The Bridge Is the Official New Student Newspaper of Laguardia Community Col Writers: Marion Arreaga, F.D
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FIORELLO H. LaGUARDIA COMMUNITY COLLEGE CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK NOVEMBER 1982 Registration Roulette What's in a Name? By Michele Dyer With all due respect to flutes, they're propriate symbol for our school and our A new law, effective July 1, 1983, will deny financial aid to male students who instruments for sweet music. We in- I newspaper. We intend to bridge the failed to register for the draft. tend to produce a stronger sound. I gap between students. faculty. admin LaGuardia College, in the shadow of I istration, and the many cultures living Oddly enough, after signing the bill, President Reagan released a statement the Queensborough Bridge, is a com- side by side at laGuardia. The music claiming that draft registration was not necessary because the volunteer army munity of diverse cultures and ethnic may not be sweet. but it will be true. had filled its quota. On the one hand, the president has offered students a bribe groups. We feel that a bridge is an ap- register and we will pay to( your education. On the other hand. he is "legally forc ing many students to support a policy they may disagree with on religious. moral and political grounds. Students with the strongest convictions against war and the military will connoe~lIea to drop out In order to fight for what they believe in. PresIdent Reagan's new law not only discriminates against men, but also against those who need . ... ""n,.. •.,. aid the most. Students who have enough money to pay for tuition are r lanectE~O by this law. The president has appealed to us as "Americans" to regist r for the draft. At the time, beginning this September, he has rewarded Vietnam veterans by cut their lnanCI I ald. Veterans must now count federal education aid as income, making many ineligible for PEL grants. Due to recen prates s. the law regarding eligibility have changed and some of vets may now be eligible for the Pell Grant. Students who no longer have SAR may obtain duplicat cop/ s by calling: Tel# 1-213-820-2800. The president claims to be proud of our armed forces because they serve with honor and dignity. And yet, after the war ends, and the veterans have to their "homeland," he shatters eir hopes tor a better life. Thomson Place tomorrow Queens Borough President Donald R. Manes said, "This office develop Thomson ment is of major significance in its own right. One million square feet of office space will be employed at this site." Place One and Two Thomson Place is mi nutes from Manhattan, and is expected By Erin McGloin to attract banks, insurance companies, brokerage houses, and advertising Most people think of Manhattan as agencies. the place to be -- good job oppor One Thomson Place will contain five tunities and beautiful Park Avenue 100,00 square foot floors, a penth penthouses. Believe it or not. Long Is ouse, and an elegant atrium. Two land City is expected to be the next Thomson Place will contain eight largest business district following Man 500,00 square foot floors plus its own hattan. penthouse. Both will be built around Long Island City, the large industrial fully landscaped interior courts with and manufacturing area of Queens, is skylights and sitting and strolling undergoing a great change beginning areas. with Thomson Avenue. The complex will include a new 450- In case you haven't noticed. the car garage. The office space will be American Chicle Company and the completely new with air conditioning, Bucilla Yam Company no longer exist electrical, mechanical, and heating here. Taking their place will be Thom systems. There will be tinted glazed son Place Office Park, a four-square windows for conserving energy. block area located next to laGuardia One and Two Thomson Place Is ex Community College. The city is con pected to be completed by the Spring tributing $4 million in improving the of 1983. neighborhood. The total cost of the development is approximately $100 million. This Is the first such project in many years outside the midtown commercial area. The rent will be much less than in most Manhat tan buildings. Featuring Mayor Koch, who Is all for this new project recently stated, "This project is an excellent example of efforts to help - Cuomo Speaks Out _.......... p.2 meet the needs of our city's evoling in -Inside EI Salvador ..... _.......... formation-based economy. The ci1y p.a will do everything it can to encourage 4 - Halloween Madness p. 10 the development of back-office space in the outer boroughs. This is an impor tant step in the revitalization of long Is - Entertainment Reviews p.11 Thomson Place today... Photo by Erin McGloin land Ci1y." n rJ·~ --------~--------------------~-------- Credits Edltor-in-Chief: Michelle Dyer Extended Day Editor: Rita Iguina-Valenti Assistant Editors: Erin McGloin, Arlene Orsini Sports Editor: Alvin Grant The Bridge is the official new student newspaper of LaGuardia Community Col Writers: Marion Arreaga, F.D. Carr, Lisa Cofane, Rosanna DeRobertis, Wayne Forde, lege. It is published by an independent student staff and financed by student ac Stefan Komar, Yee Leung, Jose Liz, Susan Munro, Yvonne Rivera, Lovie Sayles, J.S. Sigismundo . tivity funds. Opinions expressed in the paper are not necessarily those of the Col Contributors: Campus Digest News Service, Collegiate Headlines, College Press Ser lege administration, faculty, or the student body. Editorial opinion expressed he vice rein is determined by a majority vote of the Bridge staff. Not responsible for.unsol Photography Editor: Jose Liz icited materials and all material subject to editing. The Campus Communications Photographers: Walter Jackson, Erin, McGloin, Arlene Orsini Business Manager: Cathy Sullivan Network office is located in Room M-112/M-114, at LaGuardia Community Col Special thanks to: Michael Blaine, Umoja Kwanguvu, Joseph Ferrante, Jody Brown, lege, 31-10 Thomson Avenue, tong Island City, New York 11101. Telephone Tracy Borst, Ernest Neira, Demetrius Alarese and Oscar Aguirre (212) 626-5462. In addition to an unwaivering com Cuomo mitment to financial aid, we must ex plore ways to make day care services readily available at college campuses. Speaks Out The state has already begun a day care program for the children of state To the college community, employees. We should look at this New York State has had a better re model to find ways of giving single par- . cord than most states in removing bar ents the full opportunity to better their riers to higher education for its citizens. lives and those of their children through The free tuition tradition of the City Uni education. versity was a proud monument to the Unfortunately, part-time students foresight and commitment of our past (and many women, minorities and Extended Day Editorial public leaders. Today, we can be proud working poor) cannot get TAP at all. of the fine SUNY/CUNY system, state Upper division students, financially in By Rita Iguina-Valenti Bundy aid to private institutions and of dependent students and graduate stu the tuition assistance program (TAP). dents get limited support. Our .state LaGuardia Community College has chosen to call its night program "extended We must strive to do more for based financial aid programs should day"; however, when the services that are available during the day are not ex women, part-time students, and those be comprehensive enough to provide tended into the evening session, the program has fallen s,rort of its aSSigned from economically disadvantaged aid for all students who might be name. '<Iv backgrounds. Non-traditional students excluded from college for economic The adjective "extended" suggests that someone or something has stretched are enrOlling in degree programs in in reasons. to an unusual point for another's benefiUs that the case? Is it possible to "exten<,i" creasing numbers. Our educational';n An investment in 'enriched financial ad~? , stitutions ought to be responding to this aid programs is the best kind of For those of us who attend LaGuardia at night, the answer is apparent - NO! significant trend with more flexibility in economic development we can pro Many day services do not extend into the evening, and those that do are available financial aid and academic programs. vide. If America is to regain its on a limited basis. Extended Day students are unable to obtain much of the infor While I know that students are con economic stride it will be by investing in mation that they require for a successful college career. cerned with specific educational is our greatest resource, our people. Try getting an appointment to check on transfer credits. It is almost impossible. sues, I also know that as Americans we It's time to fight back. Reaganomics The several twenty minute slots that are offered after five seem to be posted with must all be concerned with issues that has failed, giving the Democratic Party names already penciled into the spaces. affect all of us. The policies of the once more a historic opportunity to On ocassion, a staff member who is normally available only during the day, will Reagan Administration represent a demonstrate the kind of leadership that "extend" a courtesy and meet with students after five; however, they are advised threat to the people of New York State. can come to grips with the real prob that this is not the norm. Why should Extended Day students be forced to ask for We have seen Reagan cut Pell Grants lems and provide solutions. Help us favors, have someone "stretch to an unusual degree," to provide us with informa and student loans, viciously attack the grasp this opportunity.