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EL 1 Vol. 12, No. 2 * The University Community's Weekly Feature Paper Sept. 18, 1990 See Page 4 I I I ADDRESS · , I I · - ' To: understand that there is a Hugh Mulligan problem with parking at Stony Asst. Dir of Parking & Traffic Brook. We are willing to 192 Administration compromise. Very simply, we request at least half of our The Stony Brook Press Dear Mr. Mulligan: parking lots back, both in G/H and Roth Quads. The Executive positions have been filled Ideally, in a University Remember, the students at a temporarily as follows: community, there needs to be an University are the "customers" understanding between each and the administration is the Exec. Ed: Jim Barna faction of that community. Assoc. Ed: Lara Jacobson "business" - you are here for us. Managing Ed: Steve Kreps Students, Faculty and Staff all Live up to your responsibility. If Bus. Manager: Inju Keum must be understanding and you are not willing to sensitive to each other's needs. compromise, we will In my eyes, the key to this unfortunately have to continue News and Features: Mitchell Cohen, understanding is communication. Joe DiStefano, Robert V. Gilheany, our peaceful protest. Stuart Harrad, Jean Rousseau, Last Monday, September 3rd, I Thank you for your time, and if received notification that two you have any questions, please Arts: Eric Penzer, Curtiss Leung, Scott parking lots, one in G&H Quad feel free to contact myself or Tom Skinner, Scott Warmuth and another in Roth were to be Pye, Chair of the Committee switched over to Faculty/Staff dealing with this situation. IJ Graphics: Don Fick, Rick Teng from Resident/ Student, effective immediately. I Respectfully, Production: James Barna, Don Fick, understand that this was the Lara Jacobson, Fletcher Johnson, Inju result of a recommendation made Daniel Slepian Keum, Steve Kreps, Michele Neumier, Jean Rousseau, Irin Strauss, Julie by a committee who had studied President the parking situation. I was told Stock, Rick Teng that two undergraduate students The Stony Brook Press is published sat on that committee; I still biweekly during the academic year and haven't found out who they were .- CLASSIFIED intermittently during the summer session by or who appointed them. The Stony Brook Press Inc., a student run Regardless of the composition of Drivers wanted P/T F/T and student funded not-for-profit the committee or the Earn up to $10.00 an hour. corporation. Advertising policy does not Must know campus & Stony Brook necessarily reflect editorial policy. recommendation, that it made area& own a car. the final decision, was made in For more information on advertising Must be able to work up to 2 AM. and deadline, call 632-6451. August - one week prior to the Station Pizza start of classes. 751-5549 Staff meetings are held weekly in the *The students are now faced Press offices each Monday at 8pm The opinions expressed in letters and with two problems. First, we are Campus Representatives viewpoints do not necessarily reflect those disturbed by the decision making Needed of our staff. process and lack of Earn free trip and big commissions communication with this issue. by selling vacation packages to Phone: 632-6451 Even some members of the .Cancun, Mexico, Nassau / Paradise Office: Suite 020, Central Hall administration were unaware that Island, Bahamas & Jamaica. For SUNY at Stony Brook these changes took place. more information call toll free in or Stony Brook, NY 11794-2790 Second, and more outside Connecticut at 800-283- importantly, 8767 we are angry that our parking lots The Stony Brook Press exists as a were taken from us. On collective. All editorial, content and Tuesday, Sept. 11th, a Town Hall Help Wanted presentation decisions are made with Meeting on parking was held at Addressers wanted immediately! No- the agreement experience necessary. Excellent of the group. which there were close to 300 pay! Work at home. Call toll-free: 1- students in attendance. As a 800-395-3283 Next Issue: Tuesday, October 9th follow-up, this morning at 7:00 Deadline : Thursday, Sept. 27th, A.M., about 150 students 5pm protested in the G/H parking lot. We are angry. However, we do - -- LETTE ERS To the Editor: what schools feed you. In turn, on the SUNY Stony Brook To the Editor: they're reminded of their image in campus either. We have no AIDS School has always been a AIDS jokes, homophobic remarks education, a president who lies VACCINES bastion of distortion - teaching shouted across the Student about campus safety ("We have A RE NONEFFECTIVE! whites the finer points of their Union, bashings and such. 'blue light phones'" -- WE DON'T history, glossing over or ignoring If you're in the priviledged class HAVE BEAi BLUE LIGHT No the atrocities like some vaccine carries any of whites, straights, and males, PHONES), ROTC recruitment, an guarantee of protection from the antiquated, isolated acts that- you had better wise up and act. I abundance of Coca-Cola laboratory that would never be repeated. produced it, or the don't care if you "have Black or machines with the ol' F.W. doctor who administers it and People of color are taught their gay friends," recognize the DeKlerk stamp of approval, your rights history is either one and the have been infringed bigotry of "other people" or animal abuse lawsuits, no upon by officials attempting to same as whites or irrelevant; that merely speak of being a feminist - Africana studies department, use force they must assimilate as best they against your will. show it and act like it, and at all etc., etc. Diseases occur in cycles, and can or expect to be forgotten, times. The most talk serves to do Rise up with your polio for instance, imprisoned, tokenized, and/or sisters and was already on is provide a blanket against brothers and get moving. Lip the decline before the polio killed (i.e. Fred Hampton, Mumia others' accusation of your service and guilt-relieving vaccine Abu-Jamal, Assata 'Shakur, was administered. More homophobia, sexism, or racism. patronization should die before polio in fact, was caused by the George Jackson and Angela Your condescendence is not another human being does at Davis). the vaccination, as the founder helpful, it is not welcome, it is hands of another racist, sexist, or himself concluded. Studies Women who want to know their digusting and contemptible. homophobe. Organize, show history are treated similarly. those who are vaccinated Put your body where your mobilize, and strike again and are a high percentage of those They're often laughed at or seen mouth is - speak openly of your again. J who later as threatening militant "dykes" - get the diseases sexuality without downplaying vaccinated against. That's why it unfortunately though, this isn't your homoerotic fantasies and -- Chris DelVecchlo is absurd the admirable image it should be, to subject oneself to experiences - in fact, downplay Red Balloon revaccination. Contrary to popu- it's one of a carnival freak we your heterosexuality, it's a Collective lar belief, gawk at, fear, cage, and wish we vaccinations remain constant reminder of the world scientifically unproven and ins- didn't have to deal with. that oppresses and it isn't tead promote Lesbians and gays appear to necessary. degenerative di- seases and have serious long have no history if you swallow There is no shortage of abuses term side effects. The Stony Brook Press page 2 s~w continue on page 11 America: Just Another Library r-% ,a1 -f "T -....mm-ýý ..,Jm. I ie 3tuuy-IuI vieoliPfTrasn~en odelnwih thsmutnrs by Stuart Harrad means of dealing with this mounting trash pile, By Joe DiStefano namely: landfilling, incineration and recycling. Last Wednesday students staged a study-in in One of the most pressing environmental Landfilling: No Longer a Solution. the library's current periodical room as a protest of problems currently facing the United States is the the library's shortened hours. This year the library question of garbage disposal. In 1988, Ameri- The currently most favoured technique in has been forced to cut back due to a decrease in cans generated 160 million tons of trash, a hefty the US is landfilling. Simply phrased, this involves the SUNY budget. Unfortunately for students, 3.6 pounds per day, per person. On a per capita excavating large holes and filling them with garba- these cutbacks necessitate the closing of the basis, no other industrialised nation aside from ge. The major problem with this "solution", is that periodical and reference sections of the library. Canada even approaches such a figure, while while refuse generation is increasing, available The library has also been forced to reduce staff. individuals in European countries such as Britain, U.S. landfill space is predicted to fall to 20% of its John Lee Smith, the library's director and Dean France, Italy, Spain and West Germany each ge- present level by 2006. As landfilling is today of Library Services stated, "It's not that the library nerated less than half the domestic waste created wanted to curtail services. ." He added that the by Americans. library had "tried hard not to reduce any services." Here at the university of Stony Brook, the The students present and members of the Marine Sciences Research Center (MSRC) newly formed Committee Against Closing houses a Waste Management Institute, where the the Library Early (CACLE) managed to keep The problems of waste disposal are addressed. <w the library's periodical room open Until midnight. Institute recently received a $100,000 grant from They studied quietly during the protest. the New York State Legislature to study the Cr Commenting on the study-in Smith said, "I think express themselves." environmental and commercial viability of recycled 0- people have a right to materials, viz plastic lumber and cons-truction Stony Brook Junior Ed DeFelippis said of the z blocks made from the ash generated by garbage 0a--- study-in, "I think we're doing the right thing.