FIORELLO H. LaGUARDIA COMMUNITY COLLEGE CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK NOVEMBER 1982 - .Registration,Roulette What's in a NarTle? ' By Michelle Dyer With all due respect to flutes, they're propriate symbol for ou r school and our instruments for sweet music. We in­ A new law, effective July 1, 1983, will deny financial aid to male students who newspaper. We intend to bridge the have failed to register for the draft. _ tend to produce a stronger sound. gap between students, faculty, admin­ LaGuardia College, in the shadow of istration, and the many cultures living Oddly enough, after signing the bill, President Reagan released a .statement the Queensborough Bridge, is a com­ side by side at LaGuardia. The music claiming that draft registration was not necessary because the volunteer army munity_ of diverse cultures and ethnic may not be sweet, but it will be true. had filled its quota. On the 9ne hand, the president has offered students a bribe -­ groups. We feel that a brjdge is an ap- register and we will pay fqr your education. On the other hand, he is "legally" forc­ ing many students to support a policy they may disagree with on religious, moral and political grounds. Students with the strongest 'convictions against war and the military w ill be comp~lled to drop out in order to fight for what they believe in. President Reagan'$ new law not only discriminates against men, but also against those who need fi­ nancial aid the most. Students who have enough money to pay for tuition are not affected by this law. The president has appealed to us as "Americans" to cegister for the draft. At the same time, beginning this September, he has rewarded Vietnam veterans by cut­ ting their financial aid. Veterans must now count federal education aid as income, making many ineligible for PEL grants. _ Due to r_ecent protests, the law regarding eligibility have changed and some of those vets may now be eligible for the Pell Grant. Students who no longer have their SAR may obtain duplicate copies by calling: Tel# 1-213-820-2800. The president claims to be proud of our armed forces because they serve the country with honor and dignity. And yet, after the war ends, and the veterans have · returned to their "homeland,'' he shatters their hopes for a better life. Queens Borough President Donald R. Manes said, 'This office develop­ Thomson ment is of major significance in its own right. One million square feet of office · space will be employed at t.his site." · Place One and Two Thomson Place is mi­ nutes from Manhattan, and is expected . By Erin McGloin to attract banks, insurance companies, brokerage houses, and adv:ertising Most people think of Manhattan as agencies. the place to be -- good job oppor~ One Thomson Place will contain five tunities and beautiful Park .Avenue 100,00· square foot floors, a penth­ penthouses. Believe it or not, Long ls­ ouse, and an elegant atrium. Two land City is expected to be the next Thomson Place will contain eight largest business district following Man- 500,00 square foot floors plus its own hattan. · , penthouse. Both wi ll be built arotmd . Long Island City, the large industrial fully landscaped interior courts with and manufacturing area of Queens, is skylights and sitting and strolling undergoing a great change beginning areas. , with Thomson Avenue:- ' The complex will include a new 450- In · case you haven't noticed, the car garage. The office space will be American Chicle Company and ·the completely new with air conditioning, Bucilla Yarn Company no longer exlst electrical, mechanical, and heating here. Taking their place will be Thom­ systems. There will b~ tinted glazed son Place Office Park, a four-square­ windows for conserving energy. block area located next to LaGuardia One and Two Thomson Place is ex­ Community College: The• city is con­ pected to be completed by the Spring tributing, $4 million in improving the of 1983. · neighborhood. · The total cost of,the development is approximately $100 million. This is the first such project in many years outside the midtown commercial area. The rent will be much less than in most Manhat- tan buildings. • Featuring Mayor Koch, who is all for this new project recently stated, "This project is • Cuomo Speaks Out ........ '. ..... p.2 · an excellent example of efforts to help, meet the needs of our city's evoling in- · • Inside El Salvador ... ... .. ... ~ ..... p.8 formation-based economy. The city will do everything it can to encourage · • Halloween Madness ....... p. 10 the development 6f ,back-office space, in the outer boroughs. This is ari impor­ • Entertainment Reviews ... p.11 tant step in the revitalization of Long ls­ Thomson Place today. .. Photo by Erin McGloin land City." I Stories Of The City Venereal Disease Epidemiology is Mrs Colby, the public health advisor the science of combating communica­ that interviewd April stated, "I knew the ble diseases by treating, educating and story was shaky and alerted Clark (her interviewing infected persons and then supervisor). Clark's decision was to eliciting and investigating their sexual send them through the clinic, and if contacts so to bring them to treatment. anyone should be notified, the ·doctor In New York City, this is the responsi­ or nurse would do it." bility of the Bureau of Venereal Dis- Mris. Colby routed April and her ease Control. · "guardian" through the clinic, but also CLA~'a The writer of this article, is familiar checked the personal informqtion ob­ with the operation of the Bureau. tained from Tony. When the address CANCELLED The names have been changed. and phone number proved bogus, she This article is not meant as a criticism approached her supervisor again. §TuDE.NTa- Wl~HING of the Bureau. "Shouldn't we contact juvenile au­ To PUR?)UE T~ £1R thorities or somebody?" &TuDtE& MEET , Clark'~ attitude - don't get involved. AF"TER aCHOOL Upon returning from lunch, two of ., BEHIND E April's Ey-es Mrs. Colby's co-workers saw April and Ttf GYM. her "guardian" in the clinic. One of them By Harold Smalls said to Mrs. Colby, "You see that guy and the kid .. .well when we drove up "I'll give them ten more minutes and near the rear of the building they were then I'm going in there and pull her out." in the park, 'taking care of business. ' I The young man in the leather cowboy mean, it's not the first time that I've hat spoke in almost-a quiet rage. seen it, but I thought that kid was a little Pacing near the closed treatment you ng tp be screwing with a grown room , Tony D., age 32 confided, man. " "We've been through ttiis before. At the Backed by her co-workers, Mrs. hospital in the Bronx they pulled the Colby once more confronted her ' - same thing. There's no reason why supervisor; who at the time was chat­ they should lock a little girl in a room ting with two personal visitors. His re­ with three big adults and drill her with sponse was the same. "Let's see what questions." · _ the doctor's findings are. If they're The Legal Tony had brought his "niece" to the dianosed, then e'II have to interview Venereal Disease Control Center to be them. " , treated for syphilis - a disease that he Moments later, the door to the treat- coincidently had also been infected , ment room opened. Doctor Douglas, Rip-Off with . During the initial interview, a the physician in charge, exited fol­ number of inconsistencies were re­ lowed by a petite girl with clear skin and By Michelle Dyer vealed to the Health Department staff frightened eyes. Tony questioned her dealing with this case. and then questioned the physician. Mrs. Grant, a supervising public The doctor shook his head mechani­ At press time, the situation was as fol­ health nurse, was on duty when April cally, later stating, "April's examination lows: and TO.DY. walked in. "He told me that revealed no trauma. She seemed to be During the ongoing court battle be­ April's parents had been divorced," she a sexually active 14 year old. What are tween the University Student Senate said. "The father was in the Air Force you going to do," he asked, "call th~ Bu­ and the CUNY Board of.._Jrustees, a and stationed in Korea, and the mother reau of Child Welfare every time a 14' new set of by-laws governing student lives on Staten Island. He said that he year old girl has sex?" activity fees was instituted . was April's guardian, and she lives with Mrs. Johnson, the public health The Board said that the changes, him, his sister and her ch ildren." nurse who treated and counciled April, _which were_voted on and approved Mrs. Grant added that Tony had told interjected, "She told me that she's 1O · during its meeting on October 25th, her that the Bureau of. Child Welfare years old . After Mrs. Colby told me the C&P DISCOUNT were neccesary_because of a "misuse had phoned and , harrassed him the story, I asked her if she was bei ng 32-02 Queens Blvd. of concession revenues." Vice-Chan­ night before because April's tests abused. The kid was scared. You were cellor Leon Goldstein went on to cite proved positive for syphilis. (These in tt:le room. That's why I called you in. I FIRST FLOOR five instances, one of wh ich took place were the tests taken in the hospital in did everything that I could to help that at LaGuardia Community College, in the Bronx.) child.