Inscape, Vol. 41, Issue 7

              Trustees Approve Limited Visitation
By Anne Hess
and
Barry Willard
After several years of
d is c u s s io n , deba t e and
disappointment, the College of
St. Rose will institute a new
policy regarding the visitation
rights of resident students
beginning in September of
1977. The change is a result of
a decision made by the
College’s Board of Trustees at
their January 24th meeting
and culminates eight months
of study and investigation by
the Campus Life subcom­mittee
of the Board in
conjunction with the Student
Affairs staff of the school.
The present policy, as
outlined in the Student Hand­book
states: “Students may
not, at any time, entertain
guests of the opposite sex in
private student rooms.”
According to Assistant Dean
for Residence Lynn Levo,
CSJ, the new policy will
permit guests of the opposite
sex in student rooms in
accordance with five major
s t i p u l a t i o n s t h a t were
established by the Board. Sr.
Lynn states that the policy
provides for individual
preference as to the type of
living situation that the
student will experience. Some
residences will adhere to the
new ruling while others will
still be conducted under the
current policy.
The second Board guideline,
according to the Residence
Dean, limits visiting hours to
specified times on weekends in
addition to special holidays
and events. Weekend hours
will be: Friday, 6:00 P.M. to
12:00 midnight; Saturday,
12:00 noon to 12:00 midnight;
and Sunday, 12:00 noon to
6:00 P.M.
The Board also mandated,
as outlined by Sr. Lynn, that
consideration be given to the
rights and privacy of room­mates
and floor and house
members under the new policy,
that there be a provision for a
security and checks system,
and that the privilege is
revocable.
On February 9, at 6 P.M., a
discussion session was held in
the cafeteria in order to form
the student committee that will
design the procedures to
implement the v isitation
policy. Sr. Lynn, Dean Mike
D’Attilio, and Board of
Trus t e e s memb e r Gai l
Matthews were present to
make the first official
announcement of the change
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Vol. 41, No. 7 February 11, 1977
Media Instructor Will Not Be Replaced
Prof Objects to Cutback
By Ellen Ross
Ms. Bonnie Burroughs, the
media instructor at CSR, will
be leaving in May for a
position at the University of
Wisconsin, but her present
position will not be refilled.
Ms. Burroughs, who feels that
the media instructor position is
essential to the education
program, has been moved to
protest this decision, and is
circulating a petition to that
effect among the faculty and
students.
Ms. Bur r oughs, who
describes the positipn as
“primarily teaching parts of
sections of PBTE, Art 76 and
Music 76, to instruct education
students on the uses of media,”
says that she assumes that
\atural Gas Shortage
Shortchanges Art Building
By Connie LaPosta
In an interview with Mr.
Thomas McCabe, business
manager, this problem was
discussed, particularly the
measures being taken to help
the situation and some advice
to help cut down even further
on fuel consumption.
The closing of the Art and
Music building is perhaps the
most obvious effect of the gas
shortage at CSR. Mr. Thomas
McCabe, business manager,
related that the building is
being kept at SO degrees at all
times. As much of the CSR
community is aware, classes
usually held in the A&M
building have been rescheduled
in other (warmer) buildings.
Asked what other measures
had becw taken to reduce fuel
consumption on campus, Mr.
McCabe said, “We have
lowered the thermostats to 65
degrees during the day and 60
at night." He also stated that
memos were sent to everyone
with this message last week.
On th e weekends , al l
unoccupied buildings are left
at SO degrees, which is the
minimum temperature for
proper building maintenance.
Mr. McCabe related that
“we have continued some
energy saving practices from 2
years ago,” which was the time
when the Energy Crisis became
large-scale. As an example of
these continuations, he cites
the fact that many of the light
bulbs removed from corridors
and classrooms have not been
replaced, thus saving on
electricity. Mr. McCabe re­emphasized
the importance of
turning off lights when rooms
are not in use.
The time when buildings
such as A&M will return to
normal temperatures is still a
question. Mr. McCabe stated
that he had “no idea” when
A&M would return to normal,
since a recommendation from
Niagara Mohawk and from
Governor Carey is first
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budged reasons dictated the
move. “It is a mistake to wipe
out a position that serves 100
to 130 students per semester,”
Ms. Burroughs maintained,
although “1 understand the
crunch. A lot of people will
feel the difference, and there
will be fewer services available
in this area.”
Ms. Burroughs works with
faculty members as well as
students on the use and
p l a n n i n g o f m e d i a
presentations in the classroom.
In addition, the “media
module” had been scheduled
to become a separate 2-credit
course next s e m e s t e r ,
“Instructional Media.” With
the termination of the media
instructor position, this course
will be cancelled and only
operation of equipment will be
taught, Ms. Burroughs says.
“Those who have been
involved with me in the
education curriculum are
disappointed,” she continues.
“We all see a deflnite need for
this program. The education
program is incomplete without
instructional media.”
Ac c o r d i n g t o Ms.
Burroughs, several CSR
graduates in the market for
teaching jobs have been asked
if they received training in the
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On Visitation
I he ^recent change in visitation rights of St. Rose
studentsmarks at least a resting place on a road that has
bee% M ^ ilriith, to quote Winston Churchill, “Blood, toil,
swea'oSa^^ tears.”
rh ^ D e|ui of Students, Mike D’Attilio, Assistant Dean
Lynn Levo, along with the Campus Life
Commiti^ of the Board of Trustees can be commended
for their hard work in developing a policy that allows for
free4||ll|^^ choice, rights to privacy and is truly realistic
and workable.
Perhaps one issue lessens the satisfaction that can be
gleaned from the Board’s decision; however, student input
has only now been solicited.
Yes, the Board mandate to exclude students from the
policy making process may have provided a more efficient
and organized means to develop a proposal, but one may
question the legitimacy of not involving students, even in a
small way, in a policy change that has such a direct impact
on the students themselves.
The issue then, seems not to surround visitation — even
though some students may object to the limited hours, can
a more radical change realistically be expected? — Rather
the question is whether or not students can be viewed as
responsible enough to have a significant voice on issues
that directly affect them.
The Blotter
Vewsbriefs
Now is the time to apply for
financial aid for the 1977-78
academip year. Necessary
forms are available in the
Financial Aid Office, Scanlon
Hall. Deadline is March 1!
Campus Ministry announces
the following changes in the
spring semester liturgy
schedule:
Monday through Friday, 7
a.m.; Tuesday and Thursday,
4:45 p.m.; Sunday, 10 a.m. and
9 p.m.
On Saturday, Feb. 12, GSR
will be helping out with the
Cerebral Palsy Telethon. The
telethon will be held in the
Washington Ave. Armory.
INSCAP£
Co>editors Anne Hess
Barry Willard
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Lai^ta, Megan Seacord, Sandra Dutcher, Joanne
Hql^^ister, Frank Scanlon, Ted Gorka, jim Wing,
Matmew Maguire, Ellen Ross.
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Letters To The Editors
Can Morality Be Legislated?
To the Editors
and Students:
If I were to stop any one of
you on the campus and ask
you in what you believe — in
your country? in your
government? in the world of
business? in your education? in
your religion? — 1 think I
know what almost everyone of
you would say. You couldn’t
help but associate with each in
turn such connotations as Viet
Nam, Watergate, cartels, the
jo b mar k e t , and the
discrepancies between what
religious people say and do —
and you’d find it very difficult
to pay loyalty to any of them.
For you such words as
“ p a trio tism,” “ju s tic e ,”
“equality,” and “true American
(or religious ) values” waver in
their meaning. On the other
sude of the coin, you have
been inundated with the facile
phrase, the meaningless
slogan, the smart, but empty
retort; for our campuses have
become the great spawning
ground of the intellectual
Catch 22.
Let’s look at one of them
that I’ve been hearing recently:
“ You C a n ’t Legi s lat e
Morality!” This is said in a
tone which indicates that it is a
definitive statement which
brooks no co n trad ic tio n
except from half-baked
throwbacks before the Age of
Enlightenment.
in the latter category, I
cheerfully place myself, for it
seems to me that the Greek
philosophers, Aurelius, the
medieval scholars, and all the
truly great statesmen who ever
lived (among many, many
o t he r s ) e i t h e r di rec tl y
legi slated mor a l i t y or
advocated doing so.
The first bodies of law
which ever came into existence
were quite heavy handed in
that direction. You know, “An
eye for an eye,” etc. The tablet
that Moses presented to the
Semitic peoples in Biblical
times (which to this day
governs a large percentage of
the e a r th ’s popula tio n )
con t a i n e d r ig id mor a l
legislation. To get away from
a n c i e n t h i s t o r y , a l l
governments and institutions
from then on have legislated
mo r al i t y . Law, orde r ,
discipline, “life, liberty, and
the pursuit of happiness"
depend on it.
The next step in the specious
reasoning goes this way: “Yes,
but the law you speak of is
legislated by the consent of the
governed.” Even this is but a
half truth, for 1 think that you
know that, except for your
power to vote lawmakers in or
out, you have almost nothing
to say about legislation on any
political level. And, anyway,
that statement has no reference
to the myriad institutions in
America such as medical
facilities, industry, business,
education, etc. which definitely
do not operate on democratic
principles. If they did, they
would cease to exist.
Here on campus, you can’t
steal, maim, slander, cheat,
crib, plagiarize, etc., etc.
wi t h o u t suf f e ri ng the
consequences. You expect
y o u r t e a c h e r s a n d
adminstrators to be honest,
fair, diligent, truthful, and
concerned — all fall within the
scope of morality.
You know when certain
people say; “You Can’t
Legislate Morality!”, what
they most often mean is that
you can’t legislate morality in
the area of sex. Somehow or
other they put sex in a
compartment of its own as if it
were not related to the rest of
the whole of life. But again,
not so. No one is free to violate
any other human being in any
sexual way without coming
under punishment of the law.
The Ten Commandments
legislate morality in this area
and so does the law of the
land.
Yes, institutions which are
not, have never been, and
could never be democracies,
legislate morality. This is an
educational institution, and for
the protection and good of us
all, and especially you
students, I hope CSR goes on
legislating it.
Sister Bernards Jaques
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Visitation Policy Change
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to the student body and to
present the guidelines decided
upon by the Board.
The rationale for the
enactment of guidelines was
explained by Sr. Lynn. Among
other points, she emphasized
that the Board felt that any
change must “enhance the
educational environment of
CSR.” The Board felt that
unlimited visitation would
“endanger private space and
study time” for students. It
was the Board’s considered
opinion, according to Sr.
Lynn, that these restricted
hours will promote the
development of “responsi­bility,
consideration for others,
and honesty.”
During the question period,
Jeff Whitman voiced concern
about the amount of student
involvement in the actual
decision-making process. Mr.
Whitman noted that the Board
of Trustees, who made the
actual decisions about what
students would be permitted to
do, “came from all over” and
thus were not well-acquainted
with the student’s feelings. Mr.
D’Attilio replied that the
Administration felt that they
were adequate representatives
of student opinion, as many
groups had approached him
personally on the question. He
also noted that he expected to
receive many irate phone calls
from parents, “some of them
your parents,” and felt that “a
small percentage of students
will actually leave the college
because of this change.”
Other questions were raised
concerning whether the
decision of the Board was final
or whether the guidelines
could be considered a take-off
point for further freedom. Mr.
D’Attilio urged moderation on
the question of furthe r
expansion of visitation, while
Ms. Matthews denied the
possibility for further change
at this time or at any time in
the near future.
By this time, the number of
students leaving the meeting
had increased substantially. At
the conclusion of the question
period, only 50 of the original
250 students remained.
Immediately before the
formation of groups to select
one member and one alternate
member of the committee from
each class, Bill Better
expressed thanks to the Board
o f T r u s t e e s a n d t he
Administration for what he
termed, “a small step, some
would say, but a step in the
right direction.” His remark
was met by applause from the
remaining students.
The proposal to first
consider a change in the
visitation policy was made to
the Board of Trustees by the
Campus Life sub-committee in
conjunction with the Student
Affairs staff in May of 1976,
according to Sr. Lynn. The
committee, at that time, was
directed by the Board to
investigate the situation and
develop a report without the
aid of student input.
At the October meeting of
the Trustees the sub-committee
submitted the report, which
was a “complete pro and con
report on alternatives and
recommendations in regards to
visitation.” Included in this
was a survey of several other
colleges and universities on the
question of visitation and a
recommendation to initiate a
limited and optiorml visitation
policy, stated the Residence
Dean. Dean of Students
D’Attilio stated that the survey
tried to “determine negative
reactions to a policy change”
that o ther colleges had
experienced and that the
recommendation was geared to
try to avoid these.
As a result of the October
me e t i n g a s e r i e s o f
approximately sixteen dinner
meeti ngs wi th var i o u s
members of the fadulty were
held to gain their reaction to
the prospective policy change.
St u de nt leade rs a n d
Resident Assistants were
informed of the possible
change in November and the
proposal of a “limited,
optional, weekend” visitation
policy became official at the
January meeting o f the
Trustees.
Alumni Reflects on Past Rules and Regulations
By Anne Hess
If the student body of CSR
were placed in a time machine
and transported back 15 or 20
years, chances are good that
we would experience a bit
more than pure culture shock
upon arrival. We would
probably be hauled directly to
the Dean of Students by the
first passing authority. Our
conduct and appearance would
undoubtedly be matters of
grave concern. This subversive
attack on the image of St.
Rose and the reputation of the
resident Rosebuds by a group
of rowdy outsiders would
probably be • dealt with
severely.
In preparation for our trip,
several alumni have agreed to
fill us in on the good old days
at CSR. Jane Cornell, a 1952
graduate, said that the dress
code during her student days
required stockings and dresses
or skirts at all times. Knee
socks were permitted in the
winter, but only when worn
over stockings. Each student
was required to purchase full
academic attire - cap, gown.
gloves and black pumps - and
to wear it to the cultural
a ssemb lies held every
Wednesday. For formal social
events, like the formal tea
given for new students by their
Junior Sisters, cocktail dresses
worn with veils or hats were
required. Of course, Rosebuds
were also required to dress for
dinner, which was a formal
served affair every night.
1952 social events usually
consisted of “Open Houses”
held for the gentlemen of RPI
or Siena in St. Joseph’s Hall.
The nuns chaperoned these
dances from the balcony, and
Mrs. Cornell recalled bringing
her date upstairs to meet the
Sisters, a common practice.
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d C I J . J 5 CSR Pub To Open ‘Shortly
By Ginnie Lupi
An “additional service in the
snack bar” will be available
“shortly” in the Camelot
Room of the Campus Center,
according to Mr. Daryl
Hendery, Associate Dean for
Student Activities. This new
service will offer Schlitz beer
on tap after 5 p.m.
The Gold and White Club,
Inc., will be running the liquor
end of the new service. They
now possess a club wine
license which enables them to
serve beer and wine only in the
Campus Center. The Gold and
White Club will be responsible
for the service and sale of
liquor in the Campus Center
building and has approval to
expand their current club wine
license if they so desire.
The Gold and White Club is
a corporation separate from
the College of St. Rose. Its
objectives are:
1. To provide students,
many of whom do not have
cars, the opportunity to
entertain guests and parents in
a facility which has more of an
academic atmosphere than
does an average bar.
2. To p r o v i d e a n
accompaniment for receptions
and formal functions which
precede or follow educational
programs, such as lectures by
distinguished visitors.
3. T o p r o v i d e an
a c c om p a n im e n t t o
entertainment programming,
particularly on weekends.
4. T o p r o v i d e an
accompaniment for pre-dinner
social hours.
Why has it taken so long to
open the new service?
According to Mr. Hendeiy it is
a “complex and particular
operation.” Taxes have to be
arranged, liquor licenses
applied for, and insurance
bought. The Associate Dean
refuses to open the new service
until everything is in perfect
order. Wine watt ^ not be
available until the service has
been open for a while and is
running smoothly.
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Administration Acts on Vacancies
Mrs. Talbot, Class of ^60, To Direct Alumni
By Ellen Ross
The Search Committee for
Mrs. Jewel Wh i t f i e l d ’s
replacement in the Alumni
Ollice confirmed Mrs. Mary
lalbot as Director of Alumni
Relations last week, and Mrs.
I albot says that she has been
“walking around with a
C heshire cat grin” since the
announcement, ‘i t ’s nice to be
official,” adds Mrs. Talbot.
Previously the Assistant in
Alumni Development, Mrs.
lalbot has been working with
the Alumni Office since 1972,
originally on a volunteer basis.
In 1973 she was employed
part-time by CSR, and she
bccame full-time in 1976.
Mrs. lalbot brings many
talents to her new position.
She is a licensed real-estate
salesperson, and serves on the
Parent Steering Committee of
Bethlehem Middle School. A
graduate of Vincentian
Institute (she described herself
as “saddened” by the closing of
that instituttion), Mrs. Talbot
came to CSR as a member of
the class of 1960. A sociology
major, she co-wrote a “gossip
column” for the Rosevarian,
then the CSR newspaper,
part icipated in Stu dent
Government and was involved
Mrs. Mary Talbot
in the drama club. Since her
graduation, Mrs. Talbot has
chaired several projects for the
Alumni Association, as well as
being involved in community
activities.
Looking ahead to what
should be a productive term in
her new post, Mrs. Talbot
says, “1 hope to maintain the
good relationship between the
alumni and the college and to
keep the alumni informed of
what is going on here at St.
Rose.” She is particularly
interested in such fundraising
activities as the traditional
annual Phone-a-Thon, in
which alumni across the
country are asked for
contributions, and describes
these Phone-a-Thons as “a
major part" of the fundraising
drive. “They do very well, and
provide a very sociable
experience for the alumni,” she
explains.
Mrs. Talbot also hopes to
expand the current travel
program through which the
Alumni Association offers
package tours to countries
such as Greece, possibly
increasing these programs to
more than one a year. She
would like to work as closely
as possible with the Alumni
Board of Directors. Another
area for improvement, Mrs.
Talbot feels, might be the
relationship of the Alumni
Office to the Admissions
Office. A closer link between
these two offices, expanded
communication with alumni
and of course, a successful
fundraising drive this year are
among the goals that Mrs.
Talbot has set herself to
accomplish as Director of
Alumni Relations.
Ms. Budhai Named
New HEOP Head
By Ellen Ross
“I hope to enable all HEOP
students to succeed in
obtaining a B.A. from the
College of St. Rose,” declares
Mrs. Diane Budhai, the new
director of higher education
opportunity program at CSR.
“This will be my major
emphasis here.”
Mrs. Budhai, hired to
replace Mr. Stanley Calhoun,
has been working at her new
position since the 3rd of
January. Mrs. Budhai was last
PR Post Will Not be Filled
By Ellen Ross
Ihe position of Public
Relations director has been
abolished, at least temporarily,
d u e to b u d g e t a r y
considerations according to
director of development G.
Douglass Alexander. The
former Public Relations
director, Mr. Lou Herborg,
resigned last October effective
K’bruary I.
Mr. Herborg, who is now
doing a free-lance public
relations work, “is to be
credited” for the favorable
publicity received by CSR in
the past year, says Mr.
Alc.xander. Mr. Herborg’s
resignation, he adds, was not
due to any particular event but
to difficulties “over a period of
time.”
“We are re-evaluating the
Pa|C 4
position of Public Relations
d ire c to r ,” continues Mr.
Alexander, who along with
Mrs. Mary Anne Morgan, will
be taking over the duties of
me d i a r e l a t i o n s a n d
advertising. “Judy Reynolds
will be the co-ordinator of
publications, and I’ll be
handling public events,” the
development director stated.
“You have to look at
problems as opportunities.
There is an opportunity now
to do a better job,” he
explained. Mr. Alexander
described the “questioning
process” being used in the re-evaluation
of the Public
Relations director.
“A college of this size, and
with these resources, can
perform these functions
without a Public Relations,
director. I have a personal
philosophy regarding this,”
said Mr. Alexander. “The fact
that St. Rose had a Public
Relations director in the past
does not mean that we must
always have one. We have to
ask ourselves whether we
really need this position. This
is not to say that we will never
again hire a Public Relations
director, but we will see if this
job can be done with a saving
on cost by not refilling the
position.”
Mr. Alexander adds that
CSR is “fortunate in having
the people who have stayed
here” and that the present
administrators are all “top
quality.” “Everyone is doing a
good job,” he concluded.
employed with the Educational
Opportunity Center in Albany.
She has also been a director of
the Head Start program and
the HEW director for the
Albany Urban League. Mrs.
Budhai holds 2 master’s
degrees, one in Counselling,
the other in Curriculum and
Instruction, and is now a
candidate for a doctoral degree
in Education at the State
University of New York in
Albany.
CSR is not new to Mrs.
Budhai, who taught in the
college’s summer HEOP
program last year and hopes to
find time for teaching even
n ow wi t h h e r a d d e d
responsibilities. Since she
began work as HEOP director,
Mrs. Budhai has found many
areas for improvement in the
p rog ram’s situation. She
hopes, in particular, to attack
the high attrition rate among
HEOP students.
Mrs. Budhai is instituting
some changes in the HEOP
program here. She is presently
completing a budget proposal
which includes expansion of
the Center for Developmental
S t u d i e s a n d s t r o n g e r
enforcement of attendance
policies. She has met most of
the HEOP students, and finds
her position “as 1 expected it
to be.” She adds th a t
“everyone has been very
helpful and I’ve had a warm
reception from the people 1
have met.”
Spanish Students Present Drama
By Meg Dwyer
Following a month of
rehearsals, Yolanda Ortal’s
production of “El Caballero de
las espuelas de oro,” by
Alejandro Casona, was staged
February eighth and ninth in
St. Joseph’s Hall. The cast
consisted primarily of St. Rose
s tudents working on the play as
a January term project.
Leading parts were performed
by Mark Cerosaletti, Diane
Deacon, Sarah Culver and
Gail Caprara. Ms. Ortal felt
that the students involved were
“very interested and eager to
do a professional performance
— all of the leading characters
are using Spanish without a
foreign accent.”
Ms. Ortal has directed five
other Spanish plays at St.
Rose. “We are the only
university in the area to put on
a play in Spanish,” Ms. Ortal
explained, “and therefore
many Spanish-speaking people
in the area attended the
productions.” This play was
chosen because “it is beautiful
...when you pick a play for a
public that generally doesn’t
speak the language — you
must take into consideration
the aesthetic beauty of the
play. The three female
characters in the play are very
enriching.”
Many of the cast members
were students of Ms. Ortal’s,
who expressed interest in the
play. A student from Siena
College and an area high
school student were involved
in the play, as well as Mr.
Kenneth Ciatyk, an alumnus
of CSR, who played the
character of Soldado. Mrs.
Aronson assisted in the
blocking of the play, and Ms.
Cathy Chesper, a cast member,
helped with the making ot
several of the costumes.
A musical program was
presented after the play.
Accompanied by Mike Purcell
and Company, a Spanish folk
dance was performed, followed
by a selection of songs
performed by Ms. Deacon,
Mr. Cerosaletti and Ms. Ortal.
Five of the songs were original
compositions of Ms. Ortal,
one of which, “Yo Se Contar
Estrellas,” won an award in
the American Song Festival.
In spite of the “intensive
work” involved in the
production of “El cabaiiero de
las espuelas de ore”, Ms. Ortal
commented that she was
pleased with the “very good
spi r i t among the cast
members,” and that she
enjoyed working on the play.
Proceeds from the night’s
activities will be given to
CSR’s Toward Tomorrow
campaign.
Wilder^s ""Silver Streak ” Rolls
With Cargo of Cliches and Charm
The typical fare offered by
Hollywood in any given year
includes 3rd rate action flicks,
mushy romances, didactic
nonsense, childish attempts at
artistry, and a few truly good
films. Among the good films,
the public is lucky to find even
one which attempts to be just
plain entertaining.
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necessary. He stated that the
original directive was to lower
the temperature for the
weekend of Jan. 29-30, and
later to lower it for the
following week. The business
manager has had no word as
to what will happen beyond
this time. Presently the order
pertains to “just this week.”
All buildings on campus are
involved in the cut-back, in
compliance with the requests
of both the President and the
Governor. CSR was able to
remain open since, “our main
boilers use fuel oil,” related
Mr. McCabe. Houses using
gas are residences and are
therefore unaffected.
Students on campus met
with various inconveniences
due to the Art and Music class
relocations and the chilly
temperatures. One music
major commented that her
class was held in the A&M
building despite the cold, and
that it was necessary for
everyone to keep their coats
on! Many students didn’t
know exactly where to
relocate, and therefore may
have missed out on class time.
Music students had trouble
practicing, and some Art
students brought their supplies
to other buildings and back
again, which was very time-consuming.
Art classes
involving too much equipment
were held in the 50 degrees
A&M building, but it was
“difficult and cumbersome to
work with our coats on.”
In view of the minor
inconveniences, everyone’s
co op e r a t i o n is gr eat ly
appreciated. Mr. McCabe
wishes to thank everyone for
their help and hopes it will
continue throughout this
“emergency situation.”
Ihis year. Silver Streak
comes close to earning that
honor. The film is sloppily
written, shallow, and very
eneven. But it’s fun.
Gene Wilder plays a
publisher who’s taking the
Silver Streak train from L.A.
to Chicago. (That’s right,
folks, an old-fashioned train
adventure.) Jill Clayburgh is
the woman he falls in love with
on the train. 1 here’s a fed who
masquerades as a jerk, there is
Ray Walston as a thug,
Patrick McGoohan as a bad
guy with a prep school accent,
and are various other
personages whom I’m sure you
can imagine. Eventually,
there’s Richard Pryor as a
fearless petty thief who bails
out Wilder.
What all that means is that
the details are not that
important. The plot is typical.
It has all the standard
characters and contrasts. It has
a love scene which would be
the laugh of the year if it
weren’t for Barbara Streisand.
It has the obligatory twists of
fact. It even has an adventure
film ending which reminds one
of Earthquake.
The film proves that the
public is still not bored with
stock characters and the
predictable. A loveable Joe
Blow like Wilder can still
capture our hearts with his
willowy “Why me?” approach
to his adventures and
misadventures. All the world
still loves a cocky wise guy like
Richard Pryor. It remains easy
to despise a punk like Ray
Walston or a stuffed shirt like
Patrick McGoohan.
1 he film is a thorough
disappointment until Richard
Pryor shows up about half
way through it. Wilder is
bemused by the whirlwind of
events in which he finds
himself. He’s also rather
boring. The others are also
undistinguished. (Pat rick
McGoohan, a truly fine actor,
does not become prominent
until the second part of the
film.) Richard Pryor shows up
and immediately enlivens the
picture. From his appearance
until the end, the film is an
action-filled adventure which
produces in the viewer either
tension or torturous laughter.
Particularly memorable is a
scene in which Pryor paints
Wilder’s face shoe-polish black
and teaches him how to boogie
to help him get past the feds
lying in ambush.
If you want good technique
or a lesson in morals, skip it. If
you want a low-key film
offering nothing more than a
good time, go. You’ve seen
—Matthew Maguire
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worse.
Buckley Bill Stirs Controversy
By Steve Lemken
(CPS) Ihe controversial
Bucklcy Amendment is once
again causing battielines to be
drawn between students and
administrators. The front this
time is at the University of
Oregon and the opponents are
th e Of f ice of St u de n t
Advocacy and the Vice-
President of Student Affairs.
Ihe Buckley Amendment
establishes the rights of
students and parents to inspect
educat ional records and
expunge erroneous informa
tion. Ihe regulations, which
will not be final until June
1977, also require that student
records remain private.
Don Chalmers, director of
the Associated Students-
University of Oregon’s
(ASUO) office of Student
Advocacy, said he is angry
that Dr. Gerald Bogen, the
Vice-President, has testified
before the Privacy Protection
Study Commission, that the
Buckley Amendment is
ambiguous and costly to
implement.
La s t N o v emb e r in
Washington D.C. Bogen
outl ined suggestions to
simplify the privacy laws of
Oregon to coincide with
existing state statutes.
He went so far as to itnply
that new, minimal rules and
adequate criteria for the
protection of student rights
could be “written on the back
of an envelope over a cup of
coffee.”
In response Chalmers
drafted a statement of support
of the Buckley Amendment in
E)ecember and sent it to the
commission criticizing Bogen’s
Alumni Look Back-
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RPl sponsored “tea dances”
for CSR women on Sunday
afternoons. Of course, tea and
cookies were served.
in 1961, the dress code and
type of social events were
essentially the same, according
to Phyl Smith, who graduated
that year. Mrs. Smith, who
was a dorm student, added
that chapel services were
attended en masse by the
residents immediately after
dinner. Wednesday morning
services were attended in the
ever-popular full academic
dress. Mrs. Smith added that
many dorm residents neglected
to dress on Wednesdays, and
wore their nightgowns to
theals beneath the formal
gowns. This was successful
until one fateful day when an
alert nun detected something
irregular foaiamas with feet.
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use of audio-visual materials.
Ms. Burroughs feels that these
students are typical of many
more. “ If you can use learning
materials effectively, you will
be more successful as a
tcacher,” says Ms. Burroughs.
She adds that the media
instructor position “would
have been cancelled anyway,
even if I had not found
another p o s itio n .” Ms.
Burroughs emphasizes that
there is no bad feeling about
t h i s b e twe e n t h e
administration and herself: “1
don't hold a grudge, it's just a
principle of mine that this is an
important area which should
be offered.”
Ms. Burroughs is circulating
mimeographed sheets asking
f o r s u p p o r t fo r t h e
reinstatement of the position,
and she says that at least 70
students have sent in such
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statements to Dean Tappa.
Whi le she feels t h a t
reconsideration is “an ideal
hope” not likely to be fulfilled,
“People should know what’s
happening.”
Dean Tappa stated that “we
are not obliterating this area of
in s tru c tio n .” Describing
i n s t r u c t i o na l me d ia as
“basically a service,” rather
than a “solid academic area,”
Dean Tappa explained that
while in “an institution with
unlimited endowment” the
situation might be different,
“ something has to give
somewhere because of the
impending budget crisis.”
Dean Tappa emphasized that
the Media Instructor position
was relatively new (it was
instituted in 1973), that it had
been handled previously by the
PBTE teachers and could be
handled by them again: “the
component parts of this area
perliaps?) and the students
were asked to remove the
gowns.
Mrs. Smith, who was, by
her own characterization, a
rule-bender, was once confined
to campus for two weekends
after she was caught speaking
to her boyfriend after curfew
from her bedroom window.
T h e p u n i s hm e n t wa s
administered because she had
“revealed the location of her
bedroom to a gentleman.”
S tudents could also be
“campused” for repeated
violations of the dress code or
for tallcing for over five
minutes on the phone during
quiet hours. Since alcohol was
strictly forbidden on campus,
butterscotch sundaes and
cookies were served as
refreshments at the 1961
Senior Ball. CSR women were
also never allowed to go to
bars.
will be covered,” he explained.
The decision to eliminate the
position was reached after a
conference between Dr.
Tappa, Sr. Anne Clark and Sr.
Ca t h e r i n e C r i sp o . The
conclusion was that the
position is “ not really
fundamental.”
Dean Tappa has expressed
the view that Ms. Burroughs’
action, in circulating the
petition forms to students, is
“extremely unprofessional”
and “came as a complete
surprise” to him. “it astonishes
me that she has done this,” he
said, and added that involving
students in this matter is “very
unethical.”
Ms. Burroughs responded:
“It is important for people to
know what is going on. We are
a democratic institution, and
this decision will affect a lot of
people. 1 don’t see how it’s
unethical.” •
s u ^ s t io n s and outlining the
university’s inadequate and
oft-times counterproductive
c iio r is ' in implementing
duclcley’s regulations on the
campus. He also Icnoclcs down
Bogen’s claim of the costliness
of implementation.
Mary Anne Morgan of the
Public Relations Department
attended CSR in 1966. One of
her most vivid memories is
being evicted from the library
because of improper dress. She
and a group of other students
had been practicing a show in
slacks and had received
permission to wear slacks on
campus. Nonetheless, she was
asked to leave the library.
Students were required to
attend evening religion classes,
the first of which consisted of
an hour-long film of the “New
Mass”. Since most of the
students had become familiar
with the Mass through weekly
personal experience, the
ending words, “Go in peace”
were answered with a loud
“Thanks be to God!” by the
assembled multitude.
Rosemary O’Neill, a 1969
graduate,, was on-campus
au r in g the first major
revamping of conduct rules
and dress codes. In her first
years, Ms. O’Neill, a dorm
s t u d e n t , a t t end e d the
traditional formal meals. A
head table, consisting of
several instructors, the Dean
of Students, and other
authorities, was served each
course first. The dining
students had to wait for the
head table to complete each
course, have their dishes
removed, and be served the
next course before their tables
were served the second course.
Thi s was a problem,
“especially if the head table
had a hot conversation going,”
according to Ms. O’Neill.
The curfew rules for
residents were also strict, if a
student wanted permission to
say out after curfew on a
weekend, she had to sign a
register in the Dean’s office
sta tin g her des tination,
expected time of return, and
date’s name. “There were tons
of John Smiths,” confided Ms.
O’Neill.
PIRG Winter Conference Held Here at CSR
by Matthew Maguire
Some 80 Public Interest
Research Group (PIRG)
members gathered at CSR
during the last weekend of
January to discuss issues of
concern to PIRG and to
compare notes, according to
CSR PIRG representative. Bill
Better.
Representing Connecticut,
New York, Massachusetts,
Maine, Rhode Island, New
Jersey, Virginia, Washington,
D.C., and Iowa, the PIRG
representatives came to share
ideas and notes on different
P}RG projects. Mr. Better says
that ^liiw«hopis held dealt with
such topics as nuclear eqergy,
election reform, and so forth.
notes that such
discussions could possibly lead
to different PIRG projects
around the state.
The highlight of of the
weekend, according to Mr.
Better, was a demonstration of
advanced communication
equipment given by two
representatives of NASA. The
NASA men said that it is
working on modifying simple
walkie-talkie equipment so it
can be used to communicate
around the country, according
to Mr. Better. NASA is said to
be considering allowing PIRG
groups use such equipment.
To demons t r a t e the
equipment, Mr. Better says,
PIRG members conversed
wi th Ra l p h Nader in
Was h i ngt o n using the
equipment. Questions were
asked of the consumer
advocate by phone, Mr. Better
says, because transmitting
equipment was not available.
Mr. Nader then responded
using the new equipment. His
messages were relayed via a
satellite above Hawaii.
A Spring conference similar
to the one at St. Rose will also
be held according to Mr.
Better. The location remains
undetermined.
PIRG’s: Some Healthy, Some Not
By Daniel W. Lindley
(CPS) — Six years after their
collective inception, Ralph
Nader’s Public Interes t
Research Groups (PIRG’s)
find themselves in varying
states of health. Meanwhile in
Washington, D.C., the grand-daddy
PIRG after which the
rest were modeled is hoping to
bind their consumer and
environmental efforts together
nationally at a proposed
clearinghouse in Iowa.
“We still need to be more
united in our efforts,” observes
D.C. manager Gaylord
Bourne.
P I R G ’s p r o v i d e
representation for large blocks
of students in 36 states as well
as in Ontario, Canada. The
groups lobby in the state
legislatures, research regional
e n v i r o nm e n t a l a n d
transportation issues, battle
for consumer rights, smooth
tenant-landlord relations, print
directories of reputable
physi c i ans , and is su e
comparisons of food prices in
local food stores.
Community response to
their activities has been
g e n e r a l l y f a v o r a b l e .
Predictably, though, there
have been dissenters.
Reports a spokeswomen for
CALPIRG in San Diego: “we
compared food prices at
various stores and named
names. One store reacted by
hiring a private investigative
“Something Different:”
Winter Weekend Set
By T. Ryan
The Student Events board
will sponsor a Winter
Weekend Feb. 11-13, in an
effort to provide “something
different other than a mixer or
a coffeehouse,” according to
S E B p r e s i d e n t Ka r e n
Sangaline.
The weekend will kick off
with a mixer on Friday night
featuring the Whole Family
Band, a foot-stomping band
from Woodstock, N.Y.
Saturday afternoon you are
invited to go bruise your knees
at the ice rink at the Empire
State Plaza. Free bus tokens
are yours for the asking if you
are in need of transportation.
Saturday night the Phil
Restifo Quintet will entertain
at a punch party in the dining
hall. Plans for a dinner dance
were cancelled <iue to lack of
funds and interest on the part
of the student populace.
A f e c ia l buffet will be
offered late Sunday morning.
The final event will be the
movie Take the Money and
Run, to be shown in St. Joe’s.
The Winter Weekend will
constitute “the last major
event” of the remaining school
year. There will be mixers,
coffeehouses, movies and 2
remaining cultural enrichment
events.
team to scrutinize us.”
T h e u p s h o t o f th e
investigation was a charge by
the store that the CALPIRG
did not include quality
amongst its criteria for
selecting food markets.
Though Gaylord Bourne
sees “a definitely successful
and increasing” number of
PIRG’s spreading across the
nation, some branches seem
barely to be breathing.
At Southern Oregon State
College, a student observer
reports that “they’re very weak
here in Ashland.”
At the University of Oregon
at Eugene, OSPIRG chair­woman
Sharon Hill admits
that her organization has
“been in a coast this past
year.” However, she believes
th a t O S P lRG ’s slide is
partially due to the fact that
numerous citizens’ groups are
springing up around the state
to take over the work that
OSPIRG has started. The
group has been eclipsed lately
in the environmental field,
though it was instrumental in
halting construction of a
nuclear power plant in Cape
Kiwansa, Ore., and helped
pass a bill which encouraged
bottle recycling. OSPIRG is
shifting its focus to civil rights,
which includes al leged
redlining in Portland, and
health care.
The Minnesota Daily
reports that MPIRG is having
difficulty attrac ting its
representatives to its meetings.
“We have never had a
quorum this year. I’ve never
even seen five of the
members,” the paper quotes
one distraught member as
saying.
In Iowa, Kathy Carter,
chairwoman of IPIRG, admits
that her organization has had
little if any effect on recent
elections. However, she points
to considerable success in
preserving city parks and
averting attempts by the Army
Corps of Engineers at
damming several nearby rivers
and creeks. Her group’s
gr eatest t r i u m p h , she
continues, is that it has gained
practical experience as well as
the respect of the townspeople
around her campus.
“Once you’ve proven
yourself at doing good in
things that interest people,”
she observes, “you build a
good name.”
IPlRG plans an anti-Army
Corps of Engineers conference
this March.
The cost of PIRG’s to the
individual student runs from
three to eight dollars per year,
and supports the full-time staff
of lawyers, economists, and
other professionals who give
the groups a continuity in time
that they would not have if
they were run solely by
students, who are prone to
vacationing and graduating.
PIRG’s were envisioned by
Nader as an answer to the
dilemma that “power and
wealth remain concentrated,
and decisions continue to be
made by the few.”
D.C. manager Bourne
thinks it is equally important
th a t P IRG’s are “great
learning programs.”
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Battered Saints Bounce Back in Style
By Frank Scanlon
Alter opening the second
hull of the season on a dismal
note, C'SR’s basketball team
has come back to win three of
their last lour games at the
beginning oi this active week.
t he first game after the
break was at Skidmore. The
Saints stayed close most of the
first half, with the lead
exchanging hands several
limes. Skidmore then took
advantage of poor shooting to
pull ahead and win 79-67. The
game brought the debut of
Icrry Wilhelm, last year’s
most val u ab l e player .
Although his shots were not
falling, Terry showed his
strength under the boards by
breaking two records. He
broke A1 Thomlinson’s old
record of 13 offensive
rebounds by 4 and Andrew
Brown’s record of 24 total
carooms by 1. Mark Gabriel
took high game honors with 22
points.
I he next contest brought
league leading Columbia
Cifeene to Albany. The game
was close throughout, with the
visitors controlling the last two
minutes to caputre the victory,
86-82. lerry Wilhelm led the
team with 23 points and 17
rebounds. Five days later the
Saints met Columbia Greene
on their home court. This time
the home team displayed a
strong running game to win
103-69. Billy Hamilton and
Mark Gabriel scored 23 and 17
points respectively. Terry
Wilhelm had 18 rebounds.
C'SR’s next game came against
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a highly rated Junior College
of Albany team. JCA took the
game 84-61. Billy Hamilton led
the losers with 18 points.
The following game brought
Skidmore to St. Rose’s home
court. The Saints placed four
men in double figures for a
tough 77-69 win. Billy
Hamilton paced the winners
with 20, while Gabriel and
Wilhelm had 16 apiece. Mike
Ovit hit for 14. The succeeding
game was a league match-up
against a small but quick
Berkshire Christian club. The
visitors hung tough through
the first half and were down by
only 5 at the beginning of the
second. CSR then took control
and won 81-67. Mark Gabriel
hit 16 of 22 shots from the
field and was high scorer with
34 points. Terry Wilhelm had
16 with 15 carooms.
The Saint’s next effort was
away, against league rival
Vassar. The visitors led most
of the way, but costly
mistakes in the last minutes
combined with poor shooting
(27%) gave the game to Vas­sar,
64-58. The contest, was
not without controversy.
Walking into the gym the
players discovered the floor
was covered with filth. One
player described it as looking
and smelling like “imported
cow dung.” Slips, slides and
falls hindered the quicker CSR
team.
The next game, a rematch
against Mt. Saint Mary’s,
proved to be the most exciting
so far this season for it saw a
lot of action and scoring. In
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the first half Terry Wilhelm hit
24 of his 26 points while Mike
Ovit displayed some excellent
outside shooting. The second
half saw a IS point St. Rose
lead erased and the visitors go
ahead by 2. Some clutch foul
shooting by Gabriel and good
defense by Hamilton allowed
the Saints to come back and
win 99-89. Gabriel flnished
with 25 points, 13 of them
coming from the charity line.
Ovit and Hamilton fmished
with 20 and 18 respectively.
Coach Mike Long said that
the major reason for the
success was that better team
ball was being played.
“Inconsistency has been a
problem,” he said. “We get
two players who have good
games, with the rest not
playing as well. The next night
it is just the opposite. Some
night everybody’s going to
have a good game and we’ll
blow an opponent off by 30,
maybe forty points.” He
agreed that there are more fans
now and added that the
cheerleaders “are the best
we’ve ever had.” Coach Long
stated that the cheerleaders
and the fans have given the
team some needed boosts.
Schedule Changes
Because of the weather and
other reasons the St. Rose
schedule has been changed.
The game postponed Feb. S
against Albany Business
College has been rescheduled
for the 24th. Two games
scheduled for February 11 and
12 against Buffalo teams
B r y a n t - S t r a t t o n a n d
D ’Youvi l l e, have been
cancelled permanently. Two
new game s have been
scheduled with Stevens College
of Leinox, Mass. One was
played Tuesday and the other
will be played tonight at JCA
at 8:00. Two league games
with Southern Vermont were
forfeited when they cancelled
the rest of their games.
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Did you know — Billy
Hamilton had the first legal
dunk in St. Rose history last
week against Mt. St. Mary’s?—
that F-Troop (bench warmers)
only has two members, Jeff
Purdy and Frank Scanlon? —
Vassar began cleaning its floor
as the team was leaving? —
this year’s basketball team is
the largest ever ( 12)? — even
th e p l a y e r s s ay t he
cheerleaders are good? —
some girls claim Pharmacy has
the “ugliest mugs” of any team
we play? — What the
cheerleaders are thinking when
they tell Mark “The King”
Boise to do it? — John White
got his hair cut so the refs
could see his numbers? —
Chuck Sheifer got thrown out
of the Vassar game for saying,
“Oh, come on!” ...
...Paul D’Amato couldn’t
make practice Monday
because of religious reasons?
— Our record at the beginning
of the week was 6- 10? —
Pleasure filled Mike Gorman’s
mind during the JCA game?
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