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David Gaede of the College Press Service) Both new guides used a combination of question- nf ires and Providence, Rhode Island - The once-exclusive essays to compile their information, and domain of Barron's College Board, Lovejoy's and Stony Brook did not provide enough information to be Peterson's guides to colleges - known as the Big Four included in either. in college directory circles - was invaded earlier in Beckham and student interns asked schools across 1982 by a couple of irreverent, subjective entries. the country about the number of black students and And now people at two universities are writing faculty members they had, special minority student guides for certain kinds of students. assistance programs, and black student social life. This fall, Everywoman's Guide to Colleges and Black students at each of the schools also wrote essays, Universities and The Black Student's Guide to Col- Beckham said, to give potential enrollees an idea of the leges will debut at bookstores. And Stony Brook will "general academic and social climate toward blacks." not be mentioned in either one. Beckham said he had received a complete set of They are markedly different from the Big Four answers from the university administration, but none which dryly offer reams of studiedly objective infor- from students. The questionnaires were sent to the mation on thousands of campuses - and the Yale office of Student Affairs, and Samuel Taube, assistant Insider's Guide to Colleges and the New York Times' director of Student Affairs said after filling out their Selective Guide to Colleges and Universities - part, the administration sent the questionnaires to var- which may poke fun at a school's quality of teaching, ious black student groups on campus. Peter Inniss, the criticize dull social scenes, say bad things about curric- former president of Scholastic Achievement Incen- tives for Non-Traditional Students, said the leaders of Statesman trfc AmDrosio ula, or even say if it's safe to eat in the cafeterias. The traditional guides to colleges will no longer dominate the several black student groups on campus met to look market. We just felt there was a need for a no-nonsense over the questionnaires and begin filling them out, but guide for black students," said Barry Beckham, the "it never really got off the ground." He said the project and according to Marburger's assistant Paul Chase, a Brown University professor who is editing the Black would have taken too much work including looking up staff member began gathering the information, but it Student's Guide. "A black student trying to decide on information and calling university administrators for was apparently never finished. "There's no record here a college could have no idea about the environment, some of it. of it having been completed," he said. Like Inniss. tone and emotions of a campus from the traditional The editors of the Everywoman's Guide to Col- Chase said the amount of work involved was the rea- college guide." leges sent questionnaires to over 3,000 colleges to son. He said the university often receives requests for The Everywoman's Guide is also "a very serious gather the information for the 582 listings in the book, information, and that "the projects get to be really guide, filled with straight forward information," said Winnick said. unwieldy." He noted that publishers of different Arlene Winnick of the Feminist Press, which pub- University President John Marburger's office guides often asked for entirely different information. lishes the book from the State University of New York- received a questionnaire about a year and a half ago, (continued on page I ) Few Students Protest Draft Registration LawI i Offricers Outnumber Short Notice, Rain The Demonstrators Blamed for Turnout By Howard SaUz By Skip Spitzer The dozen or so people who demon- Carrying signs with slogans such as strated against draft registration Wed- 'Draft Reagan, send him to Lebanon" nesday had to withstand the rain, a lack and "say no to the draft yes to freedom," of support and the watchful eyes of twice students gathered in front of the as many Departnent of Public Safety adminstration building under light rain .personnel. Wednesday afternoon to protest draft Eighteen officers, some in uniform registration and university complicity and others in plain clothers, were with the Selective Service System. assigned to the demonstration. They Iori Zailowski, protest organizer and were joined by the departments direc- member of the Red Balloon Collective, a tor, its two assistant directors and at Marxist group on campus, said Red Bal- least two detectives. loon organized the demonstration. Officers were stationed at various Speaking of what she felt was a poor points in the Adminstration Building, turnout, she said, 'I am not surprised and most entrances wereLeered. One considering the short notice we worked officer patrolled outside the office of with." She also cited the rain and politi- Residenee Life-the scene ofa 45-person cal apathy as factors. protest on Sept 22 and one of the targets Debbie Budoff, a member of the Anti- of a 250-person protest on Oct 4-and Intervention Coordinating Center, a others patrolled on the Fine Arts Center new activist group on campus. said that Statesman/,Ramon Gallo if it were not for therain, "the size of the Plaza, which overlooks the area in front Students display signs protesting draft registration policies. (continuedon page 11) (cntinued opnpage 11) -4k l- "M" Potsdam Offiials Amend Vitolleyball Team Defeats Student Conduct Regulations Kings Point,Brooklyn College I i- Page 5 -- Back Page L .-A L~~~~~~~~~ - ww '1% Convict Escapes Holds Hostages Isaid, he struggled with his two guards in after the end of English's New York (AP) - A desperate pri- was freed. He carried a warning from Ten minutes gun and shot second hostage, identi- tan elevator, took a guard's soner, fearing he would be dealt a long Gardner. broadcast, the one of them before running to a nearby Tyler, was freed prison term on robbery charges today, He wanted "to send his love to his wife, .fied as Michael building, where he took the five But as he released him, bolted during a routine hospital visit Anna," and said that things would be unharmed. hostages. set another condition that yesterday, shot a guard and took five OK and that the remaining two hostages Gardner At 4:10 PM, Gardner gave up a hos- before television cameras and hostages in a basement locker room, would not be hurt "as long as the police Tyler go tage in exchange for blankets and a pil- them how he [Gardner] had been police said. Three hostages were or nobody else try to provoke anything," tell which were lowered through a in prison. He said he wanted low, released unharmed hours later. Richards said. treated grate to him. Minutes later, a gray- to apperar on television's 11 PM English went on WOR Radio at 8:40 Tyler haired hostage climbed a ladder and programs. Negotiations continued into the night PM and said that Gardner "wants peo- news was led away by police. He was identi- with Larry Gardner, 34, who took the ple to know about brutality" in the pri- Tyler climbed up from the basement fied as Orestes Castro, 56, a hospital hostages at about 10 AM at Kings sons. "The food is terrible" there, find himself facing television lights. messenger from Cambria Heights, County Hospital in Brooklyn's Flatbush 'peopleare starving" and "dope is going to handed him a half dozen micro- Queens, who was described as -shaken section, police said. Gardner held a .38- in and out of the prisons," she said, quot- Police and Tyler said, "He wants me to but unharmed." caliber gun which contained two ing Gardner, with whom she spoke by phones, the way he's been treated in the Gardner had been scheduled to be bullets. telephone earlier. Gardner asked "how speak on "one thing he wants to stress sentenced for robbery today-he faced a Six hours after the incident began, can you rehabilitate a man in a place prison" and not push him." Tyler said he and minimum of six to 12 years in prison, Gardner released one hostage and 11 like that?" English said. is-do three remaining hostages were and as much as 25 years to life-and "he hours into the ordeal, a second hostage the by Gardner. "He's given us feels he has nothing to lose." said Patrick was released, but only after a condition She stressed twice during the five- treated well we want,"he said. At that Murphy, police chief of operations. set by him to have Daily News reporter minute broadcast that Gardner "has everything the microphones were taken from "I think he believes...the police will Bella English go on the air was met. made good on his other promises" and point, was led away by police. shoot him" if he comes out, Murphy said Nearly 13% hours after the start of the felt he would release a second hostage Tyler and he had gone to the hospital to yesterday. He predicted "long and pro- crisis and during the 11 PM television after hearing her on the air as he had Gardner cast removed. Afterward, police tracted" negotiations.