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,; -....... .,< , ....- .. - "'.' .'-J>.-"'-- :j11- , t·;.·.4l:..-... ',-: .~- ,...,. •• . ." ~~ "".. ~~.4 . ":to ~ -~ ~~_~-=:.~, .i~ -; r' ,... -.s-.,.•. ',''. '-.....', • .'. I . • . ..,# -. * 1932 * The Students' Voice for Over SS Yeaes * 1989 * Vol. S7 No.2 Baruch College, CUNY February 14. 1989 CUNY FACES Lallgie Resigns $60 MILLION - As Treasurer BUDGET CRISIS DSSG APPOINTS By BARBARA MEISSNER BIGGER ACTING The City University of New York Baruch must contend with a por­ TREASURER faces an almost S6.O million budget tion of this deficit, according to r-------------_~ crisis, which will affect Baruch very Segall, "If the budget goes through seriously, according to Joel Segall, as the governor has proposed we president of Baruch College. could be in trouble to the extent of EVENING By E.J. MILLS "I think it will affect the college somewhere around 56 million." very seriously indeed, unless the legislature softens the governor's .The burden of the budget crisis STUDENTS The changing of the guard took in my mind. I wanted to be budget," said Segall. "rill be most reflected in the number place in the Day Session Student treasurer but the equation just of faculty and staff at each of the FORM Government Treasurer's Office, didn't add up," exnressed Lallgie. city universities, "If the cut is as :;:~> >..,!:.. .. I but there was no ceremony, no fan­ ..', ....... ,-.,' ~-:: / . deep as the governor proposes we , 0' ". ;,.·.•t ...;",·....· -:.,,;.. TASK fare . _ '" .~ ..•;. _,:. ;:'i" ~::~ will have to non-re-appoint some I . ' Financial pressures had claimed ......~ -.IR::'j..,~,,,,,,,~~, people," stated Segall. '. I FORCE another active student leader. I The )989-90 State Bxecutive j DSSG President Ainsley Boisson By TONI COLAVITO Budget will "require layoffs of 885 ' announced to the Council at. their ~:Jt~, full-time' and SOO' part-time faculty 'February 2 meeting thitHalen .:.:~: ~~:...~~~:~:.:!~~~ and staff," according to a state-. l The E.ve.Ding Sess.i.on S.tudent Lallgie had resigned her office as . ment by Joseph S. Murphy, Assembly.has formed-a Task Force DSSG Treasurer. In a business-as­ usuaf ~. ~Boisson .'~Cbrl.:; .' . ~..u!lg~ .. , .",."_,.', --~~7.:.:r~k ..... ~~:u;,by'sstaleJ~~~~"=e~~ Co'undl to appro~ ~:~~. ch=:: Biaer;".a:',geftiot.~ ment, however, &'SubstantiaJ servi~ provided them at Baruch, meat of MiclJaef , T~ uatH tAe-' .. -'~- ...' .. 'Qisasftous -'consequences' -on-tltt- aerifoIt1le-ESSA~-ThiSisn8fJpen::' education of our students and on ing despite the seeming lack .of for a permanent candidate was the city and state that depend heavi- organization on the part of many complete, lyon an educated citizenry and I evening students, said Dankor. At the Council table, no one ask­ (Continued on Page A3.. Column 4) 1 (Continued on Page A9, Column J) ed why and Boisson did not try to Joel Segall, presideat of Baruch. I ... explain the reason for Lallgie's ~c­ .I tion. An air of understanding . , seemed to blanket the issue at the ,L Helen LdIIie. fonner DSSG trasaret'./__ meeting. Dutifully, the Council, after first Lallgie will continue to tutor and REGISTRAR ENFORCES stumbling over parliamentary par­ remain a full-time student. This ticulars, complied with Boisson's semester, however, she will work at request. Citibank and leave the daily grind TUITION PAYMENT "Financial," according to of room 409 in the Student Center Lallgie, was the primary reason why to Michael Bigger. who she says. she resigned from the post she had "will do a good job." won last May in the first "student Bigger. a Kentucky-born New DEADLINE election" to occur in years at Yorker, had been one of three Baruch. whom had sought. the office of The office of the Registrar and By ROLLY HI1TMAN that course and was willing to pay the office of the Bursar have joined Lallgie, who shares an apartment treasurer last Spring. However, his for it." with a friend in Manhattan, said together in an effort to minimize "Bigger is better" campaign placed Students could have paid their that rent, books, and tuition were the problem of students who him only second against Lallgie's tuition at the time they registered, taxing her finances and "that it was register for courses and then do not victory. but may had the option to forgo really hard when you only get paid pay their tuition by the agreed date, But this did not discourage Big­ payment until January 12. Those once a month." thus closing out courses for those who register in person are expected ger from joining the DSSG this Lallgie had received a monthly students who-are willing to pay, ac­ to take care of their charges at the September as the appointed vice­ $270. stipend for her services as cording to Senior Registrar, time t-hey register, one who cannot president for legislative affairs. treasurer. All four elected DSSG ex­ Thomas P. McCarthy. pay the tuition, can go to the Bursar Johnny Tse, an influential ecutives receive monthly stipends of McCarth}' commented, "Any • and make arrangements to pay part political activist in the election pro- varying amounts. one who comes into registration of the tuition and be given exten­ an The former treasurer also noted (Continued on Page A9. Column J) and takesa seat in a course and then sion, according to McCarthy. walks away and never pays for it, is that time was a factor in her deci­ ~ McCarth1' assures that they, (the sion to resign. actually steaJioa that seat away .office of the Registrar and the of­ from other students. I can't tell you She said that with being a full­ 5face of the Bursar), have tried to time student, tutoring for extra how many students I had that said ~Jive .students ~ery opportunity to there are 00 Alx 1101's, there are money and managing the office of INSIDE: ~))8Y their tuitkm, Anyone. who has ,the DSSG Treasurer, she had been no Acc 1202's, there are no Law zstill not done so by February 10 1101's and so forth, because every left with little free time which had ~ wiD be dropped from their COllJSeS. ·EDITORIALS A2 section was full, but- if students begun "tocompromise her health.,. "What we're trying to do is to ulbegan to get sict a tot: One came in, registered for one of those discouraae people from not makin, LETTERSI courses, and ends up never paying day while in the Accounting Unit. the fmancial commitment th~ Mitchell (the unit's director) OP-EDS A3 for it, they're takina that seat away Pam (ConUnwd on Page A 7, Column 3) said, 'You're sick apin' That stuck from a student who reaDy wanted TIIo_ McCIItIty....-a-...r-. BUSINESS A12 FEATURES 81 ARTS 89 /5 PORTS * CENTERFOLD: THE LOVE FOLD* I 817 l.f· '. '..... Paae A1 TIle TIcker February 14, 1989 EDITORIALS February 14, 1989 The Ticker PageAJ ---I Letters MORE PARTICIPATION - Founded in 1912 Caitlin Mollison to Joel Segall MORE SERVICES editor-in-chief • >•. Anne E. Schwimmer . , .•... -¥ .....- . In a new spurt of energy, the Evening Session Student Assembly has formed a task The Ticker prints letters to our beloved college president, Joel managing editor" Segall, to provide a venue through which students can express their force to look into the deplorable lack of services that evening students receive at Baruch. thoughts and address their questions to Baruch's top guy. We en­ Yet there is a consensus in both the administration and the evening student leadership Barbara A. Meissner courage all to write. Also, Mr. Segall is invited to return the courtesy news editor and write responses back to thesstudents so that they may be printed that the lack of interest and organization on the part of evening students is the reason in future issue s . why they are not getting enough services. If this is so, then they do not deserve any. Linda Zuech It is understood that evening students who work all day and attend school at night are features editor In a recent letter to our President, the course is re-taken and passed, overburdened already and do not have a lot of time to spend lobbying for change. But it Ms. Hui, a student, questioned the the old grade should be dropped is surprising and unacceptable that only five percent of the evening student population Martin Starkey college policy of leaving failing from the record since so much ef­ participated in their last student election. This leaves the ESSA in a virtually powerless arts editor grades on students' records. She fort had been put into the achieve­ pointed out that foreign students ment of a passing grade. This, she position now that it is trying to push the administration into guaranteeing evening must struggle to get good grades in said, was especially true in the case students access to college offices through a more flexible schedule. Mickey Kramer • i their courses because of their dif­ offoreign students who might work sports editor ficulty with the language. She ques­ very hard and still fail a course the Some evening students are demanding that they be given preference over day students tioned the policy, reasoning that if first time around. when registering for evening classes. This is a completely reasonable request, but it will John C. Tse never be acted on if the evening students do not get together and make some noise. A fif­ business page editor Dear'" Ms. Hui ty percent turn-out for the next election would be loud enough to spin a few heads and Christopher A. Ward I write in response to your letter give the ESSA some manueveirng room. It does not take longer than five minutes to advertising manager of November 25, 1988 in which you vote in a student election. question our policy of recording Nexar R.

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