VoL 11, No. 1 0 University Community's, Feature Paper 0 September 11, 19 189 Iockroaches Page 5 rroupe Too r Hyped Page 7 ISelf-Delusion ti- $a wF Page 8 ~ ----·- ~91 runnel Map Page 10 Suicide Page 11 Malconm X Page 12 J efferson Airplah Back The Fourth Estate: Editorial I II Hope We at the Press would like to welcome you back, Town of Brookhaven and in Suffolk County. unanswered to Residence Life on a Friday evening both newcomers as well as you oldtimers. Before you Perhaps SUNY Central will start acting with at when there is ice running out of the faucets. The become inundated with torrents of facts, figures and least a modicum of sensibility. They didn't have university will have enough toilet paper and light- reserve room reading, we would like you to consider enough money to go around in the spring and then had bulbs for the year and that commuting students will what is going on in the world around you. enough in the summer to give major administrators finally get to ride on new busses. Dorm cooking build- Consider President Bush. Name the three most pay raises. ings will receive weekend garbage pickup and some important things that he has accomplished during his Closer to home, think about the Stony Brook cam- sort of maintenance this year. If the administration is term. You might come up with the fact that he is alive, pus. How can a university that shut off tile coolers on intent on wiping out the dorm cooking program, it he only needs three weeks to catch a fish and that the its water fountains this summer to save money con- would be nice to have enough dining hall space for all White House dogs had pups. There is also the import- sider spending millions to move the Student Union meal plan participants. ant issue of flag burning. Let us hope, now that he's less than a thousand feet? These and other interest- We know that the new Polity Council will spend its caught a fish, that his mind turns to problems like ing items will be answered someday whenever the time working for students and wisely choosing a new drugs, the homeless and the budget deficit (remem- final draft of the master plan is released. Executive Director rather than spending $7000 for ber that?). That would make a nice start. Let us hope that the university finds and hires junkets to Washington as was done last year. We In New York, we have the State Legislature. Let us capable replacements for those administrative pos- know that SAB will provide the campus with good, hope that in the upcoming year they manage to itions which are unfilled. It would also be nice for cheap concerts convering a variety of genres. approve eight candidates for the SUNY Board of officials to deal with the bureaucracy and stay in their Of course it takes more than hope for these items; it Trustees so that it has full representation. Next spring positions longer than Yankee managers. takes involvement. Get involved or at least keep your- when the legislature is wrangling over the SUNY Let us hope that comments being made in various self informed about what is going on on campus. budget, let us hope they remember that students, campus reports do not mean that the administration Make sure your building or commuter senators attend faculty and staff will remember them in the next is considering taking over the Student Activity Fee Polity Senate meetings and keep you informed. If elections. once again. An attempt was made several years ago by there isn't an activity or organization on campus that Speaking of elections, this November local town the present administration but was fended off by the interests you, start one. Vote in the November elec- and county offices will be up for election. Years of students. There are more important things for cam- tions either from campus, your home or absentee effort were spent to allow students to vote from their pus officials to spend their energies on. ballot Don't hope for everything to occur on its dormitory addresses. Don't let apathy let these Some things should not require hope. Dormitory own-make things happen. Do the right thing. efforts waste just because they're "minor offices." residents will be guaranteed heat, hot water and elec- They are major offices to a great deal of people in the tricity by the administration. 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N.Y. at Stony Brook Stony Brook, NY 11794-2790 page 2 The Stony Brook Press - I I ____ MIIMIIIIMIIIIIIIMilM Juan Williams Speaks at Staller Center by Lee Gundel expertise on the issue of race relations in iety. because when too many people believe sponsibility for change is on the shoulders On the evening of September 5TH, at the U.S., began talking almost immediately themselves to be incapable of initiating of the individual He also indicated that approximately 7:30PM, this year's new stu- about the rule that all individuals must play social change there comes a blind and dis- most worthwhile social changes usually nec- dent convocation began. Unlike many other in American society in order to halt the satisfied acceptance of current conditions, essitate some form of a struggle. Speaking such convocations, this one dealt with a spread of interracial tensions. He stressed In order to stress the importance of indi- in this vein Williams quoted the following topical issue that is close to the heart of the point that it is the younger generation vidual's contribution to society he cited lyrics from an old gospel song. many Stony Brook students-the issue of that must deal with the issue of racial unrest several stories of the forgotten heroes of the "Keep your eyes on the prize/ t i race relations in modern day America, how in this country. civil rights movement Among these were a Hold o Hold on/ it got to its current state, and what can be "The older generation right now is at story of a sixteen year old girl named The one thing I did right/ situation for the a loss to deal with racial issues in this soc- Was to stand up and fight/ done to change the current Barbara John who helped in initiating the Keep your eyes on the prize" iety," said Williams concerning the issue of better. court case of Brown v. the Board of Edu- The relevance of these lyrics to Williams' The convocation featured Mr. Juam Wil- racial disharmony in modern America "For cation-a case which eventually destroyed message about the individual's responsib- the most part they (the older generation) liams, distinguished black journalist, the legality of segregated schools; a story of ility for initiating social change is far television news commentator, and author of have given the conversation over to dema- an eighteen year old college student named reaching, and the rest of his closing remarks on the goguery, a lot of hostile people, and hate the critically acclaimed book Eyes Diane Nash who, through giving encourage- were made in the same vein. pertinent) intro- mongers. But you rare.y hear anybody say Prize. After two short (but ment to the freedom riders, helped them in "You've got to get up and start your fight of 'Let's find out how this situation can be ductory speeches by vice president their fight against segregation; and the ...make your power felt-make a difference!" turned around.' You just don't see it happen.