The_Rambler_1972-03-01

              studentpublicationatsuatcfarmingdale vol 33 no. 14
march 1. 1972
BOYER BLOWS
HIS HORN
Albany, 1972 -Chancellor
L. Boyer has issued the
following statement concerning
t h e future development of
higher education in New York
State:
The State Univers-ity
recognizes the seriousness of
New York's financial problem
and we are determined to
provide excellent educational
opportunities at this difficult
time.
Duting the past year, the
University has taken significant
steps to achieve economy of of
operations and stabilize its fiscal
situation without diluting the
quality of its program. These
management actions include:
--Raising tuition charges
last fall.
--Cutting back planned
dormitory construction.
-Imposing a moratorium
on new graduate programs.
"Reorganizing the Central
A d m i n i s t r a t i o n and cutting
administrative costs.
==Developing regional
institutional arrangements for
better use of resources.
-Creating new educational
models, sufch as Empire State
College and time-shortened
baccalaureate programs.
Yet, in order to meet
expanding enrollment demands
and preserve quality, the
University requested a carefully
developed budget increase for
the new fiscal year. The 1972-73
Executive Budget recommends,
h o w e v e r , an. appropriation
reduction of $4.4 million and
funds the University at the
current expenditure level. The
r e d u c e d funding will have
s e r i o u s impact within the
University and beyond, both in
terms of how many persons can
be served and how well they will
be served.
In order to meet the 1975
Master Plan goals an enrollment
increase of 15,000 students at
t h e State-operated campuses
would be required this coming
year. The total projected now is
about 4,600. Meanwhile it is
a n t i c i p a t e d t h a t a
q u a r t e r - m i l l i o n students-the
largest in the State's history-will
be graduated from New York
high schools next June.
But numbers alone do not
tell the story. The quality of the
academic program and the
backup support needed for
essentia services also may be
seriously affected.
Even though about 4,600
"additional students will enroll,
the total number of faculty,
librarians, counselors and other
key personnel will not be
increased. About 1,400 existing
unfilled authorized positions will
be removed.
Library support will be cut
back. On a typical campus, it is
estimated that the number of
books and periodicals that can
be purchased next year will be
roughly half of the 1970-71
acquisitions.
Maintanance of facilities
will be reduced and some needed
r e p a i r s delayed. In some
instances new buildings may not
be opened.
The planned development
of several emerging campuses
will be jeopardized.
The construction of several
n e w c o m m u n i t y college
campuses will be postponed
because matching funds cannot
be provided.
Overall services provided at
the University-operated health
centers will be curtailed.
While the number of
students who will enroll in
special programs for the
educationally and economically
d i s a d v a n t a g e d - E d u c a t i o n a l
O p p o r t u n i t y P r o g r a m,
Cooperative College Centers and
Urban Centers-will be increased
by 1,900 the appropriation to
support these programs will be
reduced by approximately $1.5
million.
Faced with these serious
projections it is imperative that
additional funds be secured to
bring relief in critical area
including:
"Special programs for the
d i s a d v a n t a g e d --Library
services and instructional
support
- - M a i n t e n a n c e of the
physical pi -Health center
and hospital support
• • -Strengthen emerging
campuses where the major
enrollment growth is projected.
I recognize the great
demand for essential services in
the State. I also know that the
dollar problem is acute. In
support of the Governor's and
the Legislature's determinatipn
to meet the higher education
needs of the State, modest
additionl State revenues to assist
in those critical areas should be
considered.
The University also will
continue to press vigorously for
greater Federal higher education
support. Y d no on® can predict
the timing and the magnitude of
such help.
As a final alternative, the
University will consider raising
addtional income through its
own revenue sources in order to
serve effectively as many
students as possible.
IA further shift in the
t u i t i o n and fee schedule,
c o n s i s t e n t with the basic
concept of low cost public
education, will be considered in
order to provide income to
s u p p o r t essential University
programs.
Such a move assumes, of
couse, that there will be an
appropriate increase in student
a i d . The University cannot
support any move that would
increase financial barriers and
discriminate against students
from low and middle income
families. '
The State University of
New York has become an
absolutely crucial partner in the
development of New York State.
Tens of thousands of needy
families now look to the
4Jniversity -as the door to
o p p o r t u n i t y and hope.
Thousands of young people who
would have become social
liabilities have been served by
the University and are now
p r o d u c t i v e c i t i z e n s.
Communities all across the State
have been educationally and
economically enriched. The
University has drawn trained
manpower to the State and
industry has been helped.
The State University must
continue to move vigorously and
responsibley ahead. Now, more
than ever before, the University
and the future of New York
State are fully interlocked.
Tuition Increase Finalized
On Wednesday, February 23, The State Board of
Trustees for the State University of New York finalized
their decision for the tuition increase for next year.
The Board of trustees, realizing that th e proposed
$850 was a bit too much for students to pay, decided th at
appeasnient was in order and decided to cut the proposed
increase by $50, thus making the tuition for seniors $800,
and the tuition for freshmen $650. This is in addition to
the $100 increase per semester for dormitory facilities, and
the stoppage of all subsidies to the p hone company for
the centrex phone line.
addition to the increase the Regents Scholaship
Alternate Program (the process whereby students not
winning a scholarship would be put on a waiting list)
would be totally eliminated. Also, as far as can be guessed,
there will be no additional funds for loans, g rants etc.
The Board of Trustees consider a job well done when
they have cut -monies allocated to the barest minimum,
and so they have done here. It can only be said that they
have done the Governor a great service.
V.D.TEST
(CPS)-In an attempt to help
hold back the rising epidemic of
venereal disease the Public
Health Service is recommending
for the first time that doctors
r o u t i n e l y test women for
gonorrhea as part of regular
physical check-ups.
Despite a marked rise in
t h e number of reported
gonorrhea cases form 264,158 in
Ii6l to 600,072 in 1970, health
officials consider the disease
grossly under-reported. Dr. John
Miller, the Public Health
Service's top venereal disease
e x p e r t estimates that 2,25
million Americans get gonorrhea
each year.
Dr. Miller estimates taht
6 4 0 , 0 0 0 women may have
gonorrhea and not know it.
Women, unlike men, are free of
overt symptoms. These women,
called asymptomatic carriers,
can become sterile or transmit
t h e d i s e a s e by sexual
intercourse.
Men can tell they have
gonorrhea because it generally
p r o d u c e s u n m i s t a k a b le
symptoms such as a burning
sensation in the penis from three
t o nine days after sexual
exposure.
The Public Health Service's
recommendation for the routine
gonorrhea test was based on the
findings of a three study of
women who were having regular
pelvic examinations in 36
totowns and cities.
Gonorrhea, unlike syphillis,
cannot be detected by a blood
t e s t . To detect gonorrhea,
doctors must rely on a culture
test which cen only be made by
pelvic examination.
According to dr. Miller,
gonorrhea can cause arthritis,
irritate tendons, damage the
heart, mimic gall bladder pain
and cause unnecessary surgery,
b l i n d newborns and cause
m e n i n g i t i s . Advanced
stages, says Miller, can bring
about a condition known as
septic shock that results from
pus produced by gonorrhea
bacteria in pelvic organs such as
ovaries, fallopian tubes, and the
uterus.
S u r g e o n s must do
c o m p l i c a t e d and expensive
surgical procedures called 'pelvic
cleanouts,' to save the lives of
such patients. 'Such operations
make it impossible for these
women to have children,' said
Miller.