Vol.6,No.5 * University Community's Weekly Paper * Thurs, Oct.4,1984 Athletic Fee Defeated page 3 ·-F I nil heed page 12 oL.. p--* & Voting Rights page 5 Zb:·:-·cr·c~::i-:~·:~ Alcohol Rules p Opposeda gA04° 3.0 i- Poland Today page 6 page 5 -The Fourth Estate: Editorial I I I dl Get Out the Vote It is much easier to ridicule political organizations But the less you like Polity the more important it is than to think of ways to improve them, and to write off that you vote-intelligently. If you shirk this candidates as worthless than to learn about them and responsibility, you are only contributing to the Note: vote intelligently. But what is immediately easier is organization's ills. And whether you believe it or not, also, in the long run, incredibly damaging to the very the welfare of people who display this Polity is vital to every student political ignorance and here. It is because of Polity that there apathy. A democratic are par- system remains so only if its ;ities on campus, The last issue of the Press, in the article "Students constituents gather and analyze information, and that there are concerts, movies, sports, eunm, and Evicted: Reisidence Life Reassigns Five voice their conclusions. When they fail to do this by cultural clubs and that you can read this or any other Suitemates," former RHD Debbie Nagels was not voting, or by voting thoughtlessly, they are merely campus newspaper. referred to as having been dismissed. Director of letting control of their government and themselves The Polity officials who you choose in this week's Residence Life2Dallas Bluman informs us, However, slide from their grasp. .election will represent you to the administration, ithatMs. Nagel s in fact resigned from the department Polity has great potential to be a truly democratic allocate funds to your organizations and buildings, We apologize for any inaccuracy. organization. If every student attended residential or decide what activities there will be on campus. It is The Stony Brook Press can be picked up beginning commuter college legislature meetings, if every therefore imperative, for your sake, that you do not Wednesday niights at the following locations: The senator really took into account the wishes of his or vote for candidates merely because you like their Stony Brook Union, Library,Administration Bldg., in her constituency, if Council members spent more posters. Take the time-it isn't too much time, front of the Press offices in the basement of Old Bio time in action and less on politics, it would run very really-to learn about their experience, objectives (Central Hall) , the Javits Lecture HalI, ?K . A1 smoothly.But for a variety of reasons-most and ideas. Give them your own ideas, also-if you Humanitites, tSBS, Grad. Bio., Engineering, ComV importantly, the refusal of almost all students to put don't try, you can't complain that they're puting Center, Physics, Chemistry, Grad Physics any time or serious thought into their government, unresponsive. buildings, HS1C cafeteria and library, and at the which both places undue strain on the elected It is fashionable to hate Stony Brook. But when it cafeterias and at several off-campus locations. officials, and gives them too free a hand-Polity does comes time to do something about it, very few not rdn this way, and when its other problems, such as students try to improve things. The least students Cover ]Photos its inability to solve many of the grievances of the can do for their school and for themselves is to thake undergraduate student body, are added on, Liou Reed by Mike Shavel the result an interest in their government Because right now, is a general low opinion of the organization. C(impus Bus by John Tymczyszyn it's the only thing between us and a barren campus. asketball by Eric A. Wessman isetal by Eri A. Wessm - -- Milmlilla 9rkOW% I I ~ I_ Ii __ I ý00use The Stony Brook Press Executive Editor........... Joseph Caponi Associate Editor............ Kathy Esseks Managing Director .......... Daniel Hank Assistant News Editor....... Ron Ostertag Senior Photo Editor..... John Tymczyszyn Photo Editor................ Scott Richter 0 L# d Production Manager......... Egan Gerrity Business Manager.......0 . Pamela Scheer News and Feature: Al Bosco, Paul DiLorenzo, Brian Ehrlich, Ben Euster, Dave Goodman, mmftwwmwý Brian Kohn, Ken Kruger, D.J. Zauner. Arts: Michael Barrett, Sarah Battaglia, Hu- bert Moore, Ivan Pitt, Jean Marie Pugni, John Rosenfelder, Paul Yeats. 1009 Photo: till(,w'»» Brigitte d'Anjou, Albert Fraser, Mike Krasowitz, Mike Shavel, Haluk Soykan. at q Graphics: Ed Berger, Chesco, Philip Garfield, Charles Lane. Office Manager: John Tom. The Stony Brook Press is published every Thursday during the academic year and summer session by The Stony Brook Press, Inc., a student run and student funded not-for-profit C - corporation. Advertising policy does not necessarily reflect editorial policy Staff meetings are held weekly in the Press offices on ow" Monday nights at 8:00. (A The opinions expressed in letters and viewpoints do not necessarily reflect those of our staff. 8 - /i....... Phone: 248-6832 Office: Suite 020 Old Biology S.U.N.Y. Stony Brook Stony Brook, New York 11794-2790 M - I __J --I page 2 The Stony Brook Press m Leg's Condemm Alcohol Policyr Kelly.D and Cardozo Call For Changes attained the minimum NYS drinking ution, or consumption of alcohol ic by Ron Ostertag alhohol conumption in New York proceed to age; Therefore we also support this beverages is limited to certain areas Two College Legislatures voted to State(NYS). We now proposal and its status as interim such as pubs or multi-purpose meet- oppose the proposed University Policy take our stand on these pertinent policy. ing rooms (e.g. public lounges, aced- on Alcoholic Bevarages last Tuesday. issues of the day: of alco- * Whereas woodgrain alcohol emic buildings, and other public Having been tabled by the Stony Brook * Whereas the marketing advertising of may not be sold, distributed, or con- spaces)which require prior registra- Council two weeks ago, the policies holic beverages and served; sumed on campus; Therefore as in- tion and approval by the Director of were rejected last Tuesday by the Kelly events where alchohol is this proposal formed and responsible members of Student Activities; Therefore we D College Legislature, claiming that Therefore we support policy. the university community we whole- oppose this proposal and its current the policies are "at least in the eyes of and its status as interim alchohol may be sold, heartedly support this proposal and status as interim policy only because this body, severely flawed." A resolu- *Whereas or consumed on cam- its status as interim policy. dormitory rooms/suites are not spe- tion was passed opposing a number of distributed, only b, individuals who have * Whereas public sale, distrib- cifically excluded from it. We stand points and vagaries of the policy, and pus in favor of a reasonable alternative the Cardozo College Legislature unan- ~a ·- - I an 1 - dl I, that would only ban the public ex- imously passed a similar resolution change for alchohol in dormitory later that same night rooms/suites. The Kelly-D resolution, which was * Whereas prior registration of the written by Pat Flannery, a sophomore appropriate competed facilities use and resident of the building, criticizes form and approval by the director of and opposes the adoption of five points student activities is required for any of the proposed policy on alcoholic student-sponsored event at which bevarages. With each point opposed, alchoholic bevareges are served; an appropriate alternative is given. Therefore we oppose this proposal Flannery cited the proposed policy as and its status as interim policy only "restrictive; although well intentioned, because dormitory rooms/suites are but ill-concieved." He added that "I not excluded from it. can see this is made to shield alcohol *Whereas quantities of alcohol into a certain place, 'public lounges' for to be served at an event shall be instance, and there it does not exclude established in advance and in rela- dorm rooms," through the non-men- tiop to the number of anticipated tion of dorm rooms. The entire resolu- participants of legal drinking age tion, which was passed in Kelly with 52 and so noted on the appropriate votes for, none against, and one abs- facilities use form; Therefore we tention is as follows: oppose this proposal and its current status as interim policy only because no formula has been offered expres- we the resid- Resolved whereas sive of the relationship of persons having been ents of Kelly D after who have attained versus persons informed of Vice-President under the age (iegal)of consumption Preston's proposals and the Univer- in NYS. on Al- sity's current interim Policy * Whereas to serve wine/beer at an choholic Beverages do hereby adopt 0 event where money is collected a this resolution of position in regards temporary beer/wine permit must to the Interim Policy on Alchoholic J2 0 be obtained from the NYS Liquor Beverages as brought before the Authority(in Hauppauge)a mini- Stony Brook Council Therefore =oC mum of five business days prior to reject the policies cognicant of we Sj the event. Authorization for obtain- the facts that many of the policies ing this permit must be recieved are, at least in the eyes of the body, from the Director of Student Activ- severely flawed. These flaws render ities; Therefore as responsible citi- a slight majority of these policies zens of NYS, and as informed and vague and open to the wildest inter- responsible members of the Univer- pretations.