The_Rambler_1976-05-04

              fiidci l y f N r Maidatory Actiiity F n as distrihitii by t k i S.G.A.
VOLUME 46
NUMBER 13
MA Y 4, 1976
S.G.A.
THREATENS TO
WITHDRAW
FROM S.A.S.U.
by Ron Shandler
Wednesday, April 28, 1976—Jhe Student
Government Association openly voiced their
displeasure in the services provided and
effectiveness of S.A.S.U. (Student Association
of the State University) during the past year and
is now threatening withdrawal. This decision
came after an hour of discussion during the
Senate meeting last Wednesday night.
A GRAND GESTURE
S.A.S.U., the statewide
student organization, has been
in operation for the past five
years and has, as one of its
major founders, this university.
With lobbying and purchase
power, it has been one of the
most highly respectable student
organizations in the country.
But during the past two years, it
had been met with great
internal turmoil which caused a
division of interest and an
executive dismissal earlier this
year (Rambler: Feb. 26, 1976).
Ar this point in time, S.A.S.U.
is in the process of rebuilding
i t s o r g a n i z a t i o n under
President Bob Kirkpatrick and
trying to redefine its goals and
objectives.
This came up at the Senate
meeting during a discussion of
the Student Government
budget for 1976-77. Line item
S260 was set aside for staff,
services and membership dues
to S.A.S.U., Inc. in the amount
of S6200.00, which comes down
to $.85 per student taken from
the Activity Fees. Senator and
W.A.T.C. representative,
Doug Russell, brought up the
fact that Farmingdale had felt
little or noeffcctfrom S.A.S.U.
during his two year stay here,
and he suggested that the
$6200.00 should be deleted
from the budget for the
following fiscal year. This
would result in a total
withdrawl from the organiza-tion.
S.G.A. Vice President and
S.A.S.U. Executive Council
Member, Debby Viniar, then
presented her viewpoint stating
that S.A.S.U. had done more in
the past few years than just
publicized. S.G.A. President,
Mark Natelson, stated that 1ft
felt Farmingdale had given
S.A.S.U. its chance to prove
itself but that S.A.S.U. had
failed. A discussion followed
with a definite division among
the senators as to their feelings
on the matter.
The original motion to
approve the amount of
$6200.00 for S.A.S.U. was then
restated and a vote was taken.
The tally was 4 in favor, 4
opposed and one abstention;
and since an abstention counts
as an opposed vote iii the case
of a tie, the motion was
defeated.
A new motion was then
made to keep the line item open
by placing $5.00 in it and then
allowing next year's senate to
decide whether or not to join
S.A.S.U., figuring by that time
the situation might change.
Senator Tom Piratzky stated
that he thought S.G.A. would,
in doing this, be passing the
buck on to a group of senators
next year who would be
unfamiliar with S.A.S.U. and
the situation at hand. The
consensus agreed and the
motion was withdrawn.
Finally, what might be
considered a **happy medium"
was reached. A motion was
made to allocate adequate
com. on p. I
Dr. Charles W. Laffin, Jr. (right) President of State
University at Farmingdale, accepts a check for $1,000 from
Nancy Schafer of Farmingdale, the President of Farmingdale's
College Union Board. Nancy and her staff were responsible for
bring the Hanneford Circu.s to the Campus; all proceeds from
this event going for the Long Island Collegiate Olympic Fund.
Helping with the presentation is Mike Miture, Director of
Student Activities at the College. To date, the Collegiate
Olympic Fund-Raising effort has amassed $6,229 with
Farmingdale contributing $5,050 to the cause.
PIANIST WINS TALENT SHOW
Terry Congemi Shines in J.A.D.H.A. Competition
The Second Annual Junior
American Dental Hygienists
Association Talent Show drew
a crowd to the Roosevelt Little
T h e a t r e Thursday night.
Participating were thirteen acts
that ranged from comedy skits
to ballet. The J.A.D.H.A.
organized and ran the contest
and also took care of all the
lighting and stage work. In the
front row and judging the
competition were Housing
Director, Phil Dorin; Faculty
member, Beth Goldberg; Gert
Rouse; and the winner of last
year's talent show, Ron
Shandler.
Chosen as the winner this
year with a toul of 35 out of 40
pts. was pianist Terry Congemi
who performed her own
medley arrangement of
**Summer of'42," "Love Story"
and "Schubert Impromptus.**
Her solo performance was also
added to by her accom-paniment
for two other acts
and the judges decided to give
her the first prize, the second
piano solist to win in two years.
In second place were Bob
Lawler and Walter Heinhold
who **booga booga'd" their way
to 34.5 points with the classic
David Steinberg psychiatrist
sketch. Heinhold was fabulous
as the insane doctor ("Trust
me. I am a doctor. M.D. Me
Doctor!**) as was Lawler as the
neurotic nerd (**I wasn't
thinking about my mother*s
gigantic bosom!**).
In third with 33.5 points were
Nina Aleshin, Diane Eder and
Debbie Holbein whose voices
mixed beautifully for "Ventura
Highway,** "When WiU I Be
Loved** and an outstanding
rendition of "Boogie Woogie
Bugle Boy.** Many felt that they
would have walked away with
first place had they used some
f o rm of i n s t r u m e n t al
accompaniment.
Honorable mention went to
Debby Viniar who sang three
songs accompanied by guitar
(many couldn't believe that the
S.G.A. Vice President could
sing so well) and thirteen year
old Julie Week who did a ballet
improvisation "Guess Who."
Diane Giangrande, Presi-dent
of the J.A.D.H.A. and
organizer of the show, was
joined by Rhonda Rolnick,
Debbie Koehn, Maureen
Archer, Trudy Bellan, Kim
Cissik, Sue Bentley, Cindy
Brown and Janet Wosneski in
the lighting, backstage work
and general organization.
Thanks to them all.