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OBSERVER Vol OBSERVER Vol. 21 No. 1 October 1, 1980 Front Page Registration Begins Mary Echeandia Bard Enrollment Over 740; Housing Shortage Critical Tom Carroll Political Cartoon Bennett Page 2 Stone Row Why I Did It Why I Did It Again C. Pemsler Page 3 Liberal Arts And Education Mark Hambleton Page 4 Note: Letter From The Editors Apocalypse Now The Students’ Attitude At Bard The Editors Cartoon Lisa Morris Page 5 Student Government How? & Why? Alice Knapp WXBC Page 6 Populist Manifesto (For Poets, With Love) Lawrence Ferlinghetti Page 7 Depts. The Theater Epic 8 Years And What? Jennifer Hall Education Must Have A Revolution Laura McClure Page 8 Punk, Funk, And Junk L. J. Kondrat Page 9 Ayatollah Rock N' Rolla The Avid Reader: What Is Wrong With Stephen King? Andrew Joffe Page 10 Obituary Bruce “Guts” Venda New Financial Head Tom Carroll Sylvania Farms Performance “Common Sky—Seven Miracles of Summer” Page 11 Calendar . 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";NOSCJni-PN.-; ·J1 '1 .,.0NY.NY "'tJJ Vl al Cll'r/d 0 3£\VlSO<I ·s ·n MRl XIO.l MIN w NOICIIIH:MO"nYGNYMHY :I: ·~~0 II:IOi:!nNON ... ·.- ........ .. -..:«-. •••~10:» o•v• ~ ·.,.: __ , October 1 1980 REGISTRATION ~BARD ENROLLMENT OVER 740, HOUSING SHORTAGE CRITICAL Tom carroll A dramatic increase in the humber of re­ BEGINS turning students will place the total Bard enrollment over 740 for the Fall of 1980. The unexpected students have caused near-emergency Mary Echeandia · measures to be taken by the Dean's Office in order to house all those who wish to live on The Selective Service System; the government campus. A report prepared by the Dean's Office agency in charge of registration for th~ draft, in July showed that the absolute capacity for states that their interim figures prove that 93% campus-housed students was 602, and prese~tly of the male nineteen-and-twenty-year-old popul­ 604 are residing in Bard dormitories. ation base has registered for the draft. The college did not actively attempt to . In contrast, the Central Committee for increase their enrollment in order to gain more Conscientious Objection believes that as much as money to solve financial problems. Presently 14% of the populatio~ base did not conform to the the fund raisers must raise over one million mandatory registration. dollars each year in order for the school to According to Jon Landau, attorneyfor the break even. The body of new students admitted CCCO, "The discrepancy stems from the fact that to Bard this Fall (Freshmen and transfers) the Selective Service System calculates its pop­ will fall under the projected level of 270. An ulation base from the census statistics. We feel abundance of students returning from leaves of that the census figures are not accurate, ·and absence or moving from off- campus to on-campus neither are the registration figures." facilities has created .the shortage. The ad­ Landau added, "The only figures we have are missions office was forced to defer five trans­ those given to us by Selective Service • . They are fer students admitted for the Fall until the ' the only figures available. Selective S~rvice spring semester. claims that two hundred and eighty seven thousand The increase of students took the college (of those eligible) didn't register. We feel the by surprise. Therefore, sufficient housing could number is much higher, maybe half a million. At not be obtained in time for the opening of ·school. this poi~t we are asking to make an independent South Hall Social Room, a centrally-located audit of the Selective Serviceis figures... - lounge, was converted into a large dorm room to "Some people are fighting the registration in temporarily house students waiting for permanent court," Landau concluded. "They feel that- it's rooms. Every single deemed appropriate by the unconstitutional." housing authorities was converted into a double The Selective Service -dates its interim_figures room for the incoming Freshmen or transfers. Many .. as of August 22nd". The Selective Service spokes­ JUnior transfers are presently living in doubles man said, "Late registrations are still coming in. converted from singles. Other forms of housing We plan on having more accurate totals when the were investigated during the week before school post offices send in their tally sheets." started, once the crisis was confirmed, and Bard out of 41 male Bard students eligible for the acquired two new places. The Barrytown House sits draft, 13 claim that they didn't register. This is on the bank of the Hudson and borders the estate of equal to 32% of the eligible Bard population base. the ·Unification Church (Moonie); it houses eight The males who didn't register wished to remain new people. The school also reacquired the Schyler nameless, but stated their reasons for not regis­ House near Rhinebeck. (Continued on page 2) tering. On~ sophomore didn't register b·ecause he believes, nit (registration) isn't necessary at this time because there is no direct threat against the United States." others fe.lt similar to one fresh­ man who didn't register: "I didn't register because I don't believe in the draft. I don't believe in killing people." Another.sophomore who registered, but registered as a conscientious objector, said, "It's unconstit­ utional because it deprives you of your personal liberty. It assumes you agree with governmental pol­ icy, and even if you don't you are willing to comply with their. demands and bend to the will of bureau­ crats who are so far removed from reality that no argument they can possibly submit.is valid or sub- 11 stantial. (Continued on pa9e 2) Page·2 • REGISTRATION (from pa9'e 1): ENROLLMENT (from page 1.) other students who did register for·the An attempt .. to dtscover why more returning draft felt that it was important· to register. Said students have come back to live on campus reveals one, ·~It is the only way we're going to get an increase in the many forms of financial aid pro­ .countries like Iran to not push us around." vided in either grants or loans, a lower attrition A senior who didn't have to register sat.d', rate at Bard in general, the rising cost of living "I think everyone between the ages of 18 and 25 off-campus, and the high unemployment situation. should hav~ to register. OUr foreign relations Financial Aid revealed that the Guaranteed Student are on such thin strings that it might be ~ecessary Loans (GSL) will increase over $100,000 this year, to start fightinq.a war tomorrow ... the SEOG by $16,000, and the Bard Scholarships by . One further note: Any male found· guilty of over $98,000. This increase equals $214,000 in .registration-evasion is subject to a fine of more financial aid provided for over 450 Bard stu­ $101 OOQ and/Or fiVe yearS impriS~nntent 0 • dents than'last year's class. Michael Rosenthal, the new ABst. Academic Dean, has been charting Bard's attrition for close to ten years. The data for this year's .class SIUCtM.....-.. S.VICIIYS!IM has not yet been fully gathered, but Mr. Rosenthal llillM,_.Ai:'tM11'1.,.........,DIII'IIIhtllllt. .... I'UAJ!I....n'ct.IML... L estimates that the rate will be very low. The figures will be available within two weeks. However, the cost of living on campus rose ..... over $200 for this year. Most students still be­ lieve that living on-campus is cheaper considering the rise in rent and food costs. Last year the number of students registered to take classes was 706. This will mean a slightly
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