Sta Tesman See Alternatives Newspaper for the State University of New York October 8, 1980 at Stony Brook and Surrounding Communities
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I Nile Concert Sta tesman See Alternatives Newspaper for the State University of New York October 8, 1980 at Stony Brook and surrounding communities. Vol. 24 No. 13 Treasurer Election Questioned Campaign :-Improprieties Charged; Votes Not Counted A06 By Howard Saltz denied this to the Election The Polity Judiciary last night Board.) Rumelt and the States- ordered the Polity Election man reporter decided to inves- Board not to announce the win- tigate the poll- watcher in Am- ner of the race for Polity treas- mann, where Rumelt lives, after urer, pending an investigation in- a friend, whose identity was not to alleged campaign impropri- disclosed, told them that he had eties. been urged by an O'Neill College The action came in response poll watcher to vote for Fairhall. to charges that two poll- That poll-watcher, who was watchers had urged voters to later identified as Danniel Hank, select Chris Fairhall as treasurer later admitted to the Election instead of incumbent Larry Board that he had urged voters Siegel. to choose Fairhall, according to In other races for seats on the Schoenfeld and fellow Election Polity Council, Ron Serpico, Board Co-Chairman Jackie running unopposed, was elected Lachow, but there was no tie-in Sophomore Class Representative with Fairhall. with 329 votes while the Rumelt, along with Election freshman class representative F Board member Eric Price, ques- race proved inconclusive as no tioned poll-watchers at all other candidate received a majority of dormitories and found no fur- the votes cast. Jeff Forman, with ther improprieties. He then 146 votes, and David Gamberg, brought the matter to the Elec- with 104 votes will meet in a -tion Board, -which decided to run-off election. Scott Lenz was proceed in counting the votes third in that contest with 93 for treasurer, but excluding -o5a~ernn-3i<i/tnoorT-L meuermnui votes, and Conrad Singer trailed votes from O'Neill and Am- LARRY SIEGEL speaks before the Polity Judiciary and Election Board. Above (left to right): Chris with 59 votes. In other races, mann, provided the total num- Fairhall. Steve Schoenfeld, Owen Rumelt Tom Hillgardner was elected ber of votes cast in these two Student Assembly Alternate and dormitories does not alter the one to do anything." He said charges. I fmid the whole thing as treasurer since the summer, Peter Ezzard was elected to the outcome of the elia 11 *eX yes- an unfortunate occurance." said "I don't mind losing an * that he had met Rahaman -- - -- -A "7 margin of victory of either can- terday, but did not ask him to Though Hank said that he did election, but I resent the sleazy tactics used by my opposition. The outcome of the treas- didate -. is less than the com- do anything. "I ran across this not support a candidate, he is If it did happen urer's race, which many regard bined number of votes cast in guy [Rahamant said Fairhall. quoted in the Election Board's in Ammann, I hate to think what happened in the as the most important, will not Ammann and O'Neill, another "I' asked him if I could look notes as saying, "'I heard rest of the campus." be announced before an inves- election Will be called in these through the alpha list [the list of Larry Siegel was doing a lousy In other business, the tigation of carges made by dormitories. - I voters] I looked through that." job. .. Chris Fairhall seems like .Judiciary heard a case brought senior Owen Rumelt is com- - The Judiciary, however, de- Fairhall said that Rahaman rec- a better caididate." , - by senior Paul Joseph Coppa, pleted, according to Chief Jus- cided to investigate the matter, a ognized him, but that nothing "'I might have said that, but it which asked that the number of tice Lisa Charlack. Though the process Charlack said would not improper occured. was my opinion as a student to senate seats alloted for Health Judiciary allowed the Election exceed two weeks and would in- say that," said Hank. TI'm sorry that the whole pro- Sciences students remain at two, Board to count the ballots, Elec- clude the issuing of subpeonas to Lachow and Schoenfeld said ceeding had to be held up," he as stated in the Polity tion Board Co-Chairman Steve all poll-watchers. If it finds no il- that neither Hank nor Rahaman Constitution. Three seats were Schoenfeld said that the votes legalities, the Election Board's said after the Judiciary's ruling. would be paid for their work as promised Health Sciences would not be tabulated until the plan would proceed. "Naturally, II1 be found a poll-watcher. matter is resolved. "The whole thing shocked innocent of these ludicrous Siegel, who has been serving (Continued on page 1O) - - The complaint was brought me," said Rumelt. "A poll- before the Election Board by watcher told me I should vote Rumelt after he, along with a for Chris Fairhall. He told me Stage XIIA To Vote Statesman reporter, were alleg- Chris told me to do it. That a edly told by Ammann College poll-watcher could say this, it's poll-watcher Dennis Rahaman amazing.' that he had been asked by Fair- Though Rahaman could not On Iranian Library hall to urge voters to elect him be reached for comment, Fair- instead of Siegel. (Rahaman later hall said that he "didn't tell any- By Jim Scott overwhelmingly. Despite the fact that the ISS - T-he Stage XHA Legislature will vote tonight on requested that the issue be re-opened and placed whether to allow the Iranian Student Society (ISS) on the agenda of the next week's legislature 1980-81 Senate to continue to house its library in the basement of meeting, the subject was accidentally omitted their building. from the agenda. The reason given for the RESIDENTS Daniel Creedon The controversy begpn when a vote was taken at omission was that the meeting was the first for the Tom D'Orsi the September 24 newly- elected legislature chairman. Chris Kavin, Drieser meeting to oust the library. Sanford Pirotin However, it was decided at the October 1 According to an unidentified informed source. I~avid Cohen, Toscanini Michael Clancy Alex Schmidt, Sanger Russell Greenspan Legislature meeting that the ruling be overturned many Iranian students attended the October 1 Lewis Liebler, Hand Geri Zuckerman due to improper procedures and false charges meeting, some of which were not residents of Della Corte, Doughm Prank Patricia Marsh being leveled at the ISS. Stage XII A. Apparently, the non-residents voted, POter Pan, Gershwin Gilbert Ripp Two hours prior to the September 24 meeting, a doing so illegally since only residents of the Jeff Corbett, Whitman Thoma1 Redden O'Neill Persian student who was doing work in the library building are allowed to vote. Mark Van Norman, Babak Movahedi Irving Robin Weisman, Keith Sneddon was asked to address the Legislature. 'Me student 'Me spokesperson for the ISS was said to have Alan Kreit, Ammann was requested to defend the ISS's alleged stealing gotten "excited and even eventuallyabrasive," Stuart Johnson, Gray Howard Saltz Neil Tabakin, Langruir Mark Schussl of hall lounge couches, as well as to answer charges when he presented his case to the legislature. The David Berenbaum, Kelly A Paul Copp* that the ISS had failed to send representatives to spokesperson told the legislature that the Resident Dana Brussel Steven Millon, Kelly E previous legislature meetings to re-apply for use of Assistants (RAs) could check their furniture Mike Kornfeld COMMUTERS Steve Schoenfeld the room. inventories to prove that the couches in the library Lori Schoenfeld Dave Nottman 'The poor man obviously did not know what had been obtained through proper channels the David Spierer Peter Timmons was going on; in fact, he barely spoke English," a previous year by the Resident Hall Director (RHD) Ron Moss Debra Hillman-tie graduate student, who asked not to be identified, and therefore, he said, the charges were totally Barry Ragin-tie Kathleen Sara Keane said. 'Me vote asking for the library's removal unfounded. w i t h i n t w o w e ek s was passed (Continued on page 5) Iran, Iraq ContinueWar Syria and Iraq, which 'She fac;ts as' we. know them Baghdad, Iran -Iraq between rival factions of the now are that Jordan is not and Iran yesterday intensiiried air are ruled by socialist party. providiing any military attacks on each othe r oil'ss Baath continued equipmernt to Iraq," he said. centers -- the Iranian paort of Street fighting the Most,of Jordan's military Abadan and the Iraqi city4 of yesterday in Khorramshahr, Iranian port city. Associated equipmerAt came from the Kirkuk. key Ulbrich United StatesfI and cannot be United States officiaIls said Press reporter Jeffrey city that Iraqi transferread legally to another ships registered in Eastern reported from the section country without American Europe, India and Lebal nonare forces occupied the port arms fireapproval. being diverted to Jordam with and occasional small north. He, Earlierr this week, Jordan said equipment to help Iraiq, but could be heard to the the west it was m<obilizing fleets of trucks added that "merchan its are said Iraqi artillery to to ferry supplies to Iraq. Last merchants," and it shouldI not be and northwest was being aimed week Jordan -gave Iraqi assumed the countries of registry toward Abadan, nine miles to World Series Ploiw warplane Ps sanctuary,: although were supporting Iraq. the south. havwe now lefts informants The United States ca utioned In Washington, United States most the war officials said the cargoes carried reported.