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. "LOVE" written in yellow letters formance, unfortunately for the productivity by at least ten per- worse." tion members will attend. Re- Student loans are the only on a blue background across one cent, a not inconsiderable chal- freshments will be served, other form of financial aid wall. Schedule Problems lenge at a time when our cam- Latin and Rock music will be available. Both part-time and Student reactions to the com- He added, "With the daily class puses are jammed and the in- provided all afternoon. See full-time students are eligible pleted building have been mostly schedule stretched out from ear- structional staff has the con- what life at BCC can be like. for loans. favorable. "The library is much ly morning until evening, even tinuing additional burden that All are welcome and invited. more spacious here," said a coed. the most sohpisticated scheduling goes with open admissions." Page 2 THE COMMUNICATOR Thursday, September 23, 19711

class because of a legitimate have an inherent right to decide health problem, this will be for himself where he wants or, Growing Again Campus counted against me. Is this kind needs to be. The student in my With the opening of classes last week, B'CC continues of policy fair to any student? basic course still has the right, its dynamic growth in dramatically challenging ways. There are times when absence is of course, but I perceive a re- When BCC began instruction of its first class in Feb- Mail: really unavoidable and it seems sponsibility to incorporate the ruary of 1959, there were 120 students registered. This to me that this should not be resultant attendance into my week, about 90 people joined the faculty and a freshman Attendance counted against a student. grading structure. class of 3,100 students was admitted to the college. This is Sign-ing the sheet at the bot- Every course has its own the largest freshman class we have ever had. tom was, to me, an indication unique qualities, and a notable There are those people who still worry about the lower- Rules that the teacher wanted to have feature of many of our courses ing of academic standards and the cheapening of the degree. proof positive that the student is that they are student-oriented We have not seen this in the first year of open admissions, To the Editors: could not say that he did not to a high degree. What takes and although it is really too early to tell, there is no reason Last spring I registered for a know of the attendance rules. place takes place because of the why either of these possibilities is a necessary result of Speech 11 course. The first day Does the teacher think that the student, and every absence af- open admissions. of class I discovered that the students are all liars? fects not merely the absentee, The University seems to be aware of the problems that course is being taught by Prof. I thought that the days of but the other students, as well, it faces. There are presently many counseling and remedial Nicholas Gilroy. His opening re- first grade, when you were robbing them of a vital human training services at the college which have functioned well marks and presentation to the awarded a little card for 100 presence who forms part of the during the first year of open admissions. class were quite distinctive and percent perfect attendance at the total interaction in the class- But it would be a mistake to assume that the brunt of interesting. But then he proceed- end of the year, were over. I room. ed to hand out to the class a the responsibility lies with the faculty and administration. thought that college students One would hope that it could Certainly, the student must ultimately 'be the one to insure sheet of paper concerning at- were mature. I thought that col- tendance. have gone without saying that I that open admissions will work. He must be the one to lege teachers respected the in« would listen sympathetically —• dedicate himself to academic endeavors. An education is "Policy on Attendance," as the tegrity of their students. I guess empathetically — to a student's only what the student makes it. sheet is entitled, explains that in not. special personal and health a Speech course attendance is If this is the policy of the en- problems as they might attend- essential. Speech courses, it tire Speech Department and not ance. Although other members of Unrealistic Move states, are participation courses. just of Prof. Gilroy, then my our department have policies According to this sheet, unless anger is misdirected. If so, my similar to the one I have set for- Field Place, the quiet little street behind the Main you experience the terminology Building, has been declared a play street by the New York apologies to him. ward, I must accept responsibil- of the course, the terminology is Speech 11 Student ity for the statement to which! City Police Department. 'No Parking' signs have gone up meaningless. my aggrieved student has reacted along the street between Creston and Morris Avenues warn- Consequently, the sheet ex- The Communicator gave Prof, after a classroom experience of ing motorists not to leave their cars between the hours of plains, there can be no allow- Gilroy an advance look at the one day — "over-reacted" would 8 a.m. and 8 p.m. able cuts in this course. Attend- preceding letter and ashed him The signs are quite menacingly real but the decision to ance is expected, recorded, grad- to reply. His letter follows. be a more appropriate term, I close Field Place was foolishly unrealistic. ed, and, as in grade school, re- think. I find it of more than To the Editors: passing interest that this stu- The Police Department's move falls flat for several warded. Each absence is counted To attend or not to attend is reasons. First of all, it removes approximately twenty-five and a cut deducts five points dent is capable of subjecting me a question that agonizes some to public obloquy after one day parking spaces and makes an already difficult problem even from the "absence grade." One students and is a matter of in- more hopeless. Many people simply must drive to work— absence will lower the attendance in my class while wearing the difference to others. The same mask of anonymity. the Police Department notwithstanding. We won't even go grade to 95, two absences to 90, holds true for their instructors. into detail about the inconvenience the new situation cre- etc. The absence grade will count In the age of overkill I sup- When I am teaching in a situa- pose I should not be surprised ates for the area's residents as they drive home for dinner. as about 5 percent of the final tion where the presence of the But our most serious objection to the closing of the grade. to read that I have subjected my street involves the adolescent element the situation is quite student does not markedly alter students to "degredation," that I The biggest degradation comes the nature of what transpires in literally bringing to our backdoor. The area surrounding at the end of Prof. Gilroy's am not "fair to the student," the classroom, attendance means the Main Building is noisy enough without adding even sheet. A "tear-off at the bottom that I "think the students are nothing to me. more noise potential. stating that the student had read all liars," that I do not regard Furthermore, it is no secret that the building has con- and understood the attendance Thus, it is a matter of some them as "mature," that I do not sistently been defaced by the local neighborhood youngsters rules had to be signed by the concern to me that I must feel respect their "integrity." I do who seek immortality by writing their names and other as- student and returned to the obligated to place particular em- not believe these are reasonable sorted ditties on our walls. The play street will only bring teacher. phasis on attendance in our basic judgments of me, but a man is more frustrated Picassos to our newly restored building. What this means is that if I speech course when I feel in my a poor judge of himself. Come, watch our walls change color as they acquire new become sick and cannot attend bones that each student should Prof. Nicholas Gilroy ornamentation. We urge officials to reconsider their decisions. Restore our parking spaces and give us back our quiet little street. fact that the weaker inmate is Action not useless rhetoric will Mixed Bag often the victim of the stronger improve prison life. or more perverse inmates — I feel that it is reasonable to termed "asshole bandits" — who speculate that if Governor Rock- Polluted Pool will attempt to physically beat a Last term we faced a sanitary problem with the pool Trouble efeller did appear at Attica his man into a submissive role forc- presence might have averted the in the Main Building. Classes were cancelled and valuable ing homosexuality upon him. I time was lost. It was some time before the problem was raid. When human lives are at At must apologize for what some stake, an elected official has the resolved and the Board of Health gave its seal of approval will consider vulgarity. It is diffi- to the condition of the pool and locker rooms. obligation to exhaust all the cult to describe with polite elo- channels of negotiations. His This term we return to see a sad sight. The water in quence prison conditions that ore the pool is once again adrift with floating hair and wha£ Attica contention that his presence was tantamount to a sodomy factor. useless, then and now, is cer- appears to be saliva or "body scum." It is most disgusting. By ROBERT E. O'BRIEN We demand that this problem be cleared up in the Prison life under ideal condi- tainly questionable. next day or so. It is only consistent with the tions is tough enough. However, We hope that the money spent last year to fix the sys- policies of local, state and fed- when compounded by brutality tem was not wasted and that this is only a minor problem. eral governments that now, af- and sadism and sodomy Which The students of BCC should not be expected to swim in a ter the death of 42 human be- seem to be tolerated by the sys- Register Now sewer! ings at Attica, extensive studies tem, life becomes something des- are being made on prison condi- perate which inevitably leads to Presidential primary day is tions. The trouble at Attica was tragedy. June 20, 1972. In order to vote in this election, you must be not the work of a small band of Prison work is a sad and de- militant prisoners, but rather a registered and enrolled in a THE COMMUNICATOR pressing occupation which at- party by October 2, 1971, and m desperate attempt by more than tracts a curious breed of men. Published by 1,200 dehumanized inmates to be eighteen years of age or old- It seems bizzare to me that a er by November 2, 1971. If you § BRO.NX COMMUNITY COLLEGE gain the attention of the public. man would aspire to become a The fact that perhaps many of will be eighteen after Novem- |ff 120 East 184th Street Bronx, New York 10468 933-0472 1 jailer. Psychological testing these men deserve incarceration ber 2 but before June 21, 1972, should be mandatory in the re- go to your borough Board of can not justify the systematic cruitment of prison guards. Per- brutality and the dignity eroding Elections between January 4= || Editors-in-chief Milton Erdfarb and Marna Koniecki. • haps this will help to gradually and May 20, 1972, and ask methods employed not only in lessen the flourishing sadism Attica but in most of our correc- about special enrollment pro- |l Features Editor Margot Jauvtis III alive in today's institutions. cedures. tional institutions. Some of the more reactionary II II If you are eighteen (or will ||! Sports Editor Howard Fullenbaum w Theoretically, at least, rehabil- forces in our society have called itation is the >aim and function for sterner inmate controls — be by November 2) you may i| Hi truly a masterpiece in negative register, enroll or change your §11 Photos Joe Semper, Bob Raguette. II of prisons. Rehabilitation—taken from the Latin root word "hab- logic. enrollment from one party to another, at local polling places II • lis" meaning "to invest again The only possible solution is || Exchange Editor Bonnie Kelly |i with dignity." This theme seems (ask a neighbor where ha to grant better educational and votes) in the five boroughs of II II to have fled our prisons. recreational facilities to prison- || Business Manager Alyse Rubinstien || New York City on: Prison life, obviously, has ers. Unless attempts are made Thursday, September 30— many depressing aspects. One of to redevelop in inmates a feeling Staff Kathy Nicholson, Tony Versley, | these is the fact that only of human and political efficacy, 5:30 p.m.-10:30 p.m. Ralph Secreti, Bob O'Brien, Maria Levin. through the use of sheer physi- a feeling that all is nof lost and Friday, October 1—5:30 p.m.- cal force can an inmate secure that they still can live meaning- 10:30 p.m. Faculty Advisor Prof. James DeMetro 11 whatever peace of mind he is ful lives, the quality of American Saturday, October 2—7 a.m.- likely to find in prison. Another life will deteriorate along with 10:30 p.m. I more depressing aspect is the the men in these institutions. Thursday, September 23, 1971 THE COMMUNICATOR Page 3 Selective Service Bill Newly Appointed CUNY Chancellor Drops Frosh Deferments Calls For Teaching Improvements Young men who entered college for the first time this Dr. Robert J. Kibbee, newly appointed chancellor of the City University of New summer and those who enrolled as freshmen this fall will York, has called for a substantial improvement in the quality of teaching at the uni- not qualify for student deferments from the Selective Serv- versity. ice System. A staunch supporter of open admissions, Dr. Kibbee believes that the success of In clarifying policy changes on undergraduate student CUNY's enrollment policy depends in good part on the caliber of instruction for all stu- deferments, Selective Service of- _ ... .., dents — not only for those lack- gust 5 of this year and will be of ficials noted that college students ing adequate preparation for col- subject to induction next year. lege level work. Pie regards the recent action by who were enrolled full-time in the city government to use CUNY the 1970-71 academic year will At least half should have high "Strong efforts must be made enough lottery numbers to pre- as a municipal "think tank" as be eligible for student deferments in the area of evaluating facul- clude their induction. Of those ty," he said in an interview. "And "the kind of role an urban uni- this year if they continue to make remaining, approximately 50 per- versity must fill if it is to hold . satisfactory progress in their it seems inconceivable to me that cent will be disqualified on men- we might create evaluation tech- and attract talented faculty and programs of study. tal, moral or physical grounds, highly motivated students." Director Comments niques without considerable at- Dr. Tarr claimed. Involves Community "Few incoming freshmen are tention to student rating of pro- This means that a maximum Dr. Kibbee also looks to great- likely to be inducted in the near fessors." of 50,000 men will be directly er citizen participation in uni- future because of student defer- Influential Post affected in 1972 by the student versity activities. "I would hope ment phaseout," Dr. Curtis W. deferment phaseout and one-half The chancellor of City Univer- that we could expand our reach Tarr, Selective Service Director, of these, or 25,000, will probably sity is the chief administrative into the communities of the city said. and educational officer of the 22 to bring onto our campuses more Of the 1,034,000 incoming not be inducted because of en- listments in Regular, Reserve or member lay board which governs of the non-academic talents freshman males estimated by the the university. He exercises uniquely centered in New York Office of Education, approxi- National Guard units, participat- ing in commissioning programs great influence over major deci- City. To the extent that we can mately 80 percent are 18 years or because of procedural delays. sions of the board and over the tap the arts, commerce, govern- old and 20 percent are 19 or affairs of the university's various Note Timing ment and the communications older. The 18-year-olds will re- campuses. media, and bring their leaders ceive their lottery numbers in College students, Dr. Tarr said, Dr. Kibbee sees the major chal- Dr. Robert J. Kibbee into regular contact with our 1972, and they will not be sub- will not be drafted in the middle lenge confronting CUNY as "se- students and faculty, we will be ject to induction until 1973, of a semester. "If called while curing the significant gains made what underlies student demands doing a better job of perform- when draft calls should be low. enrolled, they will be allowed to over the last few years and for 'relevance.' It should not be ing our educational mission." The 19-year-old freshmen re- postpone their induction until building on that solid base." He interpreted as an attack upon Frederick Burkhardt, chairman ceived their lottery numbers Au- after graduation. views the university's open ad- scholarly research. I see it rather of the Board of Higher Educa- missions program as "one of the as a challenge to more effective- tion, who headed the committee most advanced and courageous ly relate scholarship to instruc- searching for a new CUNY chan- steps taken by a major institu- tional techniques." cellor, said that 119 candidates New Program Affords tion of higher education during The new CUNY chancellor had been considered by the six- the past decade." Its success, he sees an expanded role for the member board committee which says, "will be decided as much university as "a resource for was assisted by student, faculty Many Art Opportunities by the commitment of students, identifying and helping to de- and administration advisory ed to full professor at the col- faculty and administrators as by velop solutions for problems fac- members. The Art Major program, insti- the understanding and support lege. He taught previously at " tuted here this semester, should of public officials who will foe •UIIIIIIHHI The City College, Hofstra, and prove itself especially significant called upon to provide the finan- to community college art stu- New Jersey State College. A cial and physical resources for Quoting Dr. Kibbee dents, according to Dr. Frank world traveler, he has visited, what is probably the most crucial The following are excerpts dent chooses University X over ' Heinz, chairman of the Art De- sketched, and taken color slides of major archeological sites in higher educational endeavor of from writings and addresses by University Y is based on char- ] partment. our time." Dr. Robert J. Kibbee, newly aft- Graduates of the new program Central and South America, in- acteristics which are most likely cluding the ancient Inca civiliza- Before accepting the CUNY pointed chancellor of the City will now be able to transfer to post, Dr. Kibbee was vice presi- University of New York. to make him unhappy with Uni- ' any of the City University's four- tion in Peru. dent for administration and plan- From "Expectation, Reality versity X when he gets there. ' year colleges with full credit. He graduated from Parsons ning of Carnegie-Mellon Univer- and the Death of Idealism," a The curriculum has been design- School of Design, New York, From "In Defense of Students," sity and president of the Pitts- speech delivered to the Carnegie- delivered to the College, Club of ed to prepare the students to studied at the Sorbonne in Paris, burgh Board of Education. He take any one of several directions Mellon University chapter of Phi Pittsburgh on Aurit .1.1, 1969: and received his Master's Degree said he was attracted by the Kappa Phi on May 15, 1968: open to them in the field of art. and Doctorate in Fine Arts We frequently hear that it is open admissions policy at the I have read a lot of college cat- only a very small fraction of the "They will be prepared to trans- from Columbia University. A sprawling CUNY conglomerate. fer as Art Majors to the senior alogues in my career, and the students who are at the root of Fellow of the Royal Society of "I can't think of a situation college of their choice, provided kindest thing one can say about campus problems. If one means Arts of London, Dr. Heinz has where a university administrator they meet the requirements. them, other than that they do by this that there are only a few had a one-man show at the New can make a more significant There they will be able to con- contain some hard facts, such as students who are constantly York Public Library, and has contribution," he observed. tuition charges, the names of the tinue their major studies in such participated in exhibits at the pressing issues, leading demon- fields as fine arts, applied arts, Suggests Criterion faculty and similar items, is that strations and confronting the ad- National Arts Club, the River- they deserve a high place in the or art education," Dr. Heinz said. side Museum, the Museum of A long-time critic of the aca- ministration, the estimate is ac- demic status quo, Dr. Kibbee's romantic literature of our time. Dr. Heinz also added that a Fine Arts in Boston, and several * * * curate. But if one assumes that BCC Art Major graduate will art galleries in New York City normally mellow baritone takes there is only a small minority of You and I would both like to have the opportunity to develop as well as at Bronx Community on a biting quality when he students who are dissatisfied have our schools staffed with himself as a practicing artist, al- and Pratt Institute. speaks of "so called prestige in- with their education, with the though he feels that the real stitutions so concerned about teachers who are intelligent, cre- campus climate and with the so- value of the new art curriculum their status that they expend ative, considerate, sympathetic, ciety in which they live, then he is that it provides a solid basis more energy on keeping students honest and dedicated. When we is whistling in the graveyard. for the completion of a four-year Fact Sheets out than on what happens to find evidence that many of those That most of those who are un- course of study leading to a those they admit and are sup- teaching are lacking in one or happy are not willing to rush to The Office of College Relations, posed to be educating. But I more of these virtues, our ten- Bachelor's Degree. upon the recommendation of the the barricades on every issue .think that people are beginning dency is to insist that the board does not mean that they cannot Courses Added Innovation Center, will be pro- to realize that an institution's of education recruit better teach- ducing a Weekly Information be aroused to action on any issue. The establishment of the Art quality ought to be judged on ers. There are, however, close to Sheet ami a Weekly College An- who it graduates rather than one and a half million public From "Do We ReaHy Believe Major at BCC has added nine nouncement Sheet. iit Education — and Why Not." new art courses to the curicu- who it takes in. That has been school teachers in the United The Weekly Information Sheet City University's reputation for States and I would venture to delivered to Bftlta Pi Epsilon on lum, bringing the total number Ofi. 3C, 1970: of art courses to 14. They are: will have a listing' of all campus leadership and I would like to suggest that this number in it- Art Survey, Introduction to Art, activities scheduled for the week. strengthen that tradition." self exceeds the number of intel- The precise nature of the crisis Introduction to Non-Western Art, The College Announcement Sheet On the subject of research vs. ligent, creative, considerate, sym- in our schools is too complex to Design, Drawing and Painting 1 will publish announcements and teaching as an indicator of in- pathetic, honest and dedicated delineate with a few catch and 2, Graphic Arts 1 and 2, review actions taken by the Vari- stitutional quality, Dr. Kibbee individuals in our population. phrases. It is in part the crisis Crafts 1 and 2, Art of Africa and ous) college committees as weH as believes that CUNY has "suffi- Ott the sntbjeet of research vs. of our society — racism, social the Americas, Oriental Art, Mod- by administrative and depart- cient scope to provide recogni- teaching as an indicator of insti- and economic exploitation, a pre- ern Art, and Art as a Human mental offices. tion of teaching excellence as tutional quality, from the Phi occupation with violence, chauv- well as scholarly achievement. inism and a host of other char- Value. All information to be listed Kaipps?, Phi Journal, 1909: Open admissions, of course, will The anomaly of the situation acteristics which attest to our In addition, a program of ex- should be forwarded to Mrs. demand emphasis upon improved is that students to a large extent human imperfection, our pride, tra-curricular activities will sup- Sharlene Hoberman in room 2 instruction. If we succeed, the choose a college or university on our greed and. for some reason, port the objectives of the Art of the Concourse Faculty Office, yield will not only accrue to what is referred to as "its repu- our personal and national insecu- program. Dr. Heinz acts as fac- 2382 Grand Concourse, by Tues- those students who arrived on tation." Insofar as universities rity. These characteristics were , ulty adviser to a photography day of each week. our campuses lacking adequate 1 not created by our schools, but it club, and Prof. Ruby Harkins is atfc concerned , the reputation The two sheets will be posted high school preparation. There they enjoy is based on the qual- is obvious that education has not faculty adviser to the BCC art on bulletin boards at the en- will be inevitable benefit to the ity of the faculty and the quality succeeded in eliminating them, club, which has had several ex- trances of all college centers and majority who come prepared for and there is reason to believe hibits last year. of the faculty on their record as will be available in the Library college work but so often find productive scholars, not on their that at times the educational pro- Dr. Heinz, who has been a and at the administrative offices the reality below their expecta- teaching abilities. Thus we find cess has helped to exacerbate of the various centers. . member of the faculty for ten tions. that the very reason why a stu- them. years, has recently been promot- "I think this is in large part JIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIHIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIINIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIM Page 4 THE COMMUNICATOR Thursday, September 23, 1971 Simon Urges Government Support Virgo Is Everyone To Improve Culture In The Bronx By RALPH SECRETI but only through hardship and "Raise a glass to the untold suffering. We all don't just work The Bronx Community and never had exposure to music a living experience. The musical millions, and suffer of course, but as Vir- College Orchestra is much more until they get to college. But if performance should basically be Let's drink to the Salt of the go is everyone we all have debts than an ordinary symphony or- they had lived with it all their an emotional stimulus, not an Earth" to pay and Karmic slates to bal- chestra, according to its conduc- lives they would know its im- intellectual one," Prof. Simon Mick Jagger and ance. ''You have to pay your dues tor, Prof. Louis F. Simon. "It portance — and beauty." claims. Keith Richards if you want to sing the blues, but is a ray of light in a cultural Since t he Bronx Community Music is a communicative art, you know it don't come easy." So just as is literature, he feels. Virgo is a quiet, understanding darkness." and College Orchestra's inception sigh, a perception that knows the speaks Ringo. "The Bronx may be the most in 1964, Prof. Simon has fought However, too many people are Virgo is absolutely perfection- not exposed to music early hurt in me and you and in all culturally deprived area in mounting odds in order to bring istic. Never satisfied, the most enough in life, and so they fail people. Virgo cares and will do; metropolitan New York," Prof. it to a professional level of ac- Virgo understands and will help: serious of the signs, in an ex- Simon asserted. In addition to complishment. The group is to develop their musical taste. treme sense almost stern and '•'Although we are taught to read as the strange lady who helped his own group, there is only one made up of students and commu- me when I broke my arm as a coldly analytical and mathemat- other symphony orchestra of sig- at an early age so that by the nity members. Professionals in little boy, a casual friend giving ical; always serving and healing nificance in the Bronx. While he time we are adults we are bored key positions comprise less than detailed directions to room 212 unemotionally and thoroughly, acknowledges the good start one-third of the total member- by anything but relatively com- keen minded, intensely practical, made by the Bronx Council on plex matter, we are never taught in th.e Kingsbridege maze, or the ship of sixty. intimate-her-who can see exactly never off on a tangent, always the Arts, Prof. Simon feels "The non-professional musi- to develop our ability to listen down-to-earth (something this to and appreciate music," he ex- the source of my pain, keenly "We have a long way to go be- cians in the group are notably perceiving through my defenses article isn't). fore culture in the Bronx reaches plained. "The result is that too competent," Prof. Simon said, and rationalizations to the rea- All the earth signs are blue. a professional level." "But they need the professionals often we are satisfied with the Prof. Simon attributes this musical equivalent of 'Look, look. son for my hurt. Deep earthed roots and sentiment in the lead chairs to aid them Virgo is soft, assuring, gently could have no other expression cultural darkness to inadequate in orchestral techniques •—• tech- See Spot. See Spot run.' " public relations and insufficient Despite the odds, however, spoken words of understanding— but the blues. Blues as sorrow, niques which are learned only blues as the feeling and soul of governmental support of the Prof. Simon has developed a high- magically healing words when through years of actual playing needed, are enough — is all the earth, blues as bare and sim- arts. "The government must rec- experience." ly skilled and professional sound- ing group of which one critic one could really ask from an- ple, but intensely real. Reality— ognize that the arts should con- "For instance," he explained, doing what has to be done, real- stitute a meaningful, relevant wrote, ". . . it digs deep under other. "But I don't know if I the surface of the music and can . . ., well why don't you try ness, the only thing that's right and enriching part of our lives, for the moment. Air signs may and support them," he said. finds a musical humanity." An- . . .? Do you really think I can other critic said, "The Bronx . . .? Just try and see . . ." talk about life, explain things "We have become a force-ori- that may or may not need ex- ented society," Prof. Simon ob- Community and College Sym- Virgo as the Sixth House of phony continues to prove itself Heaven, one of the Twelve Child- plaining like Astrology, posing served, "and there is little place and solving the problems of life for the arts." Noting that the as an invaluable contributor to ren of God, is not a part of the the cultural life of the commu- month on a calendar; it is a with wit and reason. But earth arts have never played a major signs create solutions with their role in American society, he add- nity." sharing, Virgo is. It is helping Prof. Simon began studying that Virgo does: sickness to heal, hands, so to speak. Water as an ed that even in Europe interest element is highly intuitive, pos- in music is waning. "Many of the music as a child in his native maladjustment to tend to, all Hungary, and came to the United hurt that needs caring. And as sessing an almost psychic assur- really good musicians have come ance; a life immersed in spiritual to America," he said. "They all States at the age of 11. He stud- Virgo cares, the pain heals. Like ied at the Manhattan School of magic. The Virgo person under- reality. Earth can make these in- think they'll make more money tuitions usably real, as rain in here — and they do, when they Music and later at the Yale stands the meaning of pain and School of Music. its tempering strength; will look the earth nourishes and nurtures work." the fruit. Earth sign practicality But the trouble is, few do. The As a violinist, Prof. Simon has for people and situations with had three world tours, one of which to work his wonders of has an inner creative expression really great musicians — the Pi- in Taurus. Of the three earth cassos of the music world — Russia, sponsored by the State transformation, almost to the ne- Department. In 1963 he went on glect of simple pleasure. Jesus, signs, Taurus is the least cold make money. But what about the because of the springtime just plain good musicians? tour with his Lyrica String born of the painful Virgin birth Quartet, starting in Australia probably had the moon and other growth in the earth, and a Sun "There is less and less for them," which is still gaining in strength. Prof. Simon said. 'There's a dis- and ending in Japan. On that Pisces planets in the Sixth House; same tour, he was made a Knight Taurus is sensually alive, want- integration of the arts all over the house of healing. Traditional- ing to feel and touch and possess the world, and in this country, of Cambodia by Prince Sihanouk. ly, nursing and any profession de- Prof. Simon performs at the everything it desires: people, ob- and the only hope for survival voted to- health and service have jects, the earth, money, etc. Cap- lies with government encourage- Casals Festival in Puerto Rico all been of the domain of Virgo. and claims to have "worked with ricorn sees and uses the over- ment. If I do a small favor for some- all structure of things, people, Without governmental support, everybody from Stravinsky to one, if I give someone missed lec- Arthur Murray." and events; how anything can be music of high quality will not (Louis F. Simon ture notes, that's concern and built from the foundation up, and survive, according to Prof. In addition to conducting the care and service and Virgo. If I "bowing on a stringed instru- BCC Symphony Orchestra, Prof. how everything fits exactly into Simon. "Orchestras are closing don't care about that student the its place with its own particular up everywhere in the country. ment is different within the or- Simon is also conductor of the Virgo qualities may be exactly chestra fabric. Also, you have Hudson Valley Orchestra, the use, a kind of practical perspec- They often call it consolidating, what are needed to cultivate my tive. Hence, Capricorns are or- but it really means one of the to sight read perfectly in an Midchester Chamber Players, personality. orchestra and recognize intona- and the Yonkers Orchestra. He ganizers, architects (the profes- orchestras is dead. And the After the sun has travelled 150 tion in combination with other lives in Yonkers with his wife, sional type or just plain archi- tragic thing is there is little degrees along the plane of the tects of life), social worker type- voice of protest from the people." musicians, and there are tricks three children, a collection of of phrasing and rhythm in or- ecliptic, from the Vernal Equinox problem solvers, and craftsmen Prof. Simon .believes that one antique sculpture, cactus plants, in late March, the seeds which chestra playing that can't be and a boa constrictor. K.N.T. of all types. The structure and of the most culturally alive coun- are sown in Taurus have yielded dynamics of the piano keyboard tries in the world is Japan. The applied to solo playing." He went on to add that for to the mysterious forces in na- or the neck of a guitar can also factory owners buy up all the ture and bloomed as the fruit of be an example of Capricorn concert seats for their employ- years students came to play with Discounts the Bronx Community and Col- the earth to be reaped by man thorough practicality. To what- ees. "It's a nation of music. You The Music Department has at harvest time, Virgo. This is the ever the energies are applied, can walk into a department lege Symphony from as far discount tickets for perform- away as Staten Island because it season of man's labors. This is Capricorns will know how to store and hear Mozart on the ances of the Metropolitan Op- the place and time for works. use it completely and well. Muzak," he said. was so important for them to era and the New York Philhar- learn orchestra techniques. No idolent, relaxed and leisurely Taurus wants to possess and He added that many of the monic. self-indulgence as in mid-summer vacancies in American orchestras Funding Problems Opera tickets which usually touch people and things. Capri- Prof. Simon is anxious to ex- Leo with its evaluations of inner corn organizes and oversees. are being filled by Japanese mu- sell for $6 and up, are avail- domain, feeling and probing to sicians. "But that's because they pand the functions of the organ- able to students and faculty Virgo does the ordinary work and ization, but the lack of funds the depths of the Self, made pos- details, not always being able to are exposed to music at a very at the cut rate of $1.50 and sible because of the outer assur- early age," he explained. "Here inhibits him. "What we really $2.85. Philharmonic tickets for see exactly what it's working need more than anything is a ance of a warm gentle mid-sum- for; has a marked inability to you find young people who have students only cost $1.50, less mer sun. manager — someone to book than a third of their original see the forest for the trees, al- concerts, arrange accommoda- price. A farmer's weeping toil, the ways in the process of being Music Majors tions, hire musicians, and handle Tickets are available in room virgin holding an ear of corn, created. Totally perfectionistic, All students currently and publicity," he said. At present 310, Kingsbridge Center. Dr. symbols of a conscious force in Virgo is never satisfied, always formerly enrolled at the college he himself acts as the group's Marvin Salzberg, chairman of man—work. Work to be done seeking out discontent in them- who wish to be considered for manager, librarian, bookkeeper, the Music Department, hopes with the plow and reaper, down selves and others. The Sun is admission into the Music Cur- payroll clerk, and secretary — many will take advantage of to earth work, with its image of losing strength in September as riculum for the Spring 1972 se- something which is unheard of this "marvelous opportunity." toiling the corn fields. But work opposed to Capricorn where, al- mester must make this fact even in small, rural community is also looking after one's life, though it is the beginning of win- known, In writing, to Prof. John orchestras. Join Us sowing the seeds of one's energy ter the Sun is starting to climb E. D'Andrea by Friday, October "I would love to give a series The Communicator loves peo- to be reaped as consciousness at again having natives of the Win- 22. of children's concerts," Prof. ple! the harvest; building, always ter Solstice an inner hope kindled Those who inform Prof. D'An- Simon added, "but I simply don't If you can write, draw or building higher levels of person- by the just-stirring roots in the drea in writing by the deadline, have the funds." He feels strong- type, please join the newspaper. ality; travelling, and then to earth. In Virgo there is no hope will receive further information ly that it is important to excite The rewards are great. Come to school, maybe get a job, then — just dig in firmly and work, about their eligibility for the cur- interest in the arts at a very room 119 in the Fordham Cen- back to school, trying everything, not hapharzardly (now I do it, now I don't) but steadily and riculum, and details about music early age. ter and talk to us. We need always changing but ever the auditions. "People think of music as an you. same; bit by bit the pieces of the routinely with the same form intellectual experience, but it's puzzle are put, or fall, in place, (Continued on Page 8) Thursday, September 23, 1971 THE COMMUNICATOR Page 5 Encounter Sessions Train Participants To Help Addicts A small group of faculty and highly rewarding experience." ber said. "But everything that part of another human being can come from confused, chaotic, staff, hoping to become the kind Reactions Examined happens always seems to be con- mean the difference between a and frightenly insecure environ-* of people to whom students with The rewards were evident as structive, not destructive. I think kid's turning to heroin or turn- ments. This is especially true in drug problems can turn, parti- the participants openly and hon- one of the greatest things about ing to people. an urban community college in cipated in encounter sessions this estly expressed their reactions to the group was that there were "This program with Phoenix which a large number of students summer at Phoenix House, the one another — both positive and some members whom I wouldn't House was intended to help our comes from ghettos and extreme therapeutic community for drug negative — and then closely ex- have liked at all if I hadn't been faculty members become the kind proverty areas." addicts. amined them. The atmosphere, in the group with them. Now I of people to whom these kids Learning to Deal The sessions were part of an ex- though highly charged with emo- really like them. Yet, there is might turn in times of difficulty," Many teachers would very perimental program which was tion, was rarely hostile. no one whom I like less as a Dr. Ehrlich said. much like to develop better re- to be concluded at the end of Those involved in the group result of the group." The implications of this are lationships with their students^ the Spring 1971 semester. The quickly learned that being mem- This, according to Dr. Ehrlich, clear. The responsibilities of the but feel unsure as to how to ap- enthusiasm of -the participants, bers of the same profession is initiator of the program, was pre- teacher must be examined and, proach the matter, Dr. Fhrlich however, warranted the pro- most helpful in encounters. The cisely what was supposed to hap- if necessary, redefined. Dr. explained. "By participating ui gram's extension into the sum- fact that most of them were pen. The encounter sessions were these sessions, and really com- mer. Faculty members and ad- acquainted with one another out- intended to help the members mitting themselves — and this ministrators in the encounter side of the group gave them a relate better to others, and means over a period of months— group feel that the self-aware- head start and a more solid eventually learn to apply this new many of these teachers can learn ness gained through open and frame of reference during an ability to relationships with stu- to deal more openly and honestly honest relationships with each encounter. dents, on a more human instead with students in situations which other will enable them to make Very often discussion centered of intellectual level. The parti- might cause them discomfort a constructive contribution to around teaching, teaching meth- cipant does this by learning how right now." the solution of the on-campus ods, and a member's effectiveness people react to him and hope- "I don't pretend to say that drug problem. as a teacher. For instance, one fully correcting the aspects of his by participating in the encounter According to Dr. Gerald Ehr- member expressed a wish for his behavior that elicit negative re- sessisons at Phoenix House, the lich, chief psychologist at BCC, students to address him by his actions. He also develops his BCC faculty can single-handedly "The first step in preparing lay- first name, but at the same time ability to recognize and deal con- wipe out drugs on campus," Dr. men — in this case faculty — to confessed that he had never been structively with certain types of Ehrlich said. "But they can be- relate to youngsters who may be able to invite them to do so. The behavior which may be anti- come more sensitive to the kind turning to drugs for various rea- group discussed the situation in social or at least unproductive. of problems that force students sons is to first have them con- depth, and found that the teach- "Most students are ill-prepared to turn to drugs, and learn to front their own basic attitudes er's commitments appeared to or equipped to deal with instruc- relate to them in a way that towards drugs and drug users, as be divided between the students, tors on a purely intellectual might in some cases prevent well as their attitudes towards to whom he felt he should have level," Dr. Ehrlich said. "They Dr. Gerald Ehrlich this." authority, student-teacher rela- a primary commitment, and other desperately need a human, per- "This kind of program is abso- tionships.family and any other faculty members, whom he son-to-person relationship, an Ehrlich feels that faculty should lutely essential to an effective attitudes that may prevent them feared might be compromised by area in which college faculty is begin to accept institutional and anti-drug campaign, not because from approaching the drug prob- his adoption of an informal, more often deficient. personal responsibilities beyond it's directly involved with drugs, lem objectively." personal relationship with the Causes Examined the area of a narrowly-defined but because it's directly involved This wide-open approach often students. According to Dr. Ehrlich the professional concern. with people," Dr. Ehrlich con- produced heated, no-holds4>arred Reactions Vary drug problem is really a symp- Participants in the encounter cluded. meetings ."It didn't take long for Different members of the tom of a greater problem — that program tend to feel that the The faculty encounter group those really committed to the group reacted differently to con- is, the disintegration of concrete responsibility of a teacher goes met in the Phoenix House facility encounters to loosen up and over- frontation. Some thrived on it. values in society, and the stu- far beyond the presentation of on Phelan Place in the Bronx. It come their fear of expressing Their security wasn't threatened dents are responding subconsci- course material in the classroom. is a converted five-story apart- themselves openly in the pres- and they were sincerely interest- ously to this. "Everyone knows that teach- ment building, scrupulously clean ence of other faculty members ed in finding out what emotional "Kids turn to drugs because ers play an extremely important and sparsely furnished. In addi- who might be more influential reactions others had in their they feel no one cares. They don't role in the lives of young people," tion to the residents' living quar- professionally," one participant presence. Others were more reti- necessarily verbalize this, but Dr, Ehrlich said. "Often their are ters, there are cooking and eating reported. "As a matter of fact, cent. "Sometimes I'm really the fact is that certain crisis sit- the only meaningful symbols facilities, and a large living- they all discovered that this was afraid to look at the reasons why uations do occur when some in- of authority and responsibility recreation room in which the en- an exciting, stimulating, and I feel certain things," one mem- dication of sincere concern on the the students have, since so many counters took place. Campus Anti-Drug Strategy Yields Promising Results The anti-drug strategy instituted last semester has yielded such positive results sweeping anti-drug program on the campus. The proposal would establish facilities that the college administration is guardedly optimistic for the first time in three for urine analysis of students to detect drug usage and would permit purchase of years that the on-campus drug problem may be finally minimized. cameras to be used by the patrol in gathering evidence in drug cases. In addition The drug issue boiled to a head at the college last February when President to the usual counseling and referral activities, the students want a compulsory drug James A. Colston summoned students to an emergency meeting. In declaring an all- education program for all faculty, staff and administrators. out war on drugs, the president told a somber assembly that unless action was taken The administration has given the Drug Patrol an office and a "hot line" phone to decrease drug traffic, there would be "no other recourse but to call in and sanction on the fifth floor of the Main Building. Although they will not divulge the exact size the use of law enforcement agencies'' to deal with the problem. of their group for strategic reasons, estimates are that between 50 and 80 students A student-faculty coalition proposed an action program calling for a student- plus some faculty participate. run Drug Patrol for surveillance and gathering evidence and a Campus Committee The members of the patrol are publicly shy. They have turned down requests on Drug Abuse with disciplinary powers. President Colston accepted and sanctioned from CBS-TV and three other television news departments that wanted to film the the plan. patrol in action. They fear that the glare of the TV lamps will damage their cred- Drug Use Decreases ibility with the students and impugn their motives. In addition, patrol members who Prof. Joseph Riley, of the Chemistry Department, who has been working with operate openly are sometimes threatened by pushers. the Drug Patrol, estimates that within the first nine weeks of the anti-drug cam- Anti-Drug: Methods paign, the use of drugs on campus decreased 90 percent. This estimate is based on The methods of the anti-drug campaign are largely dictated by the desire to an informal survey by Prof. Riley of faculty and students active in the campaign avoid the use of police on campus. According to Prof. Riley, "The students feel that and of others in a position to daily observe college areas known for heavy drug use. when police come on campus, it is usually the user and not the pusher who gets Charles Minort, one of the student leaders of the Drug Patrol, explained some arrested. The professional hoodlum knows how to get out of the way when the of the beliefs and procedures of the group: "What we try to do to the users is apply heat is on." peer-pressure," he said. "Most students who use drugs are extremely insecure, and Consequently, the Drug Patrol determined from the outset to protect the ident- they do it in order to be accepted by their peers. But if their peers express disapproval ity of the suspected student user-seller. The college administration cooperated by and make them socially uncomfortable, they won't be so anxious to turn on." expanding its security force and instituting occasional I.D. checks at all doors to help keep the non-student users and pushers off the campus. Pushers Harassed The Drug Patrol's task isn't made easier by the fact that the BCC central Asked how, since the Drug Patrol has no police powers, they handle the push- campus consists of seven buildings spread over -date constitution," said thing that tember 16. ate Center, are open to the Mobile Museum Weeks. An alternative to the pre- CUNY-BA student, and he may, "The way we plan it," Mr. Newly elected to their offices sent form was suggested by Rob- last spring, the members feel if he wishes, take courses at sev- hasn't gone up Woolfson said, "the museum's ert Pope, a senator on the cur- badly about the poor voter turn- eral campuses. rent governing body. It would For students enrolled in the out that marked their election provide for a half student, half to office. However, as President program, non-classroom plans since 195a faculty board. range from an attitude survey of Peter Velez explained, "The poor The governing body consists of showing was not our fault. It student alienation in the CUNY students from all the various cur- community conducted by a Hun- was the responsibility of the pre- ricula. Peter Velez, the President, ter College psychology major, to vious government, in office at is from the neighborhood sur- that time, to make provision for rounding the college. He is in the an independent laboratory re- the election. As it was, we had search project conducted by a Electrical Technology curriculum Try. fry hard. only one week.to campaign and w|tfc one more yean t» eomplete chemistry major at Hunter. even-without the 'additional work herd before transferring^ to City Work as a proctor in a psychol- The only thing we can think of the campaign provided, that week College where he hopes to get ogy class will be conducted by a is what we make, the Swingline would have been very hectic." his B.A. Queens College mother of three "Tot 50" Stapler. 980 in 1950. 980 mf 971. Though still in the process of Andrew Bowe, a music major who has enrolled in the program organizing, the Student Senate specializing in percussion instru- and is studying at night toward And it still comes with 1000 free has one important job on its ments, is the Senate's secretary- a graduate degree in psychology. staples and a handy carrying agenda. Under the leadership of treasurer. Michael Weeks, the Dean Leslie Berger, director of pouch. It staples, tacks and Michael Weeks, the Senate will Senate's chairman, is in Business the CUNY-BA program, dis- mends. It's unconditionally be working on a new constitu- cussed a common problem that guaranteed. It's one of the Prof. William Woolfson Administration and plans to go world's smallest staplers. tion. "The old constitution was out of state to complete his edu- seems to confront some of the main prop will .be the truck in inadequate as was borne out by cation. new enrollees. "Our experience And it's the world's biggest which the works of art can be has shown," Dr. Berger said, seller. Could be that's why it transported from location to lo- "that a student planning to en- hasn't gone up in price in cation." The exhibits of this port- Anti-Drug Strategy ... roll for the CUNY-BA should in- 21 years. able museum can be set up al- If you're interested in something most anywhere, from a movie (Continued from Page 5) congregated in a corner. It took a little bigger, our Cub Desk theater to a supermarket. volvement with drugs, and the a couple of minutes for me to Stapler and Cub Hand Stapler Because of The Bronx Council extent of his willingness to take realize that one of them was I Personals | are only $1.98. Both Tot and on the Arts, a cultural center corrective measures. shooting up and the others were FOB SALE: Eico 324 Signal Gen- Cub Staplers are available at will be built in the new Bronx- The panel then meets to con- attempting to conceal this from erator w/manual. Good condition. Stationery, Variety and College Harlem River State Park, instead sider the evidence and a specific rr,e. I left to find another faculty $15. Call Jerry, 548-4726 till Bookstores. of the originally-planned amphi- action is recommended to the member. When we returned, the 10 p.m. students had disappeared, of The Swingline "Tot 50" theater. The cultural center will full Campus Committee, which — Hello. MAJ contain small theaters for the consists of ten students and ten course, leaving me feeling amaz- 98* in 1950. 98* in 1971- performing arts, as well as mu- ed at the open use of drugs on HAPPY BIRTHDAY, Alvin. From faculty. So far such hearings the guys at the ga,s station. If you can name something else seum facilities for art exhibits, have resulted in one student's campus." that hasn't gone up in ptrce workshops and other cultural ac- suspension. The suspended stu- Prof. Riley explained that a WANTED: Code help for Novice since T950, let us know. We'» tivities. dent later consented to enter a f«\v months ago o«ie couid hardly Exam. Would also like to get to send you a free Tot Stapler with "The next two years will be program of therapy and will enter a staiinvell or a lavatory know hams in the Bronx area. 1000 staples and a vinyl pouch. Call Jerry, 548-4726 till 10 p.m. -crucial for The Bronx Council on probably be readmitted to the without at least smelling grass, Enclose 250 to cover postage the Arts'" Mr. Woolfson said. college. A number of files are and', "You could practically get STU—Congratulations from the and handling. "We will be developing many awaiting examination and action high from the fumes on the fifth gang in 119. new ideas, including the roving this month. floor of the Main Building." JFK—More than yesterday, less But now, according to him and museum, and it is important that Because the Drug Patrol and than tomorrow. Beth. we establish a solid foundation many others, all this has changed. the Campus Committee feel LOST: Locket with picture in* on which to continue these valu- The Drug Patrol and the Campus strongly that student drug users side. Vicinity Main Building Aud- able activities." Committee have succeeded in need help and not punishment, itorium. Sentimental value He has been a lecturer in greatly reducing the visible signs every effort is made to protect only. If found please return to English and speech at Bronx of the on-campus drug problem not only the identity, but also at BCC. JoAnn in the Communicator of- Community College since 1960. the freedom of the students in- fice, FC 119. He joined the administration Pr< sident Colston has express- volved. The philosophy behind ed his appreciation of the pro- ATTENTION CYCLISTS: Inter- as Coordinator of Special the anti-drug campaign is that College Activities in 1966 and has gress which has been made to ested in bicycling from the West drug abuse is a symptom of a alleviate the drug problem on side of Manhattan or up the Con- had primary responsibilities in broader socio-psychological prob- the area of community relations. the campus: "I must emphatic- course to BCC every day? Call lem, and that psycho-therapy is He has been a visiting, associate ally state that the students have Prof. Michael Steuerman at professor of speech at Yeshiva a more effective cure than incar- played- a crucial and highly re- 960-8625. ceration. University, and has been a mem- sponsible role in this effort, and The Communicator is now ac- ber of the Executive Board of Changed Campus it is my hope that with the con- cepting personal ads. Sttodent- the Arts Council since its incep- "When I first came to BCC tinued cooperation of all BCC faculty-staff rate is $1 for 25 tion four years ago. In 1969, he last fail," Prof. Riley reported, personnel, including faculty, staff, words or less. Additional ux>rds received the Council's Distin- "I was in a men's room and arid administration, further signi- $.01 each. Reply boxes available. D.pt.F guished Service Award. vaguely noticed some students ficant progress can be made." Orders taken at FC 119. 32-00 Skillman Arc., long Uland City. N.Y. 11101 Thursday, September 23, 1971 THE COMMUNICATOR Page T Project Unites Colleges Fantasy becomes reality In Recruitment Drive in the games people play! A $64,500 grant to Bronx Community College, which will be administered jointly by the Bronx Council on the Arts, will enable a consortium of seven Bronx colleges to launch Project SPAN (Students Promoting Arts in Neigh- borhoods) — a demonstration program to show that young adults can be interested in going to college through exposure to (South Bronx), the Kingsbridge Veterans Hospital and the Mel- the arts in a neighborhood set- ting. < f.j rose Drug Control Center. Other agencies will also be involved. Students from most participat- ing institutions — Bronx Com- Importance Stressed munity, Hostos Community, Leh- man College, New York Univer- President Colston stressed the sity (Uptown), Fordham Univer- "awesome responsibility that is sity, Manhattan College and the being assumed by students for College of Mount St. Vincent — the success of Project SPAN.' will be able to earn field-work An intensive orientation program credits in the arts by working will prepare the students in the "through community agencies to objectives of stimulating adult develop neighborhood arts pro- interest in attending college. The grams. students will be responsible for identifying those target adults It is hoped that the target who are likely college material adults, ages 18 to 35, will develop and the Project SPAN staff will an interest in going to college follow up. At the same time, the partly because of their exposure students will be providing lead- to and participation in the arts ership for various cultural pro- but mostly as a result of in- grams in the neighborhoods. FILMS present spirational contacts with the A WILLIAM CASH productic. dedicated students attracted to One Bronx Community stu- the program. As an added in- dent, Marguerite McLaughlin ducement, the consortium col- working through the West Bronx TONY ANTHONY leges are trying to work out Task Force, did such an impres- procedures for admitting these sive job of organizing the "New adults with credit for their par- Theatre Workshop" that she re- ticipation in the various arts pro- ceived a letter from Mayor Lind- grams: drama, music, painting, say thanking and commending sculpture, writing, photography, her. Generally, students like Miss ,i»,,,,™LUCIANA PALUZZI™ ROSEMARY DEXTER and the dance. McLaughlin are assigned projects produced by TONY ANTHONY and SAUL SWIMMER directed by SAUL SWIMMER An ALLIED ARTISTS release Hear Joe South sing "Games People Play". • based upon their artistic apti- in COLOR Directors Appointed tudes or specific arts courses in [Original soundtrack available on Apple ^ Recordi I In announcing the grant, Pres- which they are enrolled. ident James A. Colston appointed STARTS FRIDAY Sept. 24th AT A THEATRE NEAR YOU! Mrs. Irma Fleck, executive direc- (CHECK DAILY NEWSPAPERS FOR THEATRE LISTINGS) tor of the Bronx Council on the Announce Low Arts, and Mr. William Woolf- son, an administrator at the col- lege, as co-directors of the pro- Drop Out Rate gram. Mrs. Mary Jane Hanzlik The percentage of open ad- oft thtnee tfronBronxx counciCouncil on ththe missions freshmen dropping Arts is the community coordina- mjouft noff RrnT1BronYx r-jnTYirrmr.Communit^y iais tor and Prof. Guillermo Ramirez below the university-wide of Lehman College heads the community college attrition guidance and counseling compo- rate. nent. Support for the project is provided by a grant of federal The proportion of open admis- funds under Program IMPACT sions freshmen who dropped out of -the Higher Education Act of of City University's community 1965, Title I: Community Serv- colleges after the fall term in ice and Continuing Education, 1970 was 21.6 percent. At Bronx, Barnes & Noble stocks over a million administered by the New York the percentage was 13.4. No fig- new and used college textbooks State Education Department. ures are available as yet on the term ending last May. paperbacks and outlines. According to Mrs. Fleck, Project SPAN is the second A further breakdown of BCC Our new management has provided spirit phase of a program which was attrition figures shows that 9.9 funded through the same agency percent of students with a 75 and enthusiasm as we approach our at Herbert H. Lehman College high school average or better second century of educational bookselling. last year under the administra- dropped out, as did 13 percent tion of 'Dean Mary Jane King- of those with 70 to 74 averages. And when you need us most... we'll be kade. In the first phase, the Those with averages below 70 open: Sept 13-24, mon - thurs 9:45-8p.m. consortium pioneered the con- dropped out at a larger propor- fridays & Saturdays 9:45-5:45. And, of course, cept of field-work credits in the tion—16.9 percent—but still not arts for college students. In the as high as the entire university we will continue to buy back your books. Project SPAN phase, an attempt group for community colleges. will be made to assess the ef- No students were forced out fectiveness of cultural contacts of the university for academic with college students in attract- reasons last year. CUNY policy ing more adults to higher educa- has repeatedly asserted that a tion. key aim is to prevent open ad- "The idea for changing the missions from amounting to a emphasis in the secpnd year of "revolving door" policy with our college-community cultural droves of dropouts. program," said Mrs. Fleck, Mixed Success "emerged out of the fact that last year's program, which fo- While top officials of the uni- cused on the activities of the versity said last week that it college student in the commu- was too early to gauge accurately nity, resulted in ten percent of the progress of open admissions the particpating adults seeking during its first year, a CUNY admission to college." report approved by the chancel- Mrs. Fleck expects that about lor's entire staff indicates that 50 students from the consortium the policy was carried out with will make up the Project SPAN mixed success. "faculty." The target adults will Administrators here point to be reached primarily through a BCC's comparatively low drop geographically and ethnically out rate as an indication that balanced mix of community the needs of open admisssions • agencies: The West Bronx Task students are being effectively Force, The PAL-Lynch Center met. Pagft • THE COMMUN 1C ATOR Thursday, September 23, 1971 Athletic Team And Club Try out Schedule SPORT FIRST MEETING TRYOUTS TENTATIVE SCHEDULE COACH - ROOM ,

Men's Basketball Oct. 9 — Sat. 10 a.m. Mon. • — 5-7 p.m. Prof. Whelan N.C. Gym Wed., Thurs., Fri., 4-6 p.m. K.C. G.-l Oct. 11 — Mon. 10. a.m. Sat. — 10 a.m. N.C. — Gym N.C. Gym

Women's Basketball Oct. 5 — TuesK.C. Oct. 4 — Mon. 7 p.m. Mon. — 7 p.m. ) N.C. Miss M. Stern 3 p.m. — Room 127 Oct. 6 — Wed. 6 p.m. Wed. — 6 p.m. ) Gym Main Oct. 6-7 — Room 127 N.C. Gym 3 p.m. — Room ....

Men's Baseball • Sept. 18 — Sat. ) 10a.m. Mr. Constantine Sept. 20 — Mon. ) Harris K.C. G-l Sept. 21 — Tues.) Field

Men's Bowling Sept. 30 — Thurs Oct. 2 — Sat. 10 a.m. Thurs. 12-2 p.m. . Prof. Wolf 12 Noon K.C. Brunswick Pel Park Lanes Sat. 10-12 Noon K.C. G-l Room 123

Women's Bowling Oct. 5 — Tues. Week of Oct. 5th Tues. 6-8 p.m. Prof. Kelemen 6 p.m. Van Nest Lanes Main N.C. Gym Bronxdale & Morris Park Ave. .. BM-8

Cheerleaders Oct. 14 — Thurs. Werek of Oct. 14th Miss M. Stern 12 Noon — N.C. Week of Oct. 18th Main Room Oct. 18 — Mon. 3p.m. — K.C. Room 127

Men's Cross-Country Sept. 16— Thurs. Every weekday 3-6 p.m. Mon. thru Fri. 3-6 p.m. Mr. Dyce 12 Noon — K.C. Sat. 10 a.m. Sat. 10 a.m. K.C. 216-217 Room 119 Van Cortlandt Park Van Cortlandt Park Main

Modern Dance Oct. 5 — Tues Week of Oct. 5th Tuesdays 6 p.m. Prof. Honda 6p.m. N.C. Gym K.C. G-l N.C. Gym N.C. C-7

Women's Gymnastics Oct. 4 — Mon. Week of Oct. 4th Monday 10 a.m. Mrs. C. Stern 10 a.m. N.C. Gym Main N.C. Gym N.C. C-7

Men's Soccer Currently Mon. - Fri. 3-6 p.m. Mon. - Fri. 3-6 p.m. Mr. Constantine Sat. 10 ajn. Sat. 10 a.m. K.C. G-l Harris Field Harris Field

Synchronized Swimming Sept. 27 — Mon. Week of Sept. 27th Mon. 6-8 pan. Prof. Katz 6 p.m. N.C Pool N.C. C-7 N.C. Pool

Women's Volleyball Sept. 30 — Thurs. Week of Oct. 5th Tues. 4-6 p.m. K.C. Gym Miss Murphy 6p.m. N.C. Gym Thurs. 6-8 p.m. N.C. Gym Main Oct. 5 — Tues. 4p.m.

Men's Wrestling Sept. 30 — Thurs K.C. Mon., Wed., Thurs., Fri. Mon., 4-6 p.m. K.C. Gym Prof. Wenzel 12 Noon —Roo m 127 Oct 4, 6, 7, 8 Wed., Thurs., Fri., 4-6 p.m. Main Oct. 1 — Fri. K.C. 4-6 p.m. K.C. Gym K.C. Gym BM-8 4 p.m. Gym Sat. 10 a.m. K.C. Gym Sat. 10 a.m. KC. Gym Oct. 2 — Sat. K.C. Gym 10 a.m. Virgo Is Everyone... (Continued from Page 4) ality, incorporating desired qual- yields to Zeus and Hermes, but <= and discipline as in Yoga; a bath ities into their own basic fiber not before making Porsepine eat every morning, breakfast, every of self, with an interesting cap- some pomegranate seeds, forever day at the same time, catch the binding her to four months in acity for impersonation and mi- the underworld, the barren same train — regimented living micry. with great care for bodily health months of the year. The lesson and cleanliness, a corncern for That the astrologicial traits of course is to watch out for the little things that create well which are observed in people get those Chinese apples. being, in so doing makes for a then* inherent meaning from as- The first asteroid from the freshness and purity, an as-if- trology's organic and primordial huge belt between Mars and Jup- done-for-the-first-time brightness link with nature, is of course ob- iter was discovered in 1901 and to the routine of living. The Chin- vious. In ancient times there was promptly named Ceres. Its as- ese say, a journey of a thousand a celebration for the Earth God- trological significance as possi- miles begins with the first step; dess, Ceres, (Demeter, in Greek) ble ruler of Virgo, however, the lesson of starting small and at harvest time, which Labor wasn't discovered until last Sep- taking a little at a time; small Day is probably a vestige of. Be- tember by New York astrologer bits of life that are chewed slow- fore there was any mind-con- Eleanor Bach of West 18 Street. ly and digested for proper use. ciousness to distinguish the sea- It would be interesting to see sons, or anything, from one how this discovery may corres- Virgos are intensely and in- another, Ceres ruled over a boun- pond to the changes in Virgo COLLEGE timately interested in people, tiful earth. But Pluto (Hades) characteristics in everyone, and and have an adaptability that kidnapped Ceres' daughter, Por- with Virgos in particular. allows them to relate to just serpine, and brought her under- about anyone they care to. Being ground to live as his wife in the with a Virgo demands lack of underworld. Ceres, stricken with grief, allowed famine and bar- PIANO rigidity and a completely shar- INSTRUCTION ing relation. Without equal shar- reness to cover the earth until Zeus, in between orgies, keenly Classical — Popular — Theory ing there is no response or rela- perceiving something amiss, sends Beginners and Advanced tions with a Virgo. They also a messenger to his brother in the Far Info. Call 367-6739 absorb others into their person- lower depths of the earth. Pluto Ruth Fromowifs Luchonak