Vol 9, No.10 University Community's Weekly Feature Paper @ March 7 "If you do right to me bab,Y, I'1 do right to you too. You got to do unto others Like you'd have them, said like you'd have them, Do unto you!" - Bob Dylan -The Fourth Estate: Editorial- Hot as aPistol But Cool Insidee There's no reason to prohibit off-campus visitors in reaction to the fight last Thursday night Since the Stony Brook has a reputation of being a fairly open from the campus. All they have to do is remember rape two weeks ago was also "alcohol related" it is no campus; it is not uncommon at other schools to check that just because they are on a college campus they surprise that Preston doesn't want large groups of in at a main gate house before even being allowed on can't go running amok, hurting complete strangers people getting drunk together. Preston has been campus. Students at such schools don't givee it a just because a bit of alcohol in their bloodstreams slowly tightening the alcohol policy during the past second thought Don't be surprised if a gate house is eradicates their humanity. And those students who several years, and this is really just another step in constructed during the summer, don't be surprised if invite friends up from the nether regions should tell that direction. As far as the Administration is con- rigorous check-in procedures are instituted and fol- them to keep their hormones and subconscious viol- cerned, most of the on-campus residents are beneath lowed before the end of the semester. Yeah, it's beat, ent tendencies in check the legal drinking age, and those that drink anyway, or but Marburger is tired of seeing his "Type I research The woozy wizard recommends to all off-campus are old enough, have not been keeping their cool facility" making headlines once a month. Undergrad- visitors that you don' t get drunk off your ass, and hold Parties are the best, and students are not going to uates are lowest on the priority list; how we live and a freshgirl down on a waterbed and demonstrate the stop, but why invite disaster? think doesn't matter, he just doesn't want the bad horrors of the flesh. Sex, drugs, and rock and roll may Although the Administration would like to think press. And the hammer will come down hard if every- be your chosen lifestyle, but there's a limit differently, what people do behind closed doors gen- body doesn't keep their cooL Stricter security meas- This is not a call for everybody to become paranoid, erally stays behind closed doors. It's only when ures will come, and only having one entrance into a overly-suspicious Hitler Youth, bent on eradicating people do things like allow their friends to rape a building is an inconvenience that you can deal with. anyone who looks like they may harm a woman, or young girl that the Administration gets worried. Sure, What we don't need is the Administration creating an brawl in the Union bi-level What you gotta do is keep Public Safety is not what it could be. But Public atmosphere of paranoia and suspicion. Fuck 'em. things under control Especially because it is illegal Safety can't be in a suite room when the door's locked Having to check-in, or always drive in the main en- for people under 21 to drink. We had our chance to and the lights are out. The Administration is going to trance after ten ain't gonna kill you. You can still have lobby the hell out of the state government to keep the come down on the student body that much harder if a party, you can still stay out all night, as long as you drinking age at 19, but either we didn't try hard the students allow their revelries to harm even one want What you gotta do is look out for your fellow enough, or the majority opinion prevailed. Either person. If you keep your parties parties, and not student, rather than force the administration to. way, a state-run, state-funded institution does not excuses for immature behavior, who's going to care A final note. A meeting in Marburger's office, with take kindly to its students breaking the law on a daily one way or another? If that girl hadn't been raped, no student and university leaders in attendance, has or weekly basis. That's the way it is. one would have remembered that party the next day. been called for at 11:30 AM today to consider revis- Fred Preston, the VP for Student Affairs, has As it is, that party's been plastered all over the media, ing the alcohol policy. placed a moratorium on alcohol at any Union events on campus and off (even the Press). Convolutions The time has definitely come for a new Polity so that upperclassmen do not have such a hard time Constitution. It is almost a fact that a new constitu- finding housing as the administration makes it more The tion will be written and ratified-the countil mem- and more undesirable for older students to live on bers are all for it-but when is the question. The campus. A freshmen rep serves new students; he/she council and senate will be hard-pressed to write a new is fresh blood. Stony Brook constitution before the elections in April If they do, The Administration is going to students will be running and voting for entirely new come down on the student body that much harder if Press offices. As a result, some council members are not the students allow their revelries to harm even one eager to see the new constitution inplace that soon; it person. If you keep your parties parties, and not Executive Editor...... Craig Goldsmith would create too much chaos. excuses for immature behavior, who's going to care Managing Editor................ Kyle Silfer Too much chaos? Things up in the suite have been one way or another? If that girl hadn't been raped, no Associate Editor .......... Quinn Kaufman chaotic since last summer when Gerry Shaps resign- one would have remembered that party the next day. Photo Editor ................. ed. The new constitution, if it follows the proposals As it is, that party's been plastered all over the media, Ed Bridges Science made by Paul Rubenstein and Steve Rosenfeld (who on campus and off (even the Press). Editor................ Ryder Miller have been working with RHA), would delegate power Stony Brook has a reputation of being a fairly open Assistant Editor............... Karin Falcone much more effeciently, and limit the scope of a mis- campus; it is not uncommon at other schools to check Business Manager............ Kristin Rusin take or fuck-up should one occur. That would be in at a main gate house before even being allowed on Editor Emeritus.......... Michael DePhillips great Right now the constitution does nothing in the campus. Students at such schools don't givee it a way of separating specific duties of the council (the second thought Don't be surprised if a gate house is News and Feature: Joe Caponi, John Dunn, branch of Polity that would undergo the most chan- constructed during the summer, don't be surprised if Stephanie Long Alexandra Odulak Rich Wieda ges). This leads to severe confusion and duplication rigorous check-in procedures are instituted and fol- of effort by the council members. The proposed lowed before the end of the semester. Yeah, it's beat, Arts: Rob Becker, Joe Castelli, Joe DiStefano, John changes would also make Polity Council members but Marburger is tired of seeing his "Type I research Gabriel, Peter Kang Mary Rafferty, Rob Rothenberg more accountable to'the student body: if Polity is not facility" making headlines once a month. Undergrad- R. Sienna doing its best to advocate improvements in academic uates are lowest on the priority list; how we live and areas, then the proposed VP of academies is to blame, think doesn't matter, he just doesn't want the bad Graphics: Stephen Coyne, Jennifer Flatow, Greta not the council as a whole. Such a system would be press. And the hammer will come down hard if every- Guarton, CJ. Morgan, Joseph Sterinbach, Warren conducive to council members taking their jobs ser- body doesn't keep their cooL Stricter security meas- Stevens, Pippy the Zinhead iously and acting responsibly; they would not be able ures will come, and only having one entrance into a to hide behind the anonymity of a group. building is an inconvenience that you can deal with. The Stony Brook Press is published every The proposals also call for an end to class reps; the What we don't need is the Administration creating an Thursday during the academic year and summer reason being (according to the class reps themselves) atmosphere of paranoia and suspicion. Fuck 'em. session by The Stony Brook Press Inc, astudent that it is difficult if not impossible to represent a Having to check-in, or always drive in the main en- run and student funded not-for-profit corpor- ation. Advertising class. Such a constituency is too large, the interest too trance after ten ain't gonna kill you. You can still have policy does not necessarily reflect editorial policy. For more diverse. However, seniors have different needs from a party, you can still stay out all night, as long information as you on advertising call at 632-6451.