The Communicator, September 23, 1971
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the Communicator STUDENT PUBLICATION OF THE BRONX COMMUNITY COLLEGE OP THE CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK VOL. XXIV — No. I THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 23, 1971 232 BY SUBSCRIPTION Kingsbridge Houses New Library; Board Votes To Drop Snack Bar, Gym, Lounge Completed Summer School Fees By MILTON ERDFARB The Board of Higher Education has voted to eliminate After almost a year of construction and remodeling work, the Kingsbridge Center is tne summer session tuition fee now paid by matriculated almost completed. Students returning this semester to the converted roller skating rink students at the City University's community colleges, on Jerome Avenue found the building housing an enlarged college library, a snack bar, At tne same time, the Board rejected a proposal to a gym and a mpdly furnished student lounge. increase the general fee for community college students by The new library, already being referred to as the pride of "King," is housed on three as much as 75 Percent- Conse- t ndine CUNY connecting floors. The first level quently, students registering her e tsta t ,teresident residents sat eattending CUJNY features books on reserve, maga- this mont' h found no increase full time will pay $450 per se- zines, microfilm facilities and from last year's $35 general fee. mester. There will be no change study areas. Eventually, paper- In taking the action to freeze in the university's fee schedule backs, recreational periodicals the general fees, Board members for graduate students. and audio facilities will be added. cited the high proportion of low- Part-time students from out- income students enrolled in side New York City who are New The main circulation depart- York State residents and are en- ment is on the library's second CUNY community colleges and the threat of escalating student rolled at senior colleges will be floor. The as-yet unfilled third charged $25 per credit, and $18 level will house additional ref- fees undermining CUNY's 125- year tradition of free tuition. for each contact hour exceeding erence books, an expanded audio- course-credit hours. At CUNY visual department, more study The decision to cut summer tuition, which still needs Board community colleges, the credit- areas, as well as office space for hour fee for state residents who cataloging and book purchasing. of Estimate approval before it can be made policy in time for live outside the city will be $20. Before the space in the Kings- the Summer 1972 semester, was bridge Center was allocated to made as a "matter of equity." the library, students had to use Senior college students have not Recommend separate book facilities, one in been asked to pay tuition fees for the Main Building, the other in summer school. the Jerome Avenue Center. The No Tuition move, which consolidates the Photo by Bonnie Kelly .Non-Resident Costs two libraries began quietly last NEW KINGSBBIDGE LIBRARY: Improved facilities help TO generate an additional $1.1 The Wagner Commission May and went into full swing make the new college library comfortable and easy to use. million of fee income for the uni- studying the future of the during the summer. ..... , .r, f , versity for out-of-city residents City University of New Fridays, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.; and At last ive found a place to ize tultion ^ & UnU York has recommended the Space Increased Saturdays, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. study during my free time." vers-ty for ^.^^ ^^nts continuation of the free tui- Food Facility "The move has increased the The snack bar has good food attending CUNY colleges. New tion policy for matriculated The snack bar, which is lo- at fair prices," said a student on York State residents who live undergraduates. library area by approximately The 19-member commission two and a half times," according cated to the right of the main his way in for lunch. "But I kind outside the city and enroll full- entrance, has been designed ac- of miss not having chairs to sit time as undergraduates at CUNY headed by former New York to the library's Prof. Edwin cording to specifications set forth City Mayor Robert F. Wagner Terry. "The space is much more on. Lunch would be more enjoy- will pay $275 per semester, $75 by President James Colston and able that way." above the current rate. Out-of- issued the first section of a four- attractive. The lighting is better. student government officials. part report yesterday. At one Tlie new place is carpeted and There are no seats available, thus time the commission was study- there are many more seats. Gen- sitting in the snack bar for hours ing the feasibility of imposing a erally, the area is much more will be impossible. This will pre- Class Size Increases; sliding scale of tuition fees on conducive to learning than our vent overcrowding and make the undergraduates whose parents previous facilities were." use of the facility open to as earned more than $10,000 a year. Prof. Terry says everyone is many students as possible. Campus Space Shrinks Also included in the report invited to explore the library Hot dogs, hamburgers, french- Slashed budgets, an over-all tightening of operations was the recommendation that which is open on Mondays thru the state assume the burden of Thursdays, 9 a.m. to 10 p.m.; on fries, chicken and other goodies and a space squeeze marked the opening of ^Bronx Commun- are being sold at the food coun- ity College's new academic year. The largest freshman class the university's operating ex- ter. Machines also dispense as- in the college's history, 3,100 students, was admitted last penses because "city residents sorted snacks. A jukebox is to week pushing the total full-time enrollment to 7,700. are bearing a disproportionate be installed shortly. An estimated 40,450 new fresh- share of the cost of higher edu- Book Discussion system can not avoid consider- cation throughout the state." Another completed fixture is men were registered on the var- The English Deparment ia able time gaps between classes Noting that lack of space was the gymnasium in the re{X» of the ious campuses of the City Uni- once again establishing great for most students. At residential the most "crucial problem" fac- building. The room, which is the versity, raising the university's colleges the student can return book discussion groups. Under total enrollment to more than ing the university, the report the advisorship of Prof. John height of the whole edifice, fea- to his nearby dormitory to study. warned that unless more space tures fiber-glass basketball back- 200,000. At commuter campuses like ours Hall, students may meet to dis- This semester begins the se- could be provided, the open ad- boards and a huge folding door there is a pressing need for study missions program would have to cuss their book experiences. that can divide the room into cond year of CUNY's trail-blaz- All are Invited to room 13, space where students can work be curtailed. two. The locker rooms in the ing open admissions program between classes. Faculty office Fordham Center, today at 1 whereby all New York City high The commission also called for p.m. basement can be entered either space is also in critically short a sliding scale of general fees through the corridors or through school graduates who apply are supply. Teachers share the same guaranteed enrollment at one of for noninstructional costs — a the gym itself. A rather small desks in crowded offices to the fee that varies from college to Jobs Available room features the full-length var- the university's colleges. point where conferences with A critical shortage of academ- college — to be based on the Financial Aid Coordinator iety of lockers with wire mesh students, class preparation and student's ability to pay. Douglas Strauss reports that fronts and small boxes to keep ic space on CUNY college cam- review of student performance as a result of a large supple- your tiny gym suit in. puses represents the major pro- become almost impossible tasks mental work-study funds allo- The Student Lounge is located blem confronting the university by conventional academic stand- Fair Tomorrow cation, his office can now em- on the third floor. Its most im- this year, according to Acting ards." There will be a Freshman Chancellor Seymour C. Hyman. ploy more students than orig- portant qualities are the many The university's budget for the Student Activities Fair and inally thought possible. Full- chairs, similar to those in Ford- "Unless we are able to obtain current year is $381.2 million, Dance tomorrow, September time students, taking twelve ham Lounge, the water fountain, some form of relief—short range $84.3 million below what the 24, from 1 to 5 p.m., in the fifth credits or more, who are in- some pre-formed swivel chairs, in the way of support funds for Board of Higher Education re- floor lounge of the Main Build- rentals, and long range in the terested in employment should and the warm orange and yellow quested last year. "Along with ing. report to room 5 of the Con- graphics lining the walls. The way of accelerated capital con- the fiscal constraints imposed struction," Dr. Hyman asserted, Representatives from most course Faculty Office, 2382 two most striking features are upon our colleges," Dr. Hyman clubs, the athletic association, "there will inevitably be impact Grand Concourse, to secure a windows to let in the sun (a said, "the university faces a man- and publications, as well as upon student ' and faculty per- financial aid application and rarity for BCC students), and date to increase faculty and staff many faculty and administra- see a counselor.