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0 urs, Oct. 14 / .i~ The Great ~:~' ~' Pie Lick Polity Executive Page 6 Director Resigns Billy Idol Page 3 Pac Man Fever Page 3 Utopia's 'Utopia' On Stage Page 11 Page 12 The Fourth Estate: Editorial m Bad Reputation In 1968, a drug raid occurred at Stony Brook Tightens Its Behavior Code". This article, which tation of the student body, could not have been which resulted in 29 student arrests. Suffolk extensively quotes John Marburger has, in its more damaging to the communication between County police officers came into the dorms opening paragraph, the assertion that students students and the administration. Let's hope swiftly and silently during the night and de- want to smoke pot in public places, serve alco- that President Marburger, who was hailed as a scended upon all residing there with such speed hol to minors, and throw parties in total dis- "grand visionary" when he first arrived, will 'and surprise that nobody could do much to stop regard of University curfews. All these state- be able to see the shortcomings of the present them. This occurence 14 years ago made big ments could not be farther from the truth. The Residence Life policies and avoid the con- headlines in all of the New York newspapers present student actions, including the rally in sequences of this current rash action, which and television networks, giving Stony Brook the the Administration Building were not concerned will only result in more bad press and a worse re- reputation of a "drug school", which it still with these elements of the Residence Life putation for Stony Brook by opening a channel carries to today. crackdo1wn, as the Administration would like it of communicati,- It would seem that no matter how many labs are built or Nobel Prize winning professors are hired, the drug stigma still remains in the minds of the local residents and administrators, many of whom were far away from here at the time of the bust, and have only gathered what hap- pened through sensationalized media coverage. In a decade where all social morals were ques- tioned and drug abuse was rampant on college campuses, is it fair to single out one institution as the violator? Had similar drug raids occurred at any other major university, is it likely that such a surprise raid could result in only 29 arrests? In a country which seems to have either accepted or forgotten many of the major events of the psychedelic, "tune-in, drop-out" genera- tion, it is strange that this one raid has left so lasting a mark at Stony Brook. We have let the draft evaders come home with full pardons, we to be believed, but with more basic questions of have swept the Vietnam veterans under the car- privacy and personal responsibility. pet, learned to understand the Attica uprising, In an attempt to desperately dispel the drug The realized that Woodstock was a major cultural image of Stony Brook, the Administration is event, and declared the Beatles musical geniuses. cracking down on the present student body, The country has forgotten Vietnam, especially who were between the ages of 4 and 8 at the Stony Brook the losing part, and has grown to accept mari- time of the drug bust. A more positive and juana smoking, a reality of the moder Ameri- fruitful tact may be to let the present student can lifestyle. Unfortunately, this feeling of population prove its own responsibility through Press forgiveness and acceptance of the past does academic and extracurricular achievement. not stretch to forgiving Stony Brook, not even In a May 1980 Press article, John Marburger Executive Editor ....... Paul DiLorenzo the Stony Brook of today. stated that one of the most important needs at Managing Editor. ......... Joe Caponi Evidence of this non-forgiving attitude was Stony Brook was communications. The present Copy Editor........... Ned Goldreyer most recently exemplified in last Sunday's actions of the Administration in its toughening Assistant Editor ...... Gregory Scandaglia New York Times article entitled: "College of Residence Life policies without any consul- Senior Photo Editor..... Eric A. Wessman Arts Director ........... Blair Tuckman Business Manager ........ Dave Morrison - Letters I _ II'- 'r . ~d _ 'IrL =~ II 'I' I ' -' Advertising Manager .... Samir Makhlouf Advertising Design .. Ken Copel, Rob Kurtz She even offered to show me the Graphics. ................ Bruce Kraft TO THE EDITOR: work orders. Kevin Jones told me Last week, I noticed that most of that all buildings on campus would News Feature: Rose Cianchetti, Eric the ivy on the Humanities Building have all ivy removed. The reasons Corley, John Derevlany, Eleanora. was removed. At first, I thought it given were: problems with rodents, DiMango, Dawn DeBois, Henry Ellis, was part of the "highway" con- with moisture, with windows, and Frank Giovinazzi, Janine Koa, Rob Kurtz, struction project in front of the with mortar. Barry Ragin, Jane Rupert, P.A. Scully. building. I soon forgot about this I feel that we must keep our Arts: Jackie Azua, Ron Dionne, Kathy until the next day when I entered campus as green, friendly, and plea- Esseks, Richard Giambrone, Pat Greene, my office and read this note on sant as possible. I believe that David Gresalfi, Mary Rogers, Jeff Zoldan. my desk: "URGENT! They are direct damage to buildings caused Photo: Cathy Dillon, Ron Kee, Dan cutting the ivy off the walls in G by plant life is minimal and will Mangus, Gail Matthews, Paul O'Flaherty, and H Quad! It looks like a prison. take decades to even begin mani- John Tymczyszyn, Chris Von Ancken. My window is covered, and I don't festing itself. Alternative solutions want to lose it. Can we do some- must be examined. All ivy removal thing? Now?!! " must be stopped, because while it The Stony Brook Press is published In order to find out more, I takes only a day to remove foliage, every Thursday during the academic year called the Physical Plant. A person it takes years to cover a wall with by the Stony Brook Press Inc., a student there said "You better talk to Dr. it. run and student funded not-for-profit cor- Francis 'cause we're doing it under If, in the end, it is actually neces- poration. Advertising policy does not his order." Then I called Dr. sary to remove ivy, there should be necessarily reflect editorial policy. Francis' office. His secretary other plants to replace them before "interpreted" my questions about a building is defoliated. The use of The opinions expressed in letters and the ivy to him, and she told me he replacement planting is a fair al- viewpoints do not necessarily reflect those said that ivy would be removed ternative only if it is done before of the staff. Please send letters and view- from those buildings that "needed plants are removed and only if the points to our campus address: it". She also said that the Humani- process is properly supervised and ties Building Manager "requested validated. it" and suggested that I call the I urge the campus community to Physical Plant Director, Kevin find out more and voice their opi- Phone: 246-6832 Jones. nions with Dr. Francis and Mr. Office: 020 Old Biology Building I called the Humanities Building Jones. Now! Before it's too late! Mailing Address: Manager, Lilian Silkworth, who David Ruderman P.O. Box 591, East Setauket, New York told me that she only requested Project Coordinator 11733 cutting "around certain windows." Environmental Action (ENACT) I ----- Cr~-~r I ·-- I · ~~ ~e 1 'II ''' s· I' C-·r · _ ~__~ I ~ I IL sl - -- -- -e -- - L --- I -- " - - ii, L I I I llIIII I II ... page 2 The Stony Brook Press 0 Executive Director of Polity Resigns "Things shouldn't have to cross would have been let go this summer man, and he wants to move on." by Eleanora DiMango my path, but they do. I also have by the Council. "Certainly this Edwards also admitted that the Although Lew Levy is still club members coming to me when summer because I gave the Student politics are quite frustrating. working as Executive Director of funds are not allocated to their Council a lot of flack over stuff; if "When you have 50 people Polity, he resigned his position clubs, and I have to tell them go I hadn't already resigned I would demanding the same five minutes during the summer over dissatis- talk to your elected officials." have been terminated this sum- of your time, it's trying and very faction with the political aspect of Levy said the issue that finally mer. there's no way of knowing much of a strain, and facilitates a the job. A replacement for Levy brought him to resign took place that, but I suspect some of the loss of patience. The Executive has not been found. over the Christmas intersession, things that I told the Council this Director is supposed to be on the Levy, who for the last two years when the Senate attempted to draw summer, I could not have told them outskirts and not get involved at has worked closely with the Student him into a dispute over the Council if I had not already resigned." all, but it seems that if there's Council, supervising and giving ad- approving stipends for themselves. This summer when the budget infighting going on in the organi- vice on the finances, explained, Levy said that although Council was frozen, the Council asked Levy zation, he, by virtue of his title and "I'm not tired of the job, I'm members were entitled to stipends, to sig checks, which he would not position, gets pulled in even though tired of the politics that go with an obscure clause 1•-in Fimancial do • .id at that point he felt he doesn't want to be, and it's the job.