PAUTOORA'S BOX VOLUME 11 NUMBER 2 YORK COLLEGE OF THE CITY UNIVERSITY OF MEW YORK JAMAiCA-BAYSSDE SEPTEMBER 20,1973 Panel Picks Enclosed Mall For New Campus by Sam Mora minimum to insure honesty of around it. The positive aspect of expression and feedback without Plan Two is that the campus is York College recently approved fear. designed like an old Roman villa. a campus plan to be presented to The York College Master Plan There is a large piece of land to the BHE in October. This plan is has been in progress since 1970. give the feeling of a real campus, the first real sign that York is The original allotment of land has and still fill the requirements of getting its campus. The York been diminished by 90,000 sq. feet ( classroom space. The positive master plan has been in progress because of budget cuts. Another aspects of plan one is that it will be since 1970 and has experienced consequence of the budget cuts is an all weather campus that could several changes since then. that only the campus core will be be used in comfort in any season. Gruzen and Partners presented built in the near future. The The committee selected plan one four plans to a York College Gruzen and Partners firm sub- for this and other sundry reasons. campus committee. The com- mitted four plans to York for it's The committee felt that plan two mittee, which only made new campus. Each plan, by tried to isolate the campus from recommendations, included Ms. Jo definition, has to include the same the community and since one of Lewis and Jonas Wynn (Social amount of classroom and office York's missions has been to Sciences), Dr. Timothy Dineen space in the coming year. The become part of the community, the (Pol. ScL), Prof. Venis Marsh natural sciences present a special committee felt this aspect to be (Academic Development), Prof. problem because of the laboratory detrimental. Other things that William Loughlin (Health and space which is not divided up as is worked against plan two is that Phys. Ed.), Dr. John Onwumelu regular classroom space. Of the maintaining a large piece of open (Hist, and Philosophy), Ms. Elaine four plans presented, only two land costs more money than Feldsteir. (Eng.), Dr. Sarah were given consideration. Plan one maintaining an enclosed area. In D'Albert! (Foreign Languages), had a covered mall running down addition, plan two calls for tall Dr. Jane Schuyler (Performing the middle of the campus. The skinny buildings which cost more Arts), Dr. Eric Liban buildings are all attached by to construct than the low profile (Mathematics), Dr. Eugene M. tunnels and staircases. In essence, buildings which are in plan one. Levin (Natural Sciences), Dr. it is a completely covered campus; Daniel Stern (Student Develop- one will not have to go outside to The committee recommended ment), Dr. Fred J. Harsaghy, get any classes. There is an open plan one to President Bassin, who photo by James Theodorou (Library), and students Christine mall at one end of the campus and accepted the committee's Campus Facilities Officer Raymond Pavia who served as an ad- Capuano and Steven Bernstein, trees surrounding the outside of recommendation. The plan now visor for the committee and a liason to the architects both members of the College the buildings. goes to the Board of Higher Senate. The makeup of the Plan Two had a different Education for approval in mid- committee was designed to get scheme: there is a large open October. If the board approves the Drug Education equal representation from the pentagon shaped piece of land in plan, construction will begin in school. Administration and the middle of the campus with L- 1975. Occupancy of these department heads were kept to a shaped buildings constructed buildings will be in 1977. ,- at York Expanding President Milton G. Bassin of assistance and saying, "I am York College of the City University delighted to have this opportunity of New York has announced that to congratulate you and wish you the college will inaugurate a good luck in the program." PJY Establishing Courses For Inmates program this fall to provide Dean of Educational Services potential health educators with Wallace K. Schoenberg of York, a Joaquin N., a, 23 year-old Puerto at Greenhaven want to get the Instructors, who are members of skills and knowledge in the area of resident of Roslyn Heights, L.I., Rican who is serving a sentence for education and job training they the staff of the CUNY center, drug education. has designated Prof. Morton Fine illegal possession of'drugs, started need to qualify for positions in include its new director Dr. Frank (Health Education), of Scarsdale, college this summer in a program social work fields. Bonilla, former political science The program, financed by a N.Y. and Prof. Bertrand J. Arm- he hopes will lead to professional "We want to make sure that professor at Stanford University. small Federal grant from the strong (Education), of St. Albans, social work training. He's one of what happened to us doesn't In addition to developing Department of Health, Education Queens, as coordinators of the about 100 Puerto Rican New happen to other people," is the educational programs the task and Welfare, will include training program. Yorkers who are taking freshman way Joaquin explained their hopes force at the center is conducting a in pharmacology and in feelings, They will be part of a team, courses for credit under auspices for the future. A large number of survey of Puerto Rican inmates. attitudes and inter-personal including five students, who will of City University of New York in the men have families in the Little is known about the number aspects of drug use. work at the college and in the the first bilingual college program Bronx; some of them already are in prisons and detention centers in After being advised of the grant community to enhance ever offered to Spanish-speaking planning to attend CUNY's Hostos the city and state, the types of by the HEW Office of Education, educational programs in drug inmates of correctional institutions Community College there when crimes they have committed, their United States Senator Jacob K. abuse prevention. The HEW grant in the state, including New York they are free to come home, Hostos age and backgrounds and the kind Javits wrote to York, offering his is for $2,170. City. offers a range of bilingual liberal of legal services they received The men will attend classes arts and career courses for during the arraignment and trial: throughout the year and transfer Spanish-speaking students who An analysis will also be made of credits to CUNY colleges when are learning English while they the number of Puerto Rican they are released. They are in- work for college degrees. judges, attorneys, policemen and mates at Greenhaven Correctional The program at Greenhaven correction and parole personnel. Facility in Stormville, N.Y., 70 was developed by a task force at. The center was established early miles north of New York City. The the center consisting of CUNY this year with a grant of $485,150 educational program in which they students, faculty and volunteers from the Ford Foundation. Dr. recently enrolled is given by the from the community and by the Bonilla was appointed by the university's new Center for Puerto men at the prison. A similar Board of Higher Education in Rican Studies. Requirements for program for women is scheduled February. The proposal for the admission to CUNY classes at to start at Bedford Hills center was prepared by ad- Greenhaven are the same as for Correctional Facility, Bedford ministrators, faculty members and any other branch of the City Hills, 40 miles north of New York students in CUNY Puerto Rican University: students must have a City next winter. One of the first studies departments and by high school diploma. (Those who objectives of the task force is to representatives of the Puerto have not graduated may attend insure that Spanish-speaking Rican community in New York preparatory classes at the prison to inmates throughout the state City. For further information, get a high school equivalency receive meaningful education and contact Dr. Frank Bonilla, 354- certificate.) Many of the freshmen job training in their own language. 5410. Page 2 PANDORA'S BOX September 20,1973 Help Wanted Last year, the Student Programming Committee (S.P.C.), through the hard work and cooperate effort of it's membership, provided the college and community with numerous activities. The S.P.C. offered free afternoon movies each week, monthly "cof- feehouses," several feature films, and two major concerts. All of the offerings were well received, and most ran perfectly. It is sad to hear (but not honestly unexpected) that the President of the club Hillary S. Kalman has announced that this activity, like so many of York's other Editor-in-chief student activities, may not be able to carry out all of the programs they had planned on for this semester. The reason is the expected: lack of personnel. Managing Editor .News Editor For those who'd delegate the aforementioned as insufficient Raymond Harley Jack. Katzanek cause for alarm, we doubt you'd find in your number who've at- tended an S.P.C. function, and fewer who have actively served any Feature Editor Photo Editor organized student club. The lack of student interest, effort and Joe Raskin . James Theodorou input into activities is most assuredly a cause for distress! From the start, Pandora's Box has devoted countless column inches toward publicity for the student activities; activities which, by the way, you are financing.