Volume 7, Number 2 College At Lincoln Center, Fordham University, New York February 5-February 18, 1986 USG SolicitsFive Students On Disciplinary Student Probation Opinion USG President Suspended From Office By Mary Kay Linge By Robert Dunne and John Heinbockel the key, and said that he borrowed it from Picis- trelli. "I asked him if 1 could have the key [to The annual CLC Student Survey, which is man- Five students have been placed on disciplinary 408A]," said Davis, "so I could use the office. He dated in the USG Constitution, was distributed to probation, according to Assistant Dean of Students gave me his whole set of keys while he went to registering students for the first time this year, ac- Normand Parenteau. The Observer has learned, class." cording to USG Vice President for Non-Traditional and Parenteau has confirmed, that one of the stu- Picistrelli has denied possessing the 408A key. Students Barry Duckett. The USG also circulated dents is United Student Government President "On my key ring I have my personal keys and the three petitions at registration concerning library Robert Picistrelli, who has been suspended from key to the USG office. Where he [Davis] got his and bursar hours and the problem of delayed grade holding his club position until February 28 as well reports. as entering club offices in room 408. The four-page survey, which addresses such The other students, whom Parenteau also con- PARENTEAU GRIFFIN issues as clubs, facilities, curriculum, and ac- firmed, are John Buratti, Robert Davis, Daniel tivities, was drawn up by Duckett and several USG Griffin, and Patrick Melillo. All but Griffin have copy of the key is beyond me," Picistrelli said. senators. "There was no model for this," Duckett been barred from entering the 408 offices until Both Davis and Philhellenic Club President Paul February 28; Griffin, whom Parenteau confirmed Leontides agree that Picistrelli was present at the as having been on three previous disciplinary pro- food fight, but was not involved in throwing any bations, has been suspended from holding his club food. Leontides said the others inyolved "threw the positions and entering room 408 until May 24. food around and they threw cans [of soda] around, The disciplinary action resulted from investiga- and they exploded," damaging the carpet. tions conducted by Parenteau and Assistant Vice "He [Picistrelli] was given two hearings by me President for Student Affairs Rev. Denis Moran, MELILLO BURATTI and one by Fr. Moran," said Parenteau. "I certainly S.J., that were initially about a food fight occurr- continued on page 3 ing last December in the Philhellenic Club office, 408A. According to Parenteau, the investigation uncovered additional violations of the University Code of Conduct (listed in the Student Handbook), USG Disputes Probation Decision such as an illegal duplication of the 408A key, and, By Robert Dunne with John Heinbockel for Student Affairs] Fr. Moran," Duckett said, "on according to eight students who made statements the grounds that the Student Handbook says that to Parenteau, the suspicion that Picistrelli was in While USG President Robert Picistrelli is hearings will be held, One-6fi-one interviews don't suspended from his duties until February 28, USG constitute hearings by committee." The appeal will Academic Vice President Oleh Slupchinskyj, Tra- include the disciplinary decisions made against ditional Vice President Elizabeth Serna, and Non- Picistrelli and four other students. Traditional Vice President Barry Duckett will Duckett added that Slupchinskyj will present the share his job responsibilities, according to appeal to Fr. Moran and "recommend that the non- Duckett. academic grievance committee of the College said. "I asked everyone, checked the files.. .the The USG held a meeting January 28, that was Council [or a similar committee] review the case." survey was written one year, but never distributed. closed to students, the press, and Assistant Dean Before the USG meeting, Parenteau sa"id he This has really never been done before." of Students Normand Parenteau, said Duckett. respected the club's request that he not attend the Duckett suggested that the length of the survey Upon a vote of attending Senate and Executive meeting. "I've just asked them for a report after, had discouraged many students from completing members, Duckett said the USG Judiciary mem- on what they've come to conclusions." Parenteau it at registration. He said that an attended table and' bers were also asked not to attend. By the disci- holds an advisory role on the USG and also has plinary action given him, Picistrelli was barred ex qfficio status on several of USG's committees. drop box will be set up on the plaza to hand out DAVIS PICISTRELLI and collect more survey sheets. from attending the meeting. Discussing what USG's options were in Picis- possession of the original key without having "The Student Government voted to appeal trelli's case, Parenteau added, "I think the only ap- The petitions which were offered at registration authorization to possess it. concerned issues which have been discussed by the [Parenteau's] decision to [Assistant Vice President continued on page 3 Davis admitted to Parenteau that he duplicated continued on page 3 High-Rising Above CLC By Thomas Walte Not everything is coming up condos around CLC. Some of the high-rise residences blossoming all over the Lincoln Center neighborhood are apartment buildings. South Park lower across the street, for instance, is a luxury ren- ' tal, the self-described "culmination of Manhattan rental elegance." I.D.s Confiscated It is just one of six neck-craning new West Side homes being raised within a few blocks of Fordham. The recent construction—which includes South Park Tower and At Registration the Alfred, now just a pit where the Power Memorial beys' school By Robert Dunne used to stand, as well as lower 67, the Bel Canto, the Copley, and the Sofia- is taking place amid ambitious development plans to both Twenty-one students were found at registration to have tampered the east and west. On the Columbus Circle site of the present New with their Fordham identification cards, according to Assistant Dean York Coliseum, whose function will soon be turned over to the new of Students Normand Parenteau. In addition, Parenteau said that Jacob K. Javits Convention Center, two commercial and residen- 25 plastic pouches-used to make the I.D.s-and eight validation tial towers of 57 and 72 stories have been proposed by the developer stickers were stolen from the I.D. table on the plaza. Boston Properties and could be completed by 1989. Meanwhile, "We know one of the main reasons people arc using (doctored Donald Trump's nine-building Television City proposal for the old I.D.s) is so they can drink in the Plaza Cafe," Parenteau said. "But Penn Central rail yards between West 59th and 72nd Streets will we're going to continue the crackdown there. There's going to be include a 15-story building, a 65-story structure, six76-story towers, a printout in the Cafe and (I.D.s will) be checked and confiscated, and a 150-story skyscraper, which would be the tallest building in and the same disciplinary action will be taken." the world. Parenteau said he may adopt the uptown campus' policy, which "The buildings will be so far away that they won|f block the light," he said would place a student on one-year disciplinary probation C. William Kraus, a sales agent for South Park Tbwcr, said of and suspension from holding any leadership positions on clubs. Trump's planned 77-acrc complex of apartments, shopping centers, block river views of the lower South Purk Tbwer apartments. "They Plaza Cafe Manager Steve Ccsare said if personnel from SAGA and television studios bordering the Henry Hudson Parkway and will seem small in comparison," Kraus said of the four proposed management suspect an I.D.'s validity, they "have the right to con- slated for completion in 1992, Kraus added, however, that while buildings, "but they will be iust as tall as we are." South Park Tbwcr fiscate it." the lofty 150-story triangular tower is planned for six blocks up- has 52 floors. Student Activities secretary Rebecca Spath said that 65 students town at 66th Slret, the closest of the Trump high-rises, including The 500-unit Brodsky Organization development, whose month- the 65-story building planned for 59th Street and three of the requested a replacement I.J3. at registration. The fee to replace the continued on page 3 card is $5. 76-story structures planned for between 61st and 64th Streets, may ACTIVITIES OFFICE ROOM 430 Get A Piec Of The BIG APPLE Currently Offering PASSE The Cat Club The Red Parrot Heartbre BROADWAY Private 0FF BROADWAY DISCOL'NT: 42nd Street • A Chorus Curse of the Starving Class Brighton Beach Memoirs (»<Ttnide String CompanioCoinpanion Singin in the Rain I Diitnes At Sea Lillian • Biloxi Blues The CuivtakiM' The Odd Couple I Vim & Teller Blood Knot AND SOME OUR PAST SPECIAL EVENTS: • 'The Best of Times" • The Dance Theatre of Harlem • The Dick Cavett Shotv • Kate & Allie • "Back to the Future" "Clue" • Lily Tomlin on Broadway • "Young Sherlock Holmes" • "Mask" • The Daytime Emmy Awards • "The Falcon & The Snowman" February 5, 'l98i/The Observer I page 3 Math/Science Chairman continued from page 1 continued from page 1 gave him the benefit of the doubt till the very last moment, after I had [eight] people give me state- propriate thing to do in this case is to send it to the Named Judiciary for an investigation." ments, which indicated that he had provided myself and Fr.