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Observer Vol observer Vol. 19 #5 December 2, 1974 Election Results bob bruce Student Senate elections held on Nov. l3, produced Phil Carducci, Cliff Forrest, qeftali Martinez and Ron Wilson as Senate withdraws tdditions for the spring semester. job is to communi­ .. The Senate•s main By Andrea Kelly ~ate with people," stated new senator Cliff from ~orrest. "I'll be learning the ins and outs >f the Senate," said Cliff, "but I'll make ~ure that my door is always open to anyone pres. race On Nov. 11, Robert Bruce, acting President of Bard, sent a letter to the Executive Committee of the Board of Trustees and to the Presidentlal Search Committee. It begana •: After much thought and careful­ consideration I would like to withdraw my name from any further consideration as an active can­ idate for the positian of Pres­ ident of Bard College." New Senators(left to right)aRon Wilson, After more than a year of indecision by the Phil Carducci, Neftali Martinez, and Presidentlal Search Committee, and an ultimate Cliff Forrest polarization on campus, Bob Bruce made his own de­ cision to take the opportunity offered by Clark University in Worcester, Mass. to be their Vice 'lho needs help." feels that Martinez stated that,- "becoming President of University Relations. He Neftali the move from a small college to a university is a '1. Senator is my way of getting involved." of his career. The total election results werea very positive step at this stage He is looking forward to the educational, social, Neftali Martinez-163 votes available Phil Carducci- 163 votes and financial options that will now be Cliff Forrest- 157 votes to him. Now that Bob Bruce is no longer a candidate Ron Wilson- 131 votes the Christel Miller- 125 votes for the presidency, he feels he can tackle Cecilia Area- 119 votes practical problems at Bard without the candidate stigma of doing good to advance his posltion. He Steve Pouchie- 115 votes of Mark Viebrock- 109 votes is presently involved with the recommendations Richard Peters- 93 votes the College Life Committee. The polarization Bob Bruce felt seems to stern Defeated candidate Mark Viebrock camp vs. the Leon >ointed out the number of women not elected from the Bob Bruce-for-President female -male Bottstein-for-President group. Bottstein, the dy­ :onsidering the three to one of Franconia College now ·atio at Bard. "After the primaries there namice, young President males," must be number one on the Seareh Committee's list. rere only two females versus seven it will be up Mark. "This leads me to belleve more When the committee makes up its mind aid to the Trustees to support their decision. continued on page 5 ST. KATE by Jeff Watnick RESIGNS "I wanted to bring some humor to the paper. It was too somber. All this was better known as St. kate, just a little joke with the community." Karen Murray, saint can often resigned as editor-in-chief of the Bard Ob­ Bard's self-proelaimed be.;seen wearing assorted cloaks, kil ts, server on November 18th. She said she "The pressure was just too much," feathers, and Scottish pride. promised things for had little bitterness toward the newspaper. stated Karen, "people future of the Bard the paper and never delivered." When asked about the factions of the staff and Observer without her leadership Karen sta­ Friction with hell in a community over the campus newspaper's man­ ted, "The Observer will go to agement and orginization came to a head with handbasket." (November 8) publi­ Karen•s departure also led to the res­ the almost full issue staff and Feature cation of The Bard Game. Key Senate mem­ ignation of the typing issue, stat­ Editor, Barbara Whiteman. At the present bers expressed concern over the no Editor-in-Chief ing that such-a large portion of the school time The Observer has on a game. and that position will be filled by staff newspaper should not be spent semester. Flack from other sources became too great elections in the spring lack "What do you think of when you hear for the editor to handle. The stress, said one of constructive feedback and an excessive the name St. Kate?• "Costumes," academic worklead led to the flamboyant st. Kate Ms. Murray•s resignation. continued on page 5 LETTERS To the Editora In a community as small as ours, it's yery disheartening to realize that there Uncter New are individuals with so little respeet for the rest of us that they would so blatantly rip us off. I was nothing short «)f dis gusted when, having to recount the beer that Management was stored for the country dance, we real• ized that someone had taken four-and-a­ by Philip N~ Carducci quarter cases, The audacity of those people in assurning that the community should pro­ vide them with beer for their ewn private The Observer has been through many party astounds me, I ean°t undarstand where different phases in its existence,. all the they got the idea that the beer was for them, way from real newspaper type issues to Com­ whenever they wanted it, regardless of when munistic propaganda te saintly guidance. the rest of us got it, Everyone must be The new staff of the paper deals basicly in aware of how tight convocation funds are the first of these types, getting together this semester. With that in mind, these a ~ newspaper, people were only adding to the lack of rnoney Many things are needed in order to do available for entertainrnent. I see that as this; the .f~rst is money, We have started a slap to the entire community. to initiate a new system to get more adver­ If the tno·tive behind the the:f't was to tising so that the paper can take care of rip-off the entertainment cornmittee, it was itself and not rely fully on the contingency worthless. The entertainrnent committee was fund. We will have to draw money from con­ ripped-off no more than anyone elsea the tingency but no more than one thousand a community; as a whole, was ripped-off. semester. If the rnotive was a protest against The second item needed is articles. the entertainrnent committee, it was · also Everyone at Bard knows how to wri te·;we worthless. Granted, everyone may not be would appreciate letters to the editor; both satisfied with the job we are doing, but the pro and con on any subject printed. We also way to remedy that is through positive need reportars to go out and get the news. action; certainly not through the negative As it stands now, our staff consists of action that was taken. twelve dedicated people 1 ready to work at Finallyt if the rnotive was as simple any time, we need more of this. as.getting sorne beer, who the hell did they We are now under new management and th1nk they were? No ~ else was given the we nee.d your support. This samester is prac­ privelege of drinking the beer early and I tically gone·, but next semester is still a­ don't see why these individuals should have head of us. Plans are now being made for assurnad that they were. (No~ even members next semesters Ob~erver, any suggestions by of the entertainment committee, who spent yeu to help us report the news better, wi'll a few hours Saturday morning moving the be appreciated. Many of the new ideas are fif~y cases of.beer and two hundred pounds incorporated in this issue, look at them of 1ce, were g1ven any beer earlier than an~ let us know what you think. Remember, anyone e Ise) • th1s school needs a newspaperi a real news­ I presume that the whereabouts of the paper, liquor before any dance is common knowledge. It's always been assumed that the community could be trusted; and; up until now, rightly so (as far as I know). This trust was · abused and this abuse; unfertunately, will necessitate extremely tight security in the The Bard Observer reserves the right future. This will just serve to make things to edit and print letters at their unpleasant for everyone. own discretion, I enly hope that the individuals in­ Please submit letters and editorial volved realize that their action encompassed cornrnent to Box #749. more than just ripping-off a few cases of beer~-it manifested a total disregard for ...-~ the rest of the community. I hope that the ISEIVI rest _., ... oe-wr .. ~t ,., • .., ... oe.. of the community views this as sueh, __.............. Oihll .......... n.a...wr too, and are as angry as I am that this ... , .............. u..... .,... ..... IWNI- kind of thing happened, __ ............ u.s.hldlrlt...... .• ..,. ............ ar11111. a..rv. il Michele Petruzzelli \RM...,_ Co.,._··-·tiii!Wt 21. V.... ..... 11811oft. Nlw Vertl, N. V. 1.14. 11w oplnlona•p I f ......... not MC- Chairperson, entartain­ -'1-of .. Ed ......... of.. mant committee ......... Colllt. n.a..-il ... 9$ ••t....-.ntpulll........ of ....... Collllt~. PulallcMton ........ly ...,... ..In Colllll t ude y.-. Dear Observians, THE OBSERVER Recently, upon regaining my ability Bard College to read, I stole Abbie Hoffman•s "Steal Annandale-on-Hudson, N.Y. 12504 This Book." The book has you in ~ list of undergro~nd papers on page 127. Associate Editors-Phil Carducci, Jeffrey Th1s was a great honor bestowed upon Watnick the Observer in its past history, I am Sports Editor-Rich Emmet sure that I spe~k for many when I say that Photography-John Burnett, John Kisch, Harry you are not l1v1ng up to this great honor when you print the current bullshit that Sunshine you•ve Staff-Jean Antonucci, Terry Bowers, Jamie been printing.
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