SB Council Picks T.A. Pond By JACK cMILLROD It will convey that decision to the chancellor and the board of trustees A six month nationwide search for a tomorrow," Anderson said. "Beyond that candidate to fill Stony Brook's presidency we have no comment." ended last night, when the Stony Brook The SUNY Board of Trustees, the body Council selected a man who has been on responsible for making the official appoint- campus since 1962-T.A. Pond. ment, will not meet until April 18, Pond, executive vice president under Coincidentally, the board announced John Toll for 11 years, was selected over months ago that this meeting would be at four high level administrators from univers- Stony Brook's Fine Arts Center. ities in Massachussetts, California and Anderson has maintained throughout the Illinois, according to an informed source. search that his "firm understanding" is that Pond assumed his current position as the Trustees will simply confirm the acting president July 1, when Toll left decision of the Council, Stony Brook's Stony Brook to become president of the local governing board. University of Maryland. The Council's meeting at Shorewood, Stony Brook Council Chairman R.C. the Old Field home the University provides Anderson, who also headed the 13 member for its president, was adjourned at about 8 search committee that sought out the five PM, a source said. Pond, contacted by candidates, provided the only official Statesman several hours later, would not statement on the Council's meeting yester- discuss his candidacy. day. "The Council has reached a decision. (C .. m.al %.UarumeC Two Campus Bars MayBe Closed; Others May Fo llou "we never really pursued By LAWRENCE RIGGS that." He said that this A proposal to close two proposal emerged ths year student-run dormitory bars "mainly because we had too and severely restrict the many applications [to open others next fall is being bars] coming in." He said considered by the Univer- that one reason for wanting sity Student Business Com- to limit the number of bars mittee. in the dormitories is that Under this proposal, they are often too close to made March 12 by Univer- one another to be com- sity Business Manager petitive. "Since it opened, Robert Chason, Baby Joey's the Benedict Saloon hasn't in Irving College and the been doing well since it is in Benedict Saloon would fairly close proximity to the close. The James Pub would James Pub." The Benedict serve only beer, and Sanger Saloon is an FSA operation. Wine and Cheese only wine. Chason is also FSA Hard liquor would be avail- Treasurer. able only at the Whitman James Pub Assistant Man- StaesnemaJ A. Butral Pub and in Kelly D. Neither ager Ivan Solokow said that SUFFOLK COUNTY POLICE SEARCH the Student Union after Security received a bomb threat. No of these two pubs could James' sales would probably bomb was found. serve beer or wine. And all return to previous levels if of these establishments the Benedict Saloon closed would have to be licensed but said it would lose many Bomb Scares Sweep Campus either through the Faculty of its female customers if it By NATHANIEL RABINOVICH a bathroom in the Library. The note Student Association (FSA) served only beer. "The girls and TOM CHAPPELL warned that bombs had been planted in or SCOOP, the Student like to drink wine," he said. Graduate Physics, Old Physics, and the Business Cooperative. When asked about Chason's Following the discovery of a fire bomb Math Tower, University Spokeswoman Sanger Wine and Cheese is proposal he said, "nobody in the Library last Wednesday, police and Toni Bosco said. According to Bosco, the currently independent. likes us. The whole college is University officials feared an increase in note was signed, "Gamma." According to Chason, against it." prank bomb threats. But they could not Bosco said that in two of the phone proposals to limit the num- Pat Crowe, one of the have expected over 20 in two days. threats the callers identified themselves as ber of student-run bars in Benedict Saloon's managers, From 6 AM Monday until 7:30 PM Gamma Five. A person or group called the dormitories have been declined to comment on yesterday, Campus Security and Suffolk Gamma Five claimed responsibility for last in rhe makino fnr vpars hbut Chason's assertion that the County police responded to 23 bomb week's attempted fire bombing in a note saloon is not doing well scares throughout the campus. Bomb scares found at the scene. financially. He did say, in the Health Sciences Center and Library Classes Cancelled however, that "I'd hate to occurred last Friday. In all, bombs were reported in 1.; see it [Benedict closing] Suffolk County Police and Campus different buildings, and the woods outside happen. It would be a Security have been investigating the situa- Langmuir College. In every case, the disappointment. We have a tion. Although police officials would not Suffolk County Arson and Bomb Squads lot of people down here on comment on any relationship between this responded, and searched the premises with Wednesday and Thursday series of bomb threats and last week's dogs. No devices were ever found. nights." Jason Reimer, attempted fire bombing, Security Director According to Bosco, 125 classes were another manager, added Robert Comrnute said that anyone caught interrupted by bomb threats. that closing the saloon calling in a bomb threat would be Freshman Rick Calabrese said he was would throw 13 students "prosecuted vigorously." asked to leave three different buildings out of work. A Suffolk County Police Official said, during the day. "Everywhere I went, there This proposal is currently falsely reporting a bomb is a misdemeanor was another bomb threat," he said. being considered by the punishable by a maximum of one year in Security Shift Supervisor Winston Kerr University Student Business prison. said that the multitude of bomb threats has Committee which is trying The latest series of bomb threats began been preventing Security from fulfilling its ROBERT CHASON (Continued on page 9) when a janitor found a handprinted note in other duties. I---News Digest- I International I Tehran, Iran (AP) - Heavy Geneva, Switzerland (AP) - The fighting broke out yesterday Organization of Petroleum between Turkoman tribesmen and Exporting Countries (OPEC) raised government forces over land rights crude oil prices by nine percent near the northeastern city of yesterday to $14.54 a barrel and Gonbad-E-Qabous, killing at least authorized members to tack on any 30 persons and wounding many surcharges they think the market others,reports reaching Tehran said. will bear. 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