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MONROE March 4,1991 Volume 29 Issue 20 MONROE COMMUNITY COLLEGE DOCTRINE "Respect All, Fear None " CAMPUS MCC Fights Funding Cuts BRIEFS by Wendy Maxwell red". The current tuition break- On Tuesday, March 5, five down is as follows: one-third of MCC CELEBRATES FIRST studentSenatorsand twoothers it is paid by the students, one- FOLK FESTIVAL will travel to Albany to lobby third by local governments, and with state legislators. In the face one-third is paid by the state. Arts Now will present of severe state funding cuts to In the proposed budget, the first Monroe Community the SUNY schools, this visit is a New York State would cut its College Folk Festival, on Fri- timely opportunity to further the funding approximately 21.8 day, March 8, at 7:30 p.m. in interests of Monroe Community percent to MCC, which isaround the MCC Theatre, Building 4. College students. 5 million less than last year. For The event features a mix of the student, it could result in ocal and national talent, The students will be fewer teachers, larger classes, headlined by "Amy and traveling with an administrative and longer lines at offices such Leslie" and "The Roger Gillen team who will accompany them as Financial Aid and the Bur- Band." Admission for the to meetings with such legisla- sar's Office, because the College MCC Folk Festivial is $6 for tors as Susan John, Ralph would have to make staff cut- the general public and $4 for Quattrochacci and David Ghantt. photo by Leo VUrtling backs. children under 12, senior citi- Student Senators prepare for battle with Cuomo. zens, and MCC students. Doug Brown, Associate SUNY schools want to There is an additional $1 Director of the Student Center, President's Office make up the bany as well, waive the one-third cap on stu- charge for tickets purchased at Larry Feasel, Chairperson of the group of administrators, all of During the week of Feb- dent tuition. By state law, the the door. Tickets and further Criminal Justice Department, whom have had extensive lob- ruary 25, the group of students SUNY schools can charge no information area vailable at the Vice President Thomas Flynn, bying experience and who are and administrators met to dis- more than one-third of the ac- MCC Student Service Desk, and Bud Amann of the attending the conference at Al- cuss lobbying strategies. Basic tual tuition cost to the student. Building 3. (292- 2534) information was given to ac- This is one issue that could po- quaint the novice lobbyists with tentially effect students the most. COMPUTER SEMINAR the process of legislative deci- The team is prepared to ask the Standing Room Only legislators to consider waiving On both Tuesday March sion making and the objectives the one-third cap for a year in 19, and Tuesday April 23, of the SUNY schools as a whole. order to maintain the quality of MCC will be hosting a Com- for Joe Clark In better budget times education here. This would puter Intergrated Manufac- individual SUNY schools asked mean another increase in tuition. turing Seminar designed to for specific things from the state, stimulate interest and educate but the SUNY system didn't If tuition remains un- on emerging technologies in have uniform lobbying goals to changed, quality would be dra- the computer field. Seminar apply to each SUNY school. matically decreased. Basic ser- topics include: However, in the face of Gover- vices offered such as the Coun- CIM Description nor Cuomo's proposed budget seling Center, Transfer/Place- The Roll of CAD cuts, the SUNY system has ment, Financial Aid and the Cellular Manufacturing banded together to ask for mea- Bursar's Office may be Industrial Robots sures to keep schools "out of the demphasized. IBM MAPICS Demo Future Trends Registration fees for Stu- PTK Chapter Attends dent Manufacturing Engineers members is $95, non-members State Convention !115. For futher information "Children at Risk" was the and sexual abuse. They re- contact Linda Byer at (716) photo by Ben Lopez theme for this year's Phi Theta ceived a positive response from 292-5301, mornings at MCC. Principal Joe Clark greets a fan. Kappa Honor Society State the audience and helped in- by Laurie Fowler pension. Other rules were aimed Convention attended by Mon- crease the awareness on the ALCOHOL AND DRUG at maintaining security rather roe Community College mem- magnitude of these issues. AWARNESS SEMINARS Success, self esteem, edu- than boosting moral. While bers, at the Sheraton in Workshops held on Satur- cation and quota systems were some parents, students, and Binghamton, NY on February day morning explored previ- On March 4, Betty but a few of the topics discussed teachers at the school considered 15 and 16. The topic was intro- ously introduced topics, and vlandley, the senior counselor by the controversial Joe Clark, him a dictator, others admired duced with a band and power- sought solutions as well. Topics of the Restart Substance Abuse in "From Disgrace to Amazing the principal. Clark was suc- ful performances by the Improv such as advocacy and volun- Service will hold a seminar on Grace", a lecture he delivered to cessful in turning the school into Players, a group of Monroe teering brought the whole pic- Chemical Dependency and a standing room only crowd at a "model" institution. Community College's actors/ ture home to the individual. The Society. On April 1st Anne Monroe Community College on During his lecture, Clark actresses who joined their tal- question of "How can I make a darie Slatery, Director of the February 25. placed emphasis upon his belief ents by developing and acting difference?" was answered YWCA Steppingstone Pro- Joe Clark earned his that each and every individual out improvisational scenes through these workshops and gram, will present a lecture on reputation as the principal with should take responsibility for dealing with situations affect- through interaction with some Vomen and Alcohol. Both a baseball bat who took a high their own success and said that, ing children of today. of the people who are making a Seminars will be held at Noon school that was filled with drugs "The quality of your life will The Players acted out five difference. n room 3-112. For futher in- and violence, and turned it reflect the quality of your ac- sketches depicting scenes deal- Ms. Rona Wyner, one of ormation contact the Student around by teaching students to tions." On an inspirational note, ing with alcoholism, teenage Center, ext.2534. be responsible for themselves he said that "we are stars in the mothers, teen suicide and drug Continued on 2 and their future. His discipline womb of eternity waiting to be Quote of the Week: was strict and his ideas consid- born." Clark also stressed that ered too far-fetched for some education is one of the keys to INSIDE THIS ISSUE "Never doubt that a small, dedicated who called him "Crazy Joe." success and should not be taken rl group of thoughtful, committed citi- zens can change the world. Indeed it Clark established many lightly. is the only thing that ever has." rules at the high school, which One Rochestarian, Denise Geneseo Student Disappears 2 Margaret Mead were despised by some and re- Penn, felt that most people came Geva's Man ofLaMancha 3 spected by others. One of the to hear the lecture because Clark Flip Side 5 rules was for the entire student is so controversial. Penn said The Monroe Doctrine is body to know the school's alma she "didn't agree with every- Young Democrats 6 printed on recycled mater so they could sing it at a Men's Basketball 7 paper and is recyclable. moments notice - or face sus- Continued on 2 J 2 The Monroe Doctrine NEWS March 4,1991 SUNY Geneseo Student Disappears by Cathryn Cas well In a statement released river about five feet to give a in Rochester to say that he had over the air last week. Ken better view, but nothing turned seen Relyea in Ottawa, Canada. What if a student turns up Relyea (Kyle's father) said, up. On February 26, state police Unfortunately, nothing has missing? That question is "Kyle, I want you to get in touch did an air search with helicop- come out of it so far. probably a college's worst with us. If s okay. No one is ters around the river area, but Relyea is about 250 pounds nightmare. For the State Uni- mad at you- not your mother, nothing was found. with collar length brown hair. versity of New York at Geneseo not the school, not me. ...If there Although authorities are He was wearing a black and that question is no longer a are problems we will work them not ruling out any possibility , white windbreaker, and black "what if" but a reality. out. ... Kyle, if you hear this, they don't suspect foul play, nor sneakers with white stripes. He "Kuwait is Liberated. Iraq's On February 8, an 18 year please call." do they have any reason to be- stands about 6'4". army is defeated", stated old freshman named Kyle Since his disappearance, lieve suicide as a possibility. Anyone seeing him is en- President Bush Wednesday Relyea attended a party just local authorities as well as the They also don't suspect that he couraged to call the Geneseo night, ordering a cease-fire in outside of Geneseo. At ap- campus Public Safety Depart- had "skipped town". Public Safety or the local police the Persian Gulf.