Vol5 No.•26 UnivTer mmunity's Week Pper May IL11984 ow AWNX4=WT-; coast. - The Fourth Estate: Editorial I I I - - Polity's Greatest Wastes The present Polity Council took office last May and a formal, in-depth report on Dorm Cooking, a report together in too short a time for little specific reason. vowed to do great things with the Student Govern- that he never even began. The campus was largely unaware of it, even if they ment. Now, almost a year later, not a single great thing When the vote for the mandatory activity fee came walked by, because the turnout was so understand- lies done. Instead, they have the following wastes of up, the Council again dipped into PSC for thousands ably poor. The rally was supposed to be like the Rally time and money to show for their work. of dollars for extra print ads and some 10,000 as- on Cuts of two years ago, which attracted 5,000 The '83-'84 budget was finally completed by the sorted flyers in a successful effort to keep Polity people and network news coverage. It attracted 300. Summer Senate and approved by the Council during around for the next four years. But there was so much The programming had many problems of its own. the last week of term II. They soon found that it had waste that one could only wonder why one's activity Three speakers failed to show up, no one from admin- omitted several organizations, which immediately fee was being spent on hanging large numbers of istration was present, and there was no attempt made retailiated in full force at the next Council meeting. flyers next to each other. In addition, while they were to bridge from the rhetoric of the rally to the reality of The HSCSA, VRDP, and Hillel groups were given glad to spend club's money on the campaign for the making changes at the University. The band Mazarin money out of the reserve fund by a completely over- activity fee, they engaged in virtually no personal recieved about $10 per minute of stage time, and whelmed Council and caused the fund to be exhaus- campaigning for it. Guess they just had better stuff to $500 in t-shirts were just given away. It ended up as a ted even before the year began. do. mediocre place to get a suntan. After that, the Council began tapping the Program- David Gamberg's highly touted State of the Cam- The positive things that were accomplished this ming and Services Council, which is supposed to fund pus address cost over $700 and was attended by 40 year by Polity were run largely by staff members or by small clubs, for their budgetary whims. Among these people. $300 alone was spent for a thousand invit- groups such as SASU. In many cases the Council were the National Voter Registration Conference at ations to the event, most of which were not recieved acted as an obstacle.to progress by interjecting their Harvard. which cost $227. Only 9 people from Stony by the invitees until several days after the address, if bureaucracy just when things were running well. Brook attended -8 were from NYPIRG, which has its at all. What we will never know, however, is just what the own budget, and Joe Moriarty went from Polity. It The semester ended on two high notes. First, the PSC clubs and other organizations whose budgets was a NYPIRG( event-Polity paid. Council voted to give SAB Concerts permission to were gobbled by the Council would have done with $1 ,000 went to the publication of The Polity News- overdraft $20,000 because they had lost so much that money. PSC Chairperson Loretta Capuano letter, a pamphlet written, produced, and starring money during the year. The Council did so, however, stated that "the purpose of PSC is to support small Freshmen Rep. Neal Dl)robenare. The pamphlet, only after being advised by Polity Executive Director clubs who need money. It is not a private piggy bank seemingly patterned after a piece of Gary Hart cam- Robin Rabii that such a move was illegal. Undaunted, for the Council to break open anytime they feel like paign literature, named Drohenare nine times within the ('ouncil went on to drop $1800 on the Studentts it." We agree, and urge the incoming Council not to its single sheet. It was held back by wiser Polity Rights Rally of two weeks ago. "'What a waste of repeat the failings of the outgoing Council. They officials who ,c'iestiondits form and content, but was montý ," said one disgruntled student as he stood would have to work hard to do worse. lotr(ed out when David Gamberg demanded it be watching the entertainment. Rallys, when well plan- 'ailedto every' resident. During the winter interces- ned, organized and executed, can be highly effective -ion. Drobenarc was paid a $400 stipend to compile tools in advancing student needs, but this one was pum Cover Photo by Mike Shavel Who's The Best? XWith graduation approaching, the University has each year, never read the papers or listen to the radio chosen and announced many of the winners of the station, and make their decisions in a couple of hours various awards and honors that they annually pre- based on a maximum of three submissions from the The sent. With a little more thought and planning, the candidates. This process eliminates any structural decision-making process behind the awards could be way of judging such important elements as length of Stony Brook much more fair and comprehensive, and make the work, breadth of subject matter, or University or awards much more valuable. media service beyond those three stories. In addition, The most common complaint heard about the conflicting information on award submission dead- Press awards is the lack of knowledge of their existence. lines was given out by committee personnel this year, Awards are typically announced by letters to a few resulting in several submissions not reaching the faculty or staff, and left to them tc spread the word. committee in time to be considered. Combining this Executive Editor........... Joseph Caponi The result is that many people who might have been with the fact that the losers are almost universally not Managing Director .......... Daniel Hank interested in the award never hear about it before the notified of their loss, a point of courtesy so basic as to Senior Photo Editor..... John Tymczysyzn winner is announced. The University should spring seemingly not need stating, and you have an award Photo Editor............... Scott Richter for a few full-page ads in the newspapers announcing system that is badly in need of fixing. Arts Editor ................. Kathy Esseks the details of every award and how to apply for it. This While not all University awards are this poorly Business Manager ......... Pamela Scheer way, the applicant pool will be much larger, and more decided, many are, and some well qualified people News and Feature:Al Bosco, Paul DiLorenzo, representative, if not better. don't submit their work simply because they are Brian Ehrlich, Ben Euster, Dave Goodman, The process of judging must also be refined. The aware of the deficiencies of the process. The Uni- Brian journalism award committee, for instance, consists versity must do a better job. Kohn, Ken Kruger Ron Ostertag, D.J. largely of persons who come to Stony Brook once Zauner. Arts:Michael Barrett, Sarah Battaglia, Hubert -- PrJ L QP-i Moore, Jean Marie Pugni, John Rosenfelder, L 4-VC7la JL I -- --- I Paul Yeats. I Photo:Brigitte d'Anjou, Albert Fraser, Mike Krasowitz, Mike Shavel, Haluk Soykan. Graphics: Philip Garfield, Charles Lane. Production:E gan Gerrity. Office Manager:John Tom. The Stony Brook Press is published every Thursday during the academic year and summer session by The .tony Brook Iress.Inc., a student run and student .--- 0--- funded not-for-profit corporation. Advertising policy does not necessarily reflect editorial policy. Staff meetings are held weekly in the Press offices on Monday nights at 8:00. S.(N.y.Y The opinions expressed in letters and viewpoints do not necessarily reflect those of our staff VVACATlOr |Phone: 246-6832 Office: Suite 020 Old Biology S.U.N.Y. Stony Brook Icl -- · '· Stonx Brook, New York 11794-2790 e axae~ ~s1!iIgg;mil11, 4~j~5 I _ - -. -- -1 __I, Heating Systems Cold No State Fund for Freezing Dorms %. by Ron Ostertag This seems according to Matthews, to The hot water outages which resi- be the only course to obtain a gene- dents of Roth Quad and Stage XII have rator, although hd is uncomfortable become accustomed to occured axing minor projects such as exterior throughout Tabler Quad and part of doors and locks which can at times wait Roth last weekend, with Gershwin up to ten years for approval, but "a college remaining cold for a week. generator is at this time a priority." He Mount and Cardozo Colleges in Roth therefore plans to purchase a gene- Quad, along with all of Tabler Quad rator, to be put either into Gershwin or lost hot water last Friday but by Mount by next semester, and to keep Sunday night their mechanical systems the replaced one after repair as a spare were restored. Gershwin College in for future breakdowns. With the one Roth Quad, however, lost hot water a this Falthe hopes to "squeak by." week ago Wednesday, May 2, and did 0 By replacing each generator, one by not see hot water until Tuesday. COD one, said Matthews, "we are paying top According to a bulletin last Monday dollar, since these are specially made-- from Gary Matthews, Director Resi- not a stock item." This would result in dential Physical Plant, Gershwin re- -C0 sidents were informed: "We are at- 0 "S UNYhas a programof tempting to obtain parts for the system 0.