ASP
ALBANY STUDENT
PRESS
Where is
Minnie-
Vol. LVI no. 19
State
of New York at Albany
Governance changes
hopefully imminent
by Bob Wamer
Last Tuesday night, the
Committee onUniversity
Governance met to discuss the
problems of SUNYA’s governing
system and began to formulate
ideas for possible recomm-
endations to the University Senate
in the near future.
Those serving on the committee
are: Deans Chesin, Morris, and
Perlmutter, Professors Edelman
(Chairman) and Tibbetts, and
Terry Mathias, President of
Student Association. Dr. Margaret
McKenna served as secretary.
The Committee, which was
formed last February, was the
initiator of the University Senate
at the university. Now that this is
a reality, the committee is seeking
to improve its creation, since the
Senate’s composition is only
temporary.
The Committee’s goal is to
eventually propose a bill or a list
of recommendations to ° the
University Senate that will
hopefully represent all segments
of the University community.
A member of the maintenance
staff asked the panel for a say in
university policy, because much
of it affects them. Parking,
recreation, and security were cited
as parts of university maintenance
function. He believes that he and
his colleagues should have an
influence in the direction of
partainent appropriations.
Dean Chesin, in response, asked
if maintenance workers are
concerned with “university
Thorstensen, of the English
Department, added that he does
not believe that maintenance staff
has as great a stake at the
university as does the teaching
faculty; subsequently, the
former’s representation should be
considerable less, if anything at
all.
A possible role in school
governance for univesity
secretaries was also discussed.
The definition of the three
university groups- students,
faculty, staff- was unclear to
everyone attending. This,
course, must be resolved before a
discussion on the reapportion-
ment of the university power
structure can begin. Most likely,
continued on page 6
Moratorium III
ANTI-DRAFT
DEMONSTRATIONS
MONDAY DEC. 15
MEET AT STATE
CAPITOL STEPS
AT 12:00 NOON
MARCH TO
INDUCTION CENTER
BRING SIGN
ANTI-WAR DAY
TUESDAY 12/16/69
ASSEMBLY HALL
10:00—4:00
VARIOUS ANTI-WAR
ACTIVITIES
governance. Mr. Robert
Football
high with
by Judy Novicky
Another step has been taken in
the process of seeing football
become a reality here at the
University.
The Educational Policies
Council has recommended to the
University Senate that “the
highest priority be given to the
allocations of an instructor in
physical education for September,
1970.”
This means that Charles
O’Reilly, Vice President for
Academic Affairs, who is
responsible for allocating the
positionta. Dean Gardner.
ean Gardner, Dean of the
School of Education, will in turn
give Dr. Werner (Chairman of the
Physical Education) permission to
hire another physical education
instructor presumably with some
coaching experience.
This resolution was introduced
to the Educational Policies
Council by Seth Hirschorn,
However, the lobby in favor of
the resolution had left the
Council Meeting.
Since the Council did not wish
to vote while the lobby was out,
the issue was tabled. The motion
to table was then withdrawn.
The original resolution was
withdrawn, reworded,
resubmitted and finally passed.
priority
Senate
Allocations for specific
numbers of faculty positions must
first go to the individual schools,
then to the specific Departments
where it remains up to the
Department Chairmen to hire new
faculty.
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The obsolescense of the University structure was debated and
faculty and students in the informal atmosphere of State Quad’s U lounge.
Friday, December 12, 1969
iscussed Wednesday night by interested
-cantor
Math majors petition and
demand immediate changes
by Bob Holmes
If you are a Math major here at
Albany, or if you are only taking
a math course, and are dissatisfied
with the way it is being taught -
you are not alone. A petition has
been circulated which demands
“that immediate action be taken
to rectify the present situation
that exists in the Mathematics
department.”
The ‘‘present situation”
according to some students is that
the method of teaching calculus in
large lecture sessions is inefficient,
the textbook (chosen supposedly
by one professor) is inappropriate
and inferior, the teachers involved
are apathetic and the graduate
assistants are indifferent and
unprepared, and lastly, that there
is a lack of sensible grading on
exams,
Dean Frish (of Math and
Sciences) and Dr. Cowling (head
of the Mathematics Department)
met with a group of students last
Thursday and more meetings have
been scheduled since.
As the holiday season approaches, dorms
faces. Sunday night,
accompaniment for the new mood.
..potskowski
According to Dr. Cowling the
problem is that there is a student
enrollment of about 3000 in Math
which gives an FTE (Full-Time
enrollment) of approximately:
19+. FTE determines the number
of students per professor.
A reasonable FTE is 12-13,
obviously the University’s is well
above that. “We have more
students enrolled than we can
handle in a very satisfactory
manner,” stated Dr. Cowling.
His philosophy is not to
foreclose any students chance of
taking a math course. He too,
along with the students would
prefer a 3 hour class with no more
than 36 students, equal to 1
credit.
The department is limited to
offering 79 such credits To
attempt this would mean that 73
of these credits would be used by
Freshmen and Sophomores alone.
This leaves a total of 6 credits
for all Juniors and Seniors. He
says, “There is no way,
realistically, to do it.”
“We can’t spring forth with a
perfect plan overnight,” he states
and then complains “Students feel
we have done this unilaterally.”
He is refering to the decision to
use the large lecture rooms, and
the fact that the administration
insists that they be used since
they are there to be used.
Finally he admits to the fact
that there are many bugs in the
lecture center, but they are not
the responsibility of the math
department.
In the final analysis, it seems
that more professors are needed
and it seems that money and
resources are not being furnished
in areas with demonstrated
teaching needs.
Many individuals disagree with
Dr. Cowling and say that a certain
Professor has a workable plan to
reduce the size of classes to a
reasonable level.
Others claim that Math majors
should get special preference and
be in small classes while the
non-majors should get the large
classes.
Still others say that at least one
course is now being taught in 1/2
the time it was taught 2 years ago,
continued on page 6
Monday Senate Agenda
The Senate of the State University of New York at Albany will
meet Monday December 15 at 3:30.
The Executive Committee will recommend the acceptance of
student nominees previously recommended by student government.
This committee also informs the Senate that an attempt will be made
to hold the elections to the new Senate earlier this year than in the
past.
The Executive Committee also reports it has received-a resolution
condemning the Vietnam war but excluded it from the agenda as the
committee agreed that this was “not the proper business of the
Senate.”
The “Art, Literature, Music, Philosophy” requirement will be
changed to read “Humanities” which will also include courses in
Rhetoric and Public Address if a proposal by the Undergraduate
Academic Council is accepted.
The Undergraduate Academic Council is also submitting guidelines
for the operation of the new Satisfactory-Unsatisfactory grading
system.
The Ad Hoc Consultation Guidelines Committee is submitting
recommendations for student participation within departments.
A resolution will also be introduced by the School of Criminal
Justice asking the Senate to oppose the exclusion of the West End
Holiday Sing will provide musical Podium Construction budget from the 1970-71 Capital Construction
budget and to investigate the reasons for the deletion.
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ALBANY STUDENT PRESS
FRIDAY, DECEMBER 12, 1969
graffiti
SAT. DEC. 13
India Association Sunya
presents documentary films in
English about Indian Dance and
cave Temples, etc, Place: LC 18
(Below academic podium, SUNY,
Albany at 8 p.m. Saturday
December 13, 1969. Admission is
free.
MON. DEC. 15
SEANY’S (Student Education
Association) will sponsor
“Teaching the Disadvantage
Child” by Mrs. Turner of Linton
High School and Miss Glowacki in
CC 315 on Dec. 15 at 7:30.
Everyone is invited.
The Graduate Students
Association will sponsor a
Christmas Party for graduate
students and faculty on Monday,
Dec. 15 from 7:30 in the Campus
Center Ballroom. Beer and run
punch will be served.
Union College AFROTC will
visit SUNY December 15 and 17
at 1:00-4:00p.m. They will be in
the BA Building Room 209. Come
Visit with us. Complete
information on AFROTC 2-year
Commissioning Program available.
TUES. DEC. 16
There will be an important
meeting of majors in the
Department of Rhetoric and
Public Address and other
interested students on Tuesday,
December 16 at 3:00. all are
urged to attend.
The New Democratic Coalition
will meet Tuesday, December 16
at 8 p.m. in CC 375. Plans for
future moratoriums will be
discussed.
On Tuesday, December 16 at 4
p.m. in Humanities 354 the
Rhetoric and Public Address
Department sponsors a Christmas
Party and a symposium on the
Washington, D.C. March
(November 15). All welcome!
WED. DEC. 17
Christman is a time of giving.
Help support Graciella,
Colombian foster child - come to
the Second-Hand Sale, Wed., Dec.
17 from 10-3 in CC 375. If you
have any used stuff - records,
books, etc. - bring it to CC 375
between 8 and 10 a.m. Dec. 17 -
we will resell it for a small
percentage. All proceeds go to
Graciela. Merry Christmas.
Professor Stollenwerf of the
University of Pennsylvania will
interview prospective Graduate
Students in Economics on
Wednesday, December 17 in SS
323 from 9:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.
NOTICES
Black Coalition Pickets needed!
Meet at Horace’s Barber Shop,
108 North Pearl Street (next to
Strand Theatre). Picketing hours
are 12 p.m.-1 p.m., 4 p.m.-5 p.m.,
and 7 p.m.-8 p.m.
Attention veterans: The
University of Washington's
Veterans Association is interested
in forming a national group to
“promote an increase in the
current educational _ benefits
available to veterans in school.”
Interested veterans and/or groups
desiring more information contact
Mr. Ken Blaisdell, Campus Center
361 (7-7597).
«WC will have a moratorium
table in the Campus Center from
December 8-17 to encourage
students and faculty to write to
Congressmen and Senators and
President Nixon.
“Give Peace a Chance” buttons
and Love Christmas tree
ornaments will also be sold.
An American Red Cross senior
life saving class will be conducted
at Bath No. 3, Ontario St. and
Central Ave., Albany, beginning
Monday evening, January 12,
according to John Caviston, Bath
manager.
The class, he said, will be open
to boys and girls 15 years of age
and older who can swim at least
400 yards.
Instruction is free, but each
student is required to bring his or
her own swim suit and towel.
Girls must wear bathing caps.
Additional information can be
obtained by calling the Albany
Red Cross at 462-7461.
Karate club _now_exists and
meets Thursdays at 4:15 in the
auxiliary gym.
The College of General Studies
and the Department of Physical
Education are offering a 3-hour,
non-credit course in Driver
Training Education on Highway
Safety. Proof of having completed
the course must be provided
before a road test appointment
will be made to an applicant for
his first driver’s license.
The course will be given
January 12 from 6-9 p.m. Fee for
the course is $5. Enrollment may
be made by check payable to
State University of New York at
Albany and sent to: College of
General Studies, 1400 Washington
Avenue, Albany, N.Y. 12203,
AD-239; or call 457-4937.
FRESHMAN POETRY
AND FICTION CONTEST
THE WORD is again sponsoring its
annual Freshman poetry+ fiction contest
$10 first and $5 second place prizes
in both categories
Winners will be published
in this year’s issue.
Contributions may be submitted at C.C. Info Desk
Please indicate if your material is to be acontest entry
Contest ends Dec. 19th
Citizens for O'Dwyer met
Tuesday evening to discuss plans
for Friday, December 12th when
Paul O’Dwyer will arrive here in
Albany.
O’Dwyer will officially
announce his candidacy for
senator at a press conference
being held at the DeWitt Clinton
Hotel at 1:00.
A dinner will be held at the
Ambassador Restaurant at 6:30
Friday evening. Cost is $5.00 per
person. Following this, O’Dwyer
is speaking across the street from
the State Capital Building at 8:00.
He has requested that Citizens
for O’Dwyer draft a letter for
student signatures in order to
show support of his candidacy.
Citizens For O’Dwyer is doing
its part in organizing University
faculty, area high schools, and
other area colleges in preparation
for the June primaries. Interested
students should contact Steve
Villano at 7-3018.
Paul O’Dwyer is one of seven
vice presidents of the New
Democratic Coalition, however his
campaign remains separate from
theN.D.C.
INTERESTED IN THE
DRAFT? On Tuesday, December
30th at 7:30 p.m., a program on
the current Draft situation will be
held at the Albany Jewish
Community Center. The program
will be open to Teens, College
Students and Parents - namely, all
those interested in becoming more
aware of the current draft system,
its new laws and alternatives to
Military Service. Also to be
included will be the subject of
Draft Counseling for Jewish
Youth.
Those interested in forming a
hunting club on SUNYA contact
Gary Deutsch. 472-6782.
The Golden Eye will be shut
until Jan. 9,1970.
There will be an important
meeting of majors in the
Department of Rhetoric and
Public Address and other
interested students on Tuesday
December 16 at 3:00.
All are urged to attend.
Soe sections re-opened
more cards available
In order to help to ease the
problem which many students
have had in trying to pull
Sociology courses for the Spring,
the Soc. Department has. been
able to enlarge the following
sections.
So that NO PRIORITY is given
to any students, since it is so late
into registration, you are asked to
follow this procedure.
1. On the wall outside SS 362,
there willbe a sign up sheet for
each of the courses.
2. ‘Please leave
student mimber.
3. Because of the time needed
to writ> out all of the closed
section cards and drop-add cards,
you will not be able to pick them
name and
up before Feb. 2, 1970, when
registration for second semester
opens.
4. On Feb. 2-6, you will be able
to pick up the cards in SS 369 and
turn them in for program changes
to the registrar at that time.
3572, SOC 281, Criminology,
LC-18, MW 7:30-8:45; 150 added
cards.
3574, SOC 282, Minority
Groups, LC 18, TTH 6:00-7:15;
150 added cards.
3576, SOC 315, The Family,
LC 18, MITH 2:10; 100 added
cards.
3586, SOC 383, Juvenile
Deling. LC 7, TTH 6:00-7:15;
150 added cards.
CLASSIFIEDS
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RIDE WANTED from 1609
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FEMALE roommate wanted: to
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SCHENECTADY AREA
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School Dist. DI 6-0779.
SELL: 6°11” Kastle skis;
Munari 10% boots, steel poles.
Worth $200 new. Sell all for
$50. Call Marshall—472-7791.
GAIL: Ezra has your books,
etc. in Rapallo. In exchange for
your delivering the note I shall
accost him on this matter.
Janice.
1965 Austin Healy Sprite. Fair
condition. 4 Michelin X tires.
$600 or best. Phone 16785628;
ask for Sebastian.
PUPPIES for adoption.
372-6657.
Call
Dee. 8 to Dec. 14 is “Dump on
Ron Week.”
FOR SALE: 1968 Opel Ralley.
102 H.P. Engine. Chrome
wheels. Rear defroster. Velour
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Happy Hanukkah
Happy New Year too.
A little love
A little peace
That's my wish for you.
me
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Creative solutions to the housing shortages are currently being
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“Surprise Party”
by Kevin McGirr
The nature of individual lives...values, priorities in our individual
existences, systems, and conflict and people with feelings, fear of each
other.
Individuals sharing similar feelings;
Getting together to express their priorities.
There will be conflicts with other groups of people.
We all feel the same? Yes! No!
We think that we are the same.
but we don’t know
find out
fear
cling to those who feel as you do.
or at least, with those whom you think feel as
you do 2
We live in our own knowledge - it’s always a
partial knowledge but we trust.
Romantic bullshit... people who feel.
Want, desire, important priorities.
What is most important???
Everyman???
America has organizations.
Systemized organs of communicating with individuals
All of this is sometimes refered to as the
democratic process. And some call it good.
You may have your say
Verbalize your wants
Wait until we ask for them.
Will the children learn when they are hungry.
Power is a word which implies much.
We all have power of sorts.
Individuals unite to express their feelings
About topics in a symbolic unity.
Many people in a group possibly implies more power
and then there is perhaps a recognition that their
feelings are important.
People with power are more important
But then there exists power outside of people.
Sometimes called corporations, institutions
or organizations.
These entities also have power
These entities create other entities to
reinforce certain feelings.
Police forces and armies are created entities
not people.
Police and armies function to enforce these
certain feelings.
The corporations, institutions and organizations
provide police and armies with guns.
Guns have no feelings.
The University Senate is an organization blessed with power by the
University, which is a larger organization.’ Its operation has rules and
regulations. These rules and regulations control the expression of
feelings... You may speak for X minutes about Y topic.
Specific structure with specific purpose.
On Monday at 3:30 in the Assembly Hall of the Campus Center
there will be people there who will express their feelings about things
they feel are important. _
People are invited to join the party.
ALBANY STUDENT PRESS
Council re-opens tax issue;
spring referendum to be held
by Ken Stokem
Central Council, last night,
voted 10-1-10 to hold another
referendum on the Manditory
Student Tax.
The impetus for this action was
the presentation to Council last
week of a petition containing
1901 signatures calling for this
new referendum. At that” time
Lenny Kopp introduced the bill
that was passed tonight. The bill
had been tabled last week and
Kopp moved this week to remove
it from the table.
The new referendum will take
place this Spring semester,
probably in conjunction with the
Spring Central Council elections.
Political and Social Positions
Committee introduced an
Anti-Selective Service Bill that
asked Central Council to support
the rally and march to the Albany
‘Draft Induction Center on
December 15th.
The bill, which passed
unanimously, further urged all
faculty not to penalize students
who do not attend class on that
date.
PSP introduced another bill
calling for Council to endorse and
support the positions taken by the
Albany Black Coalition in the
statement entitled “Why We Must
Act.”
Council voted to do so with the
exclusion of one demand in it
calling for “the dissolution of the
present student government
bodies at both Albany and
Schuyler (high schools),
immediately followed by new
elections in which proportioned
numbers of representatives would
be elected by black students.”
The statement and. its list of
five demands is a result of local
school officials taking action on
the changes desired by students,
parents, and the Black Coalition
in school procedures following the
violent incident at Albany High
School on November 12.
Other demands called for
included an evaluation of the
Albany Police Department by a
neutral agency, the revision of the
present Black History course
offered at the schools, the
retention of a qualified Black
teacher at both high schools for
the Black History course, offering
the course to junior and senior
students.
They also demanded dropping
all charges against persons arrested
in connection with the incident at
Albany High on November. 12,
based upon the recognition that
these persons did not initiate the
disturbance and society can gain
nothing by the continuation of
the charges.
The statement and demands are
to be supported by a selective
buying campaign within the city
of Albany. Nothing is to be
bought from merchants in the city
of Albany, except in stores
operated by blacks.
In other Council
unanimously passed a position
stafement on the Library Fine
Schedule. The bill for the
statement, introduced by Mike
Lampert and Jean Turner,
proposed that Council petition
Dr. Kuusisto, Dr. O'Reilly, and
the University Senate to withhold
approval of the new library fine
schedule for the Spring semester,
1970,
_ It further urges that they
investigate, make a new effort to
gather student opinion on_ this
matter, and reconsider the library
fine schedule.
action
University Structure
Becoming Obsolete?
by Howie Schlossberg
State Quad’s lounge was the
scene Tuesday night of a formal
debate concerning the university
structure. Under debate was the
proposition, “The University
Structure is Becoming Obsolete.”
Supporting the propositign was
Dr. Curtis Smith of the English
Department and opposing it was
Dr. Anthony Saturno of the
Chemistry Department.
Dr. Smith’s speech attempted
to convince everyone that the
University is serving the military
industrial complex and the status
quo. In essence he said that our
society is actually obsolete and
therefore, because the University
fits into this society it is also
obsolete.
He was disappointed that the
president of the University has all
the decision making powers which
he felt should be in the hands of
the students and faculty. Dr.
Smith’ emphasized that the
University should be an
instrument of social change
instead of being responsible as it is
now to the military industrial
complex.
Dr. Saturno was very blunt in
presenting his side of the
argument and stated that the aims
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of the University are to turn out
professionals in various fields. He
then said that the University’s
structure does not necessarily
impinge upon those aims.
Registration makes many courses
available to all students and the
library makes its reading material
easily accessible to the students
also.
Dr. Smith replied to this by
saying that although one learns a
trade at the University but does
not learn how to become a human
being. He added that a radical
change in the structure must come
now and that the students can
accomplish this change by using
their unrealized powers.
Following the debate period
the proposition was put on the
floor for general discussion and
comment. Words flowed freely
but nothing was suggested outside
of the scope of what had been
presented by the two main
speakers.
The proposition was then put
to the vote of all in attendance.
All persons agreed that the total
vote count, 20 in favor, 2 opposed
and 5S abstentions showed the
apthy of the student body toward
this significant problem.
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ALBANY STUDENT PRESS
FRIDAY, DECEMBER 12, 1969
THE
ASP
ORCS.
State 64 Marist 62!!
Grapplers defeated by R.P.I.
State hosted RPI Wednesday in
the dual meet opener for both
teams. Albany, coming off a very
reasonable showing in last week’s
quadrangular meet, as they took
second place, were hoping to
continue, They picked the wrong
team, however, as the men from
Troy crushed the Danes 34-6.
State was unable to fill either
the 118 Ib. or the 126 Ib. weight
class and thus had to forfeit both
Danes Toppled
By Plattsburg
by Mark Grand
The Albany State basketball
team showed two glaring
problems in its latest defeat, lack
of offense and lack of defense. In
addition it lacks the needed height
and a take charge ballplayer.
Plattsburg State, although not a
particularly strong basketball
team, found little trouble
trimming the Danes 73-53
Tuesday night.
For the second straight game,
Albany exhibited poor shooting as
the team hit on just 8 of 42
shoots in the first half for 19 per
cent. Some late shooting by senior
captain Jack Adams gave the team
a better effort in the second half,
but the Danes still finished with
20 for 80 from the floor for a 25
per cent night.
However, Albany did manage
to stay in the ball game, at least
for a while. It was 32-18 at the
half and 35-24 early into the
second half. ‘With the Danes
taking 20 more shots than the
winners the gap could have been
closed even more, but the Dane
five just could not find the hoop.
Only when Adams started to
find the range with less than 10
minutes remaining did Albany
show any kind of offense. A
suitable exchange of State’s
shooting plight is evident in the
fact that junior Jack Jordan,
usually a high scorer for the Danes
went 0 for 15 from the floor and
only collected 5 points all form
the free throw line.
To make things worse, the
Dane defense left much to be
desired as Plattsburgh scored the
easy hoop time and time again.”
They ended the night 29 for 60,
close to a 50 per cent evening.
Adams led the State scorers
with 10 points followed by Jim
Masterson and Sheehan with 9
apiece. Aimonetti led the winners
with 17.
Doc Sauers has never had a
losing season at Albany State but
it seems like the coach has his
work cut out for him if he is to
continue that streak.
Swim Team Loses
Albany hosted Coast Guard
Wednesday marking their first
home meet this year and their
first home meet as a varsity team.
The Dane mermen came away on
the short end of a 72-23 score.
This was State’s third loss of the
year.
Jerry Phillips took two wins for
the cadets who are now 3-0 thus
far this season. He copped both
the 200 and 50 yard freestule
events,
Freshman Andy McGrorty
placed first in the 100 yard
freestyle for the Danes’ only win.
Bill Hart, a McCloskey High
School graduate finished second
in the 200 yard backstroke.
McGrorty finished took thirs in
the 200 yard free style while John
Dragich dropped third place in the
50 yard free style for the Danes.
Bob Gerstenhaber finished third
for State in the 200 yard
individual medley as Pete Klara
took second in diving for Albany.
Other Albany swimmers who
placed in events were Jaik
Schubert who was second in the
200 yard butterfly, Gerstenhaber
who took second in the 500 yard
freestyle and Bill Smith who was
second in the 200 yard
breastroke.
The schedule:
December
13 Potsdam
January
10 Cortland
14 HOBART
February
7 Geneseo
18 New Paltz
21 PLATTSBURB
24 ONEONTA
March
6 NYSSA
7 RIT Champ.
Richie Havens
lave You Heard?
Saturday, Feb. 7
Sponsored by the classes
of 1971 and 1972
is coming. . .
matches. This really didn’t matter
however. The Engineers could do
no wrong. The only Albany
vicotries-were registered by senior
Captain George Hawrylchak who
gained a 104 decision over his
oppenent in the 142 Ib. weight
class and by Jim Nightengale who
scored a 10-2 decision in the 158
Ib. class.
Vince Peloso paced RPI’s
victory with a one minute and 45
second pin against Curt Whitton
in the heavy weight division.
The Schedule:
December
18 POTSDAM
January
10 HARTWICK
17-Fairleigh Dickinson
February
4 Plattsburg
7 Hobart
11 C W POST
17 New Paltz
21 BINGHAMTON
24 ONEONTA
28 Marist
March
6 Binghamton
7 Invitational
Cross country medal and
ribbon winners for the 1969 meet
may pick up their awards in the
AMIA office. Awards go to all
tuners finishing in the first
fifteen places.
Sandy
of
Brothers, 52-41.
AM
by Robert Familant
League One had its first
showdown of the year Tuesday as
the undefeated Brothers led by
Troy Moss and Willie Graham
defeated Potter led by John
Quattrocchi 52-41 in a battle of
undefeateds. The Brothers led
30-18 at the half and withstook a
Potter Rally which had brought
them with 6 points. The stage is
now set for a showdown between
Volinski Win
Warden Scholarship
State University at Albany
senior Jim Sandy of Rochester
and junior Joel Volinski of
Southold were named this year’s
recipients of the James A. Warden
Memorial Scholarship Wednesday
(December 10). The cash award is
made annually to a student or
students at the university showing
need and possessing the qualities
and ideals of the late Mr. Warden.
The presentation was made to
Sandy and Volinski at a campus
luncheon.
Sandy is a mathematics major
and dean’s list student. He is in his
third year of varsity basketball
sand will begin his third year of
baseball in the spring. The 6-1,
185 pounder is considered a
professional baseball prospect as
catcher. Last season he batted
.281 with six extra base hits and
10 RBI’s. He has an exceptionally
strong arm. Sandy was named
senior athlete of the year at John
Marshall High School, Rochester,
in 1966. He is a member of Alpha
Pi Alpha fraternity at Albany. Jim
is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Alfred
Sandy, 393 Winchester St.,
Rochester.
Volinski has been a defensive
standout on the soccer varsity the
past two years. He also has played
freshman basketball and varsity
golf at the university. Joel is a
dean’s list student majoring in
geography. At Southold High he
lettered in soccer, basketball,
tennis, and golf, gaining all-league
honors in soccer and basketball
and captaining the tennis and golf
teams. Volinski, 6-1, 185 pounds,
is _a member of Potter Club
fraternity at Albany. He is the son
of Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin
Volinski, Clearview Avenue,
Southold.
ACTION APLENTY Characterized Tuesday’s Potter loss to the
I A
the Brothers and the Bruins, the
only other team which is still
undefeated. .The league standings
are now as follows:
Brothers 5-0
Bruins 4-0
Potter 4-1
APA 3-1
STB 1-3
UFS 04
Underdogs 0-4
Waterbuffalos 0-4,
In a tough league II A, there is
currently a three way battle for
first place between the Barons, led
by Rich Newmark, TXO led by
Steve Bernstein, and the Brothers -
II led by Ron Spratt. The
standings are:
Barons 2-0
TXO 2-0
Brothers II 2-0
EEP 2-1
Knicks 1-1
GDX 1-1
Jacks 0-1
Anthony 0-2
APA 0-2
KB 0-2
League IIB also has a spirited
battle for first place between the
Alden Panthers and the Nads with
identical 2-0 records. The
complete standings are:
Alden Panthers 2-0
Nads 2-0
Aardvarks 2-1
Crow 12-1
STB 2-1
Underdogs 1-2
SPORT SHORTS
Teams may still enter the
AMIA volleyball league. If
interested, please contact Roger
Betters, at 7-7983 or Harold Bell
at 7-4513.
Applications are being taken
sezquvenmm
STUYVESANT LIQUORS
Featuring:
mY WINE
CELLAR
for a position in the men’s cage at
the Physical Education Center.
Interested men should fill out an
application in the PE Center’s
general office.
Starting on Monday, December
5, spectators will not be
Albany, N. Y.
permitted in the gym during
AMIA basketball play. This has
become necessary because of the
dangers that are created for
players and spectators, damage to
the gym floor, and damage to the
sliding petition door. Since there
is no seating, a dangerous
situation is created for players and
spectators when spectators sit
along the end lines of the courts
and spectators leaning against the
sliding door will soon damage the
door so it cannot be operated.
Because of the mentione!
problems and the lack of security
to insure safety of the players,
this action has been taken. | |
If tournaments are played, it
might be possible to provide
spectator space at these contests.
Ae Ge eng hh Sy ty
facie
Sh phere
FRIDAY, DECEMBER 12, 1969
ALBANY STUDENT PRESS
Readers Theatre
to recite Beckett
Samuel Beckett, winner of this
year’s Nobel Prize for Literature,
is author of PLAY, CASCANDO
and COME AND GO, the three
plays comprising the first Readers
Theatre Production this year.
Under the direction of Linda
Sternberg, an instructor in the
Department of Rhetoric and
Public Address, they will be
presented Tuesday, December 16
at 4:00 p.m. and Wednesday,
December 17 at 8:30 p.m. in the
Studio Theatre of the Performing
Arts Center. There will be no
admission charge.
These works of Beckett were
recently published in the United
States, and represent the newest
trends in this most innovative of
modern playwrights. Combining
humor, irony and flashes of
philosophical insight, Samuel
Beckett produces enigmatic
entertainments.
PLAY, featuring a man, his
wife and his mistress in a state
somewhere after death and before
oblivion, stars William F. Snyder,
Mary Eileen O’Donnell and Ellen
Cooper. Howard Kerner and
Shawn King are instrumental in
guiding a beam of light which
elicits the characters’ responses.
The play elucidates the
relationships the characters had
with one another while they lived,
NOTICE
The annual sale of drawings
and watercolors by Professor}
Donald Mochon for the benefit}
of the University Art Gallery will}
be held at the State University of|
New York at Albany on|
Monday, December 15, between
4 and 5 p.m.
Three hundred recent works}
will be available, most of them at
a starting price of 25 cents.
in the main theatre of the PAC.
3
THE FINAL PERFORMANCE by the choral ensembles of Carl
Orff’s cantata, “Carmina Burana,” will take place tonight at 8:30 p.m.
as well as their present
other-worldly preoccupations.
CASCANDO, a radio play,
explores the theme of creativity
and relationship between the
creator and his art. Garry Maggio
performs the role of Opener, and
Greg Haymes is the Voice. Music,
the third character in the piece, is
controlled by Paula Rosenberg.
The final play of the
production is a_ three-minute
“dramaticule,”” COME AND GO.
Flo (Mary Eileen O'Donnell), Vi
(Sherri Okun) and Ru (Ellen
Cooper) are old school friends
who meet again later in life and
interact in a supremely female
way.
Student plays
aired tonight
Experimental Theatre presents
“Young Playwrights,” tonight at
7:30 p.m. and 9:00 p.m. in the
Arena Theatre of the Performing
Arts Center. “Young Playwrights”
is a program of three one-act plays
by three students of the SUNYA
Department of Theatre. The plays
will be presented as staged
readings.
The first play, by George Brust,
TO KICK THE LEAVES, will be
read by W. Doscher and G.
Maggio. Mary Eileen O’Donnell’s
play, DAPHNE, will be performed
by D, Saucke, M. Reynolds, H.
Parker, C. Cassan, T. Brennan, A.
“Cohen, G. Brust and K. Holtslag.
The third piece, THE
FATHER, by Timothy Brennan,
will be read by J. Balfior, J.
Leonard, P. Snyder, B. Spaulding
and M. Carney.
Coffee will be served after each
performance. Admission is free.
~-potskowski
Rhetoric and
Tuesday, Dec. 16
sponsors:
A Christmas party and symposium
on the Washington march - Nov.15
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ALL WELCOME!
Public Address
PAGE 5
RIP VAN WINKLE (Jay Kuperman) confronts his son-in-law (Bob Friedland) in playwright Joseph
Jefferson’s adaptation of the Washington Irving classic. The State University Theatre production will run
through Sunday, December 14.
Acting ability major asset
---rosenberg
of a seriously flawed “Rip”
by Richie Matturro
RIP VAN WINKLE, the second
production of the State University
Theatre this season, is an odd
conglomeration of comedy, soap
opera, and children’s drama in a
not altogether displeasing play,
though it has a serious flaw which
mars its otherwise innocent
nature.
The play also marks the return
to the stage of Edward Mendus,
who has not directed a State
University play in over six years.
A member of the drama
department for a long time, he
was known in the past for his wild
productions in which seemingly
inept casts and unlikely scripts
would combine on opening night
to work the “Mendus miracle,” a
notorious phenomenon which
allowed his strange dramas to
enjoy a unique success.
The present piece, however, is a
vary tame offering and is
Mendusian in only one glaring
aspect.PlaywrightJoseph Jefferson
has made out of Washington
Irving’s tale a lively and humorous
play about the jolly, henpecked
tippler who indulges once too
often and must sleep it off for
twenty years. Jefferson’s version
of Rip’s return to civilization is
concerned mainly with his
domestic affairs-his reunion with
his wife, and .the saving of his
daughter from’a vile marriage.
The playwright avoids entirely
all the political comments which
Irving wrote into the story, and,
in fact, the whole play is totally
lacking in social commentary or
psychological overtones, making
RIP VAN WINKLE a sare
university production indeed. In a
way it is refreshing thus, and
should no more be criticized as
non-essential than Bob Dylan’s
love songs or Shakespeare’s happy
comedies.
The play’s faults are many,
however, and perhaps the greatest
of these is a lack of direction. It
is hard to determine whether or
not the syrupy, melodramatic,
soap opera-ish events of the second
act are meant to be funny. The
presumably-drowned lover of
Rip’s daughter bursts upon the
stage to save her from her vile
suitor and announces, “I’m not
dead!” and the audience laughs. If
this is meant to be funny, then
the play is a satire on melodramas,
but the nature of the comedy of
the first act gives this the lie by
not being satirical in the least.
Another problem is whom the
play is aimed at. One might say
that it is aimed at children, for
Jefferson took a simple plot and
simplified it still more and then
added a Walt Disney ending. Yet
the language and humor are
obviously aimed at adults, posing
the question, why the
oversimplification if the play is
not satire?
But by far the most serious
flaw of all is in the production of
the drama; here is a flaw
reminiscent of that earlier
Mendusian era. Mendus has added
a scene which is as appropriate
and fitting to the play as a parrot
perched on the shoulder of Mona
Lisa. Just as Rip is falling asleep
from the potion the ghosts have
given him, Hendrick Hudson and
his men shed their masks and turn
out to be girls, one of which
proceeds to indulge in symbolic
intercourse with Rip, presumably
in his dream.
This single perversity
effectually renders the entire
play ludicrous. It is contrary to
the tempo of the play and totally
out of character for Rip, who has
previously given no indication
whatsoever of a latent desire to
sleep with a ghost, disguised or
otherwise.
The play does have some things
in its favor, though, if one can
disregard for a moment that one
perversion. One asset is Robert J.
Donnelly’s excellent set. Sets
which must be viewed from all
four sides are obviously the most
difficult to build, for they
prohibit the use of walls to
delineate and divide rooms and
buildings. Donnelly, accustomed
to an arena theatre, has succeeded
in creating a_ flexible set which,
while the village changes, keeps
before the audience’s eyes the
changeless Catskills which provide
the basis for the drama.
Of course the major asset to the
production is the acting ability of
the cast. Jay Kuperman portrays a
lovable Rip, and even his Dutch
accent, which is tinged with an
unmistakable Long Island
undertone, succeeds in endearing
the audience. He executes his
comic interplay perfectly in the
first act, and he manages to
maintain his humor in_ the
troublesome melodrama of the
second.
Rip’s wife, Gretchen, is well
portrayed by Marilyn Liberati,
who, throughout her shrewish
tavings before her husband’s
departure, manages to impart that
teal love which she feels for Rip,
but which she only hints at once.
Without this subtle disclosure in
her manner, her manifested love
in the second act could not be
believable.
The various other supporting
Toles are adequately done and
leave little to be desired as far as
acting is concerned in the play.
But any final estimation of the
play should take into account the
confused purpose of the drama
and the strange liberty taken with
it. Perhaps it would be best to say
that it is a humorous play whose
humor is sometimes derived from
the wrong source, and it is a
problematical play whose
problems are dwarfed by a certain
adulteration in the script.
NOTE: You can still see RIP
VAN WINKLE tonight and
tomorrow evening at 8:30 p.m.,
and Sunday at 2:30 p.m. in the
Lab 2 Experimental Theatre of
the Performing Arts Center.
Tickets are $2.00, or free with
Student Tax Card.
History Students!
Meeting open to all interested faculty and students concerning the denial
of tenure to Dr. Clara Tucker in spite of the recommendation of the
History Department that it be granted.
Monday Dec. 15th 3:10 pm ss 133
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ALBANY STUDENT PRESS
FRIDAY, DECEMBER 12, 1969
The desolation of rainy winter has only the memory of happy, people-filled summer.
«benjamin
Trustees guidelines
Do the rules satisfy students?
The Ad Hoc committee on
Rules and Regulations held an
opinion poll on November 17 and
18 on the Trustees Rules and
Regulations for the Maintainance
of Public Order. 213 students
voiced their opinion.
1. Do you think the rules
should stay as they are?
a) Yes-72
b) No-117
c) Abstain-13
2. Do you think that the
penalities for students who violate
the rules (Expulsion or such lesser
actions according to the facts of
the case) are:
a) too harsh-114
b) too lax-20
3 fine the way they are-66
abstain-9
3. Do you feel the penalties for
“visitors” who violate the rules
(Section 5b) are:
a) too harsh-61
b) too lax-59
c) fine the way they are-73
d) abstain-16
4. Do you feel that the
penalties for “invitees” who
violate the rules (Sect. 5a) are:
a) too harsh-72
b) too lax-43
c) fine the way they are-73
d) abstain-21
5. Do you think that a separate
board to investigate any charges
of misconduct of students should
be established?
a) Yes-145
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b) No-48
c) Abstain-18
6. Do you think that this power
should be delegated to the
University Student Judicial
Committee?
a) Yes-103
b) No-74
c) Abstain-34
Reflecting the trend shown by
the poll, the committee will now
try to revise the rules.
They will make the penalities
against students less harsh as was
indicated by the poll.
On Monday, December 8, Larry
Blau was elected by the
committee to be its chairman.
Blau was elected to replace Ken
Stokem.
Math majors
continued from page 1
keeping the same amount of
required material.
A questionnaire survey is to be
taken soon among all students in
math to make an elaborate and
careful evaluation of large classes.
This will be conducted by the
Student Central Committee. It
will, hopefully, help people to get
together and see what everyone
thinks and then come to a logical
agreement.
Lefkowitz:
consumer
by Roy Lewis
New York State Attorney
General Louis J. Lefkowitz
addressed 150 students and area
residents Monday evening on the
subject of consumer frauds.
Lefkowitz spoke at theuniversity
at the invitation of De igma
Pi, the Professional Business
Fraternity on Campus.
Lefkowitz’s opening comments
on consumer frauds were prefaced
by two reasons for the necessity
for public comsumer protection.
First of all, Lefkowitz maintained
that consumer protection in
behalf of the public was essential
in order to protect the purchasing
power of the American citizen as
well as aid him in gaining an
honest dollar’s worth of goods.
Consumer protection is also
equally important for the
reputable businessman. Lefkowitz
justified this assertion by pointing
out that defrauded customers
tend to patronize business less and
hence all business suffers.
Lefkowitz asserted that the
task of regulating business
procedures lies first with the
businesses themselves.
Government intervention is only a
necessity in the cases where
businesses have failed to adopt a
reputable code of ethics. During
recent years business has begun to
regulate its practices since the
threat of government intervention
is now such a real possibility.
Lefkowitz made clear that an
educated public is the key in
detering frauds. His office alone at
present is dispersing pamphlets,
films and speakers on the subject
as well as introducing consumer
education courses in New York
State secondary schools.
Lefkowitz predicted that by
1971, every New York State high
school will have this type of
course available.
The bulk of Lefkowitz’s lecture
concerned his various proposals in
combating consumer fraud. It was
Lefkowitz’s assertion that
door-to-door sales are the number
one fraud in this country and that
being the case, he proposed that
the buyer should reserve the right
to cancel these sales up to 48
hours after purchase for whatever
reason whatsoever.
Unsolicited credit cards also
came under attack. Lefkowitz
urged that such cards be allowed
through the mails only if
requested in writing. It is his
contention that mass credit cards
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Landlubbers
Dress Bellis
Fake Furs
Sweaters
Ties
TROY-SCHDY ROAD
LATHAM
785-5444
No Matter What Number
will help you with
your Civilian Wardrobe
Wallace Beery Shirts
and other nice things.
PLAZA SEVEN SHOPPING CENTER
the Draft——
Belts
Tank Tops
Dress Stripes
Open Every Night til 9:00
Saturdays til 6:00
Sundays 1:00-5:00
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beware
carry adverse social and economic
effects. Primarily they provide an
excuse for rampid spending but
other problems connected with
their illegal use makes them
undesirable.
The licensing of television,
automotive and home
improvement repairmen was also
discussed. At present any
individual in New York can claim
to be a television repairman and
hence the public interest is in
jeopardy.
Clearly a license will force
business to think twice about
defrauding the public since its loss
could ruin many businesses.
For the holiday season,
Lefkowitz warned the audience to
deal only with local, reputable
merchants. Businesses and
bargains which appear only for
this season are generally
fraudulent and hence should be
avoided.
Lefkowitz spend the latter part
of the hour answering questions
from the floor. In response to a
question on civil rights and labor
unions, Lefkowitz’ claimed that
his office has been the first to
probe labor unions in the field of
‘civil rights and to attempt to
correct any inequities that may
exist.
Another question came from a
SUNYA student concerning the
legalization of marijuana.
Lefkowitz felt unqualified to
comment on legalization, though
he did state that there are far too
many expert opinions and too few
answers.
A final question dealt with the
costs of consumer fraud for New
York State residents each year.
While Lefkowitz maintained that
the exact costs could never be
calculated, he did say that over
$1,000,000 alone is defrauded
from the elderly for non-existent
tracts of land in Florida.
Governance
changes
continued from page 1
though, these groups will be
subdivided into more homogenous
interest groups. The suggestion of
a liason, who could unite these
diverse groups, was brought to the
floor.
Also discussed was the fact that
undergraduates were being
cheated out of necessary funds,
since many departments are
constantly jockeying for funds for
pet research projects, such as the
neutron accelerator for the
Physics Department.
Finally, Mr. Thorstensen
stressed that freshmen can play a
role in university governance, even
if they do not hold an elected
post. The university’s committees
and Commissionsneed all the help
they can get; so freshmen might
offer their services without fear of
rejection.
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ALBANY STUDENT PRESS:
NDC debate: moratorium
disagreement; Mann comments
by Al Senia
The Vietnam war and the
effects of moratoriums on foreign
policy were among topics
discussed in a panel discussion
sponsored by NDC (New
Democratic Coalition),
Wednesday night. The featured
speakers were Doctors Edelman,
Hoffman, and Cohen, all of the
Political Science Department.
As first speaker, Dr. Edelman
denounced U.S. policy in Vietnam
as one that “treats people as
things.” He viewed the Me Lei
massacre’ as an extreme case but
nonetheless “consistent with the
underlying logic of our policy.”
He drew a parallel between
passive Americans: and the
so-called ‘‘good Germans” of
World War II but warned that
Americans cannot plead ignorance
or fear as an excuse for inaction.
He then went on to decry the
fact that America was becoming
an “elitist society,” unable to be
penetrated or changed by her
Citizens.
Dr. Hoffman was next and
expressed doubt that moratorium
activities would effect President
Nixon’s policies. Instead, he
favored and saw Congressmen up
for re-election in 1970 as most
susceptible to change--especially
those in districts where doves are
in the majority.
His four-point plan for action
included bi-monthly moratoriums,
letter-writing campaigns to
Congressmen, an all out effort to
elect a “‘peace Congress” in 1970,
and finally, thought to forming a
fourth party movement in 1972.
Dr. Cohen promptly rejected
the idea of a fourth party, citing
their relative lack of support in
American history. He favored
working within the system by
infiltrating and controlling one of
the two major parties.
In the meantime, he called for
more demonstrations and
moratoriums-—especially on the
local level. He expressed fear that
if dissent tapered out, even the
token attempts of the president to
scale down the fighting would
cease.
Soon after Mr. Cohen finished,
Paul Mann, another faculty
member rose and blasted the three
speakers for their lack of
relevancy. He accused them of
saying nothing the audiencedidn’t
know already, and asked them
why they bothered to show up in
the first place. His remarks
touched off a lively debate among
the audience.
Mann then continued: “Why be
repetitive by being here?” We
should be indicting ourselves.
Instead, we are only comforting
ourselves through conversation
that gives the illusion of control
over a situation in Vietnam which
we obviously do not have.”
He chastised moratoriums as
“serving as a happy get together
fora weekend away from the
campus...Many went to get drunk,
get laid, and get away from
campus.”
Mann. concluded by labeling
America “the Kremlin of the
Super-Rich” where “three percent
of the population control eighty
percent of the corporate wealth.”
Thus, he saw it as worthless to try
to reform the views of the middle
class on the war.
“Since politics is property and
since American politics is always
decided by a dollar sign at the
barrel of a gun,” he stated, “then
those who control property
control politics...are we run by
lobbies or Congress?”
“We are all bought and sold at a
marketplace by the power elites
of business.”
“Miss Walden” poses with admirer after being crowned by members
of Gamma Delta Chi fraternity. Over $300 was raised for muscular
dystrophy by the selling of ballots in the contest.
-srosenberg
Operation Goodwill : send Xmas
greetings on tape to servicemen
Taped Christmas greetings may
be sent free of charge to
servicemen anywhere in the world
through a program sponsored by
the Times-Union and Fort Orange
radio.
Critique of Education Dept.
discussed by curriculum class
by Liz Elsesser
The Educational Curriculum
Instruction 400 class met on
Wednesday for a special session to
discuss the present situation of
the Education Department and
the student teaching experience.
The involved students made a
Great many suggestions and
constructive comments for the
improvement of the unorganized
State of affairs within the
department.
Two major points were the lack
of an undergraduate education
department to which complaints
could immediately be taken and
the limiting of student teaching to
just Milne High School.
First, it was felt that student
teaching should be 16 weeks and
full credit should be received with
grades being on a pass-fail basis.
The rest of the complaints dealt
mainly with the education courses
themselves and student teaching
facilities.
Tt seems the textbooks need to
be updated and teaching media
improved.
The reading material was
Tequested to be more selective and
conceptual rather than straight
factual knowledge. All seemed to
ardently agree that it was difficult
to relate readings to the five
determinants.
The lack of an undergraduate
Education Department was the
basis of a large portion of the
Problem. One is desperately
needed to coordinate and
integrate activities and courses. It
-Wwas felt that more standardization
of requirements, guest - speakers,
More schools for student teaching,
More seminars to discuss practical
Problems, and in general more
flexibility is needed.
As a group they also wish to see
More practice on undergraduate
level, ‘such as courses geared
towards teaching slow and
culturally deprived learners,
One student felt the making up
three lesson plans in triplicate
Was busy work. Many then agreed
to the inflixible and superficial
experience gained by just teaching
in this one high school.
The Methods course should
have more discussion and
philosophy rather than the “tricks
and games” of teaching. Along
with this would be more specified
field discussion.
The members of the education
department present seemed eager
to co-operate and willing to work
with the students. [t is obvious
that teaching is a highly subjective
area in need of re-evaluation and
change.
Representatives will be chosen
for a discussion group and a list of
complaints will be presented to
the proper administration. Other
gripe sessions are planned and all
concerned -are encouraged to
attend.
Phone calls will be accepted at
Operation Goodwill Headquarters,
465-1441, any weekday between
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Saturday between 9 a.m. and 5
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Broadway, Albany.
Persons wishing to send
messages should give the operator
their full name, address and
telephone number, as well as the
complete rank, name and military
address of the serviceman to
receive the message.
Communications are taken over
the phone that is directly
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Senders should be prepared to
speak for at least 5 minutes.
Upon receipt, servicemen may
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Interested persons are
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More than one tape can be sent if
desired. There is no charge or
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NOTICE
There will be an important
meeting of majors in the
Department of Rhetoric and|
Public Address and other
interested students on Tuesday,
December 16 at 3:00.
All are requested to attend.
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Editorial Comment
Power
One fact is becoming more clear every day: power is the property
of the powerful. It is theirs to use or ignore, theirs to grant or deny.
Those who attempt to attain power will be broken and/or deluded by
the powerful.
The University structure is one prime example of this adage.
Administration power determines whether students will move
forward, backward or remain static. Our seemingly great ‘reforms’ are
illusory; the Administration gives up nothing it really wishes to retain
control of.
The RPA department chairman tried—and nearly was totally
successful in her attempt—to deny students even the illusion of power.
Now, the students, due to awareness and concern by a dedicated few,
have attained at least that illusion.
We somehow hope that President Kuusisto will aii the concerned
ee in RPA as they attempt to move their illusions closer to
teality.
Iilusion and reality are not easily distinguishable at times; this is
why- administrations have been so successful. Yet it is possible that
someday reality will merge with illusion, and student power will mean
something vital and real. If not, tragedy is on the way, for this is the
COMMUNICATIONS
University Vietnam Action
To the Editors:
On Monday, December 15th, there will be an
attempt to discuss and act upon the following bill.
It will be introduced on the floor by its sponsors,
because we have been prevented from getting our
bill on the agenda. Senate supposedly represents all
students and faculty, so we urge you to support the
bill in person, at 3:30 p.m., Monday, at the
Assembly Hall in the Campus Center.
The Bill proposed by: Jack Schwartz and John
Reilly is as follows:
A. As members of an institution of values that
contribute to building human community, students
and faculty inevitably find their individual and
political positions related to their lives in an
educational community. The University, in addition
to being a home of academic education is also
obligated to instill a sense of moral conscience and
the exploration of values in its members, as well as
promoting good citizenship, political consciousness,
and the ability to judge the legitimacy of
governmental authority.
B. Therefore, we, the Senate of the State
University of New York at Albany, hereby condemn
the past and present policies of the United States in
the region of Southeast Asia, and in particular, the
nation of Vietnam. We denounce the immoral
violations of international peace and the unjust
interference with the vietnamese people’s right to
self-determination.
C. The Senate body is obligated toward such an
ction, in its capacity as the major representative
body and the appropriate channel of expression of
the views of both students and faculty in the
University community.
Jack Schwartz
Preserve Our Forests
To the Editor:
In Tuesday’s Communications was a letter from
Richard L. Ottinger asking students to become
involved in “...the fight to preserve the
environment...” There will be a “‘teach-in” April 23,
1970, concerned with the preservation of our
environment. This is great but it is coming too late
if we want to preserve much of our now existing
virgin forest land. There is a bill now before
Congress which in essence will open up our virgin
lands to unlimited lumbering. The following is an
excerpt from one of the many letters from
conservationists I have recently received: “A bill,
the National Timber supply Act (S. 1832, H.R.
12025), is pending in Congress which will result in
the rapid cutting on an estimated 60 to 70% of all
National Forest lands outside the existing wilderness
areas. This land, formerly managed for multiple use,
(wildlife, watershed, recreation, forage, and timber),
is to be converted to timber only management.
Worse, the bill directs the Secretary of Agriculture
to take steps to begin the immediate cutting at a
high rate on all such lands. These lands include
much of the ramaining virgin forests in the U.S.
“If passed, it would mean that hardly any more
scenic or wilderness lands would be available for
protection for recreational use. These lands belong
to you. They will be turned over to the timber
companies for cutting if your voice is not heard
immediately.”
WHAT YOU CAN DO
“The most effective way to be heard is to write a
personal letter or postcard, in your own words, to
the people listed below. Be sure to include your
home address and refer to the bill by name and
number.
i Repos: 2. Sen.-------—
House Office Building Senate Office Building
Washington, D.C, 20515 Washington, D.C, 20515
“Stress the following points:
1. Only a small percentage of the original virgin
forests in the U.S. remain untouched. If this bill
passes they will soon disappear.
2. The lands are public property and should not
be administered for the sole benefit of the timber
industry, which has its own extensive holdings.
3. The rapid increasing recreational use of the
forests makes it urgent to set aside more scenic and
wilderness land. The bill as presently drafted will
make this goal impossible.”
So please, if you are at all interested in helping to
preserve our National Forest lands for our
generation and hopefully all those to come, send a
letter to your Congressman and Senator asking that
this bill be voted down. Hurry, time is running out.
Sincerely,
Ronn Brown
Pres. Albany State Outing Club
Unjust Punishment
To the members of the SUNYA Judicial Board:
I am writing this letter in protest to your recent
decision, in which you suspended from academic
activities, the individual who was responsible for the
burning of the Vietnam Village huts which were on
display in front of the campus center. Although, I
do not approve of his actions, I feel that he was
unjustly punished for an act which was politically
motivated. If students are busted for the possession
of drugs ( a federal offense), and are allowed to
remain in attendance at this University, then, I
believe that for the sake of an individual who has
already completed three-fourths of this semester,
and for the reputation of the Judicial Board as being
a just and sound body, that the judgement against
this individual should be remanded for further
consideration by the Judicial Board.
Sincerely,
Tom Sawyer
Kosher Passover
To the Editor:
On the evening of April 20, 1970, Passover will
begin. Because of the calendar arrangement for this
year, we will be here at the university for the entire
eight days. This will inevitably cause dietary
difficulties for those who choose to obeserve the
holiday. For this reason, we are organizing a three
meal per day Kosher for Passover food arrangement.
Since this operation involves considerable
long-range planning, it will be necessary for us to
have a definite count of those who are interested.
For this purpose, we will have a table at each of the
meal lines on campus on Monday, December 15 and
Tuesday, December 16. All those interested are
requested to give their names at this time.
Basketball Scholarships
To the Editors:
I hope you will take time out from politics in the
ASP to print something concerning the school. (It is
so important that you can leave out this first
paragraph if you will print the rest of the letter.)
I would like to make the proposal that we change
the name of our basketball team from the “Great
Danes” to the “Albany Clowns.” I think we merit
this name more after seeing the Plattsburg game. 1-
am not trying to insult the individual players, they
played with a lot of hustle and desire to win and did
better than I probably could have, but ability was
lacking. It’s pretty bad when a hick team like
Plattsburg can come down and murder us. They
weren’t even a good team, playing like an old ladies
soccer team, so you can imagine how we played.
My question is, why can’t a few basketball
scholarships be given out like in most other schools?
Enough of them are given at SUNYA for other
Teasons such as dramatics, EOP, speech and just
about anything else under the sun. To take just a
very small percentage of these and give them out for
basketball would hurt no one and would give our
school at least a respectable name in intercollegiate
sports. If this isn’t done we can expect many more
seasons such as this one. Albany State and Doc
Sauers deserve more than this. The Margison-Price
€ra are over, forever, unless we do something to
make the “Great Danes” great again! Raymond Naidl
Class "70
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