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VOL. LV NO. 13
ALBANY, NEW YORK
TUESDAY, DECEMBER 10, 1968
Pres. Collins
Comments On
Virus Spread
by Tim Keeley
President Evan R. Collins
discussed the current illness on
campus, the increased room rate
for next year and the proposed
changes in the residence policy at
The President’s Conference with
Students yesterday.
“The present illness does not
seem to be the Hong Kong Flu
but rather a respiratory virus,”
Collins indicated.
At present there are between
750 and 1000 students with
various stages of the virus. This
includes 38 in the infirmary.
“We have no serious intention
of closing school,” remarked
Collins. “We'll take another look
at the situation if the rate
increases.”
Collins then commented on the
statement issued from Chancellor
Gould concerning the increase in
residence hall rates.
The new rates will go into
effect as of July 1, 1969. The
increase will be $170 a year,
bringing the cost of room to
$550.
Students were assured that
Financial Aids will take this
increase into account as much as
possible when acranging loans and
scholarships.
When asked if the possibility of
allowing Greeks to move off
campus would lessen the burden
Collins declared, “The present
housing shortage is not the best
way to change University policy
toward the Greeks.”
Collins was then asked to
comment on the status of a bill
proposing residence changes.
He stated that he expected to
receive a final copy of the bill
“tmomentarily.”” (The three
changes to be considered are
abolition of freshmen women’s
hours, and the choice of closing
doors during open room
visitations.)
Collins will then meet with the
University Council on Thursday.
At that time, “I will recommend
the three points and I fully expect
them to be accepted,” Collins
commented.
Collins was also called upon to
comment on the recent decision
handed down by the University’s
Supreme Court. The decision in
effect declared Student
Association an unrepresentative
body.
He remarked, “I will still turn
to Student Association for the
best body that represents the
most students,” Collins
concluded.
The ASP will appear
for the last time
this semester
| on Tuesday Dec. 17.
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by Saturday, Dec. 14.
"ap i Holiday Sing ToTop
Fa! Winterlude Weekend
- Photo by Hochberg
THE FLYING JABONES, an independent fraternity on Dutch Quad,
practice their selections for Holiday Sing which will be presented
Sunday night.
by Jim Small
Holiday Sing, the best attended
and supported of the yearly
on-campus events, will take place
this coming Sunday evening. It
will be the grand finale of the
University’s Winter Weekend.
The purpose of the Sing is to
grant recognition, in the form of a
loving cup, to the best student
vocal group on campus.
The songs which are used in the
programming of the Sing are
chosen by the individual groups,
on a first come—first serve basis.
Each group is asked to choose two
songs which they will sing during
the program; one of them during
the normal competition, and the
other one during the final
elimination, should the team
African History Cancelled
Krosby Issues Statement
by Kevin McGirr
News of the cancellation of the
African History course has created
a stir among many students. Dr.
Peter Krosby, chairman of the
History Dept., has received a
number of personal complaints as
well as a petition signed by 141
students urging continuance of
the course. In response to student
concern Krosby has issued a
statement concerning the
continuation of the course.
Mr. Paul Ward who now teaches
the course kas been doing so
without salary. At present, Ward
is a doctoral student at Boston
University. Last year he offered to
teach the course so that he’d have
contact with the practicing
academic world. Teaching the
course has prevented him from
working on his dissertation.
He feels that if he is to
continue teaching the course he
will have to be paid so that he
may take time off from his
full-time job. His full-time job
happens to be a state job which
precludes him from drawing
another state salary.
Krosby has tried extensively to
get around this prohibition, thus
far all atterapts have failed.
“Committed to keeping African
History as a field of instruction,”
Krosby has petitioned Paul Miwa,
Assistant Vice President for
Academic Affairs, to somehow
keep Ward on for the spring
semester. Miwa is presently
working cn this.
Previous to his appointment as
Department Chairman, Krosby
vowed to make African History a
high priority project. The
University has given indication
that there may be two full-time
faculty members, by 1970,
teaching African History; one of
which is currently teaching in
Africa
make it that far.
According to the list of groups
supplied to this writer by
co-chairmen Ro Cania and Vic
Looper, the emphasis this year is
on cooperation: between greeks
and between greeks and
independents.
In the order of their appearance
on stage, the groups will be:
State Quad, UFS and Kappa
Chi Rho; Schuyler, Van Cortlandt
and Beverwyck; Chi Sigma Theta;
TXO, Ryckman, Ten Eyck, Ten
Broeck, and Van Rensselaer;
Livingston Tower; ALC; BPS,
Herkimer, Morris and Paine; Psi
Gamma; Stuyvesant Tower; Sigma
Phi Sigma; KB; BZ; the Flying
Jabones, Zenger, and Clinton; Phi
Delta; APA; Whitman; KD;
Bleeker and STB; Gamma Kappa
Phi; Walden; and the Commuters
and Potter Club.
Each team will sing its first
song, and the five best teams will
be chosen by the judges,
This year, the Holiday Sing will
be held in the Gymnasium on the
New Campus. The first group will
begin singing at 7:00, with the
doors opening at 6:30. After the
Sing, there will be a reception for
the participants and the audience
in the Campus Center.
Tickets for the Sing are on sale
from today until the end of the
wéek in the main lobby of the
Campus Center. With a tax card,
they are free, without they are
$.75 per person.
There is a possibility that a.
rpm album of the Sing will be cut
this year. If you are interested in
buying one of the records, sign up
when you buy your tickets.
Biafran Fast To Be Held Friday
Band To Sponsor
by Fred Waite
The University Concert Bend is
sponsoring a Biafra fast this
Friday at dinner. The number of
students contributing to the
Biafran fast are: State Quad-728,
Dutch-528, Colonial-501, and
Alumni-253, for a total of 2010.
These students gave up their
December 13 dinner meals for
which the Faculty-Student
Association will contribute a
corresponding amoung of money
to a fund for starving children in
Biafra.
The University Concert Band is
also sponsoring a benefit concert
Friday December 13 to raise
money for needy children in
Biafra and in the Albany area. The
concert, “For Needy Children
Near and Far,” is to be held in the
Albany High School auditorium at
8 p.m.
There will be no admission
charge but a collection box will be
placed at the entrance and it is
hoped those attending will give
generously. Half the proceeds will
go to Biafra and half to local
needy children.
The band under the direction
of William L, Hudson, will play
“Incantation and Dance” by
Chance, several Christmas
selections, and will accompany
master of ceremonies Sorrell E.
Chesin, Associate Dean of
Students, in “Ogden Nash Suite
for Narrator and Band.”
Persons not attending the
be
_
a
Benefit
concert, but wishing to aid the
cause, may send their
contriubtions to the University
Concert Band.
Area churches, social and civie
organizations and universtiy
fraternities and sororoties are
Concert
cooperating in publicizing and
promoting the benefit.
In addition to the fast and
concert, groups from the band
will visit local orphanages Friday
afternoon to give Christmas party
concerts for the children.
STARVING BIAFRAN CHILDREN are the impetus for the University fast to be held this Friday. Over
2,000 students so far have indicated willingness to sacrifice their meal.
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BEAUTIFUL AND TRADITIONAL customs of old Russia are kept alive by the Old Russian Orthodox
Male Chorus of Cohoes which will perform here Monday.
Traditions Of Old Russia
Kept Alive By Male Chorus
by Joe Jurezynski
The Russian Club is sponsoring
a concert of Russian folk and
liturgical music performed by the
Russian Orthodox Male Chorus of
Cohoes, New York, on Monday
evening December 16, at 8:00 P.
M. in the Campus Center
Ballroom.
Originating from St. Nicholas’
Russian Orthodox Parish in
Cohoes, the prime objective of the
Chorus is to keep the beautiful
and traditional customs of old
Russia alive and living through
their music.
Under the direction of Ronald
Geleta, the 26 member, all male
chorus sings in four part harmony
with no accompaniment other
than a C tuning fork for pitch.
This absence of instrumental
accompaniment, coupled with a
tremendous bass sound creates a
quality of bigness and beauty that
is so essential to Russian music
and so typical of the male chorus.
The concert will be sung
completely in Russian, but
comments on the meaning and
origin of each song will be given in
English. The first part of the
concert will consist of liturgical
music including “The Lord’s
Prayer” by Kedroff, “Of Thy
Mystical Supper” by Lvov, and
“Thrice Holy” by Tchaikovsky.
The sombre melodies and
emotion expressed in these
selections beautifully portray the
religious customs of the Russian
Orthodox Church.
In the second part of the
concert, the tempo picks up to
the spirited and cheerful folk
songs of Russia including
“Borodino,” ‘“‘Warrior’s Prayer,”
“March of the Horsemen,” and
“Evening Bells.”
‘The Russian Club, in acquiring
YSA Discusses Plans,
Student Power Sought
by Candy Mirrer
The Young Socialist
Association met Sunday evening
to discuss ,““How to achieve
student power in Albany.” Much!
of the plans for next semester
were discussed.
The Red University is a topic of
recent times. Due to interest in
classes for the theory and practice
of revolution, a course on Guerilla
warfare tactics will be offered
TXO Dimes Drive
Realizes $215
From Community
by Tom Monteleon
During the past week the TXO
pledge class collected money for
the March of Dimes. Several
weeks ago the brothers of TXO
took up collections at several
shopping centers in the immediate
area.
There were two principle
purposes for the collections: first
and foremost was to help the
March of Dimes in its campaign to
help others; the second purpose
was to get the brothers of TXO to
become more actively involved in
community affairs.
next spring.
The Black movements of the
30’s and the American Revolution
will be discussed. Students will
use the movements to study
Student Rebellion and Black
Power.
George Wiseman will teach the
Theory of Permanent Revolution
and Dick Roberts will teach
Imperialism. The proposal is to
have the two! classes running
consecutively four times each for
eight weeks.
‘Mr. Robert’s class will be the
first one: offered for next
semester. ‘ ;
YSA-> advoeated. action in
support of San Francisco: State.
Leafiets~ will be -handed out
indicating the issues and how they
relate to SUNYA. 4
“All is
this group, is attempting to give
the students of Russian an idea of
the language outside the
classroom and to bring before the
eyes of the public some of the
beautiful traditions of Russia.
Tickets are being sold in the
lobby of the Campus Center daily
from 10:00 - 2:00 and will be sold
at the door.
TUESDAY DECEMBER 10, 1968
Outing Club Offers
Recreational Events
by Diane Burke
The International Outing Club
Association is an association of
northeastern outing clubs. Each
year a convention is held. The last
one was in Troy during June.
Members elected officers and
participated in outing club
activities.
The purpose of the Outing Club
is to give interested students the
opportunity to enjoy activities
such as canoeing, hiking,
mountain climbing, rock climbing,
caving, skiing, horseback riding,
skating, square dancing, and
bicycling.
The club affords its members a
chance to take advantage of the
pleasures of nature during every
season. Fall trips include training
sessions for beginners, most of the
trips involving more advanced
skills being held in the spring.
In the past, a Montreal skiing
week-end has been popular. This
annual Intercollegiate McGill Ski
Festival attracts many members.
‘The event takes place in February.
A personal fee of about $5 covers
the cost of food, lodging, and
transportation.
Students have becn twice to
Dippikill for a week-end of
camping, including caving,
mountain climbing, canoeing, and
the use of the sauna bath during
this year. A group went to Knox
Caves for the annusl IOCA
Halloween Party. Mountain
climbing end canoeing day trips
Vehicles Ransacked,
Stolen From Campus
Ransacked and stolen cars have
marked Security Reports since
early December. A car was stolen
from the State Quad parking lot
‘on December 9, which was found
later and impounded by
Schenectady police. In the past
two weeks five cars in the
Colonial Quad parking lot have
been broken into and ransacked,
one unlocked car had two radios
and a raincoat stolen from it.
At Alumni Quad tape cartridges
and the tape recorder itself were
reported stolen from a car.
Five houses have been broken
into and vandalized, although
nothing has been reported stolen
from them. A canoe wes reported
pulled part way out of its rack
and destroyed at the Lake Shack.
Traffic violations included a
Volkswagen which blocked the
exit of another car at the Colonial
Quad parking lot, and a car was
towed away from the circle ai the
Colonial Quad area. A speeding
car on the service walkway to
Dutch Quad almost ran several
bystanders over.
‘A student was reported to have
been walking up and down the
halls of Ryckman Hell at Dutch
Quad ringing a bell and yelling
well.” An officer
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investigated and found no one.
The lounge on the east side of
Tappan Hall’s second floor was
completely dabbed with water
colors, An entire mural had been
painted on one of the walls and
graffiti was painted over the rest.
were enjoyed. In February, an
Intercollegiate cross country. ski
race and the Montreal ski trip will
be held.
Two tentatvie trips are planned
for Colorado during Easter recess,
for skiers and mountain climbers,
and a summer cance trip from
above Lake Superior to Hudson
Bay. Emphasis is placed in
personal involvement-ir. learning
skills and meeting people.
The Albany State Chapter of
the IOCA convenes every Tuesday
at 7 p.m. in HU 132. Next
semester the meetings will begin
at 7:30. The club
tee no dues; most of the trips
are financed by student tax and a
small personal fee.
Buch Speaks:
Zionism From
Marx’ View
Peter Buch, former
Congressional candidate on the
Socialist Workers Party (SWP)
ticket, will speak Sunday,
December 15, at 8:00 p.m. in
Humanities 137, on “Zionistn and
the Role of Israel—a Marxist
Interpretation.”
While a member of Hashomer
Hatzair, a “Socialist Zionist
group,” Buch lived in Israel six
months working on a kibbutz. He
later broke with Zionism and
joined the SWP.
He is a contributor to the SEP
pamphlet, “Zionism and the Arab
Revolution,” which has been
translated into Arabic and is
circulated in the Middle East.
Originally, his contribution was a
speech to the Militant Labor
Forum in June, 1967. It was also
reprinted in the summer, 1968
edition of the “Arab Journal.”
Having escaped Nazism, Buch,
with his family, imigrated to the
United States in 1940 from
France.
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and the sum of $215.36 was
collected it was felt that the drive
was successful, In the future the
brothers of TXO will organize
other collection campaigns for
other community groups.
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NANCY MOSHER AND Phil Franchini (seated), co-chairmen of
Winterlude, conspire with Holiday Sing co-chairmen Ro Cania and Vic
Photo by Kirk
Looper to confront the University with Winter Weekend.
Council Passes Six Bills
Before
by Don Stankavage
Central Council, with a rapidly
deteriorating quorum, assed six
bills Thursday night before four
members left and forced the
suspension of business.
26 members were present to
vote on the first two bills which
were minor adjustments in Budget
Procedure concerning Student
Association financed
organizations. These both passed
by identical votes, 25-0-1. 26
members were also present to pass
a Holiday Sing appropriation of
$150; 24-0-2.
The next order of business was
re-evaluation of the Athletic
Advisory Board (AAB) and its
relation to Central Council.
Important AAB oriented Faculty
and Administrative officials were
present to answer Central Council
member’s questions pertaining to
the AAB and its past procedures.
Copeland On Economy
Discusses 69 Outlook
by Jane D’Amico.
The Economics Club presented
Professor Morris A. Copeland of
the University’s Economic
Department, on Friday, December
6, in the Campus Center Assembly
Hall.
Copeland, internationally
known for his work on “national
income accounting,” expressed his
views on the “Economic Outlook
for 1969,” with particular respect
to deescalation of the Vietnam
War and the monetary policies of
the new administration.
Predicted economic figures for
the first half of next year were
based on two assumptions stated
by Copeland.
First, anything in the way of
deescalation as a result of the
Paris Peace negotiations would
have a definite effect on the
figures presented.
Second, the fiscal policy of the
new administration will not alter,
but will continue on the course
initiated by the present
administration.
In accordance with his first
assumption, Copeland predicted a
Among these AAB
representatives were Dr. John R.
Tibbetts, Professor of Education,
Clifton C. Thorne, Vice-President
for Student Affairs, and Dr.
Alfred C. Werner, Chairman of the
Physical Education Dept.
After the questioning of these
AAB associates was completed,
only 24 Council members were
present to vote 2i-1-1 to request
information from AAB
concerning the athletic budget
and Fee and to send back to AAB
rule changes and clarifications
suggested by Council President
Duncan Nixon,
Two more Council members
left after the AAB vote, leaving
only the minimum quorum of 22
members to confirm the
appointments of Linda Berdan,
James Kahn, and Richard Grey to
the Faculty Senate Council for
Promotion and continuing
normal inerease in prices (4.9%
for the first half of the year, 7.4%
for the second), if there should be
no substantial deescalation.
Conversely, a substantial
deescalation or cease fire would
initiate a mild recession and our
balance of payments would
improve.
In reference to his second
assumption, Copeland expounded
his opinion that by the second
half of the year the fiscal power
of the administration would be
limited due to new commitments.
Copeland went on to explain
that at present we are in the
“upswing stage of the business
cycle that began in the first
quarter of 1961.” He cited the
longest previous upswing as having
occurred during World War II,
spanning a period of over six
years.
Copeland was of the opinion
that the “monetary expansion
policies of the Federal Reserve
Board to tighten credit by raising
interest rates can not deal with
inflation much.”
Winterlude To Concentrate
On Relaxing
by Jim Small
*Tis the season to be jolly, and
the events of the coming weekend
should help out in the
developoment of this holiday
spiri
it.
Saturday night, Special Events
Board, in the persons of Nancy
Mosher and Phil Franchini the
co-chairmen, brings you the
traditional winter dinner-dance,
Winterlude.
This year’s Winterlude will be
Chancellor
Announces
Albany, December
7—Chancellor Samuel B. Gould
announced Saturday an increase
in State University dormitory
room rentals, effective July 1,
1969. He stated that sharp rises in
Quorum Is Broken
Appointment.
Discussion concerning the
purchase of $320 worth of Sound
Equipment then proceeded until
James Kahn, distressed by
Council’s toleration of a
parliamentary procedure
violation, left the meeting, and
broke the quorum.
Remaining Council members
moved to a Committee of the
Whole with President Nixon as
Chairman. The Committee of the
Whole, by voice vote, affirmed its
disposition toward buying the
Sound Equipment and adjourned.
somewhat different from those
which we have had in the past.
Rather than emphasizing the more
stilted and formal aspects of the
event, the co-chairmen have
chosen to concentrate on the
creation of a relaxing atmosphere.
The evening will begin at nine
o.clock with a buffet dinner
featuring prime ribs of beef and
roast duck. There will be a cash
bar service available for those who
wish drinks with their meal, or on
Of SUNY
Rate Hike
construction costs, in the interest
rates on dormitory construction
bonds, and in operating costs
during the past four years requ ire
upward revision of the standard
room rate to continue the
dormitory program on a sound
financial basis.
‘The present rate of $380 for
the standard room combined with
the State subsidy of $230 falls
short of the $790 total per bed
cost estimated for next year.
Chancellor Gould stated that
on July 1, 1969 the new standard
room rate per student would be
$550, assuming that the State
continues to provide the same
level of subsidy toward total per
bed cost. The State subsidy
requested in the proposed
1969-70 University budget is
approximately $230 per bed.
Further, the Chancellor said the
standard room rental would have
to be $560 were it not for the fact
that it is estimated the differential
can be made up from other
income available between July 1,
1969 and March 31, 1970.
Atmosphere
throughout the evening.
‘After the banquet spread, there
will be an evening of dancing to
the music of Paul Lee and The
Walkers. This soul group, from
the Plattsburgh area, is making its
Albany area debut at the dance.
The admission price, $5.00 per
couple with student tax and
$10.00 without tax, includes all
aspects of the evening except the
cash bar service; that is, the dinner
for two and an evening of dancing
in a relaxed atmosphere. It also
includes a ride to the wassail party
on the sleigh service Friday night.
Winterlude tickets are available
in the Campus Center lobby,
today through Friday, from 10
a.m. till 3 pan.
Friday night, the Campus
Center Governing Board and
Special Events Board are
cooperating to bring a different
sort of entertainmnet to the
University. A wassail party in the
true tradition of the occasion.
Starting at eight o’clock in the
main cafeteria of the Campus
Center, there will be the party
itself. It will run until midnight.
This truly novel event is further
enhanced by the transportation
which will be available to the
participants; sleighs.
Predicated on the presence of
snow on the ground, a series of
sleigh rides is planned around the
perimeter road. The sleighs will
stop at each quad to pick up the
celebrants, and then drop them at
the rear entrance of the Campus
Center.
‘The sleigh ride is free to those
couples holding rickets to
Saturday night’s Winterlude.
Others will be obliged to pay $.50
each for their passage.
Campus Center Government
Board Applications Open
Applications are now open for
a position on the Campus Center
Governing Board. The Board has
recently become a constituted
group under the auspicies of the
Commission for Community
Programming. The Commission
established the Board over a year
ago as an extension of itself to
fulfill the responsibilities accepted
by the Commission for the use,
operation, and development of
the Campus Center.
In only a year’s time, the
Governing Board has involved
itself with many aspects
concerning the use of the Center.
Last semester it began the Coffee
House Cireuit and is now working
to expand this concept to include
student talent from this school as
well as others.
In the area of art coordination
for the Center, the Board has been
sucessful in recommending the
purchase of various prints and
paintings, as well as directing the
use of the second floor art gallery
for exhibits and sales.
The Governing Board is
concerned with the evaluation of
the present facilities of the
Center, and requests changes
when it is felt they are needed.
The redecoration of the
Rathskellar is evidence of this
role.
Presently the Board is
considering the allocation of space
on the third floor of the Center to
Student Association groups, as the
Music department will be. moving
out of these: third floor offices
sometime next semester,.
The Board is now looking'into
conducting a used book sale in the
Campus Center’ for next:semester,
whereby a student would be able
to seta. price'on his: used books
and give theni! to the Board to sell
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In keeping with the season, the
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pottery sale tomorrow and
Thursday which will allow
students and faculty to do some
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main lounge of the Campus
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the Board will be sponsoring a
tree trimming party in the lobby
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TUESDAY, DECEMBER 10, 1968
When a history major is unable to be signed into
a course in American Foreign Policy because he
registered on the fifth day of registration; when a
major is closed out of four out of four sociology
courses; when an Art major plans on five Art courses
and ends up with one—then something is definitely
wrong with the system of preregistration at this
University.
In an attempt to eliminate huge lines and cutthroat
competition, the Administration has settled on the
preregistration policy known as the “rotating
alphabet” system. This policy, whether one likes it or
not, has evidently been received with favor by the
Administration, and will, as far as can be seen,
continue.
As long as we have this system, it makes sense to
attempt to make it a more equitable one. As it is set
up now, majors are finding it increasingly difficult to
attain the courses they want—at any time, with any
prof.
The method must be changed if a student is
expected to plan his academic career intelligently.
The one area in which a students should be allowed
to study what he chooses (with proper advisement) is
his major. It is, by his own admission, his area of
greatest interest—or at least the area he intends to
concentrate on.
Presently, sophomores must declare their major at
the end of their Spring term. As the system stands
today, in some cases, the sophomore has not been able
to take more than one course in his proposed major
field by the time he is sypposed to make a decision.
How one can decide whether or not he wants to spend
his entire life in a field after a total of three credits
exposure to it, is a mystery. By allowing non-maiors
to enter upper level courses before a proposed major
you may deny him the opportunity of making a
decision based upon sufficient facts.
The major may also be forced, at times, to make up
for his inability to get into his desired course in one
term by taking an overloaded schedule consisting of 8
out of 10 courses in his major field, in one year. This,
too, makes little sense. Being forced to cram all those
credits in one area into one year negates the purpose
of the four years allotted for collegiate
study—developement and growth in your respective
field.
The true reasoning behind all of this boils down to
a basic right that the student should have: the right to
specialize, at the rate one sees fit, in his respective
field.
This is not to discourage a broadening of horizons.
All students should take more than simply their major
and minor courses: and by virtue of University
standards, they do.
Well then, how do we solve this problem? First,
after four weeks of classes, each student will be
required to visit his advisor and give her the list of
courses he wishes to take. After an appointed period
of time, all of these forms are submitted to those who
create the schedule—and they can plan the allotment
of the classes with the number of students wanting to
be admitted to each in mind. This system was
instituted on a small scale this term. It should become
completely effective next term.
Next step: require every student to declare a major
or tentative major—and place it on his brown striped
card to insure one major for each student. Then, after
Courses
the schedule of classes for the next term has been
carefully planned, give each Department head all of
the cards for that department. Then, using the same
alphabetical system we have today, have all
majors—and majors only—draw their cards in their
respective fields.
After the majors have been given their opportunity,
throw open the remaining courses to the entire
University community.
How will all this benefit the student? Under this
system, there will be an opportunity for a student to
decide upon a major in a more rational manner.
Majors will be able to attain the classes they want
(without having to either go through the trouble of
getting signed in). YET, students need not be
restricted from experimenting in courses aside from
their major.
The courses will be planned around the student’s
desires—instead of the student planning his courses
around the chance of the schedule. A sane rate of
study in a field will be a viable possibility for all
students. The students will gain.
There may be drawbacks to this system—we have
yet to discover a system without one. However, the
advantages seem to be there for the entire University
community, expecially those students majoring in
humanities or social sciences. This plan then has been
attempted on a small scale within departments here
for juniors and seniors. It has worked in places such as
Cornell. It seems to promote rationality and alleviate
injustice—a pretty fair accomplishment for a
registration system. Now, if we can work on our
government...
Communications
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SECT Responds
‘To the Editor:
As a result of the very
successful sale (1250 copies) of
the first Student Evaluation of
Courses and Teachers (SECT)
publication which began Nov. 4
many queries and criticisms have
been directed to us concerning the
publication and the procedual
methods used by the SECT
committee. We would like to
clarify some points by responding
to the comments which we have
been receiving.
First question: “Why so few
courses and so few teachers in the
publication?” Answer: A
voluntary student group must
limit the scope of evaluations in
order to do a thorough, efficient
job. We therefore selected
introductory courses and courses
that have no prerequisite as a large
sample of courses to be evaluated
which affect many students. Why,
then, was not every such course
evaluated? The answer to this
question lies in the method we use
to secure faculty participation:
teachers have a choice as to
whether they wish to participate
or not. Our reasons for offering
this choice are:
One, in order to obtain large,
representative numbers of student
response, we distribute the
questionnaire through the
classroom making use of class
time. We feel that it is right that
we secure the teacher’s “okay”
before we take time to distribute
materials in his class. This method
assures us of large samplings since
the questionnaires are collected
immediately.
Two, we believe that, ideally,
faculty should not be forced to
participate in this type of
evaluation, but rather should
desire to co-operate in our goal of
improving instruction. If we feel
that the faculty’s co-operation
does not increase significantly,
and that our goal of improving
instruction is hindered by this
lack of co-operation, we will seek
alternate methods for the
distribution and collection of the
questionnaire.
A second criticism we have
been receiving is, that the
publication seems too
complimentary. If you believe this
is so, a possible explanation rests
with the people who were
evaluated and the people who did
the evaluating. Since faculty
participation is optional, we may
guess that self-confident and
risk-taking teachers gambled with
us on our first venture into
student evaluation. We thank
them for taking a chance into this
unknown territory. As for those
who did the evaluating, we feel
that the students may have been a
little generous in their ratings of
courses and teachers. By using an
anonymous questionnaire we can
only assume that the students will
respond honestly. In addition, we
pose the possibility that perhaps
some of the teachers who were
evaluated actually are good
teachers.
‘The form of the publication has
been both praised and criticized.
We employ such an objective
format to allow for individual
interpretation by the reader. We
prefer not to make value
judgments as to what elements of
teaching are good or bad, but
rather, tc state the facts and
figures of student opinion and to
leave the judgments to the student
who is interested in finding out
something about a course and its
instructor, or to the teacher who
is interested in student feedback.
Another area which needs,
clarification is the questionnaire
itself. Through experience we
have already learned that certain
items should be added and some
should be eliminated from the
first questionnaire. The second
questionnaire has such revisions
and we expect that it will be
improved each semester. Students +
of the SECT committee and
several faculty members have
voluntarily devoted substantial
time to devise, study and revise
the questions.
This week, the new
questionnaires are being given out
by SECT representatives. We urge
you, the students, to respond
honestly to the questions. If you
learn that one of your teachers is
not participating in the new
evaluation and could be, confront
him with your feelings. Nothing
can be accomplished if all parties
remain silent, so find out why
your teacher has decided not to
participate.
Following the procedure used
last semester, the data from this
evaluation will be compiled by the
Computer Center. Results will be |
translated into a meaningful
booklet and will be available next
March in time for Fall °69
pre-registration. At this time we
would like to thank all students,
faculty, and administrators who
supported and continue to
support the goals of SECT.
Special thanks to Miss Corbin of
the Student Activities Office, to
the Computer Center, and to the
continued on page 5
The Arab Students Club will hold lis
second annual benefit performance,
Fri. December 13, in the Cc. C.
Ballroom at 8:00 p.m. The “Arabian
Nights," this year will feature two
Professional Arabian bands, folk
dancing groups, two singles, and an
belly dancer.
authentic During
intermission, refreshments will be
served. Tickets on sale in C.C. 11
a.m.-2 p.m. or by calling 472-6251
The English Student Advisory
Committee is meeting weekly on
Friday at 1:00 p.m. in HU 122. All
interested students taking English are
encouraged to attend.
Cathexis—important meeting and
film on Abnormal Behavior. Thursday,
December 12, 8 p.m. Soc. Sci faculty
tounge.
Cathexis—Christmas party. Sunday,
Dec. 15, Dutch Quad Flag Room. 8
The Department of Romance
languages is sponsoring a lecutre by
Professor Remy Saisselin from the
University of Rochester. He will
lecture in English on:'*From Pascal to
Voltaire: The Transformation of
Aesthetics Into Bourgeois Art” at 4:00
p.m. in HU 354 on Wednesday
December 11.
1918.
John Cromie
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Jill Paznik |
Ira Wolfman
Carol Schour
Tom Nixon
David Scherer
Tim Keeley
Ed Potskowski Tom Peterson
Philip Franchini
Daniel Foxman
TUESDAY, DECEMBER 10, 1968 ALBANY STUDENT PRESS PAGE 5
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On The Other e ay Wt Ws senna
by Tom Cervone and Doug Goldschmidt
Every folk culture has its profit this year. As as far as books on hand. This fall out of | Why am I here? Why do Ilive? (measured by our standards)
popular myths, and Albany State
is no exception. The Slavs had
Count Dracula, and we have the
FSA. Some of the parts of this
myth hold that FSA is bleeding
the students dry, and that it
makes fantastic profits which are
spent on orgies at the end of each
year.
However, like most myths only
half of this is true—FSA does not
bleed us dry, but you should see
the orgies. Like most myths, upon
examination this one becomes a
Gried up old bat lying in a coffin
with a stake in its heart.
Seriously, FSA is a non-profit
service corporation founded in
1951 which contracts with the
State of New York. FSA runs
Food Service, the bookstore, the
barber shop, the billiards hall, the
bowling alley, check cashing,
short-term loans, the vending
machines, the washing machines,
and the auditing of Student
Association’s books.
The bookstore has shared the
bulk of FSA’s problems and of
the student’s rath. To most
students it seems logical that they
should be making large profits,
but remarkably enough they have
been running in the red. (In fact
FSA as a whole last fiscal year had
only $25,000 in profits out of
$34 million in sales, and this
$25,000 does not include
depreciation costs.)
After a talk with the head of
FSA, the reasons for this
remarkable occurence are still not
quite clear. Some of the many
reasons offered are that the
bookstore has moved twice since
June, 1966 (from Draper to the
library basement to the present
location), that for many months
last year and this year the store
has been without a manager, the
cost of expanding bcokstore
activities, and shoplifting.
We can certainly understand
how these reasons would cost
money, but they still do not
explain why the bookstore is not
showing more than a marginal
shoplifting goes, no one in FSA
knows how much of the loss is
due to shoplifting or even how
much there is because there was
no inventory taken last year.
As to the criticism of the
inadequate service during the
bookrush, the reasons FSA offers
are that they handled 118,000
volumes this fall by hand and
cannot over-order as it costs too
much money to return books to
the company; also they cannot
sink all of their money into an
idle inventory. Thus if a professor
underorders, changes his mind, if
there is a last minute change in
2,327 titles, 12 to 15 were
mis-ordered. No figures were given
as to how many books were
under-ordered.
You will be happy to know
that the bookstore will probably
run into the black this year and
discounts and reductions are being
planned for the near future. Since
FSA admitted that they do not
really know what they will do to
solve their problems when they
find out what their problems are,
it would be appreciated if you
send any suggestions you may
have to the ASP office.
At any rate Doug thought
To make fifty thousand dollars
a year. Sounds like a foolish
answer. If it’s yours, you don’t
have to hide your humanity
because you don’t have any. To
place money as your ultimate
value is te be as shallow as Lake
Chad during the dry scason.
To teach others, to help others.
This is the best answer man can
give, and it too is faulty. To teach
others what? Your values? Who
needs them? Not me or anyone
else.
To help others to do what? Be
like you? Yes, and all of our
philanthropies, public and private,
faculty, or if there is an Kaleidoscope was nice, but Tom are geared to this selfish end.
unexpected over-enrollment in a thought it could be summed up in We teach others less
course there will not be enough one word—nausea. intelligent and less fortunate
ISM's
by Dan Sabia Jr. |
Besides the fact that the Paris
peacemakers may settle the
Vietnam question, the Americans
there are also going to be forced
to examine their ideological
predilections about so-called
Asian Communism.
This examination is going to be
forced by the very nature of the
Vietnam problem in its larger
aspects. Fundamentally, the
question is going to be this: Is the
United States ready to alter its
perceptions and _ prescriptions
about Southeast Asia and Asian
Communism, as it has in some
sense done with Russia and
European Communism?
A brief historical review can
crystallize the problem here. In
the early 1950's, the U.S.
considered Communism as both
an evil and immoral ideology, and
as a militarily expansionistic
threat.
The intense responses to the
post-W.W. II Communist
movement was personified on the
foreign policy level in diplomat
Kennan who
formulated the containment
policy; and in Senator Joseph
McCarthy who purged the
domestic front of its Communist
witches.
Kennan and the foreign policy
experts put the containment
policy into practice. Europe was
to be protected by NATO and
strengthened by the Marshall Plan.
In Southeast Asia, as a protection
against the evil, the “Asian Arc”
of military defense bases sprung
up, ringing China and the Pacific
from Japan and South Korea, to
the Ryukyus Islands and Tawain,
to the Philippines and, in 1954,
the Indo-China pennisula.
Since the 50’s, however, there
eorge F.
have been attempts at
disengagement, at peaceful
coexistence. Monolithic
Communism with the capital “‘C,”
has been replaced by the small
“ce” of polycentric communism.
But—and here is the
problem—most of these
movements away from 1950
ideology has been intended for,
and accrued’ to, U.S.-Soviet
relations.
‘This has not been the case, at
least to the same degree, with
U.S.Chinese relations. Here the
adversary—China and Asian
Communism—is still largely
painted in the colors of 1950
prejudices. Here is whete-the U.S.
has pushed containment to the
utmost; where China is képt out
of the United Nations; where
Japan is alienated by U.S.
insistence on retaining defense
bases; where 1968 Vietnam
rhetoric sounds much like a replay
of 1950 Korean rhetoric.
So the larger issue at Paris will
be a psychological one for the
Americans, and not merely an
answer to external relations
between the U.S, and the two
Vietnams.
It is going to be an internal
confrontation between 1950
American ideology about China
and Asian Communism, and 1968
realities. The outcome will be not
only interesting, but also of the
utmost importance.
Communications
continued from page 4
University Print Shop.
With anticipated incresed
co-operation from all involved, we
hope to expand the scope of
evaluations for the future. We are
well aware that upper-level
courses and their teachers should
have the benefit of student
evaluation. Since it is an
immeditate goal, we would like to
stress the importance of
interaction NOW between
students and faculty in the area of
improving instruction. After all,
of what use to the instructor or
the student is the statement which
indicates that the teacher does not
communicate well, or that his
exams are unfair? We maintain
that these are of little value unless
students criticize constructively.
Interaction, that is, direct
discussion between faculty and
students, is necessary for the
improvement of instruction.
Alexandra Beck, Chairman &
Co-editor of first publication
Steve Rubenstein, Co-edtior of
first publication & Chairman of
second publication.
Stark Answer
To the Editor:
RE: ‘‘Concert Complaints”
(Dec. 6, 1968 issue).
Michael H. Stark’s letter reaks
of the naivete only a freshman
could envision. Since he is a
Sophomore, he and those who
think like him on certain points
regarding concerts should have
learned that what is right or fair is
not always accomplished. I fully
agree that paying $8-10 for tickets
is “not right,” but if it is the price
one must pay for one’s own
shortsightedness and laziness in
purchasing tickets early, then
that’s the scalping business.
Yet there are valid complaints
in Stark’s letter which do deserve
answers, Firstly, I agree that the
gym is a lousy place for concerts
and that the P. A. system is poor.
Having tried our best in the past
and still had faulty sound, we are
having an acoustics company
study the gym and present us with
an estimate for a complete sound
system which will at best give us
maximum quality sound in a
lousy gym. As for the specific
breakdown during the Collins
Concert, her road manager,
Arturo, must take full blame, as it
was he who most “knowledgably”
stuck a screwdriver in a rented
amplifier resulting in no sound
and a blown amplifier.
Secondly, as for ticket sales on
and off campus, let me remind
Stark who hasn’t been here long
enough to know or had the drive
to fin. at that every concert in
the last three years has offered
some off campus tickets for
outsiders as a means to help make
up for some of the losses incurred.
And since no concert in the last
three years up until the
Collins-Union Gap Concert has
ever sold out, we had no reason to
doubt our past experiences with
ticket sales and assume that we
could or would sell out on
campus. In case anyone is
interested in the facts, out of
3000 total tickets, only 74 were
sold at Van Curler’s and only 93
were sold at Sear’s. End to
contrary rumors!
In addition, when I saw that we
would sell out on campus, I
immediately stopped all outside
sales and called back the extra
tickets to be made available for
students. Since I agree with the
idea of preference to students, for
Iam a student, we are working on
a plan to release extra tickets for
the public a few days before our
concerts. But it doesn’t take long
to realize that if a shortsighted
student waits until just before the
concert to buy tickets only to
find the event sold out, he would
probably write a letter much like
the one in last week’s ASP.
All of this discourse including
Stark’s letter is really not hitting
at the central problem. This is,
now that student tax may be
mandatory and our concerts will
be given more money for better
and more popular talent, we will
have 10,000 tax paying students
who wish to attend concerts that
can only seat 3,000 people.
Now Mr. Stark, you see tliat
this too is unfair, but are you
willing to put up action, petitions,
etc., or shut up after making valid
complaints and receiving equally
valid explanations, neither of
which will solve the, problem.
‘Thank you,
Joel Richman, Chairman
Council for Contemporary
Music
exactly how to imitate us. We try
to create carbon copies which are
worthless.
In the 1$th century, a snajor
reason for Manifest Destiny, our
entrance into lands where we
didn’t belong, was that we were
obliged, even destined to bring
our superior system of
government to other parts of the
world, so the people in these areas
could be free.
Today we do the same thing,
perhaps with a little more
sophistication, The socialists
preach that only under their form
of politicalidiocy can man be free,
The capitalists of the so-called
Free World say that only through
their money-hungry, laissez-faire
economic system can _ the
dual be free.
This is insanity. By telling
people the only means in which
they can attain freedom, we are,
in effect, limiting their liberty.
I hate dedicated people.
Dedication causes a blindness
which man is doomed to accept.
And what causes dedication? That
same commodity which motivates
our political aspirations and
ideals—hate.
We become so blind that we
hate all other ideals, and
eventually the people who
expound them. George Wallace
hated niggers (said without
contempt, for white idiots
outnumber black idiots in the
United States 10 to 1), Nixon
hated communists, and Humphrey
hated people who hated, the
bigots, which includes just about
everyone.
In fact, without hate, there’d
be no government. Then perhaps
we could be free. But people hate
crime, hate our “enemies,” hate
poverty, three qualities brought
about by hating one another.
Hence government.
Why am I here?
‘Suieas hell not to do anything
to others, and by doing things
for them, I do things to them,
some good, some detrimental.
Should I stop teaching? No. But I
must limit myself, if I do freely
choose to help (which I do), in
only offering the assistance the
other party wants, not be offering
what I think the other party
wants.
Then answer: why am I here?
To be myself in me. To live,
not to exist. To choose to love,
but to be free to choose to hate,
although it denies life.
To be free from the grips of
others. To want them to be free
from me. What do I want?
Aristotle called it straight:
happiness. What is it? I don’t
know. But I’m going to do my
damnedest to find out. I may
never find it. In fact, I know I
won't. But that is why I’m here:
to look. And as always, I can’t
stand it!
THE RED FLAG
Carol French
These are the times that try
en’s souls. The summer
revolutionary and the sunshine
straining toward the service of the
revolution, and some that stand
it now may well not be here then.
They deserve the hate of all of us.
Little we know who he is.
A revolution, like heaven, is not
easily attained; yet we have no
consolation, for the harder the
conflict the more will have no
stomach for it. What is cheaply
obtained is esteemed highly by
some now with us.
‘The system knows how to put a
proper price upon its goods, and it
would be strange indeed if so
expensive an article as security
were not highly rated. The state,
with an army to enforce its
tyranny, has declared that it has a|
right (not only to tax) but to bind
radical are, in-this:time-of-words,—us in all cases whatsoever, and if!
that is not exploitation, then is
there not such a thing as
exploitation on earth. The
expression is counter
revolutionary, for so unlimited a
power can belong only to the
people.
Whether the revolution will
come too soon or too late, I will
not discuss; my own simple
opinion is that I hope it comes in
a good time—neither too soon or
too late. Until then we must make
proper use of the winter as long as.
we are in a dependent state. If we
are not ready, the fault will be all
our OWN. apologies to Tom Paine.
ALBANY STUDENT PRESS
TUESDAY, DECEMBER 10, 1968
VIVACIOUS JUDY
z oto by Potskowskt
WEISEN broke up Kaleidoscope’s audience with
her cynically sexual performance, while Ellis Kaufman casually dashed
off some of his finest show-stopper tunes.
Staging , Lighting
Defeat Talent Show
by Gary Gelt
“*Kaleidoscope,” the annual
all-University Talent Show
presented this past weekend in
Page Hall, offered the best in
student talent, but the poor
staging and lighting defeated the
abilities of several performers.
For the most part the
performers were professional and
proficient. Dennis Buck, playing
an inventive and fluid tribute to
Barbra Streisand, and Judi Ann
Wiesen, singing and dancing to a
comic version of “The Kiss of
Fire,” once again proved that
talent can overcome inadequate
staging and lighting.
All the singers, especially Lia
Petkanas with her rendition of
“What Did I Have That I Don’t
Have Now,” and Gary Aldrich
with a medley of Rogers and
Hammerstein songs, displayed
fine voices and good stage
presence. ‘The Flowers,” a comic
novelty number about life at the
University, picked up the pace
nicely after the disasterous and
pointless “Geographic Fugue.”
The chorus of (15 were clumsy
in the confusing ‘Kaleidoscope
Tonight” opener, but when they
performed “Anything Goes” they
displayed a great deal of grace in
moving around the small stage.
However talented most of these
people were, they couldn’t do a
thing about the oh-so-slow staging
of the entire production. The
audience waited in suspense for
what seemed like five minutes in
Music Dept.
Presents Choral
Selection Thurs.
Varied choral works will be
presented by the music
department of the University on
‘Thursday, December 12, at 8:30
pm. in the Campus Center
ballroom. The concert is free to
the public.
The Statesmen, male chorus,
will sing three contemporary
settings of Shakespearian love
songs by Robert Washburn, a
professor of music and teacher of
composition at State University at
Potsdam. Daniel Nimetz, a
member of the music faculty at
SUNYA, will perform as French
horn soloist with the Washburn
settings.
The festival will close with all
members of the ensembles joining
in the “Hallelujah” from Handel’s
“Messiah.”
between each act. When the
performer finally got on stage, the
lighting was so poor that the
audience, sitting in total darkness,
could not read the name of the
performer from the program, nor,
in two cases, could the performer
find the microphone, During most
of the show the audience was
watching a nameless, faceless
person performing on a dingily lit
stage.
What could have been an
effervescent and sparkling
exhibition of student talent was
merely a lethargic shadow of a
poor Ted Mack Amateur Hour. If
co-directors Gary Restifo and
Kathi O’Neil and _ lighting
chairman Eileen Deming showed
the wit and cleverness of Deni
Buck’s piano recital or the spirit
and enthusiasm of Judi Ann
Wiesen’s comedic song, then
“Kaleidoscope” could have been
cured of its acute case of tired
blood.
SQP Posts
Movie Series
State Quad has released its second
semester movie schedule which,
according to Franklin R. Levy, head cf
SQ@P, “covers all tastes.” Second
semester activities include a special
Thursday night film series, a general
film series, six guest Sundays, a musical
production, a dramatic scholarship
performance, and a quad weekend.
Listed below are the film series
schedules:
GENERAL SERIES
February
2,3:Penelope 7,8:How to Succeed
14:LiNtL 15,16:Blow Up
21,22:Taming of the Shrew
28:To Sir,With Love
Maren,
1:Spartacus 2:Alfie
7,8:Irma LaDouce
16:A Funny Thing Happened
21,22:The Russians Are Cominy
‘Aprit
11,12:The African Queen
18,19:Marat/Sade
27:A Shop on Main Street
May
2:The Professionals 3,4:The Collector
9:Wait Until Dark10,11:The Great Race
16,17:Cast a Giant Shadow
23,24:Guide for a Married Man
he Absent Minded Professor
Finals:
THURSDAY FILM CIASSIC SERIES
February
6:Raisin in the Sun. 13:King Rat
20:Gunga Din 27:Advise and Consent
March
- 6:Mutiny on the Bounty 11:King Kong
13:Hud 20:Stalag 17
April
10:Last Hurrah
24:The Caine Mutiny
17:Sandpiper
Music Council Explains
Difficulties
Concert
by Holly Seitz
Why can’t the University have
big names like Simon and
Garfunkle for its concerts? Target
of questions like this is Joel
Richmond, president of
Contemporary Music Council,
which has sponsored the series of
contemporary popular artists.
There are more problems
involved in presenting a concert
than ticket sales and advertising.
Several factors effect the time,
price and artist.
One of the major limiting
factors at Albany is the seating
capacity of the gymnasium. At
full capacity the gym can hold
only about 3000 persons. This not
only effects the number who can
attend, but the ticket’s price and
ultimately the artist who appears.
The budget of Contemporary
Music Council is approximately
$40,000 of which all but $18,000
must be repaid to theStudent
Activities fund. The size of the
budget has already limited the
choice of artists as popular
personalities price per concert is
out of range. With the amount of
funds available the Council must
Tovish Lectures
Here On Thurs
Art Council announces that
Harold Tovish, the noted sculptor,
will present a lecture and film
“Art and Technology” on
Thursday, Deceraber 12, at 8 p.m.
in the Art Gallery of the Fine
Ar ts Building.
For over twenty years Harold
Tovish has been working with
bronze, aluminum, wood, and
terracotta to produce images that
reflect his war experiences-the
terror of children involved znd the
horrors of Nazi concentration
camps.
He continued his involvement
with the theme of the victim by
presenting figures both within and
without actual enviornments.
Through the use of light and
motion, Tovish keeps his
beautifully idealized male heads
constantly changing.
He has held teaching positions
at the University of Minnesota
and the School of the Boston
Museum. Between teaching duties
Tovish has made several extended
stays in Europe, most recently in
1966 as sculptor in residence at
the American Academy in Rome.
A cordial invitation is extended
to the entire University
community to attend this lecture.
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select an artist who will fit the
price range.
Tickets provide part of the
artist’s fee, Certain performers
play for a flat fee per concert, for
instance Judy Collins’ was $4000.
Others demand a lower fee plus a
percentage of the ticket sales.
The ticket price must be kept
comparitively low because of the
Student Tax. Big name artists are
not as likely to play for a lowered
fee and a percentage of the ticket
sales if a ticket costs only $1.50
and a maximum of 3,000 can be
sold ;
Another factor in the price of
an artist is the night of the
concert, Prime nights of Friday
and Saturday skyrocket the fee.
The question which has yet to
be answered is will a concert that
is scheduled during the week draw
the students away from studying?
Another problem is to schedule
concerts when other activities are
in progress like Homecoming
Weekend. This matching of artist
to weekend is very difficult as
performers are sometimes
reluctant to book too far in
advance.
College dates are often
considered the bottom of the pile
by artists, not only becuase of the
fee but also because the artsists
are freer to break a contract as the
school or organization hasn’t the
time or patience to carry a suit to
court.
FILMS
by Dave Bordwell
I urge you to see at once Philip
Saville’s neat, discreet “Oedipus
the King” (Scotia Art Theatre).
It’s a heavily “theatrical” film
(the touches of “cinema” are
self-conscious and extraneous);
but all movies needn’t have fancy
cutting or clever camera-work.
Saville mainly restricts the action
to the clearing before Oedipus’
palace, records Christopher
Plummer, Orson Welles, Lilli
Palmer, and an ominously
chanting chorus enacting under a
harsh sun the remorseless rhythm
of pride and arguish of Sophocles’
tragedy.
Plummer’s Oedipus is tall,
strong, and keenly confident. He
harangues Creon and Tieresias like
a petty tyrant, Wken he boasts,
spit bursts from his mouth, and
the words, echoeing throughout
Thebes, make the populace turn
anxiously from their affairs. And
Plummer sends pity trickling
through one’s nerves when the
humbled, sightless Oedipus,
thinking Creon is listening, talks
gently to an empty clearing.
The part of Jocasta, like that of
Queen Gertrude, demands that
the actress make an older woman
simultaneously regal, matronly,
and sensual. Lilli Palmer does, and
is completely convincing as queen,
wife, and mother. Orson Welles’
portrayal of Teiresias is as hefty as
granite; his physical bulk
commands the eye no less than his
rumbling voice arrests the ear like
an earth tremor: ‘‘It
will...all...out...in time.”
Saville’s open-air interpretation
strips the play to the bone, speech
following speech with a propulsive
rhythm that scarce ly ever flags,
and the soundtrack-echoing,
percussive music, the
declamations of the chorus
becoming ever more urgent--raises
the emotional pitch from scene to
scene.
Unfortunately, the film never
settles on one visual approach.
Sometimes it’s as grubbily realistic
as “The Gospel According to St.
Matthew” and at other moments
it’s nearly as stylized as “Ivan the
Terrible.” The two approaches are
incompatible only in the
extremes, but Saville’s mixing of a
humble style (shots of peasants
working and suffering in the
plague) and a grand one (looming
shots on ruins, the chorus’
stylized patterns of movement) is
half-hearted and not particularly
skillful. Still worse, some
redundant flashbacks of the
killing of Laius don’t build the
tension but rather undercut it; to
us, the murder itself (handheld
camera contrasting nicely with the
formal rigor of the rest of the
film) is less interesting than
Oedipus’ emotions while he
recounts it. These flashbacks are
probably attempts to “open up”
the play, but unless a director has
a powerful overall idea, he had
better leave such tricks alone:
they nearly always retard the
thrust of the action.
But the movie remains highly
affecting. (I'll never forget details
like Jocasta’s coiled brooches that
Oedipus uses to pierce his eyes, or
the bored-looking little boy who
leads the fallen king into the
hills.) What we have here is a fine
transcription, a film that because
of the excellence of its
performances and the general
integrity of its execution should
not be missed. It’s not a great
film, but it’s a good film of a great
play, which is enough to make for
an overwhelming experience.
Liz Taylor
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ALBANY STUDENT PRESS
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ALBANY’ 's CRAIG SPRINGER is shown in a match fein last
Saturday’s Quadrangular meet. Craig went on to win the 152-pound
Photo by Hochberg
Garciamen Second
In Quadrangular
The Albany State wrestling
squad opened its season this past
Saturday with a second place
finish in their annual
Quadrangular tournament.
The Albany squad was led by
Ceth Seely and Craig Springer
who both won their respective
weight classes. Seely, in the
123-pound class, won both of his
matches by decisions as did
Springer—in the 152-pound
division. Springer was particularly
impressive as he was not scored
upon in his two matches.
Hartwick, who won the match
was the only school competing
which had a wrestler in each
division, Albany forfeited only
the 115 and heavyweight classes
while third-place finishers
Rochester forfeited five places
and Dartmouth had only four
wrestlers for eleven spots.
In addition to Springer and
Seely, Albany was represented by
Pete Ranalli in the 130, Bob Kind
at 137, Fran Weal at 145, Frank
Berry at 160, George Hawrylchak
at 167, and John Furlyns at 191.
Hawrylchak, normally a 137 or
145-pound wrestler contributed as
expecially fine performance as he
easily outweighed by his
opponent yet was able to prevent
a pin and capture a third place
and valuable points for the
Albany team.
The Albany squad looked very
impressive in their first outing and
it would appear that they will be
able to improve upon last year’s
disasterous 1-10 record.
With Craig Springer and Fran
Weal returning as lettermen the
squad has a fairly solid nucleus for
the coming year as they also have
Frank Berry, Alex Domkowski,
Marshall Gladstone, and George
Hawrylchak who all competed on
the varsity level returning to
Participate again this year.
Coach Garcia is also looking for
strong performances from
sophomores Pete Ranalli and
Kevin Sheehan as well as from
transfers Ceth Seely and Bob
Kind.
Giles,
Choppers
This past Saturday, December
7, League I saw its finest scores
since the league moved from
Shade’s Academy to the Campus
Lanes. All-time records for the
league were set for team
individual scores.
The highest Three-game series
in the history of the Campus lanes
was roled this week as Al Giles of
Dundee, New York, exploded for
a phenomenal three-game series of
oa games of 267, 244, and
Both the 743 and the 267
single are highs for the season for
an individual bowler. Giles is
presently averaging 188.
The Shafts, now in third place,
bowled the highest three-game
series in recent league history.
Their total of 2911 was compiled
on games of 949, 934, and 1028,
which is an average of about 194
per bowler. Contributing to the
team effort were Al Giles with
743, Bob Eichhorn with 606, and
Ron Romano rolling 570.
Other high scores included Nich
Meister with 229-615. Bob
Eichhorn, 258, Chuck Ennis, 242,
Glenn Garver, 233, The league
compiled 13 single games of over
200.
The first four teams were found
Shafts
Set Marks;
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TEAM WON LOST 5. Bad News 5 14
6. Steinmetz 14
1. Ch 22 6
2EEP oa 7 7. APA 11 17
3. Shafts 20 8 8. KB 1 17
4, UFS 19 9 9. Theta Zeros 8 20
Photo by Cantor
APA’s TIM DENMAN sends one rolling down the University lanes
within a game of each other at the during recent league I action.
end of Saturday’s match:
Frosh Hardcourters
Open With Losses
The Albany State Frosh, highly
praised by varsity coach Richard
“Doe” Sauers as possibly the best
in State history, have yet to find
the winning way after two games.
The Baby Dane, loaded with
high school talent, have dropped
disappointing contests to the
Oneonta frosh and to Mohawk
Valley Community College.
Salvaged out of the two losses
were some fine individual
performances and with them, the
hopes for a brighter future.
In their opening game against
Oneonta, the yearlings dropped a
close decision, 70-65, after leading
at half-time. Coach Bob Lewis’
charges showed scoring punch as
center Mike Hill scored 19 points.
Mike, who stands 6’ 3” and is
from Lansingburg, also rebounded
in double figures for the Danes.
Keith Ward, Gene Bost, and
John Heher, all from the Elmira
area, paced the rest of the Albany
team with 14, 14, and 7 points.
Albany’s fifth starter, Mike
Bendzel, contributed nine points.
In their second contest, the
Frosh again led their opponents at
half-time. Mohawk Valley found
itself trailing, 25-21, but allowed
State onilyfifteen points in the
final half of the contest while its
offense hit for 36 big points. The
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championships in the last two
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TUESDAY, DECEMBER 10, 1968
STONY BROOK’s Varsity coach quickly learned not to question the
referee’s decisions during last Saturday’s game.
AFL’s Bills
Photo by Cantor
Will
Draft O. J. Simpson
BUFFALO, N.Y. UPI-Ralph
C. Wilson, Jr. abruptly breaking
his curious silence over college
football’s most sought after
player, said Monday the Buffalo
Bills would probably reach for O.
J. Simpson in next month’s
professional draft.
The Bills’ owner said in a brief
statement he was embarrassed by
the 112-1 record that gave
Buffalo professional football’s
worst record and the right to
negotiate with Simpson. He said
no one player could compensate
for the Bills’ showing in 1968.
We have not made a final
decision nor will we until all the
college bowl games are over,”
Wilson said. But Simpson is the
most exciting college player to
come along in many, many
seasons and the way it looks right
now we will probably dyaft him.
Wilson previously had been
silent in regards to Simpson, the
Heisman Trophy winner from
Southern Cal. But his head coach,
Harvey Johnson, was lavish in his
praise of the nation’s top running
back.
I just can’t conceive of any
team not taking him, Johnson said
after the Bills were assurred of the
top choice in the Jan. 28 draft.
He’s a great runner, that’s all
there is to it, Johnson said.
Get him and you play him to
run with the football.
It certainly is nice to be in a
position where you know you can
get Simpson if you want him. I
think he’s one of the most
outstanding college players
developed in recent years and he’s
a terrific running back, Johnson
said.
Rocky Beats Pat
ALBANY, N.Y. (UPI)—In one
of the closests election battles
in New York State history, Gov-
ernor Rockefeller topped come-
dian Pat Paulsen by seven votes
in the unofficial results of the
write-in vote for president in the
November election.
The official tally of state votes
however showed that the ov-
ernor and the comedian ran a
poor second and third to Sen.
Eugene McCarthy.
The incomplete and totally un-
official results released by the
New York secretary of state’s
office gave McCarthy 314 votes,
Rockefeller 54 and Paulsen 47
votes in the write-in contest.
The Bills coach traveled to Los
Angeles last week to watch
Simpson play when USC faced
Notre Dame.
Under professional football
regulations the team with the
worst record in both the AFL and
NFL is first to choose in the draft.
Buffalo with its 1-12-1 record
was guaranteed first pick in the
college draft Sunddy when the
National Football League
Philadelphia Eagles downed the
New Orleans Saints 29-17. The
win made their record 2-11-0,
with a final game yet to be
played.
Buffalo, plagued by
throughout the season, went
through five quarterbacks. The
team ended its year Saturday in
Houston bowing to the Oilers
35-6.
injuries
Defeat Stony Brook 57-52
The Albany State basketball
squad registered its first win this
past Saturday as they defeated the
Stony Brook Patriots by a score
of 57-52.
Albany was led in scoring by
Rich Margison who _ tallied
twenty-one points for the night
In amassing his total, Margison hit
six field goals and nine foul shots.
The Great Danes led at half by
a score of 28-20 as Margison
poured in fourteen points.
The Patriots, however, began to
close the gap in the second half as
closed within three points behind
the hot shooting of Mark
Kirschner. Jack Adams sealed the
game, however, when he sank two
free throws with just three
seconds left in the ball game.
Following Margison in the
scoring for Albany were Jack
Adams with eleven points and Jim
Caverly with ten. Caverly also led
the team in rebounds as he
gathered in nine.
Scott Price, who has been
bothered by a bad ankle, grabbed
severn rebounds.
The Danes, who were hurt by
too many fouls in their opening
season loss also lost two
ballplayers foul out in this gz:me
as Price and Jack Jordan both
committed five fouls.
With Price unable to perform at
peak efficiency, the Great Danes
are at a definite loss for depth.
Last year, Price was the leading
rebounder for the squad and
played at all times except when he
‘was in foul trouble.
This year, however, the team
has been forced to rely on Jack
Duffy to supply the rebounding
and center the offense. While
Duffy is not a poor player, he
lacks both the rebounding ability
and the scoring potential of Price.
The hoopsters travel to
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F-troop has done it again! In
their last match of the season
against the team which took first
place in League I competition,
Alden III, the sevensome was
victorious in two oxt of two
games, thus taking their second
trophy.
In other games: the playoff for
second place in League II saw
Schuyler Hall victorious over
Zenger; and in the game between
league second place holders,
Schuyler won again, this time over
Alden II.
Dorms and sororities should
now be thinking about forming
basketball teams if they are
interested. Rosters should be out
directly after Christmas since the
intramural season is scheduled to
begin two weeks into the second
semester.
W.R.A. would like to extend its
thanks to all those members
involved in setting up and
officiating volleyball intramurals.
Special thanks are directed to
Mary Ann Zahurak, volleyball
manager and coordinator for the
time and effort she spent in
effectively organizing and running
the program.
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Plattsburgh tonight to attempt to
gain their second victory of the
season. Last year, in a high scoring
game, Albany defeated the
Plattsburgh Cerdinals by eight
points, 96-88. The Danes need
this victory as they are facing the
State University of Buffalo this
Saturday.
Buffalo has a strong team this
year and boast height which will
put all but impossible pressure on
Albany’s front court. The Bulls
have a 69” center who will
supply the Albany big men with
some tough competition under
the boards.
AILING SCOTT PRICE is
outjumped by his Stony Brook
counterpart. Photo by Cantor
With only two men over 6’2”,
Albany cannot be expected to win
the ballgame, but with a fine team
effort they may be able to present
at least a representative showing.
The game against Buffalo is the
last home game for the team
before the Christmas vacation.
On the following Wednesday,
the Varsity Hoopsters travel to
Central Connecticut State. Central
Connecticut leads in the series
with Albany, having won thirteen
of the twenty-one games over the
years.
During the vacation period, the
Danes will host the Capitol City
Tournament on December 27-28.
The field includes Siena College,
St. Lawrence University, and
Hamilton College.
Following New Year's, the
Danes swing back into action at
Merrimack College on January 6.
Their next home game will be on
Saturday, January 11, against
Harpur and the following
Saturday against Pratt Institute.
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