The_Rambler_1983-11-18

              If you recall in the last issue of
The Rambler, we ran an article
entitled "Open 'Er Up", and a
petition pertaining to the library
hours. As aresult, we received a
letter from the Vice President
for Academic Affairs-Michael J.
Vinciguerra. The Rambler feels
this subject is very important to
the students here at Farming-dale,
so we have decided to give
it front page coverage.
Letter to the Editor:
First of ail, I would like to take
this opportunity to compliment
the Raiybler staff on their inter-est
in matters which are funda-mental
to the quality of servcies
which the administration of the
College also views as extremely
important. I refer specifically to
the elimination of the Sunday
hours in Greenley Library and
the cutting back on the Monday
through Thursday hours. We are
anxious to share with the stu-dents
the background surround-ing
the steps which were taken
in this connection and the on-going
investigation of alternate
options.
As we are all aware, a library's
fiintions require both profession-al
and clerical staff to maintain
quality services. During the last
few years, the State University
has suffered a number of bud-getary
cutbacks and, in a cli-mate
such as this, the major con-cern
and thrust of the College {
administration has been, and
must continue to be, providing I
the necessary services which the
studentss require. At the same
time, we have a responsibility to
insure that the quality of those
services in maintained at a level |
deserved by our students.
During the Fall of 1982, the I
College was authorized to fill
1L5 professional positions in
the Library. Because of a budget
freeze and a position ceiling im-posed
on the College, we were
not able to fill an additional 1.5 (
professional positions, which
had been available prior to the I
commencement of the 1982-83
academic year but became va- j
cant by virtue of resignations.!
Unfortunately, since the begin-'
ning of the current academic
year, those 1.5 positions have I
been deleted completely form]
the list of authorized positions.
cont. on page 2
Homecoming
Mardi Gras Style
Results €f flcmecomlnc r h M a n d €u«en DaMMit are as fcNowss
from left to rHMit-Sue tiassan, 2 i n I runner up, T e n i Jean Cloonan
1st ranner up. med. Ial> tech* Lorl Ann Woodard. CueenHilo-med.
entflneerinc tech. Salvatore rerro« n n « Imis. a i l n i l n^ r e v in
Cennet 1st runner up, bus. admin., I^aymond Ceno 2 n d runner
up, aero space tech.
LOOK FOR FOLLOW-UP ON LIBRARY
IN THE NEXT ISSUE OFTHE RAMBLER
A swirl of color streamed through
the streets of Farmingdale as
floats and marching bands from
the traditional Homecoming
Parade wound their way to the
final destination on campus.
Nearly 4000 people attended
this year's Homecoming festi-vities
that were flavored with a
special Mardi Gras theme.
Moreover, the customary week-end
celebration was extended to
an entire week.
Kicking off Homecoming Week
was an exciting King and Queen
Pageant resulting in the selec-tion
of Lori Ann Woodard of
bio-medical engineering as queen
I and Salvatore Ferro of business
I administration as king. A career
I workshop in advertising art and
design, sponsored by the Career
Development Center and the
Alumni Association, featured
three College alumni: William
Peace, pre8ident,Pesce Adver-tising,
'59 grad; Nancy Intini,
MOD Printing, 7 9 grad; and
Eleanor Hall, self-employed
calligrapher, '58 grad~all of
advertising art and design.
At a gerontology seminar, 9pon-sored
by the Alumni Associa-tion
and Nursing department, a
nutritionist, Betty Villere Austin
of the Center for Disease Con-trol,
and Ralph Lutjen Ramos, a
pharmacist in Farmingdale, ad-dressed
respectively, nutrition-al
and medicinal needs of the
elderly during two separate
sessions.
Addtionally, during Homecom-ing
Week, the Alumni Associa-tion
hosted a wine and cheese
reception to honor College fac-ulty
and staff who are also a-lumni.
At yet another reception,
Farmingdale's successful corp-orate
and business alumni were
invited back to campus. To
update them on the College, the
corporate alumni were provided
a slideshow, narrated by Dr.
Cipriani, that illustrated the
latest changes at Farmingdale.
The highlight of Homecoming
Week was Homecoming Day
with its tradintional attractions
as well as come new additions,
which included a psychic show
and rock band concert, and a
mini-open house of the School
of Engineering Tech. and Agri-cultural
and Health Sciences,
Lending special twist that de-hghted
young and old alike,
were elephant and camel rides.
A soccer game between Dutchess
CC and Farmingdale also drew
a crowd.
Capping the day's event was the
Homecoming Dance— Mardi
Gras Style—featuring five-year
reunions. From start to finish,
Homcoming '83 proved to be an
exciting, entertaining and ed-ucational
event for all.
HADDT THANrSeiVINe