The Ticker, April 9, 1981
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:'tnsi'deTicker Joe Duggan of Helpline p.3 Progressive Prospectives ...... p. 3 Prof. Elliot Axelrod p.S Scholarships and Awards p.7 Hispanic Week Schedule p, 11 . The WHO Return . .... .. p. 13 Scrambled Feet . ......... .. p. 14 Pete's SPORTSTUFF p, 16 DSSG ARGUES ELECTION COST by Wendy Gertler "The Board under-budgeted With the Day Session Student with the intention that the Costs Government's election coming eventually be passed on to the up, on May 5 and 6, DSSG student government. " said members are faced with two Stanley Abraham, council problems: Poor voter turnout and member, continuing, "I think lack of student involvement is one that the Association acted in poor chronic symptom, but the faith." question of who should pay for While this problem is being student government elections is addressed, planning for the first being addressed this year. election continues, which is The DSSG Constitution states, scheduled for Thursday, May 5 "All costs incurred shall be borne and Friday, May 6. The two by the Baruch College prominent parties this spring are Association Inc. through the USA and UNITY. All prospective Senate Elections Committee." candidates are completing their This procedure has been in declaration of candidacy forms practice for the past few years, now. When their candidacies are but is now being questioned by made official, through the Dean the Association's Board of of Students office, campaigning Directors and other school of will begin. ficials. "Word of mouth is the best . "Do .the DSSG and student. way to campaign," I said Dr. '·_ave.therigbt to pass the buck to Florence Siegel, Dean of someone else to pay the bill for Students. She continued, "Ifeach the elections?" asked Mark candidate would reach out to five Rosenbaum, chairman of the or ten students, the tumour on ·SEC. He also said, "The Board election days would be greater. doesn't want to pick up the tab The greater the turnout, the more anymore, bur it's in the Con represented the government stitution, so does it (pay for the becomes." election)? " This may or may not be the The original allocation from answer. As it stands now, there the Board of Directors to the are many students who feel as DSSG for the election was $5,000. Russell Marshall, an upper Dean Florence Siegel PHOTO BY FRANK KUClJA On May 18, the Board passed a freshman, does: "I don't know resolution to provide the ad any of the people who are run ditional $1,595 needed to conduct ning, and I'm not familiar with the election, under the condition the system. If someone could STUDE TS FIGHT that the Senate review the entire show me that he or she is really situation, according to Dean doing something, then I would Ronald Aaron. vote;" by Joe Perez HIKE On Tuesday, March 24th, laboratory equipment, library tuition increase which the Board's students of the St~te and City books; and computer systems. Executive committee recently Universities rallied at the State The budget also has a proposed recommended. New York State Capitol, in Albany, to protest the $400,000 cutback in CAP tuition currently has the highest tuition proposed budget cuts and tuition waivers for part-time students at rates in the nation for public increases. Also present at the New York Technical and the education. rally, which took place outside College of Staten Island. The Assemblymen John Flannigan the Governor's office, were budget would also reject Im (Rep.) also voiced his objection to members of the New York State portant construction and a tuition icnrease. He stated Senate and Assembly, faculty renovation projects. "there is no need for an increase members from State Universities, since everything is going well for were also on hand to voice their Garth Marchant, Chairperson the state government. For this opposition tot he Governor's of the United Student Senate fiscal year the state will have proposed budget. (USS), and one of the major taken in 1.5 billion dollars in speakers at the rally, attacked the income and sales taxes." Governor Carey's 1981-82 budget for tis "extreme in Assemblyman Flannigan feels Executive Budget calls for cut sensitivity to the needs of the that some of these funds can be backs in Faculty and non CUNY Students." used in place of an increa·se. He teaching positions, including Mr. Marchant also condemned also believes that they have the student service positions. Fur the SUNY Board of Trustees for necessary number of votes to f: ~t thermore, the budget fails to "Selling out" their students. This amend the budget and make the Studenls at Albany Rally PHOTO BY JOE PEREZ recognize the for improved was in reference to the $150 necessary appropriation. TbeTicker April9, 1911 4 A -Time for Killing? These are some of the more popular names in recent history. They are the names of people and things, and they say something about the times we live in. When you think of John F. Kennedy, you are sure to think of Lee Harvey Oswald. The mention of his brother, Bobby, is 10 ntE E011'O 10 nE EOrrO sure to bring to mind the name of his assassin, Sirhan'Sirhan. The same goes for the mention of Martin Luther King, the man who yearned to teach a generation of Americans the true. meaning ofpeace. James Earl Ray will always have a share of his glory. Then there are the more recent names. After a while, we didn't even need a person in order to identify our killers. The ".44· caliber killer" and the type of gun he used, the "Charter FREEDOM OF CHOICE Arms Bulldog," made the press long before the name of David Berkowitz got into print. But by Marla H •. Katz starvation. Corporate interests in the name of Mark David Chapman did make the papers, right alongside the name of his According to the article I read fact, . have always made victim, John Lennon. .;. in the Village Voice, .Dr. Antonio population-centro! programs The national horror of an attempted presidential assassination which left four people, Silva who was formerly the accompanied by sterilization including the president, seriously wounded, pales when it is seen in the conte~t of what this. Assistant Secretary of Health in drives, the cornerstone of their country has become. Weare a nation where violent crime has become common place, no Puerto Rico will now be heading efforts to combat poverty and longer an outrage but a simple by-product of modern life. up the Department of Obstetrics hunger throughout the Third Richard Reeves said in the New York Daily News that in November of 1963, we lost our and Gynecology at Lincoln World. innocence, in March of 1981, we lost ourself respect. It has gone too far. Hospital. So what? Everyday we In November, 1973, shortly It takes something like this to wake some people, or most people. They reacted with the read the papers and hear about before Silva was elevated to same horror that they would feel if it had been a close friend or relative who had been shot people moving from one position Puerto Rico's health ministry, a down on the street. Whether we liked the man's politics or not, the possibility of his to another. Why be interested in special government committee issued a· confidential report assassination was a distant nightmare that wouldn't really happen, wouldn't it? What would this man and his coming to New York? outlining options for controlling that say about our country? Dr. Silva brings with him a very population growth. The report's Well, it has happened, and whatever it says about our country has been broadcast loudly disturbing background. He served title was Opportunities for and clearly to the rest of the world. The message to ourselves will take a little more time to three years as Secretary of Health Employment, Education, and sink in, as usual. in Puerto Rico and headed up a Training, but nearly half of it was There is a sense of cynical resignation to the "ways or-the world" evident in the nation sterilization program there. devoted to plans aimed at reduc now. People look at disasters and violence without batting an eye and shrug, "Tough break, Citing a N.Y. Times article on ing the growth of the working sec but that's the way it goes." The news of an assassination attempt affects them more than the Nov. 4, 1974, it states that Dr. tor, of th.eisland's population. news ofa "common murder" only because ofwho the victim is. Silva designed tile program to One third of Puerto Rico's women of child-bearing age had This is the attitude that has to change. People must care more about their fellow man. If it promote "optimum socio economic balance" and that of all already been sterilized. The report sounds like a sermon, it's probably because all the sermons are true, and bear repeating. The birth control methods. economics advocated the use of maternal killing has to end, and it's up to every one of us to do whatever he or she can about halting it. clearly favors sterilization. and child health programs as a Though there is yet no sign of a "natural means" to attract the sterilization boom in the South potential clientele of women who Dollars and Sense Debuts Bronx, whose population is were still fertile. Congratulations are in order on the event of the publication of one of Baruch's most mostly Hispanic, tile figures for The report added, those who prestigious and worthwhile journalistic endeavors.