The_Rambler_1963-01-28

              PARMINGOALE. LONG BLAND
NEW YORK
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V o l . 1 No. 2 STATE UMfVaSnY AGMCUtTURAL AND TECHNICAL INSTITUTE AT FAKMINGDALE JANUARY 28, 1963
Tumosr
INSePT, In connection with Governor,
Rockefeller's program to revamp
the New York State educational
system, tuition will be charged
in all State schools beginning
next September. The $400 fee
for residents and $600 fee for
nonresidents will bring in an
expected extra revenue of twenty-<i
two million dollars. To ease the
added financial load on students
it is expected that loan and schol-arship
programs will be liberal-ized.
In the case of hardship
cases where students come from
the low income bracket homes
the tuition will be waived.
S.C. ON THE AIR
Tonight at 7:00 p.m. the school radio station, W.A.T.I., will broad-cast
live the Student Council meeting.
Dormitory students will hear the entire Student Council meeting in
the comfort of their rooms merely by turning their radio dials to 640 kc.
This will be the first live broadcast of any student government meeting.
In the future W.A.T.I. will broadcast live all the Student Council
meetings which they feel will be of Interest to the student body. W.A.T.I.
will publicize in advance, the braodcasting of such meetings.
Starting in February, W.A.T.I.
HMLTH mm oo
ENGINEERING
PREP PROGRAM
A two-year Engineering Science
program, leading to an Associate
in Applied Science degree, will
be instituted at SUATI during Oc-tober
of 1963.
This program will be designed
to prepare students for possible
transfer, as third year students,
to colleges and universities of
engineering. Specialization in any
of several fields of Engineering,
Applied Mathematics, Engineer-ing
Science, or Applied Physics
may then follow.
While the primary purpose of
the Engineering Science curricu-lum
is to provide the first two
years of a conventional engineer-ing
program, it will also provide
a suitable background for em-ployment
for those students not
electing to continue with pro-fessional
study.
A great deal of preparation for
this new course has already been
made. Visits to Hofstra College,
Brooklyn JPolytechnical Institute
and Rensselaer Polytechnic In-stitute
have been made in order
to study their schools of engin-eering.
Hofstra and Brooklyn Poly
havg given copies of their labora-tory
manuals and book lists to
SUATI personnel, to use as a bas-is
for its own courses.
Associate Professor Richard I.
Game, who has been appointed as
chairman of the new department,
has been invited back to R.P.I,
for further studies of their school
of engineering. Arrangements
have also been made to confer
with officials of Pratt Institute,
New York University, and Adel-phi
University.
Not only the above mentioned
schools, but many others as well,
have shown a great Interest in
this new program and will wel-come
as transfer students, any
graduates.
Once the Engineering Science
curriculum begins here at SUATI,
continuous observation of the en-gineering
programs of other
schools will be maintained so that
the curriculum at SUATI wUl be
homogeneous with theirs.
/ This program appeals especial-ly
to students who cannot afford
the cost of attending a four year
college where high tuition rates
are prevalent; instead the student
attends SUATI where the cost for
two years of education is rom-paratlvely
lower due to smaJ ler tu-ition
requirements to N. Y. State
residents.
will braodcast live every home
basketball game and wrestling
match. Since W.S.T.I. is on the air
Sunday through Thursday, any
games or matches scheduled for
Friday or Saturday will not be
broadcasted I
NEW FORMAT
The staff of W.A.T.I. is pro-posing
a new format which will
include more Rock'n Roll music.
However, this format is still in
the debating stage. W.A.T.I. would
appreciate the reaction of the dorm
students to this proposal. Stu-dents
can voice their opinions by
ICC REPORT
On January 11, the Institute
Council of Clubs held its last
meeting of the first semester
in Memorial Hall Lounge at eleven
o'clock. At that meeting It was
the club's unfortunate task to ac-cept
the resignation of its Presi-dent,
Mr. Allen Mears. Accord-ing
to the Constitution of I.C.C.
the Vice President, Mr. Rabin,
assumed the Presidency. His first
duty as President was to read
Mr. ' Mears' resignation to the
club.
Mr. Mears' stated; "Havingbeen
placed on Disciplinary Probation
for deeds outside the realm of
student activities, I am forced to
resign my position as President.
I am sure that my successors
will satisfy all your needs.
We have accomplished what
others can only dream about. You
have shown what a unified and
knowledgeable student body can
do. You have fulfilled the dreams,
desires, and wishes of the entire
student body by giving your sup-port
to the Idea of more "Student"
in Student Activities.
For this I coRHnend you con-gratulate
you, but I wish to point
out that the year Is but half over.
The best of luck to you In your
future endeavors."
A standing ovation followed the
reading of Mr. Mear's letter in
appreciation of his leadership and
hard work.
A motion was mady by Mr.
Rabla, that Mr. Mears be made
an hoAorary membr of I. C. C.
In view of his experience and
an expectation of his much need-ed
direction In the training of
new officers for 1963-1964.
Mr. Rabin followed with another
motion which, if passed, would
allow for election of new officers
three weeks earlier than last year.
These three weeks would provide
a training period for new officers.
At this meeting a third motion
was made by Mr. G. J, Gerard,
that all clubs represented In I.C.C.
should also have a representative
to the RAMBLER to facilitate ade-quate
news coverage of all club
activities. This motion was tabled
for further consideration.
Among the committee reports
was that of B. B. C. (Bulletin
Board Committee) which stated
"alterations are being made on
the wooden bulletin boards to al-low
for larger posters.
The procedures for printing and
distributing posters were also
clarified in the BBC report.
calling the raido station at CH 9-
9872, or by dropping a note in the
mail slot in the door of the radio
station, which is in Knapp Hall.
Also, notes to W.A.T.I. can be
given to postman in tiie Student
Union Building, addressed to W.A.-
T.I., Box 640. It is also pro-posed
that W.A.T.I. will broad-cast
live news from a local com-mercial
radio station.
NEW VICE-PRES
George J. Gerard was elected
vice-president at the Decem-ber
17th meeting of theRadioClub.
He replaces Jim DiGiavonhi who
moved Into the presidency after the
resignation of Joe D'Agostino.
George is an E. T. freshman who
is active in the Amateur Radio
Station which is part of the Radio
Club. He is also active in the
formation of Young Americans for
Freedom and is currently Manag-ing
Editor of the RAMBLER.
G . J . GERARD
New Radio Club
Vice President
IDC MEETING
At the IDC meeting of January
9th, three topics of interest to
the entire student body were dis-cussed
and measures set up for
the fulfillment of these ideas. The
first and most likely to succeed
is the construction of a skating
rink in the area of the tennis
courts. The main and most stub-born
obsucle in IDC's way is
the procurment of polyethelene,
a durable synthetic material which
would make the construction and
maintenance of the rink a definite
possibility.
The second topic is arrange-ment
of quarters for a tailor to
come in one day a week to mend
and possibly alter clothing. IDC
is checking the student reaction
to this proposal at this monent.
Initially it will probably prove to
be expensive, but it Is felt that
as with any good idea, once the
volume of use is Increased the
rates will drqp.
The third idea has been discuss-ed
in the past and has met with
highly favorable student reaction.
This^ idea is to set up a barber
shop where barbers could come
on campus one or two days a week
and give professional haircuts at
low prices.
Although these projects are still
In the planning stage, one thing
is certain: if any of them are
put in operation they will be open
to all students and faculty.
At the January 7th meeting of
Student Council, Mr. Henry Kogok,
President of Student Council in-troduced
a motion to the floor which
contained the following proposals:
A five dollar fee be assessed to
each incoming student starting in
September of this year and to con-tinue
for the following four years;
the monies received to be used as
payment on a $40,000 loan from
Faculty-Student Association. A
$40,000 loan from Faculty-Student
Association will be arranged so as
to provide the funds necessary to
build a Health Caiter building on
campus. An additional five dollars
be assesed each individual student
starting in September 1963 and
running concurrently for the next
four years. These funds to provide
more medical aid on campus, by
hiring an additional nurse, obtain-ing
more medical equipment and
the balance used to maintain, equip
and stock the $40,000 Health Cen-ter.
Immediately there was an "Obj-ection
to the Consideration" rais-ed
on the motion, however, due to
a breakdown in parliamentary pre-cedure
at this time, the point was
not cleared up and the floor opened
for discussion, with Mr. Kogok
granting the floor to Mrs. Siecin-ski,
the present school nurse,
who gave a well-prepared speech
on why such a building and the
additional monies were necessary.
Mrs. Siecinski mentioned a
number of factors which supported
this proposal. Among them were:
Even though in the past six years,
the student population has o^y in-creased
appoxlmately by 100-200
students, their visits to the present
health center have increased from
two to five thousand visits per
school year. TTie number of
students which seek service at
the present health center on a
daily basis average betweoi 40
and 50, presenting an overcrowded
condition, as only one student can
be cared for at one time. There
Is presently only one room. In
which two cots are present at which
111 students can rest and recuperate
Only students of the same sex
however, may use this facility at
any given time. In general, Mrs.
Siecinski commented that if the
RIFLE CLUB
PRES. RESIGNS
At the 16 January meeting otthe
Rifle Club President Ray Tompkins
resigned due to pressing duties in
other campus activities. He stated
that because his new job as Editor
of the RAMBLER took considerable
amount of time, he was forced to
give up the Presidency of the Rifle
Club. In his resignation he thanked
the people who had helped him as
President and especially Mr. Par-sons
who had performed most of the
work on the new range. Mr. Tomp-kins
also stated that Mr. Tuck, the
Vice-President Is well qualified to
take over as the new President.
A vote of confidence was given
to Mr. Tuck to be the new President
until the new elections. A commit-tee
was formed at the meeting, to
Improve the present range facil-ities
and make arrangements for a
modern range in the new Student
Union Building to be built in 1965.
Mr. Tompkins was appointed the
chairman of the new committee.
present medical services are not
expanded upon, then the quality'
and quantity of the service will
have to be diminished.
Concluding her talk, Mrs. Siec-inski
then queried the floor for
any questions. Several were
raised, one which was quite note
worthy. That being "With all this
money being alloted will th^e
be a nurse on 14-hr, duty?" In
answer to this it was stat^ that
it is more necessary to first
provide a building where such a
nurse could be quartered and also
to firstly provide for more care
during theose hours when the
greater influx of patients are
present.
Following this question and
answer period, short discussion
ensued after which the motion was
brought to a vote, however before
the actual vote was taken, the
original objection to the consider-ation
was again brought up,
defeated and cast aside. The final
vote on the motion was passed in
the affirmative-
Also at the Jan 7th n»eetlng
the position of ICC as compared
to the previous week was reversed.
The status of the Institued Coun-cil
of Clubs is that of an indi-vidual
body outside of the direct
control of Student Council.
During Barabara Michal's ICC
"committee" report, Mr. Cody
objected that ICC was not a com-mittee
of Students Council and
could not give a report. Mr. Cody's
contention was that the vote of the
10 Dec S.C. meeting to make ICC
a standing committee of Student
Council was illegal and thus voided
subsequent constitutional changes.
As was the case in past similar
actions at Student Council, much
discussion erupted on the floor,,
and words flew as freely as to
the previous "debates" regarding
this matter.
As was the case in past similar
actions at Student Council, much
discussion empted on the floor,
and words flew as freely as in
the previous "debates" regarding
this matter.
A five-minute recess was called
Airing which the President, Mr.
Kogok conferred with the members
of his Excutive Board. A ruling
then came forth from the chair,
stating that a new vote would be
inltiatedto finalize action regardii^
ICC. This vote would either
endorse previous action taken or
make it void.
The results showed that all pre-vious
action taken to place ICC
under direct subordination to S.C.
was void and the new status of
ICC shall be as it was at the be-ginning
of the new year.
At the end of the ICC report,
A1 Mears announced that due to
being place on Disciplinary Pro-
•bation for actions outside the realm
of student activities, he was forced
to resign his position as President
of the Institute Council of Clubs.
S. C. President Henry Kogok called
for a standing ovation for the great
deal of work which Mr. Mears has
put into the ICC and for the results
which he has received.
Toward the end of the Jan. 7th
meeting, Mr. Cody introduced a
motion to also rescind all previ-ous
action regaiding IDC. This
matter was postponed to the next
meeting, which took place unex-