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Trustees :ito Accept Self-Sufficienct r By Scott Mullen and Ben Charny AL The SUNY Board of Trustees approved a resolution Tuesday calling for dorm self-sufficiency and allowing university presidents to set their own campus' residence hall. The resolution, which must also be passed by the state legislature, will result in Stony Brook's dorm rates rising to approximately $1750 a year, the max- imum allowed under the proposal. Unfortunately, not even this $200 increase will cover Stony Brook's ex- -pected dormitory budget. "There are two problems that we're going to have to deal with," said Bob Francis, Vice President of Campus Operations. "Inflation increases and increases in employees salaries will both add money to the budget, and next year, unlike now, the Residence Hall Directors' salaries will also be included in the dorm budget. It would take a 13 percent increase to cover that, and they're only allowing us 12 percent, so we're going to have to get funding from somewhere Dallas Baumann Robert Francis else. And that's assuming that the state doesn't lower ties will either assign dormitories to students by lot- the students." its promised $1.4 million subsidy." tery, or give financial aid students a priority in Francis estimated that it would take $2 million to "'I think that what's going to happen is that rent at choosing where they want to live," he said. rebuild the dorm showers, while Baumann claimed Stony Brook will become s'milar to private institutions Many administrators expressed concern about the that enhancing campus security would cost another like Post, Dowling, and Hofstra, because cost of opera- '87-'88 school year, in which rents can be lifted up to 15 $475,000. These costs will have to be taken into account tions are so similar," Francis added. Currently, C.W. percent above the average SUNY unveristylevel, pos- in future years, according to Francis, when University Post has the highest rent on Long Island, at $1800 a ;sibly up to almost$2000 a year. "If we don't get support President John Marburger will have to decide how year. from the state to make more improvements, and the much to raise the dorm rent. Currently on a trip to Tuesday's resolution was passed by a vote of 10-1, market will bear the cost, we'll have to raise the room Albany, Marburger was unavailable for comment. with Student Association of the State University rent higher," said Dallas Baumann, Stony Brook's di- Francis offered some optimism (SASU) President Jane McAleevy casting the only dis- rector of residence life. "That's something that Stony on the whole situa- tion. senting vote. "The trustees have historically never seen ,Brook doesn't want to do," he said. "In the long run, I think that Stony Brook students will be better off," he said. -the students point of view," McAleevy said. She also - Dorm improvements are provided for in the capitol "They'll have more control when the campus has more control. stated repeatedly through the trustees meeting that improvements budget, but much of that money goes to They'll get what they paid for and they'll the resolution was designed to segregate students from repairing vandalism of the dorms. "Students should know what they paid for." ,dormitories because of cost, and worried that in the only have to pay for maintenance and upkeep of the near future, the dorms themselves might have dif- dorms," said Gary Matthews, Stony Brook's facilities SUNY Chancellor Clifton Wharton said that self- ferent rents. program coordinator. "The state should have to get the sufficiency can expect to offer a variety of residence But William Aslow, vice chancellor in charge of buildings up to minimum quality standards ... There life education programs, in a safe and well-maintained Finance and Business, disagreed. "We aren't going to are problems with roofs and showers that have to be environment, while meeting the requirement to min- have a rich kid's dorm and a poor kid's dorm. Universi- taken care of, either from the state or from money from imize state support of the residence hall program. Bond. Cri'ticizes';0'U.S. Role in S. Africa - - - - -~~~~~~~~~~q Bond then urged the sizable audience the automotive industry products are to ask the candidates in next year's elec- supplied to them by such American cor- tion what they did in aid of South Africa, porations as the Ford Motor Co., Mobil African Hunger and Africa as a whole. -Corp., IBM and Control Data. "Amer- v Bond said that the unemployment of ican computers supply the means for coal miners and steel workers in the controlling South Africa's black popula- U.S. was caused by the current ten- tion." he said. dency of major corporations to import Apart from speaking on America's goods from South Africa and to hire South African policies, Bond took the South African Workers at substantially opportunity to criticize the Reagan Ad- lower wages. "South Africa does consti- ministration with comments on its stand tute a threat to the retirement futures of on Nicaragua and the past invasion of millions of Americans, a threat to our Grenada. democracy and a threat to the jobs "We must push for a coherent and which have kept our economy strong comprehensive American policy for all and to world peace," he said. As an ex- of Africa, incuding aid and trade and ample, Bond said, "since 1975 U.S. im- assistance of every kind," he said. In ports of South African steel have closing, he gave a message to the Af- increased by 5,000 percent." .Julian Bond Statesman/Daniel Smith rican people: "Africa, awake. You have Ideally, Bond said. people may want nothing to lose but you chains, you have By Daniel Smith but that private individuals should send to divest from South African commodi- a continent to regain, you have freedom Georgia State Senator Julian Bond money to them in order to support their ties because of a humane desire to take and human dignity to attain." gave a lecture in the Fine Arts Center need for better weaponry, as some away support from the South African On Bond's lecture, junior John -Monday night criticizing American pol- people do now for the Irish Republic government. -However, he stressed a Duckett said, "his speech reflects the icies and their negative side regarding Army (IRA). more realistic concern for divesture, black attitude in the U.S. for the treat- South Africa. "There's no reason why we ought not specifically that continued investment ment of fellow blacks in South Africa." \ "There's going to be a lot more armed -give the struggling freedom fighters of will severely damage our own plans for Political Science Professor Jeffrey propoganda and I'm suggesting that we the African National Congress at least a comfortable lifestyle, as far as retire- Segal commented, "I think that Rea- in this country ought to assist(the blacks the same kind of consideration which ment benefits and employment are con- gan's policies toward South Africa are a in South Africa) in this,' he said. Later our government wants to give to the cerned. He also said that many travesty. He said that South Africa had he elaborated that he didn't mean that people whom they call the 'freedom figh- commoditites that are unavailable to the done away with segregation and then the American government should fund ters' trying to topple the legitimate go- South Africans through their own re- had to retact that. Any alternative the South African "freedom fighters" vernment of Nicaragua," he said. sources, such as petroleum and much of couldn't be worse." Program Studies Married-Life Depressio In By Ray Parish -The standard method for treating depression is the wife, and gives the therapist an idea of what the Therapists in the Stony Brook Department of Psy- called cognitive therapy. Cognitive therapy focuses on marriage is like. The couple then comes to the clinic for chology are researching a new way to treat depression the individual, and how he or she thinks. The therapist an hour once every week. During these sessions the and reevaluating the method presently being used by seeks out the inaccuracies and flaws in the patient's therapist will try to teach the couple to increase the most therapists. The research, led by Professor Daniel thinking that are causing the depression, and tries to number of positive things they do together and for each O'Leary, is trying to clarify the relationship betweeen get the patient to correct them. The researchers hope other, and to communicate better. depression and marital problems, and to -use these that the results of the new method will be longer- "We teach them how to talk to each other ... how they relationships to aid in the treatment of both. lasting than those of cognitive therapy. can make their partner feel heard and understood, O'Leary feels that the program will be effective, The counseling is free, but women participating how they can bring up criticism without turning the "because we are dealing with both the problem and the must meet certain requirements of the study, Sandeen other person off, how they can solve problems," said cause." The study focuses on married women suffering mentioned. The woman must not be taking any kind of Sandeen .No matter what the results or they study are from depression. Women were chosen rather than men anti-depressant medication and depression must be they will clarify what the better method for treating because statistics show that clinical depression occurs her only major psychiatric problem.

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