\ LUX Vol. 58, No. 13 ALFRED, NEW YORK, FEBRUARY 29. 1972 Phone 871-2192 New Fine Arts Building Off Campus Housing by Julian Kaiser Editor's note: As the Fine Art by Jane Carll length windows. (The view from Off campus housing is always a and Library building for the problem in a college town. The Ceramic College nears completion the fourth floor is beautiful.) In the stack areas study carrels students, tired of a dorm, seek to many students are curious as to its better their living conditions by structure and facilities. Last week will be placed against the wall under the small high windows. In moving to an apartment. The M II our feature editor toured the promise of lower living expenses building's i deep interior ac- each floor there is a small outdoor terrace at the northwest corner. and "room to breathe" sends many companied by Mr. Tinklepaugh, students to the dean's office for a Plant Space Coordinator. Here is On the west, along Kanakadea list of available housing. her report. Creek, the building has two stories What many of these students don't realize is that renting an apartment is not as simple as sixty dollars a month with no utilities. The tenant is at the mercy of his landlord. If the landlord is a fair and honest man then the tenant is likely to have little or no trouble. On the other hand, if the landlord is out to make a fast buck by cramming as many students as possible into a small apartment then the tenants are in for a great deal of trouble. In October of 1971 the Village of followed the violation will be dealt Alfred adopted a housing code. misdemeanor. with in the same manner. This housing code is a milestone in And as the code states, "Upon Village history. For the first time conviction shall be punished by a Anyone interested iri reading the there are laws concerning housing fine of not less than $100, or by' new code or reporting violations that can be enforced. If a tenant imprisonment for not less than 10 can stop into the Village Clerk's has a legitimate gripe he now has days nor more than 30 days, or Office located in the Fire Hall on and on the south where it is con- Picking my way over the frozen someone to turn to. both." W. University street. Please report ground that will later be paved nected to Binns-Merrill Hall it has violations as the improvement of Every multiple dwelling in the The housing code is not aimed with flagstones forming a plaza on three levels. These two sides of the solely at the landlord. The Alfred housing depends upon the the State Street side of the building take in most of the studios Village is to be inspected at least once every five years. When responsibilities of the occupants amount of support given to the building, I went through the main for the Art and Design division of are also spelled out and if not housing code. entrance and entered the large the Ceramics College. complaints are made the house in foyer on the third floor of Charles The pot shop, takes in the whole question will be inspected more M: Harder Hall. west side of the building on the often. If violations are found the ground floor. There are plaster, landlord is notified and given a set LaCourse named to board Workmen were installing full amount of time to correct the length windows overlooking the metal and wood shops, sculpture and painting rooms, material and violations and if he refuses to "World Digest of Industry and large courtyard and kiln room. To comply then he is guilty of a the left was a large open space glaze preparation rooms, a Technology" will be published by which will be the dean's office and ceramic materials laboratory, Ivy Hall Press, a division of a large rectangular room which darkrooms and a very large room Pergamin Press of New York City. Will serve as an art gallery. To the for the foundation classes, all part Byrds Concert Appearing monthly, it will offer right were several entrances to a of what seems like an endless condensed descriptions of in- 425 seat theater and a short maze. On Saturday, March 18, the walls dustrial patent applications and corridor that led to the main en- Also located in this area are of the McLane P.E.Center will technological developments. trance of the future Ceramic many of the eighteen professors' quake as the BYRDS take flight. The journal's readership is Library. offices. Mr. Parry's office is the The BYRDS' concert, beginning expected to extend beyond the / The dean's office will be a suite most interesting. It has a special at 2:00P.M. will be the highlight of scientific and engineering com- containing a private office, window in one was to allow direct the St. Pat's weekend celebrations. munity to banks and brokerage secretarial space, a waiting room sunlight to enter. This year, the I.F.S.C. of the Tech houses dealing with investment and a conference room, which, In all the studio areas ducts, has joined with A.U. to enable the capital. incidentally, will have the largest pipes and electrical conduits are students of both schools to enjoy LaCourse's fundtion on the compressor in the building located plainly visible along the ceiling. the performance. editorial board will be to review within a foot of the rear wall. They will not be hidden by dropped The most well established rock and develop items of business and The high ceilinged art gallery ceilings. group on the American scene, the industrial interest in materials faces State Street. Its most in- There are few full walls. BRYDS have had a steady in- technology: ceramics, metallurgy, teresting feature is the con- Shoulder high concrete block walls novative influence on the course of and polymers. struction of the ceiling windows are placed where they are modern music.Since their start in In addition, he will write a series which will contain diffusers thus necessary for attaching fixtures 1964, Roger McGuinn -the only of articles in his field. In providing soft indirect light to the such as sinks and benches and original BYRD yet remaining- has preparation for future publications ^ room. The are department hopes mounting electrical outlets. guided the BYRDS through a Dr. William C. LaCourse, are pieces on "Ceramics in the that traveling art shows can be The painting room will have series of style and personnel assistant professor of glass science 70's," "Future Application of displayed here. (Continued on Page 7) changes, (resulting in offshoots in the College of Ceramics, has Lasers" and "The Energy Gap- A steeply stepped seating area such as the Flying Burrito been named to the editorial board How Will Our Future Energy and a thrust stage that will cover a Brothers, and Emerson,Lake, and of a national journal of industrial Demands Be Met." small orchestra pit, were the most Parking Permits for Palmer.) technology scheduled to begin LaCourse holds a bachelor's and master's degree from the State recently apparent features of the All Students in 1973 The BYRDS remained a constant publication in March. theater. throughout personnel changes, University of New York at Stony Brook and a Ph.D. degree in It was recently learned through each new talent contributing to the Rising about two stories above materials engineering from the an interview with Dean King that greater sound defined by the the stage is a large steel framed fly Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, the University Council has decided BYRDS. The group moved through space for the hoisting of scenery. R.A. .Positions Troy. The fly space is the tall triangular to allow all students, regardless of blues, jazz, country, and some academic standing, to have cars on purely funky sounds to creat the In 1970, shortly before joining the structure at the north-east corner Available Alfred faculty, he was a National of the building. campus next semester. This unique American rock sound decision will give Freshmen the for which they are famous. The Student Affairs Office Research Council postdoctoral Near the theater are dressing, associate at the Naval Research make-up and scenery storage and right to have cars on campus, as A prolific group, the BYRDS wishes to announce that a number was not the case in the past. have produced eleven albums and of staff vacancies for the positions Laboratory, solid state division, in preparation rooms. It is certainly a Washington, D.C. far cry from South Hall. It was also learned that the innumerable singles. of Resident Assistant are available The library takes in the upper University is planning to hire a The group now includes for the 1972-73 academic year. four of the five floors on the north campus planner to study land- McGuinn, Skip Battin (guitar), Positions are for students who will side of the building along Pine scaping, more efficient use of the Clarence White (guitar), and Gene be juniors or seniors next year. Alfred Review ^ Street. The main desk of the University campus, additional Parsons (drums and guitar)- all Deadline for filing applications is ^ library is located on the second recreational areas near dor- striving to maintain the unique March 1,1972. Applications znd job A plea to all students and floor. All but the fourth floor which mitories, and the possibility of a sound found only with the BYRDS. descriptions may be obtained professors...The Alfred Review is forms a balcony over the third are pedestrian campus.