The Ticker, May 2, 1979
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Some people have too much parents of SUNY and CUNY Thethreat ora tuition hike at pride to take financial aid." students, the people who will pay Baruch College and all CUNY In an effort to head off this a tuition increse." :.-" schools intensified this week when .tuition hike, over 4500 students A. study <:onductedby CUNY .t•.' City University Chancellor converged on' Albany late in indicates that with a $100 increase ,.,... "/. ~; .; ,. :' : . _. Robert Kibbee said a tuition hike March for a rally and demon- in tuition, the university will, in ..,--appears likely. stration. Various. speakers ad- fact, lose approximately 1,500 Mayor Koch and Governor dressed the crowd, among them students. The study also says the r;;~: . Carey both called for. increases of Assemblyman Arthur Eve. (O TAP awards of students with the ..,;- ' .. at least_SlOO earlier inthe year. Buffalo), deputy speaker of the lowest incomes would be increas This increase will make up for a Assembly, and a member-of the ed. ·$5 million slash in the budgets of legislative .Black and Puerto " .,' ~~>.:'~:~~ .the-city's community colleges. Rican Caucus. -i Charles Stuto, Day Session Stu The Chairman of the Board of "Students are going to have to dent Government President, Higher Education, Harold M. organize politically," Eve said. headed. the group of Baruch Jacobs, feels the increase-will be "You're going to have' to par students at the rally. Stuto said approved by the Board. "I'm ticipate in the political process, there was much talk in Albany t> opposed to it,". Jacobs, said.' and studies that we've made of about the rally. "The spirit was 1::'·,·:' "Many people are opposed to it. the Educational Opportunity definitely there. Everyone was up ~-,. .·Bulif the mayor takes off $5 Programs (EOP) in the State there." According toStuto,. all ;;'::';.;.:,....!TIiHiol1 , w~'11 be forced to raise University system show that less. the politicians that talked to the £c~... tuition." than ·25 percent of the students opposed the tuition hike. ;:;~... -.' A $100 increase in CUNY EOP/SEEK are registered to. However, Stutosaid they would "..:. ~,i... tuitionwill put tuition for juniors vote." . probably vote "as thev see fit" ~:" .._ . and seniors over the '$1000 per "Now, the system responds. to,::· .once the large group of students =~::~ .. "~~ .'.~. aUu-k~.~.One:.jktucl1·$lUdent . two forms-_af.P9wet,.'~.Ev.~~~:: .". ,lefl. ' ~:~:: ;:..t~<··;O ~'~~~_fiaMf_~ . -. ...... _.'.. :-.- .~~ . , ~"." •.... :." _W'" . .' u· .••..- ' - ,-.-..... "j··'~·sij~t. "'>?P~.; "-:k~:~ '-I';"'~" :;~ '~-; ,~ ?!!!1#i2fCJ;k:· .... .... 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"We are here to prevent here today are representing the there. " he added, "It will affect some University Student Senate vice the loss of 1500 students from thousands more who could not be people in' lower income brackets president also addressed the- CUNY. The 5,000 of you who are here today. I'm speaking of the ~'" . -~ ... - .' s: : ~. ~:. ',; by EdwardE. Scott II must be understood, truth is every second of their lives be On April 26, the former independent of each and every one waging a relentless, ruthless. - Chairman of the Student Non- of ·us. Therefore, an African uncompromising struggle against o violent Coordinating Committee, cannot know that they. are the. backward values of the Stokely .Carmichael, spoke to African. This however, does not capitalist system." approximately 300 students in make them, any nonetheless ioom4 North of the 23rd St. African." According to Mr. Carmichael, ~_.. _,---_ .._-bttHding-; ---~_.- '. -- .- ---. ----He--then---said4hat·-heand his. the capitalist system is unjust- ..... .. Speaking extemporaneously, fellow 'workers, the members of since it allows one person to own Mr. Carmichael outlined what he . the All Africans People's the means of production in any termed the "backward, reac- Rev.olutionary Party, were here to' given situation. He also -stated tionary, vicious, barbaric and get "The most conscious African that in this unjust system students inevitable doom of the capitalist students and those who realize play an important role. What is l $ system." Describing himself as a that they have a responsibility to the role. students play in the .·'consci6us man," he stated that help alleviate the suffering of the capitalist society? Stokely Carmichael at Baruch his first purpose in speaking at masses oftheir people. (Also), to "The capitalist system uses Baruch was "to fulfill (his) get those who are not conscious students worse than it uses responsibrtity ' to humanity and try to make them ... more soldiers because the job of a irrespectfve of the obstacles 'aware' of their responsibility to student within 'H1e society is to ~ placedin (his) path." humanity." -His final reason for perpetuate and to justify 'the As ,a second reason for his speaking at Baruch was, "To values and institutions of the coming to Baruch, M.r. Car- make everybody think;" given . society. - Therefore. the Page'3 ••.•••••••'••• Student'centerRo"'ry. michael stated that he, "wished to Mr. .Carmichael explained that capitalist system WIll come to . ...-' .. -. '. ~age W~.n's Dunlea~ _collect from among_.you .(the making pe~ple, think in a have the students justify the 6 ••• Volc•• by April 4 F~· Batch students) the' most con- capitalist system was' difficult backward values of. the society Page 7. •••.••••••••• • ••.••.•• Cor.... SCIOUS AfriCan students." MF-;- because the system seeks to ex~ unconsciously. .... p...., •••••••••••••••• ~·~tta~..·.~ue ~ ;~-.: . _Cao1U:chaei')hen" prOCeeded to < • ploit the masses ofthe people. ~e' '.On ~he. is~ue ~f. eco",?mic Pag. J6 ~._ •• • re • •• 8cHVch,Sports,In Turmoil. " .- ." e. ~ ~" ~ .. 1. .' . • .. .. .. ... ..: : p '. -:. ,:.1 - .' ·.?:~.emfiiii;:~,~ ~'- ~.rit. r;.urt~er·.s.t~t~.~,'··!n ~~e,}~;~ <.' lneq~hty:t~the'\.WI~ahs.l SOClet~· '.-~ ;S>·?':.< .. ...,at.: ..he·'· ". 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'W • ~ , • ~ r , -r , , ,, , , ., , ,. , •• r __ ., •• , J 7 •• ~ , ? • , ., • 't • ,. , ., .." •• , 'I ., ••• "') .. ,. ~ .. ~ ., ~ - ,.. ~ .. .. .. .. ~ ,. ~ _"y '"- - ": ~; 4' -,:....... ..... S'.,.. oJ; , . ' .. 'Stokely Carmichael cont, from p. 1 principles in the American to struggle against those who are capitalist system so it will never Constitution: 5entby the enemy inside' our mess with an}' other human being, organizations, inside our com In conclusion, Mr. Carmichael •'The Capitalist system tells us munity to confuse-the masses-of -s.tres.s.ecL.. the imporrance of that all of us are created equal, the people. Here we fight against organization and the part it plays which we are. This one can't them ruthlessly and without in accomplishing the liberation of deny. But while all of us are mercy. the oppressed peoples of. the created equal in the society, some world. - of us are very. very, very, "Thirdly we struggle against . 'Our people must be -"'<-",. 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