B4NDDR4SBCX Vol. XXVII, No. 7 York College of the City University of New York Jamaica, Queens March 27,1984 Murphy Opposes State Proposal for New Tuition Increase

By Jacklyn S. Monk budget at his March 15 press con- Chancellor Joseph S. Murphy ference. Of the requested $200 complimented Gov. Mario Cuomo resident tuition increase. 5700 on his capital appropriations for non-resident increase and S25 the City University of New York computer fee the chancellor in the proposed 1984-85 state said,"We are trying very hard to get the legislature to change their minds."' York CO-OP: Murphy supported the gover- Earn While nor's poiposal for part-time TAP awards to CUNY's 61.320 stu- You Learn dents, child care facilities and the New Academic Core looks like this as it nears completion. By Roxanne Skyers $2.4 million for the completion of Getting one's foot in the door of the York College campus. Since Final Stages of Construction a prospective employer is difficult 1979 the number of female grad- for recent college graduates. But uates has increased to 61 %. 25 for Carol Hartwell it was a cinch. percent of of whom were married. On Academic Core Underway In April 1982, while still a busi- "It's the first time day care has ness administration/marketing ma- ever been included in the gover- By Jennifer Grant one," said Pavia. "The second mental offices will be. The north- jor at York college, Hartwell ner's budget; it's something we "Right now, as you know, we phase will be the completion of the east side will consist of essentially worked for Honeywell Incorpo- are in the main building,"said college. That will provide the the library and student develop- rated as an intern. Upon graduat- Raymond Pavia, director of Cam- gymnasium, a pool, an audito- ment, and the southeast side will ing in June 1982, this mother of consist of the administrative of- pus Planning and Operations. rium, and a theater for the speech two was permanently hired as a fices, the deans, the registrar, "We rent the Humanities Building department, some parking and sales representative for the business offices." and the Hill Side Center. Eventu- athletic fields." corporation. There will be a faculty lounge ally everything is going to be The architecture will be mod- Hartwell's story, moreover, is in the academic core. "There will moved down to the Academic ern. "It will be a contemporary the rule rather than exception. be more amenities than we have Core which is now under construc- building in architectural style," Over the past five years, 288 stu- now," said Pavia. "We will have tion. It is now about 65% com- said Pavia. "The building will dents like Hartwell have success- this U-shaped building embracing plete and will be finished by the consist of an enclosed mall with fully made the transition from a plaza, and the plaza will have end of 1985 or early 1986." bridges, balconies, escalators, and school to work through the Coop- many levels filled with trees, "This does not mean that York skylights at the top. You will walk erative Education (CO-OP) Pro- ramps, and steps. This will be the College will be finished in 1985- into this big multi-story space gram at York. filled with light and filled with mall. The mall will go down sev- 1986,just the Academic Core The program seeks to "provide which will provide for all of the people. eral stories. At level three, the li- brary will go around the entire east a work experience related to the college laboratories, book store, "On the west side of that mall Joseph S. Murphy side of the building. The building academic field," says Dr. Joseph classrooms, library, cafeteria and will be what we refer to as the ac- Koon, director of Cooperative Ed- have never had before." he said. administration offices. ademic loft. That's where all the will have many entrances; there (continued on page 3) ucation at York. "It is an advan- In his testimony before the Joint "We are basically in phase classes, laboratories and depart- tage in the job market because stu- Fiscal Committees on February 15 dents can earn money and begin to in Albany, the chancellor said. develop contacts." "Increased tuition is the least fair York Chorus Performs The Creation There are presently 39 CO-OP way to support public higher edu- employers, including DuPont cation, since it presents an added By Jeremy L. Goldberg life provided a glad antithesis to unassailable poise and confidence, Pharmaceuticals, United States burden to those least able to pay." An enthusiastic performance of the soggy evening. effortlessly filling the hall with her National Weather Service, People • Over the past four years, full- Haydn's rousing Creation by the In addition to the large chorus, well-schooled tones. Express Airlines, Dreyfus Man- time tuition at CUNY has risen York College Chorus and the Cho- five soloists sang the text of the Much of the solo work of the agement Services, Horticultural from $925 to $ 1.225, an increase ral Symphony Society Chorus and work, which is divided into three first two parts of The Creation fell Society of New York, United of more than 32 percent. The pro- Orchestra, conducted by York mu- parts. Labovitz evinced great sen- to bass Kenneth Bell and he States Internal Revenue Service, posed change in senior college tu- sic professor David Labovitz, sitivity to the demands on these proved equal to the task. By the Eastern Metro Associates, Chem- ition and fees beginning in the fall uplifted rain-dampened spirits on singers by carefully controlling the time he sang the appropriately low ical Bank, City University of New 1984 represents a one year in- Feb. 28 at Manhattan's Symphony dynamics of the orchestra in defer- note for the final word "worm" in York/Accounting Office and the crease of 18 percent, bringing the Space, 2537 Broadway. The ence to the soloist's role. Soprano Raphael's recitative enumerating New York State assembly. total rise since 1981 to 57 percent. piece, emotionally similar to and Maretha Stewart made good use of the creatures of the earth, Bell had Graduates of the program often Reporters from The CUNY indeed strongly influenced by the opportunity this*tact afforded captured the audience's attention work at the places where they in- Voice, Baruch, Staten Island, and Handel's Messiah, is an oratorio by displaying considerable dy- as much by his commanding pres- tern. In some cases they have en- Queens and a reporter and photog- based on a poetic text of the Cre- namic range of her own. She met ence as by his voice. He did well tered other businesses—Chemtech rapher from York turned out to ation. The paean in praise of all every challenge of the piece with (continued on page 6) (continued on page 7) hear Murphy. Pandora's Box March 27,1984

Such constriction is alarming, es- I Quit Smoking Tuition Increases Are Aimed pecially because it occurs in con- junction with a national adminis- Clinic In March tration whose social-policy At Social Programming' initiatives are aimed at recreating An "I Quite Smoking Clinic" By Joseph C. Ferrara is highly motivated to provide a academic programs that would the rigid class structures that pre- is being presented by the Ameri- can Cancer Society at York Col- Since the imposition of tuition better future for his or her children lead to jobs at the lower end of the ceded the New Deal. The political lege on Mondays and Thursdays fees at the City University of New and sees the necessity of university economic scale ... a subtle way and economic advantages of a nar- during March. The clinic is taking York in 1976 ended 129 years of study . The total lack of assistance of preserving the illusion of rowly trained, docile, and even place on each of those days free access to higher education,we for part-time study and the in- schooling as a mechanism of so- grateful work force are too ob- through March 29 between 12 have seen a constant and steady creasingly high costs of full-time cial mobility while actually pro- vious to ignore. One should note, noon and 1 p.m. in the main build- progress toward an educational study locks out this person. ducing a system of higher educa- however, that many of the techni- ing, Room 402. Faculty, staff, stu- system whereby university study We must also bring attention to tion stratified along the lines of cal and vocational opportunities dents and community are invited is available only to the affluent those working class families who race and social class-was pro- that students are being trained for to attend. There is a $5 fee for who can afford ever increasing may be just above the "poverty in the community colleges, both in posed by then Vice President materials. fees and for the approved who are line"and disqualified from finan- Spiro T. Agnew. Social stratifica- (continued on page 7) granted access according to the cial aid programs and to those tion of the old kind, but with an Dean Daniel Stern of the Divi- sion for Student Development said prescriptions and availability of fi- families with a work ethic adverse additional step immediately pre- that he stopped smoking as a result nancial aid and other avenues of to "charity petitions"or whose ceding employment—the associ- of the last clinic. government benevolence. By this personal morality might consider ate degree instead of the high Oh,Those action, the mission of the Free financial matters a private affair. school diploma—was put forth as Academy created by public refer- How all this relates to the rising an alternative to the wholesale Clocks Exam Is Set endum in 1847 has been totally vi- cost of tuition at City University opening of the university, and By Olive A. Harris olated and abandoned. and its consequence-of eliminating thereby the economy, to the city's "These clocks again! People In English The recent request by Gov. many individualistic students from poor whites and are either always arriving late or Mario Cuomo to increase tuition the college classroom, has been minorities. ..." early because of these darn Proficiency again by $200, is further evidence brought to light by CUNY Chan- It is no accident that the com- clocks," said a frustrated student The English Proficiency Exam- that what was once a beacon of cellor Joseph S. Murphy in an es- munity colleges of the City Uni- who barged into a wrong class the ination, which is a requirement for hope for the ambitions of the poor say "The Public Urban University versity of New York today are ex- other day. Similar comments are graduation, will be given on Tues- and middle class of our city, is and the Cost of Equality," now tremely well funded, with sometimes heard from faculty, day, April 3, in the Humanities Skinnerian experiments for shap- published by the Academy of Po- enrollments burgeoning, particu- staff, but always from students. Building, Room 404. The exami- ing social behavior. The effect of litical Science, Proceedings, vol. larly among disciplines that will Some months ago a reporter nation may be taken at either 12 these manipulations is to prevent 35, no. 2: The Crisis in Higher clearly lead to entry-level jobs in spoke to Harry Felsenthal, Build- noon or 6 p.m. those most aggressive for achieve- Education. Murphy says: "No the city's economy, while the ings and Grounds Admnistrative This is the only day and these. ment—those most likely to chal- other single issue in the history of state-supported entities within the Superintendent, about the state of are the only times the examination lenge the status quo—from attain- the City University aroused more City University, particularly its the clocks. Felsenthal gave assur- will be given, college officials ing the higher perceptions and passions, threatened more paro- senior colleges and graduate ances that they would be working emphasized. understanding that comes from chial interests, or triggered more school, are systematically under- by October when the time changed university study, while "educa- criticism than did the move by its funded. In short, the working of over to Daylight Savings Time. tors" shape the majority of unsus- Board of Higher Education to such differentials in funding will Felsenthal explained that the after the installation of the new pecting students into those skills open, in the fall of 1970, at least in large measure restrict the edu- reason the clocks malfunctioned generator, the reporter again spoke and attitudes most needed to serve some part of the university system cation of New York's poor whites was that the master clock from to Felsenthal. The superintendent the status quo. to all graduates of New York's and minorities to the community which the other clocks get their gave a number of reasons for the Chairman of the University Stu- high schools, regardless of past colleges, where they will be signal was picking up the wrong delay. The main reason is that the dent Senate Melvin E Lowe has, levels of academic perform- trained to enter the job market, signals from the vast amount of generator, after being installed, with substantial justification, char- ance. ... By now it is broadly thereby constituting a substantial electrical equipment in the seemed not to function properly. A acterized this reality as "sophisti- recognized that a university can cadre of talented, entry-level building. technician was called and adjust- cated slavery." control economic opportunity by workers. At the same time, the Felsenthal said that a generator ments were made. Mostly affected by today's tui- determining who enters its budgets of the university's senior was bought so that the excessive The cost of buying and install- tion system are those "non-tradi- ranks. . . . colleges, whose liberal-arts pro- load would be taken off the elec- ing this generator was between $2 tional students" whose experi- "It was proposed at the time grams produce citizens who have trical system and thus ensure a and $3 thousand dollars, Felsen- ences go beyond recent high that one way to slow the social and some greater understanding of the proper functioning of the clocks. thal noted. He also said that he is school graduation. Often with economic advance of such stu- social forces that operate on their On seeing the wrong time on most presently repairing the old clocks family obligations, this individual dents was to shunt them off into lives, are increasingly constricted. of the clocks in the building even at a cost of $60 to $70 each.

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fifCL tin March 27, 1984 Pandora's Box Literacy Drive Gains Support By Todd C. Duncan million to support literacy im- ganizations. B. Dalton will try to Jobs for Youth Inc. was granted For more information about lit- Imagine not being able to read provement programs throughout recruit 800 of their 8,500 employ- $1,000 to help in their literacy pro- eracy programs in your area con- the menu at your local fast food America. It is the largest single ees as volunteer tutors. "We are grams for tutoring school youth. tact the following: restaurant or a standard job appli- private grant to the literacy effort putting the greatest emphasis on The Fortune Society received cation. Illiteracy is one of the larg- to date. adult illiteracy because of its im- $1,000 which will go to serve ap- Literacy Volunteers of New York est and most serious problems fac- "Illiteracy is one of the gravest mediate, drastic social conse- proximately 600 students, most of City ing the United States today. It is problems that faces our nation to- quences," stated Swenson. "In whom are ex-offenders. The larg- Diane Kangisser estimated that 1 out of 5, or be- day, and one whose successful res- dollar terms alone, adult illiteracy est grant, $8,200, went to the Lit- (212) 873-4462 tween 25 and 60 million Ameri- olution depends on a cohesive, is costing the country an estimated eracy Volunteers of New York cans are functionally illiterate. concerted effort between the pub- $225 billion annually in lost indus- City (LVNYC). The LVNYC re- Sherman A. Swenson, chair- lic, private and non-private sec- trial productivity, unrealized tax cruits and trains volunteers who Jobs for Youth Inc. man and chief executive officer of tors," said Swenson. revenues, welfare, prisons, crime provide one-to-one tutoring and (212) 427-3420 the nationwide bookselling chain The Dalton grant will help tutor and other social ills." group instruction in reading and B. Dalton, announced that the over 100,000 Americans through New York City received writing to adults who desire help. company will spend a projected $3 hundreds of literacy volunteer or- $10,200 in grants from B. Dalton. The program works through col- The Fortune Society The grants were divided between leges, local businesses and public Lynne Orenstein three separate literacy programs. library systems. Moving Right Along (212) 206-7070 York Awarded $100,000 for Adult Education With the New Campus York College has been awarded increase job eligibility." Giuliani also said the center very stringent. We are now trying a $100,000 federal grant for adult According to Regina Giuliani, works with guidance counselors at (continued from page 1) to figure out how to use what education. Rep. Joseph Addabbo the director of the York Commu- four of the borough's high will be four major entrances." we've got," said Pavia. (D., Ozone Park) said the grant, nity Learning Center, the Talent schools: Springfield Gardens, Au- The college will accommodate "We are hoping the signs for from the Department of Educa- Search Program, financed by the gust Martin, Far Rockaway, and 5,600 full-time students; if faculty the new subway station on Archer tion, will allow York to continue federal goverment, serves more Newton. The program provides and administrative staff aFe in- Ave will say York College." offering a full range of counseling than 1,000 people each year. students with information on col- cluded the total will number Are we on schedule? "I was and support services through its " We have had the program at leges, careers, and financial aid. 6,000. just looking at an old master plan Talent Search Program. York for years and each year we Besides the Talent Search Pro- "We are also hoping that some done in 1970 that showed the col- "Although these programs seek must apply for the funds," Giuli- gram, Giuliani said, the commu- day we will be able to get money lege being completed in 1976. We to encourage higher education, ani said. "We offer financial, nity center provides other pro- to convert St. Monica's Church are a little behind that schedule. In they are not exclusively for the school, and career information to grams each year to about 3,000 into a lecture hall. It is a landmark 1975, the city almost fell to pieces college-oriented," Addabbo residents of southeastern Queens people who are not necessarily en- building. It is on the register of because of its problems with noted. "Many of them are aimed who are interested in pursuing fur- • rolled at York College. historic places. money and so on, so everything at developing skills to ultimately ther education." We recently received money in was stopped,the entire city came the governor's budget for comple- to a stand still. The project was re- Course on Child Abuse Prevention tion of the campus, the gymna- vived again in 1978, reduced sium, theatre and auditorium. It is somewhat in size. But we kept the not as much as we had asked for, original design. We simply took Is Being Taught at York College but at the moment it looks good. the original design and com- With child abuse on the rise, the York College social work program is offering a newly devised When the gymnasium and the the- pressed it. What's now under con- course to teach methods of preventing child abuse to the community. The course concentrates on atre are built, the Hillside Center struction began in October of 1980 how social workers can train lay people—who, in turn, train others in the community—in tech- will be relinquished after 1986. and is about 65 per cent complete. niques for enhancing parenting skills and resolving family conflicts with a potential for violence. "The good news is that we've The complete campus should be The 3-credit course is being taught by Dr. Theartice Gentry, an administrator in the Queens got money that other colleges, finished about 198g-F989, if they office of Special Service for Children, a unit of the Human Resources Administration (H.R.A.). other institutions, did not get. really move with it. But public Dr. Gentry is the creator and project director of the agency's Group and Family Services Unit, These are very difficult budget work doesn't really move too which trains parents in churches, schools, and day care centers to help other parents overcome times, a time when the budget is fast," said Pavia. parent-child problems that might lead to child abuse. This unit has served more than 500 inner city families in Queens. Among students in the course are members of community organizations interested in working with H.R.A. professionals to prevent child abuse. Others in the class include H.R.A. clerical employees preparing for possible careers as social workers, as well as York College social work B4NBDR4SBCX majors. The union for the social service staff within H.R.A., the Social Service Employees Union Local 371, has endorsed the purposes of this cooperative effort and is helping to defray tuition PANDORA'S BOX is the official student costs for members. newspaper at York College. "We are fortunate to have Dr. Gentry to teach this course, with his vast experience in the field," News Editor Jacklyn S. Monk said Dr. Amos Odenyo, chairman of York's Department of Social Sciences, which encompasses Production Manager Anne V. Johnson the social work program. Dr. Odenyo said the course's curriculum was designed to fulfill a major-goal of York's social Reporters Todd Duncan work program—to identify social welfare issues of critical importance to the community and to Ave Maria Faith Enoch address these issues through education and joint endeavors with professionals from local agencies. Jennifer Grant Dr. Odenyo also noted that the content of the course conforms to legislative goals expressed in Jeremy Goldberg the New York State Child Welfare Reform Act of 1979, which directs social service agencies to Kenneth Goldberg develop child abuse prevention plans. Timothy Jameison "We must get at the conflictual parent-child relations that underlie the problem before it be- Roxanne Skyers comes necessary to take the child out of the home," said Dr. Gentry. Photo Editor James Larkins Dr. Gentry added that the course takes a practical approach and uses such teaching methods as Photographers Eric Bertoni role playing, peer evaluation, case and situation illustrations and problem-solving discussions. Wayne Forbes These techniques can be used, in turn, by community trainers in carrying the message of early detection and prevention of child abuse. Cartoonist Denise Shelton Typists Paula Grant Dr. Gentry holds his master's degree in social work from the State University of New York at Stony Brook, his Ph.D. in social work education and program development from Union Graduate Jeanette Hill School in Cincinnati, and a certificate of advanced training in child protective services from Business Manager Raymond Dawes Cornell University. Faculty Advisor Donald Paneth The course will be offered again in September. Pandora's Box March 27, 1984 Arts and Entertainment In The Groove By Todd C. Duncan July 1980. It looks like the "Fab Five"— Due to their great public appeal., Duran Duron— is off to another Duran Duran was signed by EMI great year. After their great suc- Records and Capitol Records of cess with the album Rio, Duran North America. Their debut al- Duran recently kicked off their bum Planet Earth rose to number North American tour. In addition 12 on the United Kingdom record to the big tour, the group received charts. a Grammy Award for the best In 1982 the group went to Sri video album—Girls on Film. Lanka (Ceylon) and shot the video The group has just finished re- Hungry Like The Wolf which cording their newly released al- topped charts in America and all bum Seven And The Ragged Tiger over the world, for the record and in Montserrat. Duran Duran's for the video. For Duran Duran third album is by far their best ef- the best is yet to come. fort. It was released with 750,000 Duran Duran, "The Fab Five" copies, thereby making it a gold from Lorfflon, are topping the album. The hit single, Union Of charts with Seven And The Ragged the Snake, climbed to the Top 20 Tiger, their hot new album. Charts weeks after its release. Duran Duran was formed in Purc\ Mlwii (left) and Mbongeni Ngema in scene from Woza Albert! 1978 and took its name from an angel in the movie Barbarella, HERE ARE HOW THE CUTS starring Jane Fonda. Soon after, RATED No Humor in Apartheid they recorded a demo tape in The Reflex *** which Girls On Film was laid By Jacklyn S. Monk minute intermissionless play. tionary South African political New Moon On Monday ** The Lord, Morena, arrives in leaders—Albert Luthli, Steve down. Paul and Michael Berrow, Cracks In the Pavement ** Apartheid is the Afrikaner word the owners of the Rum Runner I Take The Dice *** used by the government of the Re- South Africa on a jumbo-jet from Biko, Robert Sobukwe, Bram (London's equivalent to Studio Of Crime And Passion ** public of South Africa to describe Jerusalem and is greeted by Prime Fischer, and Lilian Ngoyi. 54), got wind of this tape and Union Of The Snake *** its system of racial segregation, Minister P.W. Botha. Morena is Woza Albert! ends on a note of made arrangements for the group Shadows On Your Side ** oppression and exploitation. Un- taken to the huge pleasure resort hope, and a feeling for triumph but to practice in the club. The group Tiger Tiger ** der the apartheid rule the freedom and gambling casino-of Sun City, is often hard to understand ver- played their first alive perform- The Seventh Stranger **'/ of movement and the political and and is showered with luxuries up bally because the South African 2 ance at the Edinburgh Festival in Overall Album **'/, socio-economic rights of Afri- to the time he speaks out against dialect often changes into heavy cans, Coloreds and Asians are apartheid. Afterwards, the white accented English. (Woza means to ignored. supremacist government quickly rise up and Albert refers to Albert switched, referring to him as a ter- Luthli, Zulu chief who led the In Woza Albert! at the Lucille rorist, and imposter and a cheap 1952 Defiance Campaign against Lortel Theatre on Christopher communist magician; he is then apartheid.) Street, a black Jesus Christ decides arrested and confined to Robben to make a second coming—in the Island, off Cape Town. A prisoner Woza Albert! is being called an middle of Johannesburg. begs Morena to perform a miracle, international comedy-drama, but Written by black South Afri- "because these are bloody hard there is no humor in the topic of cans, Percy Mtwa and Mbongeni times." Morena flies out of a 10- apartheid. In the production there Ngema and white South African story window, accompanied by the are a few funny scenes, but most Barney Simon, the production is Angel Gabriel and while walking of it consists of well-used satire. emotionally tiring and physically across the Atlantic Ocean, he is at- Percy Mtwa and Mbongeni draining. The almost bare stage tacked by missiles. In the process, Ngema not only expose the hor- and sometimes bare actors clearly Cape Town is destroyed. rors of apartheid in South Africa present the barbarous facts of The nuclear resurrection of to their audiences, but prove that apartheid to their audiences. In Morena comes in the final scene. much untapped talent lies in South addition Mtwa and Ngema portray In a cemetery Morena calls from Africa—alongside all those all of the almost 60 roles in the 90 the dead an honor roll of revolu- diamonds.

Lonely Heart Catapults Yes Duran Duran, "The Fab Five" traditional rock. The new electric Friends of Mr. Cairo. The band on HERE ARE HOW THE CUTS X'X#X"X*X#X*X*X*X'X*X*X"X"X'X*XXy One could not watch any tele- rhythms and computer claps give the other hand, has not made an RATED VWAVAV.V.-.V.V.V.V.V.V.V.V.V.V.V vision video program without Yes a new, richer, danceable album together since 1980 and it Owner of a Lonely Heart *** Here are how the cuts rate. seeing one of the three versions of sound. has been two years since their ap- Hold On ** the Owner of a Lonely Heart video This rich sound is also due to parent break-up. Now back to- It can Happen • Needs Help by the super-group Yes. This hot the haunting voice of lead singer gether again, Yes is ready for the Changes *** *• Not Bad We'll See single is only one of the nine great Jon Anderson. Anderson has not 80's. Cinema ** songs on their new album 90125. recorded with Yes for five years, Fourteen years ago Yes released Leave It ** ••• High Quality Due to the success of Owner of a but he has been recording on his their debut album and had ground Our Song ** Lonely Heart, Yes is experiencing own. During this period he made breaking results. 90125 is also re- City of Love **'/, ••••Masterpiece great success with the dance music a fantastic album with Chariots of ceiving ground breaking success. Hearts ** crowd and of course, with their Fire composer, Vangelis, entitled Yes is back and better than ever. Overall Album **3/ March 27, 1984 Pandora's Box U.S. Women Take A Bow! by Roxanne Skyers the television broadcasts mention- assed on the job and the streets; are abortion. for both men and women. Wom- The media's coverage of Wom- ing this event which is observed in still discriminated against in the en's History Month is a good time en's History Month typifies this March. work force. In addition, many We must become ever more to recall some memorable images country's attitude towards Women are still not paid people still refuse to acknowledge conscious of these injustices be- from the past which we present women. There were few lines in equally, at the same rate as men for that women have the right to de- cause they affect the question of here. the newspapers and few words on the same job; are still sexually har- cide for themselves on the issue of freedom in America as a whole,

As early as 1901, suffragettes representing many states protest to gain support.

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Pueblo Indian women of Arizona display traditional garb.

A woman and child are passen- gers on New York City's subway in the Forties.

Women were welders in the factories during World War n.

A 74-year-old woman holds a harvest of string beans in Mound Bayou, Mississippi. The small area in the Mississippi Delta is the largest black town in the United States. It was founded in 1887 by ex-slaves.

Women, young and old, march in San Francisco's Chinatown some years ago. Pictures courtesy of New York and Queensboro public libraries. Pandora's Box March 27, 1984

You should not begin a job need to get hired. Not until you in their file by April 13, Vines Endures search by trying to find out what's have established the two building said, and must attend a job recruit- By Jennifer Grant available. There are always jobs blocks of effective career devel- ment workshop. The play, The Trojan Women, "Go die, my best beloved, my "out there." People die, retire, opment, self-knowledge and oc- The workshop will be given on was short, spicy, and crisp. The own, my treasure in cruel hands, move, get promoted, or new in- cupational information, will you April 2 at 3 p.m., room 002M, dancing led by Evangeline Rivera leaving your mother dustries, i.e., computers, cable be ready to proceed. and at 6 p.m., room 103M, as well was fantastic. The main character comfortless." TV, develop. However, the level as on March 27 and April 3 at 12 Hecuba, played by JaNean Mer- of competition varies, and right noon, room004M. cer, was brilliantly acted; her dis- now it's a highly competitive mar- For Job Cassandra's wild voice echoed play of feeling of a mother to a ket. The search should begin from through the air as she said, Interviews, child was filled with emotion: within and it should be guided by "Mother, my mother, who you are and where you want "Life cannot be what death is, do not weep. Farewell." to go. A job is what you do to earn Open A File child. your salary. A career is the total Students who wish to schedule Death is empty—life has hope The play came to a close as He- pattern of your work experience appointments for job interviews There ends life." len of Troy was confronted by the and usually connotes long range with on-campus recruiters must women of the land about the de- The feeling was so great that the planning, goal direction, and open a file in the Career Develop- Letters from the readers of Pan- struction of Troy. Everyone is audience responded strongly. advancement. ment Center placement office, Dr. dora's Box to the editors are in- taken off the island. Helen of Troy The soldier played by Paul Is- Understand, too, that a first job Harriet Vines, coordinator of ca- vited. Letters may be on any sub- was portrayed by Sonia Sperling, rael was clear and well pro- is just that, your first job. It is reer counseling, has announced. ject of interest to the York her long-lined body suggesting the nounced as he said, "I am not the highly unlikely that your first job In addition, they must have an community, and may be long or character she was portraying. man to do this. Some other with- will be your last. Job switching acceptable resume and cover letter short. out pity, not as I ashamed, should "Well she praised my beauty." and career changing are accepted be herald of messages like this." behavior today. Therefore, relax a This manipulative woman had The York College Chapter His strong voice and precise dis- little. of the Young Americans play of a' noble man were worked her way back to life from Not only does the work you do For Freedom convincing. the hands of death, and survives provide the money you need to The Nation's Leading The higher power of emotion once again to seduce another man. survive and live a chosen life Conservative Youth Group was sustained with the monologue style, it also confers status. And Presents by Yvette Miller who played The Trojan women leave the contributes significantly to your Cassandra. city of Troy in sorrow to become self image. Moreover, many peo- Mr. Rod Dayton slaves, as the city burns to ashes. ple use their work to meet a need *Guest Speaker* York Sings that most people have, i.e., most Steps to Job people have to feel they have ac- in room C 105 The Creation complished something and have 12:30-1:30P.M. Interview made a contribution to society. (continued from page 1) March 27 by establishing his austere char- by Harriet Vines, Ph.D To direct your search for a sat- Coordinator, Career Counsel- isfying job, one that can meet Topic: Volunteers In NYC; Project isma, for the bass in the final part Sunshine was sung by Kevin Maynor in a ing & Placement your needs and help you to strong, polished performance. Of The first step to getting a job is achieve your goals, you must Everybody Is Welcome all the soloists, Maynor seemed to focus your career goals. You know several things about your- Refreshments will be served most in touch with the meaning of must know the kind of job you self. You must know the values Coming up on April 2 you have to offer, and the interests the text being sung, and his ag- want to get. As obvious as that Presidential Elections 84 may seem, it is often the most dif- you would like to meet. gressive animation reached out to Speaker Joe Kasper the audience in perfect concert ficult part of the process for some Then you must gather the oc- with Haydn's readily accessible people. If you don't know what cupational information that will music. you're looking for, how will you help you, 1) to identify the kind of Tenor Michael Brown was con- know how to look, where to look work that you will find rewarding, sistent throughout, making up in or be able to recognize it when you 2) employers who hire people to do such jobs, and 3) the data you Prepare Now for the reliability what he may have find it? lacked in brilliance. Soprano Val- icia Hampson, a member of the Student Program Council NOVEMBER York College Chorus, overcame Proudly Presents her initial nervousness to provide a genteel counter-balance as Eve MOTIVATION CPA EXAM to Maynor's vigorous Adam. The De-Lite (PolyGram) Records Fox-Kirschbaum chorus and orchestra similarly Recording Artists Lambers warmed to their respective tasks as Live In Concert America's "BEST" CPA Review the evening progressed under La- Singing Their Smash Hit Singles invites you to attend a bovitz's first gentle, then firm, and "CRAZY DAZE" finally authoritative conducting. The performance was not with- "PLEASE DON'T SAY NO" FiE* and the end of April at any of our 6 convenient out its problems. There were some Friday, March 30 Metropolitan Area locations persistent intonation difficulties 9P.M.-1A.M. among the violins, and the muted 90^36 150th Street acoustics of the Symphony Space, Jamaica, New York in conjunction with the humidity NY 2«239-0909or239-0915 of the evening, tended to stifle the Humanities Building projection of all the soloists except Room 404 iSSS Stewart. These minor obstacles in Tickets $3.00 Courses Held At no way constituted major distrac- Must Be Purchased in New York tions,however; Haydn's celebra- , Manhattan • Hempstead LI. ADVANCE!!!! (Madison Sq. Garden) tion of life resounded on this night contact Jeff Robinson I New Jersey with all the vibrant joyfulness the East Orange • Saddle Brook E composer intended. Man., Wed., Fri., 10 A.M.-12 P.M. MorKwn • Woodbridge or AMERICAN Jacquiline Asbell 5 mo. course starts mid-June CANCER Wed., and Thurs. 3 P.M.-7 P.M. 3 mo. course starts mid-August SOCIETY* For more information call 969-4258/9 March 27, 1984 Pandora's Box

Tuition: lum will swing until further suffer- ing from such despotism spurs a Alumni Social future generation into positive po- litical activity. April 27 Control To prevent the next proposed tu- CATCH THE (continued from page 2) ition increase, write to Cuomo; The York College Alumni As- New York and throughout the con- write to your state assemblyman or sociation will hold its annual try, are in professions with low woman and to your state senator. spring dinner April 27 from 8p.m. levels of unionization. Send a copy of this essay and a to I a.m. at the Regency House in There is also a standing allega- short note saying: a) you want Jamaica, Queens. Graduates from tion by the CUNY administrators' your representative to stand up the classes 1974 through 1979 will that mismanagement of open en- against any form of tuition in- be guests of honor. rollment prevented the success of crease at CUNY; b) that you want At the dinner, the association efforts to maintain and enlarge the your elected representative to will present the Joyce Brodwin WITH prospects of quality education to sponsor legislation calling for a re- Distinguished Graduate Award. an expanded enrollment. turn to the traditional free tuition The award is given annually to A 1974 report states: "We con- policy at CUNY. someone in the York College com- clude that the university adminis- munity who has provided an out- tration has mismanaged the open York CO-OP: standing community service. admissions program and has cov- For further information, call ered up this mismanagement with Earn While Geneva Scott, president of the al- misinformation." It further de- umni association, at 728-2137. scribes a CUNY administrative re- You Learn The Caribbean Club port to be "distorted", perpetuat- (continued from page 1) Invites you to ing myths that discredit the open Consulting, International Business admissions program" as some- Machines and the New York City Caribbean Day THE SOUND OF thing which "must necessarily Environmental Protection Tues., April 6 corrupt other students and overall Agency. Room 207 C YORK COLLEGE standards." The CO-OP Program consists Everyone is Welcome, The fact of the matter at hand is of three semester-long periods of We are not just a club, BADIQ that the imposition of tuition fees work and a ten-credit sequence of we are a family and diminished prestige at City CO-OP courses required of stu- University of New York was not dents majoring in business admin- For more information Located in the the result of financial emergency istration, marketing and informa- contact Anton Forde Mainbuilding (RM) 008 or the "failure" of open enroll- tion systems management. When at 658-9521/9518 ment, but the result of a financial students have completed the pre- Love and Unity For All D. s;> Mon-Fri 8am - 3am manipulation and deliberate social requisite courses, reached junior programming. The current system status, and have been admitted to of tuition fees and financial aid ap- the program, they can begin the provals has nothing to do, what- CO-OP work experience. The AIL soever, with the economics of run- CO-OP courses teach students ning a university at the highest how to research a company, write PHARMACY PROGRAMS levels of academic standards. In different types of resumes, make fact, the whole imposed bueau- career decisions and sharpen job cracy and administrated curricu- search strategies. ARE NOTVALIKE lum we have today is but a final For those students majoring in step in a long pursued plan to bring accounting, gerontological studies our entire public educational sys- and services, or the natural sci- tem in line with serving the needs ences, the ten-credit sequence is of prevailing financial, corporate optional. According to Dr Koon, interests. This planning was sup- the CO-OP program is seeking a ported and executed by former grant in which the program can be STUDENTS New York Gov. Nelson Rockefel- expanded to humanities majors. and his elite clientle who resented For now, those students can visit the reality that ordinary, down-to- the office for information about earth, common sense people from work experiences. You may attend 3 Trimesters the streets of New York City could When a CO-OP student com- each year; enter January, May or September. Mid-Winter exams are held before Christmas, providing vacation time before the start of effectively compete with and chal- pletes the degree, he has one year the next session. lenge his financial and political of work experience to include on Apply Now for May or September Admission. control. It is well documented how his resume. WORK/STUDY PLANS AVAILABLE... f you can't take 3 Trimesters per he set out to destroy the free uni- For instance, Gary Hubbard, a year. Enroll in our Work/Study program and design your program to meet your needs. versity that provided knowledge graduating senior and a marketing and economic independence to When you graduate, your B.S. opens the door to limitless oppor- major at York, completed his work tunities in Community Pharmacy (Independent and Chain), Hospital anyone who desired learning for experience in fall 1983. He con- Pharmacy, The Pharmaceutical Industry, Research, Public Health the pursuit of individual ambition ducted telephone surveys, handled Service, the Cosmetics Industry. or a desire to serve social justice. budgets and programmed com- Also programs in Physical Therapy, Community Health, The imposition of tuition and puters as a marketing analyst for Physical Education, Physician Assistant and Respiratory Therapy. the subsequent bureaucratic ma- Abex Corporation. The corpora- Register now for January, May or September. Call, write or visit OUR nipulation of people and their tion manufactures aerospace, au- $6 MILLION PHARMACY COMPLEX ON THE 22-ACRE CAMPUS OF THE money is a millstone tied to the tomotive and railway products. BROOKYN CENTER OF LONG ISLAND UNIVERSITY. progress of humanity. If we, as cit- Previously, Hubbard worked COMPREHENSIVE FIN/&JCIAL AID and SCHOLARSHIPS for Qualified Applicants. izens of this great city, don't unite for Abex Corporation as a finan- OALL IZ1ZJ 403"10l2 and arrange for an admissions ap- to reverse this wrong, the pendu- cial analyst in Winchester, Vir- pointment or write MS. FRAN MANTOVANI, Director of Admissions. TEST YOURSELF. Can you ginia and as a purchasing agent in manage your time productively? New York. Overall, he says the ARNOLD & MARIE SCHWARTZ Work 2-4 hrs/wk consistently? CO-OP program has given him COLLEGE OF PHARMACY Are you success-oriented? Self- "valuable hands-cm experience." & HEALTH SCIENCES motivated? Marketing position Hubbard hopes to work for an- Of Long Island University available on campus. 1-800-243- other Fortune 500 corporation in 75 DeKalb Ave., Brooklyn, NY 11201 6679. June. AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY/AFFIRMATIVE ACTION INSTITUTION Pandora's Box March 27, 1984

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