The_Rambler_1976-11-12

              New Campus Lights -
A Step in the Right Direction
F'dale Withdraws From
S.AS.U.
by Maria Sue Malkman
What arc they waiting for,
someone really to get hurt?
This is the question being asked
by students and faculty in
regard to the campus lighting
situation.
For some time, lighting here
at Farmingdale has been
inadequate. The walkways
between Hicks and Cutler
going towards Horton and the
ones between Whitman and
Conklin had no lights at all.
For dorm students parking
your car and walking back to
the dorms was an experience. If
fear didn't get you then not
being able to see where you are
going did.
The situation is changing,
t h a n k s to Mr. Frank
Dellaquilla, Assistant Vice
President of Administration,
and Dr. Cipriani, Vice
President of Administration.
Improved lighting is on the
way. The program started last
year but now major steps are
being taken.
The reason for the delay lies
with the state, not the
University. The state offered
Farmingdale a deal involving
the building of the 7 million
dollar new Police Science
Classroom Building. We were
offered 50,000 dollars for a
lighting improvement
program, a share of the 7
million dollars. The S.U.N.Y.
Farmingdale has been waiting
a full year for this offer to come
through. Without the state,
Farmingdale does not have the
money required to fulfill all the
necessary improvements to be
made. With the money in our
budget and money supple-mented
by Central Office
Capital Construction which is
15-20,000 dollars, the program
is being partially carried out.
The state usually decides on
how many lights we*d need and
what type of lights to be used.
Seeing how the situation could
not be put off anymore,
Farmingdale went ahead
without the state's advice.
Eighteen new light poles and
lamps were installed but due to
corroding underground wires
they are not as yet working.
Around campus many knocked
down light poles can be seen.
These are the light poles in
which the wires have corroded.
Campus electricians and
outside electricians are
working on the problem. They
are installing new wiring. Many
light poles are being installed
where there weren't any before.
Flood lights have also been put
up in various spots around the
campus. These give off a
greater surface area of light.
They are usually left on at night
and early in the morning in the
parking areas. Ten mercury
vapor lamps have also been
installed. Unfortunately, due to
the United Parcel Service strike
the arrival of the bulbs was
detained. Mr. Dellaquilla and
Dr. Cipriani have also
purchased a $15,000 Cherry
Picker truck. This will aid in
the fixing of the roadway lights,
which are too high to fix
normally.
The lighting situation is
getting underhand. The date
for the building of the new
Police Science Classroom
Building has still not b^en
decided. SUNY Farmingdale is
trying to get the $50,000 for the
rest of the lighting improve-ments
to be made. They arc
trying though not to lose the
building. In the meantime,
improvements have been made,
and hopefully, they will he
continued asi long as our budget
holds out.
On Wed., Oct. 13, 1976, the
e x e c u t i v e and student
committee of the Student
Government Asociation voted
to drop out of the Student
Association of State Univer-sities
(SASU).
The S.G.A. is involved in
every aspect of campus activity,
and designs committees for
special student concerns. The
Student Governments of
S.U.N.Y. schools pay out
$5,200 per year to join SASU.
The aims of SASU are to form
a complete organization and
become a main* student
government. SASU was to be
the sounding voice for the
S.G.A. members of all the State
Universities of New York.
Up until two yeras ago,
m e m b e r s h i p to SASU
provided benefits to their
students. It gave them a
purchase power which enabled
them to buy items at 1/2 and
wholesale prices in selected
areas. SASU also qualified a
constituent visiting privileges
to other SUNY schools which
were members of SASU to see
the programs available at these
schools.
Within the last two years,
SASU has not met up to its
previous standards. For the
$5,200 membership fee, the
S.G.A. complains of a total
decline in membership values.
The benefits it once had have
ceased to exist.
According to Ms. Kathryn
Farrcll, secretary of S.G.A. at
Pdale., there has been an
internal disorganization of
SASU which has caused
Fdale. and other S.U.N.Y.
schools to drop out of the
program.
Teachers Picket for Contract
For more than four months,
members of the United
University Professions (UUP),
at SUNY Farmingdale and
other state colleges have been
working without a contract.
The UUP chose Oct. 25th as
the day to make people aware
of their situation. It was also
the day that Gov. Jerry Brown
and Congressman Jerome
Ambro chose to speak at
Farmingdale.
Each time contract talks
start, it becomes a game for the
UUP. It is a game in which no
one knows if they will get past
Go and collect $200 or end up
in jail.
The teachers at Farmingdale
do not have a basic salary.
There is no minimum salary
nor is there a salary scale which
would raise their income. In
1974, the teachers received 6
pay increase and in 1975 a
6% raise.
The only offer the State has
made to date is, in the first year
(1976) there would be no
money increase; in the second
year (1977) they are willing to
discuss salary increases.
The academic employees
( i n s t r u c t o r s , a s s i s t a nt
professors, associate pro-
(lessors, professors, assistant
libarians, senior assistant
librarian, associate librarian
«nd librarians) do receive
tenure or continuing appoint-ments
as it is called at
Farmingdale. To receive it, one
of the above professionals must
work here for 7 years. In a high
school, teachers must work for
3 years.
"The main difference
b e w t w e e n t e n u r e and
continuing appointments,"
explained Professor Terry
Smith, "is that the State gives
tneure under a state law, where
the Board of Trustees at SUNY
give the continuing appoint-ments.