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Staten Island Community College VOL. X—No. 3 Friday, December 17, 1965 40 i Concert Presents Thrilling Dancers Vietnam Discussed By BOB SANZO 'I'he Alvin Ailey Dance Theatre was featured in the second pro- Profs Explore Quagmire gram of the SICC cultural series, Kaleidoscope, sponsored by the By KAREN KOKET Student Association. The performance took place on Saturday evening, Last Thursday, Room .511 was overflowing with students anxious to lesirn more about the Vietnamese t>ecember 11, in the Music Hall of Sailor's Snug Harbor, Staten Island! situation, now alteoting: so many personally. No longer merely si>ectators, but now participants, the stu- at 8:30 P.M. Tickets were distributed on a priority basis to SICC stu- dents' desire was to "find out" about this mess. Professors from the History and Social Science and Eng- dents with only a limited number available for the community at largo. lish departments gave ten to fifteen minute talks on the various aspects of the war. "It's a triumph of sweeping, violent beauty, a furious spectacle. Dr.Pessen described the brutalit:^ in Viet Nam, where the T.S. must deploy ten men against each The stage vibrates. One has never seen anything like it." This was j enemy guerilla. He also deplored the useless, as well as senseless destruction of life and property. the comment made by a critic in — — ~ ' —^ — — —— ? ProfPmf. Joff.Tnffep spok snokef oof f ththee economi ec c Germany after seeing the troupe effects of the war. War always on its recent European tour. The SICC Grads increases economic prosperity by Alvin Ailey dancers bring to their lessening unemployment, and ex- audiences a deep exploration of Score Low panding business prospects; gov- moods and themes out of the The Graduate Record Examina- ernment spending for military use American past and present. The tion of the Educational Testing skyrockets; construction and mod- company's repertory permits the Service was administered to 103 ernization flourish; and commer- dancers to communicate a great di- members o_f our graduating class cial banks are able to lend money versity of themes at once American on May 27, 1965. The three basic at higher interest rates. Naturally, and universal; the misery of Now area tests- Social Science (Code if the government spends so much Orleans Blues, the violence of New II) Humanities (Code 12) and Nat- for the military aspect, then other York, the religious spontaneity of ural Science (Code 13) were used. areas suffer: there are increased a rural Southern Negro, and the A brief analysis of the overall re- federal taxes, and less money is rigidity of Puritain New England. sults is presented on the accom- available for health, education and To explore effectively these panying sheet. anti-poverty programs. Local taxes varied themes, the Alvin Ailey For comparison with the S.l.C.C. rise. There is a lessening of local Dance Theater commands a range group, the scores of approximately privileges, (for example, there of movement as broad as the num- 3300 students of sophomores in 4 might be tuition in the City Col- ber of styles America has produced. year institutions were combined by leges). Domestic prices rise, fore- In an evening's performance, the the Educational Testing Service. ign goods can be bought more audience experienced the free flow- The institutions were as follows: cheaply and inflation results. Prof. ing movement and rhythmic diver- Canisus, Fisk, Ladycliff, Morgan Joffe suggested several solutions; sity of American Negro art, the State, Muhlenberg, Parsons, Regis, a lower cut-off point on goods en- highly stylized, carefully shaped St. Bonaventure, Susquehanna, tering the country duty free, curb- designs of ballet, and the strong U.S. Air Force Academy. ing imports, raising tai-iffs on body dynamics of modern dance, existing imports, and the lowering It will be noted that in So- all contrasted, balanced, and fused of monetary military aid. In con- cial Science and Natural Sci- in a uniquely expressive medium. clusion, Prof. Joffe said that the ence the S.l.C.C. students scored The first portion of Saturday "cost" of winning the war was respectively 2'/c and G'A lower not worth the effort. evening's performance consisted of while in Humanities they scored "Congo Tango Palaccj" "Reflec- 13'/f lower. However, it is in- Mr. Schwerner, the only non- tions in D," "Blues Suite," and teresting to note that the highest social science speaker, seemed to "The Road of the Phoebe Snow." total individual score was made by put into words what "we" the The last was most outstanding of a Mechanical Technology graduate students feel. He expressed a great these selections. The Phoebe Snow and further that his single high- desire for more truth and less dou- is a train of"the Erie-Lackawanna est score (770) was achieved in So- ble-talk by the government. How- Railroad which passes through the cial Science. ever, Mr. Schwei-ner expressed an (Continued on Page 3) The Alvin Ailey Theatre in performance. extremely interesting facet is say- ing, "People we aid go against us." He feels that we must find out SICC Enters Nafional Debate why this occurs before we take CU Pay Raise Approved violent action. Our system has be- Team Goes To Columbia U. in Feb. come a "dehumanized technology Max, $1,950 Hike For Communify College Profs vs. Democratic idealism." Salary increases for the instx'uctional staff and business officers By Frederick Holman of The City University of New York were announced December 1 by Before putting our feet, in other Dr. Gustave G. Rosenberg, chairman of the Board of Higher Educa- On Thursday, December 9, SICC formed its intercollegiate Debate countries' yiroblems, we must tion. The adjustments affect 5,000 staff members. The new salary Team. Consisting of seven members, and with Prof. Simms as debate straighten out our own. This coun- try's ideas seem to be that of the schedules and a request for implementation are being forwarded to coach, the group is presently collecting material which will be con- Mayor Robert F. Wagner. The new schedules follow generally the U.S. considering its freedom a nec- i:olidated into a team file on the national debate topic. Each team traditional parity granted to the City University staff in relation to essity, and all other countries' the Board of Education. of two members will be obligated to thoroughly formulate both pro freedom a luxury. We are not Dr. Rosenberg said that the increases are made in three steps, and con arguments on the topic. fighting Communist idealism, but the first retractive to July 1, 1965, the second to take effect on July 1, This year's national debate sub- Kahn, Ed Baldinger, Irwin SclUass, its imperialism. That kindly Big 1966, and the third on October 1, 1966. Aldo Bianchi, Fred Holman, Jim Brother attitude just isn't accept- ject is: Resolved: That law en- able. The chairman went on to say, "Not only do the new salary forcement agencies should he j and Stephen Beke. schedules provide an important advance, but we have been able to The fourth speaker, Miss Schus- make further progress in adjusting inequities. The schedules for science given greater freedom in the in- 50 Colleges Present ter, gave us three possible assistants and technical assistants have been greatly improved. In the vestigation and prosecution of The Debate Team will travel to solutions to the Viet Nam crisis and why none of them would suf- new schedules we have at last received recognition of the importance crime. the Columbia International Tour- fice. The U.S. could withdraw, but of the college business officers to an operation, which now exceeds Challenging Opportunity nament on the weekend of Febru- $100,000,000. We have achieved a promotion program for instructional the Communists could easily es- The idea of starting the Debate ranks at the community colleges which, by 1969-70, provides parity ary 11-12 of 1966. Professors Gold- tablish a base there. With this ap- with senior colleges in the percentage of staff members in the various Team is to present the members wyn and Simms will go as judges. peasement on our part this could "titles. _ with the opportunity to speak The group will be in competition lead to greater aggression (just as Hitler practiced in WWII). The "We are also happy to offer our employees the choice of a health openly and firmly on a major with fifty other colleges, the win- second possibility is to continue as insurance program under which the City of New York pays 75 per issue and to give students the op- | ning teams being awarded troph- cent of the cost as of January 1, 1966 and 100 per cent as of January we are. However, the more Amer- portunity to express themselves ies and winning individual speak- ican troops .sent the more casual- 1, 1967. cogently against harsh comi)eti- ers also trophies. Our team also ties, and still no change would It is estimated that the current 1965-66 budget year cost for salary tion. Each member must l)e able plans to participate in the New result. Finally, there is the sugges- increases will be approximately $2,000,000 requiring an api)ropriation to present his views and defend York University Debate Tourna- tion that we bomb Hanoi or Red "By Octobei- 1, 1966, the top salary for a full professor at the them under the most heated at- ment which^will be held next term. China proper; here too it would senior colleges will be $22,000 and at the community colleges, $17,950," tack by the oi)po.sition.