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STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK AT ALBANY
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Tuesday February 25, 1969
BSA observes
Malcolm X’s death
by John O’Grady
The white population at the
University witnessed another
demonstration of black unity last
Friday, in the form of a public
“memorial day” program in honor
of the late Malcolm X.
Assassinated on February 21,
1965, Malcolm X was an
internationally-known propagator
of the black power movement
whose influence on his brothers
throughout the world spurred
both the hatred of the white
community and the jealousy of
some of his fellow revolutionaries.
His unifying influence was
manifest again last Friday in a
number of activities on campus,
some of which struck unprepared
observers with mixed feelings of
bafflement, uneasiness, and
curiosity.
A rally of about 100 black
students was held near the
fountain in front of the Campus
Center, where events for the rest
of the day were planned and
announced.
Following this, a group of the
students stood silently together
for several minutes with fists
raised and heads bowed in the
traditional symbol of black unity.
And for those who wished to
eseape this spectacle by walking
indoors, the Campus Center lobby
was colorfully arrayed in black
bunting, photos of Malcolm X and
displays of black literature.
The State Quad cafeteria was
designated for an informal
“communal dinner” that evening;
the voice of Malcolm X and gospel
music was piped over the
loudspeaker.
The final event in the day’s
commemoration was a “memorial
service” held in the Campus
Center Assembly Room at 7 p.m.
Although not widely publicized
or well attended, the proceedings
were an interesting combination
of poetry readings, biography and
commentary on Malcolm X, guitar
music, and singing.
This was no elegiac expression
of sentiment for a fallen leader,
but rather a reminder and
restatement of Malcolm X’s
objectives,
The biography that was read
emphasized Malcolm’s
self-education (attained in part by
copying over an entire dictionary
while in prison); the poems, some
of them written by students
themselves, were militant in tone;
an excellent essay, written and
delivered by a student who talked
with Malcolm X while at school in
Ethiopia, described Malcolm’s
crucial role in Afro-American
history and his challenge that “the
black man accept his historical
role and assume the responsibility
for his own liberation,”
There have been repeated
examples of black cohesiveness on
campuses through out the nation;
the chief exponent of the
movement at Albany is, of course,
the Black Students Alliance,
which organized the rather
informal commemoration last
Friday.
From the viewpoint of
observers (i.e., whites) on campus,
BSA is an unapproachable,
far-removed band of ethnicists
who seem to come to the surface
every once in awhile with an
effective demonstration of their
existence.
BSA is quite reticent about
publicizing its activities; no one is
“in charge,” and there are few
“official statements” for the rest
of the University community to
gauge it by.
This form of public relations
policy (no public relations at all)
is both a safeguard against
misrepresentation and an
expression of self-containment.
BSA has been lied about before,
and does not give an official damn
whether or not anyone is
interested in its activities; “We are
in no way whatsoever an
educational institution,” was one
member's analysis.
And thus, if we must learn
something from the public
commemoration of Malcolm X's
assassination, it is simply that a
new cultural force may be
observed growing right in front of
us, the progress of which is
supposed to be none of our
business.
Malcolm X
Increased expenses for
explained by President
by Gale McAllister
Staff Reporter
Students met with President
Collins yesterday to discuss next
year’s rise in the cost of attending
the University, what next year’s
State budget will mean to the
University, and Senator Flynn’s
scheduled visit to the University.
Next year the average full time
student who lives on campus will
have to spend approximatley
$2,350 as compared to this year’s
estimate of $2000.
This rise of $350 is accounted
for by the increases in room and
board for the °69-70 schhol year.
‘This increase is much greater than
Zilg leads
protest on
rising costs
“They'll flounder around, give
out their buttons and talk about
demonstrations but they will not
try to educate people..”
So commented Gerry Zilg,
president of the Confederated
Student Governments, after a
three day CURE conference in
Oswego this weekend. Zilg
expressed the sentiments of a
radical caucus which felt that the
emphasis in programs of protest
was poorly placed.
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correction
CONTRARY TO THE
STATEMENT IN LAST
FRIDAY’S ASP, there will not
be any opportunity to change
meal plans at the end of a
semester. The contract signed
with the University is binding
for the entire semester.
in previous years.
When asked why food prices
were increased President Collins
offered several explanations .
The expected 5%-1% increase in
the cost of “raw food” next year,
and the inevitable rise in wages for
cafeteria workers were the two
primary reasons he gave.
President Collins also explained
to the students why there will not
be a no-meal option included with
the variety of new meal plan
options next year.
Since there is no inexpensive,
nearby place to eat that could
accommodate a large number of
students at meal times, the
University would draw caterers,
food trucks, etc. which would just
cause mess and confusion,
Also, there would tend to be
more food kept in the dorms and
ta
Fast
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Black Students commemorated
the death of Malcolm X with
numerous events on Friday.
photo by Marty Benjamin
69-70
Collins
this could draw rats, said
President Collins,
In other matters, Collins
commented, ‘If Governor
Rockefeller’s budget is passed by
the legislature, the University will
suffer.”
‘The cut in educational expenses
means that the University will
purchase less library books next
year than it did this year, and hire
less new faculty members than it
should to maintain the present
quality of education.
It was was also announced that
on March 5, 1969, Senator Flynn
will ‘visit the University as an
invited guest of the students.
The Senator will explain and
discuss with students his bill on
banning aid to students convicted
of crimes occurring on University
property.
CSG ealls
for SUNY
STRIKE
by Rosemary Herbert
“Have each student government
support a thoroughly organized
one week strike and boycott of
classes on all SUNY campuses to
be accompanied by a mass rally in
Albany scheduled for March 19.”
This was one of the major
resolutions passed unanimously
by Citizens United for
Responsible Education, CURE,
after a three day conference in
Oswego this past weekend.
The CURE conference was
coordinated by Confederated
Student Governments, (CSG), in
order to discuss and protest
against educational cuts in the
Rockefeller budget.
(Confederated Student
Government is a statewide student
organization composed of
representatives of the State
Universities of N.Y.)
This resolution and others were
Passed after several meetings
including a general informational
meeting and several workshops.
The representatives were
informed about two proposals
being considered by the State
Legislature. One proposal, drawn
up by State Congressman Ed
Spino, calls for an increase in
tuition to $700 per year. This
means an increase of 75% over the
tuition new paid.
The CURE conference was
informed that tuition, now used
to pay for stable building costs,
would be used also for operational
costs in the future. These
operational costs always rise,
simply because of inflation. The
idea of increased tuition to fund
these costs would set a precedent
for increases perhaps even on an
annual basis.
Tt was agreed that “a college
education is no longer a privilege
of luxury, but a right and
necessity in modern society,” and
that tuition increases go against
the tradition and aim of the State
University system, to make higher
education increasingly available to
residents of New York State.
It was agreed that these
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A handful of students braved the elements this weekend in a fast for
Presidio 27. The fast was held at the Capitol.
photo by Gary Bell
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ALBANY STUDENT PRESS
TUESDAY FEBRUARY 25, 1969
Political
reform
offered by NDC
by Steve Villano
Both Paul O’Dwyer, state wide
Chairman of the New Democratic
Coalition (NDC), and Dr. Leon
Cohen, of the University’s
Political Science department,
believe that the Democratic Party
is the best existing vehicle for
change.
“The best hope for meaningful
solutions,” remarked Dr. Cohen
during an interview last week,
“lies within the Democratic Party,
not-in a third party. I think Al
Lowenstein put it best when he
said that as soon as you work
outside of the party structure,
you're writing yourself off.”
O'Dwyer, speaking after a
statewide meeting of the New
Democratic Coalition on February
15, demonstrated his belief of
working within the system a little
differently: “At the Convention
(in Chicago), when it became
obvious that Daley and the bosses
were controlling things, some of
the more liberal delegates wanted
to walk up to the foot of the
front platform as a group, throw
their delegate badges at the
rostrum, and then walk out.
“This would have created chaos
and accomplished nothing. We
would have been able to do even
less if we were outside of the
Convention Hall, then we could
do inside.”
“So, a few of us impressed
upon the others the importance of
retaining a sense of responsibility
during protest!
had a responsil
who elected us and we couldn’t
let them down.
“We decided that a candlelight
march in support of the protesters
who were outside would be the
best course of action to take.”
But O’Dwyer and Cohen share
more than a common belief of
working from within. They are
both members of the New
Democratic Coalition in New
York State.
O'Dwyer is the temporary State
chairman of NDC and has enlisted
the support of many former
members of the Coalition for a
Democratic Alternative, along
with Bronx Borough President
Herman Badillo, Manhattan
Borough President Percy Sutton,
State Senator Manfred
Ohrenstein, Representative
Theodore Weiss and journalist
Pete Hamill.
The state organization will
make position statements on
crucial local, state, and national
issues, and will work within the
Democratic Party to induce
change in ghettos, on farms, and
in the minds of legislators.
Statewide NDC will endorse
political candidates and when the
views of the regular Democratic
candidates are alien to the views
of NDC, the group will force the
issue differences to the fore in the
party primary.
Cohen, who has stressed thar
NDC should concentrate on issues
and not personalities, is a member
of the Steering Committee of the
Albany County New Democratic
Coalition and is one of its
founders.
‘At an NDC meeting held last
Wednesday night in Albany’s
Ambassador Restaurant, Cohen
appealed to the 60 people present
to consider working locally on
reform in the following areas:
poverty, education, public works,
public safety, civil liberties,
governmental administration, and
taxation.
In addition, he suggested that
NDC concern itself with
democratizing the Democratic
Party on. the local, state, and
national levels.
The Albany County NDC’s first
official action was a public
condemnation of State Senate Bill
number 524 which would revoke
Regents Scholarships of students
arrested for demonstrating.
‘The group held a televised press
conference this past week
attacking the bill and has been
urging Assemblymen to reject the
measure.
Probably the most immediate
local problem facing the Albany
NDC is whether or not to oppose
Mayor Corning in the Democratic
Primary this June.
This question along with the
questions of what direction NDC
should take in the coming months
and whether a University NDC
should be formed will be debated
Wednesday night, February 26, at
7:30 p.m. in the Ambassador
Restaurant.
Such organizations as the NDC
in Albany and Reform Democrats
in Chicago under the leadership of
Adlai Stevenson III, are attemptin
to offer voters a distinct choice
between Republican and
Democratic ideologies.
These groups are battling the
big city machine bosses who boast
as Boss Tweed once did:
“As long as I count the votes,
what are you going to do about
it?” Concerned Democrats want
to do something about it; they
want to rid the Party of its Boss
Tweed and bring it back to its
grass-roots constituency.
Anyone desiring information
about the New Democratic
Coalition should call Steve Villano
at 3049 or contact Dr. Carolyn
Waterman or Dr. Leon Cohen.
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SUNY strike
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increases would make it
financially impossible for many
students to remain in college and
that this particularly
discriminated against those
members of lower income
brackets. It was felt that since a
large proportion of the poor in
New York are Black or members
of other minority groups, this
would also be, in effect, racially
discriminatory.
Among suggestions presented at
the conference was the idea of
researching the number of
students who would be seriously
affected by such tuition increases.
Beyond tuition increases,
budget cuts will seriously affect
the quality of education in the
SUNY system, Lack of funds
could mean more lecture classes,
fewer new educational programs,
reduced teaching staff and
equipment, and serious cuts in
programs such as Albany’s
Educational Opportunity
Program.
Underlying reasons for budget
cuts and tuition increases were
discussed in detail and it was
decided that fact sheets would be
distributed on the college
campuses by the CURE
representatives.
‘These fact sheets point out the
faults of the present system of
taxation which places a burden on
the working class of New York
with relatively light burden on the
upper, corporate classes. The
conference leaders, particularly,
felt that the system of taxation
could be greatly reformed and
that such reforms would provide
needed funds for education and
other areas of the state budget.
The conference finally resolved
to urge the student governments
on all SUNY campuses to
circulate petitions and organize a
letter-writing campaign against the
tuition increases and “covert
racial discrimination.” Another
CURE conference will be held in
Buffalo March 7-9 to plan a one
week boycott of classes in March
and a mass rally in Albany on
March 19.
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PROJECT HELPMATE will be
having the party for the children
of schools in the South End
(which was originally planned for
last Thursday) this Thursday, at
7:30 pm, Feb 27 in colonial Quad
flagroom. Anyone who would like
to join us is welcome.
On Wednesday, February 26, at
3:00 p.m., Professor Arthur
Danto of Columbia University will
discuss “Philosophy of History
with Zetetiks—the Undergraduate
Philosophy Club. The discussion
will be held in Humanities 354,
Economies Club
Party-Informal gathering, Feb 26,
8-12 pm, Faculty lounge, SS
Building for Economics majors,
undergraduate or graduate.
Professor Arthur Danto of
Columbia University will deliver
an All-University Lecture entitled
“What Philosophy Is” in the
Campus Center Assembly Hall,
8:00 p.m. Wednesday, February
26.
Cathexis—the Sociology
Psychology club will present “A
Case Study of Multiple
Personality,” a documentary film
interviewing Eve White, subject of
the movie “The Three Faces of
Eve.” Thursday, Feb. 27, 8 p.m.
Social Science faculty lounge,
third floor. Refreshments.
Everyone welcome.
There will be a meeting of the
Student Faculty Committee to
End the War this Tuesday,
February 25, 1969, at 7:30 p.m.
in Humanities 128.
Local area resisters Steven
Wayne Trimm and Stanleigh
Thomas Bennett will discuss
various aspects of the draft.
Everyone is welcome.
RUSSIAN LANGUAGE
MAJORS: There will be a meeting
of the Student Advisory
Committee to the Russian
Language Department Wednesday,
Feb 26 at 8 p.m. in HU 290, All
Russian majors please attend.
“IS THERE A DIFFERENCE
BETWEEN A JEW AND A
ZIONIST?” will be the topic of a
panel discussion to be held at the
Campus Center Ballroom this
Thursday, Feb. 27, at 8 p.m.
The groups participating in this
discussion are Ahm Yisrael,
Hebrew Student Alliance, Arab
Club, Young Socialist Alliance,
SDS, and BSA, It is sponsored by
the International Student
Association.
The Student Association is now
seeking applicants for the position
of Student Association secretary.
To start the first week in April
and continue for the next
Academic Year.
Anyone interested in being the
co-director for the All University
Talent Show to be held first
semester next year should contact
either Ellis Kaufman at 457-8745
or Jay Hershkowitz at 457-8733
immediately.
There will be an important
organizational meeting of all
MuLambda Alpha initiates and
members in French and Spanish,
concerning the formation of
National Honor Soceity Chapters
at SUNY. Professors in the two
languages are cordially invited to
attend, also. The meeting will be
held on Tuesday, February 25, at
7:30 pm in Humanities Faculty
Lounge, HU 354. All those MLA
members and_professeurs
interested in becoming charter
members must attend.
Am Yisrael
A radical society of approximately 250 Jewish
students on campus:
Announces its official program
1) The fostering of a strong Jewish identity .
2) The active support of America’s interests in the Middle East
- as Americans and as Jews
This declaration of aims, though incomplete, is official and supersedes
any statement made by the now defunct Hebrew Student’s Alliance.”
Am Yisrael
Next meeting
Thursday, Feb. 27, 8:00 pm SS 134
Am Yisrael Chai!
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Tobi Ben
ALBANY STUDENT PRESS
TUESDAY FEBRUARY 25, 1969
Tobi Ben performed last night at the Campus Center Coffee House
before an enthusiastic crowd. The Coffee Hous is running through to
Saturday night. photo by Ed Potskowski
University council
supervises campus
AN ASP FEATURE
by Daryl Lynne Wager
Staff Reporter
What is University Council:
dust what this council does and
how its decisions influence
University life is a subject about
which most students are ignorant.
The image of University
Council in the mind of the Albany
State student is that of another
meaningless level in the awesome
hierarchy of red tape that makes
Passage of new bills a tediously
slow process.
In actuality, University Council
is an active and functioning body
provided for under the New York
State Education Law. Section 356
of the Law, which establishes
University Council, provides that:
“Subject to the general
management, supervision and
control of and in accordance with
rules established by the state
university trustees, the operations
and affairs of each state-operated
institution of the state university,
other than the state institutes of
applied arts and sciences, shall be
supervised locally by a council
consisting of nine members
appointed by the governor.”
In order to better understand
the role of the Council, one
should be aware of the fact that
the Albany center of the State
University system is not governed
solely by its own administration.
Rather, it is under the control of
the Board of Trustees of the State
University of New York. These
fifteen men, headed by Chancellor
Gould, exercise control over all
State University campuses.
It is this Board of Trustees
whose task it will be to actually
appoint a successor to President
Collins. They are also responsible
for meeting with the legislature to
help enact bills of concern to the
University and to secure adequate
appropriations for the running of
the University. It is to this Board
of Trustees that University
Council is directly responsible.
University Council Powers
The powers delegated to
University Council are
enumerated in the Education
Law. These include: to
recommend to the state university’ -
trustees candidates for
appointment as head of the
institution; to review all major
plans of the head of such
institution; to make regulations
governing the care of grounds,
buildings and equipment; and to
review the proposed budget
requests submitted by the
president of the institution; name
buildings and grounds,
Also: to
governing
make regulations
the conduct and
behavior of students; and to
Prescribe for and exercise
supervision over student housing
and safety. University Council is
required by law to make an
annual report to the state
university trustees.
The nine University Council
members are appointed for
seven-year terms by the governor,
who also designates one of these
members to serve as chairman.
Council members receive no
compensation for their services,
but are reimbursed for expenses
incurred in the performance of
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by Betty Anderson
Staff Reporter
Victor Looper, Chairman of LAAC, stated what he considered to
be LAAC’s accomplishments of first semester and the expectancies of
this semester in a recent interview.
“This year’s LAAC has been the most progressive and successful
ever. We have accomplished or are in the process of trying to
accomplish more major policy changes than has ever been.done in the
history of our present form of government. We have also done some
considerable work in the area of meal plans and service.”
In the area of housing policy, three major changes were adopted.
Curfew hours for freshmen were abolished. There is no longer a
mandatory sign-out procedure for any student. Thirdly, closed doors
are allowed during Open Houses.
A fourth proposal on open visitation, i.e., allowing the halls and
sections to decide their own hours of visitation, is being considered.
This proposal enables a residence hall or section to decide on any
number of hours for open houses from 24 hours to none by a 2/3
vote of the residents.
In the area of meal policy, the lost meal card procedure was
changed. Now, one pays $5 for a lost card and $3 for a mutilated
card. These charges are for the administrative costs involved in issuing
a new card.
Also, Colonial Quad Dining Room was opened to contract
residences so they would not have to eat on State or Dutch Quads.
A new alcohol policy has been proposed to allow the consumption
of alcohol in individual rooms and suites and other areas if approved
by the residents; alcohol still would not be allowed in lounge areas,
As Looper said, the intention of LAAC is “to establish the boardest
frame work possible so that each hall which is closest to the feelings
of its residences can decide upon the policy that fits its particular
interests and problems best.”
These policy changes would not have been accomplished without
the cooperate relationship between the students, faculty, and
administration,
Looper stated that the basis of LAAC’s rationale for proposing
these policy changes. “Our basic philosophy and rationale for the
various changes has been individual and corporate responsibility.
“We feel that students should be able to govern their own lives with
as few rules as possible. We feel that this enables the students to learn
responsibility.”
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ALBANY STUDENT PRESS
TUESDAY FEBRUARY 25, 1969
EDITORIAL COMMENT
Budget Cuts
The original budget submitted by the University to Governor
Rockefeller for approval was cut simply because there is not enough
money to support the amount requested. The university can get along
with the budget as revised.
However, further cuts in the budget (5% on the total
appropriation), would endanger the ability to properly maintain and
expand our university.
It would mean fewer books bought to stimulate the growth of such
essential facilities as the library. In addition, it would not allow the
departments to continue expanding in terms of hiring more
professors. A larger faculty will be absolutely necessary to
accomodate an expected expansion in enrollment.
In other words, the outcome of further budget cuts will mean more
students in classrooms instead of less, and fewer professors
proportionately instead of more. The unequal increase in students and
professors will necessitate heavier loads for individual faculty
members.
The level and quality of instruction at the university, generally
increasing every year, cannot improve without appropriations
available to pay for rising salaries for both new and established
faculty members and professional staff. We must also maintain our
high standards in procuring books for the library.
A great amount of money is necessary to maintain the standards of
achievement and normal operation expected and necessary for an
institution of higher learning.
(The money we pay for tuition is not now used directly to finance
the operations~salaries, book buying-of the university; instead it
contributes to “secruing bonds for capital investment”, that is, to
finance construction. }.
The recent conference held by Confederated Student Governments
pointed out that a decrease in state appropriations would necessitate
an increa 4 in tuition fees paid by the student. The money collected
by raising tuition might be used toward fulfilling the continually
increasing cost of operations (because of inflation) rather than
maintaining the present tuition fee which contributes only to the
cost of construction.
We support CSG’S proposal that student governments on all SUNY
campuses organize to circulate petitions and letter-writing campaigns
against tuition increases. Because of the close proximity to our
legislators we urge all students on this campus to call their Senators
and Assemblymen to protest futher budget cuts.
We will also support CSG and CURE (Citizens United for
Responsible Education) in their plans for a one week boycott of
classes in March culminating in a mass rally in Albany March 19.
We hope that Central Council will condone and aid measures taken
at the CSG conference.
Required Comp?
The English Department (and its Committee for the revision of
Freshman Couses) has decided to retain, as required courses, both
English 100 and English 110. Revision of the current form of English
100, however, has already been approved.
Our interest at this point centers especially around English 100, or
as it is more commonly called, “Comp.”
The English Department has acted wisely in revising the course. In
too many cases, it was becoming nothing but a writing exercise, which
students quickly learned to loathe. By the nature of the’ revision
which consists of designating a basic theme for the entire term’s work
(an example of this is the course that now deals with existentialism),
students may choose what they will be required to write about,
hopefully insuring interest on the part of the student.
Sadly, however, the English Department and the University have
not seen fit to reduce Comp to an elective. This is the real need as far
as students go.
We have been assured that exemption requirements will become less
stringent. The fact is, however, that a course of this type should not
be foisted upon a student, unless he himself feels a need for it. By the
time we reach the University years, we have undergone year after year
of grammar, rhetoric and composition.
In its wisdom again, the English Department removed the required
Grammar Test, in recognition of the fact that it was in no way useful.
They should now realize that 12 years of composition, too, have
brought us to a point where a term course is not a need for most of
us.
If we accept the reason for Comp’s continuation as a requirement
as “the need for improving the level of student composition,” then
only one course of action seems fair: a pass fail requirement. Why
assign grades in a course that aims solely at improvement? Inequities
galore can arist in the grading of compositions, so it is only tight that
a required comp course be given on a pass fail basis.
This would provide for freedom from acadmia’s God, The Mark and
would given sufficiently small weight to the importance of the Eng
100 mark. If we have gotten something out of comp, we will benefit
later. if not, we will suffer in other courses. There is no need to assign
a grad on this level.
It is our hope that sometime in the future the English department
will go further with their revisions. We applaud this beginning; but we
recognize it only as a beginning.
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Semitic Scare
To the Editors:
‘The events of the past few weeks on this campus
have had a considerable impact on the shaping and
reshaping of the attitudes of a large number of
students and faculty members by the accusations
that there is anti-Semetic sentiments among students
and faculty. Briefly, the inital responses to these
allegations has been as follows:
1) A large number of people, Jews included, have
disassociated themselves from the flag waving of a
few power-hungry students who under the disguise of
“religious fanatacism” have been trying “hard” to
organize themselves and others in the defense of an
already agressive and cancerous state.
2) Although the initial response of some
uninformed students to these flag wavers was
favorable, however after taking part in any of the
three chaotic meetings of the group, the majority of
these students “got the message” and apparently, left
with little or no contribution toward the fullfillment
of aims of the organizers.
3) The fact remains, that a full and open
discussion of the initial dispute has not yet emerged.
It would be unrewarding to let demogagory pass
away unnoticed nor can we allow anybody to sweep
the dirt under the rug. Basically we demand an open
and full discussion of the aims and purposes of these
organizers.
Obviously some sort of dialogue between the
disputing parties is in order. The International
Student Association has taken the initiative to
facilitate this aim. The representatives of the parties
in dispute, Ahm Yisrael, initially call Hebrew Student
Alliance, the Arab Club, the Young Socialist
published in the “Manchester Guardian Weekly”,
John K. Cooley, C.8.M. Correspondent wrote:
“Eye-witnesses agree that men from 16-60 have
been forced to spend hours or days in open
compounds without shelter. One group was
compeled to stand in a shalow lake.” (C.S.M. Feb 12
1968) *
Thirdly and for the information of Mr. R.
Haj-el-Hesseini, whom he claimed to be the ee
of Fatah, has none whatsoever to do with this
movement.
Fourthly I have a simple question to ask. To
whom is MJ Rosenberg refering as the rapers of the
Sudan? The Sudanes? of whom I am one, I wonder!
And, who are the rapers of Biafra? Finally, and again
I quote the 2nd article “But let them note what one
Israeli has written and then let them turn to their
faulty hate-filled analogies.”!! Indeed Let the
Rosenberg note what an Israeli, a brave independent
Hebrew write, Nathan Chofshi, has written in the
Jewish Newsletter in New York on Feb 9, 1959:
“We came and turned the native Arabs into tragic
refugees. And still we dare slander and malign them,
to besmirch their name. Instead of being deeply
ashamed of what we did, and try to undo some of
the evil we committed, we justify our terrible acts
and even attempt to glorify them...”
A. Babiker
Brubacher Hall
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Firstly,and I quote his own words referring to ‘Al
Fatah’ “its aim is to ‘liberate’ a country that is not
theirs and never was” and to support this he
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independent Palestine existed that was not Jewish.”
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ee ee was! The same can be said
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betrayed by the ‘occupied’ Arabs,” that “the
majority of Palestinians of the west bank and the
Gaza strip strive to work with the Israeli
Government”, in short, suggesting that they are
grateful for this “benevolant occupation.” to this I
merely quote the following: “I had my ups and
downs during four years as a prisoner of war in
Germany, but the Germans never treated me as
harshly as the Israelis are treating the Arabs of Gaza
strip, the majority of whom are women and
children.” Wrote Michael Adams in a revealing article
on the “Hardships of the Gaza Strip Refugees,”
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ALBANY STUDENT PRESS
TUESDAY FEBRUARY 25, 1969
THE RED FLAG
by CAROL FRENCH
MAINLINE
By DAN SABIA, JR.
The YSA and the SWP believe
that, whileother causes definitely
contribute, a competitive
economic system is the
fundamental necessary cause of
competition between people.
Such competition, we think,
divides people from each
other--divides students from
students in competition for
grades, divides workers fomr
workers in competition for jobs,
ete.
One of the most pernicious
forms of this competition sets up
racial barriers between blacks and
whites, and between other peoples
as well. Of racism, perhaps the
most virulent example in recent
memory is the anti-Semitism of
Hitler’s National Socialist party
(the Nazis). (No relation to
Socialism, by the way.)
Naziism arose out of fear
brought on by the total collapse
of capitalism in Germany at the
end of WWI. My father,
bivouacked with a German family
in 1919, remembers that it took a
wheelbarrow full of marks to buy
a loaf of bread.
Another reason for Hitler’s rise
was the powerlessness of the
German left, which did not
recognize the danger in time to
unite to prevent the Naziis from
taking over.
It seems that whenever people
face extreme hardship, or the
collapse of their system, they look
hard for an answer; sometimes
that answer takes the form of a
scapegoat. This danger Hitler did
not hesitate to pander to, and
after he annihilated the German
Communists, offered the Jews
to the Germans as the scapegoat.
The result of his racial theory plus
capitalism’s collapse was, in 1946,
15,000,000 dead--6,000,000 of
them Jews.
Previous to this, Zionism,
which arose at the time of the
Dreyfus case, was a minority
movement within Jewry. As #
result of Hitler’s camps, the Jews
rightfully felt they were safe
nowhere. In this we concur, for
capitalism can, given the right
impetus, lead to Fascism; we had
a near miss in the 1950’s and the
Rosenbergs can be considered
Jewish martyrs to McCarthyism.
CSG protests
in student
from page 1 col 2
Zilg and about ten other
members of the CURE conference
felt that letter writing campaigns
and petitioning were not strong
enough measures to make the
State Legislators accept student
demands. Since many CURE
representatives had expressed
doubt that their campuses would
effectively strike for one week,
the caucus felt that the group
would become “‘defunct, even
after the thing is passed.”
This caucus felt that the
resources and contacts of SDS
could be effectively used to
emphasize programs and
resolutions reluctantly passed by
CURE.
They felt that SDS contacts
would circulate fact sheets
In the search for safety after
WWII the Jews began to run to
Zionism. They felt, with some
justification, that the Marxist
movement in Germany had let
them down. Therefore, instead of
looking to the abolition of
capitalism and an end to
anti-semitism, they looked to the
Zionist theory of carving out a
Jewish state in which Jews would
finally be safe. Ergo, Israel.
The point on which we differ
from Zionism is the solution to
the Jewish problem, because it is,
if not an acutal, a potential
problem in a competitive system.
We see that the Zionist solution
has not made the Jews safe.
First, Jews are collected in a
tiny area of the Middle East, all
too vulnerable should a war such
as in Vietnam erupt there. The
U.S. has bombed Laos and
Cambodia; should it be
“necessary” in a Middle Eastern
war, Israel would not be safe.
This column to be continued on
Friday.
Greek Power
by Mike Rosenberg and Greg Ellstrom
At the Inter-Fraternity Smoker,
LF.C. President Pete Smits urged
for better inter-Greek
relationships. We stated in our
first column that GREEK POWER
is constructive on our campus, but
we also recognize the fact that the
Greeks potential is virtually
unharnessed. As individual units,
the Greeks function well. But, in
combining therir abilities even
more than the Greeks did in last
week’s Greek Week functions,
Greek Power could be increased
tenfold.
In order to have Greek Power
become truly united, a unifying
process must occur. The authors
of this column would like to
suggest such a possible process:
We suggest that two weeks be
set aside this spring for a massive
Greek competition and
unification. Competition to create
unification may sound
inconsistent or illogical, but we
believe that inter-Greek
competition toward a common
goal that would generate
enthusiasm troughout the campus
can bring about closer Greek ties.
The first week of the Greek
Games could be devoted to
Sports. Not the few, poorly
organized contests held at the
Greek Olympics, but team sports
such as football, softball,
volleyball, basketball, water polo,
raise
expenses
covering information which they
felt was porly emphasized by
CURE as a whole. The caucus also
recognized that only SDS could
organize and initiate a longer
student strike including effective
class boycott on campus and a
massed demonstration in Albany.
The importance of teach-ins
about the tuition raise, taxes,
racial discrimatory implications of
the budget cuts and the
complicated position of the
Dormitory Authority and bond
issues was not adequately
emphasized by the CURE
conference.
At tonight’s SDS meeting this
will be a major topic of
discussion. The meeting will be at
7:30 in Lecture Room 3.
Feb. 27 at 8 pm.
“IS THERE A DIFFERENCE
BETWEEN A JEW AND A ZIONIST?”
will be the topic of a panel dicussion to be held
at the Campus Center Ballroom this Thursday,
The groups participating in this discussion are Ahm Yisrael, Arab
track. Points would be
accumulated during this time
toward the cahmpionship of the
Games. é
Following this week of fun, the
next week should be devoted to
work on an all-Greek Service
Project. Points will be awarded to
respective fraternities and
sororities on the basis of amount
of work given to the Project in
relation to the size of their
membership. The final night will
feature an all-Greek Carnival, an
announcement of the results of
the Service Project, and the
awarding of the Championship of
the Games.
We hope that the competition
generated by these contests will
serve to give the Greeks impetus
to make the service project a true
success, Although the
Championship of the Games
award will be given, this should
not be the most important aspect
of the two week period. In uniting
in service to the community and
the university, the Greeks can
become a closer knit entity and
prove the merit of GREEK
POWER.
One of the reasons why this column has consistently condemned
student radicals is because their activities will inevitably involve the
public sector in academic affairs and the sanctity of the university.
Needless to say, the action of the N. Y. State Legislature last week
confirmed this threat.
In any event, it seems quite sensible to consider a new approach to
the problems posed by the radicals. Last week, a suggestion was made
to the effect that a broad coalition of students should be formed to
actively engage and defeat the radical minority on our campuses.
The radical should be defined not as one who holds radical views
(that is often a path to truth), nor as anyone who promises to “tear
down our institutions” (that may be a good idea).
Rather, a radical should be defined as an active militant, one who
either uses obvious violence, or who otherwise impedes escablished
freedoms. An established freedom would, e.g., include the right of
movement to and from classes.
The creation of “an anti-radical movement necessitates the
resolution of two problems. First, how can such a force be organized?
Second, what tactics and strategies should be employed?
The problem of organization is an acute and immediate one.
Assuming the primary obstacles to such organization are overcome
(last week’s column), the question becomes one of organizing the
interested into an active force. Rapid organization on the scale here
envisioned needs a dedicated inner core of organizers, and a
disciplined chain of command.
The coalition should be as unified as possible, and because of the
nature of the organization’s goal, it should be as large as possible.
As for tactics, the first and foremost provision must be that
violence be outlawed. While this is easily said, it will be difficult to
practice. For if the coalition is to actively engage a group using
violence, the temptation to reciprocate in kind will be great.
Active tactics must, therefore, be highly organized and disciplined.
Any form of physical interference, up to the point of actual body
contact, should be allowed. In active tactics, numerical strength will
be essential for success. A thousand members can easily shout down
two hundred shouting radicals; and physical roadblocks become
potent after the first couple of hundred.
Equally, if not more important, will be non-confrontation tactics.
One such strategy, which should be high on the list of priorities, could
be a concentrated program of pressure on the administration to evince
their aid in any and every way possible—be it financial support for
publicity, demands for punitive action against the militant, etc.
Faculty cooperation seems also an invaluable idea.
All of these ideas are but skeletal and open to criticism and
expansion. What is important is that some such highly organized
coalition be made.
As has been previously argued, it is badly needed. One hopes that
these words fall not on deaf ears.
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ALBANY STUDENT PRESS
TUESDAY FEBRUARY 25, 1969
LEAD SINGER Jeff Stein of the Snake Drive Blues Band at the Golden Eye.
Photo by Howie Mittleman
Guarneri String Quartet
provides fine performance
by Warren Burt
Coneert goers at the University
were given a rare treat Friday
night with the appearance of the
Guarneri String Quartet at Page
Hall.
This group, artists-in-residemce
at SUNY at Binghamton,
performed a varied program of
compositions ranging over three
centuries in a manner that can
only be described as brilliant.
The group, consisting of Arnold
Steinhardt. and John Dalley,
violins; Michael Tree, viola; and
David Soyer. cello, was sponsored
under the of Music
Council.
auspices
Funk Art; new balance
of absurd and pathetic
by Susie Weschenfelder (CPS) —
A synthetic green lawn
upholsters a free form sculpture.
Fiberglass feet are imbedded in a
steel slab. A banana is plugged
into a wall socket. No, you’re not
feeling the side effect of speed.
Welcome to the Land of Funk
Art.
The word ‘funk’ dates back to
Victorian times when a young
lady who “funked on the floor”
had no graver problem than
fainting.
Andre Previn revived the word
in the ’50s when he told his jazz
musicians to “make it funky,”
The hot blues were threaty,
emotional, deep-down blues. In
funky art the material was
unimportant—only the creation
itself mattered. ,
‘Funk Art’ is essentially a San
Francisco creation. Harold Paris,
writing in “Art in America,”
believes that artists felt betrayed
by the traditional forms and ideas
of their society, and so turned
inside for the answers.
“The casual, irreverent,
insincere California atmosphere,
with its absurd elements, weather,
clothes, ‘skinny dipping.’
sun-drenched mentality, Doggie
Diner...all this drives the artist’s
vision inward.” ¥
Funk art is NOT intellectual,
rational, or formalistic. What,
then, actually is it? Funk art
virtually defies description. The
accepted definition seems to be,
“When you see, you know it.”
A bit puzzled by this funky
answer, I was helped along the
way by one student who told me
that “Funk art is like going to a
Sears Roebuck Christmas party
dressed in Montgomery Ward suit.
‘The hostess wears bobby socks
and serves Ovaltine and alphabet
soup.”
It is usually three-dimensional,
earthy, and spontaneous. It is
witty, working with paradoxical
materials like foam rubber and
asphalt. It pens on cliches; “‘a belt
in the mouth” may mean exactly
that in funk art.
Bruce Nauman, a West Coast
artist, dumped flour on the floor,
scrambled it up and called it
“flower arranging.”
He was more than pleased when
a janitor threw it away at the end
of the day, not realizing that it
was a work of art.
Funk art reassigns traditional
values. There is planned
misaffiliation—Winston Churchill
standing next to a gorilla, for
example.
And there is a nostalgic,
sometimes pathetic quality in
funky things. This summer, when
‘“‘metaphysical funk monk”
William Wiley organized a “space
opera,” the show, which looked
originally like talent night at a
Kiwanis fund-raiser, had the same
strange appeal as a Trivia contest.
In the setment “Two on a
Teetertotter,” both people wore
long underwear, blew harmonicas,
and rotated on a seesaw. It had
the haunting quality of childhood
past, and yet it was wildly funny.
The balance between the
absurd and the pathetic spells true
funk. Funk art is most of all
fun—an attitude that says, “Go
‘on, why not?”
The program began with a
selection from the 18th Century,
Mozart’s Quartet in F Major; K.
590. The work, a late one, was
bubbling with many tunes and
singable motives in Mozart’s best
manner. The Quartet’s
performance of the piece was not
only flawless, but revealed a great
understanding of the music.
The 20th Century was then
more than amply represented by
Paul Hindemith’s Quartet no. 3,
op. 22. The work, an odd one in
that it is in neither of Hindemith’s
more popular styles, his
“Gebrauch music’? or his
symphonic, as in “Mathis der
Maler;” is unusual because there
are no bar lines in the entire piece,
save the last movement.
Instead, throughout the piece
we merely get a steady,
unaecented pulse of quarters or
eighths which the composer here
exploited to the best of his
considerable creative talents.
Especially notable was cellist
David Soyer'’s performance in the
fourth movement, which features
“some immensely difficult passage
work for that instrument.
Throughout the Quartet’s playing
was marvelous, and their tone
exceedingly brilliant.
The final piece represented the
19th Century. Schumann's
Quartet no. 3 in A Major, op. 41
was a delightful and tuneful piece,
enjoyed by all, its many melodies
played to perfection by the
extremely able members of the
Quartet.
As an encore, the group played
the Scherzo from Mendelssohn’s
Quartet no, 2, op. 44. This light
and fluffy piece provided a
thoroughly enjoyable climax to an
already brilliant evening. The
Quartet lived up to its reputation
as “‘the best in the world.”
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More than 300 people crowded
into the basement abode of the
Golden Eye Friday night. They
came to hear good blues and got
what the wanted in the Snake
Drive Blues Band.
During the first set both the
band and the audience were
getting warmed up and by the
time they had finished, the
atmosphere was charged. Several
people had started, dancing and
most of the people were moving
with the sound. After a short
break things picked up where they
had left off. More people started
dancing; those who couldnt or
wouldn’t just clapped or tapped.
But, however they expressed it,
they were caught up by the wail
of the blues,
The most memorable number
was “Spoonful” which swept up
and carried the audience along.
People simply became one with
the music. As one listener
described it: “It started and then I
drifted off.” That was the general
feeling, drifting but not quite
because the band was leading and
everybody was following. And
when they got to the end the
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world stopped momentarily while
everybody came back and filled
the vacuum left by the band with
applause and cheers.
When they finished the songs in
the second set, the audience
would not let them go, so they
stayed and jammed for a while
longer. Finally, the end came and
the people left physically, but
their minds still reverberated in
the atmosphere of the blues.
The Snake Drive will be back
with more great blues at Page
Hall. If you missed them, and like
good blues, come and see them
April 12.
OTICE
Mojmir Finta, associate
professor of the history of art at
the University, will give an
illustrated public lecture, “The
‘Beautiful Style’ in Sculpture and
Painting in Central-Eastern
Europe Circa 1400.”
His talk, sponsored by the
University’s Eastern European
Area Studies Committee and the
department of history, will take
place at 3:30 p.m. in room 145 of
the Social Sciences Building
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ALBANY STUDENT PRESS
TUESDAY FEBRUARY 25, 1969
‘Ian and Sylvia’ in concert
at Siena College Friday night
“Folk singers . . . could hardly
find a more tasteful model than
the work of ‘Jan and Sylvia” said
the New York Times in reviewing
their disk, Four Strong Winds.
Not only the Times’ formidable
critic, but connoisseurs of folk
music throughout the United
States and Canada, have been
charmed by the honesty, the
poignancy, the genuine musical
ability and the scope of ‘Ian and
Sylvia’.
At a time when everyone who
owns a guitar is trying to get in on
the folk music windfall, ‘Ian and
Sylvia’ stand high above the
crowd by virtue of the integrity
and good sense inherent in their
every musical presentation.
They have the invaluable ability
to judge what is good and what is
not. They have the patience and
enthusiasm to experiment with a
song that “seems right” for them
until their voices, their
accompaniment, their pacing,
their emotions, each assume their
tenuous balance in an artistic
unity.
‘Their repertoire of English and
American classic ballards,
mountain music, Negro blues,
cowboy ballads, and French
Canadian material is faultless.
They can infuse their own
personalities into the rendition of
a song, thus giving it life, without
ever intruding to the point where
they would distract attention
from the essential value of the
song.
Both Jan Tyson and Sylvia
Fricker are Canadians. Both were
successful performers in their own
right before they met and sang
together in a Toronto coffee
house.
Tan grew up on a farm in
Canada’s cowboy country, the far
west province of British
Columbia. The great thrill of his
early years was the rodeo. As soon
as he was old enough, he travelled
the surrounding ranchlands to
take part in the rodeos.
It was while recovering from a
serious rodeo injury at the age of
nineteen that Ian was able to
concentrate completely on his
deepening interest in music. He
was drawn to country music in
particular and learned to play the
guitar.
‘Though he majored in fine arts
at University, Ian’s real interest
continued to be music. After
graduation he took small singing
jobs wherever they were available
and studied with Roy Guest, the
noted English folk singer.
Guest introduced Ian to the
whole range of folk music and he
became especially involved with
mountain and country singing. He
was moved deeply by the high
wailing Kentucky tenor. He
hitch-hiked east to the
cosmopolitan city, Toronto to
perform country music in coffee
houses. There he met Sylvia.
The graceful, symmetrical
beauty of Syivia’s face in repose is
transformed into vibrancy when
she sings. She is self-poised and
inspired before an audience.
She is a natural musician. Apart
from a few piano lessons from her
mother in Chatham, Ontario, her
home town, Sylvia learned
everything she knows of music on
her own.
Together they have done
concert tours, dramatic roles on
FOLKSINGERS ‘an and Sylvia
Tickets can be purchased at the Newman Center.
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to sponsor
‘Carmen’
The Schenectady Opera Guild
is sponsoring a performance of
Bizet’s “Carmen” on Saturday
night, March 1, 1969 at Linton
High School, in Schenectady,
performed in English by the
Goldovsky Grand Opera Theater
under the artistic direction of
Boris Goldovsky.
Bizet’s “Carmen” is the finest
product of French lyric theater
and is also the most popular
French opera in modern history.
Much of its success is due to the
enchanting rhythms and melodies
which have almost become a part
of our folk music.
Often called “the perfect
opera” it boasts several colorful
and three-dimensional leading
characters as well as several minor
roles which are sketched with
complete credibility.
Performed originally as an
“opera comique,” that is with
spoken dialogue, Boris Goldovsky
returns to that concept for this
production of Bizet’s “Carmen.”
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the Canadian television network,
and innumerable nightclub
engagements. They won quick
recognition on United State
television with their appearances
on the Hootenanny program and
the Bell Telephone Hour.
‘The concert will take place on
February 28 at 8:00 p.m. in
Gibbons Hall at Siena. Tickets can
FILMS
by CHERYL KUPRAS
There are certain places in the
film where the camera heightens
the effect of a scene. A prime
example of this technique is seen
when Fanny decides to leave the
Follies and follow Nick to
Europe.
She catches train and then cab
in a mad pursuit to the dock, but
arrives too late to catch the boat.
be purchased at the SUNYA
Newman Center. Undaunted however, she
convinces a man to take her to
oceanliner in his tug boat. We
then have the camera move away
from an extreme close up of
Fanny only to reveal her riding
out of New York on the front
deck of the boat.
All the while she is singing
“Don't Rain on My Parade” and
as the camera moves farther and
farther away, the effect of the
visual picture in combination with
the song provides a sensation so
strong that the viewer not only
applaudes but shouts bravo!
The final scene continues in the
same vein. The camera again
heightens the emotion of the
scene by moving back from it, but
this scene has the added advantage
of lighting effeets,
Fanny comes on stage after
saying good-by to Nick. She
begins her song of “My Man,” her
voice shaking with emotion. The
camera slowly moves away and
the lighting which up to this point
has been subdued begins to
brighten.
Finally, she bursts into song
with an intensity which when
combined with the brightening
lights and the distance of the
eae -.., shots adds poignancy to an
will appear in concert at Siena. 3)... 4y emotionally charged
scene.
All the world loves a “Funny
Girl” and judging from the movie
of the same name, I tend to agree.
Barbra Streisand as Fanny Brice
and Omar Sharif as the infamous
Nick Arnstein, combine their
talents to make this one of the
better films of the year.
The story itself is the old rags
to riches routine except instead of
a fairy godmother we encounter a
delightful Jewish mother. There is
more to the film than just the
simple Cinderella story of “My
Fair Lady” and other such stock
musicals.
True it is a musical, but when
you consider that the music is
Barbra Streisand, it becomes a
different story. The music is an
integral part of the film not only
because it is the story of a
singer-comedienne, but also
because it evokes involvment on
the part of the audience,
This is especially true in the
scene where Streisand does a
rendition of “I’m the Greatest
Star.” A friend told me once that
after he saw that scene he felt that
he could have applauded
something more than a celluloid
image on a silver screen.
The acting in this film is
fantastic. Streisand explodes
throughout the film and her many
talents are not disappointing. Her
acting tends toward the excellent
and her singing is superb.
Omar Sharif holds his own in
the same impressive way. His
portrayal of Nick Arnstein is both
believable and moving. He handles
his emotional scenes with a
certain finesse that is very
effective.
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TUESDAY FEBRUARY 25, 1969
FOOTBALL???
Hardcourters T
Margison Hoop Wins Sat.
‘The Great Danes bolstered their
chances for an NCAA tournament
bid this past weekend with
victories both Friday and
Saturday night.
In Friday night’s game, the
Danes roared to an early lead and
coasted to an easy 75-57 win over
Potsdam.
Rich Margison once again led
the Danes in scoring as he tallied
21 points for the night’s work.
In_ In the first half, it looked
as if he might reach thirty as he
poured fifteen points through the
hoop.
Rich hit a cold streak in the
second half, however, and only
registered six points.
Sophomore Jack Jordan
followed Margison in the scoring
with seventeen while Jack Adams
had twelve and Scott Price 9.
Price and Adams shared
rebounding honors as they each
pulled down Il from the boards.
After defeating Potsdam on
Friday night, the Danes played
host to Southern Connecticut on
Saturday. The Danes once again
played a heart-stopping game as
they won on a last second shot by
Rich Margison.
‘The Danes looked as if they
were going to run away with the
game early in the first half as they
led at one point by as much as
twenty points.
Southern Connecticut slowly
whittled away at the lead and cut
the deficit to eight at half time.
Scott Price, hitting on long
jump shots, registered seventeen
of the Danes’ forty-eight oints in
the first half.
With the lead changing
several times in the second half,
the Danes got the ball with the
score tied and a minute and a half
SCORE!
New Paltz Wins All
At WRA Sports Day
The Women’s Recreation
Association held its first annual
Invitational Sports Day on
Saturday, February 22. Five
schools, including New Paltz, St.
Rose, Cobleskill, Russel Sage, and
Albany, participated in volleyball
and bowling competition. Albany
and New Paltz each entered two
contestants in squash.
The squash competition was
completed in 45 minutes. Joan
Murphy of New Paltz was
victorious in both of her matches,
thus winning the trophy. Carol
Perkins and Leslie King of Albany
both lost to Miss Murphy, but tied
for second by defeating New
Paltz’s other contestant, Leslie
Hagan, in separate matches.
In volleyball, after the
scheduled ten matches, each team
playing each other team once,
there was a three way tie for first
place between New Paltz,
Cobleskill, and Albany. Two
playoff games were played in
which New Paltz beat Cobleskill,
and Cobleskill beat Albany to
rank them first, second and third
in that order.
In. bowling, Helen Luskin of
New Paltz took the high single
trophy with a socre of 201, and
the high series trophy with a 509.
The New Paltz bowling team
completed their day by taking
first place in the competition with
1705 points. With an outstanding
show of skill and enthusiasm New
Paltz took back with them all of
the trophies and all of the blue
ribbons offered Saturday.
Second in the bowling was the
Albany team of Robin Sacks,
Diane Taubold, Jan Blumenstalk,
and Linda Westlake. Representing
Albany in volleyball were Sue
Tatro, Linda Waters, Ramona
Delfs, Jeri Lippa, Judy Liff, Barb
Stahlbush, Lynn Lesse, Paula
Camardella, and Joanne Rugino.
Potter Squeaks
By APA, 34-32
Potter Club took over first
place in AMIA’s League I action
last night with a close 34-32 win
over Alpha Pi Alpha. The two
teams had been tied for the lead
with identical 6-1 records before
the 8:30 tussle.
The Club led 16-12 at the half
and by eight points with a minute
to go in the game. APA’s Bill
Moon, who scored eleven points
for the losers, sunk a layup. A
quick turnover followed and Gary
Torino cut Potter’s lead to four
with a twenty foot jump shot.
Following a missed shot by
Potter, Moon sunk another 20
footer but the final buzzer
sounded before APA. could regain
possesion of the ball and try for a
tie.
Torino was high in the game
with fifteen points. Masterson had
eleven and Webb had nine for
Potter.
Earlier in the evening, UFS
beat Kappa Beta to keep that
team out of the four team
playoffs which start this Sunday.
The four squads in the playoffs
will be Potter Club, APA, Upsilon
Phi Sigma, and the Bruins.
ake Pair;
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By Jim Winslow
by Tom Nixon
left in the game.
The Danes went into a freeze
and Rich Margison drove the
baseline with only two seconds
left in the game’and sank a layup
for a seventy-three, seventy-one
victory.
Jack Jordan (14) and Rich
Margison (30) are shown in State’s
close 73-71 win against Southern
Connecticut last Saturday.
Fran Weal, wrestling at 137)
pounds, is undefeated for State.
He has registered nine victories!
and has one match left.
Swim Clu
Sometime this morning, in New York City, the Eastern regional
tournament selection committee of the NCAA will meet to decide the
remaining two berths in the four team tourney to be held at LeMoyne
College in Syracuse. Both LeMoyne (13-6) and Wagner College (16-6)
of Staten Island have already been selected with nine other schools
still being considered for the two remaining bids.
General consensus at State seems that the Great Danes hardcourters
are neither the last nor the least among those nine teams and hopes
are high that the committee will let its whimsical finger fall on
Albany.
Actually, this whimsical finger follows several obvious guidelines,
three to be exact. They are records, comparison of schedueles, and
pure backroom politics.
The nine teams, as of Monday night, are Buffalo State, Rochester
University, Montclair State, Geneseo State, Hamilton, Southampton,
Oswego State, Farleigh Dickinson (Madison), and Albany.
The first guideline, records, is easy to interpret and several teams
can be quickly eliminated. Farleigh Dickinson, (13-7), Geneseo (9-6),
and Oswego (12 - 4, but against inferior opponents) can be crossed off
the list.
This leads to the second consideration, comparitive oppoents.
Hamilton, (12-3) has lost important games to Ithaca, Sienna, and
Rochester. Rochester in turn has lost to Ithaca and to Fordam by nine
points each.
Southampton (16-5) has lost to their only common opponent with
the others, Hartwick. They lost that one by ten points. Buffalo State
lost to Oswego State but have impressive victories over Ithaca (20
points), Oneonta (19 points) Potsdam State(15 points) Plattsburgh
(14 points) and Geneseo.
Montclair State of New Jersey (19 - 2) has lost to almost nobody
and should have no trouble getting the third bid in the tourney. It is
the fourth bid that stands in doubt, in this editors eyes, between
Buffalo State and Albany.
Their several impressive wins plus a close 83 - 78 victory over the
University of Buffalo seems to give the edge to Buff State. But the
third guideline, an unwritten one, is still to be considered. Dr. Alfred
Werner, Albany’s able athletic director, is a member of the infamous
selection committee. This small fact cannot be discounted. The only
other school in consideration for a bid with a member on the
committee is Hamilton College. This has to give Albany a slight
tactical advantage in the all-important and indefinable politics that
will undoubtedly take place.
The final paragraph to this column will be written in New York by
the selection committee. Here’s hoping that paragraph will be a happy
one for Albany.
b Setback Twice;
Six Team Records Broken
The Albany Swim Club set six
team records in a couble meet last
Saturday at home.
The club lost to Hobart, 68-33
and Harpur, 73-31.
Tim Keating and Pete Klara
were the only winners for Albany.
Keating took the 50 yard freestyle |
with a time of 24.1 , while Klara
set a team record with a total of
144.5 points, breaking the old |
record of 142.50.
The most outstanding effort of
the day was turned in by the 400
yard medley relay team, breaking
the old team record by almost 15
seconds. The team, consisting of
Bill Hart, Art Axelbank, Tim
Keating and John Dragich, turned
in a time of 4:26.3.
The other two team records
were set in the 200 year
breast-stroke and the 400 yeard
free style relay.
The team record is 0-7.
Alan Seitel cut two seconds off
the old record in the 1000 yard
freestyle with a time of 14:17.7.
In the 200 yard butterfly Pete
Klein broke the record of 3:58.0
with a time of 3:45.8.
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