Albany Student Press, Volume 58, Number 3, 1971 January 29

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Trustees Raise State University Tuition Rate

by Terry Wolf

Beginning next September tui-
tion will be
throughout the State University
system. The Board of Trustees
unanimously approved the raise at
a meeting in New York City on
Wednesday, January 27th.

fees increased

The changes in tuition will be
according to the following sch-
edule: for in-state undergraduates
tuition will be $550, an increase
of $150, for out-of-state under-
graduates an increase of $300 will
bring tuition up to $900, in-state

rise of $200, while out-of-state
graduate students will be charged
$1,000. For the medical, law and
dentistry programs, in-state stu-
dents will be faced with an in-
crease of $200 making the tuition
$1,000 while out-of-state students
will pay $1,200, an increase of
$200. Room and board rates will
remain stable.

The action is accompanied by a
resolution to seek legislation to
inerease benefits provided under
the State University Scholarship
Program in order to reduce the
impact on students from low and

graduate students will pay $800, a middle income families.

Chancellor Boyer stated that an
inerease in tuition—the first since
1963— if the Uni-
versity is to provide places for
many additional New York State

is essential

students who will be seeking ad-
mission to the University in the
years immediately ahead. He con-
tinued that the increase will add
$400 million to the state uni-
versity’s construction fund to
finance current projects and to
realize 262 planned projects.

Under the tuition plan, students

from families with net incomes
less than $2,000 would pay no
tuition, students whose families

earn between $2,000 and $6,000
would pay $100 and students
from families with incomes be-
tween $6,000 and $8,000 would
pay the current $22 per credit fee.

Tuition will not be affected at
the community colleges. Local
governing boards set these tuition
fees.

“With the generous scholarship
program, no needy student will be
denied the opportunity of study
because of financial hardship,”
Chancellor Boyer affirmed. The
increase, he felt, was necessary for
SUNY’s policy of providing “low-
cost higher education.”

As of last September, 155,469
students were enrolled in the
State University system, an in-
crease of 84,198 students in seven
years, Estimates predict an enroll-
ment of 299,000 students by
1975.

Boyer also noted that the same
factors which necessitate tuition
increases next fall can be expected
to continue their yearly upward
spiral in the coming years.

As a result, and assuming that
current projections hold, a similar
increase in tuition, effective
September 1973, has been pro-
posed by the Trustees.

Vol. LVIII No. 3

State University of New York at Albany

Two New Vice Presidents
Selected to Fill Vacancies

by Larry Berwitz
Two Vice-Presidential vacancies
have been filled by the appoint-
ments of Dr. Philip L. Sirotkin to
the position of ‘Vice-President for
Academic Affairs, and John W.
Hartley Vice-President for
Management and Planning. The
decision was announced by Pres-
ident Benezet, Wednesday, at his
bi-weekly Campus Forum.
Sirotkin succeeds Charles T.
O'Reilly, who has been acting
Vice-President of Academic Af-
fairs since July, 1969. O'Reilly
will return to his former seat as
the Dean of the School of Social
Welfare.
Sirotkin’s

main responsibility
will be that of development and
administration of the university’s
academic program.

Hartley will take the place of
Milton C. Olson who resigned his
post as vice-president for Manage-
ment and Planning to return to
teaching in the department of
business education.

Hartley will direct SUNYA’s
budget office, business office, per-
sonnel office, security building
service, office of space manage-
ment, and office of institutional
research.

Upon announcement of the ap-
pointments, Benezet commented,
“I would describe both as quietly
dynamic men.”

Both Sirotkin and Hartley take
over their duties on March 1,
1971.

Sirotkin attended Wayne State
University and the University of
Chicago. He has his M:A. and
PhD. in Political Science. Sirotkin
has been serving as associate dir-
ector of the National Institute of
Mental Health in Washington,
D.C.

Before joining NIMH, Sirotkin

was a special consultant to the
Office of Human Resouree~and
Social Development, Agency for
International Development. He
also has served as a faculty mem-
ber at the Institute for Admin-
istrative Studies, Western Inter-
state Commission for Higher Ed-
ucation, and at Wellesley College.

Hartley attended Stanford Uni-
versity where he earned his BA
and MBA degrees. In 1960 he
completed the executive program
at UCLA. He also attended the
University of Chicago and served
for four years in the Naval Re-
serve.

Hartley was the head financial
and. business officer at The
Claremont Colleges, California.
Prior to his working at Claremont
he had been secretary-treasurer of

Gladding, McBean & Co., a manu-
facturing company.

Also discussed at the Forum was
the Environmental Studies Com-
Professor
who

mission.
McLaren,

Eugene
Coordinating
Director of the Commission ex-
plained that its charge was to
make recommendations concern-
ing studies as
course work for the fall 1971
The deadline for the
committee’s report is March 15,
1971.

The probability of having en-

environmental

semester.

vironmental courses in the fall in
view of the recent state budgetary
freeze was questioned. Benezet
and McLaren noted that the area
of study could probably be sup-
ported by private funding
grantsmanship.

and

Dr. Philip L. Sirotkin who will take over from Charles T. O'Reilly
as Vice-President for Accademic Affairs in March.

And so for these students and
many others like them the price
of education goes up. Those
undergraduate students who are
state residents will be paying an
additional $150 a year starting
in the Fall. Out-of-state under-
graduates will be paying an ad-
ditional $300 a year.

w-benjamin

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ALBANY STUDENT PRESS

FRIDAY, JANUARY 29, 1971

Jewish Defense League leader Rabbi Meir Kahane makes a point
while addressing an Albany gathering Monday night.

..de young

JDL Leader Kahane

Accuses Jews of Inaction

by Robert Schwartz

Before an overflow crowd Mon-
day night at Congregational Sons
of Abraham, the flamboyant lead-
er of the Jewish Defense League,
Rabbi Meir Kahane bitterly ac-
cused the “Jewish Establishment”
of inaction towards saving the 3%
million Jews of the Soviet Union.

Claiming that there is no differ-
ence between the cultural geno-
cide in the USSR and the physical
genocide committed by the Nazis,
Rabbi Kahane declared that the
Soviet Jewry problem is a “prob-
lem in conscience” for American

Jews.
Rabbi Kahane harshly con-
demned the leaders of the so

called “Jewish Establishment” who
during World War 2, because of
fear of losing their “respect-
ability” and of initiating outbursts
of antiSemitism in America,
failed to confront President
Roosevelt when he refused their
pleas to bomb out the railroads
leading to the concentration

camps at Auschwitz. Accusing the
“Jewish Establishment” of using
arguments

the same today,

Kahane stated “that from 1917 to
1964 our Jewish establishment
did not hold one street protest for
Soviet Jewry.”

Declaring that the Black leader-
ship of the Civil Rights Movement
of the early 1960’s, to its credit,
used ‘“‘disrespectable channels
when they had to,” Kahane as-
serted that Jews must stop simply
protesting to other Jews by
preaching sermons and writing
pamphlets on the plight of Soviet
Jewry. Appealing primarily to the
youth in the audience, Kahane
said that any Jew not serious
enough to protect Soviet Jewry
and who “cops out” by attending
2 demonstrations, “ought to be
ashamed” and emotionally
pleaded that its “about time Jews
learned to march for Jews.”

Kahane then went to discuss his
controversial Jewish Defense
League. Stating that the 2 basic
axioms of the JDL are a Jew’s
love for his fellow Jews and

‘secondly “Jewish pride,” he de-
clared that all Jews have an obliga-
tion to feel the pain and sufferings
of their fellow Jews and do “what
must be done” to save them.

Strongly asserting that “We Jews

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have had enough of one way
violence,” Kahane went on to add
that Jewish pride demands that
Jews fight back when attacked.
“We're out to change an image,
the image of the Jew as a patsie
you push around” declared
Kahane who told of how Moses
upon seeing an Egyptian smite a
Jew, “didn’tforma committee to
study the root causes of Egyptian
Anti-Semitism” but instead smote
the Egyptian. He added “the fact
of the matter is that violence may
always be a bad thing but is
sometimes necessary.”

Kahane felt that the JDL could
credit itself for bringing about the
“radicalization of Jewish youth”
during the past year. Declaring
that previously alienated Jewish
youths whose past heroes were
“Che, Mao, or Ho” want a Jewish
cause if only someone could pro-
vide them with one, he stated that
“the explosion of youth to JDL
has been tremendous,” including
the “remarkable number who
have come out of the New Left.”
He added that groups such as the
American Jewish Congress and the
B'nai Brith have no youth. Later
in the evening several young peo-
ple asked Kahane about the pos-
sibility of starting a JDL chapter
in Albany.

Rabbi Kahane ended his speech
by calling upon the Jewish youth
of Albany to set the lead for the
adults to follow by holding a sit-in
on the steps of the State Capitol
and demanding that Gov. Rocke-
feller send President Nixon a tele-
gram urging him to take drastic
action to free Soviet Jewry.

In a question and answer period
following his speech, Kahane
boasted that the JDL could credit
itself for bringing the problem of
Soviet Jewry from page 40 to
page 1 of the papers, and that the
JDL and not the speeches of
world leaders saved the lives of 2
Soviet Jews condemned to death
in Russia for hyjacking. He felt
that militant groups are forcing
moderate groups ‘to do things
they wouldn’t normally do.”

Kahane explained that the JDL
intended to raise so much trouble
for the U.S. and Russia in this
country that President Nixon
would be pressured into con-
fronting Russia with the choice of
freeing its Jews or losing Ameri-
can friendship. He added that
Russia plagued by the problems of
China abroad and dissent at home
cannot afford a break with the
US.

Prior to Kahane’s talk, an Israeli,
Dov Sperling who was born in
Russia and spent 2% years in a
Russian Labor Camp for publicly
arguing for Jewish nationhood in

Israel portrayed the inhuman
treatment of Soviet Jewry by the
Russian government. Focusing

upon the Russian government's
attempt to make Jewish youth
ignorant of their Jewish heritage
by forcing the gradual dis-
appearnace of Jewish Synagogues,
schools and other forms of Jewish
culture and religion. He stated
that concentration camps for
Jews which existed during WWII
still exist today. Despite these
efforts, Sperling claimed that
there currently exists a large
Jewish underground of tens of
thousands of youths who des-
perately desire to emigrate to
Israel. In ending, Sperling claimed
that the few Jews who do manage
to emigrate believe JDL to be the
only effective organization work-
ing in their behalf.

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PAGE 3

Senate Hears Tuition Issue,

Approves Double Major

by Stephen H. Goldstein

An increase in annual student tuition throughout
the 70-unit State University system was all but
confirmed by University President Louis T. Benezet
in his report to Monday’s meeting of the University
Senate.

Dr. Benezet said Monday that the completion of
the West Podium extension is affected by the
possible tuition rise because there is $350 million
available for State University construction already
approved, but $600 million more is needed to meet
future commitments. A source for the State Univer-
sity Construction Fund bonding is the student
tuition charge. Since bonding has already fallen
behind costs, tuitions may be raised, said Dr.
Benezet. “The state has no alternative other than to
stop construction,” he added.

Dr. Benezet also reported to the Senate that the
new University parking regulations which were to
become effective Jan. 18 are not yet in force
because the University Council, which must ratify
the regulations, will not meet until Feb. 4. E

‘The Senate Council on Educational Policy report-
ed to Senate that a program for Environmental
Studies is currently being developed. Senate passed
a proposal for the program at its December meeting.

In the planning stages for Environmental Studies is
the academic program, which may include oppor-
tunities for individual student projects and for a

major sequence leading to a career. Graduate studies
may also be added. The formal report to the
President by the Program Planning Committee is
expected by March 15.

The committee will be funded by non-State
monies, reported the Educational Policies Council,
because of the recent expenditure freeze enforced
by the State Budget Division.

Professor Eugene McLaren has been appointed
coordinating director for the Program Planning
Committee. Dr. Vincent Shaefer will be committee
chairman and director of research projects. Also
appointed to the Planning Committee are Dr.
Stanley F. Blount, Dr. Webb S. Fiser, Professor
Louis F, Ismay, Dr. Donald C, McNaught, and Dr.
Melvin I Urofsky. Two openings for students will
also be available.

Proposals passed by the Senate include a resub-
mitted proposal for a double major to take effect by
Sept. 1; a proposal for a program leading to a Ph. D.
in German, effective June 15; and a proposal to
create a Temporary Commission on Area College
Cooperation, charged with the investigation of
existing cooperative programs among other univer-
sities, present agreements involving Albany State
Universityand area agreements and the formation of
immediate goals for September and long-range
programs.

‘The next meeting of the University Senate will be
Monday, Feb. 15 at 3 p.m. in the Campus Center
Assembly Hall.

Judicial System Workshop

To Discuss Possible Changes

by Kenneth Deane

The revamping of the entire
University judicial system will be
the subject of discussion by a
Judicial workshop, to be held on
campus the weekend of February
12 to 14. The workshop, to be
composed of University and com-
munity leaders, is intended “to
explore the concept of a judicial
system at Albany—its purpose, re-
sponsibilities, and scope of service

to the University community.”

The profound changes the Uni-
versity has experienced in recent
years, as the abolition of curfew
hours and its enormous increase in
size has necessitated this re-eval-
uation of the University’s intra-ju-
dicial policy as well as its ever
increasing legal relationship with
the community.

The conference hopes to accom-
plish three primary goals. First it
will attempt to publicize the exis-

Construction Planned
For Campus Families

by John Fairhall

Albany State has scored a first
in the field of construction in the
State University System: Con-
struction on married student
housing is to begin in the spring
on eighteen two-bedroom apart-
ments, located near Fuller Road.
As revealed by Walter Tisdale,
Assistant to the President for
Planning and Development, the
pilot project is expected to be
expanded

Construction news concerning
this campus itself is not so good.
Tisdale confirmed that Indian
Quad students will have to do
without their own dining facilities
until the fall, Tisdale also added
that no new halls will be opened
for residence this semester. Con-
struction on the quad is expected
to be completed in time for the
fall semester.

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work of the blacktopping of Co-
lonial Quad parking lot will not be
completed until the spring when
the materials arrive.

SPA to Represent
SUNY Faculty

ALBANY, N.Y. AP — The pro-
fessional staff of the State Univer-
sity has chosen the Senate Pro-
fessional Association (SPA) to be
its representative at the bargaining
table.

The Public Employment Rela-
tions Board announced that SPA
received5,491 votes, compared
with 4,795 for the State Univer-
sity Federation of Teachers, an
AFL-CIO affiliate.

These two organizations were
the top vote—getters in an elec-

tence of a judicial system on
campus, a fact which has to date
escaped common knowledge. In
order to do so, the workshop
“will open dialogue within the
University community on the ju-
dicial system in order to achieve
maximum efficiency and consis-
tency.”

Secondly, a “formalized and
unified” judicial philosophy will
be worked out, clearly delineating
the lines of jurisdiction among the
various University agencies.

Thirdly, a concrete design for a
specific judicial system, including
types of courts, types of person-
nel and methods of procedure and
record keeping should emerge
from the workshop.

Following the end of the confer-
ence a Steering Committee, with
the aid of the rest of the Univer-
sity community will evaluate the
proposals and will then take the
necessary steps towards the imple-
mentation of a comprehensive
system.

‘Those students wishing to parti-
cipate in the Judicial Workshop
are advised to contact Sharon
Stiller at 457-8963.

tion conducted in December,
which involved four groups over-
all, Since none of the four had a
majority, a run—off election was
held this month, with ballots sent
in by mail.

A total of 15,746 faculty mem-
bers and some administrators such
as associate and assistant deans
were eligible. There were 10,286
votes cast.

The election involved the pro-
fessional staff at 26 campuses.

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NY Panel Advises
Drug Law Change

by Bruce B. Detlefsen
Associated Press Writer

A special state study panel recommended to Gov. Rockefeller
Monday that New York reduce the penalties for the possession and
use of marijuana, especially for first offenders caught with small
quantities of the drug.

Assemblyman Chester R. Hardt, chairman of the Temporary State
Commission to Evaluate the Drug Laws, said the panel favored making
finer distinctions between types of offenses as a way of creating a law
that is reasonable and enforceable.

“The simple fact is,” Hardt maintained, “that our present maximum
of 15 years in jail, equally applicable to the person who gives one puff
of a marijuana cigarette to a roommate or friend as it is to the seller of
huge quantities, is.an unrealistic and poorly conceived law.”

The commission proposed a new range of penalties, beginng with a
maximum of 15 days’ imprisonment for possession and use of the
smallest specified quantity—one-quarter ounce—up to a maximum of
seven years for possession of 16 ounces of marijuana.

As things now stand, Hardt said, possession of even one “joint” of
marijuana is a criminal misdemeanor punishable by up to one year in
jail. \

Such a system, he added, is “so out of line with all other purely
private disobediences of the law that law enforcement officers
testified repeatedly that the law was often not enforced, and
psychiatrists testified to the effect that this non-enforcement policy
had on breeding contempt among our young people.”

In addition to revising penalties, the commission recommended
making possession of the quarter ounce of marijuana for purely
personal use a violation for the first offense, rather than a
misdemeanor. This, Hardt said, would “remove the stigma attached to
a person because of his conviction for a ‘crime.’ ”

Moreover, a special procedure would be set up so that first offenders
not charged with a felony could have their prosecution deferred and,
after meeting conditions specified by a judge, could have their cases
dismissed.

Dissenting Member

A member of the Temporary State Commission to Evaluate the
Drug Laws said Tuesday he would contest the commission’s conclu-
sion that possession of marijuana should be considered a minor
offense.

Sen. John R. Dunne, R-Garden City, said he would propose
legislation “which will realistically meet the true dangers which the
use of marijuana poses to society and its individual members.”

_ Dunne said the subcommittee found that marijuana would inhibit an
individual’s ability adjust to a complex society, would lead to “a

dropping out or turning off from society,” and would lead to use of
other drugs.

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The Gayy Scene

by Bob Rosenblum

Don Ellis At the Fillmore(Co-
lumbia G 20343)—This album is
absolutely smashing as David
Frost would say. I don’t know
what lasting value Ellis’ music
may have (though I believe it will
be considerable), but it is, for the
moment anyway, both highly
challenging, immensely surprising,
and surging with newness (not
novelty). Ellis, as an arranger and
writer draws upon Indian music,
rock, jazz, classical music, and his
own highly inventive mind. His
use of understatement and over-
statement in juxtaposition, as in
the opening “Final Analysis,” is
not only attractive, but inspiring
and sometimes actually chilling.

His compositions always use
very tasty, slightly mind-bending
sonorities that make every note
worth listening to. “The Blues” a
humorous springboard for Ellis’
trumpet, and ‘Salvatore Sam” are
good examples of that.

His use of electronics is equiva-
lent in quality and experimenta-
tion to any rock group, although
he gets carried away a bit on “Hey
Jude” where his irrepressible, in-
ane sense of humor intrudes

One cannot talk about Ellis
without mentioning the key word
—excitement. He is totally com-
mitted to excitement, beth in
furious and in more subtle ways.
They are stuffed into more than
85 minutes on this double album
making it probably the most
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gins promisingly by swinging
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recorded rarely of late.

His side men are reputable—
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masterful improvisers as is evident
on a couple of the tracks, but this
album is too subdued to thor-
oughly highlight either. It is how-
ever, a peaceful record, and makes
for nice background mood music,
and there are some good jazz
moments.

New York 36, N. Y. %

Main Store

tunnel area.

Monday: 9-8
Tuesday: 9-8
Wednesday: 9-8

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Entire Semester

9:00 to 4:00 Textbooks will be

sold in tunnel area

Evenings and Saturdays in

Refunds and drop cards will be
honored from February ist to

February 6th, 1971.

Sales slip must be presented at

all times for all refunds.

Refunds will be made in

Bookstore Hours:

Thursday: 9-8
Friday: 9-4:30
Saturday: 9-1

By Tom Quigley

Film viewing this year has been
rather dismal to say the least.
There are always a few notable
exceptions however, and this “top
ten” list has been constructed
with the full knowledge that
almost everyone will disagree with
it and me. A few of the films
mentioned have not appeared in
local theatres, as of this writing,
and will receive larger reviews
when they are exhibited.

1) FIVE EASY PIECES— The
brilliant Jack Nicholson and the
EASY RIDER crew have con-
structed a moving and humane
film about alienation and the con-
sequences of living a life. The
supporting performances are su-
perb and Laszlo Kovac’s photo-
graphy is beautiful in its evocation
of the emptiness of a loveless soul.

2) LITTLE BIG MAN— Arthur
Penn’s latest foray into history as
legend, stars Dustin Hoffman as
the 121 year old survivor of the
Little Big Horn Massacre. Hoff-
man does an exhaustive job as old
Jack Crabb. Chief Dan George, as
Old Lodge Skins, gives a humor-
ous, quiet dignity to the role as
chief of the “human beings.”

3) THE PASSION OF ANNA—
The exquisitely photographed Ing-
mar Bergman film concerns the
nature of self deception and the
passionless sterility of modern re-

lationships. Max Von Sydow and
Liv Ullman give consumated per-
formances as the liars. Cinemato-
grapher Sven Nukvist uses
and color for incredibly chilling
and poetic effects.

4) M* A*S*H*— Robert Altman
and Ring Larder Jr.’s satire of
battlefront madness makes for the
most hilarious, blood-curdling,
antiwar, pro-life satire of the year.
Donald Sutherland, Elliot Gould,
and a lunatic cast slash down the
culture of death’s most sacred
cows with murderous accuracy.

5) HUSBANDS— John Cassa-
vettes directed and stars with Ben
Gazzara and Peter Falk in a scath-
ing, frequently hilarious comedy
about life, love, and death, The
performances are fantastic and, as
always, director Cassavettes’ hon-
est presentation of his personal
visions are somehow always ap-
plicable to our own lives.

6) THE VIRGIN AND THE
GYPSY— To some, this film was
merely diluted D. H. Lawrence
However this sensitive cinematic
treatment is notable for its sim-
plicity in the presentation of its
romantic-erotic theme. The deli-
cate photography coupled with
Christopher Miles unobtrusive di-
rection is remarkably subtle. The
performances of Joanna Shimkus
and Franco Nero are intense and
passionate,

Black Ensemble

Announces

by Robin Sagon

On Wednesday, February 10,
SUNYA’s Black Ensemble Per-
forming Arts Company will pre-
sent its first offering of the year,
John Pepper Clark’s verse-play,
“Song of A Goat.”

Founded in 1968 to provide
cultural release for the Black uni-
versity community, the Black En-
semble is presently under the di-
rection of its president, Millege

Mosley. It has presented such
works as, ‘‘We Righteous
Bombers,” “The Family Meet-
ing,” and “The Association,”

plays which have dealt primarily
with race and revolution. In
“Song of a Goat,” the Ensemble
has departed from this theme and
is presenting the university com-
munity with a play that deals with
African cultural traditions.

Program

“Song of A Goat's rehearsal
schedule has involved a group of
relatively untrained State students
in four weeks of intensive produe-
tion. The play’s message, aside
from having meaning for the
Black community, in presenting
an example of African folklore
and traditions, is one of human
relations and communications
which can appeal to all peoples.

Millege happily predicts a bright
future for the Black Ensemble, as
each year it attracts new and
talented people, keeping a con-
tinual flow of new political and
social philosophies within the
group.

“Song of A Goat” runs Wednes-
day through Sunday, February
10-14, at the lab II theater of the
Performing Arts Center. Curtain
time will be 8:00 p.m.

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7) LOVERS AND OTHER
STRANGERS— So what’s the
story? The story is a devastating
comedy that takes a straightfor-
ward stab at the institutions of
marriage and love. An outstanding
cast headed by Gig Young, Anne
Meara, and Harry Guardino, to
name a few, are outrageously fun-
ny. The film gives mature screen
comedy the needed boost of genu-
ine human warmth and sentiment,
a quality sorely lacking in many
recent comedies.

8) PATTON— An old fashion
film biography that, for a change,
tells the story of a major historical
figure with candor and honesty
instead of a glossy white-wash.
George C. Scott is superb as the
gutsy, complex, pistol packing
Patton. The film is far above the
usual “pro” and “anti” war films
in character study and execution.

9) ZABRISKIE POINT— This
greatly abused and misunderstood
film brought down the rancor of
almost. everyone, Yet, I believe,
Michelangelo Antonioni has as-
sembled a far more penetrating
and aesthetically valid view of
America than all of the other
youth-oriented trash combined.
Antonioni’s film is complimented
by marvelous cinematography and
illustrates his hopeful vision of life
and love struggling to stay alive in
a stifling atmosphere of intoler-
ance and social stagnation. A
rather unusual and refreshing film
from a usually very pessimistic
artist.

10) FELLINI SATYRICON—
Phallic Fellini casts an ambivalent
eye upon the debaucheries and
bizarre life situations of pre-
Christian Rome. This film is a
disjointed, adolescent wet dream
but its uncompromising director’s
vision, of human and cultural de-
gradation, is hellish and hilarious.
Certainly nowhere near his best
work but a far more imaginative
analysis of morality than many of
this year’s exploitation films.

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A Few Dozen Facts

Pictures by Potskowski
Words by John O’Grady caeee

saat

Jonathan Ashton ( on left ), Library Director, speaks with an associate.

Xerox Copying

The library does not run (ie.
collect money from) the copying
machines; this service is per-
formed by the Faculty-Student
Association, a campus-wide busi-
ness concern which liberates facul-
ty and students from their
finances.

Actual cost of copying one page

Fines

Mr. Ashton, the Library Direc-
tor,-has this to say about fines:
“I’m against fines, except punitive
fines,... These (two cents per day)
fines aren’t punitive, they’re just
piddling fines.”

If Mr. Ashton had his way (and
he doesn’t), there would be no
fine for a book kept overdue
unless another student requested
it; in this case, the student who
had the book would be called and
given three days to return it, after
which he would be charged 50
cents a day for the overdue book.
Mr. Ashton does not have his way
because all fines paid to the
library go’ to the General Fund of

is 3% cents. FSA recently granted
the library’s request to lower the
copying charge for students, so
the present 10-cent charge will be
reduced, as of February 1, to 5

cents.

the State of New York, which
hands out money to all state
institutions. In other words, a
student who pays money on an
overdue book may very well be
helping out a welfare client in
Brooklyn, but he is not helping
out the library. To change this
policy would requre a petition to
the Senate Library Council and to
the Central Office of the State
University System; alot of red
tape for a piddling fine.

All students still harboring legiti-
mate grudges against the library’s
fine system are requested to get a
job.

Students who search in vain for
periodicals (also known as ‘“maga-
zines”) will not be surprised to
learn that the library’s ample sup-
ply is usually scattered about the
library, the podium, and the
quadrangles. One analyst of the
situation stated that the hiring of

IBM Printout

one librarian for every magazine
in the library would probably
solve the problem. Until then,
students can only put the maga-
zines they do find back where
they were found.

Mr. Ashton stated that by next
year one of the rooms in the
library basement will have been
renovated into a “browsing room”
stocked with current periodicals.

Finding Books

The Albany State University Li-
brary uses the Library of Congress
Catalogue System, as opposed to
the Dewey Decimal System, be-
cause the former method is geared
for large collections. Unfortu-
nately, the Library of Congress
System is most useful in a closed-
stack rary, where books are
accessible only to qualified per-
sonnel who can find them for the
library users and, more impor-
tantly, who know where to put
them back. There is not a shelf in
the Albany library without a mis-
placed book on it, and the student
staff is insufficient to handle the
mix-ups. Books left in the bins on
every floor will be put back on
the shelves within a day after their
use, but those put back in the
wrong place by students are as
good as lost.

An IBM printout, resembling in
size a soft-covered World Book
Encyclopedia, lists all books
which are checked out of the
library, on reserve, or missing. The
‘Printout is updated every morn-
ing, and copies are available for use

at the circulation desk and refer:
ence desk,

WARY 29, 1971 ALBANY STUDENT PRESS PAGE7 -

tth Knowing About the

Couches in the library provide
approximately 60% of the space
required for sleeping; the cushion-
ed chairs supply 26%%, and the
study booths only 13%, as most
students are too lazy to clear off
the table tops. Library officials
offered no comment on the bes.
places to sleep or on what amount
is good for you.

Library sections often look like
they’ve been set up the week
before, and for some parts of the
library this is not far from true.
The library is acquiring new books
at a very rapid rate, and, since
the purchasing of new processing -
equipment, is placing new acquisi-
tions on the shelves much faster.
(Check with a librarian to find
these new books). Reshuffling of
some sections and overcrowding
of others has resulted from a
serious lack of space to put things.

The library basement now
houses several “tenants”: the
School of Criminal Justice, the
EOP offices, Community Services,
University College, and the School
of Library Science. Offices origin-
ally built for library use had to be
turned over to these other essen-
tial campus organizations until
they could find suitable space
elsewhere.

The University recently rented a
large section of the Picotte Build-
ing on Western Avenue near the
campus; some of the above organi-
zations (not EOP or University
College) may move there by next
year, and funds for library renova-
tion already approved in the state
budget will be used to place books
and periodicals in these basement
rooms.

Mr. Ashton says about the poli-
cy of checking students as they
leave the library, “from a public
relations point of view, it isn’t
worth a damn.”

However, book-pilfering remains
a problem; even more books
would leave the library if some
sort of check weren’t used.

It will be noted that the present
method still leaves much to the
student’s own integrity. (See
photo). Stricter systems, such as
turnstiles at the front exit or
security guards posted around the
building, would be oppresive and
would probably present a desir-
able challenge to those who have
so far found it dull to steal books.
PAGE &

ALBANY STUDENT PRESS

FRIDAY, JANUARY 29, 1971

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The Friends of Tolkein Society
announce the betrothal of Anarya
and Gollum. All interested parties
are asked to watch this spot.
Firiel.

The Chinese New Year Dinner
Party will be held on Sunday, Feb.
7, 1971 at 6:30 p.m, in the Bruba-
cher Dining Hall. Show and a film
will follow dinner. Admission is
two dollars with a tax card and
two-fifty without. Tickets will be
on sale in the CC lobby from Jan
27- Feb. 4, from 10-12 or contact
Shelley at 457-3000,

Swimming Pool hours: Monday
through Thursday 8-10 p.m.; Fr
day through Sunday 7-10 p.m.;
Saturday and Sunday 1-5 p.m.
(Sunday is family swim).

An organizational meeting of the
Distributive Education Clubs of
America will be held Thursday,
Feb. 4 in RM BA 213, Everyone
invited,

There will be no ComCom meet
ing Friday, Jan 29. A budget meet
ing will be held at 7:00 Tuesday
night in the SA office, Future
ComCom meetings will be held on
Tuesdays at 7 p.m,

All. students \ interested in be-
coming members of Student Associ
ation’s Committee
should attend its first meeting of
the Spring Semester which will be
held on February 1, Monday, in CC
346 at 5:15. If you are interested
but can’t attend, leave a note in the
Grievance committee's mail box in
CC 346. A meeting to hear griev-
ances will be held
month:

Grievance

later in the

Listen to the Wayne Halper Show
on WSUA on Wednesdays from 4-6
P.m, There will be two hours of
requests. Call 121-24204 from Up-
town and 24204 from downtown,

There will be an informational
clinic for all those interested in
pre-med, pre-dental, or medical

technology programs on Tuesday,
Feb.. 9 from 7:30 9 p.m. in Bio
248.

The Student Ambassador Com-
mittee is having an interest meeting
for all students interested in pro-
grams abroad: Europe, Asia, Africa,
South America- affiliated with the
Experiment in International Living,
Wed. at 7:30, Feb. 17 in the Assem
bly Hall.

There is considerable confusion as
to whether or not the following
Political groups are presently or
ganized as active on campus: Stu-
dents for a Democratic Society,
New Left Organizing Committee,
Young Americans for Freedom,
Non-Violent Action Group, Stu-
dent Faculty Committee to End the
War in. Vietnam, Socialist Discus.
sion Group, Social and Political
Problems Board, and Student Fa-
culty Committee to Support the
War in Vietnam, If they do exist
and wish to maintain their recogni-
tion by Community Programming
Commission, ‘they must contact
Ken Stoken at: 457-7948, before
February 9, or recognition will be
withdrawn. It would also be to the
benefit of any other unrecognized
political organizations to call him
before them.

_ America
ishard tosee

Eugene McCarthy for President-1968

Tuesday, Feb. 9

LC7

7:30 & 9:15

Wed., Thurs., Feb. 10 & 11

CC Ballroom

130 & 9:15

$.50 with Tax Card; $1.50 without

Undergraduate students are need-
ed to fill vacancies on the following
committees: Parking appeals Com-
mittee-2 students; Athletic” Advi-
sory Board- 1 sophomore and 2
seniors; University Governance
Commission-2 students; Student
Affairs Council- 2 students; Acade-
mic Affairs Commission-4 students;
Applications are available in CC
346. Please return all applications
to CC 346 by 5 p.m. Fri, Feb.5 A
description of each of these com-
mittees is available in CC 346,

The Fencing Club will meet Sat,
Jan 30 at 10 am and Wed. Feb 3 at
7:30 p.m. in the Phys. Ed. Dance
Studio. Free instruction provided in
Foil, Sabre;ancEpee:

Singers wanted for small a capella
ensemble (student-organized) to
sing mostly Rennaissance music.
Audition. Sunday, Jan. 31, 2:30
p.m. in PAC B-95. All parts needed.
Pleas® come! Questions, call Peter
472-5093,

The Fencing Club will meet this
Wednesday at 7:30 p.m. in the 3rd
floor Dance Studio. New members
welcomed!

Information on openings still
available for 1971-72, Fulbright-
Hays Positions is available in the
offices of International Studies, SS

111 and Administration 238,
Colonial Quad’s very successful

hot dog sales on Sunday nights

All those invited to the Judicial
Conference of Feb. 12-14who have
“not yet responded, please send your
response to Ken Kurswell, Indian
Quad, before Feb. 8.

Travel to Europe before May 15.
$189 RT. $99 one way. Info call
Bob Burstein at 346-3360.

There will be a PYE Steering
Committee Mesting Monday, Feb.
1 in ES 233 at 7:)0. All PYE club
members and friends are welcome
to attend this weekly power strug-
ale.

Anyone interested in forming a
hockey team; please contact Bob at
457-8793.

might go to the dogs unless we get
some help. If you're interested in
donating an hour or so, please
contact Harriet at 457-8073.

classified

The College of General Studies
and the Department of Physical
Education are offering a 3-hour,
non-credit course in Driver Educa-
tion on Highway Safety. Proof of
having completed the course must
be provided: beferé a road test
appointment will be made to an
applicatn for his first driver's li-
cense.

The course will be given on Mon
day, Feb. 1, (6-9 p.m.) Fee for the
course is $5. Enrollment may be
made by check payable to State
University of New York at Albany
and. sent to: College of General
Studies, 1400 Washington Avenue,
Albany, NY 12203, AD-239.

Lost Tuesday at Registration:
Brown Wool Hat- $2.00 reward.
Barb, 457-4034,

Sunday- 2 girls driving a 68 blue
Chevrolet picked up a small grey
tiger kitten on South Lake Ave.
Please call 465-7283,

Used | Books Wanted: Understan-
ding Adolescents-Adams, and Stu-
dies in Adolescence-Grinder. Call
Carole at 436-8338.

For Sale: Brand new. Auburn
Adolfo Dynel. Stretch wig plus
Dummy. $15. Call 457-3008.

STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK AT ALBANY, STUDENT
ASSOCIATION, SUPREME COURT, DECISION ON THE VALIDITY OF
THE SUNYA YOUNG REPUBLICANS CLUB ELECTIONS OF MAY 18,

STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK AT ALBANY, STUDENT
ASSOCIATION, SUPREME COURT, DECISION ON THE VALIDITY OF
THE SUNYA YOUNG REPUBLICANS CLUB ELECTIONS OF MAY 18,
1970.

Under consideration is the validity of the elections of the SUNYA Young
Republican Club (hereafter referred to as YRC at SUNYA) as challenged in
a referral presented to the Supreme Court of the Student Association of
the State University of New York at Albany by Daniel Duncan.

The Court will now consider the validity of the aforementioned elections.

RE: Duncan referral paragraph 2, statement, ‘‘no dues may be levied...”
According to the Constitution of YRC at SUNYA, “The Treasurer shall be
responsible for the collection and disbursement of such revenues as may
from time to time be obtained by YRC at SUNYA". Since, the
Constitution does not prohibit the collection of dues, the Court accepts
the provision for dues as outlined in the Club by laws. The Court so rules
by a 3-0-0 vote (Justices Healt, Potskowski and Stephan concurring),

RE: Duncan referral, paragraph 3, statement, “They further violated the
Constitution which states that ‘the treasurer shall be responsible for the
collection and disbursement of such revenues...'". The collection of dues is
provided for in the by laws of YRC at SUNYA. The Constitution of YRC
at SUNYA states “The President shall be responsible for implementing all
policies. of YRC at SUNYA". The Court recognizes the fact that the
treasurer had falien into neglect of her duties. Since the collection of dues
is a policy of YRC at SUNYA, the President was within his power to
implement the policy of collecting of dues. The Court so rules by a 3-0-0
vote (Justices Healt, Potskowski and Stephan concurring).

RE: Duncan referral, paragraph 4, statement, “No public notice was
made of the election and voting qualifications to further limit
membership". The Court by a vote of 3-0-0 rules this allegation to be
without foundation since notice was given at the meeting when guidelines
were adopted on April 27, 1970.

RE: Duncan referral, paragraph 5, statement, “a nominating committee
was also appointed without basis in the Constitution". Robert's Rules of
Order states that committees may be authorized through by-laws or by a
vote of the assembly. The nominating committee was constituted and
accepted at the meeting of April 27, 1970 by the assembly, as stated in the
minutes. The Court so rules by a 3-0-0 vote (Justices Healt, Potskowski,
and Stephan concurring).

RE: Ouncan referral, paragraph 6, statement, “Mr. Battisti declared the
ballots late and therefore unallowable". Voting procedures were establi-
shed at the meeting of May 11, 1970 and states “‘baliots must be returned
to Fran's (Battisti) room by 9:00 p.m. on the eighteenth”. The Court rules
that the President had no obligation to accept these ballots, by a 3-0-0
vote. (Justices Healt, Potskowski, and Stephan concurring). The Court also
reprimands Mr. Duncan for the use of fradulent ballots.

RE: Duncan referral, paragraph 7, regarding the late entry of votes. The
Court agrees with Mr. Duncan's statement that two or three votes entered
the polling room after the doors were closed. The Court seriously objects
to this flagrant violation of election procedures as outlined in the minutes
of April 27, 1970, invalidates the ballots of the people who entered after
the official closing of the doors, and reprimands Mr. Battisti for his actions.
However, since two or three votes do not make a substantial difference in
the outcome of the valitity of the elections, the Court accepts the
elections. The Court so rules that the election of YRC at SUNYA of May
18, 1970 were valid and constitutional. The Court so rules by a 3-0-0 vote
(Justices Healt, Potskowski, and Stephan concurring).

Before February 15, 1971, YRC at SUNYA is to submit to Community
Programming Commission a detailed list of election procedures to avoid
future irregularities. The abnegation of democratic rule and procedure,
albeit on a microcosmic tevel of society, presents serious consequences if
allowed to develop unhindered. The Court feels that if personal dictates
and prejudices are allowed to stand unchallenged, the very foundations of a
democratic society are threatened. The Court therefore admonishes both
the plaintiff and defendant in this case for unconscionable actions.

So rendered by the Supreme Court of the Student Association of the
State University of New York at Albany, this fourteenth day of December,
Nineteen Hundred and Seventy.

Carl Stephan, Chief Justice
Edward Potskowski, Associate Chief Justice
William Healt Jr., Justice

Ride wanted Amsterdam to
SUNY daily. Call 843-2652
evenings.

Campus Truck for Sale— insula-
ted. Bed. Stereo, Tape Deck and
30 tapes. $550. 785-9713.

Get ready for “More Hanky
Panky” or “The More She Goes
UP, The More She Goes DOWN
A revealing look at the practical
behind the scenes Albany poli-
tics. Ancient Rome was never like
this - they’d never even look at
such a dog! But why do Republi.
cans?

Luxury apartment to share: Clif-
ton Park. 371-7124.

College Men— Part time work
evenings and Sat. $3.75/hour to
start. Scholarships available.
869-6635, 4-6 p.m.

For Sale: Roberts 770-X Tape
Recorder. Excellent condition.
Call Wayne at 457-8742.

SENIORS renting 2,3, or 4 Bed-
room Apartments or houses who
are leaving in May, please call
Steve or Gary at 457-4093.

WATERBEDS - 138 Knox St.
Albany, 434-6508 or 434-4022.

LOST- Dunhill, leather and Gold
Cigaret Case. Reward. Call
434-4022.

Girls- Wanna see a good time?
Call: 7-3067. Ask for Tex.

Dear Chris: My Strawberry Gi
Love, Happiness, and Strawberry
Candies to the Most Beautiful
Person in the World, Love, Your
Guardian Angel.

Rhythm guitarist/organist who

can sing seeks to join band doing
extensive vocals along line of
Crosby, Stills and Nash, Neil
Young, Moby Grape, Jefferson
Airplane, etc. Call Curt at
457-8738.

This Friday and Saturday night
the Coffee house will resume in
the Campus Center Cafeteria from
9-1, Frank and Paul will perform.

Male student seeks same for 3
room apartment near SUNY bus

route. All utilities, completely fur-
nished. Best offer. Frank
783-5751.

Lost: Two black Down-Filled
Ski Gloves. Reward. 457-3027.

Hi Frogfac
Prye? Jellybean.

How is Sammy

FRIDAY, JANUARY 29, 1971

ALBANY STUDENT PRESS

PAGE 9

THE ASP SPORTS "#1 1-2

DANE NETMEN DOWN BUFFALO, 76-61

After twelve unsuccessful at-
tempts, the Albany State. basket-
ball team finally put together a
victory over Buffalo University,
with a 76-61 win here Wednesday
night.

Coach Sauers gave junior Don
Joss his first starting assignment,
saving Steve Sheehan for added
reserve strength. Otherwise, there
was no major change in the State
strategy. Defensively Doc used the
zone press right away, employing
it off and on throughout.

Turnovers gave the Danes early
opportunities to crack open a
sizeable lead, but they were un-
able to convert on many of them
and the score remained very close.
The lead changed hands nine
times in the first half. Towardthe
end of the half, the lead was

traded six times within two min-
utes, Albany’s Jack Jordan threw
in four straight points to end the
first half with the Sauersmen on
top, 37-36.

The Bulls scored on the first
play of the second half to grab the
lead by one, but the Danes
stormed down the floor and put a
hoop through to give themselves a
lead that they never let go of.

An eight point tear finally
opened up a 56-48 lead for State
with nine minutes remaining. Buf-
falo came right back with six
straight to them behind by only
two, 56-54. After a Sauers time

out, the Great Danes grabbed the
momentum once more. A goal

tended layup by dim Masterson
furnished a nine point spread for
State, 64-55, with five minutes to
go.

Matmen Take Two

by Dave Fink

It seems as if the advent of the
new year has brought with it the
renaissance of the Albany Varsity
Wrestling Team.

Over the past six days, the Dane
Grapplers have scored two consec-
utive and extremely impressive
29-10 and 27-13 victories, over
Williams College and Fairleigh
Dickinson University, respec-
tively, something which Coach
Joe Garcia’s squad has not been
able to manage in a long time.

Tri-captains Jeff Albrecht, Jim
Nightingale and Phil Mims have,
according to Garcia, “been doing
one hell of a job,” not only as far
as wrestling is concerned, put
more importantly, in terms of the
leadership aspect of the sport.
They have stimulated interest and
worked with their teammates in
improving the various skills in-
volved.

Over the semester break, several
members of the team competed in
tournaments at C.W. Post and
MIT. In the latter competition
Albrecht, wrestling at 142
Pounds, advanced to the finals

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before succumbing. Reaction to
Albany participants at MIT was
very favorable. Tom Hull (118)
and John Lutz (126) both
finished fourth with the latter
standing out in Garcia’s estima-
tion.

Thus far, the coach can’t say
enough for his squad. A fine
example is Hull, who had to leave
the team, but upon learning that
this would create a vacancy in his
weight class, came back to pin his
FDU opponent. Lutz also had a
pin ys. FDU and is considered by
Garcia to be the most improved
wrestler on the squad. Larry
Fredericks (134) has earned the
title “Mr. Guts.” After severely
breaking his leg last year, he ran
Cross Country this fall, and this
week pinned his Fairleigh Dickin-
son opponent.

Tim Coon (190) has won his last
two matches. This is rather
astounding considering Tim is
married, has a family and carries a
full academic load.

Saturday the Danes travel to
Oneonta to face Hartwick. State
has wrestled them previously in
the Albany Quadrangular Meets
and have held their own.

With the score 64-57, John
Quattrochi brought the crowd to
its feet with a steal at midcourt
and a driving layup on which he
was fouled. John’s three point
maneuver brought Doc up out of
his seat, arms raised and fists
clenched, a sight Albany State
fans haven’t been treated to since
the unforgettable LeMoyne game
of 1969. It gave the Danes a ten
point bulge, 67-57, with 3:53 to
go. They then set themselves to
some poised time killing, and re-
mained in command until the
final buzzer.

Without a doubt one of the
biggest factors was the Danes’
sharp foul shooting. The Sauers-
men made good on 30 of the 34
attempts.

| Sport Shorts

‘There will be a meeting for all
men interested in playing Varsity
of J. V. Lacrosse, Tuesday,
February 2, at 4:30 p. m., in the
A. V. room of the Physical Educa-
tion Building. The A. V. room is
adjacent to the weight training
room.

Varsity baseball players are re-
minded of the pre-season meeting
in PE 125 on Monday, February
1, at 4 p.m.

Another decisive factor was the

The attack was as usual, very

matter of turnovers. Albany’s ten- well balanced. High point man
acious pressing caused 18 costly was Jordan with 19, Quattrochi
turnovers while the Danes were pumped
guilty of only seven.

in 18, Reid 16 and

Masterson 14,

--$oodman

Kelly’s Heroes Win First

by Bob Mirett

Last Saturday, the Danes won
their first meet of the season in
defeating Patterson State of New
Jersey, 62-50. Many of the team’s
swimmers had outstanding per-
formances including Zack Wilson
who took first place in both the 1
meter and 3 meter diving events.
Len Van Ryn contributed first
place finishes in the 200 yard
individual medly and the 500 yard
freestyle. In the 200 yard back-
stroke, Bill Hart set a new varsity
record in leading the field of
swimmers. His time of 2:16.4
bettered the old mark, which was
his own, by 2.7 seconds. Another
varsity record was broken when
George Dempsey took the 1000

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yard freestyle in 5:42.4, shatter-
ing the previously best time of
5:53.8. The Great Danes also won
the 400 yard medley relay with a
team of Bill Hart, Les Puretz, Jack
Schubert and John Dragich and
the 200 yard butterfly where Jack
Schubert took the honors.
Wednesday night was a different
story as the Danes came up
against an Oneonta team which
has been the conference champion

the last four years in a row. In che«

100 yard freestyle Len Van Ryn
took second while setting a new
varsity record time of 2:11.0 and

Pete Gerstenhaber finished first in
the 200 yard butterfly with a time
of 2:19.0. The foursome of Les
Puretz, Dave Collahan, Smokey
Pastel and Len Van Ryn emerged
victorious in the 400 yard free-
style relay but otherwise it was a
dismal evening as Oneonta won
76¥:-35%, leaving the Danes 1-4
on the season.

This weekend, the Danes will
meet Cortland College and Pots-
dam College on Saturday at 2
p.m. at the gym, in a triple dual
meet.

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PAGE 10

Assisting Alma Mater

by Leonard Marks

The Alumni Association has, in the recent past, increased to 17,000. The oldest
of these is a member of the class of 1887 who still pays her yearly dues of $10.
Still, alumni support at Albany State is comparatively quite low. Only an estimated
10% of the alumni that are kept informed by the association pay the yearly dues.

The Alumni Association, consisting of four staff members, provides several
services for past grads and for the University, Members receive the quarterly
newspaper The Carillon and other literature. Class reunions are organized through
the office, as are several homecoming events and Alumni Day, which will be May
1st. Through the Benevolent Association the alumni grant approximately 30,000
dollars a year in scholarships; this money has come from the construction and sale

of Pierce and Sayles Halls.

Unlike many other universities, Albany’s alumni have made no individual
financial contributions. It is hoped that in the future such contributions will
supplement the basic budget offered by the state. Dave Jenks, the executive
secretary of the Alumni Association, feels that such financial support “will give the
school more flexibility and offer it greater ability to seed new projects.” He hopes
that alumni support will be available for innovative projects, such as the
environmental studies program, financing graduate assistantships, and supporting
professors’ attempts to have more scholarly workshops with other people

Prominent in different fields.

Although financial contributions are lacking, Mr. Jenks feels the alumni can still
be a great asset. They can help in the placement of graduates from SUNYA. “Like
no other school, the alumni of Albany are deeply imbedded in the educational
system in which the school must operate.” Many past grads hold offices in the
system and he feels they can do much to help the school if they are kept well
informed and are shown a purpose for aiding their alma mater. Nearly 86% of the
alumni still live in New York State and more than 5,000 reside in the Albany area.

Will this go with the Revolution?

Mr. Jenks feels that Albany will hardly reach the proverbial situation where the
administration quakes when the wealthy alumnus comes on campus to “look

around,” nor does he believe that the alumni wish to “control the direction of the
institution.” Though he agrees the alumni may be conservative by nature, he states

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that “alumni- supported programs would not be hindered in their seeking of new

and innovative directions.”

Year-Round Session for High Schools?

ALBANY, N.Y. AP - Proposed legislation to rotating basis.
As a result, school districts operating year-round

ils without having t ?
ore pupils without having to becoming the first co-ed fraternity

encourage local school districts to adopt the contro-

versial “continuous learning year” was introduced could accommodat
Wednesday by Assemblyman Joseph R. Pisani and expand physical fac
Pisani and Laverne said the proposal also would
The key purpose of the bill is to protect the improve the quality of education by allowing more
districts against the loss of state financial assistance flexible scheduling and by doing away with the
if they choose to replace the traditional summer “learning loss” that many children experience be-
vacation with short recesses spread over the calendar cause of the long summer vacation. Pisani intro-
year. duced comparable

At present, there generally is no state aid for rejected by the Assembly and, did not reach the
Senate for debate.

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the over-all student body always would be on the Senate Education Committee, has become the 1”
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Upsilon Phi Sigma has revealed a
new and most revolutionary plan
to update the college fraternity.
The brothers of UPS have institu-
ted a sisterhood program, thus

on campus. Michael Lieberman,
Rushmaster, said that approxi-
mately 25 women, independents
as well as sorority members, will
comprise the initial charter of the
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Non-violent Action

Training

The Peace Project is sponsoring a weekend of training in
non-violent action, February 18- 21,1971. The training will be
led by the New York City Quaker Project on Community
Conflict (QPCC). Through role-playing, discussion, classes on
strategy, tactics, leadership and direct action methods, we will
explore creative, forceful and loving ways to build a just and
peaceful society. We will live and work together during the
weekend. Hopefully, those who come away with a commit-
ment to non-violence will want to stay in touch and to follow
up, as a group, on what that commitment means.

The first session will begin Thursday night, February 18, at
7:30 PM in the Assembly Hall of the SUNY Campus Center.
The second session will begin Friday, February 19, in the
Fellowship Hall of the Unitarian Church, 405 Washington
Avenue, Albany, at 5:30 PM and continuing through Sunday
It is important that you be able to attend the entire workshop.
Beginning with Friday’s supper, meals and sleeping will be in
the Unitarian Church. Bring your own bedding and towels.
The charge is $7 for SUNYA students with tax cards and $10
for all others. Please do not let this fee keep you away;
indicate on the application form below if you cannot afford
the fee.

For more information or to confirm your application please
call: Maddy at 457-7720, Barry at 457-8746, Martha at
439-7114, or Capital Area Peace Center at 463-8297. Please

send your application form, with payment if ssible, t
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shortly after spring vacation.

A second major innovation of
UPS has been the abolishment of
pledging, thus eliminating what
the brothers feel to be the per-
sonal abuse and childish harass-
ment of rushees. The brothers
agree that such practices are ar-
chaic and outmoded. UPS also
plans to establish co-ed housing
for its members next semester.

These steps, in the opinion of
Sanford Cohen, Social Chairman,
will result in a new type of social
organization that will redefine the
word “fraternity.”?

This Sunday’s Inter-Sorority
Coker will mark the beginning of
the final spring rush period for
female campus Greeks. Starting
next semester, only one rush per-
iod will be held each year, with a
fall coker and an early spring
pledge period.

This action was taken as a result
of a vote of Inter-Sorority Council
last semester. The large amount of
time required for rush functions
was cited by Cathy Whalen as a
major factor in the decision,

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revision process will soon need
help, along with increased feed-
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Anyone interested in helping at
committee meetings or in sharing
an opinion about Education cour-
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“Competition in all colleges should be reduced. Grades should be optional, and
the student should be permitted to settle for a pass-fail alternative if he so desires.”

The above is an excerpt from the Hazen Foundation Committee’s report, “The
Student in Higher Education.”

William Stallings, Ed.D., and Elwood Leslie, Ed.D., in a study to assess student
attitudes toward grades and grading practices, found that “The undergraduate
perceives grades as that proverbial sword hanging over his head which forces him to
study content he otherwise might not study. The power of the grade is strong
enough to restrict his studying to material which he anticipates will be on tests.
Once a grade is received, it is not perceived as feedback or as a very accurate
indication of that which was learned...”

Anyone who has ever attended a school that uses the “five mighty letters” has
some conception of the terror that can be caused by them. With students now
playing a larger role in university governance, the issue of A-B-C-D-F(E?) is now
being explored.

Many universities have either totally or partially switched over to a pass-fail
system. Students at Princeton, which recently switched to a pass-fail system for
one course per semester, overwhelmingly liked the change. After its trial period
only 3% of the students polled in a study done by Karlins, Kaplain, and Stuart,
funded by the National Studies Foundation, wanted the system abolished. 48% of
the students wanted more courses graded on a pass-fail basis. Two-thirds of the
students were against dropping the pass-fail system in favor of a course-reduction
Program that would have students take only four courses all graded traditionally
rather than five courses with one graded pass-fail.

Cal. Tech. Results

The California Institute of Technology adopted a “Satisfactory-Unsatisfactory”
system for all courses for all freshmen in the fall of 1964. The policy became
Permanent in 1966 and is considered a success. Cal. Tech. evaluated that the
year-end attrition of freshmen was less than average, and that the attrition occurred
almost entirely among students in the bottom fourth of the class academically. In
Previous years it had been spread over the entire class and had included the
departure of good students by transfer. In addition, voluntary participation in the
freshman honors program more than doubled over previous years. A Humanities
instructor was heard to remark, “They’re reading books again.””

The results at Cal. Tech. seem to positively support the initial hypothesis and
rationale offered by proponents of a pass-fail grading system. If a student does not
feel repressed or inhibited by the grading system, goes the theory, he may learn
more knowledge for knowledge’s sake. In addition, students may be more inclined
to take courses in academically unfamiliar areas. Others also suggest that students
taking pass-fail options will show greater motivation and intellectual curiosity than
those under traditional programs.

SUNYA Study

“After 12 years of the public school system, students do not need to learn
discipline but rather the pleasure and risk of self-discipline. There is good reason to
believe that students taking advantage of the relief from psychological pressures,
the greater flexibility, the encouragement to experiment and participate in honors
or independent study, and the removal of possible penalties for creativity and not
excelling in all courses—that students will produce higher quality work in certain
courses.” The preceding is an excerpt from the rationale given by the Ad Hoc
Committee on Grading here at SUNYA.

This report backs up its statement by citing several studies. A conference on
Education for Creativity in the American College was held in Berkeley in 1967. It
was pointed out that intellectual adventure requires courage to be found wrong—to
make mistakes, M.LT. reported, as a case in point, that the school was losing three
times more students who as freshmen preferred to try out new solutions, “fool
around” with ideas, or take cognitive risks, than it was students preferring a
well-ordered life with tangible results. ; d i ‘

We may infer from the increased trend toward pass-fail grading that this fact is
widely recognized. Santa Cruz, which has had all undergraduates on an S-U vee
for five years, considers the system a success. A paper given at a meeting of the
Council of Graduate Schools reported a dramatic increase in the use of non-letter
grades at the nation’s graduate schools. Of the 217 members of the Council that
replied to a survey, 114 said they used systems other than letter grades.

“It would be foolish to deny,” states the Ad Hoc Committee Report at SUNYA,
“that some students will try to just get by, will not try to excel in any courses, will
try any area of study where it seems easiest to obtain an ‘S’.... But we believe this
tisk is outweighed by the prospect that more of the time-servers might become
students, won over into the excitement of a more authentic learning life and even
into the pleasures of an academic field.”

where pass-fail systems are in

9 operation, It is also the purpose of,

= | this article to stimulate response,
| The pass-fail system at Albany is

EDITORIAL NOTE

The purpose of these two arti-
cles is to inform the reader of the
results obtained at other schools

under continuing review, and it is
hoped that through the forum of
the newspaper student and faculty
recommendations for the system
can be aired. The committee re-
viewing the system here at Albany
is in operation now, so if you have
a serious revision or a recommend-
ation to make, now is the time to
act.

Con

“I do not know what our University’s rules are in aecepting pass-fail grades from
transfer students. I can only say that it is extremely difficult for out-of-state girls
to gain admission to the University of North Carolina, and I suppose that a lack of
a grade-point average would make it that much more difficult.”

The above is an opinion from the Dean of the School ofiJournalism, John B.
Adams, of the University of North Carolina at Chapel HIll, in response to a letter
from this reporter on the possibility of transferring to that institution.

“Since, for evaluation, pass credits are not equivalent to letter grades, we would
need more information in order to evaluate your performance at SUNY at
Albany”: from a letter received from Syracuse University,

“We understand from conversation with our records staff in the College of Arts
and Sciences that, were you to transfer, all pass-fail courses would necessarily be
considered elective hours. If we interpret this correctly, you would have none of
your basic group requirements met and no hours toward your concentration, if
only pass-fail marks are reported.”

The above is an excerpt from a letter to this reporter from Indiana University.

William Hassler of the University of Indiana in Pennsylvania conducted a survey
of 221 graduate schools, in which he found that graduate deans preferred letter
grades to pass-fail grades when reviewing applications; 214 schools wanted letter
grades, 7 did not.

Princeton Study

The three main points in the rationale favoring pass-fail are that the student
would learn more, that he may be more inclined to take courses in academically
unfamiliar areas, and that he would show more motivation and intellectual
curiosity.

Karlins, Kaplain, and Stuart studied the success of the partial pass-fail grading
system at Princeton University. 87% of the students polled thought that the
University’s reason for instituting pass-fail was to encourage course selection on the
basis of interest rather than grade considerations. It was found, however, that only
28% of the students polled took pass-fail courses for the above reason, and only 7%
believed that the interest factor influenced their classmates’ decisions to take
pass-fail courses.

Thirty-five per cent of the students took pass-fail courses to reduce the tension of
and emphasis on course grades; 37% took pass-fail courses to provide additional
study time for other courses and/or extra-curricular activities.

As for motivation and increased learning, 45% of the students polled in the
Prineétonstudy claimed that they learned the same under pass-fail as they did under
a traditional system, and 41% said that they learned less under the pass-fail system.
Besides this, 63% of the students under pass-fail reported no change in their
motivation, and 24% said that they experienced a decrease in motivation. 72% of
the students polled admitted that they work closer to capacity in a letter-graded
course.

In addition, students said that if they were taking pass-fail courses for a grade
they would work harder, do more assigned reading, do better work on papers, labs,
etc., and that they would study harder for exams and quizzes, The students stated
that in letter-graded courses they did 80% of the reading and attended 85% of the

lectures, while in pass-fail courses they did 61% of the reading and attended 74% of
the lectures.

American Council on Education Report

The American Council on Education’s report, entitled “Higher Education and
National Affairs,” surveyed several schools with pass-fail systems. At the University
of Michigan it was found that many students tried to aim no higher than a “C,”
even though competitive spirit with accompanying frustrations and anxiety were
still present.

At the Universtiy of Wisconsin it was found that only 39% of those students
eligible to take pass-fail courses did so. It was also found that grades achieved under
the pass-fail system were generally lower than those under a traditional grading
system.

In 1937, RPI rescinded the pass-fail system which it had initiated in 1914. The
reasons for the change were: “to make clear to students their Position with regard
to requirements for graduation; and to stimulate better work by students by giving
higher grades for better work and by requiring a certain amount of
better-than-average work to qualify them for graduation.”

While most of the results mentioned above were from schools with partial
Pass-fail systems, it is interesting to note that Albany State, with its total pass-fail
system for freshmen and sophomores, now allows pre-medical students to petition
the appropriate academic councils for letter grades. This was the result of a survey

conducted by faculty and students at SUNYA which found that the vast majority
of medical schools wanted letter grades.

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Editorial

Fair Choice

There are times in this university when a situation is ripe
for change at the same time that change becomes possible.
Now that Indian Quadrangle is almost finished, why can’t
one hall in the low rise group be set aside as a graduate
dormitory?

Graduate students have been shafted as far as living areas

are concerned since the construction of the new campus. }

Gradually, all else has moved uptown or further down-
town to Draper, including graduate-level courses. Yet all of

the on-campus graduate housing remains downtown, in _

Brubacher and Pierce halls. Grad students should be given
a choice of where to live, and now that Indian is nearly
finished such a choice can be possible.

At present, the university forces grad students into the
commuter role, which not all of them like or want.
Students who are new to the area are forced into the arms
of Albany’s robber-baron landlords if they wish to live
within a reasonable distance from the campus. Many times
this proximity to the campus is a must because of the
library and research facilities. There are an ever-increasing
number of full-time graduate students, most of whose
courses are given on the new campus.

The university community is based on an interaction of

diverse personalities. How can this goal be achieved when a
portion of the community is always segregated from the
Test?

The means is at hand and the goal is worth working

toward. We urge all graduate students, or students who
will be returning as graduates in the fall, to organize and
work for a graduate dormitory on this campus.

The graduate students of this university have a right to
choose their living area, just as the undergraduates do.

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barbara cooperman SSeS

technical editors assistant features editor

+ . .Sue seligson

oat ae eM as PRs ill arts editor

x john o’grady

debbie natansohn

associate technical editors
. tom rhodes
- Warren wishart

circulation manager

eee sue faulkner
graffiti/classified
“3 dorothy phillip
graphics
se . jon guttman
business manager
+ + . chuck ribak

The Albany Student Press was created in 1916 by an evil scientist. It is
a solution of blood in Room 326 of the Campus Center at the
State University of New York at Albany. To get in touch with this inept
beast just call 457-2190 or 2194, and ask for Tom. We are fed by a
mandatory student tax and are a member of the Associated Press,

ns are limited to 300 words, and aresubject to being eaten
(The aforementioned beast, who determines editorial

kept al

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by the editor-in-c!
Policy) ,

+++. + + linda waters
associate arts editor
Le . michele palella
sports editor

: . bob zaremba
columns editor

«0+» « « « bob warmer
city editor

eae anike ellis:
photography editor

+ + jay rosenberg

peace

SET YOUR CLOCK RADIO TO WSUA 640-

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Communications

Friendly Visits

To the Editor:

The enclosed list gives the
names, room numbers and nation-
ality of patients at the Ann Lee
Home needing a friendly visitor.

Can you take time to visit these
shut—ins and coverse with them in
their native tongues? It would
certainly bring them the warmth
of friendly conversation in a lan-
guage which is theirs.

We suggest you call at the office
at Ann Lee to check the room
numbers.

All our thanks.

Sincerely yours,
Mrs. Donald H. Davenport
Chairman, Friendly Visiting
Directions:
Use whichever is convenient-
Northway, Wolf Road, Albany-
—Shaker Road, or Route 155 to
Albany Airport. Entrance to Ann
Lee is where Albany—Shaker
Road and Route 155 merge. Go
through entrance straight to the
end and then turn right around
the buildings until entrance of
main building is on your right.

The following is a list of foreign
language patients at the Ann Lee
Home and Hospital—Shaker Farm
Road, Colonie.

Room 198, Berta Zarin—from
Riga, Latvia; Room 210, Prylysie-
waz—Austrian or Polish;Room 189,
Chiplock, Krovesa—Polish; Room
205, Anthony Farengom— from
Sicily; Room 210, Andres Pefez-
—French; Room I6, Kaalen
—Dutch; Room 220, Frank Faille
—Swiss German? Room 102,

Carmine Ragone—Italian; Room
190, Rosa Testagruzza— from
Persaro, Italy.

We would like to know the
exact place they were born and
lived. Something about their fam-
ily Do they have relatives here in
America? Do friends or relatives
come to see them?

Room numbers from 100 to 200
on the first floor occupied by
women, Room numbers over 200
on second floor usually occupied
by men.

Open Letter

Dear Spec Fowler: Just a short
note to congratulate you on the
Sayles Hall caper. Imagine disguis-
ing yourself as a maintenance per-
son so you could pull it off. Oh
Barney, you're a real card. I just
sent my nomination off to Wash-
ington, and hopefully you'll re-
ceive the weekly Spiro Agnew
award for Grandstand Excellence.

I’m sure you're a shoo-in be-
cause of the way you ignore the
fact that the students, whether
they like it or not, will have to
pay for the paint job. That’s real
class, Barney.

Here’s another tip for you, B.F.
It seems that filth is pervading us
everywhere. Even Governor
Rocky, who I thought we could
trust, has all sorts of filthy, naked
bodies on his wall. Renoir, Van
Gogh, and other super-liberal
types. Now Barney, just between
you and me, I know of a back

EBBIE THE EEP

T CAN'T Di
GOTTA HAV.

TERRY? DOYOUR OR

T'M GOIN’ UP THE
WALL, I TELL YA!

DUST A FEW MORE
WEEKS AND IT'LL
ALL BE OVER,

R.A. JOB! T WANT A sTRaIGHT-)| (W.

JACKET RIGHT AWAY!

ES SUCFERING
WITHDRAWAL
SYMPTOMS, HE'S
TRYING TO GIVE
UP A DANGEROUS,
ADDICTIVE DRUG,

(A. NEW YEAR RES
IS A NEW YEAR RESGLUTION,

window that Happy keeps open
all the time. And they're not
going to be around this weekend,
so you might sneak in there. That
would be a real coup, baby.

You see, Barney, we have to
keep these lackey liberals and
hippie students off balance all the.
time. Because Fowler, ’ol kid,
they are undermining the kind of
graft and corruption that made
this country great.

Take the South Mall project.
What a gem. They spend about a
million dollars every thirty sec-
onds, and will probably finish it
around the turn of the century.

And what about that 8 million
dollar space lab that got three feet
off the ground and then blew up
because some dope forgot to plug
in an extension cord.

And then of course Vietnam,
which is a classic in government
waste, I can’t even count as high
as the amount of stuff we’ve lost
on the Black Market. And that
includes 40,000 human beings.

Like I said Barney, we don’t
want the public thinking about
that type of waste, because its
good for the country.

So keep the people thinking
about that lousy $80 dollars, be-
cause its those kids who are going
to ruin America if we don’t stop
them.

Respectfully, Loving it and
Never Leaving it

Rich “Patriot” Rini

I CAN'T GO ON Cale I IUST.

GOTTA HAVE SOME

RESGLUTION

24 HOURS A DAY

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