jiotello· s ]Jute VALENTINE EDITION (DELAYED BY SNOW) Love: What's Your Definition Gle.... a Price'. Picture Poll - Page IJ Campus Lust A Revealing New Series By Laurie Brock.way Begins on Page 12 LaGuardia Lovers Find Them on Pase 14 ===ALSO== Who Was Fiorello The Second InstaUment - Page 9 LaG Administration· Pulls A Fast One By P• .I. Sande... - Page 3 Calendar of Events Foul' Weeks at LaGuardia - Back Page BROOKLYN MEDIA PHOTO Violence Over a Valentine What Happened In The Cafeteria On Valentine's Day Page 5 2 • FIORELLO'S flUTE. FEBRUARY 1978 1iorello's lIute LAURIE BROCKWAY - Edltor·ln·Chl.' FIoteIIo'. Flute Ie the oHk:lal Itudeni newspaper 01 laGuardia Communtty P.J. SANDERS STAFF EUGENE CALAMARI JR. WRITERS College. It 'a published monthly by an Indepencknt atudent ata" and financed Polltlc.' eonsult.nr PhotOflr.pher by Cynth,. /Caz.n montes from student actlvtty lund .. Opinions nprHHCI In the paper .... not LII. Leyy WILLIAM HEISE neceaaartly thoM 01 the College Mknlnlslration. faculty, Of the atUCIent body. GAIL HUNDLEY EtJItOIMI AU/lrant Sendr. Schubert Art/a, editorial opinion exptUUd herein la determined by a ~IOrity vo'e of the Flur. P.tOss. BRUCE BROOKS staH. Not responsible fOf uneotiolted materials and all mater'-l subleCllO edlUng. OLENNA PRICE The Flut. oftlcn .relOellttld In tile Satellite Building. In the back of the Student SUNDAY TYNER Specl.' ProJflC's F.cu/r., Contflburon Cafeteria. at LaGuarcU. Community Cot ... 31.10 Thomson Avenue. long laland City. New York 11101. Telephone (212) 784-8881. Compo$ltton and printing by UltldleColPAT8RADY ___ ROBERT McVEIGH 8IooA'1Vn Met/•. 2tS Court BtrwI. BrooIIlyn. Haw YOlk. TMphone (212) 834-1350. F.culty AdvISor The Sony Cafeteria Final Chapter FEEDBACK In the last two issues of The Flute, we described the un · A.nonymous Gripe last issue of the Flute. We extend our certain future of the Sony Cafeteria, which was to be used sympathy to Malka; her courage in print.­ as an unlikely location for a coin operated game room. How· To the Editor: ing her feelings is both generous and ad­ mirable. We felt it. was an important ever, two editorials and three months later, things have As a student preparing for final ex· aminations I was dismayed to learn that contribution to the quality of life for all changed and it would seem that the game room idea tias on Thursday. December 1st, the library women at the College to be able to share been put very much aside, if not totally abandoned. was dosed for two hours between 12 and her aperiences. 2pm Too often, the environment at La­ Somewhere along the line, someone discovered a techni­ Later I learned from a worker in the Guardia is tinged with lack of sympathy cality in the gameroom proposal and it was decided to hold library that it was dosed so that they for female issues; witness a recent off building until all problems were resolved. However, due could have a meeting. At the meeting carI.9On in the Humanist. for instance, to someone's unintentional, though rather lame, mistake, the important. topic discussed W88 the which shows an ugly girl offering herself Xmas party. Also lunch was served and eagerly to muggers and rapists. Your the maintenance department began to construct the wall I heard the school has no money for article provides a necessary antidote to one day early in January. The wall was just about halfway books and things in t.he library. that all-too-prevalent att.itude. that ra pe up when someone discovered that it was a mistake. Print this in your next issue and let is amusing and iLS victims subjects of the library explain. humor. - Anonymous What had happened was, the maintenance men, comply· .. Once again. thank you for running that ing with a work order that was not supposed to be filled, THE LIBRARY RESPONDS. story. We look forward to more articles began building. Though the game room plan had been can· Dear Anonymous. that bring important issues regarding celled, Mr. Pan forgot to tell the men who were starting to We regret that the Library's staff women into the headlines at LaGuardia. meetillg incolllJelliellced allY studellt or Yours SiflCflrely, build it. That day, Me. Pan, and his assistant were nowhere faculty member at LaGuardia. We Cedlia Macheski to be found and Dean Stapleton had to order the construc· thought that the posted natices of our tion to be stopped and the work to be ripped down. And so it two hour meetillg would allow our users goes. The game room is off. The Sony Cafeteria remains. to scheduk their study time around tM cJming. Although we did not close the Ubrary " Little Color for two hoW's solely to plan a Christmas 'n The Corrid.... party. that issue did arise at the end of NYPIRG's Fate the muting. We also serued a light To the Editor: lu.nch which was not charged kI thl! I think a thank you is in order for all The fate of a future NYPIRG chapter at LaGuardia hangs Library's acquisition budget (i..e .. money "for books and things'1. those in the Art Club and the Humani· precariously on the decision of a special NYPIRG commit· ties Department who have started to Since this criticism wa.s not directed tee, which has ye t to make its decision. The Committee, make LaGuardia a liveable environment. to me by the anonymous letter writer. / The murals which have been shifted to chaired by the Chairperson of Student Council and com· wish to thank the editor of The Flute for the lobby are colorful. interesting, and, posed of staff and students from various departments of the this opportunity to respolld to him/ her. most importantly, a necessary part of College (Flute included), last met in early January. / am pleased to know that students are aware of the importance of the LibMry the school's growth as a community of people. One student painting decorating At this pOint, it seems that conflicting schedules and just GIld, as always, enCOu.Mge them not only the walls of this school is worth a dozen to use our services but also to express plain inertia are hindering the committee's regathering and outside commisioned worka. no matter their opinwns and concerns to me in how good they are. final decision. Thus, the NYPIRG referendum has been person.. hanging around for a couple of mvnths and we hope a Yours fnlly. I hope this project. can be continued. definite decision will soon be reached. NgoriP.Agbim The small amount of money it demands Chief LibMrian from an admittedly strained budget seems well worth spending. There are plenty of blank walls still waiting to be " Word From The filled. I hope The Flute and the student Saving Old Flutes Women'. Committee government will legislate and agitate for more color and. beauty in our lives. We've discovered that the library has been collecting Dear Ms. Brockw-.y: Flutes for the last few years. Curiosity got us down there to On behalf of our Women's Committee, John Buckley the periodical room, searching through issues, sort of I would like to congratulate you on the English Department looking for our " roots." We went as far back as 1973, following the work of about six prior staffs, and found some really interesting articles. The Flute has been the College's main source for docu· mentation of LaGuardia's history, and should continue to be COMMUNicATioN so. Unfortunately, the collection was incomplete and many of the newspapers were turning yellow and getting cracked. All hUMANiTY would .clEAR Up We think it would be a good idea if the issues of The Flute were transferred to microfilm, so that they will remain an everlasting source. We'll be checking into the possibilities MANy MisUNdERSTANdiNGS. within the next few weeks. At any rate, most of the 1974·75 issues could not be located. We'd like to ask any of you old· - JulES VERNE timers who might have a copy or two to dig them up and loan it to us. Administrators, faculty and students· turned· staff would be the most likely to find some. Please look. FEBRUARY 1978 • FIORELLO'S FLUTE • 3 LaGuardia Administration Pulls A Fast One By P.J. SANDERS and expense of the students and the facts to this action. Why was the members could discuss the issue of their rights to be informed of re­ tentative date of the calendar checks the delayed checks. This phone call On Wednesday, January 11th, arrangement in policy at a much changed at such short notice? Does was made by Mr. Conrad Stridiron. about 60 angry LaGuardia students earlier date. It was also thought that Administrative mismanagement in who stressed the grave importance of stormed up to the Business Office in the students should be consulted as the Business Office have any in­ this matter and that certain of the the L & P building demanding an ex­ to why this change was taking place. fluence in this action? Who was the Dean's activities should be put aside planation and resolution to the Also, the fact that. for students who central figure in the authorization of to allow time for this meeting. The sudden. week·long postponement of do not owe money to the school. this this action? Dean's office responded to the emer­ their much needed financial aid is a very unfair. arbitrary practice. It was also made clear at this time gence of this matter and scheduled checks.