1977-78 Polity Budget Allocations Finalized
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,"O - . *- - -..-- -' * - r - -- o --- WEDNESDAY MAY -11 1977 Stony Brook, New York Statesman 20 Number 72 Volume Distributed free of charge every Monday, Wednesday and Friday ., N-k -- --- --- -- ------ "--%, - - Leaving Director Public Hearing After a month of Dorm striking by its employees, Follett, Incorporated, the Will Commence Next Monday operator of the Stony By DAVID M. RAZLER Brook Bookstore has A public hearing on Residence Life staff for decided not to return 1977-78 will be held a week from today in the after its contract expires Union, room 237 at 1 PM, announced Assistant in July. A rally is to the President John Burness last night. scheduled for noon today Burness said that the Stony Brook Council in the Union by a group would be represented at the hearing by member calling for the Andrew Ullman, and that all persons who establishment of a contacted his office would be allotted three student-run, non-profit minutes to air their opinions on the two plans bookstore. presently being discussed by the Office of Storwy on Dnnr 3 STudent Affairs and several of its committees. k-GqFj ,roVbpw1f Presently, Acting Director of Residence Life Speaking Roger Phelps is the leading proponent of one plan which dissolves the staffing patterns now in considered bedause the "current physical state of Outgoing Polity all quads except Stage XII and replaces the the residence halls...is not good." She added that President Gerry college Program Coordinators with full-time *shewas (at the time the memo was filed) waiting Manginelli talks about his Dorm Directors. Additionally, the plan shifts the for the results of the University Senate proposal involvement in student responsibility of hiring Residential Assistants and on the two issues. government and his view Managerial Assistants to these Directors, and Last week the Senate voted to support a of the political mood of restructures the jobs of the quad employees. compromise plan currently being formulated by r Stony Brook as seen by An alternate plan put forward by Polity by Residence Life Advisory Board Chairman one of its student leaders. Secretary Kevin Young, representing Polity and a John DeLisa, a Langmuir RA. His plan calls for Assistants, staffing three quads with the Stage XII Residence Story on page 15 loose coalition of some Residential and Managerial Assistants, calls upon Student Life system, and the remaining three with a full Selecting Affairs to maintain the current plan, and fill all Residential College Program as it is currently The coaches and positions which are currently vacant with new implemented in Tabler. DeLisa said that the problem is that a uniform Statesman sports editors PC's and other employees. Brook Council student representative staffing system is not what is needed by the have ~made .their Stony Glen Taubman said that the Council was quads, and that his plan would allow a two year selections for the coach, interested in the proposals because it has the evaluation of the two systems and identify which -female and male athlete power to control "student life" although_-tdid quads could best be served by each. of the year. The winners, not believe that the Council would take an active The public hearing will last two hours, and will respectively, are Ron role in deciding on next year's dormitory plan. be followed by the monthly Stony Brook Bash, Janet Travis and . In her memo to University President John Council meeting. Although this is an open Wayne Wright. Toll, Vice President for Student Affairs Elizabeth meeting, non-council members are not allowed to were being participate. Stories on page 18, 19 Wadsworth stated that the plans -A I'*%- ..O-- 1977-78 Polity Budget Allocations Finalized By JACK MILLROD in "good academic standing," which the don't understand what you're talking was passed, a stipulation stating that After eight hours of deliberations the Senate defined as being on academic about." Polity Vice-President Bill "the Hotline carry out directives o)f the Polity Council approved a $67,895 probation. Blackworld, Fortnight, Keller, however, maintained that Council and/or Senate," was tackeiA on. budget for 1977-78 early last Friday COCA, the Gay Student Union, and The because Jackson, and olity President-Elect Shortly after Hotline Coordinator Peter morning, eliminating the $57,870 International Students Organization Ishai Bloch both had promised to cut Hoppenfeld revealed that if a coinflict deficit left by the Polity Senate. were the only groups to receive more the administrative budget if elected, and arose due to the stipulation "all HcDtline The Senate, last Wednesday evening, than was originally allocated by the both were, the students had provided a personel [have agreed they win resolved to send the budget to the Senate. mandate. Minasi replied "the students resign." Hoppenfeld said, "If poissible Council for completion if they were The largest and most controversial wouldn't know about the administrative we'll help the Council but we don'ti unable to finish it by 2 AM the next allocation was the $100,000 given to budget if clowns didn't run for office want to be subject to its every whim." morning, but when quorum was broken the Polity Administrative Budget. When promising to cut the budge,." A motion After a lengthy discussion a motiol n was by 11 PM, the Senate was more than Freshman Representative Frank Jackson to maintain the $100,000 passed soon passed asking that "the Polity Pres fident $60,000 over the figure set as the proposed to cut the Administrative after although both Jackson, and Junior and Hotline Coordinator get toggether ;maximum amount budgetable. budget from the $100000 salocated by Representative Jeff Gordon refused to and work out a suitable arrangement "It's not right for the outgoing the Senate, to $84,265, Polity Treasurereby the Hotline will carry r out Council to do the dirty work that the Mark Minasi replied, "Obviously you When the Polity Hotline allocation Senate was incapable of doing," stated a Council resolution drafted by Polity President Gerry Manginelli. The 7). s unusual," also apologized to the groups Cuts offFunds toAthletic that would be cut that evening as a result of the Senate's "fiscal By ED KELLY and of that standard to each university. because "all students pay the activity irresponsibility." - JACK MLLROD According to the resolution in question fees ... Polity cannot force stud ents Fourteen groups in all were cut in 'The Polity Council voted to remove a student is in good academic standing if [affected by the eligibility rule] to pay some manner, and four of which, the the $45,000 Student Athletic Council he is not on probation. The Stony for the activities of organization!s in Student Activity Board Classicals fund, line from the recently completed Polity Brook undergraduate bulletin explains which they cannot participate." "'Why Soundings, Ihe Stony Brook Engineer, 1977-78 Budget, last Monday night, in that a student is on probation, if he is treat athletes different from other and Fallfest. were left with no funding protest of a resolution passed by the not a freshman and has earned between students?" asked Polity President Gerry at all. The Student Athletic Councul University Senate, which according to 18 and 23 credits during two successive Manginelli. He called the Polity rrlove (SAC) was also cut at an emergency the Council, will restrict membership on semesters. Prior to this resolution Stony "pro-athlete" but also added the trlove Council Monday night after the SUSB all varsity teams. The Eastern Collegiate Brook had not established any was pro-students, in general, because ?the Senate had passed a resolution stating Athletic Association requires that all definition of the term good academic Senate resolution "is setting a dangeirous that no student may compete in varsity athletes be in "good academic standing. precedent." "What's to stop them f rrom intercollegiate sports uniless he or she is standing," but leaves the measurement - According to the Polity motion, (Continued on page 7) 00 News Briefs j Final Polity Budget Allocations ORGAIIZATION NAME ALLOCATION BY SENATE FINAL ALLOCATION SAB5-8 .Speters 12.500 8.000 Theatre 0 0 Federal Aid to Solar Energy Co ts 6,000 0 Concerts 54,470 50.000 Washington-The federal overnment announed yesterday the Ambuteec Cot award of more than $1 million to install solar energy failities in fe Operating 15.726 15.726 buildings in New York State. Ambuance 23.000 23.000 The facilities are among 80 projects in 33 states that the Energy COCA 24,897 26.600 Research and Development Administration is helping to inance with $12.6 million. Proaam Sservis Coucil 25,000 24.000 The projects are intended to demonstrate the benefits of solar heating Operating 22.109 22.109 and cooling as a long-range energysaving and moneyaving Debt Retirement 16.000 16,000 innovation. 8.562 Dr. Henry H. Marvin, head of ERDA's solar energy division, said 8.562 the facilities were selected from 307 applicants. The projects are the Unio Govermi Board 14,825 12.000 second group in a five-year demonstration program. The first series Residetial ad Commuter of 32 grants was made in April 1976. Marvin said that on the average 92.000 89.500 the federal government pays two-thirds the cost of each insllation. Fortnight 14.180 16.000 Execution by Poisoning Student Atletic Council 48.000 0* 4,827 4.827 Oklahoma City-A measure that provides for the execution of Bride to Somewere condemed criminals by injection of lethal drugs was signed into law EROS 2.600 2.600 by Governor David Boren yesterday. This is the first such execution HIal 11.135 10.000 system in the country.