Boys Of Summer t And Circuses A Coffege-At-Sixty A Baseball Preview, Page An 'Other View" Of USG, Page 8 Profile U Volume 6, Number 7 College At Lincoln Center, Fordham University, New York April 24-May 7, 1985 Picistrelli Wins USG Presidency Equity Sweeps Executive Board EditorialC P 9 By Adriana D'Andrea 1985-86 United Student Government In one of the most competitive elections to occur at CLC in years. (C) = Coalition Party (E) =: Equity Party (I) = Independent Equity Candidate Robert Picistrelli won the United Student Govern- ment presidency. Meanwhile his party, Equity, swept the rest of the Executive Board executive board. The winners of the 1985-86 USG elections were announcedat the election party held on Thursday night, April Uth. Robert L. Picistrelli (E) President There were two-and-a-half times as many voters as last year, ac- cording to Assistant Dean of Student Affairs Normand Parenteau. Vicky Holness (E) Academic Vice-President Out of approximately 3.000 students eligible to vote, nearly 500 peo- Elizabeth Serna (E) Traditional Vice-President ple voted as opposed to the 200 who voted last year. An increase Barry Duckett (E) Non-Traditional Vice-President in the number of non-traditional students who voted is believed to Claudia Califano (E) Secretary be responsible for this increase, Parenteau said. Tom Lucarrelli (E) Treasurer "The election consisted of good, healthy competition," said Parenteau, "I think it's shown how in just one-and-a-half years what Senior Senators* has happened to student apathy and people not caring. All the can- Junior Senators didates worked hard to try to get elected.. and they encouraged Jackie Powers (E) Laura Dohrman (C) people to vote." Steve Rondos (E) Ruben Fernandez (C) Picistrelli defeated CLC Coalition candidate Daniel Griffin with Laura Sabando (E) Lucretia Regina (E) 219 votes to 185 votes. Griffin originally had 218 votes before 15 per- WLhiHOLNLSS and ROBERT PICISTRELLI cent of his votes total were revoked by the USG Elections Commit- Sophomore Senators Senators-At-Large tee. The 15 percent provocation was the penalty given to all of the CLC Coalition Candidates whose names appeared in a campaign Lisa Robin Guido (I) Cindy Drummer (C) really take off next year." advertisement which appeared in the Observer during petitioning Nick Petrone.(C).. Mati|da;iBrnandez (C) When asked to comment >en the elections, Griffin declined.. week. All but one of the Coalition candidates Were penalized. • TaraTate(E) johhij-teftserii (I) Of the issues to be tackjed next year by4he new USG, Parenteau Three candidates lost because bfific 15 percent penalty. Anne •*•,. - * * Nannette Johnson (C) said that a re-writing of the USG constitution will be first on the agenda. The constitution, which has not been rewrittehMn the past Marie Gatti, who completed for traditional vice president, Bobby The senators are listed Adam Kelly (C) Dumont, a candidate for junior senator, and Gerard Britton, who two years, is full of contraditions, wordiness and redundancy, ran for senior senator were all ahead until the 15 percent was alphabetically, not by the Ted Lamura (E) according to Parenteau. Richard believes the new USG might have to play a role in the deducted from each of their vote totals. number of votes obtained. Mark Mushlin (E) "I only regret that some candidates had lost because of the penalty," divestment of South Africa. "We have gotten mail from a number said outgoing USG president Hillary Richard. "I am thankful that of groups asking us for our support," said Richard. "The new USG could make students aware of and educate them of the situation with it was just a few and not a lot who lost because of the penalty." strong," said Parenteau. Fordham." Richard also said that the difference between a non- Picistrelli, who will be a junior-next year, is the youngest presi- Regarding Griffin, Parenteau said that "Dan is a hard worker. It traditional and a traditional student needs to be more clearly defined^ • dent to be elected in several years, said Parenteau. "He is a mature was a heartbreaker. I know that it was his goal. I hope that he might student with a concern for the non-traditionals." said Parenteau. "He now find more time for the other clubs, such as the Entertainment "This USG will have a particularly hard time in that they have is a serious, dedicated student, committed to making Fordham Programming Board, in which he hold positions, in that they might continued on page 4 An Observation Last SABC Meeting Held By Tom Wrobleski have been bigger page-wise, and the paper was budgeted using the typeset modem, which it hasn't been using. That was supposed to The Student Activities Budget Committee met for the final time save $200 an issue. So all costs have increased." on April 3 to discuss club budget appeals. According to SABC The Entertainment Programming Board also did better on appeal. Chairman Michael Stratis, four student organizations appealed for After being funded $25 on their first budget submission, the EPB additional funding above what the committee had already allocated. was allotted $745 more when they appealed to the SABC. The money The SABC works in conjunction with Student Activities Direc- will be used for such activities as mixers in the Pub and an end-of- tor Normand Parenteau, selected faculty, and the United Student the-semester dance. Government when deciding on budgeting and appeals. "The Arts Guild got $600 more on appeal," Stratis said. "What The clubs appealing were the Observer, the Arts Guild, the Enter- impressed us was the way they did their budget. People should learn tainment Programming Board and the Spanish Club. how it's done. Even though a submission may be in content bad, The Observer received an additional $1,500 after their appeal, in about 20 percent of the cases, a good presentation could work which brought the student newspaper's total budget to $7,848.20. towards getting you higher funds." While that figure is up a bit from last year's total, Parenteau said, The Spanish Club was the last appeal received by the SABC "We know that the Observer is probably going into debt. The issues continued on page 5 College Council Elections By Mary Kay Linge f existence, even though the student body is served by ten represen- tatives on the Council. "We have considered using a bulletin board Elections are being held this week for five vacant seats (in the CLC to let the students know what we are doing," Hirsch said. She added College Council. Two adult program entry and three high school that students should be able to contact their representatives in order entry students will be chosen to serve the two-year terms. to suggest new issues for discussion. This is not a problem for the The Council is made up often faculty representatives, four ad- faculty; each department head is a member of the Council, with ministrators and ten elected students - five day and five evening. Ac- the responsibility of informing those in his or her department of cording to Assistant Dean and Council member Ully Hirsch. "The Council business. College Council is the official policy-making body of the college." Last week, students interested in running lor the vacant scats were Hirsch said that* since each member has an equal vote, "it can be required to colled twenty signatures and to write a position paper a very powerful position." "staling what they consider to be the most important issues facing "Any member may introduce issues to the Council at each mon- the CLC," according to an instruction sheet circulated by the Col- thly meeting." Hirsch said. Topics that have been discussed this year lege Council Elections Committee. Unlike the recent USG elec- 1 n I M kllUUHl l> VI l> include problems with the computer system ami the library; the por- tions, candidates are not permitted to past any advertisements; they posed Bachelor of Fine Arts degree, a proposals to make more finan- may, however, distribute copies of their position papers und Our Changing Neighborhood cial aid information available to adult students, a new advisory "discuss. their candidacy". CIA: slnnds iiniid a fallen Power Memorial nncl n rising system, the college calendar, and computerized registration. Students niiiy vote on the Pla/a the week of April 22. Results will Although the College Council has the responsibility of dealing probably be announced next week. The terms of the new Council condominium. with such important issues as these, few students nro aware of its members will heuin May 6. page 2/ The Observer/April 24,1985 Movies ft the American Experience (IDay RH.-O Comparative Politics of Developing Areas Public Attain Internship Seminar (Sun 6/5-Eve Versions of Censorship ft Modes of Dissent (II-Day RH.4) RH.3: register 5/28 or 29.) (1-Day R1I..1) Computer Uses in the Social Sciences Ill-Eve RII.4) iVESTCHESTER COUNTY THEOLOGY Writing Non-Flctlon (l-Eve RII.4) Interest Group Politics (1-Day RH.4) Readings In Hellenistic Greek (Il-Day RH.3) COMrunR {(STEMS Intro to American Government (1-Day LC.*l) Early Christian Spirituality (Il-Day RH.3) Advanced COBOL Programming (IIEve R1U) Intro to American Politics (1-Day LC.4) l»th Century Catholic Theology (II-Day RH.3) The Computer ft Information Systems (I-Evt Kll.fi Intro to International Politics (I-Eve RII.4) Religious History of the USA ft Canada (Il-Day Bll,)) Computer Programming (1-Day RHJ) Political Economy of Poverty (1-Day RII.4) Persons ft Structure In Ecclesial life Ill-Day RIU) inro to COBOL Programming (I-Eve RHJ) l.S.-Sovkt Relations (I-Eve RH.4) Metanola in Recent Fiction (Il-Day RIU) NEW YORK Intro to Computers (I-Eve ft IlEve LC,4.1-Day RII.3) PSYCBOLOCr Techniques of Spiritual Direction (San 6 ,'S-D.v Intro to Computer Problem Solving (Il-Evc RH.3) Abnormal Psychology (IIEve RII.4) RHJ: register 5/24 or 25.) METROPOLITAN Fortran (U-Day RIM) Advanced Health Psychology (11-Day LC.4) The Gospel of Matthew (II-Day RH,3) Understanding ft Programming Micros UEvr IC.2)_ Intro Psychology (1-Day LC & RH: IIEve RH.4) ECONOMICS Learning (1-Eve RH.4) task Macroeconomics (Il-Eve RH.3) Personality (Il-Eve LC.