1983-84-AMid- g - Agreement Reachedl- - - By John Burkhardt other expense students face are continuing to Negotiators for the Senate and House of -rise, a freeze will still cut the average student's Representatives budget committees reached an benefits. agreement on the funding for student aid pro- The budget is still a substantial defeat for the = i * grams in the 1983-1984 fiscal year last week, Hoagan administration, whichwanted to cutstu- tu e n ts L eft< G uess Utgi y deciding to freeze most student aid programs at dent aid severely, funding it at half the level it j current levels. received last year. The compromise is expected to be approved by Under this year's appropriations, which willnab . rW in Bene is 0 I both houses of Congress, but college lobbyists say now be roughly the same amount of funding stu- U s RI,Ranges u e J it leaves student aid programs badly under- dent aid receives in fiscal 1983-84, the college student aid I funded. work-study programs were trimmed 12 percent While congress was negotiating funding levels for president wantedI Stony Brook's financial aid director Jack Joyce to* 528 million, Supplemental Educational that keep the cuts from being as severe as the and red tape inI said,It's going to be seen as a major victory from Opportunity Grants (SEOGs) were cut 25 per- them to be, changes in eligibility requirements, for students,0 people's point of view in that the educa- cent to $278 million, and National Direct Stu- the Department of Education has created hardships some Aid director Jack Joyce. tional programs were not cut," as were many dent Loans (NDSL.s) were funded at (178 according to Stony Brook's Financial the government make so manyr other social programs, 'but I still think there's a million. The President wanted to cut work-study Joyce said he has never seen no other year you canI deal of reason to be concerned." by 27 percent and entirely eliminate SEOG's and changes in the student aid process. "There's good delays," he said, "as soon as 'Therell definitely be a need for more money NDSL's. Pell Grantsare expected tobe funded at compare it to in terms of tie-ups and answers, they change all the than we have," said John Mallan, the vice- about$2.2 billion and the Guaranteed Student you begin to gather some of the governmental relations of the Loan (GSL) Program between (3.1 and (3.9 bil- questions." president for aid in fiscal 1982 were Association of State Colleges and Uni- lion, a "prettycrude" estimate, according to Mal- Although the funding levels for student American ago, Joyce said, the levels of indi- versities, a lobbying group representing state lan. decided in congress months some programs, such as the PellI nationwide. "It's not-a good situation. GSI:s may be cut further, according to Mal- vidual appropriations for schools been decided, and some students are left wond- Thafs the best way to put it." lan, who said that the Reagan administration Grants, have not e r in can afford school. Joyce said the problem is3 Ed Hanley, a lobbyist for the United States may ask Congress to raise the interest ratestu- g whether they Students' Association, said that since tuition and (continued on page4) (contued on page 10)
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- - WI - Freshman Enrollment GoalMet By Craig Schneider are "'up around five figures." For the first time since 1976, the uni- Frisbie said the university has also versity has closed its doors to incoming received about five percent more freshman applicants because the uni- transfer student applications than last versity's goal of 2,325 has been met. year, more than any of the other three Daniel Frisbie, director of Undergradu- SUNY university centers. He added ate Admissions, attributes the success to that transfer student applications will the doubling the $30,000 freshman still be accepted throughout the recruitment budget and the United summer. States' economic situation. Dallas Baumann, director of Resi- "I don't think there's any doubt the dence Life, said that the number of economy played a role in it [the larger incoming freshmen is about 200 more number of people applying to Stony than last year, but added that last year's Brook]," Frisbie said. "College costs goal fell about 200 short. have been rising everywhere, while Last year's deficit of freshman stu- ? dents was the main impetus for this MMWVORMUfS HAVX M&ASN TO IffECmO0. families still remain committed to edu- cation and they are now in a situation year's fervent recruitment programs, said Emile Adams, associate vice- The=e are over 1001 extraordinary resources at where they must look for the best educa- tion at affordable prices...and in the president for Student Affairs. Adams DIMH SITE UNIVERSITY OF state of New York people don't have to cited the new, more stringent screening NEW YOtRK AT STONY BROOK. look very far," Frisbie said. He cited the by the College of Engineering and App- diversity and quality of programs lied Sciences as part of last year's drop in incoming freshmen. The 1980 figure / offered at SUNY schools as 'probably '* _ + q '* * for students entering the university -- ^ ^-^ Ax^ j^ the best in the world," while costs of an ^'- =->I education at a four year SUNY school with an engineering interest was 400. about (4,600 a year as compared to Once the screening was implemented in or w bov are -A mom * fouitmnt which amplN d -Idpspo» such - the 19 7g ' private institutions where annual costs (omntinued on page 8) hmped Stony Brmk m« kti. quote for the firt tkm smce :---
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Soviet UN Delegate Speaks Soie v t UN De Vegate Sp e a k s aat tvSSB o»ys Oovietio wag To Reduce Nuclear Arms By Howard Saltz itary advantage, he said, although The words were familiar but the the quantity of various weapons accent was a first for the universi- each has differs. ty's infant Arms Control, Disarma.- "Any attempt to reach an advan- ment and Peace Studies Resource tage in the nuclear field-either for Center. the Soviet Union or the United Arms control, the subject of a States- is not possible," Shustov number of the nine previous lec- said. "If one country gets a new type tures the center has sponsored since of weapon, in three, four for] five March, was given a Soviet perspec- years the other country will get the tive last night by Vladimir Shustov, same weapon." the second-ranking Soviet delegate The Soviet Union, Shustov said, to the United Nations. seeks freezes especially on medium Shustov, in a 40-minute speech to range nuclear systems in Europe about 100 people, reiterated much of and strategic weapons, and also what has become a trans- wants the resumption of Strategic continental challenge by Soviet lea- Arms Limitation Talks and the pro- ders in recent weeks, stating that ibition of chemical weapons. the Soviet Union is willing to reduce The speech, in the lecture hall its nuclear arms build-up if the Uni- adjacent to the Peace Studies Cen- ted States would do the same. ter in the Chemistry Building, was "The Soviet Union won't use the last in the center's spring series. nuclear weapons first," Shustov Lester Paldy, dean of Stony said in imf-peccauble albeit accented Brook's school of Continuing Edu- English. "If the other nuclear states cation and the coordinator of the follow this example, then the first, resource center and its lecture ser- and the second, and the third use of ies, said Shustov's talk was espe- nuclear weapons will be avoided." cially timely in light of the United Shustov, the deputy permanent Nation's special session on disarma- representative of the Soviet Union's ment, which is going on now. mission at the United Nations and a diplomat for the past 30 years, Shustov said there has never been blamed the United States for not as great an interest in disarmament cooperating with Soviet attempts to as there is now. "Why? The people reduce weapons build-ups and for feel... physically the ominous starting the arms race to begin danger of the nuclear threat, and Statesman Mike Chen Vladimir Shustov, the second-ranking Soviet official at the with. Neither country has a mil- we share this feeling United Nations, discussed I very much." the Soviet perspective on nuclear disarmament at a Stony Brook lecture last night. I%=------No Crumbling Steps At Student Union To Be Replaced
By Lisa Roman The barricaded Stony Brook Union staircase, which has been unusable for several months due to severe crum- bling, will receive repair work within 10 days, according to Ernie Moran, Se- nior maintenance supervisor in charge of masonry. Moran said he was confident that his contract, which was submitted in April and just recently approved, could be completed by an Aug.1 deadline. Rod Crowell, supervisor of the Main- tenance Operation Center and a spo- _&__ _Ad t o - __ T Vp_i-v __ _ i 1t -- kesman for the Physical Plant, said the Statesman Phtilip Sauer repair work probably would not be Campus Operations Vice-President Robert completed until a week or two after the Francis said he feels the concrete of the Stony Brook Union steps deteriorated deadline. He estimated the cost to be because the concrete was poured wet. about $5,500, saying that the entire staircase has to be rebuilt"In the past," problem, since "I have only been at the he said. 'we have repaired a step or two university for seven or eight years. He at a time, but it is evident that none of attributed the problem to "wear." the steps are worth saving any longer." Crowell said the use of salt, which is Robert Francis, vice-president for poured on the steps to break up the ice Campus Operations, agreed. "The fix in winter months. caused the crum- last year was just a repair," he said. 'It bling. 'The combination of calcium and was patched. Those steps can't be just chloride on the concrete adds to the patched now, they need to be rebuilt.' deterioration," he said. Francis offered The steps, which Sanford Gerstel, as- another explanation; 'In my expe- sistant vice president for Campus Oper- rience, the concrete deteriorates be- ations said were built during the cause it was poured wet." completion of the Union bridge 10 Crowell said he hopes the repairs will years ago, began deteriorating within be finished by late August and will last ayear or two of its construction. indefinitely. "Or at least another five to rheas-f-sut-is~~~~~~~~~~~aT=pvW/U i~ The u steps now the Sew" Brook Uno, which have b mn cfumblmQ for wmothL Moran said he was unaware of the 10 years," he said. wiN beg"in to be ispWred within 10 day.
June 23, 1982 STATESMAN Page 3 ^jfw < 1atcItqutrfwr CO.t SPECIALISTS IN FINE WINES AND ULQUORS STATION COMMONS HOURS;: RMe 25A Stony Brook , (next to Mosely's Pub) Fri. 9 so 689-9838 sCt 9-9X Open Late Friday and Saturday For Your Convenience Summer Celebrat on | WINEJ»ALE_, mm~~~~| coupo l_ _ _ _ Langmuir Curve parking lot is being paved as part ot a project to add z5u parking spaces to the university. | 1 0% Off 250 Parking Spaces Addeds I Our Regular Price Langmuir Currve Lot Next I On Your Favorite Wines By MitcheU Wagner being sponsored by the SUNY Construction * With this coupon Expires 7/5/82 About 250 parking spaces will be added to Fund and includes quads, sidewalks and lights Stony Brook's parking facilities within 'if the installed between Kelly and Stage XII and weather holds" two weeks, said Alfred Ryder, where North Loop Road and Center Drive inter- assistant director of Facilities Planning. sect, in front of Kelly Quad. A sidewalk will be extended about a third of the way up North Loop All that remains to be done in the North P-Lot Road. The engineering loops will be landscaped, L& BREW expansion, Ryder said, is painting the stripes to and walkways and lights will be added. The mall I lay out the parking spaces, which should be done between the Library and the Administration Station Commons, Rte. 25A by next week. Paving will begin at Langmuir Buildings 'will be extended in front of" the 200 feet west Curve parking lot next week. The $306,000 pro- Humanities Building, until it connects with the ject is being paid for by the New York State o Stiony Brook Station Lecture Hall and the Social and Behavioral Department of Transportation, which agreed to Sciences Building. Finally, lights and 18 park- 751-5543 construct two new lots if North P-Lot was given ing spaces will be added to the parking lot behind for the use of Long Island Rail Road commuters. the Heavy Engineering Building. Widening and - In addition, a $293,000 project which includes landscaping of the North Entrance has already Fe turing... York City Pizza - - landscaping and the installation of walkways is been completed. [DE FRESH ON -
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INES * DINNERS * For Carrels ul I By Karen Greenblatt l FAST FREE DELIVERY l Changes are being planned for the study carrels in the Library, and some are already l GRAND OPENING CELEBRATION | being implemented, said Emile Adams, as- sistant vice-president for Student Affairs. * voupon ~~~~~~~~coupon1 Adams said, "They're not used as exten- sively as one would think," and that the changes were designed to make better use of the space available. The changes for the car- S$1.50of .o$1.00ffoff rels on the fourth floor will include moving 200 to study areas in the dormitories, with Any Large 16"Pizza Any Large 16"Pizza the other carrels to be used for office space with at least 2 items with at least I item for the foreign language departments. Adams said what to do with the carrels on the I Expires 7/6/82 Expires 7/6/82 fifth floor is still being discussed. There are 600 carrels there now, and Adams said dis- * Fast Free Delivery J Fast Free Delivery * cussion would focus on improving their use S. _ _751/-5543? - _ _ .751-5543 _ _ and possibly an assignment process. A main topic of discussion will be the abuse the car- rels have suffered and what can be done about upgrading them, Adams said. He said that a number of the carrels need repair. The Adams said the carrels are a source stu- dents have always used, and the administra- second tion would like to see them made more attractive for scholarly work. Though some a work toward changing the carrels is un- derway, the completion date is not definite. Some of the study carrels in the Library-'"'' ' " "'area ' ' being'e .i,t'v -r Adams said, "My thought is that it would be converted to office space. prior to the fall semester." ^ forte -A i Aid Plan Reached for 1983-84 :i l (Continued from page 1) dicted that more cuts would be owming eventu- dents pay and double the five percent origination ally. He noted that the budget coIgreI just fee the government collects fromeach borrower. adopted are only ceilings on spending, and that Joyce said, however, that his sources in the scan decide notto pend up to the ceiling. National Asoiation of Student Financial Aid In fc, he noted that lastyear the Re gan admin- s fed Hate Adminis said that further cuts would be strationasked oongrestocutfunding belwthe Areal ma Nsteri unlikely this year bee there has been a lot of oeiling.and then cameback asking for more outcry about the student aid cuts and congrs 'cutsL men will be reluctant to cut the pram "We may have bought some time, but I don't further during an election year, though he pre- think the war is over," Joyce said. I .
Page 4 STATESMAN June 23, 1982 Polity Feud Halts Summer Events By John Burkhardt leader Frank Jackson. of the most recent controversy, with Committee on Cinematographic Arts Student activities have been held up The Election Board and the Summer both the Council and the Judiciary (COCA), to the list of organizations because of feuding that has set the Polity Sessions Activities Board (SSAB), accusing each other of taking advantage authorized to hold activities. He said Council at odds with the Judiciary, which allocates funds for summer activ- of their positions to appoint friends. that since the administration had col- Affirmative Action Officer Luis Ramos ities until the Polity Summer Senate The Council appointed an acting lected activity fees from summer stu- . and self-styled campus civil-rights draws up a budget, has been at the heart SSAB, which Polity Vice-President dents, they had "a moral obligation, if David Gamberg said was to serve, not a legal obligation" to make some unpaid, until the search process man- activities available. dated by the Polity Affirmative Action Both the Council and Judiciary fac- Po lity Elections : Act was completed. And the Judiciary, tions of the present dispute have come acting on a complaint from Affirmative before Preston asking him to intervene, Action Officer Luis Ramos, ruled that but he said he would not because 'it the Council was violating the Affirma- would not be constructive, in the long Valid or Invalid.? tive Action Act by appointing an "act- run, for Polity to have the administra- The Polity Summer Senate elections appointments were considered invalid ing' SSAB, ordered the acting SSAB tion settle their political problems for held on June 16 were partially invali- and were being ignored by the Council. not to spend any funds, and placed the them." He said he has made some useful dated by the Judiciary, which cited vio- Anderson charged that the Council SSAB and Election Board in what they suggestions to both sides on how they lations in both the commuter elections selected its chairman from a pool of called 'receivership," appointing its can compromise. At one point, the Coun- held in the Stony Brook Union and the applicants, but that "the people own chairman. cil, accusing him of being biased, went the John Mar- elections in O'Neill College, including a Judiciary appointed never even app- to University President 'The council protested that the Judi- their complaints, Preston situation where the ballot box was left lied." Polity's Affirmative Action burger with ciary has no right to make appoint- said, but they were referred back to unattended for 40 minutes. Officer Luis Ramos said that the Judi- ments, since this authority is granted to ciary's appointees were selected from a him. . The elections, held by the Judiciary- the Polity president by the constitution, The Council hasdecided that they will pool of candidates that he recommended but Chief Justice Van Brown responded appointed Election Board Co-chairman on the basis of their qualifications. not follow the Judiciary's appointments Kevin Williams and Carol Parker, will that there was a precedent for the courts which are "unconstitutional," said Pol- to take command of a government that ity Vice-President David Gamberg, and be finished tomorrow as the Commuter Brown said he was annoyed that Poli- and ONeill College elections are violated the law. He said Supreme Court the Council is continuing to work on fin- ty's Executive Director Lew Levy, who decisions during the Civil Rights move- ishing the search process that the Affir- repeated, Chief Justice Van Brown said has been gone for the last several days, yesterday. ment sometimes appointed whole school mative Action Act mandates that they never signed any paychecks for the boards to enforce busing and integrated follow before appointing an SSAB. Meanwhile, Polity Council has Election Board chairman. Anderson decided to ignore the Judiciary- schooling. Sophomore Representative Belina And- said the Council has no intention of pay- Fred Preston, vice-president for Stu- erson said that the search process would appointed Election Board and hold its ing the Judiciary's Election Board, own elections. Sophomore Representa- dent Affairs, has given Polity's Execu- probably be finished within a few days, since they consider them invalid, and tive Director Lew Levy instructions to and that until it was finished, the acting tive Belina Anderson said the elections noted that even if Levy signs paychecks, might be held Monday. authorize spending for WUSB, States- SSAB, while not spending any funds, one of the Council members, Polity man, the Stony Brook Volunteer Ambu- was drawing up an outline of a summer Treasurer Tracy Edwards, must also lance Corps, summer softball league budget. The Council had appointed Wendy sign the checks. Gold and David Liu as chairmen of the and also gave the Council-appointed act- 'When the Summer Senate is elected, Election Board, and the Judiciary, rul- ing SSAB permission to hold a barbecue approving- a budget will be its ing that the Council had violated the Ramos wrote in a memo to Levy that in Stage XII last week, but he said yes- res ponsibilit.s . Polity Affirmative Action Act, he would ask university officials to fire terday he would not authorize either Brown said that by ignoring the Judi- appointed its own chairman. Anderson him if he should follow the instructions SSAB to spend any more funds, waiting ciary's rulings, the Council was only said that since the Council is given the of the Council and "ignore your [Levys] for Polity to work out a compromise. He creating a more difficult situation and responsibilities." right to make appointments in the Pol- other overriding legal said though, that he would consider making the need for Judicial action ity Constitution, the Judiciary's -Burkhardt adding other organizations, such as the stronger.
op OMME46L SUNY Student InclusionTo - Auxiluary Boards Sought By Andreas Zielinski The Student Association of the State Univer- sity of New York (SASU) is lobbying for a bill that would mandate that the board of all state university auxiliary service corporations be made up of at least 50 percent students. The 26 auxiliary service corporations through- out the SUNY system provide all non- Damage to Health Sciences Center is being investigated educational services such as bookstores, food services and laundry machines. Stony Brook's auxiliary corporation is known as the Faculty bed Student Association (FSA), and is noted asoneof HSC DamagePro the most efficiently run corporations with 50 per- By Miteh Wagner cent students already on its board, according to Work has begun in investigating damage to the facade of the SASU's legislative assistant Alan Werner. He Health Sciences Center. The firm of Donaldson Acoustic. Inc. said other school's corporations with a 50 percent has been paid $8.000 to erect a scaffolding and remove a 14 student representation that are among the best foot square plaster panel on the west face of the building. from New Paltz and Pur- which chunks have been falling since mid-April, said George run include Albany, Buffalo, 1. chase. Statesman Thomas Shin Freeman, director of the SUNY Construction Fund. According to Weiner, the percentage of stu- FSA President Rich Bentley said he folk that SUNY Freeman said the panel will not be replaced until it is auxilbary organizations should be made up of 50 per- it fell. The facade serves only to beautify the dents and faculty on the board should be equal. cent students. known why Weiner said that it was partially because of stu- building, and is not structural. he said. "There is no danger of dent participation that the auxiliary corpora- summer. LaValle said he would rather see the the building falling down." he said. tions at both large surpluses, and Albany was SUNY Central Administration change the l The bond failed, said Freeman, in two known spots. one on guidelines which specify the operations for aux- the east face of the building, the other on the west face. There able to invest its surplus. I Weiner cited a cane where Delhi's corporation iliary service corporations than pass the law. is a possibility that more panels-or even the entire facae- loat money from investing in a golf course. He The proposed bill has received wide support might be loose, Freeman said. No work will be done until the mid the faculty holds the majority at Delhi, and from corporation presidents. Stony Brook's FSA cause of damage is determined. with 50 percent students on the boad, a more President Rich Bently supports the bill, and said According to Alfred Ryder, assistant director of Facilities objective o o might have been taken, and the it will mandate a pattern that Stony Brook has Engineering, a major problem in finding whether there are km posibly avoided. Weiner said that a 50/50 been following for years Bently said SASU orig- other loose panels in the facade is the design of the building. Opreaentstim would act as a a ard. inal iy suggested a bill thatsudentsconprisethe No scaffolding can be lowered from the roof of the Health The bill wu first pVsends toree sate majority of a orporuis board. Bently said he Sciences Center, so they have to build around it. Senate's Higher Education Committee two did not support this bill, beause he felt no one Freeman said it will cost $75.000 to $100.000 to build scaf- weeks ago. State Keen LaValle, (R-Pot constiuency should have the majority. foldings that can encompass the entire building. He added Jefferson), the chairman of Higher Education Bently said that Stony Brook's FSA has a d that the State University Construction Fund and Donaldson Committee, ws in favor of the bill, and said that working board, and it is a good ides to have 50 Electric are looking independently of each other for cheaper he would pnnt the bill in the next sesion, if the percent students ea they can support ideas ways of studying the problem. bill cIands no action by the end of the beneficial to other Astdento. I
Junm 23, 1982 STATESMAN Page 5 : Editorial - S Don't Overlook The Problems
Something unusual happened at Stony Brook this spring. So many incoming freshmen applied that the admissions office had to stop taking applications. They even got 200 more people than they were planning on. It was n accident. The SUSB Senate, the university's chief governance body, became concerned months ago about the fact that Stony Brook was 200 students short of its enrollment goals set for last year, and they formed a committee to study how to turn things around.
We congratulate them on the success of their efforts, but would like to sound a note of caution about the fact that this university is still badly lacking in some areas, and agressive recruitment of new students will only worsen a few over- crowded situations. To begin with, this campus has a notor- ious parking shortage, affecting resident students, commuters, faculty, staff, visitors - anyone that comes here. And while the campus will be gaining some new spaces as soon as the current construction projects are completed, this will hardly make a dent in the problem. severs In addition, there is the infamous tripling situation at Stonly Brook. While the 200 extra students from this year should b>e Statesman For everyone's benefit, the than a quality company. If balanced out by the 200 less from 1981-82, University Presi.i- following facts must be known. Lackmann's secondary prop- dent John Marburger did announce guidelines for reducing3, Misguides The bid which Lackmann Food osal was included in their April even eventually eliminating, tripled rooms, and the soonear Campus Service submitted stated that 12 sealed bid, their bid would this is accomplished the better. rather than comply with the have been in order. Submitting RFP requirements, Lackmann a bid with no numbers (except To the Editor: wished to negotiate an exten- for the Deli and Humanities, constituted Another problem is the over-crowding in the College