SHC Reaches out to Local Community Groups

EL COQUI Vol. 7, No. 4/Feb., 1976 SHC Reaches Out To Local Community Groups

In an effort to more effectively reach the South Prof. Louis Browne of the biology department, and Bronx and similar communities during the present former chairman of the subcommittee on contact crisis, the Save Hostos Committee (SHC) has formed with elected officials, will now chair a subcommittee a community relations subcommittee which will be which will conduct a letter-writing campaign di- headed by Mr, Anthony Santiago, director of the rected at the Board of Higher Education. Hostos Division of Community and Continuing Edu- cation. The remainder of the SHC subcommittees will continue to fulfill their old functions. Thus far, they have "We have undertaken this reorganization," explains been performing well. Prof. Gerald Meyer, chairman of the SHC steering committee and member of the social sciences de- The petition committee, headed by Prof. Selena partment, "because it is our firm belief that the James, has collected an estimated 4,500 signatures, communities which the college serves are our chief and hopes to collect a total of 10,000 by the middle allies and strongest friends in the long-range effort of March. The subcommittee is presently setting up to save Hostos." desks at strategic sites in Manhattan and the Bronx. Members of the college and local communities are "We also hope," continues Prof. Meyer, "that the invited to participate in the petition campaign. For community relations effort will continue long after more information, they should contact Prof. James the present crisis Is over, and that the college will on extension 1042 or in room 506 of the Concourse continue to stay in tune with the South Bronx and building. the other areas which we serve." (continued on page 5)

A veteran community activist, Mr. Santiago is certainly the most qualified member of the college community to head the SHC's community relations effort. Among other things, he has been an important force behind the adoption of the City University's open admissions policy and the im- plementation of bilingual education in the city school system. And, at Hostos, he has molded the Division of Community and Continuing Education which, in spite of a lack of extensive funding and staffing, has admirably served the South Bronx by providing programs for small businessmen, high school dropouts, senior citizens, criminal justice workers, and the like.

The community relations subcommittee has ab- sorbed the SHC's speakers bureau which continues to function as before. The Hon. Raymond Norat, deputy commissioner of the state De- partment of Commerce (center of table) congratulates a graduate The Save Hostos Committee has implemented other of the Hostos minority small business program during recent organizational changes so that now its subcommit- graduation program. Others are, from left: Mr. Miguel Mendonez, tee on contact with elected officials will be headed director of the program, Mr. Anthony Santiago, director of continuing education. Dean of Arts and Sciences Evangelos Gizis, and by Prof. Daniel Davila, director of the Instructional Mr. Gabriel Guadarramas, also of the commerce department. Resources Division. (Story on p. 6)

Faculty/Staff Newsletter of Eugenio Mana de Hostos Community College of the City University of New York 475 Grand Concourse, Bronx, New York 10451 (212) 993-8000 Hughes, president of the Black Faculty Coalition at President de Leon Sues Board Manhattan Community College.

President Candido de Leon has joined other members of the City University community, including Hostos' Ibero-American Vision Recalled Board of Higher Education members Franklin H. Wil- liams and Vinia R. Quinones, in filing suit against the During Patriot's Birthday Celebration board to force it to rescind its recently adopted standards for admission to the university. As in the past, this year's Hostos Day Celebration, held at the Savoy Manor ballroom on January 14, was President de Leon and the board members charged suffused with recollections and analyses of Eugenio in State Supreme Court on January 11 that the Marfa de Hostos, the Puerto Rican patriot for whom method in which the standards were adopted was in the college is named. violation of the Board of Higher Education's own bylaws. Specifically, President de Leon and his co- But this year the recollections seemed to emphasize plaintiffs charged that the board had not given the two related themes: The Ibero-American vision of public, the CUNY presidents, and the rest of the Hostos and the breadth of the man's travels and university community sufficient opportunity to re- causes. spond to the proposal to change the admissions standards. Said Alexis Colon, president of the Student Gover- ment Organization, Hostos believed that Puerto The new standards require a minimum of eighth Rican problems would only be solved in "a struggle grade reading and mathematics levels of applicants that would go beyond just being a Puerto Rican to the University. struggle."

Mr. Williams, vice-chairman of the Board of Higher Indeed, it was that belief that moved Hostos to join Education, was quoted in an article in the New York the Cuban Revolutionary Party, to champion the Times as saying: rights of Chinese immigrants in Peru, to found schools in Chile and Santo Domingo, and, typical of "When dealing with matters of wide concern, the Hostos, who was so often ahead of his time, to top- board is required to follow certain procedures. This ple barriers which had prevented women from en- certainly is a matter of wide concern, and at the al- tering the University of Chile. leged public meeting I formally moved that they table the resolution [to change the standards] on the It was this Ibero-American vision which also promp- grounds that there was not adequate notice and the ted Hostos to campaign for a rail link between procedure was invalid. That did not happen and that Argentina and Chile, two nations which, since inde- is why the suit." pendence, had been frequently at odds. Approp- riately, the first locomotive to travel the line when it Mr. Williams and Ms. Quinones were the only board was completed in 1910 was dubbed "Eugenio Marfa members who voted against the resolution to de Hostos." change CUNY's admissions standards. And Presi- dent de Leon was one of only four CUNY presidents Mr. Colon ended his talk by underscoring the need to oppose the new standards in the Council of Presi- for Latin Americans to follow in the spirit of Hostos. dents. "Our struggle," he said, "is continental."

Mr. Williams asserted in the Times article that the Following Mr. Colon on the program was Prof. resolution was rushed through the board so that the Ramon Figueroa-Chapel of the Puerto Rican studies findings of a BHE study on the impact of the new department who outlined Hostos's life and his in- standards were not presented to board members. cessant pursuit of Ibero-American unity. "Hostos," The study found that the new standards could re- he said, "saw history, and, on the other hand, the duce freshman minority enrollment by more than 66 human being, as a process," as entities always in the percent. process of becoming.

Said Mr. Williams in the same article, "I do not know "Hostos," he concluded, "was truly a pilgrim." why the full facts were not before us, nor why the board rushed through the vote." Indeed, he was on a pilgrimage which, even today, is being undertaken by many of his countrymen. Joining President de Leon and the board members in the suit are: Dr. Richard D. Trent, president of Med- Also featured on the Hostos Day program was Met- gar Evers College in Brooklyn; jay Hershenson, pres- ropolitan Opera star Justino Dfaz, one of the few ident of the CUNY Student Senate; and Lewis F. Puerto Ricans to have sung at the Met. Approp- riately, Mr. Dfaz was introduced by Prof. Graciela ceremony will be the Hon. Luis Quero Chiesa, Rivera, the first Puerto Rican to have sung in that former member of the Board of Higher Education operatic mecca. Mr. Dfaz was accompanied by and a moving force behind the founding of Hostos pianist Donal Nold. Community College and the adoption of the CUNY open admissions policy.. The Hostos Day Celebration was sponsored by the Puerto Rican studies department, the student ac- Student Profile tivities office, and the Puerto Rican Student Organi- zation. It was organized by Ms. Sandra Lopez and Ms. Carmen Iris Olmeda of the student activities office; Prof. Pablo Cabrera, chairman of the Puerto Rican studies department, who emceed the program; and Dean of Student Services Mary Howard, who gave the introductory remarks. Manuel Gonzalez Is Recipient Of Institute de Puerto Rico Honor

Mr. Manuel Gonzalez, a member of the Hostos student services staff, has received the Instituto de Puerto Rico's cultural prize for classical music. Mr. Gonzalez was one of a number of prominent New York Puerto Ricans who recently received prizes from the Instituto for their accomplishments in fields such as journalism, the performing arts, televi- Hostos graduate Carmen Carda. sion, and literature. The cultural prize went to Mr. Gonzalez in recogni- Hostos Grad, Veteran Of Life, tion of his composition, Nela, the first Puerto Rican opera to have been presented in the United States. Is Headed For Queens College The opera, which has received extensive critical ac- claim, is steeped in the history of Puerto Rico and Among this spring's Hostos graduates is Carmen incorporates various Caribbean musical forms: the Garcfa, a 54-year-old veteran of life. She is a veteran danza, the plena, the Caribbean "valse," and the mother, having raised seven children, most of whom habanera. have gone on to college and graduate school; she is a veteran of the South Bronx, where she lived on Fox Mr. Gonzalez is the first Hostos graduate to receive a Street, perhaps New York City's worst street; and, cultural prize from the Instituto de Puerto Rico. He is having taken a host of evening and manpower presently pursuing a baccalaureate degree at Empire courses at various high schools and manpower State College of the State University of New York. In agencies before she came to Hostos, she is a veteran addition, he directs the Coro Borincano, a commun- student. ity choral group, and he is president of the Puerto Rico Opera Company. Mr. Gonzalez is also chair- When Carmen Garcta graduates from Queens Col- man of the Hostos chapter of local 384 of District lege, where she is headed this spring, she will be Council 37 of the State, County, and Municipal Emp- able to offer her community, fellow Puerto Ricans, loyees' union. and New York City a wealth of talent, experience, and dedication. Mr. Gonzalez is the fifth member of the college community to have received a cultural prize from She is not exactly sure what she wants to do after the Instituto de Puerto Rico. The others are: Presi- Queens, although she has some general ideas: "I dent Candido de Leon; Prof. Raoul Perez, chairman think," she says, "I would like to work with old peo- of the modern languages department; Prof. Graciela ple or be a counselor for kids because both of them Rivera of the visual and performing arts department; are the most misunderstood people in the world and Prof. Julio Torres, formerly of the physical edu- .... Really, what I would like to do, I would like to cation department. work with people. I want to make people aware of their rights." Mr. Gonzalez and the other prize winners will formally receive their awards at a dinner at the One thing about Carmen Garcfa is for sure: she has Americana Hotel on February 15. Presiding over the (continued on following page) never lost sight of her own rights. A wife at the age of 15, a widowed mother of four at the age of 25 in Humacao, Puerto Rico, an immigrant to a strange Affirmative Action Will Study and alien United States shortly thereafter, she might have been transformed into a submissive young How Women Fare At College woman. But not Carmen Garcfa. Dean of Health Sciences Cyril Price, who is also the "Look," she says, her eyes gleaming with intensity, Hostos affirmative action officer, will be conducting "I'm very proud to be a woman! There are very few an assessment of the college's policies in such areas men who could have done what I've done." as admissions, hiring, facilities, counseling, and financial aid to determine if those policies are free Soon after arriving in New York City, Carmen began from sexual bias. work in a factory, a sweat shop really, sewing to- gether (of all things) American flags. She also remar- Dean Price's mandate is derived from Title IX of the ried, and bore three more children (all at Lincoln Education Amendments of 1972. Title IX requires all Hospital). She took on other odd jobs . . . always institutions which receive federal funds for educa- struggling, but also always, as she puts it, "improv- tion to conduct evaluations of their policies concern- ing my mind" by taking courses at local high ing employees and students. schools. "If we find that there are some areas at the college Says Carmen, "It was tough, sure, but I was making where discrimination has taken place," says Dean money. . . . I'll tell you," she adds characteristically, Price, "we will have to form a plan of action to eradi- "many people come to New York and feel like they cate the problems." get pushed around here. But not me. Hell no, not me!" According to Dean Price, he and the self-assessment committee, which is yet to be formed, are required That Carmen Garcfa has imparted her drive and to submit their report to the Board of Education by character to her children is clear: One daughter is a July of this year. The study will be conducted during coordinator of the Puerto Rican studies program at the entire spring term. Dean Price invites all indi- Queens; another daughter is a SEEK counselor, also viduals interested in participating in the self- at Queens; a son is a counselor at the Puerto Rican assessment to contact him as soon as possible. Forum; and yet another son, a graduate of none other than Philips-Exeter Academy, has just For the time being, the college is required to print graduated from Harvard. the following statement in all its major publications, including the college catalog and the student news- Asked recently to count the number of degrees in paper: her family. Carmen began to carefully add them up, got up to seven, and modestly retorted, "Oh forget "Hostos Community College adheres to a policy of it. What difference does it make?" non-discrimination on the basis of sex. Students, faculty, and staff will not be limited in the enjoyment Carmen is apparently not content with the outstand- of any right, privilege, advantage or opportunity ing work she has done rearing her own seven chil- based on sex. This policy includes, but is not limited dren. Recently she took in a foster child through to, equal treatment of all students in admissions, Catholic Charities. Classified by the agency as "a facilities, courses and other educational activities, battered child," the boy, who is six years old, could counseling, financial aid, scholarships, health ben- barely talk or relate to the outside world. efits, athletic participation, faculty and staff re- cruitment, promotion, tenure, salary, job assign- "You should see him now," says Carmen. "He's ments, training, leave, and fringe benefits." picking up words. He's talking. He's calling people by their names." Dean Price also wishes to inform the college community that the Affirmative Action Office (room 333, In almost every aspect of her life. Carmen Garcia Concourse building) receives a monthly issue of the continues to contribute, to give. Affirmative Action Register, a national publication which provides an opportunity for everyone, includ- Says Carmen about her experiences at Hostos: "I ing female, minority, and handicapped candidates to had the opportunity to get an education, and I think learn of professional and managerial positions everybody else should have the same opportunity, throughout the nation for which they may be qual- regardless of age." ified. The register also helps employers inplement their affirmative action programs. Interested indi- In her own way. Carmen Garcfa is one of New York viduals are invited to examine the register at any City's greatest resources. time. businesses which donated food and beverages. The publicity subcommittee is also publishing a bilingual newssheet called Update which is being distributed throughout the college and local communities. It is also selling "Save Hostos" buttons. Individuals interested in contributing money or time to the publicity effort should contact Mr. Wallace Edgecombe on extension 1008 or in room 427 of the Concourse building.

Friends of the college can take heart in the words of Bronx Congressman Jonathan Bingham who, in re- sponse to an inquiry from the Save Hostos Commit- tee, wrote: "Bilingual education, adult education, training programs which stress areas of pressing The bench tells it all. The occassion, during December, was a basketball game between Hostos and Bayamon Regional College of community need, like the health services—a school the University of Puerto Rico in none other than Madison Square [like Hostos] that provides these, regardless of what Garden. It was the first time that two community colleges ever anti-urban leaders may say .... is not a New York faced each other in that great basketball center. Hostos took a healthy shellacking from Bayamon which was lead by Puerto Rican luxury but an American necessity." Olympic star Sammy Betancourt. The grim reality of it all is re- flected on the faces of (from left) assistant coach Bo Diaz, head coach Angelo Aponte, and players Julio Davila and Tito Matos. SmaQ Business Graduation Held The results of the game, however, are secondary to the good fellowship that has been engendered between the two teams A total of 43 graduates of the Diyision of Community since December 1974 when the Hostos team was the guest of and Continuing Education's Minority Small Business Bayamon during a tournament in Puerto Rico. (Photo by Freddie Project received certificates for their study efforts at H. Pepper.) an award ceremony held at the college on January (continued from page 1) 29. The SHC's voter registration drive, which is under the direction of Prof. Diana Penner of the physical The graduates were the first group to go through the education department,, got under way during the re- Minority Small Business Project's expanded program gistration period for the spring semester. Under a which, under the direction of Mr. Miguel new voter registration law, community agencies and Mendonez, has offered an array of courses and institutions are now permitted to disseminate voter seminars this fall to small businessmen from local registration forms and information. The SHC has communities. taken advantage of the new law, and helped some 50 students register during each day between January The guest speaker at the ceremony was the Hon. 19 and January 23. The drive will continue through- Raymond Norat, deputy commissioner of the New out the spring semester. York State Department of Commerce, who told the graduates of the many services provided by his de- The speakers bureau has arranged for a number of partment. Mr. Norat has himself been a small speaking engagements at community agencies. Prof. businessman, and was on the staff of Congressman Woodrow Carter, for example, has addressed a Herman Badillo when he was Bronx Borough Presi- Bronx branch of the N.A.A.C.P.; Mr. Anthony San- dent. tiago has spoken at Aspira of New York; Prof. Ed- ward Maynard and Assistant Dean for Special Ses- The graduates also heard from one of their own sions Edward Armas have addressed educational classmates, Mr. David Fonseca, who communicated specialists at the HARYOU-ACT headquarters in Har- his deep regard for the program, his teachers, and lem; Ms. Anne Grosso has met with the executive Hostos Community College. Said Mr. Fonseca, who committee of the Bronx Council on the Arts; and runs his own bilingual publishing business: "I think Mr. Santiago and Prof. Carmen Marm have spoken that courses like these and schools like this should before the South Bronx Community Corporation. be supported by the people so that guys like me . . . Other speaking engagements are pending. Anyone can get their foot in the door in business." interested in joining the effort should contact Mr. Santiago on extension 1133 or in room 317 of the Other speakers at the award ceremony were Mr. An- Concourse building. thony Santiago, director of the Division of Commun- ity and Continuing Education, Dean of Arts and Sci- Just prior to the Christmas holiday, the publicity and ences Evangelos Gizis, student Kelly Alderson, and finance subcommittee held a highly successful ben- Mr. Gabriel Guardarramos, a member of the efit dance which was organized by Ms. Nelida Pas- program's community advisory committee and toriza and Prof. Anita Cunningham. The success of Bronx Field Director for the New York State Depart- the dance is partly due to the generosity of local ment of Commerce. (continued on following page) Mr. Santiago pointed out that tiie success of the "But," wrote Prof. Aptheker in a recent newspaper Minority Small Business Rescue Project is in large article, "apparently, I am not suited to lead a semi- part due to the community advisory committee nar on the life and thought of Dr. DuBois at Yale which, as he put it, "is without a doubt one of the University. Perhaps the real reason for this is that Dr. most active ones I've seen. This," he continued, "is DuBois went to Harvard rather than Yale .... On not an advisory committee of people who just like to the other hand, one of Dr. DuBois' grandparents is have their names there in public." buried in the Yale cemetery; how comfortably he has rested there is another question!" And the success of the program is in great part also due to the efforts of Mr. Mendonez, who has Give Free Tax Preparation Service headed it since the beginning of the present academic year. That success can be measured by the Residents of New York City who desire help in filing demand which local communities have made of the their city, state, and federal income tax returns for courses in the project. One course alone, for exam- 1975 are invited to avail themselves of a personal ple, has an enrollment for the spring term of 120 income tax preparation service sponsored by the students. Save Hostos Committee.

The service, which is free of charge, will be provided Aptheker Appointment To Yale every Friday between February 1 and April 15 from Blocked By Ad Hoc Committee 9:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. in the student lounge at the Since a report was published in the last issue of El Hostos facility at 475 Grand Concourse in the Bronx. Coquf that Prof. Herbert Aptheker had been ap- pointed to give a series of seminars on Black activist Individuals interested in the service need not call in W.E.B. DuBois at Yale University, a group of Yale advance for an appointment, nor do they have to professors and administrators has blocked the series bring their own tax forms. In addition, Spanish- by the Hostos social sciences professor who is one speaking people will be on hand to assist members of the world's most eminent scholars of Afro- of the Hispanic community. American history. While the service is sponsored by the Save Hostos Prof. Aptheker first received the invitation to give Committee, it will be provided by students and fa- the seminars in early 1975. The seminars were to culty members of the Hostos business and account- have been the latest in Yale's Master Seminar series ing department in cooperation with staff members which has traditionally been reserved for the most of the Internal Revenue Service. illustrious American scholars. Arts Exhibition Held In November, however, the appointment was ve- VPA Says: "You Gotta Have" (Hostos) toed by an ad hoc committee of professors and administrators, in spite of the fact that Prof. Aptheker's The visual and performing arts department at Hostos appointment had been approved by a screening Community College presented a series of arts exhib- committee and had been sponsored by the Yale itions entitled "You Gotta Have" during January political science, American studies, and philosophy 12-16. departments. To date, no explanation for the cancel- lation of the appointment has been offered. Prof. David Barrie, chairman of the visual and performing arts department and coordinator of the pre- "This is a shabby way to treat one of the most distin- sentations, explains the exhibition's focus: "It was guished scholars of Afro-American history in this planned to coincide with many important events of country," says Prof. Peter Roman, chairman of the the college. It honored the birthday of Eugenio Hostos social sciences department. "The decision is Marfa de Hostos, the Puerto Rican patriot for whom clearly politically motivated, and is a violation of the college is named (January 11); it celebrated academic freedom and the First Amendment. We Human Rights Day (January 15); it marked the end of urge all members of the Hostos community to write letters of protest to President Kingman Brewster of the fall term (January 16); it called attention to the Yale." need to save Hostos as a separate unit of the City University; and it focused on our pride in New York and the need we have in our lives for the arts. That is As the literary executor of W.E.B, DuBois, Prof. Ap- why the presentation was called 'You Gotta.' " theker is particularly qualified to give a series of seminars on the late Black activist. Prof. Aptheker has edited volume one of the Correspondence ofDu During the week of January 12-16, Hostos photo- Bois, and volume two is scheduled for release this graphy and art students exhibited the works they month. He has also edited thirteen volumes of The produced during the fall semester in the student Collected Works of DuBois. lounge on 151st Street. The exhibits were prepared under the guidance of Profs. Alvin Hollingsworth Manhattan directories: and Magda Vasillov. Admissions 960-1004 On January 12, students under the direction of Prof. College Relations 960-1008 Howard Roberts presented a choral concert of the Community& Continuing Education 960-1133 works they have mastered since September, and, on Evening Session 960-1101 January 13, students under the direction of Prof. General Information 960-1200 Graciela Rivera presented a concert of Spanish songs Personnel 960-1096 they have learned during the full term. Both choral Registrar 960-1112 groups braved the winter cold to give their concerts in the courtyard in front of the Concourse building. In addition, the main college number (960-1200) will be listed in the Queens, Staten Island, and Nassau Humanities CoUoquia Announced directories. Prof. Peter Roman, chairman of the social sciences department, has announced the formation of the Prof. Sparks Elected President "Hostos Social Sciences/Humanities Colloquia" which will be presented during the spring 1976 Of XRay Technology Association semester. Prof. Leroy Sparks, chairman of the radiologic tech- Sponsored by the modern languages, social sci- nology department, was recently elected president ences, and Puerto Rican and Africana studies de- of the Association of Educators in Radiologic Tech- partments, each of the colloquia will be presented nology in New York State (AERTNYS). Prof. Spark's by an Hostos faculty member who will delve into an election marks the second time in which an Hostos area of his or her expertise. health sciences faculty member has assumed the presidency of a state-wide professional association. The first colloquium, for example, will be presented by Prof. Gerald Meyer of the social sciences depart- The association represents educators at both ment, and will deal with the late Manhattan Con- college- and hospital-based radiologic technology gressman Vito Marcantonio. Prof. Meyer is presently programs. Its efforts focus on upgrading the licens- working on a soon-to-be published analysis of ing and certification of radiologic technology prog- Marcantonio's life, his organizational approach, and rams in New York. It also serves as a forum in which its implications for mobilization for social action. technologists can keep abreast of the latest tech- nological changes in the field. As such, the associa- The second colloquium will be presented by Prof. tion has great impact on state licensing procedures Pablo Cabrera, chairman of the Puerto Rican studies and requirements. department, and will deal with the Puerto Rican media. During Prof. Sparks's tenure in office, the association will attempt to set its own policy in regard to According to Prof. Roman, invitations and schedules current grading practices of state and national for the colloquia will soon be sent out to the college radiologic technology certification examinations. community. Prof. Roman requests an RSVP from everyone wishing to attend. Refreshments will be At present, both examinations are graded on a served at each of the colloquia. curve, and, according to Prof. Sparks, there is con- siderable pressure by association members to College Phone Numbers Are Changed change to a numerical grading system.

Individuals interested in contacting Hostos Com- In effect, the move to change the grading system is munity College should make note that the college's part of a process to upgrade the field of radiologic main phone number has been changed to 960-1200. technology which, in the past few years, has become According to Assistant Dean of Administration Ric- progressively more complex. Indeed, the modern cardo Boehm, the number will function as a general technologist will now find himself delving into as- information number. pects of nuclear medicine and ultrasonics in addition to the more familiar field of X-ray science. All college numbers have been changed to the 960 exchange, and now can be reached directly from Prof. Sparks was elected to head the AERTNYS in outside the college thereby bypassing the college November. He will formally assume the presidency switchboard. this spring, and his term of office is for two years. Prof. Sparks also serves on the Joint Review Commit- According to Dean Boehm, the following Hostos tee on Radiologic Technology for the American Med- numbers will be listed in the Bronx, Brooklyn, and ical Association. Muniz, "This is the beginning of something new. We Faculty/Staff Notes want to get students to write more, to stop being Prof. David Ucko of the physical sciences department afraid of writing." And as Mr. Webster points out. has just finished writing a book tentatively titled Genesis will offer them a number of forms from Chemistry and Health which will be released by which to choose. The first issue will be on sale early Academic Press (Harcourt, Brace, Jovanovich) in in the spring semester in the English and financial early 1977. The book is primarily geared for nursing aid offices. and other allied health students. It will contain a study guide/a list of performance objectives, and a Prof. Caroline S. Westerhof, director of the civil and series of self-testing instruments. public administration program, presented a seminar Prof. Arnold Genus^ head of the IRD's acquisition and on the problems of communicating with the public preparation unit, has prepared a catalog of au- through the mass media at a panel discussion on diovisual materials which the college holds. The public relations and the public administrator which catalog is available to Hostos faculty members and was held on January 31 at the University of Alaska in the general public for a contribution of $1.00. In ad- Anchorage. The panel was part of a program of the dition to the many commercially produced au- Southcentral Alaska Chapter of the American Society diovisual materials in the college's collection, the for Public Administration. Prof. Westerhof, a former catalog lists a number of materials produced by Hos- public relations practitioner, is author of The Execu- tos faculty in cooperation with the IRD staff. Assis- tive Connection, a study of New York mayors and ting Prof. Genus in the preparation of the catalog their press secretaries. was Ms. Nettie Gruber Rubinstein, also of the IRD Prof. Peter Roman^ chairman of the social sciences staff. department, has published a review of Eduardo Prof. Paula Zajan^ chairman of the early childhood Galeano's book. The Open Veins of Latin America. education program, has been asked by CUNY Chan- The review appeared in the winter 1975-76 issue of cellor Robert J. Kibbee to serve on the University Science and Society, a scholarly journal. Committee for the CUNY Baccalaureate Program. The CUNY B.A. program allows students to obtain Prof. Alfredo Villanueva of the English department their degrees by taking courses at a number of attended the Modern Languages Association Con- CUNY campuses. As a member of the CUNY B.A. vention in San Francisco during December where he committee. Prof. Zajan will help establish policy for conducted a seminar called "Homosexuality in the program, certify candidates for the bac- Spanish American Literature: Fact or Fiction?" Prof. xalaureate degree, hear appeals from participating Villanueva also delivered a paper entitled "The students and faculty, and establish guidelines. Teaching of Literature in Two-Year Colleges Under The Hostos Student Publications Committee has an- Open Admissions." nounced the publication of a new student magazine, Genesis. The magazine will include a potpourri of Prof. Ernest Knight^ chairman of the biology depart- literary forms: essays, short stories, comic strips, ment, recently conducted a workshop on doctoral cartoons, and poetry. Genesis will be edited by stu- programs at New York University for the Doctoral dents James Webster and Marta Muniz. Says Ms. Association of New York Educators.