"LeEac- Wednesday %W .0, , ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Volume28, Number 34 - _SERVING THE STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK AT STONY BROOK AND ITS SURROUNDING COMMUNITIES - Marburger Attempting to Oust FSA PresIAent Writes to SUNY.Asking for Repeal of FSA Contract By Elizabeth Wasserman University President John Marburger will ask SUNY Central administrators to repeal their contract .. A4V FSA7a '-eglkt tvedl el : uoe:rAt. 'j. ler the with the local Faculty Student Association (FSA) *:;^^^ ' b &:'. .:.i...x - tr%. .-.*w y,-.y . ;CI.1K .>ff - s *-I 'c<?<?ti. with I' i-4rtcie-lar, cF ,.x-J sho-illd fec*rer 'RQ ?kexSAliq x>>zotES >k+* A*X-.... tM i8;its. i.......;* b'Si »es.s within 60 days of their receipt of a letter that is to be ........ ....... services < C reputslep «H~te-enc cj-i wltit C »l-e.i -esolveA itk :^<e previous Class \ -ern,. mailed today. If the agreement is repealed, the FSA t . tf ,ll- *«*-hove Ls do-e »<r-.tcitf'lv. r~ o ;.^:lu.- t&.IC qI-ould ileh c.)-»»'«" p ret L *n / *reco'-m' it» i,7-4 -would no longer be empowered to negotiate contracts .- -I isue of .re4l>ic io->*l itru,:r I-r *e -> .F vs - .e CtCO.ncCl-J. heca Fef.>ry 11«r .'e . -e hScS t r 4ve with campus auxiliary services and, instead, the state 4-:0.Fetle tFc c ec-.V.t-^C Ne l<.. l l- C-l.c as-so ; --Al' to be l r. tf.-> r-ac rne sr ... *f would negotiate directly with those services, Mar- 4ff~trs war r.its a Jl d<.i rest -eltri »s *re%uf ti- ctencly hFr- ).»t'sa co rescLi>d re ltissol ittin of e-*e burger said. -It!'. CO, "I don't have any control over FSA," Marburger said >^;l^% j^it ;?.*+Rw<F"rbtt-* G - i- -.... i. last night. "The only recourse I have is to turn off this : v 1 tnt i f \ tce Ch nceli<?- Spl...... ... .t. *. co^ c theb^ s--?otot^::^'^*s -el^twon pre:*q~is~te co n ..... contract" cvXtaa ctua ! *elwcos.t:$S::l:Y:Ay The request is the latest move in what has become a pNx i cs by virtue::dress of f ture to t.. c...r.. lon, byy(::^::j» :5p:*aovtdtn to *I-cC t he o th r..of heated campus controversy in the last few weeks over t !;X ::M ^y ; .......... the revising of the FSA corporate by-laws. The univer- ^^^I^^^Wiit*^^:^^:-^^^~~~~~~~~~~~fk sity administration suggested by-law alterations to S*k::;: it^ w^ <;^ W ....... i.....:wn f a on n : make the document comply with SUNY Chancellor's con:ctcue:^of theee**gukdel SUNY frow .res ^*^c . Thche of.. l .atce .e ...ree... y. : : Guidelines. Student board members see the move as an l<l>*::?<isted Faveand»:^^:askFt c aroteth cncec w Seen above is University Presi- attempt at reduing student influence over FSA oper- dent John Marburger's letter to ations. Both sides say they have compromised at this z c .ica a ......r.. c o.> n FSA . S ."D l oii44 f ch»cocrac i point. HRre it'latabove and as hir co Carl Hanes, VP of Administration, "This is something I feel driven to do from the lack of which outlines the five areas Mar- response from the FSA board," Marburger said. burger says FSA must make cha- "We keep acting in good faith and he [Marburger] of 0 itSUY Vcc Chilli.n»ell 3r Si na e bedoy ,Ve.i.-id pi.N-»-t keeps screwing us," said Pam Leventer, a student exos. by v trte of EJ'elet creto ficeres b the Board o nges in before he will consider member of the FSA Board of Directors. "He's the epit- 2. repaore,wcho pefortheroughothe r *ciaulathen onrvCh rescinding his decision to seek to omy of a megalomaniac." end their contract with Stony The FSA corporate board adopted several of Mar- burger's recommended changes at their Nov. 12 meet- Brook. ing and, according to the FSA lawyer's interpretation, put the by-laws in compliance with StUNY guidelines. NJ However, Marburger believes tfe4y-lWs9 are still out of step with SUNY practices and has refused to grant SUNY guidelines because students hold a majority of [last night]'" according to Marburger. his necessary approval of the changes to make them the 23 class A member seats. The class A membership A similar break up of the Faculty Student Associa- valid. has such powers as electing the executive officers of tion at SUNY Binghamton occurred last spring, when 0-,'I think there has been a tremendous amount of the non-profit corporation, which Marburger argues is the campus president, tired of an auxiliary-services compromise" on the part of FSA, FSA President Chris in violation of the SUNY clause prohibiting any consti- corporation that was losing money, requested a repeal WFalrhall said. He pointed out that out of five of Mar- tuency - students, administrators, faculty or profes- similar to Marburger's. The SUNY Binghamton pres- burger's suggestions4 four - dealing iainly with the sional staff - from holding a majority voting bloc. ident was granted the repeal and, today, the campus make up anfivoting eligibility of the board - were *FSA board members are not in 'spiritual com- operates without an FSA. passed at their last meeting. Said Fairhall, "I'm not pliance" with either the guideline stipulations or Mar- Student Concerns sure exactly what they want now." burger's overall concern with altering the way FSA Marburger's move at Stony Brook is being inter- Marburter's Rieamm operates in order to attract top quality vendors for preted by student groups as part of a larger move in Marburger cited three reasons for authorizing Carl services such as the food service. One of his suggestions the SUNY system to crush the FSAs. '4This is the same Hanes, vice president for Administration and an -that FSA hire an outside auditing firm to analyze type of thing that happened at Binghamton,' said Sue administration representative on the FSA board.(in a the internal structure of the corporation - was passed Wray, president of the Student Association of the State memorandum distributed to FSA Board of Directors by the board. M arburger believes it was more an act of University (SASU). "It's like a domino effect. That's members among others) to write a letter tomorrow to appeasement than an act of good faith. why we have to be concerned." the SUNY Chancellor for Finance and Business. *There needs to be a more definitive clarification of 'I wouldn't call it a scare tactic," Fairhall said of Harry K. Spindler, asking for the abrigation of the various positions and duties in FSA, as a means of Marburger's request. A SUNY campus president's SUNY's contract with FSA. The three reasons are as demonstrating the intention to improve the operations. request is 'very rarely overruled by a vice chancellor,' follows: The repeal, if granted, would essentially 'lead to the in Fairhall's opinion. jcontinift$ on page 13) 'wThe by-laws are not technically in compliance with dissolution of FSA as a corporation about 61 days from - Sho rte r Semeste r! A rt -Vandalized Aga in -Page 3 -Page 3 -News Digest Compiled From Associated Press Reports House Finds Ferraro Violated Ethics Act Washington-The House Ethics ethics law, it issues a statement of al- committee found that Geraldine Fer- leged violation, which the member has raro violated the Ethic in Government 21 calendar days to answer. But the Act at least 10 times but is not recom- House loses the ethics-law jurisdiction mending any formal House action over members when their terms end. against the lame-duck representative, a With Congress now out of session, it congressional source said yesterday. would require a special meeting of the The committee voted 8-2 Monday to House to consider punishment that adopt a staff report that says the 1984 could range from reprimand to Democratic vice presidential nominee expulsion. failed to provide complete information There was no formal announcement on her required financial disclosure by the committee, which is comprised of statements since entering Congress in six Democrats andsix Republicans and 1979, according to the source. But be- operates under strict secrecy rules. Its cause the New York lawmaker is chairman, Rep. Louis Stokes, D-Ohio, leaving office when the 99th Congress said Monday that "a statement will be convenes Jan.3, the 12-member panel filed as early as possible next week." plans no further action, said the source, The committee report said Ms. Fer- who spoke onl;y on condition he not be raro's six financial disclosure state- identified. ments from 1979 through this year Normally, when the ethics committee contained 'numerous errors and omis- finds a House member in violation of the sions." Thousand Killed In India Poison GIt Leak EBhopal, India-The poison gas leak Tuesday, said it would never reopen. from a pesticide plant has killed 1,000 Bimla Devi, 27, who lost her husband people, doctors say, and many of the sur- and their only child, said the carbide gas vivors in this central Indian city are sent thousands of people scattering in threatened by blindness and sterility. panic. She said most of those who fell, The doctors said many of the dead were coughing and crying, were old people children and the elderly, who were not and children. Volunteers helped strong enough to withstand - or outrun- cremate 228 Hindus on blazing outdoor the lethal cloud that spread over 25 pyres that flickered bright orange square miles of this city of 900,000 on against the dark sky last night.