The_Rambler_1970-12-03

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Vol 32 No. 5 Dec. 3,1970 Student Pew Actien Comm. Concert
tlon to the College Council. \ (A specific re^onsibillty of the
Council is the naming of bulldinilgs.) .
3. That the College CouncUTpresent its recommendations to
the State University Trustees fo • action.
4. "Hiat the President inforn the College community through
the appropriate media.
Hie guidelines for the actual selection of names have evolved
over the years. Shortly after he creation of State University,
the Board of Trustees passed the fc llowing. resolution: "RESOLVED
that all buildings of the State Unive -sity of New York to be dedicated
hereafter be named to commemorai e contributions of deceased per-sons."
In 1958, the Buildings and
following local guidelines, which
1. That buildings be considered
in three categories:
a. Instructional-designated 4
by names of persons
b. Administrative and other
Service - designated by
names of persons.
c. Dormitories -designated
by names other than per-sons.
2. That persons so honored will
have made a major or sub-stantial
contribution (not
money) directly or indirectly
to the College or to one of
the fields of study taught at
the College.
3. That all nameS; should clearly
Grounds Committee offered the
[lave been followed ever since:
have national, state, or local
significance.
Hiat buildings so dedicated
should have the name
prominently displayed on the
outside, and that a plaque with
a suitable dedication statement
be affixed in the entrance hall
of each building.
Anyone wishing to suggest a
liaineor names should send his
sjelection, as soon as possible,
in writing and preferably with
a brief paragraph of justifica-tion,
to Prof. Donald Griffiths,
Chairman, Buildings and Grounds
Cbmmittee, Hicks Hall. Names
must be submitted by Jan. 15.
A nation wide student movement has been started at St. John's
University. If s objective is to petition the North Vietnamese Gov-ernment
to release to ttie wives and mothers of American PCW,
Information astotheirhealttiandwelfare. This movement is designed
to result in a massive student signature campai^. The petition will
be worded as follows: '*We, ttie undersigned college and university
students of America, earnestly petition the government of North
Vietnam to release in the name of humanity, to ihe wives and mothers
of American FOW, information about the healtii and welfare of Qiese
men."
Hie movement will have no
political atnilation whatsoever,
we are strictly in the name of
humanity. It is general knowl-edge
that the North Vietnamese
have always been esctremely sen-sitive
to the feelings, attitudes,
opinions, and actions of the
American students. If tiiat sen-sitivity
would be capitalized upon,
It mi^t yield the information
which is so critically needed.
Bernard Lawson, the Initiator
ttiis movement held an over-seas
press conference where he
Iitformed the news media of his
plans. Motions will be brought
before tiie National Studoit Gov-ernment
Association, and tiie Na-tional
Student Associati(»i to
sponsor this movement.
At Farmingdale the student
senate voted to sponsor the move-^
mrat. The petitions are to be
returned by Dec. 12. E)elegates
will be sent to Hanoi to deliver
them. Student Senators will be
looking for your signatures.
The success of the movement
will require support and ded-ication
from a large number of
the students but it has three
outstanding objectives:
1. Most importantly, it will
result in the information we want
concerning American P. O. W's.
2. It will help America look
at its youth from a different
perspectiveM.and impress tte
older generation of our ack-nowledgement
of responsibility.
3. It should show die students
of America as initiators of such
an action to be deeidy committed
to tiie work it will take to bring
alx>ut solutions.
Help is needed to get petitions
signed at our school contact Gin-ny
Fahys 218 Nassau.
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Senate "Defunct?"
A lot of people can be heard around campus knocking the Student
Government-Senate. Well, I feel, as a Senator I should come to the
defense and try and inform interested students about what's going on.
For those who don't even know what the Senate's all about — it is
a group of thirty elected students (15 Seniors, 15 Freshmen) and four
communication representatives who are to lead the studmt body. It
has authority over all other student organizations and assists in the
promotion of issues that ftirtiier the betterment of the students.
This year there has arlsoi a situation which has retarded its pro-gress.
I personally doubt whether it can be pin-pointed to one
thing. Maybe it was due to the large turnover in Senators. Or pos-sibly
the mix-up from changing offices. It's been obvious that ttie
Senators do have ttieir own opinions. This has both helped and hin-dered
the smoothness of out meetings. It could be that people are
not informed enough but ttien again it could boil down to plain
APATHY. I've heard people say the Senate doesn't have any real
power. I firmly disbelieve this. With proper backing by the student
body, the Senate has a great amount of power. More ttian most people
realize. Unfortunately, ttie students at l a i ^ do not support the Senate.
They complain that it's "defunct." Some gripes are justified, but
where are those who do the condemning come Monday nl^ts at six
o'clock when Senate meets.
We had Freshman elections speeches. 4,000 flyers were
two weeks ago. Only about 75 made up, distributed and posted
people showed up for the on all the bulletin boards. May-be
you couldn't make it, okay.
WeU, what about voting? 567
people voted out of 3,380. I
can't comprehrad why two min-utes
out of one of the three days
designated was too much trouble.
There were notices all over the
campus and even Rambler, W ATC
announced it every half-hour.
Don't people care?
I would now like to list the
things Senate has worked on since
September:
1. CAMPUS
a) more lights near the circle
b)more i^ones Installed in the
dorms
c)get classes out of lounge
areas next semester
d)soda and pastry machines
in ttie dorms
2. Social Committee
a) Fantasy 'N Frost which was
cancelled due to the fact that
only 8 tickets were sold. In-stead
a free dance was held
in the new Dining Hall which
drew a f£dr sized crowd.
b)Dance Mara&on. This will
be held for 28 hours on De-cember
4 & 5. Prizes are
$100, $50 and $25. Specta-tors
are welcome. Informa-tion
can be obtained in the
Senate Office.
c) Another bike rally will be
held in ttie Spring.
3.Alc<4iol - Plans are being
drawn up for a tavern on cam-pus.
There will be a contest
held for the best design open
to ttie students. Prize $50.
4. Blood Drive - December 11th -
Coffee and cake will be served
afterwards.
5. Winter Carnival - the weekend
of January 24th up in Pine
Hotel. Skiing, dancing, swim-ming,
etc. $45. Tickets on in-stallments
in Kiapp Hall.
6. Budget - Senate has the power
to disperse monies which come
out of Student Activity Fees to
clubs on campus. Any further
qMestions about allotments can
be dealt with individually.
7. Because of the work involved
Senate has passed a bill allot-ting
a sala^ to the executive
board members. In this way
the Senate has a check on their
accomplishments. At the end
of the s ^ e s t e r if 3/4 of the
Senate has not voted in l^vor
of a particular member's ful-fillment
of his duties then his
salary will be withheld. In this
way we feel more work will be
done in shorter periods of
time.
8. Senate also unanimously ac-cepted
the proposal by IDC
on the abolishment of curfew
for female dorm students. This
is now in front of the admin-istration.
9. Two amendments to our Con-stitution
have been added:
a) Senate meetings will be held
on the 1st and 3rd Mcmdays
of the month and committee
meetings on alternate Mon-days.
By ttiis method busi-ness
meetings will run more
smoothly because the com-mittees
will be more in-formed
and efficient.
b) Every month each Senator
excluding the executive
board and communication
representatives must write
up a news bulletin for his
1/25 of the student body.
Thus each Sens^or will be
Chonged
Keep your Friends of Distinc-tion
tickets. They will be honored
at the upcoming Chambers
Brothers concert on December
11th. at 8:00 P.M. in Allard
Field House.
Die to illness the Friends of
Distinction concert scheduled for
November 13th. was cancelled
and consequently, since this
group did not have a convenient
date to reschedule their concert.
The CHAMBERS BROS, will per-form
in their place on December
11th.
Tidcets are on sale now in
Roosevelt Hall at $2.50 per per-son
with Farmingdale LD., H.00
per coiqile with Farmis^ale UD.
and $5.00 for outsiders.
Apologies are extended but re-funds
will not be given to stu-dents
who bear Friends of Dis-tinction
tickets. However, these
tickets wiU be honored at the
CHAMBERS BROS, concert.
Jane McElduff
Thanksgiving Party
As one of their projects for
the current season, the Rec-reation
Supervision Chib oiter-tained
the Handicapped Studoits
on campus at a Thanksgiving
Luncheon held in Roosevelt Hall
on Tuesday. November 24 from
ri:00 ium. to 1:00 p*m. A
delicious luncheon of salads, re-lishes,
cakes, pies, and other
assorted goodies were served
to the more than 21 handicapped
students that make up this pro-gram.
At the conclusion of the
Luncheon vdbiich was also attended
by approximately 40 members
of the club, a series of novelty
games and events were held.
This was a pilot program and
from the interest shown should
be the start of many future under-takings.
Dr. Thompson, chair-man
of the Recreation Depart-ment,
commented to the extend
that "it was one of the finest
programs of this sort that he
had ever wimessed."
Woke Up
^^earlng on campus SOOTWUI
be a mimeographed form letter
for you, the students of Farm-ingds^
e, to send to your con-gressman
and to Governor Rock-efeller.
It will be about the con-tinuously
growing amount of
hazardous conditions that are sp-pearlng
on campus. Find one, s i^
it, and mail it out. There will be
a collection box for all letters
going to Governor Rockefeller.
responsible to certain peo-ple
on campus. We hc^
in this way to promote closer
ties with the student body.
This will give everyone an
opportunity to offer sugges-tlcMis,
gripes or get Informa-tion.
^ V ^
Well, this is the Student Senate
so far this year in a nutshell. I
believe that the problems we ^ e
can be eliminated with some sup-port
by the student body. You
chose us. Let us represent you.
Make your (pinions known. We
want your suggestions, Interest
and involvement. Stop by the
Senate Office which is located on
the second floor of IQiapp Hall or
drop me a note in the Senate mail-box
which is across from the Ac-tiviUes
Office #116 Roosevelt.
AWARENESS PREVENTS
APATHY! Thank you,
Denlse Ann Miles
(Freshman Senator)