
faculty should not be alienated,
especially the untenured and the
young. Most agreed, however, that
the Administration (Board of
Trustees Governor, etc.) is the
real enemy of student power.
A roll call vote was called.
Twenty-one favored the bill: Judy
Avner, Mike Avon, Jeannette
Beckerman, Steve Brown, Bert
Eversley; Gary Gold, Joe Kaiser,
Dave Kaplan, Lenny Kopp, Mike
Lampert, Sue Levy, Tom Leibos,
Vie Looper, Terry Mathias, Dave
Neufeld, Linda Pierson, Chuck
Ribak, Norm Rich, Larry Smith,
Jean Turner, Dick Wesley. The
only two to oppose were Miss
Alice Corbin and Ralph DiMarino,
The minority opinion as expressed
by Corbin was that this bill is not
the best thing for students and
continued on page 8
action.
A group of approximately ten students continued their sit-in
inside the administration building last night. Mr. William Seymour
special assistant to the President, stated last night that there are “no
plans for sweeping the building” of the students. Apparently, they
will be allowed to spend the night there; a few uniformed security
policemen remained inside with them.
The students issued the following statement: “There is a group of
people who have remained from this afternoon and from this
evening. We intend to remain here until a decision is made.”
University students were expected to rally in front of the
administration building at 8 a.m. this morning to plan further
Central Council had it’s biggest tumout of ‘the year as demands were prepared for presentation to the
administration.
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ALBANY STUDENT PRESS
FRIDAY, MARCH 13, 1970
The University College reminds
its students that advisement for
Summer Session 1970 and Fall
1970 is now underway. Students
are encouraged to make appoint:
ments with their advisers now in
order to insure an appointment
prior to drawing class cards.
Anyone interested in going to
the St. Patrick’s Day Parade on
Tuesday, March 17, contact
Regina at 7-8798 today. Round
trip bus cost is $6.00.
Auditions for State University
Theatre's fifth major production,
YOUR OWN THING, a musical,
will take place this Sunday, Mon-
day, and Tuesday at 8 p.m., in the
Arena Theatre of the PAC.
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There will be an informal’
gathering of the Chess Club in
Room 373 of the Campus Center,
Saturday at 1:00 p.m. These are
regular meetings at which chess
matches are played and game stra-
tegy is taught. All are invited.
Auditions for four new Experi-
mental Theatre plays will take
place in rooms 263 and 264 in the
PAC Monday, March 16, at 8 p.m.
Anyone with any interest in thea-
tre is invited to attend.
A motion picture tribute to
Martin Luther King, in 1000 thea-
tres across America. One night
only! All proceeds go to the Mar-
tin Luther King, Jr. Special Fund
for the war against poverty, illiter-
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are available by writing: Council
of Churches, 810 Madison Ave.,
or Madison Theater, 1032 Madi-
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The inventory of blood needed
to meet the requirements of the
hospitals in the Capitol area has
reached a critically low level. In
order to obtain the 3700 pints of
blood needed for March, a Blood-
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PAGE 3
With eyes atwinkle, Art Buchwald addresses a packed
Campus Center Ballroom.
—hochberg
ASP Joins Search
For Famed Writer
by Barry Kirschner
Speculation is mounting over the mysterious disappearance of
columnist Art Buchwald. An investigation concerning the location of
Buchwald has led only the following rumors:
1, Buchwald has been kid-
napped by a student power group
which is holding him hostage until
he can tell them three original
Sprio Agnew jokes.
This tip came from someone
who kept -repeating “we'll get
those Agnew jokes by any means
necessary” until his three minutes
ran out and he refused to further
subsidize the telephone company.
2. The columnist was ap-
proached and picked up by a
liberated woman known as Jill
Honeybun who offered her braless
body in exchange for some tips on
journalism. It is rumored that he
was walking through Washington
Park where upon he was molested
by a woman screaming, “Don’t
worry, we'll have the day care
center soon.” At this point some-
one in the crowd yelled “right
on.”
This information was offered
timidly by an alleged spectator
who would not identify himself
because his wife might not like
what he said.
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3. The Nixon Administration
has banned Buchwald from either
appearing or writing in this coun-
try after someone in the executive
department realized that Buch-
wald quoted the Vice-President
not to reassure the silent majority,
but to humor effete snobs. Attor-
ney General Mitchell stated that
while he was a believer in freedom
of the press, that did not mean
that neswpapers can criticize gov-
ernment officials.
This report stems from ‘re-
liable sources.’
Among participants in the
search for Buchwald is the Albany
Student Press (who badly need a
witty columnist), and Billy
Graham. Graham has given his
moral support to the search al-
though he refuses to leave
Washington, D.C., saying that is
where the most souls need saving.
It is possible that the man who
so admired L.B.J. (‘I worshipped
the quicksand he walked in”), has
once again decided to do research
for a dirty book. If this is so, it
could be some time before any of
us will hear from Buchwald again.
-6-8-10 p.m.
Jerry Rubin at SUNY Buffalo;
Chicago Fight Trial
Describes
by J. Stephen Flavin
The Federal indietments
‘charged eight with crossing state
lines to incite riots and “‘con-
spiracy” riots. The charges should
have read “corrupting youth, en-
dangering their morals and influ-
encing their thoughts.”
Jerry Rubin, of Chicago Con-
spiracy fame, explained, “the 8 of
us exposed American justice for
what it . injustice, that was
our crime, bringing the Eagle to
the surface.”
Over 10,000 students, faculty
and members of the Buffalo com-
munity heard Jerry‘s account of
Bobby Seale’s attempts to defend
himself. The fact that Seale, who
was in Chicago for only two
hours, was indicted proves that
the ‘‘courts are integrated.”
Seale’s lawyer was stricken and
needed a gall bladder operation to
save his life, so Bobby Seale asked
for a postponement of the trial.
Hoffman denied the petition on
grounds that Bill Kunstler could
represent Bobby. Bobby demand-
ed to be allowed to represent
himself. He was told to sit down
and remain silent.
When a witness testified contra-
ry to Bobby’s knowledge of the
truth, Bobby called him a liar and
demanded his right to cross-
examine. When Bobby persisted,
dudge Hoffman ordered Federal
Marshalls to bind and gag Bobby.
Bobby could be heard mumbling
through the gag so his mouth was
taped. Bobby managed to break
loose of the tape and demanded
his right to be his own lawyer and
cross-examine the witness! “It was
impossible to silence Bobby. The
Pigs’ technology is not equal to
the power of the people!”
“Bobby’s image of being gagged
and chained was representative of
all Blacks in the U. S. Bobby’s
image was communicated across
the world, it publicized racism in
the U.S. The government could
not allow it to go on!” Bobby was
ruled in contempt of court, re-
manded back to jail, and awaits
trial on a murder charge in Con-
necticut. Jerry urged the people
to join him to “save Bobby’s life,
any way we can.”
Under our due process of law,
all 12 jurors must concur on a
single verdict. Of the 12 jurors in
the Chicago Conspiracy trial,
Jerry claimed 4 were liberal.
“Four jurors had cause to doubt
our guilt, any one of the four
could have hung the jury. Not one
of the four held out. I’m pissed at
Start Your
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‘Praise the Lord and
Pass the Diplomas’
or
‘How a Reporter.
Became a Man
of the Cloth
for $10."
by Bill Bruns,
B.S., M.S., Th. D., D.D,
LIFE
Magazine
Nov. 14, 1969
Co Office)
Compliments of the
pipcenes Niocese,
lbany
the four ‘liberal’ jurors that
am
Promised behind closed doors to
reach guilty verdicts.’ These four
‘liberals’ undeadlocked the jury to
get home to their families. The
real danger is not from right-
wingers but from ‘liberals’ who
conspire and give in. They are our
real enemies. Vietnam is a ‘libe-
rals” war, blacks are being put
down by ‘liberals’ we are not
liberals, we are revolutionaries. We
must find meaning in our lives.”
America has destroyed our lan-
guage. The word revolution was
cited. Revolution once only re-
ferred to Cuba, or the Chinese
Cultural Revolution. Now there is
a “revolution in toilet paper, a
revolution in bad-breath. Madison
Avenue has destroyed or taken
over our language--Fuck is the
only word we have left.” Let’s not
overuse or abuse what’s ours to
make it trite! “The only real
obscenities are in the courts, Viet-
nam, and in Julius Hoffman.”
‘The most oppressed people
are high school students. They are
forced to compete, hate, and
work for money. We don’t want a
career, our career is our life!
Heaven is on earth, we don’t want
diplomas by Christ, school, or
Hoffman. We don’t want to work
to retire at 65-we want to retire
when we are born.” This is a
struggle of “Brotherhood, Com-
radéship, and Togetherness versus
a system of fear and competition.
The problems in society are
caused by capitalist ideas of self-
ishness and wanting.”
Jerry believes the Chicago 8
“were stand-ins for all of you. The
establishment can not stop the
revolution by stopping us—you all
will back us!”
Jerry’s summary spoke for all
the people in tune with his think-
ing. “We are the majority, we are
the young people, we are the
future!””
Wagner Sit In
continued from page |
views between the two groups.
At 8:45 Dean Perlmutter arriv-
ed at the student sit-in. Perlm-
utter admitted that he was respon-
sible for Kendall and Colman get-
ting copies of his unedited report.
He said, though, that the recom-
mendations were vital and hoped
that they would be released.
The first part of the report had
some confidential information
from students, according to Perl-
mutter, and that is why he didn’t
want it made public. Students did
not seem placated by this and
asked “Why can it be made public
to Kathy Kendall and Dean
Colman and not to Gerry
Wagner?”
Chapter of NUC
At Albany Soon
The New University Conference
will hold a meeting to organize an
Albany chapter on Tuesday,
March 17. The meeting will begin
at 3:00 p.m. in Hu 354, and the
chief speaker will be David Kotel-
chuck of the Cornell Chemistry
Department who serves as upstate
organizer of NUC.
The New University Conference
is a national organization of radi-
cal faculty and graduate students
which describes itself as working
“in, around, and in spite of insti-
tutions of higher education.”
Among the NUC commitments
are support of the student move-
ment in opposition to authori-
tarianism, participation by all
members of the community in
university goverance, and opposi-
tion to the channeling of women
into “women’s fields.”
NUC has organized caucuses
within national professional or-
ganizations in an effort to combat
elitism and to counter race and
class bias.
All faculty, graduate students
and undergraduate friends who
are interested in building an Al-
bany State chapter of NUC are
invited to the meeting on Tues-
day.
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ALBANY STUDENT PRESS|
The Roar Of The Greasepaint -
Journey To The Beautiful Land
by Mary Eileen O’Donnell
Experimental Theatre and Mu-
sic Council presentTHE ROAR
OF THE GREASEPAINT-THE
SMELL OF THE CROWD next
Thursday and Friday, March 19
and 20, in the Arena Theatre of
the Performing Arts Center. There
will be two performances each
evening at 7:30p.m. and 9:00
.m.
GREASEPAINT is a Leslie
Bricusse and Anthony Newley
musical that enjoyed a successful
Broadway run in 1965 with An-
thony Newley and Cyril Richard
playing the lead roles of Cocky
and Sir. The musical popularized
such songs as “The Joker” and
“Who Can I Turn To?”
Directed by Ron Abel,
GREASEPAINT is Experimental
Theatre’s first full-length musical.
The cast includes Michael Rey-
nolds and Mary Eileen O’Donnell
as Cocky and Sir, and Frances
Caruso as Kid; also appearing are
Douglas Saucke, Raipn Boone,
and Barbara Muller. The seven
Urchins are Suzanne Norton,
Ellen Cooper, Deborah Levy,
Ronnie Massin, Margaret
O'Connor, Jacquelyn Rossi, and
Tobi Shostak.
The dance numbers in THE
ROAR OF THE GREASEPAINT-
-THE SMELL OF THE CROWD
have been choreographed by
Kathleen O'Neill.
Originally designed for theatre-
in-the-round, GREASEPAINT
adapts well to the PAC Arena
Theatre. The musical is a bitter-
sweet conedy of the constant
put-down of Cocky by Sir in the
game of life, the perennial struggle
of the underdog against the Ex-
tablishment.
Auditions for YOUR OWN
THING, directed by Joseph Bal-
fior, will be this Sunday, Monday,
and Tuesday, in the Studio Thea-
tre of the PAC, at 8 p.m.
Prepare an up-tempo song and
your sheet. music. There will
be dance auditions for
OWN THING, too.
People interested in playing in a
rock band for YOUR OWN
THING, contact Ron Abel, at
457-7535.
Auditions for four Experi-
mental Theatre plays will take
place Moanday March 16, at 8
p.m. in Rooms 263 and 264 in the
PAC.
The
Direct
by Tom Quigley
Using simplicity and directness
in his presentation, Director
Sydney Pollack makes THEY
SHOOT HORSES DON’T THEY?
one of the most compact and
atmospheric commerical films of
¥OUR
‘Last of the Mobile Hot-Shots’
Fails Where Others Succeed
by michael nolan & diana dalley
The LAST OF THE MOBILE
HOT-SHOTS has a fine cast,
James Coburn, Lynn Redgrave,
and Robert Hooks. It was pro-
duced and directed by Sidney
Lumet who has among his credits
the Pawnbroker. However if the
film were being reviewed for tele-
vision the review would probably
sound like this; Good east unable
to overcome script.
HOT—SHOTS, based on Ten-
nessee williams’ play, The Seven
Descents of Myrtle, had an ill
fated run on Broadway with
David Merrick and was subjected
to a rewrite by Gore Vidal before
it came to the screen.
The discrepance in Vidal’s and
William’s styles can easily be seen
by comparing Myrtle’s (Lynn
Redgrave) and Chicken’s (Robert
Hooks) dialog. Evidently Vidal
left Myrtle alone while rewriting
all of Chicken’s part. Whereas
Myrtle’s speech is that of a lower
class, self educated wretch that we
have come to know as a Williams
character, Chicken’s speech is
filled with vulgar jokes about sex
and his color.This kind of un-
subtle, disgusting characterization
could only come from a perverted
mind such as Vidal’s. The fact
that Williams’ and Vidal’s styles
are incompatable didn’t seem to
bother the men upstairs who saw
the combination in the green tint
of box office dollars.
Why would three stars of this
talent make such a picture? They
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must have read the script nrsv.
The point is that Mr. Hooks is a
relative newcomer, looking for
that first big break. Miss Redgrave
and Mr. Coburn are trying to re-
capture the appeal they once held;
neither has had a big picture in a
long time. After all it’s a money
world and on the surface HOT
SHOTS sure looks boxoffice. It
has a black man in bed with a
white woman. (Twice, in case you
miss it the first time.) It has flash-
back scenes in black and white
just like Midnight Cowboy. (For
the pseudo intellectual film cri-
tics.) It has Three in a bed; dirty
language; and impotent white man
and a stallion black man. It even
has James Coburn’s naked but-
tocks. (For the fags.) But most
important it has an X rating
‘All tied up in a rainbow.
Shoot Horses Shows
And Powerful Acting
the year. The time is the Ameri-
can depression of the thirties but
this story of humanity is universal
in scope.
The depression ushered in an
era of social and financial despair
that left no American untouched
and no illusion undented. The
American people, who clung to
the vestiges of their dreams, were
faced with a world of harsh im-
mediacy that could leave them
homeless one minute and starving
the next. Survival, therefore, be-
came the national pastime.
Momentary diversions were in
abundance and cheap during this
period.
One of the most popular but
little remembered of these ex-
capist events was the marathon
dance. These dances pitted cou-
ples against each other in an en-
durance test that promised easy
money to those who could fight
off physical exhaustion the long-
est. Pollack expands the micro-
cosmic world of a dance marathon
into a maeroscosmic metaphor of
struggling humanity and its relent-
less pursuit of happiness and satis-
faction.
The contestants are obviously a
hand picked group of dissolutes
however these potential stereo-
types never manage to be any-
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thing but real, a credit to the
superlative cast who enact their
miseries. Jane Fonda, who in the
past has constantly demonstrated
her ineptness for portraying any-
thing that calls for dramatic pro-
jection, fools everyone and deli-
vers a terse, venomous portrait as
Gloria, the sometimes bit actress,
who stages a last ditch effort to
gain respectability by securing the
prize money.
Michael Sarazzin plays Robert,
Miss Fonda’s partner, with all the
incredible bug eyed, bucholic
charm of the innocent youth
syndrome. He would seem like
naivete personified if it weren’t
for that one stupid expression
frozen upon his face for the dur-
ation of the film. One wishes he
would blink occasionally.
Red Buttons as the aging sailor
and Suzannah York as the Harlo-
wesque actress on the skids are an
admirable pair of flotsam and
jetsam lending credible support.
The film’s major performance is
given by Gig Young as Rockey,
the verbose impresario, who acts
as M.C., director, demon, tor-
mentor, and housefather to the
contestants. Young’s maturing fa-
cade and cynical salesmanship
gives the film an embittering edge
Philip Lathrop’s sharp photo-
graphy graphically captures the
pain and desperation etched into
the faces of every contestant as
well as observing the spectators
who relish the spectacle. Pollack’s
only major flaw is the tele-
graphing of the finale by abruptly
cutting into film at the most
inopportune moments. Otherwise
he has fashioned a movie of un-
usual power and morality.
Pollack’s film is an over-
whelming vision of weariness and
tawdry dehumanization. The con-
testants are exploited for the ben-
efit of the audience; for the sake
of “the show.” They are put on
exhibiton and asked to perform
for the approving and dis-
approving audience, a situation
analogous to the lives we all live.
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ALBANY STUDENT PRESS
The Rascals To Tener New
Image At Albany Concert
The Rascals—Felix Cavaliere,
singer and organist; Eddie Brigati,
singer and per a
Cornish, guitarist, Dino Danelli,
drummer—have seen some fantas-
tie changes since their formation
in February, 1965.
They're no longer “The Young
Rascals” for one. And they’re out
of choirboy shirts and knickers
into four separate, strong, search-
ing personalities.
New experiences for the Ras-
cals: a feature-length movie, a TV
special, books of poetry, books
about art and the story of their
own lives and career, new pro-
duction companies, European and
Far Eastern tours merchandise,
more work with kids...and still
more changes...
The Rascals’ music goes deeper
now, is more lyrically wise—
speaks about revolutions and
hopefulness and needs The Ras-
cals know well. Music that brings
together jazz, blues, folk-rock,
Nashville echoes, Oriental in-
fluences. Its sounds vibrate
University Band
through you, make you move,
then change _something ide
Your head. Storming, driving, pro-
claiming, peace-making sounds.
It's music The Rascals com-
pose, arrange, produce, perform
(and publish) themselves.
The story of The Rascals’ be-
ginning is slapstick, clipped out of
a Keystone Kop Chase Scene.
Picture the four of them before
the whirlwind began—in New Jer-
sey, in New York, in Las Vegas—
and then some-fate-how meeting
and binding forces in 1965: Gene,
joining The Rascals after leaving
Rochester and his own group;
Dino, after playing drums with
jazzmen in New Orleans and New
York; Felix, coming from a pre-
med course at Syracuse and a stint
as organist for “Sandu Scott and
Her Scotties; Eddie, after work-
ing as a singer in New Jersey clubs
and as percussionist with Joey
Dee’s Band.
Their first date was in Eddie’s
hometown, Garfield, New Jer-
sey-that was the time they
learned 25 songs in 25
Benefit Concert
Tonight And Tomorrow At PAC
The State University of New
York at Albany Concert Band will
perform in concert for the benefit
of underprivileged children of the
Capiton District, Friday and Sat-
urday, March 13 and 14, in the
main theatre of the University’s
Performing Arts Center. There
will be no admission charge for
the 8:30 p.m. concert, but dona-
tions will be accepted.
In addition to the Concert
Band, conducted by William Hud-
son, participants will include the
Greek
Each year, the ISC and IFC
jointly sponsor Greek Week. This
year, it will begin with a beer
party on Friday, March 13 at
Raphael’s. Olympic Day will be
held at the gym on Sunday, March
15 and on Wednesday and Thurs-
day, March 18 and 19, the Greek
Follies will be presented in the
Campus Center Ballroom, The
week's climax will be Festival of
Concerts; Friday, Saturday, and
Sunday, March 20,21 and 22
sponsored by the Council for Co:
temporary Music
Events Board. On Friday night the
“Rascals” and Nick Brignold and
his “Mixed Bag” will be appearing
in concert. The Greek Week
Queen will also be crowned Fri-
day. Saturday, the ‘Canned
Heat,” the “Southwind,” and the
“Carus Light Show” will appear
and Sunday ‘The Moody Blues”
and “John Mayall.” Throughout,
the entire week a conservation
service project will be sponsored.
and Special:
Statesmen, directed by Karl Peter-
son, the University Percussion En-
semble, conducted by Thomas
Brown, and the following guest
performers: Findlay Cockrell,
piano; Marjory Fuller, soprano;
Irvan Gilman, flute; Dennis Helm-
rich, piano; Vincent LaFleur,
trombone; Ruth McKee, bassoon;
soloists from the University
Singers, and the Drama Depart-
ment Dancers.
Featuring the program will be
selections from Hair, The Sound
of Music, Carousel, West Side
Story, and My Fair Lady. Also
included will be works by Sadel-
Tueci, Rimsky Korsakov, Handel,
Choin, Sousa, Milhaud, Arensky,
Hutchinson, and Orff.
We believe that this is an even.
worthy of University patronage,
and sincerely urge everyone to
support this concert. Even though
there are other events this week-
ent, you have twonights to attend.
Please do.
Music Notes.....
...For those of you who want
to know what musicians are where
in New York City dial Jazz Line
in NYC. The number is
894-6713...
.Nick Brignola’s quin-
tet will play jazz during an art
show at the Albany Institute of
History and Art, 125 Washington
‘Ave. It will be.on Friday, March
13, 810 p.m. and it is FREE -
Elections for Freshmen Class
Officers will be held at the same
time as University Senate Elect-
jons, March 23-25, from 11-5 in
the CC Main Lounge.
REMINDS THE
The Wine and Cheese Party
RODGERS-CLINGAN-GROSS
CLASS of ’73
ON MARCH 23-25
to VOTE!
hours...then it was simply run-
flying, sailing times—
things couldn't stop happening!
At their next booking, The
Barge on Long Island, Sid Bern-
stein, impresario for The Beatles’
Shea Stadium appearances, de-
cided The Rascals were the ones
to manage...the two forces met
and have moved like wildfire ever
since.
One record-breaking appear-
ance after another: selling out in
Hawaii in seven hours...turning
away crowds at the early Phone
Booth, Harlow’s, The Scene The
Whiskey A-Go-Go...performing in
Madison Square Garden before
16,000...at the Hollywood Bowl
before SRO audiences...touring
Europe to standing ovations, in
Madrid, Stockholm, Frank-
furt..with another European tour
and a second Garden date coming
up...
‘The recording togetherness (on
Atlantic) started immediately:
singles like “I Ain’t Gonna Eat
Out My Heart Anymore,” “Good
Lovin’,” “You Better Run,” “A
Girl Like You,” ‘How Can I Be
Sure,” “It’s Wonderful,” “A
Beautiful Morning,” “People Got
to be Free,” “A Ray of Hope,”
“Heaven” and currently, ‘“See.”
Plus six successful albums—‘‘The
Young Rascals” (on the trade
charts for over two years), “Col-
lections,” ‘“Groovin’,” “Once
Upon A Dream,” ‘“‘Time/Peace”
and now, “Freedom Suite.”
‘Groovin’ (authored, like
most of The Rascals’ hits,. by
Felix and Eddie) was voted the
top record of 1967 in the national
trade polls and earned The Rascals
a Gold Record—in addition to the
six other Gold Records they’ve
received for “Good Lovin’,”
“People Got to be Free,” “The
Young Rascals,” Collections,”
“Groovin,” (LP), ‘“Time/Peace”
and “Freedom Suite.”
And The Rascals grow on. Mov-
ing with chaotic times...
Last summer they performed at
a housing project in Har-
lem...“‘Street soul,” someone said
while they played. The kids
bounced and the older people just
stared and wondered through the
concert without moving or mak-
ing a sound. The Rascals are very
much with the world now, realiz-
ing the job is harder, the search
deeper. Changes. It’s like begin-
ning all over again.
THE RASCALS; here on March 20 at 8:30 p.m.
Choral Society
“Messiah”
Perform
The 200-voice chorus of the
Capitol Hill Choral Society under
the direction of Judson Rand will
present “The Passion According
to St. Matthew” by Johann
Sebastian Bach on Friday evening
at 8:30 p.m. in the Cathedral of
All Saints, at the corner of Swan
and Elk Streets in Albany.
‘The “Evangelist” will be sung
by Ray De Voll, the tenor soloist
of the New York Pro Musica. Mr.
De Voll has sung with the Capitol
Hill Choral Society in ‘The Mes-
siah” and in Bach’s “B Minor
Mass” and “The Passion Accord-
ing to St. John” as well as in the
“St. Matthew’s Passion” in pre-
vious seasons. He has appeared to
television audiences in the NET
“Play of Daniel” and the CBS
“Galileo.”
Other soloists include soprano
Donna Lavender, contralto Anne
Groff, and baritone Gordon
Meyers. Miss Lavender, a member
of the Choral Society, has appear-
ed as its soloist in Bach’s “Mag-
nificat” and Faure’s “Requiem”
and, recently, in recitals at Green
Mountain College. Miss Groff has
sung with the Choral Society, the
Tanglewood orchestra, the Little
Orchestra Society, and the Buf-
falo Philharmonic. Mr. Meyers was
baritone soloist with the New
York Pro Musica from 1957 to
1963. He is currently studying
early American music under a
Rockerfeller grant and teaching
music at Trenton State College.
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The Choral Society will be
accompanied by Allen Mills on
the organ and by William Carragan
on the harpsichord. For the Ri-
pieno passages, Judson Rand will
augment his chorus with the boy
soprano voices of the Cathedralof
All Saints, Albany, and the St.
George Episcopal Church, Schene-
ctady.
Free parking will be available
for concert-goers in the State
employees parking lot across the
street from the cathedral on Elk
Street.
Advance tickets may be pur-
chased at music stores in Albany-
Troy- Schenectady area. Mail
orders for tickets will also be
accepted. Write to Capiton Hill
Choral Society, P.O. box 64,
Albany, N.Y. 12202: $3.00 gen-
eral admission; $1.50 for students.
A limited supply of tickets will be
placed on sale at the door on the
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FRIDAY, MARCH 13, 1970
THE ASP SPOR
SPRING SPOR
Well, they say it happens every
spring. The baseball season is just
around the corner and the Albany
State Varsity Baseball Team is
eagerly awaiting its arrival.
Coach Bob Burlingame lost
three top flight players in Jack,
Simott, George Webb, and Dave
Wheeler but looks for the able
veterans Jim Sandy and Rich
Spiers to provide the punch for
this season’s squad. Sandy, an
outstanding catcher with a win-
chester for a right arm, can hit
with power to all spots on the
field. Rich “Dickie” Spiers, a tall
righthander with a sharp fastball,
plays the outfield as well as pitch-
es.
The infield seems to be intact
with lettermen Steve Flood re-
turning at third, Tom Brooks at
short, Elliot Niremberg at second,
and Rich Bardechewski at first. In
the outfield, Spiers and Jim Lee
are returning, with the remaining
spot up for grabs.
The pitching staff seems to be
balanced with righthanders Spiers,
Rocco Pekich, and southpaws
Hyland Dolittle, Rich Bar-
dechewski, and Howie Smith.
Up from last year’s frosh team
and expected to provide help are
Jeff Sapperstein, Rod Dunbar,
and Mark Simonetti.
This spring, during Easter vaca-
tion, the team will make a South-
ern trip; the first prolonged trip of
this sort by any team in Albany
State history. The team will play
games in Annopolis, Maryland;
rer
Take me out to the ball game.
Richmond, Virginia, and Char-
lotte, N.C. before returning home.
There, a 10-game engagement
with the tough Southern op-
ponents should provide a good
tuneup for the coming season.
SPORTS
~-Torch
Track "70 at Albany State is off
to a running start. The team is
looking forward to an exciting
season with key meets against
Boston State, RIT and Hartwick.
Last year was the first year of
varsity track at Albany State, the
team had been a club for the two
Previous years. Coach Munsey,
(who has an impressive coaching
Sophisticates Finish First in League I Bowling Race
Last Saturday’s matches saw
the Sophisticates, league leaders
throughout the entire season, win
a closely contested match over
Sigma Tau Beta. The sweep of
four points guaranteed the Sophis-
ticates a first place finish and a
trophy, as well as the opportunity
to meet the league II champs of
AMIA bowling in a Super Bowl to
be held some time in the near
future.
With one week of League I
bowling remaining, and that one a
position week, possible individual
trophy winners include Alan
Zaback of the Sophisticates for
high 3 game series, 616 and Paul
Haas of the Choppers for high
game 256.
Other scores from last week’s
action which deserve mention are,
two 600 series. Paul Haas shot a
614 for the Choppers while Mike
Glass of Sigma Tau Beta hit the
pins for an even 600. Next high
for the week was a 586 registered
by Glenn Garver of Alpha Pi
Alpha.
‘This Saturday, March 14, 9 of
the top average bowlers in League
I and the highest average bowler
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of League II will travel to Utiea
where they will compete in a
college trounament representing
SUNY at Albany. The two 5 man
squads hope to crash the pins and
return home with the first place
trophy.
On Friday, March 6, The Three
Kings decisively won the Bowling
League II championship ending a
close and thrill-packed match. Af-
ter the final week of bowling The
Three Kings and the Sophisticates
II were tied for 1st place. Another
game was bowled to decide the
winner. The teams again ended in
a tie. Frustrated, the six bowlers
again took to the lanes in an
attempt to determine the Champ-
ionship Team. The Three Kings,
composed of Horst Schanz, Joe
Kleboski and Paul Haas, bowled
like true champions as they
averaged 195 in soundly defeating
the Sophisticates II in the final
game. The score was 586-556.
The season ended with Roger
Rapp having the highest average
(182.5) and the highest four game
series total (863). Roger had
games 212-230-202-219 in his
outstanding effort.
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record at Albany in both Cross
Country and Track) is looking
forward to his second winning
season.
This year’s team looks strong
after only one week of offical
practice. Promising members of
this year’s team include: Sprints:
Basil Morgan, Marty Amerikauer,
Jay Parker. Field events: Bob
Iseman, Don Van Cleve, Dave
Siegal; Distance: Ken Stringer, Joe
Geoco, Sal Rodriguez, Dennis
Hackett, Larry Franks and Bill
Mechan.
Overall the team should be a
threat to the opposition and
should fare well this season.
The first meet of the season is
April 15, against Boston State at
home.
Albany State’s varsity tennis
squad coming off the first un-
defeated team in the school’s his-
tory and a NCAA tournament
appearance have a rugged 13
match schedule facing them. Ad-
ditions to the schedule include
Central Connecticut and Mont-
clair State, plus the dropping of
Utica College in favor of Union
College. The key to the team
success will be the ability to re-
place last year’s number one man
Ron McDermott(9-1) last year by
moving last year’s six returning
lettermen up one slot. They are
returning lettermen captain Dave
Hawley 10-0 last year at 2nd
singles Ken Fishman 9-1 at 3rd;
Ted Rosenberg 9-1 at 4th; Ross
Pusatore 8-2 at 5th; and Bruce
Matteshiner and Norm Walton
combined for a 6-3 at the 6th
spot. With the new NCAA ruling
which makes freshmen eligible for
varisty the team will have a JV for
the first time. Upperclassmen will
be eligible for JV as well as varsity
competition as are the freshmen.
The prospects look ~ bright, the
desire and dedication is there, and
the team should be ready to start
a highly successful season on April
11, at home against Central Con-
necticut.
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AMIA volleyball began this
week with a double elimination
tournament. In first round games,
STB downed TXO and now will
meet the 349 CLUB, which drew
a bye, in the second round. The
Hoopers whipped the KB ‘A’ team
while Delta Sigma Pi’s ‘B’ squad
knocked off KB ‘B’ team. DSP ‘B’
will now meet the hoopers.
Meanwhile GDX and APA I
both won, over DSP ‘A’ and Pot-
ter ‘A’ respectively. Consequently,
they, too, will meet in the quar-
terfinals as will the team and the
rangers who downed APA II and
Potter ‘B’.
All defeated teams move into
the losers bracket and will be
eliminated from competition after
their next loss,
AMIA wrestling begins today.
The weigh-ins are this afternoon
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be held
night. The finals will I
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Dawson Candidate Lee The Buffalo Scene
For Socialist Party
by Neill Shanahan
Imagine the junior senator from
New York turning over all the
resources of his office to the
anti-war movement--all the mail-
ing privileges, all the facilities of
reaching a mass electorate.
Imagine the state controller re-
fusing to sign any major checks
until the people had been consult-
ed directly. Imagine him using the
monies available to establish free
medical care.
Imagine a party engaging in
elections with the understanding
that such an electorate is a fraud
and betrayal of the people.
‘An idea is afoot that repre-
sentative offices and elections for
those offices have degenerated to
the point of mere popularity con-
tests. “Elect me and I will do
this!” “Elect me and I will do
this!” “Elect me and the war will
end!”
Tweedledeedum vs.
deedee?
Kipp Dawson is running for
senator--a candidate of the Social-
ist Workers Party along with Clif-
ton Deberry, the candidate for
governor. She has been on campus
this week--speaking before 40 or
50 students Monday evening, at-
tending student power meetings,
appearing in local media and seek-
ing support aand campaign work-
ers. Her appearance was arranged
and sponsored by the Young
Socialist Alliance.
She put it this way in her
speech:
‘There is one concept which
drives us, the one which defines
where any political party or indi-
vidual stands today, and that is
where they stand on the principle
of self-determination--not in the
abstract but on the principle of
self-determination as it is being
fought for today around the
world and in the U.S.”
She is running on the idea that
despite the peace candidates of
the big parties, and even because
of them, the sytem of political
and social organization in this
country cannot be reformed. It
must be revolutionized.
Where the profit motive is para-
mount, where industrialists and
monopolists have relatively free
reign and great influence in the
government, Vietnams must sure-
ly occur despite the people’s de-
sire.
“Doesn’t Vietnam raise ques-
tions about the myth of American
democracy,” she asked. “Doesn't
this mean that the U.S. govern-
ment is not really what it is
decked out to be? Doesn’t this
illustrate clearly that the decisions
of our government are not based
on what the people of this coun-
try or the world want and need,
but on something else?
“I submit that what is happen-"
ing in Vietnam answers these
questions clearly. The reason that
the U.S. government has turned
such terrible force against the
Vietnamese struggle for self-deter-
mination is because that struggle
threatens to the core the interests
not of the vast majority of the
people of Vietnam or the U.S. but
the interests of those whose
wealth gives them the power over
the lives of the majority in this
world.”
The question Dawson is raising
in her campaign is this% Are the
war, the suppression of blacks and
chicanos and Indians and women
aberrations in the system? Do the
problems lie with the corruption
of the men we have elected to
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representative offices-or do they
find their fault in something deep- ~
er?
The system itself?
That system is defined by the
Socialist Workers Party and its
afthe Young Socialist Alliance as
an exploitive one-that in which
those happen to have money con-
trol those who don’t.
that in which even the family
with two cars and a huge house
must sell its labor and must de-
pend, therefore, on those who
buy and use that labor.
Kipp Dawson campaigned for
John Kennedy in 1960. She now
runs for senator-~ not really to win
the office--but to build toward a
socialist revolution in this coun-
try. She has been radicalized, as
John Froines noted of so many
activists, in the last ten years. She
now envisions and is working
toward a new society organized
not around an elite, but around
councils organized on the basis of
jobs and communities-councils
with the power to discuss and
decide how the economy will be
run and with full power to elect
and constantly recall representa
tives to a central, national council.
~To give people a voice in the
decisions of war and peace, the
direction of the economy, the
institutions to which they belong;
Universities without the hold of
the administration
Communities which recognized
their own needs.
A judicial system in which the
Hoffmans and Carswells and
Haynesworths are unknown.
A nation without class or eth-
nic antagonisms
How?
By 100% tax on incomes over
$25,000 and no tax on incomes
under $10,000
By 100% tax on all war profits.
By freeing the Panther 21
By A High School Bill of Rights
and decentralized schools with
community control.
By student-faculty control of
the universities.
By an end to the draft.
By building the anti-war move-
ment in the streets this spring.
Kipp Dawson is focusing most
of all on the last point. Without
the war’s end-nothing. That is
why, although she will certainly
not win the senator's office, her
measure of success will be quite
different-
How Big the Movement!
strike.
Kipp Dawson
Central Council
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that she does not favor a student
DiMarino favors 50-50
representation wholeheartedly,
but he thought that the bill
should have undergone revision.
Firstly, the bill did not specifical-
ly say that only undergraduates
should serve on the departmental
committees , ete; DiMarino feels
that graduates cannot view the
faculty and administration in the
same perspective as under-
graduates. Another point that he
scored was that students called for
no higher appeal, which can only
hurt them
The second bill to be con-
sidered, introduced by Bert
Eversley and Dave Neufeld, was
concerned with Gerry Wagner.
The bill which was passed 20-0-2
declared that Council supports:
“Immediate notification to be
given to Gerry Wagner concerning
his term renewal. Dean Perl-
mutter’s original unedited report
(to be set) along with the official
notification (which should) be
sent to Gerry Wagner.”
The argument for this bill was
that Wagner should certainly see
the report which concerns him
and his life if the RPA Chairman
Kathleen Kendall has seen it. This
is no mere rationalization ,how-
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ALBANY STUDENT PRESS
FRIDAY, MARCH 13, 1970
Editorial
Strike?
Strikes are for real. Revolution is a very serious
business. Charades and games lead nowhere except
to individual ego trips.
The “program for change” adopted by Central
Council at their Monday night meeting is hardly a
platform for significant institutional change. Under-
lying the resolution’ is a basic misconception of
power. Power is created by people organized in a
cohesive manner. Power is never given away by
people who have it. If you want power, you must
create your own and then proceed to legitimize it.
50% student representation on committees, even
powerful committees is not student power. We, as
students, are not here to be administrators. What we
don’t need is more shit work. What we do need is
final determination of the policies which affect
students However, this does not mean we need to
be engaged in every level of committee organization.
Committees are anti-student and anti-human and
can not be used as a vehicle for effective student
power.
There is a lot wrong with the university. The
Comment
students, where it belongs, but neither is it in the
hands of the administration. A concession from the
administration won’t save us. The problem is some
thing much larger. Their power is beyond our virgin
walls. The power is in University Council, the
symbolically
recognize
Central Administration, the Board of Trustees, and
the State Legislature, and we all know what
interests are represented there.
We could endorse a short-term strike that would
that the “element of
change” is lagging behind “the needs of the student
body.” We could use the two or three days to get
together. But unless we can form a cohesive body,
an indefinite strike is ridiculous. The momentum of
the occasion will be lost.
Central Council’s endorsement of the “program
for change” gives the whole affair an air of
legitimacy which has not been earned. Whether
Council was intimidated or whether they joined the
bandwagon to save their individual political futures
is uncertain. In any case, we can say that once again
Council has acted irresponsibly. We can gain nothing
but embarrassment by pushing without orientation
in all directions.
decision-making power is not in the hands of the
AT.
COMMUNICATIONS
campus rats
Dear Sirs:
The rottenness perceived by
Prince Hamlet so many years ago
seems to perpetually substantiate
itself on this campus. The anti-
capitalist rot spouted by certain
“revolutionaries” is caste to hell
so that in true capitalistic fashion
the combined sum of $4000 was
paid to bring Kunstler and Buch-
wald “to the scene.” In addition,
Central Council unilaterally
decided to pay the gym rental for
Kunstler. $4000+ was paid so that
6000+ people could “SEE” the
magic lights emanating from the
famous men of our era.
Was Kunstler’s speech so very
excellent or significant? The
March 7,1970 New Yorker maga-
zine carried an article which stat-
ed everything Kunstler did, and
more, and it only cost 50 cents.
You saw Kunstler raise his fist,
but do you see the children who
hold one fist against an empty
stomach and extend the other in
the air in defiance? Kunstler’s
- group probably feasted in the
Patroon Room; his poor speech
must have been due to indiges-
tion,
This Fri. and Sat., will 6000+
people gather to donate to the
Concert for the Underpriveleged
Children? No! They need to save
money so they can see State Quad
Cinema.
Oh, sure, I know about Campus
Chest week and that “Smile on
Your Brother” bit but why have
the smiles stopped? Will Cen-
tral Council allot $4000 in stu-
dent tax monies to underprivi-
leged children? No! But it will
allocate $75,000 for rock concerts
for next year according to stupor
-Looper’s proposed budget. The
same people complain that $30
billion per year to finance Ameri-
can killers in Vietnam is immoral.
You're goddamn right it is!
A rat is a strange animal, but it
doesn’t require much. A growing
child needs much - most of all he
needs love, but he also needs
food, and clothing, and toys. So
in a few weeks when you 6000
rats cash out to see the Rascals,
the Moody Blues and Canned
Heat, think of a child dying in
Albany from malnutrition, or
pneumonia, or lack of desire to
live. But then again, rats don’t
think of people.
THE CHILDREN BELONG TO
THE PEOPLE.
Paul Passamonte
RPA defense
Dear Editors,
‘This letter is in response to the
articles in the March 10, 1970
ASP that made specific references
to the Rhetoric and Public Ad-
dress Department and to several
individuals in it.
I would first like to comment
on the article “The Gerry Wagner
Controversy.” This article clearly
implied that Kathleen Kendall,
acting chairman of the RPA dept.
was the decision maker for all
department business. If this were
true (and it is not), why would
dept. members have the voice
they do in RPA affairs? It is Mrs.
Kendall’s job, as chairman, to
announce the decisions arrived at
by the membersjof the RPA dept.
She should not be ostracized be-
cause these decisions are not
pleasing to all!
Secondly, why not stop using
Kathleen Kendall as the scapegoat
resulting from the frustrations stu-
dents have with an archaic, dis-
pleasing method of rehiring in-
structors? She did not invent the
system! If students want! to
change it, go to the people who
can change it! Also, before stu-
dents go tearing down any in-
structor in this dept., let them
meet them instead of basing their
opinions on alot of hear-say. They
might just find that the RPA
faculty is not so bad!
Thirdly, I would like to correct
the students who stated the RPA
8 and 8 committee has been
abolished (article: “Student Pow-
er’). I am a member of that
committee and before anybody
says it does not exist, I think they
should get the facts! Mrs Kendall
has not done away with our com-
mittee. The RPA faculty as a
whole has mixed feelings about
the structure of that committee,
and we are in the process of re-
structuring it and/or forming a
new committee that would give
the students an even better and
. more informative position as to
the affairs in the RPA dept.
I hope this letter helps students
come to the realization that they
need to know all the facts Before
they act. Wendy Kotler
RPA major and
8 and 8 committee member
power play
To the Editors:
Gerry Wagner competent?
Students not being heard?
Administrative incompetence?
Possibly, and maybe probably,
but let’s even assume it’s all true.
“Student Power”, who does it
represent? Whose views does it
speak? Is this in fact student
power? Less representative than
Central Council which it con-
demns, less competent then the
administration which it attacks
and containing more egotistical
power hunry people than there
are department chairmen in this
school... THE GROUP NAMED
“STUDENT POWER” IS NOT IN
FACT STUDENT POWER!!!
Worse than the establishment
and the “pigs” who enforce it,
this small group of students seem
determined to enforce their views
upon all of us. Using violence if
necessary. Power to the people
(Power to the people who agree
with the left... to hell with the
rest of you!)
To the idea of Student Power..
-Right on! To the self-appointed
group called “Student Power’...
change it_or shove it!...Power to
an
all the people!!! Be Zinpes
Communications
on residence
To the Editor:
Despite what Jackie Schwartz
would have us believe, RA’s and
directors are not power-hungry
people. It borders on the absurd
for the ASP to print such a
libelous generalization made by a
person who has never lived in a
University residence hall.
If Schwartz would take the
trouble to sit down and talk with
some directors and RA’s, and
listen to what they’re saying, he
might be in for the profound
revelation that they are concerned
with helping people, not with
putting them in jail or with exert-
ing some sort of domination over
them. But, that is part of the
problem: Schwartz is in a kind of
one dimensional world where he
only sees and hears what he wants
to see and hear. He is fundament-
ally incapable of seeing more that
one side to a person or a situation.
There are many unfortunate
consequences, both for RA’s and
their fellow students, of the Uni-
versity’s drug policy. Yet every-
one seems to be losing sight of the
fact that one of the purposes of
that policy is to prevent the pre-
sence of undercover narcotics
agents on campus. What we are
saying to the police is: this is our
problem and we will handle it
until drugs are actually found
there we will turn the situation
over to you. If the University
followed a policy of complete
non-cooperation with the BCI, the
place would be crawling with
many more undercover narcotics
agents than there probably al-
ready are on campus.
Yours in peace,
Michael Gilbertson
apathy state
To the Editors:
The University of Buffalo’s
campus is in a struggle. Police are
now regularly patroling the cam-
pus. The faculty and students
have demanded that President
Ragan resign. Practically no clas-
ses are being held because the
students refuse to attend. Stan-
ford University (California) has
telephoned a vote of confidence
from its student body to UB’s
student body. State University
College at Fredonia students are
on a sympathy strike. What is
Albany: State doing? As usual,
nothing
Bill Kunstler was here last
week. Was there any student
body vote of confidence for him?
Any moratorium on classes for a
day in sympathy for the Chicago
7? Anything at all? As usual,
nothing.
If you have noticed, the land-
scaping going on between the Bio-
logy Building and the Performing
Arts Center then you might ask
“How much is that costing.” They
are supposed to be building a
garden. Rumor has it that it might
cost as much as $300,000.
Wake up!! Albany State. Apa-
thy is not becoming to you. Just
remember if that garden is built
and does cost a few hundred
thousand dollars then I hope you
get a lot of enjoyment out of it
because You Will Be Paying For
Tt. Richard Pearsall
dollars please
To the Editors:
There is more to be said about
Nixon’s National Defense Student
Loan cutback than was indicated
in the ASP on March 10, page 2.
Not only are loans to be withheld,
but the Work-Study program, also
financed by the federal govern-
ment, is being seriously curtailed.
The number of jobs available for
this year was already reduced
from last year, but as if that
wasn’t enough, another reduction
has been made, effective now.
Twenty students have been re-
leased from their jobs, and all
other Work-Study students have
been cut down from fifteen to ten
hours weekly.
Because of Nixon’s infamous
veto, the situation will be even
tighter next year. This informa-
tion I obtained from Mr. Whit-
lock, Director of Financial Aids,
and from the notices I have re
ceived while at my Work-Study
job. Mr. Nixon’s disposition
towards education has been plain-
ly demonstrated before this, and
‘it is time he be enlightened. Write
to your congressmen and Sena-
tors. Write to Mr. Nixon. Bitch!
The ABM is not worth the money
taken away from education.
asp
Michael Twomey
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