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II .00 "Poo • . .. ..-:4a -The Fourth Estate: Editorial I _ I I Utili The Utility Fee, which has already caused in- al Studies, FSA is currently paying 50% more fee is charged to the approximately 30 other creased prices for campus services, and which for its utilities than the.campus-wide average. independent, county, state, and federal agencies was responsible for the closing of the Henry Next year it will be paying twice as much for a that operate on University property, using its James and Baby Joey's Pubs, is back and worse square foot of space than the rest of the univer- utilities for free. These include groups as diverse than ever. sity, while there is no evidence that FSA opera- as the International Art of Jazz, Inc. to the Uni- The governor's division of the budget recom- tions constitute a greater proportional drain on ted States Navy. mendations for SUNY next year include much utilities than the University does. What will actually be the effect of the in- bad, but not entirely unexpected surprises. * A- According to FSA President Chris Fairhall, creased fee? "Devestating," is how Fairhall long with the planned 150 dollar tuition in- the Campus Operations department generated a puts it. Money losing operations like the Whit- crease, the most shocking news came when it report which suggests that FSA's utility fee man Pub will be in danger for their lives, and it was found that Cuomo intended to increase re- during the current academic year should actually is doubtful that money will ever go to develo- venues from the SUNY-wide utility fee by over be $375,000. Fairhall explained, however, that ping the long-promised rathskellar. Other ser- 40%. The fee, charged to all SUNY FSA's in- "there are numerous flaws in the university's vices, ranging from washing machines to the cluding our own, was originally intended to be a analysis." In determining utility assessments, meal plan, will have to absorb the price burden simple payment for their energy consumption. and apportioning them to FSA space in parti- of the Utility Fee, burdens that they will have to What it has apparently become, though, is an cular buildings, the university assumed that the pass directly on to students. unfair way for the state to raise revenues on the auxiliary services corporation is responsible for Something must be done. The administra- backs of the people that use FSA services, and paying utilities that cover hallways, bathrooms tion must lobby legislators to fight the increases, will result in disastrous problems for Stony FSA must organize with other FSA's state-wide, Brook. and Polity must alert students to the problem The Utility Fee, based on -the square footage Stony Brook Utility Fees and insure that legislators and the governor of university space that the Faculty Student As- know that students are aware of who is respon- sociation uses, was first introduced for the 80- 1980-81 $169,000 sible for measures that will have" such an effect 81 school year, at $169,000. Last year it was on their lives, and insure that students remember upped to $230,000 and this year, FSA, along 1981-82 $230,000 these things when they vote in November. The with individual assessments for the Barnes and consequences of inaction are severe. Noble Bookstore and for SCOOP businesses, 1982-83 $309,000 will pay $309,000. The bill is due on Febru- 1983-84est $440,000 ary 1. If the projected state-wide increase is ap- Front Page photo credits: McKenna by Haluk Soykan plied proportionately to Stony Brook, and ac- Seraphin by Mike cording to FSA Treasurer Dan Melucci, there is and other non-Net Assignable Square Foot areas. no reason why it might not be, the bill for next "I recently had a meeting with a SUNY official year will be around $440,000. concerning this specific matter," Fairhall asser- This would not be so bad if that figure was ted, "and I was told that the FSAs are not re- near what FSA would actually be paying LILCO sponsible for spaces such as that." and gas and water companies for its utilities if it In performing his own analysis, which has The was contracting for them independently of the been sent to the administration, Fairhall said University. But the utility costs may in fact be he "proved that one mistake alone inflated the Stony Brook far below what the utility fee is. It is difficult, university's estimate of our fee by $90,000." if not impossible to actually measure the costs He added that other analyses, "and matters of Press of FSA's operations, comprising as they do such policy evaluation that the university needs to diverse places as the Daka cafeterias, video game examine." would reduce it even further. Executive Editor. ........ .Joseph Caponi arcade, ar - washing machine rooms, among o- Another complaint about the Utility Fee is Photo Editor . ...... .John Tymczyszyn thers, but they can be estimated in several ways. its arbitrariness of its levying. The fee is only Arts Director ............ .Daniel Hank According to figures supplied by Dan Melucci placed on the Faculty Student Association and Arts Editor............. .Kathy Esseks and Ray Maniuszko, the Director of Institution- the businesses that it subcontracts. 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Intercession resignations hit Polity by Brian Cameron jobs. Hot-Line is a 24-hour help gests a three credit internship with changes in policy, he notes that During interessiom, Ken Mc- service and there are trained pro- some department. For example, "the Administration won't give it Kenna resigned as Student Activi- fessionals who do the same thing. treasurers should get three credits away that easily." ties Board chairman and Dominic SAB chair, President, Treasurer, all from a program affiliated with the Some material compensation for Seraphin stepped down as Polity of them work at least forty hours a Department of Economics and o- high-pressure, time-consuming jobs Junior Representative. Both cited week in a professional capacity." ther officers could receive credit in such as Polity, SAB, etc. will attract reasons for their resignations. Phil He feels that financial assistance Political Science. "Running a go- many more people to participate in Goldstein has been appointed by and academic credit are equally im- vernment deserves upper-division the activities which make college as Polity President Dave Gamberg as portant. Many fields are involved credit. The media people have a much a social institution as an edu- the new SAB chairman and an elec- and "the University should recog- seminar-type course for one credit. cational institution. McKenna tion will be held concurrent with nize non-traditional learning exper- At least they're getting recognition. points out that with more recog- spring elections iences." for a new junior re- He points out that at Os- The Administration doesn't think nition and better rewards for one's wego. - presentative. we're doing anything usE., ." efforts, "a flock of people will get Both resignations aren't simply i changes within Stony Brook's stu- dent government, but are signifi- cant because they resurface what was, and still is, a somewhat muted problem. Persons involved with Polity and other extracurricular ac- 0 tivities sometimes find themselves so deeply mirred in academic and 0 extracurricular work that they face 0 difficult personal decisions. Brian Kohn, Polity Treasurer, says, "We 0 0 cannot maintain the academic load and be adequate representatives." There is strong agreement a- mong Polity representatives. Fresh- man Rep Neal Drobenare says that Former Junior Rep. Dom Seraphin, former SAB Chair Ken McKenna, because of academic and extracur- and current Chair Phil Goldstein.