The_Rambler_1973-04-05

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Volume XXXIV Thursday, April 5, 1973 Number 9
Chb Budgets Cit SGA PRESIDENT RESIGNS
On March 14, $973, the
f o l l o w i n g motion was
presented at the Student
Government meeting: as of
the year 1973-74, all clubs
which are curriculum
orientated or of special
interest will receive a
maximum of $100.00 for their
annual budgets. This excludes
the following clubs and
organizations: Athletic
Department, Chanticleer,
College Board, Inter-
Dormitory Council, Islander,
Rambler, Recreation Center
Support, Student Government
Association, and W.A.T.C.
Radio Station. After some
discussion, it was passed by
the senate.
On March 21, 1973, the
Senate voted to reconsider this
motion and after serious
debate, again the Senate
voted to keep tlub's budgets at
$100.00.
This $100.00 will, be
used as seeding money which
means that if a club would
want to have a dance, they will
have to sell tickets before
hand to raise the money for the
dance. The amount of money
taken from the S.G.A. funds
would have to go back into the
spending money line item, since
student money will be used,
but anything over that amount
would be the clubs to use as
they see fit. Usually, the
money which is made from the
beer is enough to cover the
cost of the beer, the bartender
•and security.
The Student Government
is working on a proposal right
now concerning speakers,
films, trips, conventions and
educational activities. If a
club wishes to have a speaker
or a film, they would have to
come to the S.G.A. furing the
year and request money from
the S.G.A's educational line
item. The Drama Club would
also come to the S.G.A.
requesting money from this
line item. If a club wishes to go
on an educational trip or
convention, they would
request money from the
S.G.A.'s travel funds.
The reason for this action
is a reduction in the activity
fee since only about 1,000
people benefit from it and
4,000 people are forced to pay
it. We feel that it is not right
for these 4,000 people to pay
and not benefit from it
completely because they have
to work or cannot come back
to the campus at night.
If you have any questions,
feel free to stop by the S.G.A.
office at any time between
8:30 and 4:00 p.m. The office is
located in Room 15, Knapp
Hall.
Respectfully submitted,
DianeSteul,Treasurer, S.G.A.
''GRA F T "
Investigations into the
alleged mis-appropriation of
student activity funds were
conducted recently by the
S.G.A. The clubs involved
were the Veteran's
Association, the Mortuary
Science Club, and the S.G.A.'s
own financial board.
The charges against the
clubs stemmed from the fact
that there were no receipts for
money advances given the
clubs on record in the FSA
office.
The financial board of the
SGA was charged with being
prejudicial as to judging the
criteria for money requests,
as the board was compri.sed
mainly of senators from both
the Veteran and Mortuary
Science organizations.
Numerous explorations
into the charges were
made by a special senate
committee set up specifically
for this purpose. Committee
reports were then made and
certain members of the clubs
were required to appear
before the senate for a vote of
confidence.
Mi c heal O'Rourke,
chairman of the financial
board (also a veteran), Alan
Brock (also a senator) and
Chris Gentile from the
Veterans Association, and
unknown people from the
Mortuary Science club all
appeared before the senate
and no one received the vote of
confidence.
Receipts were submitted
to the F'SA office covering the
advance checks issued.
NEWS SHORTS
Some alternatives to meat
is fish, but watch out, because
prices are rising in that also.
Whiting or smelts are
inexpensive, cottage cheese,
peanut butter, sardines,
salmon, dried beans, chicken
and eggs.
Bess Myerson has
stepped down from
consumer affairs. Betty
Ferness has taken her place.
Lindsay appointed her.
Nixon is freezing meat
prices on the highest level.
Known as the ceiling price.
There is an all out meat
boycott where meat shouldn't
be bought or eaten, during the
week of April 1-7.
All P.O.W.'s have come
home or are on thei r way to the
United States.
Marijuana Smokers Beware
(CPS)Two Boston doctors
have reason to believe that
extensive use of marijuana
may cause gynecomastia, a
rare disorder in which men
develop large breasts.
Dr. John Harmon and Dr.
M. A. Aliapoulis, associate
professor of surgery at the
harvard Medical School,
published their discovery in
the November 2. 1972 issue of
the New England Medical
Journal:
" S e v e r a l articles
appearing recently in the New
England Journal of Medicine
reveal marijuana to have only
minor immediate and
shortterm physiologic side
effects coincident with the
psychologic ones for whoch it
is well known. Unlike those of
alcohol and tobacco, to which
it is often compared, there are
no descriptions of late
complications of long-term
high-dose marijuana use..
Three patients with
gynecomastia associated with
heavy marijuana use were
seen recently at the
Cambridge Hospital, which
services many young people
and has an active drug
program. These three
patients were between the
ages of 23 and 26 years. Two of
them were admitted to the
hospital where they were
found to be fully matured
physically, with normal
s e c o n d a r y sexual
characteristics and no
evidence of delayed puberty.
The president of the
Student Government
Association, Joseph Czajka,
has resigned from office. The
following is Mr. Czajkas
formal letter of resignation.
Dear Student Senate;
What is my joy if all
hands, even the unclean, can
reach into it? What is my
wisdom, if even the fools can
dictate to me? What is my
freedom if all creatures even
the botched and the impotent,
are my masters? What is my
life, if I am but to bow, to agree
and to ol^y?
These were words written
back in 1937 by the authoress
Ayn Rand. There part of the
fictitious novel Anthem, a
story about a negative Utopia.
But today these words are a
part of my reality becuuse I
feel these words express my
feelings clearly on why I
resigned.
As I see it now the good I
tried to do for students in the
last one and one-half years
was just a front people used to
cover their true egotistical
selves. The thought of doing
what is good for all was
secondary to the peoples' in
control own personal goals.
I have come to the
realization that people serve
as representatives, as
committee members not to
primarily do good but to feel
and look important. It is then
only through a chain of events
that something finally is
accomplished.
Bar Harbor Ballet ct. fold
"Marijuana use by the
patients was remarkably
intensive. Marijuana
smoking was clearly the main
life activity of two of these
patients, and has been for six
years in one case and two
years in another.
SUFFOLK WOMEN'S POLITICAL CAUUS IS
HAPPENING APRIL 25th PORT JEFFERSON
STATION
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
JANICCE COUGHLIN 516-724-2961 41
PRINCETON AVENUE SMITHTOWN, N.V. OR
GLORIA LEVIN 516-543-6695 1 WALTER COURT
COMMACK.-NV.
College ID's
All students are required
to have ID ccards by April 13.
These ID cards will be
required to be shown before
participating in activities.
The cards may be obtained in
the Student Government
Office, room 15 Knapp Hall,
daily between the hours of
9AM to L2N00N, and Tuesday
and Thursday evenings in the
snack bar between the hours
of 6:30 to 8: 00. Legal ID must
be shown before obtaining the
college ID card.