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F, I Search Committe e Statesman~~~~~~~~~~~~~-:- Makes To Finds MIA-- -- -- - *w dw still illiumsitv -Back Pae of now VW% at $Dow Monday, June 4, 1984 la" Ift qlpqwwv Volume 27, Number 70 -90 SB vauaton b(oodBu ImrovementNee By Mitchell Horowitz Stony Brook was given a mixed eva- luation by an independent academic team that reviews many col leges throughout the country every ten years. The Middle States Association opened it's recent 26 page study of Stony Brook by saying "The State University of New York at Stony Brook represents one of the more remarkable accomplishments in American higher education during the last quater-century." However, the evaluation team continued the report with a long list of areas that they felt needed minor to vast improvements. The Middle S tates' report is especially important to most American colleges because higher education schools must be reaccredited every decade to receive federal support and funds. The evalua- tion can be critical to a university to help discover it s strengths and weaknesses. Homer Neal The report on Stony Brook focused on John Marburger undergraduate education and campus streng-th and resources in the sciences" life and how both can be improved. The Neal was pleased with the general between the level of excellence reached out weighed those in the humanities: al- report seemed to contain little informa- evaluation the report provided. Neal on the graduate level and the level of the though "significant progress" had been tion that was not previously known. said, "I think it was very fair and com- undergraduate departments. The re- made. The team urged that these gaps, ,Stony Brook Provost, Homer Neal said prehensive. The report was impressed port stated that "There is a widely particularly the ones between under- 'We would have decided the major with Stony Brook as a whole. The evolu- shared concensus that graduate and re- graduate and graduate studies, be .issues [discussed by the team] our- tion of the State University of New York search programs have achieved a high special attention to. selves." Dormitory cooking, housing at Stony Brook has been as atypical as it level of quality during Stony Brook's Neal said that although "no firm problems, imbalance between the has been remarkable..In a relatively brief first quarter century. There is an plans" have been made, priorities and sciences and humanities programs here short period of 25 years, Stony Brook equally wide-spread concern that com- needs of the humanities, as well as the were of great importance, according to has acheived a remarkable reputation parable levels of quality in undergrad- gap between graduate and undergrad- the team. University President John for excellence in many of its academic* uate education have yet to be achieved." uate studies would be concentrated on. Marburger was quoted in Newsday as departments." However, the facts that They cited a similiar, but not as vast, Neal mentioned 'historical problems saying "Many of these things are ob- the report listed were many. gap between the sciences and the hu- vious to anyone who lives here.' The report emphasized a major gap manities. They felt that "intellectual coantIntined on page 5) Trusees Aprove Res Stude Vadairsmleet 'By Jhm Paasano Dr. Robert F rancis, Vice President for Campus Op- yearly one. In addition, Francis states that the plan The SUNY Board of Trustees has approved a plan erations at Stony Brook, thinks that there are other does not specify how much of the $25 fee would be that would allow individual SUNY schools to charge alternatives for the SUNY plan. His major concern subtracted to pay for damages. students a fee for vandalism damage in dormitories. with vandalism is the possible damage done to safety Also not specified is whether or not students would The plan calls for a $25 fee to be paid by resident systems. "I would approve of a resolution that would be responsible to pay for quad damages. or only dam- students prior to the start of semester classes. bill students at a later date for damage caused by ages inside their buildings. Francis feels that students The Board has previously allowed schools to bill shooting off fire extinguishers, damages to fire alarm should be billed by building, in case of vandalism. "I students for damage to their individual rooms. The pull boxes, etc." he said. think that the fee distribution should be kept down to new plan would enable the colleges to charge the resi- Franciisalso said that he feels that the wording of the the smallest possible units, the buildings with an even idents for damage done in common areas such as hal- plan leaves room for confusion. There is no indication charge to all the students living there." said Francis. lways and bathrooms, as well as the End Hall Lounges. of whether the approved fee would be a semester or There have been mixed reactions to the idea of im- nywng a vandalism fee. One student. who wished to 'remain anonymous, said that the idea is a bad one since "not all the students are involved in these acts of van- Cass of '8 dalism. It is not fair to force students to pay for things that only a small percentage of the student population is responsible for." Other students disagree with this. Mitchell Feldhandler. a sophomore, says that the imposed fee may make people think twice before doing something to damage part of the cam pus. "The idea of a fee mnay make somebody stop and think that maybe the Univenrity is also using a more stringent method of catching perpetrators. In addition to the expulsion f To Camp.nus from the University, they will have to come up with twenty dol lars or so i n d amage fees' "said Fel dhandler. -P0 None of the more than So SUNY wchools have aL -- -- - - adopted the nmeaue as of date, but several have ex- pressed intercat in it : f r * *^ ..-. ^ :,:.*. .^::.';.. ^ *;"... A---^*^^^A^^-.^'.''.'.'*'^,*-',*.'< /.'.* /.'. - . -%. db . I I Il I - - - - - Fi 1 : - : w PAY THEa' IY-TTv ME w 9 FA ST DELIVERY TO YOUR DORM =^T And JAoI, a'' T91K a" S:l5:OPM TILL CLOSING - _~~~~~_ _ I Fvrna Atna 10K8 407U4____ I I I I I M mm m-= m ----= MEN- IROUTE 25A. 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As relatives with cameras scrambled to photograph graduates seated on the at- hletic field, some members of the class of '84 passed around bottles of wine and beer. Lonnie Kaufman, an Anthropology major from Great Neck, delivered the traditional address given by a gra- duating senior. Lipman Bers, professor of Mathematics at Columbia University and one of five distinguished Americans awarded honorary doctorates by the SUNY Board of Trustees, was the com- mencement speaker. Bers addressed the need to recognize and condemn human rights violations throughout the world. Jeffrey Kaufman and Stephen Mer- noff both received the Ward Melville Valedictorian Award, as the gra- duating seniors with the most out- standing academic records during four years at Stony Brook.