ALBANY STUDENT
PRESS
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Vol. LVI No. 17
SUNYA governance
now being evaluated
The complex, governing system
of this university is currently
being evaluated by a Committee
on University Governance which
will recommend changes which
could alter SUNYA’s present
pattern of government,
Reactions of the university
community to the committee’s
progress will be solicited at a
series of open meetings. Meetings
are scheduled for Tuesday,
December 9, 3-5 p.m. LC 21;
Tuesday, December 9, 7-9 p.m.,
LC 21; Tuesday, December 16,
3-5 p.m., Sayles Hall Lounge.
The Committee on University
Governance was appointed by the
Executive Committee of Faculty
Senate.
All members of the University
community are invited and
encouraged to attend the open
meetings. It would be beneficial
to all concerned for those
individuals or groups wishing to
present their views to prepare a
statement beforehand. Those who
wish to arrange a specific time for
discussing their ideas on university
government should contact
Professor M. Edelman, committee
chairman at 472-6297,
The committee has outlined a
set of working assumptions as a
framework for evaluating the
structures and mechanisms of
university government.
Assumptions
The general assumptions are as
follows:
1. All members of the
University community should
have direct representation in the
all-University governing body
(e.g.-Senate).
2. Membership in the
University community is best seen
in terms of three constituent
groups: students, faculty and
staff.
Students should be defined as
including all people taking course
work at this campus. Faculty
should be defined as including
teaching faculty, non-teaching
faculty and resource personnel,
and administrative and managerial
personnel. Staff should be defined
as including office, maintenance
and operation and plant
management personnel.
3, The activities of
University-wide concern should be
see as embracing academic affairs,
research, educational resources,
educational planning and policies,
and institutional services and
programs.
All constituent groups have an
interest in these activities and
they therefore are properly the
concern of an all-University
governing body.
4. Students, faculty, and staff
should be encouraged to create
their own structures, for handling
their own affair—activities and
personnel policies.
5. When the activities described
in 4 above impinge upon the
concerns reflected in 3 above, this
becomes a matter of potential
University-wide concern. The
all-University governing body may
therefore wish to set policy
guidelines.
6. As a general working
principle, however the Committee
feels that policy should be
determined at the lowest possible
level in order to maximize full
participation.
Governance Agenda
The Committee on University
Governa agenda includes, but
is not limited to the following
topics.
1. Apportioning of all groups
and councils to reflect appropriate
constituencies and primacies of
interest.
2. The governance of the
constituent groups with special
reference to the apparent lack of
by-laws for the Schools, Colleges,
and the graduate student body.
3. The relationships of the
various governance documents of
the constituent groups with
special attention to the locus of
authority and the levels of
decision making.
4. Fhe effect of the
administrative reorganization of
the University on its governance.
5. Student. and_ faculty
representation or liaison to the
University Council.
6. Student and faculty
participation in the larger matters
of educational policy (new
programs, schools, etc.) and
budget (priorities).
7. The adjudicating mechanisms
in University governance.
8. Provision for University-wide
referendums.
9. The application of State
Education Law and State
University of New York Board of
Trustees Policies on contemplated
revisions to forms of University
governance.
Members of the Committee on
University governance are S.
Chesin, T. Mathias, R. Morris, W.
Perlmutter, R. Tibbetts, M.
Edelman, Chairman.
DISCUSSIONS at Wednesday night’s Mobe meeti
Striking a prayerful pose is Mike Howard of the Philosophy Department.
Friday, Decemb
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ing centered on plans for December’s moratorium.
---hochberg
Council in favor of football
and student participation
by Ken Stokem
In following up on inquiry into
the status of football here at the
University at Central Council’s
last meeting (November 20),
Council last night passed a
position statement (22-1-2) that
contained “Recommendations for
the Implementation of
Intercollegiate Football.”
The bill, introduced by Norm
Rich and proposed by Rick
Friedlander and Tom LaBarbera,
reaffirmed Council’s endorsement
of the University Athletic Council
Report of May, 1968, which
recommended the initiation of
football at the earliest possible
date.
It further endorsed the idea
that the University set a priority
in the hiring of an additional
Physical Education instructor
capable of coaching a football
team. Norm Rich stated the
assumption that the hiring of a
PRESENCE SIGNED IN SNOW, SUNLIGHT FADES TO ABSENCE.
~~potskowski
coach would enable football to
become a reality.
Mike Lampert, however,
questioned the priority of hiring a
coach at the expense of the
academic portion of the
University. He emphasized this by
pointing out that only a limited
number of positions will be filled
next year, and that many sections
already closed in Registration
further emphasizes his statement.
In rebuttal it was pointed out
that the coach would also fill the
much-needed position of another
PE instructor.
In a final comment Dick Wesley
questioned whether or not the
University had the people
available who were willing to play
football. Friedlander informed
him that Doctor Werner
(Chairman of the PE Department)
had assured him that a team could
be developed in much the same
Continued on page 7
Group seeks tosave
earth from humans
by Bob Holmes
“What have they done to the earth?
What have they done to our fair sister?
Ravaged and plundered and ripped her and bit her
Stuck her with knives in the side of the dawn
And tied her with fences and dragged her down.”
In this excerpt from one of his works, James Morrison expresses
some rather strong emotions over the misuse of our earth. If you agree
with him, you no longer need to sit home and worry about how long
it will be until you can no longer breathe the air or drink the water.
You can join PYE.
PYE (Preserve Your Environment) is a new organization on campus
whose goal is to unite people in the fight to save the world from the
tape of humanity. Professor John Scott, one of the organizers of the
group, stated that the aim of PYE was to “make people aware of
environmental problems and take action.” He stressed the point that
this is to be an action group—community action to be more precise.
It is to be action such as that initiated by the originators of the
organization. They were a group of high school girls in Connecticut
who wanted to save the marshes on the south shore, which were being
filled in and destroyed. They brought this issue to the attention of the
community and invited legislators to come and visit the area. Their
efforts met with success; a law was passed and the marshes were saved.
Hopefully this is the type of endeavor PYE will undertake.
At this time PYE is in the early stages of development at the
University. It is working mainly through the Environmental Forum—a
class conducted by Professors Ismay and Cowely. Buttons are being
sold to collect revenue and a push for members will be made at the
Governor’s Conference for Volunteers held in New York City this
weekend.
On the national level PYE will support the Teach-In on
environment, sponsored by Gaylord Nelson, to be held in April 1970.
If you wish to obtain further information please contact Professor
Cowely or Professor Ismay of the Art Department or Professor Scott
of Atmospheric Sciences.
Have you thanked a green plant lately?,The time has come for you
to do something about your environment before it does something to
you.
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ALBANY STUDENT PRESS
FRIDAY, DECEMBER 5, 1969
graffiti
December 9,10,11 - The Peace
Corps will be on campus, 135 AD,
each afternoon. Placement will
serve as the center for literature
and information. Other scheduled
activities include:
movie - Wednesday, Dec. 10,8
p.m., 316 CC.
Language aptitude test, Dec.
10, 1-3, BA 365 Dec 11, 1-3, BA
209.
AFROTC personnel will be at
SUNYA on December 15 and 17
in Rm 209, BA building.
Interested students are
encouraged to visit with them or
contact union College’s AFROTC
(phone 374-6523) for more
information.
There will be a Parliamentary
Debate on Tuesday, December 9
at 7:00 p.m. in the State Quad
flagroom. The topic will be
Resolved: THAT THE
UNIVERSITY STRUCTURE IS
OBSOLET. Debating for the
affirmative will be Dr. Curtis
Smith of the English department
and negative, Dr. Antony Saturno
of the Chemistry Department.
There will be a graduate
students association Executive
Council Meeting Dec. 10,
Wednesday at 9 p.m. in the
Campus Center.
Women’s Liberation Front
meets on Tuesdays at 3:15 in the
Campus Cer‘er 316.
Come to the Guitar Cup on
Sunday, Dec. 7 at 7-11 p.m. It is
in the Dutch Quad Flag Room
Doughnuts and Coffee will be
served. Admission $.25 (proceeds
will be donated to Dutch Quad’s
Holiday Fund)
“Spiro T. Agnew and All the
news that fits: A call for
responsibility or a flirtation with
fascism?”
Thurs., Dec. 11, 8:00 Assembly
Hall.
Positions are
following bodies:
-University Athletics Council
-Bookstore Advisory Board
--Research Council
Please contact Terry Mathias in
C.C,346, 457-3430.
open on the
Fri. Dec. 5, at 4:30 p.m. in
Chapel House, Hanukah with the
fun poet, student Danny Seigel
(souldstoned). Join us for services
and dinner-All Hillel_members
and friends welcome. Call Perle,
457-8815
Theta Xi Omega fraternity is
sponsoring a Christmas Drive to
“support the kids.” These “kids”
are from St. Catherine’s Home in
Albany and are all under five
years old. In the drive the
brothers of TXO are attempting
to collect any new or usable toys
or money to buy such toys.
Letters have been sent out to
local stores, service organizations,
dorm groups, and Greeks. The
drive will end on December 17
with a party in the Campus Center
Assembly Hall. Gifts will be
distributed by Santa Claus at that
time.
Although TXO has contacted
most groups, any groups not
contacted may participate also.
Anyone desiring to donate toys or
money should call Phil Franchini
at 457-7793 or Mike Northup at
457-7964.
This is to announce a new
scholarship grant awarded by the
Business and Professional
Women’s Club of Albany in horior
of the late Laura M. Schufelt. It
would be a grant up to $200,
renewable annually if needed.
To be eligible for the award a
student must:
1. Be a social studies major at
SUNY Albany
2. Show demonstrated ability
and interest in the field
3. Need financial aid to carry
out her educational plan
Applications for the
scholarship must be made by
January 1, 1970. Application
blanks may be obtained from
Office of the Dean, University
College, Administration 218, or
Department of History, Social
Science 343.
Flowers, fudge, and fruitcakes
made at the Albany Workshop for
the retarded, will be sold in the
Campus Center Lobby, Dec. 8-12,
10:00-1:00p.m. It is sponsored by
the Class of ‘71.
Karate club now exists and
meets Thursdays at 4:15 in the
auxiliary gym.
Community Action Committee
(loosely affiliated with Student
Mobe) meets Monday, December
7 at 8 pm. in the Student
Commons of the Humanities
Building. Anyone interested in
broadening the base of the
anti-war movement by relating to
community issues is urged to
attend. Specific issues include the
Albany High trials, certain aspects
of the December moratorium, and
the Black Panther Breakfast for
Children program. Other
suggestions will be welcome.
in
rather
*DUPONT REGIST!
to belt you one.
wool twills, with two bellows
and two tuff pockets. S,M,L,XL.
Unlined $25. Orion piled-lined $35.
PS. The belt detaches for those who'd
McManus & Riley
albany
Spector’s
One belt is the lightly
shaped Norfolk,
in English corduroy lined
with wool. Or in wool
twills lined with Orlon*
* pile. 36 to 46. $37.50
The other belt is the
bush coat, also shaped,
pure wool plaids, or pure
not be belted constantly.
albany
TERED TM FOR ITS ACRYLIC FIBER
Graduate Assistantships
Available for 1970-1971
Graduate assistantships in
student affairs will be available at
StateUniversity of New York at
Albany for the 1970-71 academic
year. The various departments
under the administration of the
vice president for student affairs
annually offer graduate
assistantships to qualified students
enrolled for advanced study at the
university.
To be awarded a graduage
assistantship, a student must be
accepted for admission in a
graduate degree program at the
university. Student affairs
departments include the office of
alumni affairs, athletics and
Tecreation, counseling service,
office of financial aids,
international student office,
placement service, office of
residences, office of student
activities and Campus Center, and
office of student affairs.
In general, a master’s degree
student is eligible for a stipend of
up to $2,200 per academic year
and a doctoral student, $2,700 for
the academic year. A waiver of
tuition for up to ten credit hours
for each semester of the academic
year is provided in addition to the
monetary award.
Inquiries should be directed to
Sorrell E. Chesin, associate dean
of students, whose office is
located in the administraition
building of the university’s
uptown campus at 1400
Washington Avenue, Albany,
12203.
Peace Corps Here
MONDAY, DECEMBER 8
am.
WSUA Radio Interview
TUESDAY, DECEMBER 9
1:00-3:00
Peace Corps Interviews
Placement Office
WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 10
1:00-4:00
1:00-3:00
8:00 p.m.
CC 316
9:00 p.m.
Peace Corps Interviews
Placement Office
Peace Corps Examination
Business Administration 365
Film: “Looking Around and Looking Ahead”
Concerns Peace Corps in Nigeria
Group Discussions*
THURSDAY, DECEMBER 11
1:00-4:00
1:00-3:00
Peace Corps Interviews
Placement Office
Peace Corps Examination
Business Administration 209
*Group Discussions: Groups will consist of foreign students from
countries where the Peace Corps is in operation and Peace Corps
returnees who will act as resource persons for Americans interested in
this work.
The purpose of these discussions is to provide persons with an
opportunity to learn more about the nations where the Peace Corps
are working and to discuss
informally the needs of developing
countries, the attitudes of the people in these countries towards the
Peace Corps and the work of the Peace Corps volunteer.
CLASSIFIEDS
Classified Ads may be
submitted at the Campus
Center Information Desk in
care of the ASP;
The ASP does not bill for
classifieds. Please enclose pay-
ment with your ad. The rate is 5
cents per word.
Please include your name,
address and telephone number
with the ad.
Classifieds are printed every Fri-
day and can be submitted at the
CC Information desk in the Ads
box.
GOING TO San Francisco?
Share driving. Leaving after
finals, Call Bruce at 457-8757.
An nA,rC. in Whitman. Love,
Irving.
LOST: Package containing
books, ete. Will the person who
gave me a ride back from
Syracuse on Sunday please call
Gail at 7-4726.
STUDENTS! Part-time work!
15-20 hrs. per week. $3.15 per
hr. with scholarship aid
possible. Call 869-6437
weekdays between 4 and 6 p.m.
for interview appointment,
Ron, as if you're well-rounded,
sticky-fingers??? Love, Marg.
You Know Who: Give Otto a
tweek for me and say hello to
Ethel and Sylvia. Rube.
INSTRUCTIONS in Sitar.
Reasonable rates. 462-1804.
ROOM FOR RENT: Inquire:
IV2-5822.
SCHENECTADY AREA
COLONIAL 3 br. Niskayuna
School Dist. DI 6-0779.
Barnie: Cool your buns. Come
on, get happy!
FOR SALE: Raichle
micro-buckle ski boots—size 11
for $50. Reg. price $80—in
excellent condition—call Mark
Budoff uptown campus
457-4505.
FRIDAY, DECEMBER 5, 1969
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SAILING CLUB WON eight first places in the Marist Frostbite Regatta recently.
MOBE issues: moratorium,
Albany High arrests, draft
by Robert Warner
Approximately seventy-five
students attended the Student
MOBE meeting Wednesday night
in LC 2. the three main issues
discussed were the December
Moratorium, the draft, and the
Albany High School incident.
A march from Kingston to
Albany “60 Miles for Peace,” will
take place some time in
December. MOBE is planning
extensive Moratorium efforts to
begin sometime next week. They
include: a demonstration at
Watervliet Arsenal on December
12, all day activities on campus
either Dec. 15 or 16, which will
include discussions on the war,
draft counseling, and guerrilla
plays. MOBE will distribute
Exchange plan offered
by University of Rome
A year’s study in Italy at the
University of Rome will be
offered next year by State
University of New York at
Albany. The program is designed
to furnish research and study
opportunities, not only to
language students, but also to
students in the humanities and
political science, both
undergraduate and graduate, from
the four State University centers.
In conjunction with the
University of Rome, the
university will offer courses in
foreign languages and literatures,
history of fine arts, Greek and
Latin languages and literatures,
and in higtory and_ political
science. Additionally, there will
be study tours and_ tutorial
sessions. Although the program
concentrates in the particular
listed offerings, students may
pursue any course among many
offered by the University of
Rome. The academic year for the
study programs will extend from
September 15,1970,to June
ES L971.
A maximum of forty students
can be accommodated in the
program which has been in the
planning stage. since 1966.
Applications will be received until
the end of the sprind semester
from interested students at State
University centers at Albany,
Binghamton, Buffalo, and Stony
Brook. The basic requirement for
the program is the aural
comprehension necessary to profit
from lectures in Italian combined
with the reading knowledge to
understand texts and collateral
readings in the student’s own
field. Applications will be
accepted from seniors and
graduate students recommended
by their departments.
John V. Falconieri, professor of
Romance languages at the Albany
University, will be resident
director of the p program and a
faculty member. :
A total of up to 30 hours may
be earned through the prefatory
courses, the tutorial sessions, and
the lectures at the University of
Rome. All work done on the
Undergraduate level will carry the
same credit as it would if
completed on the SUNYA
campus.
The ultimate cost of the
program is expected to be no
more than the expense of
attending State University at
Albany for the academic year. An
acceptable astimate for the New
York State resident would be
$1,800 for the year and $2,000
for an out-of-state student.
Those holding New York State
Regents scholarships or incentive
awards may apply them to the
program. While in Rome students
will be housed in the International
Student House operated by the
Italian Center for Educational
Travel, an agency of the Ministry
of Education.
leaflets on and off campus. Next
week, members of MOBE will be
sitting behind a table in the-CC
selling and distributing anti-war
lieterature. MOBE has asked
students to distribute Christmas
cards that contain anti-war
propaganda on Nec. 25.
Mr. Tim Reilly spoke on the
draft. He urged all students, both
male and female, to join together
to form anti-draft solidarity. He
pointed out that individual draft
counseling only helped in personal
cases and could not end the draft.
The chairman of the meeting
suggested that MOBE put a
full-page ad in the Times-Union
declaring its position against the
draft. Those who have contribued
for the cost of the ad will have
their names listed.
On December 15, sometime
around noon, there will be an
anti-draft demonstration at the
Albany induction center. One
student suggested that all men
eligible for the draft should apply
for a CO first to tie up the draft
board offices in red-tape, to
augment anti-draft activities. For
further information on anti-draft
activities, the Capital Area Peace
Center may be contacted. The
number is 463-8297.
The final topic of discussion
was the Albany High affair during
which the press was asked to
leave. Money is being collected for
the defense of people arrested
during this incident. The address
to where anyone can send money
for the Albany High 15’s defense
is: Providence House, 263 N. Pearl
Street, Albany.
WSUA =
LIVE ON
State Basketball
tonight: at 6:30 p.m.
State frosh vs. Rockwood Academy
at 8:30 p.m.
Great Dane Varsity vs. Stony Brook
HEAR ALL STATE BASKETBALL
SPORTS
WSUA 640.
Kuusisto stresses
environmental study
by Perry Silverman
A wide-ranging discussion
involving a varied number of
subjects characterized Monday’s
conference of Universtiy President
Allan A. Kuusisto with the
students. Academic topics
dominated this session of the
weekly conference.
Kuusisto first issued a
statement concerning Albany
State’s involvement in
environmental studies, referring to
it as “one of the major emphasisof
this institution.” He described the
commitment of the University to
environmental studies in terms of
the various academic involvements
on this campus in this field.
He said that the work of the
Atmospheric Research Center is
on an international level. In
addition, he referred to the
activities of Professor Robert
Rienow, who Kuusisto called a
““major publicist’? on
environment, and _ Professor
Edward Cowley in the field.
Dr. Rienow, of the Political
Science Department, will be
instructing a course on
environfment in the _ spring
semester while Dr. Cowley,
Chairman of the Art department,
will be holding an “Environmental
Forum” as a course for credit.
With these activities in
environmental studies, President
Kuusisto expressed the hope that
the University would become a
leading center in the field.
Kuusisto was later questioned
on whether or not he would sign
the Library Penalty bill passed by
University Senate. This bill would
have the effect of raising penalties
on overdue library books from
two to fifty cents a day. The
Acting President stated that he
had not yet signed the bill and
was waiting for an advisory
opinion on the subject.
Aside from academics, a
question was raised concerning
the student who was responsible
for burning one of the huts which
comprised the “Vietnam village.’
that was constructed on campus
during the week of the November
Moratorium. The name of the
student and the charges pressed
against him were asked of the
administration.
Clifton Thorne, Vice President
for Academic Affairs dealt with
this question. He stated that the
student will be charged with the
violation of a university regulation
and will appear before the student
judiciary. In accordance with rules
established by- the student
government, the name of the
student in question will not be
released.
The explanation of the reason
that this matter was not turned
over to the police provided by Dr.
Thorne involved the fact that the
arson law was not broken, so that
no plice action was required.
In addition, Thorne revealed
that an attempt to press arson
charges against the student in a
court of law might fail since he
was not advised of his rights by
SUNYA police after they had
taken him into custody.
Weiss speaks
next week
Dr. Paul Weiss, renowned
dhilosopher, will speak here on
the subject of “Knowledge and Its
Object ” Dr. Weiss’ academic
career began with graduation from
the City University of New York.
From CUNY he went to
Harvard where he worked with
Alfred North Whitehead and
Charles Hartshorne. Weiss and
Hartshorne co-edited a six yolume
collection of the philosophical
writings of Charles S. Peirce.
Dr. Weiss continued authoring
such books as “World of Art” and
“Nine Basic Arts.” Before writing
a book about aesthetics, he set up
a studio in Greenwich Village and
devoted himself to painting for six
months. Then he proceeded to
write from personal experiences.
Dr. Weiss has taught and
lectured at many outstanding
universities throughout-the world
and has made many television
appearances. Termed the
“philosopher in residence” for the
Jack Parr show on which he
appeared often.
Dr. Weiss will address the
academic community:
Monday, Dec. 8 at 3 p.m. in LC
4 “Philosophy of Sports” and 8
p.m. in Hu 354 “Knowledge and
Its Ofject”
Tuesday, Dec. -9 at 10 a.m. in
LC24 on the “Philosophy of
Religion” and at 3 p.m. in ED 21
on “Metaphysics”
“IN PERSON”
A NEW GROUP-A NEW SOUND
MAMMOTH
is Coming
TOMORROW
NIGHT
Campus Center Ballroom
9pm to lam
MIXER-sponsored by YR
ALBANY STUDENT PRESS
FRIDAY, DECEMBER 5, 1969
TWO ONE-ACT PLAYS by Rod Serling and Kenneth Koch will be
presented tonight in the Arena Theatre by Experimental Theatre.
--hochberg
Two one-act plays:
illusion and reality
Experimental Theatre presents
REALITY IS BAD ENOUGH, 2
combination of two one-act plays
by Rod Serling and Kenneth
Koch, in the Arena Theatre of the
Performing Arts Center tonight,
December 5.
“Five Characters in Search of
an Exit,” by Rod Serling, features.
a group of people uncertain of
their identity, location, and
existence. Kenneth Koch’s
“George Washington Crossing the
Delaware’’ satirizes the
Washington legend by presenting
it as a farcical pageant.
Together, both plays present
images of illusion and reality,
commenting on the fragile
co-existence of both. Conceived
and directed by William C.
Doscher, REALITY IS BAD
ENOUGH will be performed at
7:30 p.m. and 9:00 p.m. tonight
in the Arena Theatre. Admission
is free.
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RIP VAN WINKLE, State
University Theatre’s second major
production of the season, will
open Wednesday, December 10.
for a S-day run in the
Experimental Theatre of the
Performing Arts Center.
Directed by Edward J. Mendus
of the Department of Theatre,
RIP VAN WINKLE is a
19th-century American comedy
by Joseph Jefferson, “recounting
the popular Hudson Valley legend
of the hard-drinking, henpecked
title character, who sleeps through
twenty years of Revolutionary
War history.
Tickets are on sale now in the
PAC box office daily from 11
NOTICE
“Music in the Gallery,” a
program in the current music
faculty series at the State
University of New York at
Albany, will take place Monday
evening, December 8, in the Art
Gallery.
To be performed are works by
Schmitt, Beethoven, Raphing
land Rotcher. Musicians who will
be heard in concert are Irvin
Gilman, flute; William Hudson,
clarinet; and the American String
Trio. In the trio are Marvin
Morgenstern, violin; Karen
Tuttle, viola; and John
Goverman, cello.
The program will begin at
8:30 at the Fine Arts Building,
where the gallery is located.
a.m. to 4 p.m. Reservations may
be made by calling 457-8606.
Admission is $1.00 with Student
Tax Card.
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The third major production of
State University Theatre’s season,
ORESTES, by Euripides, directed
by Albert Weiner, is in rehearsal
now. ORESTES will be produced
February 25 through March 1,
1970.
THE EVOLUTION OF CINEMA
by Tom Quigley
“Seems like Woody’s road children who temporarily adopted alone stands as a testament to his
mighta passed through here a generation of youthful soul- memory.
sometime.” — Arlo Guthrie searchers hoping to absorb their Another negative aspect is
ALICE’S RESTAURANT
radiates a naturalism that unites
two generations throughi the
common bond of humanism. The
link between Woody and Arlo’s
generation is more than genetic
but spans a great era in the
development of American folk
music and personal maturation
that will continue on into infinity.
In fact, Arlo’s search for the self is
essentially the same journey
Woody undertook years before;
only the music, lyrics and life
styles have changed.
The same genetic strain that
joins father and son in the life
celebration also unties them in the
transmission of the fatal
Huntington’s chorea that took
fifteen years to destroy Woody.
Therefore an inescapable mood of
mortality and sadness pervades
this visual version of Arlo’s talkin’
blues marathon. All the beautiful
people in this film are running out
of time in their attempts to
establish a meaningful life beyond
merely existing. Somehow they
can never quite cope with the
mundane realities and tensions
that pervert interpersonal
relationships with suspicion and
mistrust.
The story not only relates
Arlo’s wandering quarrels with the
imagination molding educational,
factories and the draft, but he acts
as a narrator-troubadour for the
expanded theme. The dissolving
marriage of Alice and Ray Brock,
whose Thanksgiving garbage
became the catalyst for the events
in the song-saga, is brought into
sharp focus.
Alice and Ray are the aging
-dedication is
optimism. They offered the
church as a pseudo-sanctuary for
the freedoms of self expression
and joy. Yet the inevitable
tensions of communal living and
sexual selfishness interrupt Alice’s
loyalty to Ray while jealousy and
personal dissatisfaction finally
murder their once solid
relationship. The final extended
shot of a confused Alice gives the
song a deeper significance. The
only things you can’t get at the
restaurant are Alice and a sense of
self. The restaurant is a whistle
stop on the everlasting road to
being, a journey of uncertainty
that everyone takes.
Director Arthur Penn has
assembled a compassionate film of
soothing visual pastels and casual
performances that blend reality
and idealism into a-strange brew.
Penn never abandons the pathos
and humor of the song as
demonstrated in the marvelous
garbage arrest and gut-splitting
draft physical sequences. The
gentle starkness of the
snow-whipped graveyard scene is
one of the most distrubing
moments in films this year.
Overshadowing Penn’s obvious
another of his
calculated forays into legend
projection a la BONNIE AND
CLYDE. Penn cannot present a
realistic situation without
glamorizing it to the point of
absurdity. Therefore one begins to
doubt the purposes of his
compulsion to make Woody and
Arlo appear to be not only great
folk singers, but great folk heroes
as well. Woody. doesn’t need Penn
to prove his greatness. His music
Contemporary American artists
in a major loan exhibition
The Art Gallery, State
University of New York at
Albany, will have a major loan
exhibition, ‘‘Contemporary
American Painting and Sculpture
from the Collection of Mr. and
Mrs. Eugene M. Schwartz” on
view beginning Thursday,
December 4.
The twenty objects in the show
include paintings by Darby
Bannard, Dan Christensen, John
Clem Clarke, Roy Lichtenstein,
Morris Louis, Agnes Martin,
Kenneth Noland, Jules Olitski,
Frank Stella and Philip Wofford,
as well as sculpture and
constructions by Ron Davis,
Donald Judd, Charles Hinman,
Craig Kauffman, Lila Katzen and
Bob Lobe. Many of the works
have been included in such
exhibitions as the Venice Biennial
and the Sao Paulo Biennial, while
others are by younger artists who
are currently emerging on the
New York scene.
The two earliest works in the
selection, all of which represent
only the past eleven years of
American art, are by Morris Louis.
“Sigma,”- 1961, one of Louis’
unfurled paintings, is similar to
the one which hangs in the
Everson Museum in Syracuse.
Another of Louis’s series, the
“Veils,” is represented by “Green
by Gold,” 1959, layers of thin!
paint stained on a massive field of
unprimed canvas, creating a large
central form with single layers of
the
pure color emerging at
uppermost edge.
Kenneth Noland is another
artist in this exhibition|who has
used unprimed canvas as an
important formal element in his
work. “Coarse Shadow,” 1967,
which was recently exhibited at
the Metropolitan Museum, is a
large white rectangular painting,
7’x23’, only occasionally
interrupted by thin parallel bands
of different colored hues and
unprimed canvas.
In “Rembrandt’s Nightwatch,”
1968, by John Clem Clarke, the
artist has reproduced an Old
Master painting, mimicking by
hand the processes of commerical
reproduction. The final painting is
more concerned with a visual
image, and the way this image is
transmitted to viewer, than it is
with the subject matter.
The Pop movement is also
represented in Roy Lichtenstein’s
“Back of Canvas,” 1968, a bold
compositional scheme showing
PRINCIPALS IN THE CAST of “Rip Van
State University Theatre’s second major production of the season.
the stretcher, frame and
supporting crossbars visible.
Mr. and Mrs. Schwartz, the
lenders of the exhibition, are
adventurous young New Yorkers
who began collecting
contemporary painting and
sculpture only five years ago.
In his forward to a catalogue
being published by the State
University Art Gallery in
conjunction with the exhibit, Mr.
Schwartz discusses the challenges
and joys of collecting avant-garde
works. He speaks there of the
couple’s joint decision as
collectors “to engage (themselves)
only in the present...where both
emotion and meaning are still raw
and in the process of being
formed, and where verdicts are of
no use at all.”
ae
Winkle” rehearse tor
--rosenberg
Penn’s excessive melodrama that
forsakes the simplicity of the
scenario for a staged spontaneity
that is neither spontaneous nor
realistic. For example, Arlo’s
scuffle with a group of college
town “yokels turns into a major
Hollywood brawl with the
standard shattered plate glass
window and the bloody
corner-of-the-mouth-dribble.
Penn’s inane action-packed
tangents are unnecessary and
rather unbelievable, tending to
diminish the movie’s overall
intent.
Yet coupling the film’s great
moments with Arlo’s guileless
anti-acting ability, you get a
sporadic film that nobody can
honestly dislike. Pat Quinn as
Alice, the gravel-voiced madonna
battling her own uncertainties,
turns in a helluva performance.
James Broderick consistently
overacts as Ray, exaggerating the
character into a hyperbolic, high
camp caricature of an
overenthusiastic man-child.
Finally Chief William Obanhein is
fabulous as he plays himself in a
sort of half-hearted, quasi-bully
manner that everyone knows is
actually a front for a soft hearted
slob of the Wallace Beery school.
Penn’s sometimes
ambivalent techniques, he
deserves credit for making
ALICE’S RESTAURANT a
bittersweet effort to capture a few
months of a drifting ethic. This is
an ethic that expounds a freedom
of spirit, the roots of which are in
the songs of the road and whose
struggle with life unites us all
thorugh human mortality. These
are the people who believe that
the best thing you can do in this
life is live it, trying to find and
accept yourself and others.
Anyone who’s ever traveled this
route before has truly traveled
Woody’s road sometime.
From Telethon
With love
An Open Letter to All Students:
Despite
The 1969 Telethon, held Friday
and Saturday, November 14 and
15 exceeded its goal to beat last
year’s total of $2700 by collecting
$4000. However, an even greater
achievement was that the
Telethon served as a step towards
the recognition of student
concern for the well-being of the
community. The whole-hearted
effort of the students who worked
on and performed in Telethon,
along with the extremely
responsive audience made the
Telethon a success.
The Co-chairmen.
express special thanks
following people:
Miss Patricia Buchalter and the
entire Student Activities Staff
Barb Bernstein-publicity
Kay Mrochko-publicity
Judy Weisen-talent
Ellen Emmer-stage manager
Mike Walsh-technical
Mr. Joseph Balifion-talent
Mark Goor -solicitations
Mike Glass-finance
Gary Gelt-spirit
Mary Hart-personnel
Marty Benjamin and Andy
Hochberg-photography
Donna Simonetti-gimmicks
Linda Pierson-gimmicks
Donna Soson-gimmicks
And all those who served on
the various committees and
performed in the Telethon,
wish to
to the
Norma Israel & Sandy Kleinman
FRIDAY, DECEMBER 5, 1969
ALBANY STUDENT PRESS
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TOURNAMENT
BID?
Danes Top Williams; Pups Over FMCC
by Mark Grand
The Great Dane basketball
team continued its winning ways
in the same fashion it left off last
year by defeating Williams
College, 72-71 in overtime. It was
the opening game for both teams.
The major difference this year
is the fact that no one could look
to Rich Margison for the clutch
basket; the heriocs came from
Alan Reid, a 6’2” junior transfer
student from Broome Tech.
In the first nine minutes of play
Albany held a slim 9-7 le: 4 but
scored 11 straight point. in a
single surge in the following
minutes. State held a comfortable
34-21 lead at the intermission.
The Dane’s held onto its 13
point lead, but with aboutl0
minutes left of the game,
Williams, led by John Unterecker
and Vernon Mainley, began to
slowly close in on the Danes.
With 50 seconds remaining,
Larry Ferraro hit on a jump shot
for the Ephmen to knot the score
at 65 to 65. State played for the
Judo Club Begins 2nd Year
by James McGlynn
The State University Judo Club
has found increasing success in its
second year at SUNYA. Its
membership has grown to
approximately 100 members from
both sexes. This success lies
partially with the swelling
world-wide interest in the “mystic
arts.” Each year the number of
judo players jumps to new highs.
Judo can justly defend its
merits and increasing popularity.
As with any contact sport, a
challenge and an opportunity for
exercise and development is
offered. But judo offers more.
First, judo can be practiced and
developed to an effective degree
by anyone, regardless of physique,
sex, or age. Size and strength have
repeatedly given way to strategy
and skill. Self-defense, a very
popular aspect of the art, comes
as an unescapabel side-effect of
practicing the sport.
Proper supervision and
continual practice are imperative
to the study of judo, both offered
by the State Club. The Club is
very fortunate to have Mr.
Noriyasu Kudo (5th degree Black
Belt) as its chief instructor,
assisted by Mr. Robert Fountain
(Qnd degree Black Belt). The
Necessary practice is offered
through Wednesday classes and
formal practice sessions on friday
and Saturday.
New members may join the
Judo Club at the beginning of the
second semester. There is a
possibility of two weekly classes
being held next semester to
Promot indjvidualistic
instruction ThA usd Srdualsle
Further word will be given in
January.
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final shop by freezing the ball but
the contest entered the overtime
period when senior Ed Arseneau
missed from the corner.
At the outset of the overtime
period, Jordan, State
At the outset of the evertime
period, State senior Jack Jordan
and Williams Unterecker
exchanged baskets, but Brian
Burke hit on a jumper to give
Williams the lead 69-67. Jordan
then converted a free throw but
Mainley hit from the field to give
the Ephman a three point spread.
Reid then took the spotlight
and the game from Williams as he
connected on tow jumpers from
the field, giving the Great Dnaes a
72-71 advantage with 20 seconds
remaining of the extra period.
Arseneau then drew a charging
foul enabling the Danes to freeze
the ball for the remaining seconds.
Jordan was high scorer for
Albany with 20 points followed
by Reid with 18 and transfer
student Jim Masterson with 10.
On Friday the State Five open
by Glenn Faden
The SUNYA Sailing Club
completed its fall season with
another intercollegiate victory. On
November 22 and 23, the State
Sailors journeyed to Marist
College of Poughkeepsie to
compete, along with Cooper
Union and New York State
Maritime College in the annual
Marist Frostbite Ragatte. In
freezing temperatures and icy
winds the sailors raced around a
one mile triangular course on the
Hudson River. Marist provided the
boatsfor the regatta; four 17 foot
Barnegat sloops.
Demonstrating their winning
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Albany, N. Y.
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JUDO CLUB Is flipping out!
with
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their home season
Stonybrook providing
opposition.
The Schedule:
December:
9 PLATTSBURG
11 MARIST
16 HARTWICK
29-30 CAPITAL CITY
TOURNAMENT
January:
6 MERRIMACK
13 ONEONTA
17 HOBART
29 at Pratt
31 at Potsdam
February:
4 at South. Conn.
7 at Cortland
10 NEW PALTZ
14 SIENA
18 CENTRAL CONN.
21 at Ithaca
25 at Buffalo
28 at Utica
March:
3 at Oswego
7 BROOKLYN
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Sailing Club wins
Marist Regatta
ways with eight first places in 16
races were Albany skippers Glenn
Faden, Chris Follows and Jon
Sargalis. Kris Healy and Mary
Ellen Corwin sérved as crews. For
their victory Albany will be
awarded the Frostbite Trophy for
one year. The final standings were
Albany 66, Marist 60, Maritime
58 and Cooper Union 30 points.
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Bob Lewis opened his second
season as State freshman
basketball Coach last night when
the Baby Danes visited
Fulton-Montgomery Community
College.
Albany won, 71-68.
Starting for State were 61”
Chris Burke of Schenectady and
5°10” Steve Howard in the
backcourt, 6’3” Bob Overmayer
of Rensselaer and 6’2” Bob Curtis
at the forward slots and 674”
Werner Kolln from Kingston at
center.
Burke led all Albany scorers
with 23 points as Overmayer
added 14 and Howard 10.
Forward Dave Welchons did a fine
job also as he chipped in with 8
points.
State was outshot from the
field but fine foulshooting
provided the margin of victory.
Coach Lewis is carrying 15 men
this year. “I can go eight or nine
men deep and not be hurt,”
reports the coach who is
cautiously optimistic. The squad
is one of the tallest in recent
years, with seven men standing
6’2” or better.
The freshman home opener will
be Friday night at 6:30 p.m.
against powerful Rockwood
Academy.
The remainder of the schedule:
Dec.
11 MARIST
13 Mohawk Valley
16 HARTWICK
18 Cobleskill A&T
Jan.
6 ALBANY PHARMACY
13 ONEONTA
17 HOBART
29 Union
31 North Country
Feb.
6 Hartwick
Correction
The amount available in
[Athletic Surplus funds available
for the institution of football was
Imisstated in last Friday’s issue.
Instead of over a $16,000 balance,
jthe fund contains over $160,000.
10 NEW PALTZ
14 SIENA
18 ADIRONDACK
24 Albany Business College
26 Junior College of Albany
28 RPI
Sport
Shorts
All State basketball games will
be broadcast live on WSUA, 640
on your dial.
eke
This winter, Dr. Richard “Doc”
Sauers begins his 15th year as
varsity basdetball coach. Thus far
he has amassed a 224-104
won-lost record for a percentage
of .683. Assisting Coach Sauers
will be Mr. Mike O’Brien, back at
State after spending a year at
Springfield College working
toward his doctorate. Mr. Bob
Lewis will lead the freshman
team.
Coaching Varsity wrestling will
be Mr. Joe Garcia who is also
freshman tennis coach and
coordinator of intercollegiate
athletics. Coaching swimming
which will be a varsity sport for
the first time this winter will be
Mr. Brian Kelly. Assisting as
diving coach will be Mr. JOhn
Barrett.
teak
There will be a meeting to
organize an AMIA Volleyball
league on Tuesday, December 9 at
4:15 p.m. in 123 of the Physical
Education Center. All prospective
teams are asked to have a
representative present at the
organizational meetins.
The AMIA will hold a
qualifying swimming trial on
Friday, December 12 at 4:00 p.m.
Team and individual entries are
due in the AMIA Office by
Wednesday, December 10.
The newly formed Albany
State Basketball Booster Club will
hold a meeting Monday December
8th at 4 p.m. in the Dance Studio
on the 3rd floor of the Physical
Education Building. All those
interested in supporting your
team are urged to attend. If
unable to come, call Rich Rini at
73247.
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FRIDAY, DECEMBER 5, 1969
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April 24
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59 Jan.24
60 June 21
61 Aug.29
62 April 21
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64 June 27
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67 July 25
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% Nov.6
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#3 April 3
$4 Dec. 25
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Order of the Draft Drawing
WASHINGTON, Dec. 1—Following is the order in which
birth dates were drawn Monday night in the draft lottery:
193 July31 | 280 Jan.20
194 Jan. 9 | 281 Nov.28
195 Sept. 24 Be Novas
108 OC | aaa” July 16
197 May 9 | 285 Feb.29
198 Aug.14 | 286 Aug.25
199 Jan. 8 | 287 July30
200 Mar.19 | 288 Oct. 17
201 Oct.23 | 289 - July 27
202 Oct. 4 | 290 Feb. 22
203 Nov.19 | 291 Aug.21
204 Sept.21 | 292 Feb. 18
205 Feb.27 | 293 Mar. 5
206 June1o | 294 Oct. 14
207 Sept.16 | 295 May 13
208 April3o | 296 May27
297 Feb. 3
209 June30 | 2
210 Feb. 4 | 298 May 2
211 Janc31 | 299 Feb.28
212 Feb.16 | 300 Mar. 12
301 June 3
213° Mar. 8
302 Feb. 20
214 Feb. 5
303 July 26
215 Jan. 4
304 Dec. 17
216 Feb. 10
217 Mar.3o | 305 Jan. 1
218 April 306 Jan. 7
pril 10
219 April 9 | 307 Aug. 13
pril
308 May 28
220 Oct.10
309 Nov. 26
221 Jan. 12 | Sie Nov. 5
ar tune 2817311 Aug. 19
223 aes 312 April 8
224 Jan. § | 313 May31
cee ah 314 Dec. 12
226 May29 | 315 Sept.30
227 Suly19 | 316 April 22
228 Sune 2 | 317 Mar. 9
229 Oct.29 | 318 Jan. 13
230 Nov.24 | 319 May 23
231 Aprili4 | 320 Dec. 15
232 Sept. 4 | 321 May 8
233 Sept.27 | 322 July 15
234 Oct. 7 | 323 Mar.10
235° Jan.17 | 324 Aug. 11
236 Feb.24 | 325 Jan. 10
237 Oct.11 | 326 May 22
238 Jan.14 | 327 July 6
239 Mar.20 | 328 Dec. 2
240 Dec.19 | 329 Jan.11
241 Oct.19 | 330 May 1
242 Sept.12 | 331 July 14
243° Oct.21 | 332 Mar. 18
244 Oct. 3 | 333 Aug.30
| 245 Aug.26 | 334 Mar. 21
246 Sept.18 | 335 June 9
247 June22 | 336 April19
248 July11 | 387 Jan.22
249 June 1 | 338 Feb. 9
250 May21 | 339 Aug. 22
251 Jan. 3 | 340 April 26
252 April23 | 341 June 18
253 April 6 | 342 Oct. 9
254 Oct.16 | 343 Mar.25
255 Sept.17 | 344 Aug.20
256 Mar.23 | 345 April 20
257 Sept.28 | 346 April 12
258 Mar.24 | 347 Feb.6
259 Mar. 13 | 348 Nov.3
260 April17 | 349 Jan.29
261 “Aug. 3 | 350 July2
262. April28 | 351 April 25
263 Sept. 9 | 352 Aug.27
pes A goerdl 353 June 29
far. 354 Mar. 14
266 Nov. 4 | 355 Jan.27
267 Mar. 3
356 June 14
268 Mar. 27
: 357 May 26
| 268 April 5 | 358 june 24
270 July29 | 3?
271 April 359 Oct. 1
ipl 2 | 360 dune
272 June 12 (deel
273 April15 | 361. May 25
274 Junel6 | 362 Mar. 29
275 Mar. 4 | 363 Feb.21
276 May 4 | 364 May 5
277 July 9 | 365 Feb.26
278 May18 | 366 June 8
279 July 4
Following is the order of the
alphabet to be applied to the
first letter of last names in
determining the order of call
for inductees with the same
birth dates:
J, G, D, X, N, O, Z, T, W, P,
Q Y, U,C, F,1,K,H, 5S, L,
M, A, R, E, B, V
establishing reality
USIA produces
WASHINGTON-(CPS)--In the shadow of the
Washington Mobilization against the War in
Vietnam, the United States Information Agency
(USIA) has produced a film which attempts to
establish the actual existence of a so-called “silent
majority” of Americans who support the president’s
Vietnam policy.
The USIA, which is directly responsible to the
Executive branch of the government, has shipped
the film, entitled “The Silent Majority,” in nine
different languages, to 104 countries including
Vietnam, It took 12 days to produce the 15 minute
film which cost $20,000 to make.
United States citizens are not allowed to view the
film or any of the material produced by the USIA
without an act of Congress, because the material is
not intended for American audiences and could be
considered politically in favor of the party in power.
Spokesmen for the USIA maintain that the
purpose of “The Silent Majority” is to take the
“other side” to the people of the world--the story
that does not get covered in the regular foreign
commerical press.
However, the film appears to have had a very
different effect on others, outside the agency, who
have viewed it so far. Two Congressmen important
to domestic and foreign information committees,
John E. Moss (D-Calif.) and Ogden R. Reid
(R-N.Y.), were quick to criticize the film after a
special showing in Moss’ office.
Reid indicated that he was “not entirely
satisfied” with the film while Moss told newmen
that the film indicates a subtle change by an agency
committed to informing to a commitment of
propaganda.
“That was not the role assigned to the agency.”
commented Moss. “I think it most appropriate to
show demonstrations for or against U.S. Vietnam
policy or both.” he added.
“But here we are faced with a slogan, “The Silent
Majority” and the film attempts to establish that as
fact. That’s a very difficult thing to do.”
To establish the reality of a “silent majority” in
America the film uses a Gallup Poll taken
immediately following President Nixon’s November
speech. The poll, conducted by telephone, involved
500 randomly selected respondants from across the
country. At one point in the film, George Gallup,
president of the American Institute of Public
Opinion, is questioned by the film’s Black
commentator Wiley Davis.
The scene is prefaced by Davis asking his
audience; “But how can President Nixon tell that
these people support him? How does he Know that
they make up a majority? . . . Well one way to find
out what’s on their minds is to conduct a
nationwide poll. I did the next best thing. I talked
Silent Majority
with someone wno uirected a poll, a researcher
respected for his objective approach and renowned
for the reliability of his methods.”
Gallup explains his method, and offers the
accuracy rate his organization has had conducting
previous polls as a means of substantiating the
legitimacy of this most recent poll. No other
evidence that the silent majority does in fact exist is
offered during the remaining minutes of the film.
Two excerpts from the November speech are used
in the film. The first follows this lead-in:
“Washington, and in particular the White House, has
frequently been the focal point for groups
demonstrating for or against something or someone.
Peaceful protest is a citizens right under the U.S.
Constitution. President Nixon is aware of the
objections raised by the “vocal minority,” both
responsible and irresponsible. Most of the visible
pressure on him has been from those who would
either get U.S. troops out of Vietnam immediately
or those who want a build-up to force a military
victory over Hanoi.”
The film cuts to the part of Nixon’s speech where
he referred to former President John F. Kennedy, a
recognized “friend” to many foreign countries
during his term of office. Congressman Allard
Lowenstein (D-New York) criticized President
Nixon on natinal television following the President’s
speech for what he thought was a misuse of the
words and thoughts of a man who could not have
known the ultimate consequences of his sending
15,000 “advisors” into Vietnam in 1963.
At another point in the film, footage showing
Nixon the morning after his policy speech, behind
the now famous “telegram-covered” desk is used as
Davis reads over the picture: “Public reaction to the
address was prompt. And some of those regarded as
the “silent majority” broke their silence. The White
House reported the President received thousands of
telegrams, of which 90 per cent reportedly endorsed
his statement. Many other citizens communicated
by mail. The White House says it received thousands
of letters and postcards, the vast majority
‘supporting the President on Vietnam. In addition,
many people telephoned their support.”
The film’s main purpose seems to be to install the
“silent majority” as a truism rather than mere
conjecture on the part of the President. After the
interview with Gallup, there are no qualifications
attached to the term “silent majority.” for the
purposes of this film, and presumably for its
audience, it has become an established fact. To
further substantiate that fact, quick clips of farm
workers, factory workers, mothers, and just plain
folks, including noticeable representation of Blacks,
chicanos, and orientals are used “symbolically” to
give visual “life” to the “silent majority.”
Forensics tourney challenges campus mediocrity
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On a campus where mediocrity
appears to be prevalent, the
SUNYA Forensics Union sponsors
an event (The Bi-Annual Dippikill
Debate Tournament in the
Woods) which seeks to be
different. Whether this
tournament goes from the
_ mediocre down to the absurd, or
ascends to the relevant, agreement
is unanimous that it is a unique
experience.
The purpose of the Dippikill
Tournament is to promote
meaningful communication and
break away from the rather
mercenary ‘win ethic’ of
traditional debate tournaments. It
attempts to do this be establishing
an informal attitude among the
participants, using the ‘close to
nature’ environment of Camp
Dippikill. Traditional handicaps,
including judging on a win-loss
basis, arid adhering to rigid
schedules are removed.
The second Dippikill
Tournament was held on the
weekend of November 21. While
providing the same informal
atmosphere as the original,
innovations such as a round of
oral interpretation of _ original
literature were introduced. *
Characteristic of this event, was
an attempt to achieve a natural
interaction, and meaningful
communication. Its success was
largely detenmined by the
Like much of life, what was
received from the tournament was
in direct correspondence to what
was put in. Those who
approached Dippikill as just
another good time received just
that—a good time, but little more.
Individuals who. thought of
Dippikill as an opportunity, not
only to be listened-to, but to
listen to others as well, may have
received a worthwhile experience.
For those hedonistically
inclined there were awards given
including the “Miss Fun Debater”
award (given to that female who
seemingly enjoined her oral
encounters the most). The
Parliamentary round top,
(Resolved: Isreal should annex the
,U.S.)_which was adopted, also
Those who approached the
tournament with serious
intentions possibly came home
happy as well. Whether or not
they chose to be envolved in
meaningful discussions or
informal debate, those who
wished to pursue the relevant
were provided with an
opportunity to do so.
It is hoped that in the future,
all the participants in the Dippikill
Tournament can capture the best
of both, the serious, relevant
discussions on current issues, and
a pleasant, informal atmosphere.
Accomplishment of this feat
would distinguish this event quite
favorably from the mediocre, and
it appears as if this distinction is
already becoming clear.
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Breaking
Bureaucracy
by Al Senia
Breaking Bureaucracy will attempt to answer students’ questions concerning University affairs. Questions
can be submitted by placing them in the ASP Classified Ad Box located in the Campus Center on the
Information Desk.
Q: Is it true that there are students whose tuition,
fees, etc. are paid for by the federal and state
governments in return for information about
narcotics offenses?
A: Dr. Thorne stated that to the best of his
knowledge, the answer is no. He also stated he
“would be willing to bet a year’s salary there are no
such people on any campus on any state university
campus in New York.” However,.he was quick to
point out that there are probably people off and on
campus—students and non-students—who inform to
the police on crimes of all types. “Without
informers,” Dr. Thorne commented, “it would be
impossible for police to do their jobs.” But he
doubted the police would finance their education.
He also reaffirmed the fact that as far as he
knows, there are no undercover agents of any type
on the SUNYA campus. “Before the F.B.I., state
police, or Narcotics Bureau assigned narcotics agents
here, I would expect they would discuss it with
me,” he said. “And they never have.” He did
mention that various police agencies do have
jurisdiction over the campus and could assign agents
here without his knowledge.
Q: Are the campus records dealing with narcotics
offenses open to observation by the state police?
A: Official administration policy is that these
records are not public records and cannot be studied
without a court subpeona. Thus, the state police
would have access to these records only if they were
able to present enough evidence to obtain a court
order. If that happened, the university would be
powerless to prevent the state police from
examining them.
In dealing with law enforcement agencies, the
university cooperates only to the extent of
upholding the law, according to Dr. Thorne. He said
in dealing with drug abuses, the university is “not
interested in operating a gestapo-like agency here on
campus. That’s not our purpose...” However, the
university does not offer a “sanctuary for
lawbreakers:” it sees itself as an upholder (as
opposed to a strict enforcer) of the law.
Q: What progress is being made in fulfilling black
student demands for more and better jobs for blacks
in the university community?
A: A student affairs committee is currently trying
to find a solution for the problem. In the meantime,
all job openings in all areas are routed through the
office of Dr. Spellman. He keeps in touch with
employment agencies for qualified, non-white
applicants. They receive first priority.
Central Council’s action
Continued from page 1
way as the Basketball team has in all
stages
of discussion Looper’s bill was passed 22-1-2.
visitations
by Steve Villano
been, and with hopefully as much
success.
In other action Council tabled a
motion by Lenny Kopp. (19-5-1)
to hold a new referendum on
manditory Student Tax. The
Motion came as a result of a
petition circulated by the Young
Conservatives, requesting a new
referendum, that obtained 1,901
signatures.
Dan Duncan, chairman of the
Young Conservatives, said that he
would make no statement against
the manditory tax and that the
Poll .only sought a new
referendum on it.
He requested that if Council
should approve the referendum
that it be held in conjunction with
the spring Central Council
elections, because he felt that the
Students would have had
sufficient time by then to evaluate
the benefits of the tax.
Bill O’Kain, head of the Young
Socialists’ Alliance, was also there
in support of the motion.
Dick Wesley moved for the
tabling of the motion, suggesting
that if it were passed that every
time Student Association looked
around a referendum would be
being held on Student Tax, and
that this would cause serious
budgeting problems.
Ouncil issued a_ second
Position statement, introduced by
ic Looper, on Student
Participation.
The intent of Looper’s bill is to
have Council urge the
Administration to include
Tepresentatives of the appropriate
Student Association organizations
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tules, regulations, etc. that would
have a significant impact on
students or the Student
Association.
Also, it asked that the
appropriate officers of Central
Council and other students be
informed in writing of the
aforementioned types of revisions.
Looper stated that the effect of
his bill would be to envolve
students as much as possible in
the beginning of discussions of
changes that affect them.
The impetus of this bill was the
proposal brought before L.A.A.C.,
by an administrative group, last
Wednesday, proposing the
implementation of a Lottery
Housing System.
This suggestion is merely in the
proposal stages and Terry Mathias
indicated that it was presented to
LA.A.C. merely to test the
reactions it would bring.
Ralph DiMarino suggested that
the effect of this proposal would
be severest on Upperclassmen and
Greeks. Little further information
is known regarding the proposal.
Mike Lampert brought up the
issue of Council’s self-evaluation
meeting, to be held this Sunday at
6:30 p.m. in HU 354. Lampert
maintained that the special
meeting should be closed to the
public.
In response to this idea Lenny
Kopp made a motion to make the
meeting open to the public,
although he stated that he
doubted that anyone from the
public (student body) would show
up anyway. Kopp’s motion was
passed, after some discussion,
unanimously by Council.
Near the close of the meeting
Terry Mathias announced that a
proposal for the students’
receiving credit for non-classroom
activities, such as participation om
Student Government,
organizations, newspapers, and
many other activities, even
off-campus activities will be
brought up before Undergraduate
Academic Council.
This proposal will be further
examined and more information
will be made available in the
future.
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Sure. Things are alot better. No more worrying for seven years
about whether or not you’re going to be drafted. Now you only have
to sweat it out for twelve measly months. “Good luck, tonight.”
“Thanks.” “This’ll probably be the first lottery I'll win.” “Two-to-one
that my birthday’ll be picked after yours.” “Ah, well, born by chance,
die by chance.”
Stop, please in God’s name, in somebody’s name, stop. What’s
going on here? Has each and everyone of us lost our ability to feel
compassion? Have we become so morally battered by that abominable
war, so desensitized by the atroiocity of authorized murder, so
hypnotized by the American military mystique that we no longer
possess humane féelings toward one another?
What is the matter with us? We bemoan the fact that, yes, there
were abuses in the Selective Service System and yes, there are abuses
under the lottery system, but, “someone has to lose.” Why can’t we
realize as St. Clare did in Uncle Tom’s Cabin that to talk about the
abuses of military service is like talking about the abuses of slavery.
“The thing itself is the essence of all abuse.” Compulsary military
service is its own abuse. Why, why, why, do we accept the awful
assumption that the only way one can serve one’s nation is militarily?
Can I not serve myself and my fellow men as a lawyer, dentist, social
worker or psychiatrist? Does a government have the tight to deem
which people are occupationally more valuable than others? Why is it
that at Nuremberg we told the Germans on trial that they had a moral
right to question their government and act according to the dictates of
their consciences, while we refuse to attach the same standards to
Americans who, acting on command, slaughtered infants as if they
were wild boars?
What has happened to us? Have our sensibilities become so mangled
sal We Bow Place absolute importance on being number 275 in the
raft lottery? Are we not all guilty of pulling the trigger in that
of legalized Russian roulette? Gnas ise ge
The blatant acceptance of the military metaphysic in America is
numbing our spirit, perverting our ability to reason and decaying our
sense of humanity. We dropped an unnecessary bomb on Hiroshima
and were told that it saved the free world. We have killed 40,000.
Americans, one-half million North Vietnamese and who knows how
many South Vietnamese, in an Asian Civil War and we are told that
we're protecting democracy. And, we have accepted a lottery system
of drafting men into the armed forces which has led human beings to
cheer the fact that other human beings will be randomly selected to
die instead of themselves.
Slowly, ‘but ever so surely, we are becoming a society of Camus’
robot people, wrapped up in “things that matter”, content to exist on
a little sex, a little food and a little money and quite willing to float in
our own plastic capsules, ignoring all else that surrounds us and not
even stopping to think that if Jesus Christ were alive he’d be number
84 in the lottery simplu because the government of the United States
feels that there is no better way to serve your own self-interest and
the interest of mankind then with a gun in your hand-even if your
name is Jesus Christ.
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Editorial Comment:
Moratoriums
In case you've forgotten, in all the excitement over the lottery, the
moratoriums, and the Vice President’s witticisms, the war is still going
on.
Yes, amazing as it may sound, even after full scale moratoriums and
one mobilization, the President has not yet brought back all the
troops.
It is becoming obvious that not only can the White House ignore
mass outcries for peace—but it is going to ignore them. For so long as
Nixon and company can placate their sullen supporters with new and
enlightening speeches like the November 3 production, they will move
at the rate they see fit.
In this context, the effectiveness of more demonstrations is
questionable. Additionally, the mood of the nation does not lean
favorably towards more mass protests, and the possibility of violence
(a violence which will cripple any effectiveness of an anti-war protest)
at these demonstrations must increase as the mood becomes more
desperate among anti-war people.
This desperation is well founded, for the government has not
reacted notably to mass outcries. However, we must now look for new
avenues of expression of anti-war sentiment. Even more importantly,
we must look for new ways we can utilize to bring pressure on the
Administration to end the war.
Less visible, but maybe more effective means may bring us to the
ends we truly desire.
We wish we could prescribe action which could be sure to lead
towards positive ends. Unfortunately, the prospects for peace have
not yet been greatly furthered through political means.
But perhaps we have not given the usage of existing political
avenues the energy and dedication we have devoted to other tenets of
the anti-war movement. Perhaps we must give it a more concentrated
effort.
Therefore, we hope that, in accordance with its prime desire to end
the war the anti-war movement will direct its energies towards a
letter-writing campaign in support of anti-war proposals such as
Senator Charles Goodell’s.
It is possible that many Congressmen who have been ‘‘on the
fence”—non-committed on war policy since Johnson has left office
(this is primarily Democrats who supported Johnson out of loyalty)
may be swerved by a torrent of peace sentiment. They are, after all,
primarily elected officials, and most concerned with getting re-elected.
We have the power to affect their status. This interests them.
And so, we urge you: write your Congressman. Tell him of your
anti-war sentiments. Make your parents write him, Exert electoral
pressure—and urge your representative to support measures which aim
at a prompt end to the Asian disaster.
Communications
Funeral State
10 the Editors:
As a graduate English student of three months
here at Albany I find myself in the paradoxical
situation of being completely satisfied with my
classes and yet completely dissatisfied with the
University.
I did my undergraduate work in Calif., the plastic
flower children’s playground, and was constantly
bombarded with “love,” although often a very
artificial kind. Even though it was sometimes
phony, people smiled in Calif—They even laughed
and said hello to each other. They went out of their
way to meet each other. Here at Albany students
shuffle from sterile building to sterile building with
a sense of doom hanging over them. They resemble
mobs of TIME MACHINE people destined to work
the subterranean furnaces of the Morlocks. The
friendliest people on campus can be found in the
registrar's office (and to think that some of them
are over thirty—shame).
Thave attempted to find causes for the cult of the
crusty, crabbed, grumpy, glum, grum, and grim here
at Albany. The cold weather? I thought so at first,
but actually the crisp cold weather is rather
invigorating. The campus itself (the architecture)?
Definitely a contributing factor. No one could look
at that Buck Rogers space center and smile to much.
Constipation? The health center reports that Albany
students are close to the national norm in this
respect. New England lack of emotion? A
possibility, but how many New England students do
we have? Lack of any feeling of loyalty or belonging
to SUNYA. Definitely. Who could really cheer
“Let’s hear it for good ole SUNYA?”
But no matter how many reasons might be given,
there can be no justification of the doldrums of
doom that students and teachers carry around like
briefcases.
A solution? 1 thought perhaps the ASP or the
Student Government could officially declare a
“Moribund Happy Day” during which each student
with an activities card will be allowed to smile at
one stranger. One stiffled laugh will also be
permitted. Rosy cheeks or a springy walk will be
optional. If it works, fine. If not, we can all return
to our funerial STATE. Karl Felsen
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Nickerson Thanks
An Open Letter to the Students of the
State University of New York at Albany
c/o of the ASP
Campus Center
1400 Washington Avenue
Albany, New York 12203
I would ike to thank the students of the Albany
student community who have worked so diligently
and expressed themselves so feelingly in their
opposition to the war.
The activities of students across the nation have
testified to the value of massive non-violent protest
so derided by those on the left and the right who
cry violence as the only solution to the nation’s ills.
Let no one say that our protest has not been heard.
One of the great truths of the moratorium
observances is the growing involvement of the broad
moderate community. The new politics
encompasses a variety of activities; among them a
critical awareness of our nation’s social ills, and a
passion to work toward their resolution.
Moratorium Day and the March on Washington
were not merely isolated happenings. Their success
in bringing all those in opposition to the war
together foreshadows the success of the Moratorium
Days to come until the war is over.
We all dream of peace. We want it NOW!
Sincerely yours,
Eugene H. Nickerson
Public Address
An Open Letter:
To Kathy Kendall, Acting chairman of the Rhetoric
and Public Address Department;
We want to ask you some questions publicly.
Why do you treat students like Niggers? Why
haven’t students been involved, significantly, in the
search for a new department chairman? Are you
acting in haste so that you can be relieved of your
duties as department chairman, as soon as possible?
Why has no student been asked his opinion
concerning the only candidate for chairman, visiting
professor McNally? Why has_ visiting professor
McNally been offered an associate professorship
with tenure, again, without consulting any students?
Why are you afraid of having an open meeting to
discuss the problems of the R.P.A. with the
students, faculty, and the deans? Why was McNally
asked to be on the search committee for a new
chairman, when he was a candidate for that
position? Ate you aware ofthe responsibilities that
the job of acting chairman carries?
To visiting Professor McNally;
We would like to know a few things. Why did you
serve on the search committee when you were a
candidate for chairman? Now that you are officially
a candidate for chairman, why do you continue to
treat students like Niggers? Didn’t you, at a recent
faculty meeting, call the idea of “parity” with
students “irresponsible”? Didn’t you try to bar
Professor Gerard Wagner from partaking in a
meeting with Dean Perlmutter, because you were
afraid of what he might say? Didn’t you try to’stifle
any meaningful student participation in the
forthcoming meeting with Dean Perlmutter? Just
because you are a visiting member of the faculty,
are you superior to the other faculty and the
students? Didn’t you call Professors Wagner and
Norton “paranoid” because they disagreed with
you? Are we paranoid because we are disagreeing
with you?
Tp the Faculty of the R.P.A. department?
We are confused concerning certain matters.
ARen’t student questions and opinions just as
important as yours? Shouldn’t students participate,
meaningfully, in finding a new chairman? Is interest
in the department only confined to majors of
Rhetoric and Public Address? Is participation only
limited to discussion? Are there standard procedures
within the department for tenure and promotion? Is
visiting professor McNally an exception? Are you
aware of student opinons regarding the teaching
abilities of Professor McNally? Last year professor
McNally was hired over the objections of most
faculty and students, because he was the only
candidate, is he going to become chairman because
he is the only candidate? Do you have questions for
Mrs. Kendall, visiting Professor McNally, and Dean
Perlmutter?
To the Majors of the R.P.A. Department?
We can not believe that you are not concerned.
Why do you allow yourselves to be treated as
Niggers? Have you been asked about visiting
Professor McNallys promotion and candidacy for
chairman? Has Kathy Kendall adequately informed
you of the affairs of the department? Are you
willing to attend meetings in which you will be only
allowed to talk and not vote? Are you aware thats
what the R.P,A. faculty wants you to do? When are
you going to wake up?
Stratton Rawson
Jeff Wasserman
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