SUNY Cobleskill April Issue • Volume 9, Issue 7 THE Circulation: "2,500 Donors Who Gave Gallons • • • The students listed below are being recognized for their donation of a gal lon or more of blood over the years. According to • the American Red Cross, a. person may volunteer to donate blood as offen as every two months. Congratulations to these people. Their generosity is obvious to all. )-=----- • Joseph M . Harque of Cobleskill has donated a gallon. Joel Manning of Woodbury, New York has donated a gallon. Emily D . Mobley of Sc hoharie, New York has donated six • ~lrl() J) VI~ 11:2 ~ * : gallons. James M . Talleur of H yde Park, New York has donated a gallon. • tl • Steven White of Lakeview Niverville, New York has donated a gallon. • • I· Kara Willis of Albany. New York has donated a gallon. • • • • • • • • • • • • Once again the campus Bouck Theater S.U.N.Y. Cobleskill community came together Friday, April 24, at 8:00 p.m . • in a time of need. With the Saturday, April 25, at 2:00 p.m. & 8:00 p.m. nalion'S blood banks at an $2.00 Students/Alumni $3.00 Non/Students all time lOW, over 400 Tickets available in Bouck Hall , Room 123 . people donated blood. Nearly 400 pints were donated within two days. Congratulations on a Job well done. + Amedcan Red en- The On Campus Advantage ... Planning to live on campus next fall ? To sign up ror • room. you and your roomate/s must bave paid a $55.00 hODsing deposil. Deposits payable at the Bursar's Office April 20th to April 24th. Housing Sign-Up Information April 28th· Special Life-Style Options Local Student Wins Apri129th - Remaining in your present Residence HaH April 30th - Hall Changing Sign-lip National Contest Additional, more specxific information hu been released by the Residential Life SPOKANE, WASH I NGTON-- OoU g LaFave of Locke, New York OffICe. If you have any questions. slOp by the RLO or ... see either your R.A. orR-A. is nafional winner of the 1987 Horticulture Employment Interview Con test, sponsored by the National Post secondary Agr icultura l Student Organization (PAS). LaFave is a student at Cobleskill Ag & Technical College. As national winner, LaFave received a recognition plaque during a PAS awards ceremony in Spokane, Wash., March 17, F irst" second" and third-place prizes were awar ded in eight employment a'reas on the basis of contestants' resumes, letters of applica'iion, applications' for employment and ten-m i nute in­ terviews. ************ ••* ••*.*.* •• **.*.* •••• *••• *.*** * * ~ Outing ~ * * ~ ~ * Club * * * :* We're Campin' Out :* :* this Spring :* * * :* Come to our next :* : meeting for details!! : * * .************ •• ***** •••••••••• * •• * ••••••••••* ll-lE WHIRLWIND, April 1987, p. 2 . .-~ . -, . • Little Pain • • • Lotta Life Campus Update by Michele Gizzi by Mike Reilly As the due date for my editorial drew nearer, I began to wonder This month I thought I would touch upon a few different subjects what I w'ould write about. As usual, procrastination got the best of in my column. To begin wit h, congratulations to President Rob· me. But returning from the bloodmobile yesterday, I knew 1 had bins on winning t he 1987 Ag Day Milking Contest. H e defeated t he an excellent topic-donating blood. r eigning champ, Dean Olcott, of the Agriculture Division. For weeks I saw posters displaying the bloodmobile's return to Hopefu lly everyone had a chance to stop by t he many exhibits of the ·Coblesl.iII campus. Anxiety set i n. People making ap­ Cobleskill's Ag Clubs. Although Ag students a r e small in numbers pointments. talk of blood, and fhe fear of contaminated needles on the ca.npus, it's important to realize agricult ur e is N . Y .5.'s No. were enough to discourage anyone. This being my fourth time 1 industry. donating blood, I knew what to expect, though the fears still As t ne weather turns warmer, thoughts turn from school work e1C isted. to playing " hookie" in t he quad to laying in the sun. Just Well, the day was here, and I proceeded to the gym. The nurses r emember, keep those grades up. at eac. " station were friendly and encouraging, repeatedly saying In closing, the Dair y Fashions Sale is Apr il 11 in the large thank you for generously donating blood. As I entered the animal pavi l ion. If anyone's ever wondered how animals are sold separated section of the gym and hopped on the cot, I began to feel at auction, check it out. To J . T ., t he cartoon of last month's issue abit queasy. But once the. procedure was done and I fed myself was in poor tast e. I apologize. with juice and cook ies, I felt a certain pride in what I had given. As I covered by bandaid and headed out of the gym, I realized I had taken a small amount of time and pain from myself, and gave joy and live to someone else. Racism and While I was there, I ta lked to the nurses about how much the donations really help. One nurse explained that at times the blood supp ly goes so low, they have to issue an emergency recall on Human Motivation donors. The statistics for the need of blood is alarming. Each day The State University of New York Is Dr. Fleming's exhaustive study of at least five babies are in need of blood. The Irst goes on. sponsoring a University-wide workshop black and white students in many So, when I hear of someone saying, " I' m too scared to give it," I aimed at improving the racial and different t)'pe5 of institutions, from cuhural climate in the Skarnpus small colleges to large urban univel'­ can on ly say, " Won' t you be scared when you need the blood and SUNY system. slUes, both public and private, presents ther e isn' t enough?" I r ealize many people cannot give blood for \ Scheduled for April 9, 1987, from 9 evidence to support her finding that some reason or another. But to the people who can··can't a little a.m. to 4 p.m., the daylong workshop "meaningful friendships, active par­ time and pain be worth another's life? " grows out of the need to address the ticipation in campus We and in­ resurgence of overt racially motivated teraction with teachers may be more acts" on campuses and in the general significant for academic achievement population across the COWltry, said and personal development t han State Student Financial Aid Forms SUNY Vice Chancellor Frank G. superior institutional facilities." Pogue. Encouragement of constructive More than 1.2 million Student income of $38,400. If you have more The workshop is also designed to discussion and action leading to Payment Applications-better known as than one child in college or if you address the problem of attrition among solutions to the problem is a main goal Tuition Assistance Program (TAP) itemize 00 your tax returns, you may minority stUdents, said D.R Pogue, of the workshop, formally titled. applications-for the 1987-88 school year well be eligible with a gorss income of whose Office of student Affairs and " Responding to the Needs of Minority are on their way to students, schools $40,000 to $50,000 a year or even Special Programs is sponsoring the students: Living and Learning in a and libraries throughout the state, Dr. higher." workshop along with SUNY's New York Pluralistic Community." Envisioned Dolores E. Cross, President of the New TAP is available· for full-time un­ Mrican American Institute. for the end of the day's events is {or­ York state Higher Education Services dergraduate and graduate students The workshop will be held at the Turf mation of a group to conduct a Corporation (HESC) today alUlOWlced. who attend more than 350 colleges and Inn, 205 Wolf Road, Albany. Admission systematic. University-wide study of Dr. Cross urged students and parents to proprietary schools in New York State. will be free and the public is invited. SUNY's response to the pluralistic complete the forms as soon as poSSible, RESC estimates that more than 350.000 Anyone desiring to attend may register needs of its students, especially if the student plans to begin students will receive $410 million in by calling (518) 443-5137. An invitation "We need to help our students learn classes this fall. TAP and other state-fWlded awards has also been extended to several of the rare opportunity to benefit from a BESe. the State's student financial during the 1986-87 school year. private institutions as well as units of rich learning experience that a aid agency, is mailing SOO,OOO TAP Dr. Cross also reminded part-time the City University of New York. pluralistic community provides," Dr. applications directly to students and students, who are not eligible for TAP, Keynote speaker will be Jacqueline Pogue said. " We also need to continue another 650,000 to colleges, business that need-based grants of up to $2,000 Fleming, a Barnard College psychology to explore ways to reduce those SChools, high schools and libraries. annually will be available at more than professor whose expertise is on how negative experiences that give rise to students may also use the TAP fonn to 175 degree-granting institutions, personality sparks individual dif­ stress, and toree many of our students apply for grants, scholarships and through the Sta~e 's Aid for Part-Time ferences in motivation. She teaches to leave our campuses prematurely." fellowships available through 13 other Study Program (APTS).