Lobby Albany Lobbying

, . CD Vol. 70,· Number 12 . Information ~ow- » March 26, 1997 :::0 oC Students with eactions to :c Disabilities Legislature Lobby Albany Lobbying By DusanStojkovic On Tuesday, March 11, stu Mixed Opinions dents with disabilities from the CUNY system visited state legisla By Orlando Green tors in Albany to inform them of On Wednesday, March 5th, 29 the uncertaintiesthestudentswere Baruch students traveled by bus facing due to the cuts in the state o Albany to lobby against Gover budget for higher educatio , or George E. Pataki's proposed posed by Governor Geoj-ge E. uts to the City University of New Pataki. ork (CUNy) budget. Baruch stu Of major concern to the stu dents were joined by hundreds of dents was the accelerated rate of CUNY and SUNY students from progress they would have to main all regions of New York State tain in order to go on receiving Long Island, Westchester, New financial aid. ork City, Albany, Buffalo, Os "For many disabled stu ego, Cortland, Binghamton, New dentslike me, itsimply akeslonger altz and other upstate regions. to complete the work indi hey were welcomed by the New vidual course, and it woul n M ork Public Interest Research fair to set the same progress stan ~ Group (NYPIRG) with a lobbying dards for us as for non-disabled es training workshop and an address students," said Pamela Ash, an g y the chair ofthe Assembly' of the upper sophomore at Baruch whois >.Higher Education Committee, Ed blind. "I have a number of incom ullivan. plete courses from last semester The battle plan to save public becarise ofmydisability,"shepoints ·llaft·P~\ig.·~eayl·Chen ducatton wastogarn illeari:lugfuI out, adding, "Havingchosen CIS Candidates for DSSG Elections Announced . upportfrorn lawmakersinrestor one of the most visually oriented ing the state's higher education fields ofstudy-as my major won't By MingWong . udget. In essence, the students make it any easier, but it will en ere asking for the restoration of Thisyear's~Q~y S~llde1lt; _.1>-~~yi~u21y serv~d~~~! able'~~ to fm.da goodjob after I· .- Session .. lower ._. .. ' i.~Msistanc~ ~gr~!!?-t. Government (DSSGteleetions-willcounciLfor mie.~ e graduate and give money back to rr.s:sn: .. _. " nd··the- operationalbudg-et .of feature two candidates' for runningfor a new party, Students the state through taxes." UNY and CUNY, as well as the President Pearl Chen andIlan Toward Educational Progress The students and disability , 011 backofa proposed tuition hike. services coordinators who went to Peress. The elections, to be held the (STEP). hese tactics originated with week ofMay 5, historicallyhave had Peress, a sophomore, is AlbanyonMarch 11 were, attimes, YPiRG and USS (University low voter turnout, despite the fact presently the Chair of Student confused regarding to whom they Student Senate). One of the rea that DSSG controls over $228,000 Academic Affairs and is should address their ons lobbying was deemed impor in student activity fees. representing the Students for ant was because the state legis Chen, a sophomore, is currently Political Involvement continued on page 3 ature the Executive Secretary and continued on a e 5 continued on page 5 Career Services Revamped; More Students To Be Served Contents By Genna Kim l\T~l(J~ ~ Staff members at the Career De CDC, "We're now providing more are as equally as important in ••••••••••••••••••••••• velopment Center are optimistic and different-services for everyone determining one's career. Refer about the results of their restruc involved, from freshmen to gradu ringto theapproachtakenbyCDC Editorial 6 turing efforts from the last semes ating seniors to graduate students as holistic, Adelman says that the ter, citing how the newly developed and even alumni." Before, at the goal of CDC will be to help the center now offers more comprehen Career Planning and Placement whole person from the beginning Letters/Op-Eds 7 sive services than before. The Ca Office, counselors were limited to the formation of career ideas in reer Development Center (CDC), thekindsofservicesthattheycould every phase of one's vocational formerly the Career Planning and provide. Conceptually, that Office development,from basicallychoos usiness l1 Placement Office, is geared toward was"moreinterestedingettingstu ing a major to building a career. preparing students to build th.eir dents placed, without really exam And Patricia Imbimbo, Director careers, morethanjust.helpingthem ining the students' long-term ca of the Career Development Cen Features................•15 to get jobs after they graduate. reer interests." Forexample, fresh ter, heartily agrees. "We're trying The CDC officially moved to 820 men and sophomores received ad to provide services from a more ~Jl East25thStreetlastSeptember27, vice on getting part-time jobs or holistic view, as aspired by the rts after a month of restructuring in internships,andjuniorsandseniors Vice President of Student Devel August. Unlike the services offered . receivedjobsearchtraining, tipson opment SamuelJohnsonand his Sports_•.•.•..•...•.....••36 at the Career Planning and Place resumewriting, networkingandin vision and desire to make this a ment Office, which was geared to terviewing. more comprehensive service." ward helping students to find jobs, Adelman, however, criticizesthe -Thestrategie vision of the Ca the CDC does much more to assist approachtakenbytheCareerPlan reel' Development Center, as out students in becoming true career ning and Placement Office as myo lined in their handout, Career professionals. pic. It emphasized the choice of Diamond, Next Issue: April 9 According to Ellen Adelman, a major and job skills over personal continued on page 2 Ad Deadline: April 2 career counselor and advisor at the preferencesandtemperamentsthat 7~~~ ~ .,.'...,;.;'-,-... ..... \ 3 / O·--i A ~ CD .Barueh'sState oftile ArfTecbnofogy Informs StudentBody '""" Z Q) CD z ~ en By TarikCherooui • E-Mail Addresses ~ Hanging monitors with their taries and we do associate televi building. Itwouldbe hard 0> S~.J1ea4eu. ..., ;.-. deep blue backgrounds and flashy sion with, among other things, in indeed to reach, for ex o Joanne Guo, Editor-in-chief, The Ticker: [email protected] zr m.colors have popped up all over the formation. The monitors also have ample, the 18th Street ro Ira M. Hersch, Managing Editor, The Ticker: [email protected] 0> 26th Street building. The Office of the advantage ofbeing more flashy building with cables. On David Kinzelberg, Day Session Student Government President: [email protected] ~ Student Life is using state of the that bulletin boards and harder to ~:::~ . CD of the ways this problem '.: ,.~~~«,,:*~ James Yen, Day Session Student Government Vice President: [email protected] CD .~ -...J art technology to make sure infor staple over. Although bulletin , can be solved is through .. Day Session Student Government Bursar: [email protected] mation about ongoing activities at boards contain as much informa remote control. Student Day Session Student Government Council: [email protected] Baruch College is passed on to stu- tion as monitors, they tend to be Life would dial in a com Section Editors/Staff Writers at The Ticker: [email protected] dents. quite boring and require a certain puter in each building The monitors display a varietyof amount of time and effort. Moni and paste information to ~~~ information. "This Week" includes tors require time too, however, this be displayed. Dr. Ronald Aaron, Associate Dean of Students: [email protected] .information about events that are problem is partiallysolvedthrough The first monitor ap Dr. Carl Aylman, Director of Student Life: [email protected] taking place o~ campus. It in placement. Monitors in places peared on campus last Debbie Bick, Associate Director of Student Life: [email protected] cludes student organized events, . where students spend time: near Lisa Goldstein, Director of Freshman Orientation: [email protected] April. In an interview, '.' "',-: such as lectures, receptions and elevator lines, in the 5th Floor caf CarlAylman relatedthat Dr. Samuel Johnson, Vice President for Student Development/Dean of Students: [email protected] performances, as well as events eteria, and in the 14th, .lSth and he proposedtheidea back Dr. Carl Kirschner, Assistant Dean of -Students: [email protected] Yvette Laureano, Administrative Assistant of Student Life: [email protected] organized by the college adminis 17th Floor lobbies. in 1979 after being in- Student information monitors located at Sharon Lai, Assistant Director, Office of Student Life: [email protected] tration and faculty. "Calendar" is All the monitors are connected spired by a similar sys- 26th St. Dr. Mark Spergel, Director of Evening and Graduate Student Services: [email protected] a collectionofslides which reminds to a Power Macintosh running tern in the Boston Museum. At the (the construction site on Lexing students of important dates, such Power Point software and located time, monitors were simply con ton, between 24th and 25th) will Z)~/()~ as the deadline for dropping a in the student center. A video nected to a camera pointing to a include built-in monitors. But will Evening Session Student Association: [email protected] course without a W. "Special

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