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FIAT LUX, ALFRED, N E W Y O R K November 16, 1973FIAT LUX Alfred, New York
Vol. 61, No. 7 November 9, 1973
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Editorials
Remember: Allenterm Committee Only Human
As a member of the Allenterm Committee, I would like to dispel rumors of bad faith that I have heard concerning the decisions and workings of the committee. Reactions to the returns of student-oriented Allenterm proposals, accepted and rejected, have brought about mixed feelings and speculations about how these decisions are made.
There are twelve members in the Allenterm Committee (not including the Chairman, Dean L. Butler) representing the students, faculty, and administration. The members are grouped in sub-committees of three, and it is these smaller groups which make preliminary decisions on student proposals.
To each proposals is stapled a routing sheet where the subcommittee members write their votes. A
"no" vote must be explained in a space provided. If the three group-members are not in complete agreement in their decision, the proposal is then brought before the larger committee, where a majority vote makes the final decision. (In the case of a split vote, the Chairman settles the question; all full committee rejections are explained briefly).
Reasons for rejected proposals are varied. They range from students' failure to complete the form, lack of faculty sponsor signatures, vaguely expressed ideas, course overlap, weak academic content, and that only mentions a few.
At the beginning of the semester, the committee tried to set up some ground rules and criteria for judging these proposals. However, there are so many proposals, and so many types of projects to consider, that categorization is difficult if not impossible in most cases.
Therefore, the full committee meetings often result in battles and long discussion over proposals. Our second meeting lasted a total of eight hours until 3 in the morning, and believe me, we voted on a good number of proposals. Even with coffee breaks, a meeting that long gets extremely tiring, and in the last stretches the thought of going home is very appealing. The possibility of errors in inconsistent voting is a strong one at this type of meeting; as hours pass memories may fade.
I address now the specific group of students who insist on hurling complaints at the committee because of proposal rejections. Many feel that the reasoning of the Committee vote is too briefly written on the routing sheet. When dealing with such large numbers of proposals, a full-length description of the decision is unfeasable.
If your proposal was rejected and you are unsure as to the reasoning of the Allenterm Committee, or feel that a mistake has been made, you are welcome to go to the Allenterm Office in Carnegie Hall and settle the issue with Dean Butler or a committee member. You may resubmit your proposals to the full committee twice, or appeal their decision in person.
Make use of your rights. Don't use the term "Alfred screw" like the motto of a martyr when you have the means to gain a better understanding of, or possibly change, Allenterm proposal decisions.
Kathleen Horner
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Letters to the Editor
Sloth Weeps As Alfred Burns
Dear Ms. Editor:
I was sorry to read Wolfgang's letter,
"Fourlegged Students," which appeared in your columns last week. I regret that I must reply and further antagonize my fellow students but perhaps it is best to clear the air once and for all.
All I seek is understanding.
The "creature" Mr. Wolfgang so mistakenly described "defacating on one of the flower beds"
was me. Unfortunately, Mr. Wolfgang mistook my purpose in the flower beds. I was not defacating nor belching nor even groaning. In fact, I was weeping.
It is embarassing for me to have to bring this out in public but I find my habits and personality completely misunderstood by the Alfred Family.
It is true that I, a sloth, and a few of my friends, >
were admitted to Alfred. The sad part is that I was assured by the friendly admissions people that Alfred was a tolerant community, accepting of alternate lifestyles. Instead, I have found the happy valley a slough of despond. Although I was assured I could make a home here I find that I have not been accepted for what I am.
Soon after I got here I found that my favorite tree, where I used to mingle with the other sloths in front of the campus center, was cut down.
Although nit-picking was accepted as my life-time sport, my life-long interest in spoors, ironically, was rejected by Track II. Even my Allenterm,
"Branches of Allegany County," in which I plan to swing upside down from tree to tree and keep a journal of my experiences met with some opposition before it was finally passed. And now, the final indignity! Saturday night, as I wept alone and sought solace among the fading chrysanthemums my misery was misconstrued and even vilified.
Shakespeare said it better than I: "Does not a sloth feel?"
An Alfred Student Nixon's Immorality Reflects O n U.S.
Dear Editor,
The symposium on the pros and cons of the * presidential impeachment has shown a certain laxity regarding the moral issue involved. The pro-presidential speaker Dr. Heineman felt that such personal questions as morality should not be made a major issue since politics has never been an honest business and that the real thing at stake is the power and what can be done with it.
Indeed, he said it was "immature" to do so.
I would like to remind our young people who plan on touring Europe this summer that the repercussion of the Watergate Affair has filled the measure of contempt felt for Nixon broad.
Wherever I went to in four or five different / countries in Europe from January to September 1973, I have been an involuntary witness to the fact that there is no interest to excuse the American President for reasons of domestic politics in terms of our valuing a known evil as less dangerous than an unknown good, but severe criticism (which is incidentally agrandized by the Hanoi bombings and the implicit blame for the whole w a r in Vietnam laid automatically on Nixon) and a general readiness to see in every American tourist and youthful safari a disguised Tricky Dick whose evil intentions and criminal deeds can be read in big letters from house walls and latrines wherever you go.
It seems to me that while impeachment may have its detractors for practical reasons concerning the domestic scene, its promotion and defense through the American people are probably the only means to protect the reputation of Americans abroad in the eyes of the world who \ is at present rating the President and every US passport holder more or less on the same level.
If the word integrity is no longer a household word with us at home, let it be one in your own tourist interest abroad.
Paul Kohler
Action
Having Puppies Over The Dog Policy?
Q: The University really pulled a fast one this week with the institution of a new Animal Policy.
I've got a bunch of questions about it:
Does the University have the authority to change the policy without consulting anyone?
What is the place of AU Security in the dog-napping policy?
H What are the conditions under which the University is keeping the dogs?
H Is the University paying a $5.00 per dog bounty for people to apprehend the dogs?
U What the devil is going on around here?
A: The Animal Policy is a complex issue to say the least. The situation is too complicated to include all the ramifications in this column. Hopefully, this will serve as at least an outline as to what's happening. After talking with Bill Allen, Director s of Safety; Don King, Dean for Student Affairs; and various Physical Plant employees, this is what I have been able to piece together:
It is clearly within the University's authority to change the Animal Policy, but they have an ethical responsibility to the University Community to consult them and make them at least an advisory part of the administrative process. The University saw fit to call a meeting of administrators and one student two Mondays ago to discuss the situation. Thus far, this has been their only attempt to consult people outside the administration. The obvious question is, "Why?".
Apparently, the reason for the change in policy was so that an immediate end could be put to the tremendous amount of damage which loose dogs unquestionably have done to the flower beds and the newly planted grass. Additionally, it was felt that loose dogs potentially endangered young chil- dren and blind people. This was the premise involved in deciding that an immediate change in policy, or at least an emergency measure, was in order. The question then was what this change in policy should be. Part of the answer lies in the little publicized complete Animal Policy. The first point in the Policy, in existence since 1971, states:
"Animals must be on a leash whenever they are on the University campus. Animals will not be permitted in University buildings."
• How come this does not appear in the Animal Policy as it appears in the Student Handbook? No one seems to know. Granted, the University should have made it clear to the University Community that there was a descrepancy and that the true policy would be enforced. But the University felt that this policy must be enforced immediately. The landscape damage due to neglect on the part of both people and their animals is unbelievable. Imagine how disgusted the people who planted the grass and flowers must feel to look at the sham that has been made of their work.
It was felt that the immediacey of the situation outweighted the need to go through the time-consuming process of consultation, especial- ly in the light of the fact that the proper consulting group on campus is the University Council and they don't meet again until the first Thursday of December.
It has been strongly encouraged that an Open Meeting be held to discuss the change in policy.
This is much needed since the emergency measures taken are in contradiction to the
"The Gothic" Now Opens At 12
Dear Student Meditators:
With the coming of winter (had you noticed?) it is impossible for me to manage an early opening of THE GOTHIC. Overshoes, mittens, warm headgear are necessary now (in Alfred!), even for a 5-minute pedestrian excursion, and all the putting on and taking off are time-consuming, when added to the daily task of can-collecting, washing and flattening. You must agree.
Therefore, the building will not be made available until some time before noon. Then it is locked soon after 6 p.m., except on Fridays. May you have pleasant thoughts, as "the short'ning
winter day is near a close."
Hazel Humphreys
existing policy. For instance, it is mentioned nowhere in the existing policy that dogs with tags will be apprehended and taken to Dr. Johannes.
But this is what is being done.
This article is being written on Wednesday and as of present, only one dog since Monday has been taken to Dr. Johannes, and that dog was a stray. People must have gotten the message (or the dogs have gotten more crafty).
Chances are very great that the Animal Policy controversy will be discussed at both the Student Affairs Committee meeting on Monday, Nov. 26, and at the University Council meeting on Dec. 6.
If you have some feelings on the issue, it would be wise to voice them at these meetings.
To briefly respond to the other questions posed, AU Security has no part in the apprehension of animals. That is left in the hands of employees of the Physical Plant. The animals which are apprehended are kept in a cage roomy enough, in my opinion, for two medium sized dogs and is located in the Physical Plant. Within two hours, they are transferred to Dr. Johannes' Animal Hospital in Almond. They are transported under the constraint of a dog catcher's noose, if the person transporting the dog suspects it may be vicious. Because the University feels that it is above and beyond the duty of a University employee to apprehend especially a stray dog (Allegany County has been under rabies quarantine by New York State since 1969), it is felt that they should receive some compensation for their potential risks. If the procedure is followed correctly, the Safety Office tells the Physical Plant to pick up a dog, so it supposedly wouldn't do any good for Physical Plant employees to go on a dog rampage so they can get the $5.00 per dog bounty. This seems open to question.
seems open to question.
Again, if you have any questions or complaints about this issue, attend the above mentioned meetings, or write questions to Action.
Dave Gruder If you have any questions or complaints, and don't know where to go to get them taken care of, write them out and drop them off at the campus center desk. Address them "ACTION", c / o the Fiat.
Captain's Trivia Contest
Well, we have some winners this week! Pickey Une and the team of Schwartee and Ralph both got all the answers. Honorable mentions go to the A l f r e d T r a c k S q u a d , the " R e y n o l d s St.
Renegades", and the team of Heit and Kirshner, all of whom came very close. That's the spirit!
Would this week's winners please leave the Captian a note so he can get their prizes to them?
Last week's answers:
1. Wallace and Curtis Le May, 1968.
2. Lincoln was shot at Fords Theater.
3. Booth yelled,"Sic Semper Tyrannis."
4. Betthoven wrote 9 synphonies.
5. Electra Complex.
Bonus question (which nobody got) Wolds largest ferris wheel (believe it or not) is in Sandusky, Ohio. Honest.
And now here's ten hard ones, cause you've got till December 4 to get your answers in. Have a good turkey.
1. When is President Miles' birthday?
2. Who hit the home run that clinched the 1960 Worlds Series?
3. How did Roald Amundsen (the first man to reach the South Pole) die?
4. Who sang "I Fought the Law"?
5. Who ran with Goldwater in 1964?
6. What is the name of the honorary Boy Scout fraternity?
7. In what year was the Fiat Lux first published?
8. What does one-half the mass times the velocity squared give you?
9. Who wrote the "Peer Gynt Suite"?
10. What are the Arundel Marbles?
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FIAT LUX, ALFRED, NEW YORK November 16, 1973
R. Clark Asks: What Are YOU Doing With YOUR Life?
Film Depicts Women's Lives The Women's Consciousness Raising Series, a recently organized program concerned with heightening the self consciousness of men and women on campus, held its second film, November 12, "Growing Up Female," in the Science Center.
The movie focused on four stages of a woman's development, displaying the steady progression a woman tends to follow in becoming a socially acceptable female. The film stresses the idea that although all citizens are legally free at the age of 21, a woman, by this age, is very restricted.
According to the film, even at nursery school level, a woman's role is formed. She tends to be less aggressive and more flighty than the boys and is inclined to feel hostility and jealousy towards her girlfriends.
The film narrator interviewed twelve-year old girls who expressed desires to play rough athletic games with boys and to dress in pants. Yet their parents wished them to dress femininely occassionally and the boys didn't want them to play with them. The girls sensed their approaching womanhood with apprehension towards the limitations that come with it.
A sixteen year old girl revealed in the film her ideas of womanhood. She felt that it is a woman's duty to.be feminine and attractive to make her man happy. She goes to a vocational school to learn cosmotology and "to learn to be a woman."
Here the film turned to cuts from various cosmetic ads which appeal to the woman's desire for beauty and tempt her with artificial means.
In order to graduate from high school, the girl in the film was required to take a six week counseling service in how to make a good wife.
She was told that she must take the household chores in hand, she must care for the children and must always seem cheerful. She was taught that the home is not the husband's primary task but that his career is and she must help him in every way to become successful in it.
The girl presented a depressing picture, sitting in a lonesome state, musing about going as far away as possible, as though to escape her counselor's advise.
Another girl was interviewed who tended towards a much more liberal style of living. She had modern ideas of what a woman should be able to do and said that she felt free. Yet ironically, she is later seen working as a secretary for a man.
The film showed also a Black woman's attitude towards her man. She felt that she must not only be submissive but must be even more so because her man's Black ego is very delicate.
The Black woman also acknowledges the competition existing between women.
The last woman interviewed, middle-aged housewife, had the saddest plight of all; perhaps the outcome of the younger girls' stories. She had gotten married because it had been the thing to do at the time but said if she had her life to do over again, it would be different. She said that she only felt like an individual when she had a job. She had to quit her job to care for her children. It raised the question; "Is marriage really enough?"
"What has become of the American Woman?"
There are a few victims of women being everyone's" person but her own. She seemingly has little choice to do anything else, here. Her looks are for men and her strength is for the house and her children.
The Woman's Consciousness Raising program encourages discussion groups after the films as well as small discussion groups for girls, once a week. The discussions explore what it is like to be a woman, and are meant to bring women together to talk, "which they seldom do," according to Suzi Engleman, group member. It is hoped that this series of films, speeches and discussion groups will, in a small way, enhance and raise women's consciousness in society.
by Harry Merritt
"When I was Attorney-General, I managed to aggravate nearly everybody, and infuriate many, but I never bugged anyone."
Thus quipped Ramsey Clark at the outset of his lecture in McLane Center Thursday evening.
Clark, who served as head of the Justice Department during the final two years of the Johnson Administration and became the nation's leading spokesman for individual civil liberties, appeared on campus as part of the Track II program, "Roots of the Twentieth Century."
"It is difficult to talk about a moral code without people wondering if you're a preacher,"
Clark mused. "It is a good thing to talk about morality as long as we realize that it is merely a system whereby people can live reasonably and comfortably together."
Presently we are witnesses to a tremendous erosion of respect for law and moral codes in our society and in the upper echelons of government.
Flagrant violations of legal and moral principles by those in power only compound the situation.
The sanctity of the individual has been invaded by the widespread use of wiretaps and other information-gathering devices. The Democratic National Committee, private organizations, and even the President's own brother, have been the
\actims of wiretaps. "What we need," Clark said,
"is an awareness of the integrity of the individual."
The former Attorney-General went on to argue that 25% of all crimes are committed by users of handguns, and that 95% of all policemen murdered are killed by guns. "An administration which has consistently refused demands to take a strong position on guns" can hardly be expected to undergo any shift in outlook.
Those who resolutely refuse to recognize the need for gun control are, in effect, "glorifying the power of violence, and ingoring its pity," Clark declared. "Can we 'reasonably, comfortably' live together with this wiretapping business and without gun control? How many assassinations will it take before we reach the consensus that gun control is necessary?"
"Our inability to take hard stands on difficult issues" defeats us at every turn, Clark observed.
Dr. Droppers Parallels Occult With Nature
On Tuesday, November 6, a forum, "The Rise of the Occult," was held in the Parents' Lounge at 11:00 a.m. The forum was led by Dr. Garrett Droppers. It covered such topics as what the occult is, the existence of the occult on campus and in the world, origin of the occult and how it works, and the individual qnd the occult.
"The occult is not an occult at all, it is an open book. An open book of nature," said Dr. Droppers as he went into the description of the occult.
"The occult deals with the natural world." Some of the worships involved in the occult are p a l m e s t r y , E.S.P., w i t c h c r a f t , voodo, a n d clairvoyance. Dr. Droppers then proceeded to describe these worships.
There is much evidence of the occult's existence today. Last year there were two known witches on campus. There were witches in a peace movement that tried to levitate the Pentagon. Their efforts failed because not every mind in the movement was with them.
"The occult to its devotee is not something that is hidden. It is a certain kind of wisdom . . . the individual has a place in the universe." The occult puts the individual at a vast center of powers to which he or she can manipulate. "He is a small figure but he has the ability to control powers . . . the individual is able to see the universe as a vast ocean of powers with himself at the bottom. By using these powers he can manipulate the people and world around him."
Interest in the occult today is derived from "the individual's concern with his position in society."
Dr. Droppers concluded with, "The occult is meaningful. It gives the individual a chance to meet with the pressures of society."
A question and answer period followed the talk by Dr. Droppers.
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"We have met the enemy, and he is us...In a larger sense there is no enemy: it is only us, and we have the power to solve all these seemingly ^ insurmountable problems, if we only hve the power to care."
"We would do well," said Mr. Clark, "to ask ourselves a question first asked by Father Daniel Berrigan: What am I doing with MY life? ... Our energy crisis is not in fossil fuels but in human energy."
"The old notions of freedom, equality, and justice have real meaning and real value. The imperative need of the American nation is compassion. We hve to recognize that the wisdom of all of us is greater than the wisdom of any of us," Mr. Clark proclaimed.
Our first order of business he suggested, should be the restoration of integrity in our democratic institutions. "We must insist on it. Anything else is unthinkable." We have the wherewithall to enact these changes if we are only willing to use it.
"The true joy of life is to be involved in a cause in which you truly believe," Clark concluded.
"Hopefully we can do that simplest thing essential to people, always to be young, and say things that are true. The peril is not to hve lived."
During the discussion period immediately following his speech, the former Attorney-Gen- eral was asked to give his views on impeachment of the President. The power to impeach is an
"awesome responsibility" and it is "important * that it be faithfully executed," he responsed. "It is the highest duty of Congress to compel the production of every fact on every allegation, and any and all evidence of high crimes and misdemeanors. The Congress should then judge the facts on their merits, straight up and down."
Thieves Can Plead Insanity
On the evening of Nov. 12 at approximately 9:30 p.m. Crandall's book store was broken into and one pair of binoculars was stolen.
The plate glass window was apparently struck with a large, heavy object as glass was scattered 10 feet into the store. The identity of the person or persons involved is not known. One pair of binoculars costing $46.95 was stolen. $1,500 worth of camera equipment on display alongside
of the binoculars was not touched. N Police were notified when two students, whose
identity was not disclosed, discovered the damage. They waited in front of the store until Officer P.F. Duiring arrived.
The display windows are now empty and there is a board covering the broken glass.
Impeachment Debate Queries: Should We Or Shouldn't We?
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The possible impeachment of President Nixon was the topic of a discussion held Thursday night in the Parents Lounge of the Campus Center.
Participating in the discussion were Professors Gary Ostrower and Stuart Campbell of the Division of Human Studies, and Robert Heineman and Thomas Rasmussen of the Division of Sociology and Political Science.
"The most general observation on impeach- ment depends on how you feel on the subject of Watergate,"Dr. Campbell began. Some observ- ers view the Watergate scandal as a creation of the media, enemies of the President out to undo his 1972 election victory. Others shrug off Watergate as "normal campaign high jinks," a la Dick Tuck. Still others contend that the
"Watergate Caper" and related goings-on are a fundamental violation of campaign procedures.
A more radical view of the situation, Campbell continued, is to see the scandal as inherent to the American system of corruption and repression.
Burglary, illegal wiretapping, suppression of the Left, and the use of extralegal police organizations by those close to the President are but a few of the many tactics employed to maintain order. Richard Nixon's career was
"built on the Cold W a r , " Campbell said. "In his mind, he does not know his external enemies from his internal enemies." Evidently those around Mr. Nixon felt that any opposition to the President should be thwarted. Dr. Campbell quoted a remark made by former Presidential aide Egil Krogh: "Anyone who doesn't support us, we'll destroy."
Professor Ostrower outlined the constitutional s p e c i f i c a t i o n s for i m p e a c h m e n t : t r e a s o n , bribery, high crimes, and misdemeanors, and explained how the impeachment process works.
Motions for impeachment originate in the House of Representatives. The Senate, by a two-thirds majority vote, can remove the President from office.
Ostrower: For Impeachment
O s t r o w e r t h e n p r e s e n t e d the c a s e for impeaching Mr. Nixon. He cited twelve instances of alleged wrongdoing to substantiate his argument. Mr. Nixon in 1970 authorized (but later rescinded) a plan of illelgal surveillance of domestic radicals, justifying the move "under the rubric of 'national security'." A "plumbers unit"
directly responsible to the White House broke' into the office of Daniel Ellsberg's psychiatrist:
once again this was allegedly for 'national security' reasons. The C.I.A. was employed by the White House to investigate domestic radicals,
"clearly a violation of the 1947 statute 'creating the C.I.A. as a foreign intelligence unit only'."
Mr. Nixon, Ostrower continued, also abused his war powers by carrying on a sevret war in Laos and Cambodia, unknown to Congress and the American people. Mr. Nixon impounded funds appropriated by Congress, thereby violating the spirit of the Constitution ("The President shall take care that the laws be faithfully executed,"
Article Two, Section Three)
Ostrower argued that the President has also violated the Constitutionally-guaranteed system of checks and balances. He has used the Internal Revenue Service to intimidate political opponents.
"Nixon may also be guilty of bribery," Ostrower declared, due to the acceptance of $250,000 from a dairy lobbying organization in exchange for favorable action on milk price supports. The question of possible bribery was also mentioned by Dr. Ostrower in reference to the I.T. & T. case, and the Howard Hughes loan of $100,000 to Nixon's chum, Bebe Rebozo.
Finally, Dr. Ostrower discussed the matter of the missing tapes, and argued that the President could possibly be found guilty of contempt of court and obstruction of justice. The latter charges could also be brought to bear upon Mr.
Nixon for his handling of the Justice Department investigation of Watergate, and his abrupt dismissal of Special Prosecutor Archibald Cox.
Heineman Offers Rebuttal
The next speaker was Mr. Heineman, who offered a rebuttal of virtually all the claims made
by Dr. Ostrower. He argued that all of these allegations remain unproven. "There is not a great deal of proof that Mr. Nixon has broken any law," he remarked.
The grounds for impeachment listed in the Constitution are unclear and imprecise. Much doubt remains concerning the procedure. The only historical precedent, the impeachment of Andrew Johnson in 1867, was begun simply because the man was unpopular. It was later shown that Johnson was not guilty of breaking any law, Dr. Heineman stated.
"President Nixon should not resign," Heineman declared. He was elected to a full four year term, and should continue to serve. The four year term was itself designed to stop the "hysteria" which is presently occurring.
Dr. Heineman characterized Congress as Continued on Page 9
Under Population Causes S.A. Energy Crisis
Committee reports and lack of participation were the major topics of the Student Assembly concern at the November 13 meeting.
The committee that initiated the Sexuality Forums will bring the University a series of forums that will include topics from V.D. to smoking cigarettes next semester, according to Alan Gibbs who presented the report. He added that this committee, the Health Education and Services Committee, also concerns itself with student grievances with the Health Center. He asked that students with complaints contact him at 207 New Dorm and that, if there are "more than two complaints," he will present them to the Vice President of Student Affairs.
The Co-chairmen announced that on three newly established committees, (namely, the Committee for Student Initiated Faculty and Course Evaluation, Committee to Investigate a Check Cashing Group, and Committee for a New Ride Board), there were only two volunteers after the four weeks of publicity that these new committees had received. These volunteers were Paul Cahn and George Karras, the Co-chairmen.
A discussion followed concerning the general lack of student participation on campus and the ensuing over-extension of an interested handful.
Comments ranged from, "It's high time for somebody to say, 'Okay, let's get it done, but don't rely on me to do it," to,"We have millions of ideas, but we can't get any interest!"
Following this discussion, the Group for Exceptional Children presented a financial proposal of $150. The Alfred Gay Liberation expressed the need for $300, the Girls' Ski Club asked for $500 a month. Other monetary proposals for this include the Ontology Group's proposal of $300.' These proposals will be voted upon at the November 27 meeting.
It was announced that the District Attorney of Allegany County will be present at the December 4 meeting of the S.A. for a forum on the new drug laws and their ramifications.
Students Offered U.N. Study Every spring semester, Alfred students have an opportunity to study current international problems, such as the renewed Arab-Israeli conflict, as part of the Drew University United Nations semester. Several Alfred students have studied the role of the U.N. in dealing with international problems directly, at the U.N., in a way not possible in the traditional classroom.
Students receive a full semester's credit at Alfred for their work at Drew which includes a seminar held at the U.N., an independent study project of your own choice and an additional course chosen from the Drew curriculum.
Students live on the Drew University campus, and spend two days each week in New York City at the U.N. Costs are comparable to those for a semester at Alfred, and some scholarship assistance is available.
Interested students are urged to contact Thomas Rasmussen, Department of Sociology and Political Science for application forms and full details concerning this program.
Dr. Virginia L. Barker. Dean of Alfred University's School of Nursing and Health Care, said today that area health problems uncovered by a mobile clinic operated by the school had exceeded original forecasts.
She made the statement following her election to the Society of Distinguished Practicioners of the New York State Nurses Association. The association cited Mrs. Barker for her role in designing and securing the 35-foot-long mobile health unit for Allegany County.
In service for the past year, the van provides a free health assessment and education program to the county's sparsely populated rural townships.
The unit is operated by the University in cooperation with the Allegany County Public Health Nursing Service. The program was undertaken in response to what Mrs. Barker called the county's "severe health needs.
"We had anticipated that four out of ten people visiting the van would require some form of additional medical attention," Mrs. Barker said following receipt of the nursing practitioner's award.
"In fact, six out of ten need follow-up care.
Two of the people referred by us to physicians required major surgery-these were people who hadn't known anything was wrong with them.
And the results of our child health conferences are showing a referral rate of between 40 and 50 per cent to area doctors," she said.
"In other words, the mobile health unit is providing an entry point into the health-care delivery system for people who, for reasons of isolation or finances, don't see a doctor from one decode to the next," Mrs. Barker said.
In the past year the unit assessed the state of health of 450 Allegany County residents, or 1 per cent of the local population, Mrs. Barker noted, adding: "The service is growing in acceptance."
A 1971 study prepared under her supervision had concluded that a shortage of physicians and lack of public transportation to doctors' offices and to hospitals worked a direct hardship on county residents.
According to the report, the county had the highest mortality rate among children under five in southwestern New York. The death rate for people over 75 was the highest in New York State, the report declared.
The cost of the mobile health unit was u n d e r w r i t t e n by a g r a n t from the U.S.
Department of Health, Education and Welfare t h r o u g h its local d i s b u r s i n g agency, the Buffalo-based Lakes Area Regional Medical Progam.
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ANNOUNCEMENTS
There are a few positions available as counselor chaperones on our cross country camping programs for teenagers. The trips, lasting six or eight weeks, camp out from coast to coast and include visits to all the major National Parks and Monuments and western cities including Los Angeles, Sari Francisco, Denver, Las Vegas, and Salt Lake City.
All applicants must be interviewed at our office. At this time there are positions for both male and female staff. Compensation is in the form of an expense free summer of travel plus a small salary.
All staff must be AT LEAST A COLLEGE GRADUATE OVER TWENTY-ONE BY JULY* 1974.
All interested applicants should write or call immediately: Mr. Richard Rein
TRAILS WEST 92 Middle Neck Road Great Neck, N. Y. 11021 ****
Mr. Sword, manager of the Nichols Department Store needs at least 18 young, strong men to work at the grand opening of this new store.
If you are interested in earning some money and are able to work any of the following times, contact Mr. Sword at the new Nichols store (located on the Hornell-Arkport Road across from the Tastee Freeze).
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Through a specific arrangement with the American College of Barcelona, Alfred University students may spend a semester taking courses in English in the cosmopolitan industrial metropolis of Northeastern Spain. Sophomores in particular may apply for this program. An Alfred University sophomore, Elizabeth Fitch, is currently studying at the ACB. For further information, see Dean Butler in Carnegie Hall or Dr. Trice in Myers Hall.
Each summer there are a limited number of opportunities for summer jobs with the Federal Government. These positions vary from office jobs to Park Rangers and are located throughout the United States. The Placement Office has booklets describing the jobs and the requirements for obtaining them. Competitive examinations for these positions will be given on January 12, February 23, December 28, 1973, and January 25, 1974 respectively. A list of the cities where the exams will be given may be obtained in the booklet.
Diane Martin will be giving a demonstration on Japanese Woodcut methods of printing on Nov. 27 at 8:00 p.m. in the Fosdick-Nelson Gallery at Harder Hall.
Also, from Nov. 15 through Dec. 5 there will be an exhibition of Contemporary Prints from Japan.
Mario Prisco, assistant dean of the New York State College of Ceramics at Alfred University, has been elected to the committee on research and development of the National Association of Schools of Art. Prisco was named to the post at the group's recent annual meeting in Seattle, Wash.
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Paul F. Powers, director of athletics at Alfred University, has been selected for inclusion in the fifth edition of Leaders in Education, a biographical reference work.
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Catalogs of Christmas cards available from various museums and other organizations will be at the reserve desk of the Scholes Library of Ceramics this year. Anyone interested in shopping for cards this way may ask to see the Christmas catalogs at the desk. Some institutions represented are the Museum of Modern Art, UNICEF, the Pierpont Morgan Library, the Walters Art Gallery, the N. Y. Public Library, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Library of Congress, and the Museum Shop of the Philadelphia Museum of Art. Certain gift catalogs, such as the Kenton collection, are also available.
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For the 1974-75 academic year the National Council of Alpha Lambda Delta will award the following fellowships for graduate study: the Maria Leonard Fellowship, the Alice Crocker Lloyd Fellowship, the Adele Hagner Stamp Fellowship, the Kathryn Sisson Phillips Fellow- ship, the Christine Yerges Conaway Fellowship, the May Augusta Brunson Fellowship and the Fiftieth Anniversary Miriam A. Shelden Fellow- ship. The amount of each fellowship is $2,000.00.
Attendance at a graduate school on a campus where there is a chapter of Alpha Lambda Delta is encouraged.
Any member of Alpha Lambda Delta who graduated with a cumulative average of Alpha Lambda Delta initiation standard is eligible.
Graduating seniors may apply if they have achieved this average to the end of the first semester (or first quarter) of this year.
Applicants will be judged on scholastic record, recommendations, the soundness of their stated project and purpose, and need.
Application blanks and information may be obtained from Doris E. Harrington, Advisor, McLane Center.
The application form must be completed by the applicant herself and submitted to the National
Headquarters of Alpha Lambda Delta by January 5, 1974.
National Alpha Lambda Delta Box 279
Lewisburg, Pa. 17837
Gifford Hopkins, instructor in English at Alfred University, is the author of a children's book entitled "The Mouse That Wouldn't" published this month by Vantage Press of New York City.
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President Leland Miles of Alfred University served as a discussion leader on the topic of master planning and institutional renewal Nov. 5 before the Institute for Academic Deans sponsored by the American Council on Education, in St. Louis, Mo.
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Candidates for the master of fine arts at the New York State College of Ceramics at Alfred University will hold a group art exhibition at the State University College at Brockport Nov. 16 through Dec. 14.
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The Student Volunteers for Community Action Special Projects Committee would like to make a special request to all A.U. students.
A clothing drive is being held for Craig State Hospital. It would be appreciated if everyone would, over Thanksgiving vacation, bring back anything which would be helpful. Each dorm will have a designated spot for contributions - the locations will be announced at a later date. So remember - any clothing not used by you could be useful to someone less fortunate.
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HERRICK MEMORIAL LIBRARY THANKSGIVING VACATION HOURS
November 20-25,1973
Tuesday, November 20 8:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m.
Wednesday, November 21 8:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.
November 22, 23, 24 CLOSED Sunday, November 25 6:00 p.m. -11:00 p.m.
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Editors Note: In reference to the Student Assembly profile appearing in last week's Feature's column, Paul Cahn is quoted as saying he is concerned about the "bad press" the Student Assembly seems to be getting. However, this interview was done almost a month prior to publication in the FIAT, and his feelings toward the news coverage have changed to an improved regard towards equitable accounting of Student Assembly news on the part of the FIAT staff.
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"Doc" Explains: The Alfred Blues And How To Beat Them
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by Margaret Gutierrez
What is a Faculty Development Team? Does it devise techniques to control rebellious students?
Do members trim hedges around the grounds of Alfred University? Or, do the members attempt to bring about a changed educational climate through informal means?
The last idea offered is closest to what they1
rally do. The Alfred University Faculty Development Team is an informal group of faculty members concerned about quality teaching.
Members are Daniel J. Davidson, Assistant Professor of Painting; Helen Frost, R.N.*
Assistant Professor of Nursing; John C. Gilmour, ' Assistant Professor of Philosophy; Steven Phillips, Assistant Professor of English; Harry Stevens, Assistant Professor of Glass Science, Dorothy and George Towe, Professors of Psychology and Physics, respectively; and Ben Howard, Assistant Professor of English, who has recently joined the group.
Last June these seven people attended an eight-day workshop on teaching and learning at Casanovia College. The workshop was sponsored by the College Center of the Finger Lakes (C.C.F.L.) a consortium composed of Hartwick College, Cazenovia College, Elmira College, and Alfred University.
Newitt Sanford, a well-known authority on college teaching, spoke to the twenty-two teachers attending the workshop. These teachers branched into smaller groups to work on such topics as classroom diagnosis, use of video tape teaching, simulations, interviewing, and practice in leading discussion" groups";
Since this pilot workshop, a 3-day workshop in October was held with the same twenty teachers at Elmira College. A third workshop is scheduled for December at Elmira.
To be specific, the Alfred University Faculty Development Team r e p o r t s s u c c e s s from self-developmental sessions and specific skills training. Since the summer, when the group was just initiated, the team, supported by the Administration has sponsored a reception for the twenty to thirty new Alfred University faculty members. For these new teacers and others, they have made available free subscriptions to one of three Educational Journals: Chronical of Higher Education, The Journal of Higher Education, and Change. There are now sixty faculty members receiving such subscriptions.
This is not saying the Alfred University teachers lack quality. As in refurbishing a piece of period furniture.it is often wise to renew one's ideas.
This lends itself to the practice of mass incorporation of active ideas.
With the cooperation of Dr. S. Gene Odle, V.P.
for Student Affairs, lounges in some dorms have been made available for class sessions at the request of the Faculty Development Team. A relaxed atmosphere is thought to produce productive ideas from downtrodden students.
Two members of the team have been appointed to the University's Council on Higher Education.
These members are Steven Phillips and Dan DAvidson.
The existence of a Faculty Development Team carries the idea of .commitment to improvement, . growth, and quality education. With cooperation and interest the Faculty Development Team can accomplish this goal. Since success and continuation hinge on the Faculty Development Team's desire for involvement, it is up to the students and faculty to give it room for expansion and cause for future fulfillments.
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by John J. Vagell, M.D.
Every year about this time the northern hemisphere is laid low by an illness with no known cure, which attacks with a low-grade fever (98 to 101 degrees), coughing, sneezing, headache, loss of appetite, general malaise, aches all over the body, nasal drainage and congestion.
Yes, it's all too familiar: the common cold is here. The changing temperatures of our climate, the outdoor damp cold, and the indoor dry heat, all contribute to the drying-up of the membranes of the respiratory system and make recurring colds a plague just about everybody endures at least once during the winter.
Before medicine is castigated for not producing a cure, it should be known that your particular cold could be caused by any one of a thousand viruses of varying degrees of virulence, and this is what has made it impossible so far for an effective vaccine to be developed - to cope with so many viruses.
Not only are there no vaccines, but there are no specific drugs to eliminate the cold virus.
Anti-bodies are anti-bacterial only, and thus penicillin has absolutely no effect on the cold virus. True, it may be used to combat complications, such as streptococcic infection, but the cold virus itself is totally unaffected by anti-biotic known so far.
The only way medicine can help is by treating the symptoms: decongestants can help the stuffed-up nose, expectorants loosen up the cough, and aspirin helps relieve the aches, pains and fever.
But above all, you can help yourself by providing an adequate diet with lots of fluids and plenty of rest. Of course, if despite everything, the symptoms get worse or the fever rises higher than 101, come to the Health Center for a medical examination to rule out the possibility of a secondary bacterial infection. If you smoke, now is the time to stop - there is no remedy for the irritation done to sensitive membranes by tobacco smoke. Besides, if you stop smoking for the duration of the cold, who knows - you may not even want to start again, in which case the cold will have been a blessing in disguise.
Scouting Open To All
Alpha Phi Omega is a national college service fraternity, based on the ideals of scouting. In general, it provides services to th? student body and to youth and the community, and also provides fellowship for the members of the fraternity. In the past Alpha Phi Omega has contributed much to scouting in this area, but in the last few years the fraternity has recessed from the scene. This fraternity is open to interested men and women from both the Ag.
Tech, campus and the Alfred University campus.
Alpha Phi Omega has held one organizational meeting this semester, and is in the process of re-chartering.
Alpha Phi Omega gives you the chance to become involved in the bettering of your community through programming for its youth.
Onced the fraternity becomes firmly established, it hopes to organize an Explorer Post for the older youth of the Alfred area. If you are a former scout or scouter and would enjoy being involved with scouting while attending college join us.
Alpha Phi Omega is open to all interested students. There are no pledging practices as in the social fraternities, just a need for dedication from those interested. The price of membership is that of service to your fellow man. Service and fellowship is Alpha Phi Omega's only goal.
If you are interested in joining Alpha Phi Omega watch "Fiat Lux" for an announcement of their Winter organizational meeting. Or call Dan Brown at 871-7130; or Professor Jim Wenslow at 871-6331 for information.
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A cold lasts on the average from one to two weeks, and in some people with a very low resistance, it may last as long as a month, jople with allergies to inhalants, such as dust, pollen, animal dander, etc. are especially vulnerable to colds, as are smokers also.
Colds not only make you feel miserable, they make it hard to study and even make you sometimes miss valuable course work, so what about the ounce of prevention that's worth the pound of cure? Well, keep your resistance high by following these commonsense rules:
1) Get adequate rest - at least 8 hours a night, 2) Eat a well-balanced diet,
3) Exercise daily, 4) Don't smoke,
5} Try to avoid other people who have colds, if possible, and
6) To remedy the excessive drying of the air indoors by artificial .heat, put a pan of water on the radiator - this will help the dried-up nasal membranes.
7) As for Vitamin C, there is no conclusive evidence of its value, but if used, very large doses of 2 - 3 grams per day are recommended.
It cannot be emphasized too much that there is no instant cure of the common cold. All medicine can do is minimize the discomfort, but time, patience, and the commonsense rules outlined above are the major ingredients for prevention and treatment.
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Scang Queen Honored
Before a crowd of 150 persons on Tuesday evening, November 6, five semi-finalists and their escorts anxiously awaited the judges' decision.
The evening marked the Third Annual Scang Queen Contest held at the Brick dining hall.
One of the members of scang was on hand to give the folks in the audience a little insight into the origin of the Scang Queen Contest. This was followed by a short story about the beginnings of the scangers themselves. The fearless crew member then introduced Cindy, last year's" queen.
Scang Queen '72 (wearing an original Scang Queen T-shirt) took the podium and exclaimed her elation on giving up the title. In her left hand, she held a brown manilla envelope. Inside, printed on Jordicco notebook paper, was the name of Scang Queen '73!
The five finalists, Katie Fesno, Muriel Johnson, Penni Sloan, Janet Pellicio, a n d Claudia Starkweather anxiously waited for Cindy to read
off the name of the winner. Scang Queen '72 tore open the envelope and announced Penni Sloan as Scang Queen '73!
Penni, escorted by another fearless scang member, was taken on an all expens.e paid tour of Scang Central Control. She also received a date with the scanger of her choice, an official Scang Queen T-shirt, and ten dollars in cool cash!
1 0 FIAT LUX, ALFRED, NEW YORK November 16, 1973
What can just one private citizen do?
Ralph Nader
urges you to become a Public Citizen
Dear Fellow Citizen:
Imagine that 25 or 30 years ago citizens concerned about the future quality of life in America had gotten together to do something about it.
Suppose they had begun an effective citizen's campaign to make government agencies and industry management sensi- tive and responsive to the needs of the people. The real needs, of all the people.
Think how much t h a t was already wrong would have been corrected by now.
Think how much that has gone wrong since then would never have been allowed to happen.
If the public had acted years ago, we would long ago have eliminated or mini- mized the inexcusable pockets of poverty in our land of plenty; the vile and violent contaminants t h a t pollute our air and water; the ravaging of our land by insen- sitive corporate and government forces;
the sickening, often lethal, chemicals, gases and dust in many of our factories, foundries and mines; the unrestrained power and expenditures of our military establishment; the inequities in taxation that takes 20% of workers' wages while many with enormous incomes pay little or nothing.
Our people would not be dis'enchanted and disillusioned. And the prevailing mood in America would not have turned from confidence and pride and hope to growing feelings of frustration and out- rage and hopelessness.
What if we don't act now?
In another 30 years our population will have doubled. What if our rampant eco- nomic "growth" is allowed to continue in- discriminately—mindless of the public's hopes and indifferent to their problems?
What if we continue to do nothing be- cause we assume that others are taking care of these problems?
Who is taking care of them?
It is clear that our institutions, public and private, are not really performing their regulatory functions. They tend not to control power democratically, but to concentrate it and to serve special interest groups at the expense of voiceless citizens.
Almost all the organized legal represen- tation in our country is working to protect private interests and private wealth.
Who represents the citizen? Only our- selves. And that is why I urge you, as a public citizen —a citizen concerned about your community and your country—to support Public Citizen.
If we do not speak up in the public in- terest now, if we allow the problems to multiply, life in America could be intol- erable. Perhaps impossible.
Citizen Advocates-Citizen Supporters A Cause for Optimism
We have seen how a few determined citizens can overcome overwhelming odds to better their communities. What has been accomplished so far is not the work of one person but of more than 30 young men and women—lawyers, other profes- sionals and students. If more valiant and dedicated people were able to work on a broader scale, think how much more could be accomplished.
Thousands of graduates of law, medical, science and engineering schools and other disciplines want to work long hours, at minimal wages in the public interest. They know that our society cannot solve its problems if all our most highly trained professionals work for private industry or government agencies.
If these selfless young people are will- ing to sacrifice conventional rewards to pioneer the future, other public spirited citizens will surely want to make it possi- ble for them to do so.
Through Public Citizen, we ask con- cerned students to contribute $5.00 (non- students are sending $15.00 or more) to support a lean, hard-working group of these citizen-advocates.
Through published studies and docu- mentation, they will help to sharpen pub- lic awareness of our problems. Public awareness leads to public action.
Historically, the idealism and energy of students has been a potent force for change. We hope to provide a dynamic vehicle and clear goals for those hopeful qualities by organizing student supported public interest groups throughout the country to work for lasting change through an orderly, democratic system.
They will represent disadvantaged mi- nority groups, before the various legal agencies of state and federal governments.
They will seek to temper the actions of large corporations that have acquired power far out of proportion to their con- tributions to society.
In some important way, every major company touches on the lives of thou- sands of people—employees, consumers, retailers, taxpayers and whole communi- ties. Shouldn t these people have a voice about policies that directly and adversely affect them? Must not a just legal system accord victims the ability to deter forces that tend to victimize them?
A way must be found to make a real impact on corporate boardrooms—and on government agencies that often serve as protectors, even service arms, of the in- dustries they are supposed to regulate.
Bureaucrats cannot easily resist the overwhelming pressures of special inter- est lobbies in Washington and state capitals. But there can be a greater coun- tervailing pressure — the determination of citizens lobbying for the public interest.
Once a year, as a Public Citizen support- er, you will receive a report on significant new citizen involvements that have been effective in achieving reform or relief at the local, state, or national level. Hope- fully, you will apply them in the areas of your own commitment to action. Citizen- ship skills must be continually sharpened and used if we are to succeed in prevent- ing or diminishing injustice.
Potentially, there are 200 million of us unable to work full-time for the public in- terest but with a full-time anxiety about it. Think how much can be accomplished if enough private citizens become public citizens.'
Please mail the coupon and your check for $5 or more to help Public Citizen con- tinue and expand the work that is already under way.
Let it not be said by a future, forlorn generation that we wasted and lost our great potential because our despair was so deep we didn't even try, or because each of us thought someone else was worrying about our problems.
Sincerely,
Public Citizen, Inc.
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Please don't waste any of it sending me a thank-you letter, a membership card or literature. I know what's wrong. What I want is to see something done about it.
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