ESTHER Clarkestudents and Faculty Back Israel

VOLUME 11 NUMBER 5 YORK COLLEGE OFTHE CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK JAMAICA-BAYSIDE OCTOBER 18.1973 ESTHER CLARKE Students And Faculty Back Israel by Jack Katzanek by John Coltelli President Bassin has announced the appointment of Ms. Esther B. The increased fighting, in the Clarke to the post of Assistant Middle East, Golda Meir's charge Dean of Student Development at that the Soviet Union is sending York. Dean Clarke succeeds Dr. new weapons and ammunition to Vera B. Douthit, who died sud- aid the two front attacks which is denly this summer while being waged by both Syria and vacationing in Africa.- Egypt, the threat of Jordan's Dean Clarke has worked as both intervention into the war, and an instructor and counselor at countless other Middle Eastern York since 1970. She is an ac- tragedies have prompted the York complished socia' worker with College Jewish Students Union B.M.E. and M.S.W. degrees from into holding a rally in support of Howard University and Adelphi Israel. The rally, which was held University, respectively. on Wednesday, October 10, Dean Clarke is active in several featured Zvika Levi and Alan colleges programs for students at Cooper as guest speakers. York and South Jamaica residents. Zvika Levi, who is a member of To help the schools handicapped, the American Zionist Youth she participated in the forming of Foundation, focused on military the Committee on the Han- and strategical aspects of the war dicapped. She chairs both the while Alan Cooper, from the Community Professional Program English Department of York, and the Life Experience Com- stressed the moral and ethical mittee, which were established sides of the war. through the efforts of York College One thing Israel can't afford, and representatives of South according to hli. Levi. i.5 a long Jamaica community to provide the war. He feels that if the war does opportunity to upgrade em- last very long Israel's economy ployment status, evaluate and give might face the dan^r of totally credit to a limited number of collapsing. "This will' be a cruel .adults involved in community and fierce war" and a war which Zuika Levi Addresses Rally- photo by f red munoz service. Levi thinks will have to be fought Mr. Levi also reminded everyone As coordinator of the Workshop quickly and decisively.if Israel is to to come out on the winning end. was not the aggressor in this war. of the miracles the Jews have Hitler said that "if you tell a lie on the Black Family at the 1973 He added that the bombing of experienced ovee the years. The proceedings of the National maintain existing programs. Both Damascus (Syria) was a warning to long enough people will believe it", survival of the Jews during the according to Dr. Cooper, Israel Association of Black Social as a counselor and as an ad- all that Israel must remain- a Hitler era, the forming of the Workers, Dean Clarke has ministration representative on the sovereign state, "the Arabs must was given to the Jews. He pointed Israeli state, Israel winning in both out that the Jews purchased the compiled, edited, and ^written the York College Senate, she hopes to recognize the jews right to exist". 1956 and 1967 when the odds were introduction to a book to be continue to aid the overall com- "Never again" was his response to land from the Arabs "acre by against them, these are all in- acre". Another lie is that Israel published in- 1974 on material munity, especially with the Life the present attack on Israel. stances which show the Israeli's .• which emanated from the Experiences Program, which is Another warning, which Golda drove the Arabs out in 1947 when strength, Zvika Levi added though it became an independent state. workshop. She is also a member of especially geared towards older Meri recently gave, was foo Jordan that what the Jews need now is : ' the National Association of Social students. to remain out of the war. Israeli The third lie is that the Arabs are power and strength not miracles. seeking peace, Cooper feels that Workers. In the future, Dean Clarke sees forces are not yet mobilized along In response to the need for Dean Clarke sees her new York College as a strong in- Jordan's border but Levi reminded this was partly discredited when volunteers he merely said that the Arabs attacked first. He also position as "another challenge". stitution that will- continue to everyone of the Israeli's potential Israel isn't looking for volunteers '{'< In the course of her new duties, she improve as an urban college of getting troops there quickly. In pointed out the existence of Jewish who are going to go out and kill solidarity throughout history. Jews : hopes to establish new programs especially after the proposed new the 1967 war Israeli forces Arabs. Instead, they need beneficial to students and to campus becomes a reality. destroyed Jordan in only 48 hours. have always felt part of a' whole volunteers to carry on services especially through times of stress which are needed such as "gar- such as World War. When Jews bage collecting and potato speak of that time in history they peeling". He stressed the need for always say "we were in the li /4 MILLION AT CUNY; YORK TOTAL HITS 44001 financial support stating that the crematories", this sense of oneness Israelis have already lsst over 950 is what gives Jews their power. Approximately 251,000 students colleges, Hostos and LaGuardia, (formerly the Saint Monica's million dollars worth of damage. Both men felt that one of the enrolled at City University in boosted their student enrollments religious school) has done much to The second guest speaker for most significant things Americans September, according to latest percent. ease the overcrowding, containing the Israeli people. He also stated could do right now is give all the official estimates based upon early Included in this boost of the 16 extra classrooms. In additio that part of the reason Israel financial aid possible. Blood is also registrar reports. overall City University enrollment the opening of York's new sciene suffered such heavy losses (950 needed. If anyone wants to go to Of the total figure, 238,142 are is a 1,000 student increase—a facility, scheduled for February, million dollars) was because it had Israel to give their assistance they enrolled in graduate and un- record boost—at York, lifting the bring all of York to Jamaica, to suffer the first attack by the should contact Abe Sherman, and dergraduate degree programs. to approximately 4,400. closing down the temporary labs Arabs to prove to the world that it something will be arranged. This represents a gain of more The number of first-day and science facilities used in than 11,000 students over the registrants at the senior colleges Bayside. comparable 1972 figure. totaled 158,431 (up 8,516 from York is not alone • its press for •he recent "flash" report, Fall 1972) and 76,536 at the classroom space and its necessity compiled from first-day community colleges (up 2,591). space in facilities that had registrations at the individual The university's Office of Data previously been used for purposes 9it Vm colleges, also showed that CUNY said that the final totals, issued in than education. John Jay College admitted a freshman class of December, would probably add up of Criminal Justice will soon move 39,049 day students. to 6,000 more registrants. He former Twentieth Century-Fox With evening enrollments explained that the September flash Building on West 56th St. as well estimated at 2,000, the 1973 figures traditionally run below the as the former Miles Shoe Company CUNY freshman class may be the final count. factory on West 59th St. Fiorello largest in history. The hike in CUNY's enrollment LaGuardia Community College is John Jay College and Lehman has resulted in a crunch in space. where the Ford Corporation once College registered the largest gains Problems of this nature are not made missile sights. among the senior colleges. The for students at York. The In the Bronx, Eugenia Maria de university's "newest community aquisition of the Dale Facilities continued on page S Page 2 PANDORA'S BOX October 18,1973 PAJVDORA'S BOX \ Hillary S. Kalman Editor-in-chief Managing Editor News Editor Raymond Harley Jack. Katzanek Sports Editor Feature Editor James Ryan Photo Editor Joe Raskin James Theodotou Read Any lenny almalech, jerry bimka, alberto carvajal, jim casa, John coltelli, eugene delgaudio, jr., andrew gobioff, david hojda, warren levine, miriam liederman, jay lonschein, paul loptman, octavio marin, peter mark, hanne matthiesen, sam mora, fred munoz, delores naney, al palmieri, bob reich, joe rodney, evelyn Good Books Lately rogalle, carlos salas, e.s. sawchuk, sol skolnick, george stachiw, ray warren, charles wilson Many people will remember York's first days down in Jamaica, and the Montgomery Ward Building. They will remember all of the problems, all of the shortages, all of the things that were missing. It seemed that someone had walked off with a large part of this school in transit from Bay.side'to this area. Not the least of the missing items were the books that belonged to the York College Library. For months, the shelves remained empty while students had to travel all over the map, in order to find research materials. It was a great hardship, particularly for those who had to write papers,; and had absolutely nothing to work with. The Central Library on Merrick Boulevard, for example, has a habit of being out of just about every book when they are needed the worst.

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