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In a meeting with the Albany Student Press and Student Association President Steve Gerber, EOP director Vernon Buck provides a statistical breakdown of the EOP's achievements to date. Of the 168 students who began the program in 1968, more than 100 had already graduated; 45 of the graduates were...

The Central Council temporarily freezes the funds of the EOPSA after a dispute arises over the representation of Puerto-Rican students in the organization's governing board. The Puerto-Rican faction, unsatisfied with a single representative in the administrative body of the EOPSA, advocates for...

Seeking to alleviate the conflict between the administration of the Educational Opportunities Program Student Association and a contingent of Puerto-Rican students united under the group Fuerza Latina (Latin Power), the Central Council continues their investigation into the struggle over...

After months of conflict over the representation of Puerto-Rican students in the Educational Opportunities Program Student Association's governing board, the Central Council accepts the recommendation of the Executive Budget Committee to separate the faction representing the Puerto-Rican and...

In an editorial against a proposal introduced by the Central Council chairperson in an earlier meeting which would authorize a 67% budget cut for ethnic based student groups on campus, the Assistant Coordinator of Fuerza Latina (Latin Power), Juan Tito Melendez, praises the Central Council for...

After members of the EOPSA staged a sit in of the Student Association offices earlier in the day, the Central Council voted to approve a budget of $35,650 for the organization, closer to the figure argued for by the EOPSA and a rejection of the much smaller projected budget of $27,000 that had...

After a highly charged council meeting earlier in the week where EOPSA members had participated in a sit-in of the proceedings, the Central Council would later affirm Student President Pat Curran's decision to reverse the concessions offered and veto the resolution authorizing the EOPSA to...

Despite the State Legislature's budget for SUNY Albany which would see an overall reduction of over $7 million, the bill provides an increase of $1 million for the Educational Opportunity Program.

In the "Presidential Taskforce on Priorities and Resources Report", convened to deal with the the strained financial situation at the university, offer their recommendations to president Emmett B. Fields regarding the funding of various departments on campus. Although the EOP is noted for its...