FIAT LUX
Volume 67, No. 1 Alfred, New York, F e b r u a r y 20, 1978 P h o n e 871-2192
State Aid in Peril Brostoff Indicates
Concern
By Linda A. Carl
I n c r e a s e d allocations f o r TAP will be t h e main topic for discussion a t a special m e e t i n g of the I n d e p e n d e n t S t u d e n t Coalition being held on M a r c h 14in Albany. M a r k Brostoff, P r e s i d e n t of the
^ S t u d e n t G o v e r n m e n t , a n - nounced a t the f i r s t Student Se n a t e m e e t i n g of the semes- ter, t h a t he hopes to be a b l e to send r e p r e s e n t a t i v e s , or a t l e a s t a petition of s u p p o r t from Alfred University, to this meeting. Brostoff said,
"If s t a t e aid is cut a s proposed, e n r o l l m e n t would be a f f e c t e d . "
Applications by high school s t u d e n t s to t h e University a r e down 25%, but the s t a t e a v e r a g e is down 48% said R a l p h Krutulis to the Senate in his r e p o r t on the l a s t T r u s t e e m e e t i n g . Krutulis also announced t h a t tuition will be going up by $264, which is a 6.7% i n c r e a s e . Room and board will both be i n c r e a s e d by $25 so t h a t the a v e r a g e i n c r e a s e f o r all t h r e e will be 5.7%, said Krutulis.
Herrick Library Changes
Hours
By Pam Warshauer
Due to s t u d e n t d e m a n d , H e r r i c k M e m o r i a l L i b r a r y h a s changed its o p e r a t i n g hours to a c c o m o d a t e m o r e weekend studying.
The library is now open f r o m 11 a . m . to 10 p . m . on S a t u r d a y and 11 a . m . to 11 p . m . on Sunday. An hour was t a k e n from l a s t s e m e s t e r ' s S a t u r d a y hours of 11 a . m . to 11 p . m . and a d d e d to the old Sunday hours of 12 noon to 11 p . m . The hours were cut h e r e because of t h e seldom use of the l i b r a r y on Satur- d a y s . This c u t will not a f f e c t the budget.
The hours d u r i n g the w e e k r e m a i n the s a m e : Monday t h r o u g h T h u r s d a y , 8 a . m . t o 11p.m.; a n d F r i d a y , 8 a . m . to 10 p.m.
In other g o v e r n m e n t bus- i n e s s , B r o s t o f f s u g g e s t e d t h a t a r e p o r t be m a d e on the old Senate by-laws. Mark W i l l i a m s , S e n a t o r f r o m Shults, volunteered to do the r e p o r t which will be given in M a r c h .
Mike Cauthen, Vice-Pres- ident of the Student Govern- m e n t , asked for the f o r m a - tion of two c o m m i t t e e s . The f i r s t of these c o m m i t t e e s w o u l d be c a l l e d S t u d e n t Activities and they will be responsible for sitting in on t h e m e e t i n g s of v a r i o u s Student Activities and r e p o r t to the Senate. The second c o m m i t t e e will be involved in doing activities r e s e a r c h to find out the a c t u a l needs of students.
A p o l i c y w h i c h w o u l d prohibit the use of alcohol for fund raising in the n a m e of Alfred University w a s d r a w n up by Don King, Dean of Student A f f a i r s under the r e q u e s t of P r e s i d e n t Rose d u r i n g D e c e m b e r . T h i s policy was then reviewed by v a r i o u s p e o p l e , i n c l u d i n g Brostoff, and a f t e r m u c h discussion by thè P r e s i d e n t ' s
staff the policy was with- d r a w n .
T h e S e n a t e e l e c t e d to organize a booklet which will be offered to incoming fresh- m e n . This booklet will contain p i c t u r e s of all incom- ing f r e s h m e n who a r e inter- ested in being included, plus i n f o r m a t i o n a b o u t c a m p u s a c t i v i t i e s . I t c o s t s t h e University nothing to h a v e these booklets published, but the f r e s h m en will be r e q u i r e d to pay $4 to r e c e i v e a copy of it.
Other financial actions of the m e e t i n g i n c l u d e a r e q u e s t by the Biology Club for $180 to go on two field t r i p s .
Diana T o m b r e q u e s t e d Se- nate support for the Dance-a- thon in the form of a prize or pledge. The Senate decided to sponsor six s e n a t o r s a t ten d o l l a r s each. They will also be giving a prize a w a y by d r a w i n g from the n a m e s of those d a n c e r s who l a s t longer than twelve of the total twenty-four h o u r s . The prize is a dinner for two a t the Big E l m s r e s t a u r a n t .
WALF r a d i o station h a s r e t u r n e d the m o n e y they w e r e given l a s t s e m e s t e r for a new receiver in the C a m p u s Center. The old r e c e i v e r h a s been r e p a i r e d .
G a r y Muck in his C a m p u s Center office
Muck Changes Position ; Seeks Communication
By Linda A. Carl G a r y M. Muck views his
n e w j o b a s D i r e c t o r of Student Activities a s a medi- a t o r between s t u d e n t activi- ties. " A t this point I believe all students should work together. My goal is to keep c o m m u n i c a t i o n s open bet- ween all activities. I believe t h e y ' r e all vital for the functioning of the University.
" I see m y role as identify- ing the key elements of conflict and finding a com- mon ground for a g r e e m e n t . So f a r t h e s y s t e m h a s w o r k e d , " said Muck.
Muck is r e p l a c i n g Roger Ohstrom who is presently on a leave of absence. Ohstrom will be r e t u r n i n g to w o r k on
Special P r o j e c t s , under the Dean of S t u d e n t a f f a i r s and will have his office in the counseling c e n t e r .
The old position of P r o g - r a m Coordinator, held by Muck last s e m e s t e r , will be combined with his new posi- tion so he will now be directing all activities on c a m p u s . M u c k will b e m a i n t a i n i n g his faculty r a n k a s a l e c t u r e r in H u m a n i t i e s . U n d e r his new job Muck will be responsible for the Cam- pus Center (excluding the Saxon Inn and the Snack B a r ) . He will also be the official advisor to the K a n a - k a d e a and unofficial advisor to all other activities.
Students More
Sophisticated Says Rose
By Joan Rothstein Students a r e m o r e sophis- t i c a t e d now t h a n in the e a r l y ' 7 0 ' s , s a i d P r e s i d e n t M.
R i c h a r d R o s e .
" T h e r a d i c a l p e r s p e c t i v e then w a s an absolute one t h a t w a s u n r e a l i s t i c and i r r e c o n - c i l a b l e . "
Rose said t h a t the s t u d e n t g o v e r n m e n t h a s m o r e "in- f l u e n c e " in a d m i n i s t r a t i v e policy t h a n in previous y e a r s . H e c i t e d t h e c h a n g e in l i b r a r y hours, s t u d e n t rep- r e s e n t a t i o n on c u r r i c u l u m c o m m i t t e e s , a n d the c r e a t i o n of m i n o r s a s e x a m p l e s of s t u d e n t p a r t i c i p a t i o n in ad- m i n i s t r a t i v e c h a n g e s .
" I n a s e n s e , I m i s s t h e r a d i c a l s . . . i t w a s exciting, b u t
continued on page 5
Marshall Ponders
Resignation
By Monique Pennings Within the n e x t m o n t h , Joh n M a r s h a l l will m a k e his decision of w h e t h e r to r e s i g n f r o m his position as Asso- c i a t e Dean of Student A f f a i r s or to stay on here. His decision to l e a v e Alfred will b e based on his evaluation of f u t u r e g o a l s w h i c h m a y include s o m e type of profes- sional a d v a n c e m e n t t h r o u g h a d v a n c e d study t o w a r d a doctorate.
Since 1973, when he first c a m e to Alfred, Mr. M a r s h a l l h a s taken on m a n y a d d e d responsibilities a n d initiated m a n y p r o g r a m s . Two r e c e n t e x a m p l e s of this a r e the designing of the Cuban Allen- t e r m and the D a n c e l e b r a t i o n A l l e n t e r m .
Telethon Successful- Still Short of Goal
By Richard Laufer The a n n u a l Alfred Univer- sity Telethon r a i s e d $70,365 this y e a r , a n i n c r e a s e of
$9,277 over l a s t y e a r ' s t o t a l . Money r a i s e d in the tele- phone c a m p a i g n will b e n e f i t specific a r e a s within t h e University. T h e s e a r e a s in- clude f i n a n c i a l aid, a c a d e m i c support, and library ser- vices, inter-collegiate a n d i n t r a m u r a l s p o r t s , and t h e C a r e e r P l a n n i n g and Coun- seling Services, a c c o r d i n g to Sharon Higgins, c h a i r p e r s o n of the telethon.
T h i s y e a r ' s t e l e t h o n d i f f e r e d from those of t h e p a s t by i n c o r p o r a t i n g a team calling m e t h o d . This m e t h o d involved dividing the calling nights between six t e a m s of c a l l e r s . T h e t e a m s w e r e divided into r e p r e s e n t a t i v e groups f r o m die G r e e k s , Nursing, C e r a m i c s , Admini- s t r a t i o n / A l u m n i , L i b e r a l Arts, and B u s i n e s s .
Coordinating and h e a d i n g t h e staff of s o m e 135 s t u d e n t a n d f a c u l t y v o l u n t e e r s w e r e J e a n McCord, d i r e c t o r of the U n i v e r s i t y ' s Annual F u n d , Sharon Higgins, and Douglas
DeCoursey, c o - c h a i r p e r s o n . Higgins said t h a t the t e a m m e t h o d , along with a prize a w a r d e d to t h e team with t h e h i g h e s t to solicit t h e l a r g e s t a m o u n t of pledges, provided a feeling of t e a m s p i r i t a n d c o m p e t i t i o n a m o n g t h e volunteers.
The G r e e k s won the prize of a five dollar gift c e r t i f i c a t e for each m e m b e r of the t e a m f r o m C r a n d a l l ' s , with a total of $7,000 in pledges.
Another unique f e a t u r e of this y e a r ' s telethon w a s t h e
$10,000 c h a l l e n g e era nt. t h a t a continued on page 5
2 F I A I LUX. ALF It Kl), NEW YORK F e b r u a r y 20, 1978
Students Visit Cuba;
Are Favorably Impressed /
About Town
Village Board Discusses
Closing Hours, Noise Gripes
By Diana L. Tomb A p r o p o s a l t h a t w o u l d
r e q u i r e all Alfred b u s i n e s s e s to close a t 1:30 a . m . a n d c h a n g e s in h o u s i n g a n d zoning o r d i n a n c e s a r e slated to be voted upon a t the n e x t m e e t i n g of the Alfred Village Board ( F e b . 21).
Public h e a r i n g s a n d dis- cussions a t the Village B o a r d m e e t i n g s on a c h a n g e in
closing hours h a s been going on for a t l e a s t a y e a r , a n d M a y o r Horowitz h a s said t h a t he e x p e c t s the vote to be postponed from the F e b . 21 m e e t i n g until m u c h l a t e r in the y e a r .
The Alfred B u s i n e s s m e n ' s A s s o c i a t i o n h a s r e a c t e d a g a i n s t the possibility of such legislation by sending a letter to the Alfred Village B o a r d p r o t e s t i n g village legislation to e n a c t e a r l i e r c l o s i n g t i m e s .
The o w n e r s of the two b a r s , Alex S p y r a l a t o s and G a r y Brown, h a v e a g r e e d to close their e s t a b l i s h m e n t s a t 1:00 a . m . f o r a t r i a l p e r i o d b e g i n n i n g on M a r c h 24.
E v e n though we a r e spen- ding more, w e ' r e using less.
Over the p a s t five y e a r s , Alfred University has been showing a d o w n w a r d trend in b o t h g a s a n d e l e c t r i c i t y u s a g e , an o v e r a l l drop of 35 and 40%, respectively. Yet for the s a m e five y e a r s , the University h a s paid 35%
m o r e for these s a m e utilities.
With the cost of gas and electricity rising 42 and 43%
respectively. The gains in conservation a r e a l m o s t un- n o t i c e a b l e e c o n o m i c a l l y . B u t Gene Slack, Director of the Physical P l a n t is quick to a d d , " I m a g e w h a t we'd be p a y i n g now if we h a d n ' t r e d u c e d our c o n s u m p t i o n . "
By R . E . Nordheim T h e Bloodmobile will be visiting Alfred on T u e s d a y of this week, with a visit to the T e c h c a m p u s s l a t e d f o r t o d a y .
D r . G a y l o r d R o u g h , a U n i v e r s i t y biology p r o f e s s o r a n d c h a i r m a n of the d r i v e , s t r e s s e d t h a t once a g a i n the need is g r e a t .
Donation r e q u i r e s a p p r o x i - m a t e l y one h o u r . The proce- d u r e involves a hemoglobin test, a t e m p e r a t u r e a n d pulse check, a brief m e d i c a l his- tory i n t e r v i e w and blood
The trial will l a s t until the end of the a c a d e m i c y e a r , a t w h i c h t i m e , t h e V i l l a g e B o a r d and the b a r o w n e r s will r e v i e w its s u c c e s s in t e r m s c u r b i n g l a t e - n i g h t noise levels.
D u r i n g C h r i s t m a s v a c a t i o n and p a r t of A l l e n t e r m , the b a r s w e r e closing a t 1:00 a . m . until they l e a r n e d t h a t t h e U n i v e r s i t y p u b w a s s t a y i n g open on p a r t i c u l a r nights until l a t e r t h a n 2:00 a . m .
Noise c a u s e d by s t u d e n t s f r e q u e n t i n g the Alfred Sub Shop, the Alfred P i z z a r i a , and the two b a r s h a s been cited by village r e s i d e n t s in the downtown a r e a a s "un- b e a r a b l e " and " i n t o l e r a b l e . "
S p y r a l a t o s a n d B r o w n denied total responsibility for the noise level in the village late a t night. Brown said,
" F r a t e r n i t y p a r t i e s a n d a p a r t m e n t p a r t i e s c o n t r i b u t e to noise."
David S c h w e r t , a t r u s t e e continued on page 5
C o m p a r i n g this y e a r ' s fi- g u r e s with l a s t y e a r s , t h e r e is a slight i n c r e a s e in the consumption of electricity f r o m August through October with a large (25%) increase in N o v e m b e r which drops off to below last y e a r ' s Decem- ber and J a n u a r y levels of u s a g e .
D u r i n g this s a m e six period, g a s consumption h a s d e c r e a s e d a p p r o x i m a t e l y 20% c o m p a r e d to l a s t y e a r .
One m a j o r r e a s o n for the d r o p was the switching of the science c e n t e r and McLane Center over to the Heating P l a n t and off their own s y s t e m s , t h u s b e c o m i n g m o r e efficient.
p r e s s u r e test, followed by the.
a c t u a l donation.
In the e v e n t t h a t a f r i e n d or r e l a t i v e will be r e q u i r i n g blood in the f u t u r e , blood m a y be donated in t h a t p e r s o n ' s n a m e .
Most people can s a f e l y d o n a t e twice a y e a r .
Reasons for not donating
• R e c e n t s u r g e r y ( i n c l u d i n g tooth e x t r a c t i o n s )
• R e c e n t i m m u n i z a t i o n s
• I n f e c t i o u s d i s e a s e s in the r e c e n t p a s t , such a s mononu- cleosis
• E v e r h a v i n g had h e p a t i t i s
By Kevin Sandt Led by Dr. G a r y Horowitz, 15 A.U. s t u d e n t s fled the snow-laden United States to
Cuba this past Allenterm.
T h e Allenterm class conclu- ded two weeks of r e s e a r c h i n g the one-time U.S. p r o t e c t o r a t e by o b s e r v i n g t h e i s l a n d c o u n t r y first-hand. D u r i n g their 14 day s t a y the group studied the v a r i o u s w a y s in which the C o m m u n i s t s y s t e m h a s influenced Cuba since t h e revolution in 1959. Through their tours and field trips, (including one to a H a v a n a hospital and a P ioneer Youth C a m p ) , the students w e r e able to m e a s u r e the a m o u n t of social and technological p r o g r e s s t h a t h a s taken place u n d e r the Castro r e g i m e .
W h e r e a s it was r e m a r k e d t h a t the city of H a v a n a
" f a r e s sadly in comparison to U . S . s t a n d a r d s , " t h e
Cushing Honored
At Mondale Dinner
Val M. Cushing, a studio p o t t e r , a n d p r o f e s s o r of c e r a m i c a r t , a t t e n d e d a reception and dinner given by Vice P r e s i d e n t W a l t e r Mondale F e b . 7 in Washing- ton, D.C.
The d i n n e r honored promi- nent p a t r o n s of the a r t s a n d s e v e r a l a r t i s t s , i n c l u d i n g Cushing, whose work h a s b e e n on d i s p l a y in t h e Mondale r e s i d e n c e since l a s t M a r c h . A glazed c e r a m i c j a r by the Alfred p o t t e r is on loan to the vice p r e s i d e n t f r o m t h e p e r m a n e n t collection of the E v e r s o n M u s e u m of A r t in S y r a c u s e .
Cushing e a r n e d his under- g r a d u a t e and g r a d u a t e a r t d e g r e e s a t Alfred U n i v e r s i t y , w h e r e he h a s t a u g h t for the p a s t 19 y e a r s . M a j o r muse- u m s t h r o u g h o u t this c o u n t r y and a b r o a d hold his w o r k .
or s e r u m j a u n d i c e
• P r e g n a n c y
• B e i n g u n d e r 18 y e a r s of a g e ( u n l e s s p a r e n t a l c o n s e n t is obtained)
• H y p e r t e n s i o n
• Any blood p r e s s u r e ab- n o r m a l i t i e s
• Low hemoglobin c o u n t
• C u r r e n t use of h a r d d r u g s , or d r u g t h e r a p y
The Bloodmobile will be a t the Union U n i v e r s i t y Church C e n t e r in downtown A l f r e d from 10 a . m . until 4 p . m . on F e b r u a r y 21.
c o n s e n s u s b e t w e e n M a r k Brostoff, John F o r d , a n d D r . Horowitz is t h a t Castro h a s
proved impressive in his molding of the young republic into a functional society. F o r example, Dr. Horowitz notes t h a t " t h e l i t e r a c y in the
" s u g a r r e p u b l i c " is 97%
today as c o m p a r e d to less t h a n 50% before the revolu- tion." The A U . professor went on to s a y that these f i g u r e s can be a t t r i b u t e d to the f a c t t h a t the g o v e r n m e n t p r o v i d e s f r e e e d u c a t i o n through the g r a d u a t e level.
In a s e p a r a t e interview Brostoff said, " I am i m p r e s s - ed with how C a s t r o provides e v e r y citizen with the t h r e e basic needs: food, clothing, and shelter. New Housing is provided for a 11 a t inexpensive r a t e s , (3% of m o n t h l y s a l a r y ) including one complex t h a t our c l a s s s a w , n a m e d A l a m o r that will house 100,000 f a m i l i e s
L a s t s e m e s t e r , the sopho- m o r e n u r s e s w e r e fed up with w h a t they considered to be poor p l a n n i n g on the p a r t of the a d m i n i s t r a t i o n , a c c o r d - ing to N a n c y W a l k e r , the s o p h o m o r e n u r s i n g r e p r e s e n - t a t i v e of t h e U n i v e r s i t y G r i e v a n c e C o m m i t t e e .
T h e N u r s i n g A d v i s o r y Board w a s then f o r m e d . Its p u r p o s e is to k e e p i n f o r m e d of the issues a n d t a k e a c t i o n when n e c e s s a r y by c o m p l a i n - ing or m a k i n g s u g g e s t i o n s to t h e D e a n or a f a c u l t y m e m b e r .
Walker spoke a b o u t s o m e of the p r o b l e m s . " I n the l e c t u r e class, t h e work load w a s so h e a v y , and things s e e m e d so d i s o r g a n i z e d . T h e r e w a s no continuity in
In an e f f o r t to s a v e money, a n d p o s s i b l y p a p e r , t w o c e r a m i c a r t s t u d e n t s divided their p a r k i n g stickers; one on each of their c a r s .
" I wouldn't say i t ' s t h e f i r s t t i m e i t e v e r h a p p e n e d , " Lynn A l l e n , a s s i s t a n t chief of A.U.'s c a m p u s security said,
" b u t it's the f i r s t t i m e a n y o n e e v e r got c a u g h t . "
The incident caused both s t u d e n t s to l o s e c a m p u s p a r k i n g priviledges for the r e s t of the s e m e s t e r , with the possibility of having their c a r s t o w e d if t h e y a r e c a u g h t .
L a r r y Lubow and Sylvia F r u c h t , both seniors, p a r k e d their c a r s in the lot w e s t of H a r d e r Hall J a n u a r y 17 a t a t i m e when s t u d e n t vehicles a r e prohibited f r o m the a r e a .
A faculty m e m b e r com- plained to the s e c u r i t y f o r c e t h a t the a r e a w a s filled with s t u d e n t c a r s and t h e r e w a s
Food and clothing is also q u a r a n t e e d t h r o u g h govern- m e n t rationing."
J o h n F o r d , a n o t h e r s t u d e n t on the trip, described H a v a n a a s " a dirty, filthy pighole,"
but was quick to add t h a t t h e g o v e r n m e n t does boost full e m p l o y m e n t a n d a f r e e health c a r e p r o g r a m .
A t h r e e - p a r t forum on Cuba begins F e b r u r a r y 20th and will continue on the two
foliowingMondays a t 12: 00 in the C a m p u s Center (The B e r g r e n F o r u m ) . Both Bros- toff and Horowitz will host a s e r i e s of discussions along w i t h B a r r y B r o g a n . The forum not only p r o m i s e s to I be enlightening concerning \ | growth in Modern Cuba, b u t
should b e a r an a d d e d impor- t a n c e to us now c i t i n g t h e f a c t t h a t ccuba j u s t reopened tourist relations w i t h t h e U . S . less than t h r e e weeks ago.
the c u r r i c u l u m , you like to talk to s t u d e n t s a y e a r a h e a d to find out w h a t y o u ' v e got in store for you, b u t things k e p t c h a n g i n g , each s e m e s t e r . "
An e x a m p l e of this is the P h a r m a c o l o g y r e q u i r e m e n t which h a s b e e n a d d e d for s o p h o m o r e s .
Another m a j o r c o m p l a i n t w a s c o n c e r n i n g the t e s t s given in l e c t u r e . T h e s e t e s t s w e r e a d m i n i s t e r e d e v e r y ^ four weeks, d u r i n g which t i m e a s s i g n m e n t s of r o u g h l y | four h u n d r e d p a g e s of r e a d -
ing h a d been c o m p l e t e d . The t e s t s consisted of only forty j v e r y specific questions, the a n s w e r s to which w e r e mul- t i p l e c h o i c e , w h e r e a l l
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no room for his vehicle, Allen said. " I w e n t down to ticket the c a r s a n d noticed t h a t they both had t h e s a m e s t i c k e r s on t h e m , " the a s s i s t a n t chief continued. " T h e one sticker w a s r e g i s t e r e d under Lu- bow's n a m e , and we called the police to find out who owned the other c a r . "
Lubow, who lives in Alfred Station, said " t h e University gives no option for com m u t e r t r a f f i c ; t h e r e ' s no place close for students to p a r k . As f a r a s I'm concerned, everyone should do i t . "
F r u c h t , a l s o of A l f r e d Station, said, " T h e only t i m e I can use the lot is a t night and on weekends. To pay $60 over a period of three y e a r s for this seemed ridiculous."
The two students have t h e r i g h t to a p p e a l the security decision, although neither
h a v e filed applications. '
Fuel Usage Down;
But Prices Are Up
By Brian Dierks
Bloodmobile Arrives Today
Students Split Stickers
And Get Stuck ^
By Lucy Smolian
Nurses Deal with . Changing Problems
By Sue Arnold
F e b r u a r y 20, 1978 FIAT LUX, A L F R E D , NEW YORK 3
Candidates Express Their View s
F o l l o w i n g a r e the s t a t e m e n t s of the c a n d i d a t e running for the offices of P r e s i d e n t of the Student Senate. These state- m e n t s will give the r e a d e r s and the voters some insight a s to what e a c h c a n d i d a t e s platform is.
EDITOR'SNOTE: The state m e n t s are printed here verbatim, at the request of the candidates. The Fiat Lux takes no responsibility for informational or grammatic al errors. R.N.
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MARK BROSTOFF
PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE
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JUDYMARKUSON VICE-PRESIDENTIAL
CANDIDATE
M a r k Brostoff and J u d y M a r k u s o n h a v e d e c l a r e d t h e m s e l v e s c a n d i d a t e s for the offices of P r e s i d e n t and V i c e - P r e s i d e n t of the Student S e n a t e , o f f e r i n g a platform t h a t f o c u s e s on s t u d e n t activities and s t u d e n t safety.
" I w a n t to s e e m o r e s t u d e n t s get involved with the out-of-class experience t h a t Alfred offers*" Brostoff said.
" T h e r e f o r e , the allocation to s t u d e n t activities should be increased in order to e x p a n d the worthwhile and unique experiences t h a t these activities p r o v i d e . "
M a r k u s o n c i t e s s t u d e n t s a f e t y a s b e i n g of t h e g r e a t e s t concern to her. "We plan to work for m e a s u r e s t h a t will increase s t u d e n t s a f e t y on cam pus," she said.
" I see poor lighting, unplow- ed walkways, and the lack of w a l k w a y s in c e r t a i n well- travelled a r e a s as d a n g e r s t h a t can be eliminated to b e n e f i t all th students that travel the Alfred c a m p u s . "
Brostoff added t h a t he saw
" a need for students to show
some concern over the quality of edcuation they r e c i e v e . "
" T h e y should take an a c t i v e p a r t in decisions t h a t c o n c e r n their college c a r e e r s , " he said.
The two s t u d e n t s a r e cam- paigning a s a t e a m , although their names will a p p e a r on the ballot s e p a r a t e l y a s a t e a m , although their n a m e s will a p p e a r on the ballot s e p a r a t e l y , in a c c o r d a n c e with Senate constitution regu- lations.
Other issues in the Brostoff- Markuson cam paign include:
1) r e n o v a t i o n of t h e Steinheim, 2) increased li- b r a r y hours, 3) extending s e r v i c e s of the pub to include mixed drinks, and 4) having the food service offer v a r i a b l e m e a l plans.
Brostoff has been the Presi- dent of the Student Senate since this fall, when the f o r m e r P r e s i d e n t failed to r e t u r n . L a s t spring, Brostoff w a s elected a s V i c e - P r e s i d e n t of the Student Senate. He previously held the positions of Secretary of the Senate and senator for R e i m e r .
PETER BECKER PRESIDENTIAL
CANDIDATE
1 am running for president because I I'cel I am one of a group of people here a t Alfred that has little say in what goes on. That group is what I call the a p a t h e t i c m a j o r i t y . Me and m y run- ning m a t e , E a r l B r e e s e , and I feel t h a t we a r e a p a r t of this a p a t h e t i c m a j o r i t y and t h a t we can r e p r e s e n t t h e m . The r e a s o n why m o s t of the s t u d e n t s a r e a p a t h e t i c is b e c a u s e of the way things have gone down-hill in the p a s t few y e a r s . Their m a j o r - ity opinion h a s been replaced by small minorities who run everything their own wa y. As a result of this control by these small minorities the m a j o r i t y of the students have been turned off and have declined into a p a t h y . I think i t ' s a b o u t t i m e for t h e m a j o r i t y to r u l e a g a i n , and t h a t s what I pla n to see done.
H e r e a r e s o m e of m y proposals.
1. I would like to see the P u b improved. Our P u b is a reconverted f u r n a c e room and it looks just like that. In fact, the f u r n a c e takes up a good portion of the P u b . I think if they added mixed d r i n k s , a d d e d s o m e new f u r n i t u r e , and m a y b e some o t h e r i m p r o v e m e n t s , it- would m a k e it a better and m o r e popular place.
2. I think we ought to stop supporting the homos. They a r e given a place to have m e e t i n g s and also money.
This is our money, so in a way we a r e supporting ho- mos. The f r a t s get no money so w h y s h o u l d h o m o s . T h e y r e a bunch of p e r v e r t s &
give us a bad n a m e a n y w a y . 3. I believe t h e r e should be r e f o r m s m a d e in the C a m p u s Security. I think a w a r n i n g should be given to f i r s t offenders instead of a ticket.
T h i s would c r e a t e m u c h better feeling between stud- ents and Security. I also think that s o m e of the fines should be d e c r e a s e d . J u s t f o r
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p a r k i n g in a p e d e s t r i a n a r e a you get a big 10 buck fine.
Sometimes you not only get fined for one violation but two or three.
4. I think we should be a b l e to bring kegs to football g a m e s . In my opinion they a r e secondary c o n t a i n e r s &
we a r e n ' t likely to through a keg a w a y a f t e r its e m p t y .
5. We a r e s t u d e n t s here and pay a lot to go here & I believe we should get special student discounts for such things as m ovies, shows, etc.
O t h e r s c h o o l s h a v e s u c h s t u d e n t discounts.
6. All s t u d e n t s should have equal privledges to d a r k r o o m s and other a r t facili- ties.
7. There should be an i n c r e a s e in gym hours.
8. F r a t s and o f f - c a m p u s s t u d e n t s should get their s h a r e of the s t u d e n t activities m o n e y . Why , should j u s t s t u d e n t s in d o r m s get money for wine and c h e e s e p a r t i e s
movies, etc.
9. I think we should cut back on useless, unpopular activities, t h a t w a s t e & lose m o n e y . Such o b s c u r e losers like the P e o p l e ' s Campaign, the New Alfred Review, &
m a n y of Concep's events, j u s t waste m o n e y and only r e f l e c t the w a n t s of some little c a m p u s minorities.
10. A shuttle bus to Hornell on S a t u r d a y s for people to s h o p would be a good addition. This would provide people who h a v e no c a r s to shop s o m e p l a c e w h e r e t h e r e is s o m e choice, and w h e r e they won't g e t ripped off.
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E A R L B R E E S E VICE-PRESIDENTIAL
CANDIDATE
My P l a t f o r m includes:
1) More e m p h a s i s on student activities. I would like to see the general f e e s p e n t on activities for students, not for such a c a d e m i c r e l a t e d con- c e r n s as tutoring.
2) Discounts for students for m o v i e s held on c a m p u s . 3) I m p r o v e m e n t of the pub:
new f u r n i t u r e , e x p a n d e d size, mixed drinks in addition to b e e r .
4) More a c c e s s to d a r k r o o m a nd other facilities t h a t could e x p a n d and enrich the stu- d e n t ' s life.
5) M a k e the d o r m s a place t h a t students w a n t to live in, not have to live in:
residence halls for people who have pets, co-ed suites, lower the d o r m residency r e q u i r e m e n t to 1 year, m o r e s t u d e n t s a y in dining hall m e n u s .
6) More c o m p u t e r t e r m i n a l s 7) Shuttle bus service to Hornell on S a t u r d a y to f a c i l - i t a t e easy shopping for stu- d e n t s without c a r s .
8) Open the gym for longer hours so m o r e students can use it.
9) Spectator.buses for " a w a y "
athletic e v e n t s .
10) Institute a one-month p a r k i n g p e r m i t a t a cost of $5 instead of the c u r r e n t one- week $4 p e r m i t s t h a t a r e a v a i l a b l e .
11) Allow kegs a t Merril Field for sporting events.
Coffeehouses To Feature New Format
By R. E. Nordheim B e t t e r a t m o s p h e r e a n d m o r e comestibles a r e the m a i n focuses for the c a m p u s coffeehouses' a l t e r e d f o r m a t , a c c o r d i n g to K a t e H a m l i n , c h a i r p e r s o n of C o n C E P .
The coffeehouses, f o r m e r l y held in B a r t l e t t Hall, will now t a k e place bi-weekly in the C a m p u s C e n t e r P a r e n t s ' Lounge. Exotic teas and c o f f e e s will be a v a i l a b l e , a s well a s wine for 35 cents a glass. Also, organizations will be p e r m i t t e d to hold b a k e sales d u r i n g the coffee- houses, s i m u l t a n e o u s l y mak-
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St. Pat Goes Underwater
By B.O'Connell Once again we a r e ap- p r o a c h i n g t h a t time of y e a r when Alfred University h a u l s out the b r u s h e s and buckets, and p r e p a r e s to paint the town green.
This y e a r ' s St. P a t ' s week- end begins on M a r c h 17, and continues through to Sunday, M a r c h 19. St. P a t ' s 1978 t h e m e is " S t . P a t Goes to the Bottom of the O c e a n . "
A tentative schedule h a s a l r e a d y been proposed, simi- lar to the St. P a t ' s weekend of the past.
Starting on F r i d a y , classes will be dismissed a t noon enabling all s t u d e n t s and faculty to attend the p a r a d e a t 1 p . m .
F l o a t s proceeding down Main St. will f e a t u r e the St.
P a t ' s theme, a n d a n y o n e is welcome to form a kazoo band to m a r c h in the p a r a d e . P r i z e s of 'A kegs will be a w a r d e d to the best t h r e e bands.
F o l l o w i n g t h e p a r a d e is the T r e a s u r e Hunt. WALF will a n n o u n c e clues to w h e r e tokens a r e hidden on c a m - pus; students finding the special tokens can t r a d e them in for a bottle of Irish whiskey.
S t a r t i n g at 7 p.m. F r i d a y evening, ConCEP and the St.
P a t ' s Board will p r e s e n t the Ozark Mountain D a r e d e v i l s in c o n c e r t at M c L a n e Center.
If you attend the concert, d o n ' t f o r g e t to w e a r your St.
P a t ' s button, b e c a u s e with a button you'll r e c e i v e a f r e e beer ticket for t h e Beer B l a s t following the concert. St.
P a t ' s buttons will be on sale in the coming weeks for only fifty cents. The botton pro- vides the w e a r e r with m a n y d i s c o u n t s t h r o u g h o u t t h e weekend.
At 10 p.m., i m m e d i a t e l y following the concert, Max will be f e a t u r e d in Davis G y m . Admission is f r e e for those with b u t t o n s .
F r o m 1-5 p . m . on S a t u r d a y in H a r d e r Hall, t h e r e will be special events and exhibits in conjunction with the St. P a t ' s f a v o r sale.
S a t u r d a y e v e n i n g in Ade Hall, the St. P a t ' s Board p r e s e n t s Alfred U n i v e r s i t y ' s one and only s e m i - f o r m a l
ball f e a t u r i n g the b a n d Crazy Cow. D u r i n g t h e dance the St.
P a t ' s queen will be crowned and senior b o a r d m e m b e r s will be knighted by St. P a t . F a c u l t y and a d m i n i s t r a t o r s will again be invited to a t t e n d . R e d u c e d r a t e s for tickets will be a v a i l a b l e to all s t u d e n t s w è a r i n g a button.
Sunday e v e r y o n e can r e l a x with a n a f t e r n o o n of cartoons in H a r d e r Hall. All your f a v o r i t e s will be shown--Bugs Bunny, Road R u n n e r , and the Little R a s c a l s , to n a m e a few. Admission will be f r e e to those t h a t w e a r their buttons.
St. P a t ' s w e e k e n d is planned for all University s t u d e n t s and s t a f f ; the board m e m b e r s a r e c o n f i d e n t par- ticipants will delight in the celebration.
4 FIAI LUX. ALF It Kl), NEW YORK F e b r u a r y 20, 1978
EDITORIALS
It's That
Time Again
So once again it is election time.
Chances are good that a sizeable majority of students are either unaware of the fact that the election is near, or simply don't care (except, perhaps, when the voting tables block traffic in the dining hall or campus center). This is immeasurably unfortunate.
I refer the readers to the statements of platforms on page 3. A common complaint, in recent years, has been that there is no clear-cut definition between the candidates. There should be no complaints of that nature this time around.
The Messrs. Brostoff and Becker, and their running mates, Ms. Markuson and Mr. Breese, respectively, represent two very different attitudes in this campaign. Mr. Becker has indicated a concern for those things normally associated with extra-curricular life, most notably the Pub and beer at sporting events. Several statements indicate a lack of knowledge in the areas of student organizations.
Mr. Brostoff has, in the past, expressed a genuine conern for the quality of education, which (in theory, at least) should be the primary focus of any university.
Becker is to be commmended for stepping forward as a member of "the apathetic majority." However, he would be well advised to become acquainted with details of bureaucratic, as well as recreational, concern.
Similarly, the students of Alfred University would be well advised to become acquainted with the views of the candidates, and to express their opinions by voting.
Many elections have been won because most students don't care or think their vote made no difference. No matter how clear-cut the contest, there is always room for unexpected wins. So before you mentally bet on the hare and sit back to wait for him to win, remember, the winner decides a great deal which affects your lifestyle. And that lifestyle includes education, or else somebody is sadly misrepresent- ing this university.
Wherefore Art Thou
How many times has this happened to you? You call a professor who has office hours, and you are told that he isn't coming in for some reason or other.
What are office hours if not for the professor to be there when students call or come in to see them? This writer does not mean to imply that this is true of all professors; just a few.
The R a t Lux has learned that this has happened to several students and not only our reporters who have sought interviews with professors who have not been in during office hours.
Just think, if all the people that are wanted for interviews were "out to lunch," where would a paper be? Nowhere!
And what about students?
If professors don't want to be bothered with office hours, why don't they just do away with them. If they want office hours, the time posted under the heading "office hours" by the professor shouldn't be regarded as their free time.
Who Cares
A great deal has been written about apathy on this campus. Too much. Consequentially, people are becoming very apathetic about the apathy. Truly a sorry state.
One Sunday evening, not so long ago, I appeared with other student leaders on "The No-Topic Conversation Show"
on WALF. After the usual round of state-of-the-activity addresses, the host, in order to raise the excitement level of the show (which had never gotten off the ground anyway) asked a question about the rampant apathy on this campus.
The context was how this affected the various organizations.
We all agreed that we s e e m to have enough people to get the work done, but we are hardly turning down mobs of wildly enthused students.
Old yearbooks contain photographs of expansive, depart- mentalized newspaper staffs. It is enough to make a strong editor weep. At long last we have writers, courtesy of a journalism class, but the basic staff is essentially skeletal.
So what is it? Some have suggested that perhaps the job situation has resulted in a shift of values, so that scholastics now take unquestionable precedence over activities (i.e., being head of an activity is now no longer as important as getting grades-not to suggest that they shouldn't both be important). But that doesn't account for all the people I have seen and spoken to who lean against the wall and sigh, "Ah, I'll settle for a C in this course. Doesn't really matter, so long as I pass." These are the same people who have a lot of negative comments to make about the quality of student activities.
One thing should be made clear: it is not the people who are involved in the activities who make them deficient. It is the people who are not.
If you find something lacking in this newspaper or some other activity, do something constructive to change it. These are called "Student Activities" for a reason. Because they are for the students. It's your responsibility to keep things running smoothly. Think about it next time you make a casual aside to a friend to the effect that the Fiat —s . We're breaking our backs for you. Are you willing to break yours, for yourself?
Roberta E. Nordheim
Letters
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E v e r y year, this c a m p u s is hit by s w a r m s of s a l e s m e n trying to r e c r u i t students to sell books each s u m m e r . At some t i m e m a y b e a close friend has asked you to sit in on one of these interviews.
Stationed on this c a m p u s a r e people who worked on the job last s u m m e r , and it is their a t t e m p t to bring back a s m a n y people as possible to do
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To those who have never s a t through an interview with this book-selling c o m p a n y - b e w a r e ! L a s t s u m m e r without any idea of w h a t w a s going to happen, I signed up to sell books. Knowing little of w h a t to expect, I a g r e e d to work with the Southwestern C o m p a n y . The p r o m i s e s were great, but the work t u r n e d out to be even g r e a t e r .
Almost g u a r a n t e e d w a s a
" c h e c k for $2800" a t the end of the s u m m e r . My check w a s f o r $200. A l m o s t g u a r a n t e e d was " a good job r e c o m m e n d a t i o n " w h e n I had finished. I got t h r e a t s from m y m a n a g e r to work h a r d e r . Almost g u a r a n t e e d w a s lots of useful e x p e r i e n c e .
My m a n a g e r said next y e a r if I sold books again, I would have a chance to l e a r n a b o u t
" w h a t I w a s being exposed to." Almost g u a r a n t e e d w a s the m o s t " w o n d e r f u l sum- m e r of m y life." What m a t e r i a l i z e d w a s the w o r s t s u m m e r anyone can imag- ine.
We were s e n t to Nashville,
Tennessee, w h e r e we w e r e to be trained on all the a s p e c t s of sales. Instead we found ourselves being b r a i n w a s h e d into submitting to all the c o m p a n y ' s d e m a n d s . The d e m a n d s were h i g h - t o o high.
E a c h s t u d e n t was promised t h a t he could run his own business, sell his own books, and m a k e his own hours.
Through the use of "high p r e s s u r e t a c t i c s " each stud- ent w a s coersed into working an e x c e s s of 13 and a half hours a d a y - s i x d a y s a week.
T h a t is a 80 hour work week.
Those 80 hours didn't include a t l e a s t an hour a night for p a p e r w o r k . T e m p t i n g you to work these h e r r e n d o u s hours is the Southwestern Com- p a n y ' s g r e a t a s s o r t m e n t of a w a r d s .
On any given day, you a r e up a t six in the m o r n i n g and exhausted in bed a t twelve a t night. You a t e two m e a l s a day, one in the m o r n i n g and one a t about nine a t night.
Most of the students don't h a v e c a r s so t h e y a r e dropped off a t given a r e a s to s t a r t selling. The s l a m m e d doors, the insults, the dog bites, the d a y s spent in jail, and the p r e s s u r e to work m ore hours is only p a r t of the Southwestern experience.
I had the p l e a s u r e of thinking I w a s going to be s e n t to the beautiful s t a t e of Colorado. Instead, I ended up in a small hick town in Kentucky. I t w a s r i g h t on the Ohio River near Cincinnati.
The a r e a had the highest dropout r a t e in the nation for students in high school.
Along with that, it is reknown for its prostitution a n d un- e m p l o y m e n t . Across the r i v e r , into Cincinnati, life was totally different. Yet never was t h e r e time to r e l a x and go out for a night. On S a t u r d a y night, we had to still get up a t six in the m o r n i n g to go to our weekly Sunday meetings. T h e r e we s a n g " I feel happy! I feel healthy! I feel f i n e ! " in order to psych ourselves up.
It w a s a two-hour drive to these m e e t i n g s and they lasted over five hours a t a time.
During my stay in Ken- tucky, I had four r o o m m a t e s who sold books also. Two of them quit and left for home.
The job holds a very high attrition r a t e . I left h e r e a t the end of schol with thirteen other students—only six las- ted the whole s u m m e r . I r e g r e t t h a t I w a s one of t h e m .
My r o o m m a t e from this s u m m e r r e g r e t s it too. His e x p e r i e n c e was m u c h h a r d e r t h a n m i n e . He h a d a girlfriend back home and a c c o m p a n y i n g t h a t w e r e a lot of phone calls. He spent a p h e n o m e n a l $2000 on the phone this s u m m e r . I was f o r t u n a t e enough not to use the phone t h a t m u c h , but u n f o r t u n a t e enough to f o r g e t it was in my n a m e holding m e responsible for the pay- m e n t of the bill. At the end of the s u m m e r , he ended up a m a s s of nerves; I'm a f r a i d to even talk to him a n y m o r e . We w e r e n ' t the only ones bitter about the c o m p a n y called Southwestern. A few y e a r s ago, the c o m p a n y was sued by a f o r m e r d e a l e r for
$10,000 for the t r e a t m e n t he received over the s u m m e r . He incidentally won the case and w a s a w a r d e d the settle- m e n t .
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Snow Will Fly At Winter Carnival
By Linda A. Carl
Peterson Takes Up
Indian Cause
By Greg Smith Snow s c u l p t u r e s will be
r e t u r n i n g to t h e A l f r e d Uni- v e r s i t y c a m p u s a t t h e Open- h y m W i n t e r C a r n i v a l on S a t u r d a y , F e b r u a r y 25. All s t u d e n t s , faculty a n d a d m i - n i s t r a t i o n a r e i n v i t e d to p a r t i c i p a t e in t h e d a y ' s e v e n t s .
R e g i s t r a t i o n f o r e v e n t s will b e g i n a t 10:00 a . m . a t t h e r e g i s t r a t i o n b o o t h i n s i d e O p e n h y m , and will c o s t .25 p e r p e r s o n p e r e v e n t P artici- p a n t s a r e r e q u e s t e d to r e g i s - t e r AT L E A S T 30 m in. b e f o r e e a c h e v e n t .
G o n g Show r e g i s t r a t i o n is a c c o m p l i s h e d by c a l l i n g 871-3535 ( o r 871-3443) by T h u r s d a y , F e b r u a r y 23.
T u g - o f - W a r ( b y d o r m s ) t e a m s should r e gister t h r o u g h t h e i r H e a d R e s i d e n t s .
SCHEDULE OF E V E N T S 10:00 a . m . Snow s c u l p t u r e begins ( p r i z e = o n e p a i r of m o c c a s i n s f r o m K a n a k a d e a C o u n t r y S t o r e ) .
12 noon C a r n i v a l Officially o p e n s . Booths include: snow- b a l l a c c u r a c y ; kissing booth;
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b e e r or two ski lift t i c k e t s a t S w a i n ) .
1:30 p.m. Tug-of-War (win- ning dorm p r i z e = a k e g of b e e r f r o m H o r n e l l W h o l e s a l e ) . 2:00 p.m. T r a y R e l a y R a c e (prize = g i f t c e r t i f i c a t e f r o m A l f r e d Sports Shop).
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3:00 p . m . T h r e e - l e g g e d R a c e ( p r i z e = g i f t c e r t i f i c a t e f r o m T e l e f o o d s ) .
3:30 p.m. Gong Show ( p r i z e to be a n n o u n c e d ) .
O t h e r prizes include: gift c e r t i f i c a t e s for film process- ing a t C r a n d a l l s ; lift t i c k e t s to H a p p y Valley; s t a t i o n a r y f r o m t h e A l f r e d V i l l a g e Store; gift c e r t i f i c a t e f r o m T h e G a l l e r y ; a n d m a n y m o r e .
9 : 0 0 p . m . G o l d e n O l d i e s D a n c e , with m usic of the 50's a n d 60's. B e e r will be on s a l e by the glass. P r i z e given f o r b e s t c o s t u m e .
Admission is F R E E all day.
Music provided all d a y and night by Atlantis Sound
f r o m l a s t y e a r , p r o v i d e d t h a t it c o m e s in b e f o r e F e b r u a r y 28. He l i m i t e d h i s d o n a t i o n to
$10,000.
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$300,000 goal, H i g g i n s s a i d .
D r . T h o m a s P e t e r s o n , as- s i s t a n t p r o f e s s o r of religious s t u d i e s , b e l i e v e s t h a t t h e g e n o c i d e of t h e A m e r i c a n I n d i a n r a n k s with H i t l e r ' s G e r m a n y and S t a l i n ' s R u s - s i a .
T h e r e a r e bills in C o n g r e s s now which seek to a b o l i s h or r e s t r i c t m a n y of t h e r i g h t s g r a n t e d to I n d i a n t r i b e s in t h e i r t r e a t i e s with the United S t a t e s G o v e r n m e n t . P e t e r - son a nd a g r o u p of c o n c e r n e d s t u d e n t s d o n ' t like t h e s e anti- I n d i a n e f f o r t s and hope to b r i n g a b o u t a c h a n g e .
P e t e r s o n w a s r e c e n t l y in- t r o d u c e d to s o m e m e m b e r s of t h e A m e r i c a n I n d i a n M o v e m e n t . T h i s m o v e m e n t s t a r t e d " T h e L o n g e s t W a l k "
f r o m San F r a n c i s c o on F e b - r u a r y 11 a n d is s c h e d u l e d to r e a c h W a s h i n g t o n , D.C., by J u l y 11 of this y e a r . E n r o u t e a n d in W a s h i n g t o n t h e y plan to invoke opposition to t h o s e bills which would c u r t a i l t h e i r r i g h t s a n d t r i b a l s o v e r - e i g n t y .
Tom r e t u r n e d f r o m his m e e t i n g w i t h m e m b e r s o f t h e A m e r i c a n I n d i a n M o v e m e n t with p r o - I n d i a n p e t i t i o n s in h a n d . His f i r s t step w a s to c o n t a c t M a r y W a l l - a con- c e r n e d s t u d e n t who is in t h e p r o c e s s of c r e a t i n g a T r a c k II p r o g r a m f o r h e r s e l f in A m e r i c a n I n d i a n r e l i g i o n and c u l t u r e .
T o g e t h e r , t h e y o r g a n i z e d a s m a l l g r o u p of s y m p a t h e t i c s t u d e n t s a n d p r o d u c e d a p a m p h l e t e x p l a i n i n g t h e p r o b l e m s f a c i n g t h e A m e r i - c a n I n d i a n . T h e p a m p h l e t is a v a i l a b l e a t b o t h U n i v e r s i t y l i b r a r i e s and the C a m p u s C e n t e r .
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c o n t i n u e d f r o m p a g e 3 11. I think we o u g h t t o h a v e s p e c t a t o r b u s e s to a w a y a t h l e t i c events. T h i s is not s u c h a n u n u s u a l r e q u e s t , and is q u i t e c o m m o n in o t h e r schools.
12. I believe t h e r e should be m o r e s t u d e n t s a y in Saga m e n u s , for obvious r e a s o n s . 13. I think t h e school o u g h t to provide m o r e c o m p u t e r t e r m i n a l s . T h e t e r m i n a l s we h a v e now a r e m a n y t i m e s o v e r c r o w d e d & it b e c o m e s w o r s e when s o m e of t h e m b r e a k down.
14. I even h a v e s o m e t h i n g for peole who k e e p pets. I think t h a t t h e r e should be a d o r m set a s i d e f o r people who w a n t to h a v e t h e i r pets with t h e m . Of c o u r s e this would be open to a n y b o d y .
I d o n ' t know how m u c h of this stuff I c a n a c c o m p l i s h , b u t a t l e a s t l will t r y . I h a v e b e e n in Alfred for a l m o s t 3 y e a r s and E a r l , m y r u n n i n g m a t e , h a s been h e r e a l m o s t 4. Both of us h a v e been s t u d e n t s e n a t o r s & we know how t h e s e n a t e is r u n . All I a s k is t h a t you give us f i v e m i n u t e s of y o u r t i m e a n d vote for us in the election, a n d we'll r e p r e s e n t you, t h e m a j o r i t y , a s good a s we c a n .
Coffeehouses
c o n t i n u e d f r o m p a g e 3 ing m o n e y a n d p r o v i d i n g d i f f e r e n t k i n d s of " m u n c h - i e s . "
This w e e k ' s c o f f e e h o u s e f e a t u r e s W e n d y G r o s s m a n , a n d will be held T h u r s d a y , F e b r u a r y 23rd f r o m 9 p . m . to m i d n i g h t . A d m i s s i o n is 50 c e n t s .
Rose
c o n t i n u e d f r o m p a g e 1 w h e n t h e d e m o n s t r a t i o n e n d e d , t h e r e w a s no follow- th r o u g h . " S t u d e n t d e m a n d s
" h a v e r a i s e d s o m e h a r d q u e s t i o n s . . . t h e y ' r e not spec- t a c u l a r , b u t t h e y a r e influen- t i a l . "
The d e c r e a s e in v a n d a l i s m i n d i c a t e s " a g r e a t e r r e s p e c t f o r a r t w o r k , " R o s e s a i d .
" L e t ' s hope t h e r e ' s a d i r e c t c o r r e l a t i o n b e t w e e n t h a t a n d t h e new s e r i o u s n e s s on c a m - p u s . "
On the r e t r e n c h m e n t : " I ' m not so s u r e we c om m u n i c a t e d t h e n e e d for r e t r e n c h m e n t . T h e r e w a s a f o c u s on nine a n d a half f a c u l t y positions, c o m p a r e d to t h e f o r t y posi- tions t h a t w e r e p h a s e d o u t o v e r a two y e a r p e r i o d . . . i t w a s blown o u t o f p e r s p e c t i v e . The c r i t i c i s m now is t h a t I d i d n ' t c u t d e e p l y e n o u g h . . . then, it w a s I c u t too m u c h . "
On f a c u l t y : " O u r f a c u l t y h e r e is f i r s t r a t e . I d o n ' t think A l f r e d h a s e v e r e x p e r i e n c e d ' g r a d e i n f l a t i o n ' . . . t h e r e is a r e c o g n i t i o n t h a t an A f r o m A l f r e d m e a n s s o m e t h i n g . "
On s t u d e n t s : " I d o n ' t s p e n d a s m u c h t i m e a s I would like a m o n g s t u d e n t s . I m a n a g e to e a t in the d i n i n g hall a f e w t i m e s a w e e k . And then, s t u d e n t s will c o m e up to s p e a k to m e now a n d t h e n . . . I a p p r e c i a t e it w h e n s t u d e n t s c o m e up to m e a n d i n t r o d u c e t h e m s e l v e s . . . I t g i v e s m e a good f e e l i n g , and I like t a l k i n g to t h e m . "
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c o n t i n u e d f r o m p a g e 2 on t h e Village B o a r d , sug- g e s t e d t h a t s p e c i a l s a t t h e b a r s - - " h a p p y h o u r s " a n d r e d u c e d p r i c e s p e c i a l s - p r o - m o t e d r u n k e n e s s . H e c a l l e d t h e b a r o w n e r s " i r r e s p o n - s i b l e f o r o f f e r i n g s u c h d e a l s . "
" T h e p r o b l e m s a r e d i r e c t l y c a u s e d by the b a r s , " h e s a i d . T h e p r o p o s e d c h a n g e s in h o u s i n g a n d z o n i n g ordi- n a n c e s will r e q u i r e s t r i c t e r f i r e p r e c a u t i o n s f o r l a n d l o r d s a n d could allow m o r e r e n t a l p o s s i b i l i t i e s in t h e r e s i d e n t i a l d i s t r i c t d e s i g n a t e d a s " R - l . "
In t h e p a s t , only s i n g l e i n d i v i d u a l s or f a m i l i e s could r e s i d e legally within this d i s t r i c t . T h e V i l l a g e P l a n - ning B o a r d p r o p o s e s to allow h o u s e o w n e r s t h e option of t a k i n g in a b o a r d e r o r a l l o w i n g two s e p a r a t e r e n - t e r s to live in one h o u s e .
T r u s t e e V i r g i n i a R a s - m u s s e n s a i d , " I t h i n k w e should allow f l e x i b i l i t y in both d i r e c t i o n s for o w n e r s a n d r e n t e r s . "
In o t h e r a c t i o n , the V i l l a g e B o a r d h a s s i g n e d an a g r e e - m e n t to allow U n i v e r s i t y w o r k - s t u d y s t u d e n t s to w o r k for t h e v i l l a g e .
E l e c t i o n s f o r two t r u s t e e p o s i t i o n s on t h e V i l l a g e B o a r d will be h e l d on M a r c h 21.
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in a R e s i d e n c e Hall this s e m e s t e r t h a n l a s t s e m e s t e r , or l a s t s e m e s t e r a s c o m p a r e d to the s e m e s t e r b e f o r e t h a t , s a y s J o h n M a r s h a l l .
" E v e n though t h e r e is a s m a l l e r e n r o l l m e n t t h a n l a s t s e m e s t e r . . . t h e r e is still an i n c r e a s e in the o v e r a l l on c a m p u s r e s i d e n c y . "
T h i s is due, he s a y s , to the f a c t t h a t p r o p o r t i o n a t e l y m o r e s t u d e n t s a r e f i n d i n g Resi- d e n c e Hall l i v i n g m o r e d e s i r e - a b l e . The r e a s o n s h e c i t e s f o r this a r e a s follows:
" T h e r e a r e m o r e G r e e k s m o v i n g f r o m h o u s e s onto c a m p u s , " s a y s M a r s h a l l .
" T h i s can be a t t r i b u t e d to t h e o f t e n confined q u a r t e r s of F r a t e r n i t i e s a n d Sororities, which p r o m p t S e n i o r s t o s e e k the p r i v a c y of " s e n i o r hall a c c o m o d a t i o n s . "
F o r the p a s t t h r e e y e a r s t h e U n i v e r s i t y h a s been o f f e r i n g a 11 s e n i o r s the options of t h e i r own d o u b l e - m a n r o o m s . T h i s p r o v i d e s a q u i e t e r , p r i v a t e , m o r e c o n g e n i a l e n v i r o n m e n t to t h e senior who would
p r e f e r not to d e a l with t h e
l a s s i e s of c o n g e s t e d living.
T h e d o r m s u s e d for t h i s
" s e n i o r hall a c c o m o d a t i o n "
p u r p o s e a r e : N o r w o o d , C a n n o n , a n d s o m e F o r d S t r e e t a p a r t m e n t s .
On c a m p u s r e s i d e n c e s not only provide clean a n d effi- c i e n t s e r v i c e s , b u t in the e v e n t of r o o m m a t e d i f f i c u l t -
ies, m a n y s t u d e n t s a r e f i n d i n g r e s i d e n c e hall m e d i a t i o n and s h i f t i n g c a p a c i t y m o r e to t h e i r liking.
" W h e n p r o b l e m s a r i s e off c a m p u s , t h e r e i s n ' t t h e a s s i s t a n c e w h i c h h o u s i n g c o o r d i n a t o r s p r o v i d e . T h e r e - f o r e , when people h a v e to m o v e t h e r e is often no p l a c e t o t u r n o t h e r t h a n t h e U n i v e r s i t y , a d d e d M a r s h a l l .
W h e n asked if the town h o u s i n g r e g u l a t i o n of s p l i t t i n g u p a s i n g l e d w e l l i n g is a f f e c t i n g t h e on c a m p u s t r e n d , M a r s h a l l s a i d t h a t h e would think not.
" I t is j u s t t h a t U n i v e r s i t y r e s i d e n c e s p r o v i d e s t u d e n t s with orderly h o u s i n g " a t w h a t he said w a s a v e r y c o m p a t i b l e p r i c e .
