The Crier "To Sin by silence when they should protest makes cowards of men.” Abraham Lincoln Volume VIII — No. 6 CORNING COMMUNITY COLLEGE January 14, 1969 by MICHAEL SADEV The Student Government, under the leadership of Robert Steinburg and Scott Jenkins has finally undertaken the task of affording the student body full representation and involvement in the administration of Corning Community College. Tuesday, January 14. there will be a Student Association Convocation in the gymnasium; the entire student body is asked to at- tend. The purpose of this convocation is to seek members for the newly established student committees. This is the proposed setup for the committees: 1. There will be five student committees: Academic Standards. Educational Policies. Curriculum Committee. Arts and Convocations. and Instructional Resources. 2. Each of these committees will parallel in structure and format the corresponding faculty committee. Each committee will deal with business pertinent to the running of the college. 3. Each committee will be comprised of any and all interested students of the college. 4. There will be a governing board in each committee and NO MEMBER OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE STUDENT GOVERNMENT OR ANY OFFICER OF ICC MAY SIT ON THE GOVERNING BOARD. 5. The chairman and co-chairman of each committee will then sit in as members of the corresponding faculty committees. 6. Each committee will be free to alter this format if it will enable more students to participate. It is the hope of many of us who have worked so hard to arrange this convocation that the students of Corning Community College will realize their obligation to the school. The administration of this college is willing to go a long way to help the students if the students will demonstrate a desire to help themselves. There is much to do and not enough people to do it. Also to be discussed at the convocation will be the new check-cashing service that will be established this second semester and the new student government used book mart. Page Two THE CRIER January 14, 1969 From The Editor’s Desk Letters To The Editor Involvement: A Gift to CCC With the end of this semester, many students have completed their final semesters here. Some of the people came to Coming and for the most part, will take away with them much more than what they gave CCC. However, there are certain people who have given much time and effort to CCC for us, the students, so that we might have it just a little bit better than they did. To these people, we the remaining students, can only be grateful. Bob Steinburg, Student Government President, Bill Stenger, I.C.C. President; Bill Hayes, Crier Editor, and Sam McCune, Asst Editor, are among the few who felt it a part of the educational system to do more than attend classes, sit in the Pub, or go down the hill. The abolition of the dress code, fraternity and sorority policies, the housing issue, the new snow shelter, student representation, improved parking facilities, alcoholic policy revisions, the re-apportionment of student funds, and the outside bulletin board, are but a few of the tangible accomplishments brought about by these people ... as well as those who have gone before them. We here must carry on the tradition. The accomplishments and efforts have been great, but still there are needs to be met by us. The Crier is always in need of people who want to work, who want to be more than students attending classes. The Student Government and ICC rely on our interest and involvement for their success. Bob Steinburg, Bill Stenger, Bill Hayes, and Sam McCune, the Crier would like to thank you on behalf of the student body. Unattentive Students Student Government Meeting Wednesday at 1:00 The Crier Published by the students of Corning Community College Editor.................................................. Bill Hayes Assistant Editor ................................... Sam McCune Sports Editor ...................................... John Wisor Sports Writers.....................Mike Shannon, Tom Hogan Photography..............................Al Place, John Wisor, Aaron Senne Writers...............Joe Neally, Chris Douglas, Ken Boyle, Bob Daley, Kathy Ennis, Jeanine Ferris, Kathy Dains Business Manager.................................Bob Lanterman Circulation ........................................... Bill Furch Typists.........................Pam Primorac, Peggy Hughes Advisors............Mr. Cambridge, Mr. Rullman, Mr. Bilicic "The Crier” is a student publication and does not represent the views of the faculty or the administration. All letters to the Editor must be signed and addressed to the Editor. “The Crier" and Its Editor reserve the right to cut the size of letters. The office Is located downstairs In the student union. Dear Editor. On Monday. December 16, 1968, the Corning Community College Chorus, under the direction of Professor James Hudson, put on a concert of Christmas music in the cafeteria for the benefit of the student body. Seventy to eighty of our own students were involved in that concert, and several of them sang very effective and beautiful solos. While the usual cafeteria noises of dishes and silverware could not be prevented, it was disappointing to note the amount of unnecessary talking and noise caused by a small number of students who were either apathetic, antagonistic, or ignorant, as illustrated by their behavior towards the group and its soloists. When I was director of the chorus, I never felt that I was in the proper position to criticize the audience. As the former director of the chorus and a member of the audience, I now feel that it is appropriate to ask that small minority of students to reconsider their attitudes and behaviors in the light of their probable effect on fellow students who are attempting to add ‘that something extra” which builds school unity and spirit. A little more courtesy and enthusiasm will go a long way toward making Corning Community College a better place for all of us. Sincerely. Alan S. Krech ★ ★ ★ ATTENTION: All Students As of January 1969, the Library will be open new hours. They are: Monday-Thursday: 8 a.m.-10:00 p.m. Friday 8 a.m.- 4:30 p.m. Sunday: 5 p.m.-10:00 p.m. Bloodmobile Revisits CCC Dear Students. Your next chance to save someone's life may be February 20. the day of our next Bloodmobile on-campus visit. Fifteen weeks have passed since the last visit so everybody eligible to give blood in November will again be able to contribute. Over the last couple of weeks, the news of a blood shortage has made headlines. In the Rochester Red Cross Region (to which Corning belongs) only emergency surgery was allowed because of the desperate need for a supply of blood. There will be no contest or reward for any group of people giving blood. The warm feeling of giving, experienced over the past holidays, can be regained Thursday. February 20. Help save a life. Someday it may be your own. Irene Dombroski Communication: Black and White by PETE HALEY Recently. I have noticed that there has been a growing lack of communication, in general, between black and white students at Corning Community College. This is not to imply that there was fever any real communication between blacks and whites; there wasn’t. However, I see three causes which are producing this insensitivity. The first. I believe, is the fact that Corning is a school of cliques. Whether we like it or not we must admit that there are very few true individuals. Even more so we see groups (or cliques) that are fiercely loyal to their hometowns be they Corning, Bath, or Elmira. These cliques are one of the basic reasons why Corning is accused of being a "glorified high school.” Add to this the fact that most of the students are white, middle-class with typical white, middle-class prejudices. Already, we have one barrier to communication. The second cause for this lack of communication is a certain lack of sensitivity. As far as I have seen, most of the communication between blacks and whites has been very plastic. In very few cases have I seen an exception. There is absolutely no attempt to understand the black student or the Black Movement. To be sure, this campus' Afro-American Club is not a militant organization. As far as I know, it has always been open to white representatives. Yet in the meetings I have been to. I have only seen four or five whites. The third reason I hesitate to include: however. I believe it is relevant. This is the fact of polarization of the races. There is a general feeling of distrust in the air. I conclude this because Corning is a commuter college. A majority of the students leave the college life and return .to homes which many times reflect society's prejudices. Society and race as we know, are not having an easy time of it. These three reasons are not the only ones that have produced this feeling of separation. But I think these pretty much cover general ground. It is easy to use this paper to gripe and not offer a solution. A solution for an end to racial discrimination has yet to be found, but it is not an impossibility. Corning Community College should be a starting point for every student to begin to re-evaluate himself or herself concerning the Black Movement. Corning is fortunate that the Afro-American is not as militant as some college clubs across the nation are. The students at Corning College should be aware and realize two things: 1) that those terminating their college experience will be pushed into the mainstream of society and, 2) those transferring will be going to different colleges which may have different atmospheres. Those white students who are terminating their college life, should go out into societv with a better understanding of the Black Movement. For those blacks who are terminating they will be able, by their open-mindedness to respond to any sincere white appeals for communication. Hopefully, the black student from college will be able to bridge the polarization gap. However. I feel that this can be done only if whites are willing to try to break down their barriers and understand the situation. WATER POWER HORSE POWER STEAM POWER ELECTRIC POWER POLISH POWER ITALIAN POWER IRISH POWER GERMAN POWER JEWISH POWER SCOTCH POWER RED POWER White Power Black Power Student Power In the second instance those transferring should have an understanding of blacks in general so that should they run into a more militant atmosphere, they at least can make a reasonable unprejudiced decision for or against the situation. I do not believe that a student can say he is free from racial prejudice until he or she has begun to understand the black man and his problems. There is no better place for students to begin than right here at C.C.C. Attention Registration for all students who expect to continue for the second semester will be held in the Gymnasium on Monday. February 3, 1969. Students are asked to report as follows according to the first letter of their last names: A — B 8 a.m. C — D 9 a.m. E — H ............ 10 a.m. I — M ............ 11 a.m. N — R ............ 1 p.m. S — T 2 p.m. U — Z 3 p.m. Before you register, it may be possible to make necessary schedule changes. After you register. however, all changes must be made through regular drop/ add procedures and then only from the day classes start (February 5) and for one week. When you come to register on February 3. it is requested that you bring your Identification Card with you. It will be validated for the spring semester. Failure to have your ID card validated at the time of registration will necessitate a trip to the Student Personnel Office for ID validation before you may use the library privileges. January 14, 1969 THE CRIER Page Three If I Ran the ‘Zoo’ As a change of pace, the Crier decided to interview a member of the student body this time. Perhaps we sought out a not-so-well-known student, but a very outspoken one — Chuck St. John. When asked what he would do if he Ran the Zoo, Mr. St. John replied: If I Ran the Zoo how could I better the attitude of the animals? 1. I’d take down some of the bars to let the animals roam without leashes. 2. I would give the animals freedom not tokenism. 3. I'd give the animals better feed: and last 4. The pens that contained the animals would be of equal size. Let me expand on these steps. What are the bars? Well, simply they are the obstacles that are placed in front of faculty by administration. There are a few cases (even though these cases are but a few. it does not make them insignificant) where administrators are limiting faculty because of ideas and actions that do not meet the specifications of the administration. The administrators seem to think that they are supreme and it is their responsibility to dictate what lines the faculty may take. Granted there are limitations to what a teacher may do. but if the means justify the ends, why not let it be? After all, if a teacher wants to carouse, grow long hair, or blow grass, let him: but if he interferes with the educational maturation of the students, then something should be done. If. however, an administrator dislikes a teacher because of his attitude toward people with beards, and/or long hair, then this is not reason enough for animosity. Concerning tokenism and freedom: Here at C.C.C. we the students are fortunate enough to have a say in administrative policies, but this power should remain a freedom and not tokenism for the sake of placating the animals. If representation is to be at all. then let it be equal, not a 1:5 ratio. (I’ve wondered if all the representation we've been given is not to prevent a riot by the apathetic students of Corning?) Student recognition day is a farce. What difference does it make that one student who makes the dean’s list throughout school is given an award and the poor schmuck that works his ass off and only gets a 2.0 (just enough to graduate) gets a "well glad to see you could make it.” Why single out? After all. this does little for the majority and much for the minority, and if we are to be democratic (ha) this is an incongruity. Better feed is better teachers: Granted that we might have so many Ph.D.’s, so many full professors. and so many instructors, but why judge a book by its cover? A teacher may be most competent in his field, but when it comes to conveying ideas to students. the teacher fails. If I ran the zoo. there would be a way set up for teachers, administrators. and students to come together and solve the problems of communications between student and teacher on these lines. Finally, if I ran the zoo. any cages that I would have would be of equal magnitude. At the time of this article our campus is being raged by a construction company that was contracted to build the college a new Science Technology Building. (Whoopy do!) Meanwhile, back at the trailers, the liberal arts and humanities, etc.. people are either freezing because of too lit- le heat or boiling because of too much heat. Furthermore, the classroom building is overcrowded and the art facilities are next to rotten. Well, what would I do with these cages? The answer to this question is rather simple. All we have to do is find out what kind of school Corning Glass will let us have! If C.G.W. wants a tech. school, fine! (You won't find me running around with the white-socked. brush-cut slide rules.) The only problem with a tech. school is that those who finally graduate never get up early enough in the morning to see the smoke and crud that is ejaculated into the Corning air because of all their technology. Then, if by some divine happening we were blessed with a true liberal arts (no overemphasis on any one field). I would make it possible for every department to have the very best equipment at their disposal. The problem is one of foresight. Anyone could run the zoo with a little foresight, but it is the lack of it that causes discord among all concerned. It is the problem of the world today that not much foresight is being used. Not much planning is being done and. therefore, not much good will come from our existence. B.P.O.C.N. by LEW PURDUE When the subject of policemen’s salaries and graft was raised. I consulted Mayor Daley of Chicago. Daley has probably had more experience with graft than any other man alive. At the time of the interview with Mayor Daley. I happened to be confined to a bed in one of Chicago's fine hospitals. I was in traction due to a freak accident which occurred during the Democratic National convention. I had inadvertently inserted mv American Express credit card into the identification machine at one of the check points. The machine went into action immediately and disgorged an enormous shower of quarters. As I gathered my booty a gang of hoodlums, cleverly disguised as policemen attacked me, and beat me to unconsciousness, and took my cash, wallet, and sack of quarters. Mayor Daley was most sympathetic at the interview I conducted at my bedside. “Mayor Daley." I asked, "is it true that your men have repeatedly taken graft?" “No." he replied, “none of my men have ever taken graft. The reference you make is to the little understood organization of the B.P.O.C.N.” “B.P.O.C.N.?" "Yes. the Benevolent and Protective Order of Cosa Nostra. This is a fine fraternal organization which has added greatly to the income of most of our fine policemen. Their program is based on a merit system. Each officer receives an award which is proportioned to his service to the B.P.O.C.N." Can you give me some example of a service rendered by your police force which has merited B.P.O.C.N. awards?" “Yes, a most recent example is the fine way the police conducted themselves during the recent Democratic Convention here. During those trying times the police made many sacrifices in order to keep the communist subversives and anarchist terrorists from harming my fair city. Hazardous duty Day contributed by the B.P.O.C.N. contributed greatly to the zeal with which the police executed their duty.’" (Cont’d on Pg. 9, Col. 1) ’68 In Review by Dick Gregory Certainly one of the highlight events of 1968 was the magnificently successful Apollo flight. Personally. I was very glad to see the Apollo astronauts make it to the moon and back. The flight proved once and for all that it is possible for something to take off from Florida and not get hijacked to Cuba. And I'm really glad the astronauts got back safely. If anything had happened to them, the government would be drafting black cats for space jobs. To tell the truth, I think it was good that they didn't find any life on the moon, this year at least. If they did find any form of intelligent life on the moon, it would take the astronauts 10 years just to explain Spiro Agnew to the moon folks. But it was truly marvelous to get 3 astronauts around the moon and back again, with a pinpoint precision landing. Now if we could just get some black folks into the suburbs. I understand Mayor Daley has invited the Apollo astronauts to come to Chicago. He said they would be welcome as soon as they shaved their beards. Of course, the other big news event of 1968 was Presidential election. I understand that both President Johnson and Vice-President Humphrey plan to teach college when they leave office. There is a rumor that LBJ will teach "The American History of Barbecue.” And HHH plans to teach debate—if he can get Richard Nixon into the classroom. Another rumor hinted that Justice Thurgood Marshall was supposed to swear in Vice-President Spiro Agnew. But the Nixon staff decided against it. They were afraid Agnew might slip and call Justice Marshall a "boy." President-elect Nixon chose to go on national television to. announce his lily-white cabinet. I was looking for him to break out any moment with a chorus of “I’m dreaming of a white Christmas." Nixon may not have any black folks in his cabinet family, but with Spiro Agnew he certainly has a black sheep. And the President-elect asked J. Edgar Hoover to stay on as head of the FBI. Of course, Nixon is so square, I wouldn't be surprised if he asked Lady Bird to stay on. And she is so square, she just might accept. Speaking of square, did you see the Julie Nixon and David Eisenhower Wedding on TV? I knew they were square, but I didn’t think they were so square they would get Norman Vincent Peale to perform the ceremony. I didn't expect them to get Elijah Mohammud. But with Norman Vincent Peale as their pastor. David and Julie probably spent their wedding night writing letters to Santa Claus. New York City dominated the news in 1968. I really felt sorry for the kids in New York being locked out of their schools during the teachers' strike. We didn't have that much trouble getting a black kid into the University of Alabama. The fuel workers strike caused a real crisis in New York City. Please tell me that some buildings were so cold the janitors were banging on the pipes. But New York’s problems have helped racial understanding. You know how white folks are always saying black folks are lazy and shiftless. In New York City, there have been so many strikes that nobody has worked regularly for years. And the Columbia University struggle has helped too. That is one campus where you can't tell the white students from the black students. They’re all wearing gas masks. I really dig the young white kids of America, because they are more radical than black folks. The most we will do is burn down Sam's Pawn Shop. These white kids will burn the Mississippi River. The students in Mexico City had quite a year in 1968. Of course, I knew something was going to happen back in August. I visited National University and the students were singing. “We Shall Overcome . . . Cha, Cha, Cha." I was very glad to hear that the Pueblo crew was finally released. We were never told what the United States offered as ransom. I understand the Koreans turned down our first ransom offer—25 old Charlie Chan movies. And the Navy still denies that the Pueblo crew was spying. The crew denied it too—even while the Navy was issuing them new trenchcoats. Unfortunately, the year closes with the Paris peace talks still bogged down. Can you believe they are arguing about where the negotiators are going to sit? If I was in charge, I would hold those talks on the front line of Vietnam, with targets painted on the jackets of the negotiators. I bet we’d get peace then. The war in Vietnam is getting more unpopular every day and protest was at an all-time high in 1968. Even the 4 Fs were burning their draft cards. Of course, burning a draft card is old-fashioned these days. A group of hippies have a new gimmick. They roll some pot into their draft cards and smoke them. There is nothing like blowing your trip to Vietnam. But kids are rebelling everywhere. I wouldn’t be surprised to see the Girl Scouts throw away those stale cookies and start pushing LSD. Most people in America will spend 1969 worrying about war. riots and taxes. Not me. I just worry about what Agnew would do if Nixon caught the flu. ‘The Place’ Is the Place by DAVE SMITH “The Place” Student Committee and the newly formed club Backyard Peace Corps jointly put on a Christmas Party for area children and their families. The party was attended by two deserving families from the community, also by the families of Richard Kelly and Frank Anastasio, both faculty members at C.C.C.. and by several adults from the community who make up the Adult Committee of “The Place." The party was a tremendous success and was held at "The Place" Saturday, December 14, from 2:00 to 5:00 P.M. There were games, cartoons and refreshments for the children. Of course, Santa Claus came and each child was given a present and a stocking. The Drama Club also put on a Christmas skit for the children. For those of you who didn't know what these organizations are I feel you should know be cause they are both offering services to others. “The Place" which is known as the Downtown Student Lounge is located at the corner of Pine Street and Denison Parkway. It is open to all C.C.C. students from 7-11 P.M. Sunday through Friday. It offers ping pong. T.V., study rooms, a pool table, games and refreshments. "The Place” is run by student supervisors and by a Student Committee headed by co-chairmen Donald Parks and Kenneth Drake. The main objectives of the Student Committee are to offer the C.C.C. students a place to go, a pleasant and friendly atmosphere for recreation and study. The Backyard Peace Corps is a unique idea started by Sonny Landoff. The club was formed this semester and has had a tremendous amount of interest among C.C.C. students. The idea behind the Backyard Peace Corps is for a club from the college to help needy families in the Corning area. Working through Social Service and the Salvation Army, the Backyard Peace Corps has been able to make many contacts. The Corps provides an opportunity for members to help out others who are in need of various kinds of assistance. The Christmas Party put on by these two organizations was more than a tremendous success. It not only achieved its objective of giving some children Christmas happiness, but it also showed how C.C.C. students can work together for a common cause in producing such a difficult project. The party was one of the best things that has happened to Corning Community College this year. For those of you who helped put on the party, you are congratulated. Let us hope that more things like this can come from the students at Corning Community College. HORSEHEADS POST. INC. Quality Printing LETTERPRESS OR OFFSET REASONABLE PRICES PROMPT DELIVERY RE 9-7233 211 N. Main St., Horseheads Page Four THE CRIER January 14, 1969 k I’ll Drink to That Want More Button and Blows Honest Guys! It really doesn’t come off! You can grow one in about 2 weeks. Snoopers January 14, 1969 THE CRIER Page Five Count Your Blessings? by BOB LOVEJOY How sweet it is! What’ll Happen Next? The other night I sat down to count the blessings of our civilization. It occurred to me how far we have all come since we were pagan savages in the jungle making love indiscriminantly, ignorant of the good life, and unblessed by saving grace. After the snake told it like it was, these early people had to dig up their own grub. At any rate, the people soon began grouping themselves to form a stratified society in which division of labor was first throughout. Until then, life had been a picnic, as everyone was a jack-of-all-trades with an I.Q. of 100 (standard deviation 0). Well, years passed and the industrial-technology boys now run the show. Two great philosophies. Communism and Capitalism, have emerged. Under Communism, people are selected in terms of their talents and placed In stations or statuses in life and held there by police power, terror, etc. The leaders grab the output. Capitalism is much more advanced. Capitalism takes the people. selects them for stations in life, and ingeniously lets them keep themselves in place by discrimination, guilt complexes, cliques, economic deprivation, etc. The leaders still make the money, but get more because people work like hell when they think they are working for themselves. _ Think back to your grade school and early high school days when we were all ranked according to I.Q. and popularity. In the average school were a few bright extroverts, a few bright introverts. quite a number of average “normal” people, a few somewhat dull people, and one or two "retards". Well, the instructors, administrators, and “mis-guidance counselors” sent the bright introverts to science fairs, the bright extroverts into student government and various other authoritative farces. The “average normal” formed the greatly desired middle class: the somewhat dull were to be fine manual craftsmen, and the retards were shipped off to "special class” to be laughed at by all the rest. They have now assumed the Dat-tern which the vast bulk of them will follow throughout life. Ten years from this time we examine our group again, to find that of the bright introverts, most are working in closets somewhere making wonderful discoveries like LSD. DMT. STP. and electri- CLASSIFIED ADS WANTED: Students who will volunteer their services for publicity, operational volunteers, recruitment, and facilities committees to make the next Bloodmobile visit a success. Volunteer your services by contacting Irene Dombroski or the Chemistry Club. French Club, or Newman Club, or at an I.C.C. meeting. Tuesdays at 1 P.M. in the Large Lounge. WANTED: two pilots—two navigators two co-pilots two stewardesses Anyone interested can contact Alleganey Airlines. city, which goes to give shock treatments and chemotherapy to the other half of the introverts who looked at it all and just started babbling incoherently. The bright extroverts have become bankers, lawyers, doctors, syndicate bosses, mayors. Indian chiefs, or frustrated professors. The "average normal” have turned into satisfied college professors, businessmen, accountants. technicians, salesmen, hatchetmen, butchers, bakers, and secretary makers. The somewhat dull have gone on to be factory workers, streetcleaners. dock-workers, janitors, and to fulfill other positions “vital to our security and national defense.” The “retards" are now working in a mid-city commune learning to tie their shoes and making baskets and mats which a nice old lady in a grey dress sells for a profit. Everything is pretty much geared to the “average normal" bracket, however, since this is where Stafford-Binet puts most of us. We might define this class as "bright enough to make out fairly well in the world, but not able to think so much that they need any more than the socially-acceptable drugs to retain their sanity." Into socially acceptable drugs fall tobacco, caffeine, aspirin. and organized religion. This is the middle class. Now, this cross-section of people is divided into upper. middle, and lower or working classes. These are delineated by value systems, which are distinct for each class, and are either adopted or discarded when one crosses class lines. The cardinal rule is that while one occupies a given class, he must employ the value systems of the class: otherwise he commits a breach of conduct in an unwritten code and may be declared insane, the "final solution” for class breachers. The only great exception to the rule is if the person in question is an entertainer or a noted figure. The celebrity immediately finds himself an “eccentric” to be admired. Now comes the big job for the capitalist. He has the “dull” weaving baskets or running machines, and he has the “bright” either pacified with money or locked up somewhere, but he still has to keep the huge middle class duped into making money for him. without their getting too ambitious. So a narrow pattern of behavior is set down and our normal man is brainwashed into believing it. The man starts on the chicks when they're young and sticks falsies on them, pads their tails, blackens their eyes, and sends them off to a debutante dance at the mecca of the middle - management jet set. the Country Club. While mommy’s little mantrap is in the ballroom, giving the boys doubts about their masculinity, momma’s in the cocktail lounge trying to prove she's still desirable by seducing her next door neighbor, whose wife is in the hospital for a hysterectomy. All this time, daddy, who never felt quite secure himself either, is down at the office screwing his secretary, and wondering with every self-conscious thrust whether she's after him for his body or his money. About this time, big business comes to the rescue of our emasculated hero. You've all seen the ads. “Buy a Camaro. and make every chick on the block,” or as Fred Average smiles a Pepsodent grin he says. "Since I bought my new Mustang. I’ve worn out three back seats!” The church comes in here too and says it’s your duty to God to buy all you can to help yourself and your fellow man. I'll wager that if a guy smoked all the cigarettes and drank all the beer that is advertised by this pitch, and then the girls came running, his cancer racked, alcoholic body couldn’t even make it through the first one, especially if he was in the church-approved "White Missionary position”. This "advertising” reaches its subversive peak in times of national unrest. Now that we are confronted by Vietnam we see all the old movies on T.V. about “good ole G.I. Joe.” All the girls love him, and he looks so cool in his mud-streaked uniform walking folk-heroically off into the Southeast Asian sunset while the choir sings the Marines’ hymn as God sits under Old Glory cutting a slice of mom's apple pie and recites the Bill of Rights. The whole hypocrisy reaches its ultimate in “college" Today’s college performs two main functions. It keeps people out of the labor force for a while and it places price tags ABCD, etc., on the heads of its students, who are nothing but output in a factory. Learning, true education, the quenching of the thirst for knowledge, is a purely accidental side effect, brought about by a small number of dedicated men who constantly are in danger of expulsion. “College” has become a factory, and a factory routine is seriously threatened by controversy. as surely as a dull routine is death to education. This is a tremendous problem which must be attacked by degrees. The grim reality is that since the powerful industrial giants control education and demand that our instructors list our worth in alphabetical terms, they (our instructors) too are in the gears of the machine. They depend on it for money, which is what makes us all go. They have families to support. Our first step is to stand fully behind those men who would truly educate us. Eventually, the machine may wake up and send their drudges to the trade schools where they belong. Then they will no longer extoll the virtues of a college education and even if college enrollments drop by 90%. the remaining 10% might somehow be truly educated. This would be the first step toward judging each man according to his merits, instead of the phonv yardstick we now have. What good is a degree if everyone has one? The business tycoon sits and dreams of the day when he will have enough money and power to be free of the bars of society. Isn’t it odd that in our climb from savagery we have denied our most basic drives, in order to preserve and perpetuate a social order which forever binds us in laws and neuroses to prevent us from ever expressing ourselves? E & W CLOTHES SHOP Why not shop at the men’s store recommended by Playboy Magazine 32 N. Market St., Corning by TONY KING Question is, what's next in the freak show? Bob Rullman and Rick Zweigenhoft do well, very well, but Benny Hunziker’s snowmobile is a really great attraction. Only possibility is for Al Poole and a pair of Levi coveralls. that is unless someone walks in blowing grass. Maybe an Al Krech freak-out would be cool— the Dean 5 miles high, skipping round the quad, and singing “Tip Toe in the Tulips.” So why waste your coin on an East Village trip —blow it here! Hip all the way, then, is that the case? C.C.C. profs are like a three-ringed circus, each doing his own crazy thing while students look on. or is it just the style? You bet, action is the style, and it’s really poor when profs have the monopoly. Some say they do it deliberately—to 'arouse' us to get the college off its ass: a weird turn of events when one looks at Columbia or Berkeley. Are we normal? All over the nation, college kids pride themselves on a fine tradition of active irresponsibility, senselessness, and carelessness —experimentation, rebellion, and idealism. At Corning, we can’t do it because too many are too damn lazy. Leave it to the profs, or "ah. goo. gee whizz, they're weirdos, hee hee hee! Let’s sit on the bleachers and watch them try hard." Wonder what these kids will do when the faculty gets tired and fed up, and quits? “The act’s over kids: it’s your turn now!" Wha ...humm, oh shit!: in other words most won’t care—it didn’t matter to them in the first place. They are C.G. W. or I.R. people, and that’s where they'll be all their lives. But a few are different— student weirdos—and right now they're getting set to move in. The things called Faculty Committees and. some kids want to see other kids on them. Nice, er? Student Power?? If you agree, you’re probably a fool and lying, because most of you don't give a damn. But for those who are a little curious, here comes some information—interesting stuff, and it means a lot. Faculty Committees are sundry in both number and purpose. They range from those which propose addition to the curriculum to that one which has the authority to dump a lot of us out—Academic Standards. Their influence and power is very considerable. Meetings are conducted mostly in the privacy of a ‘committee room', a dean’s office, or some other mysteriously subterranean chamber. But what comes out of these rooms must be enlightened —delicately designed to fit students' academic needs, that is. providing these needs conform to the administration’s budget, administration's policy, and much of the time, administration’s blindness. Point here is one of modern philosophy. Each man has a right to decide his own fate —benevolent despotism _ is plain out, as much as the campus as in politics. Most schools, like Berkeley. have had fights for a couple of concessions, but last year, at Corning, riots were replaced with simple open - ended meetings— mostly faculty inspired. Result was “almost unanimous concensus" (Dick Kelley) on the part of Faculty for student members on committees. Whereas at major schools a sizable percentage of profs has disapproved student involvement, only a handful have spoken negatively here. Within the next couple of months, the proposal for joint committees will go to trustees, etc., for final approval. Little resistance is expected. Exactly when we will see ourselves sitting with profs, then, depends on the dates of Board meetings and other things like that. But what will be our status there? Will it be only token representation-only enough to put Corning just over the minimum from cool?? Here, it is up to us. At present, three committees are included in the plan: Educational Policies, Curriculum, and Instructional Resources (also. Arts and Convocations, for several years now a joint committee). Two students will be present, in each case, with 10 faculty members. Beyond that: however, everything (like the power to vote) depends on our action. Sweat kids, sweat—profs are all for it. and more and more of it—but can we handle the thing? Student Power is more than picket lines and burning off the ivy—it’s sensible, almost conventional type effort as well. Those people who will represent us must be up on everything, and know how to do it, too; we, in turn must support them—tell them what we want done. Anything goes wrong, like someone gets lazy, and we all get screwed. The thing dies. So let’s finish it (or maybe start it) by saying we got a lot of power in our hands—good power—but let’s not slit our throats with the stuff. Care kids, care! Page Six THE CRIER January 14, 1969 SPORTS OF ALL SORTS Wrestlers Wind Up CCC Takes 2nd at Colt Corning placed second in the Colt Invitational Holiday Tournament at Orange County Community College. Orange C.C.C. placed first with a score of 82— Corning had a 76. Other competitors were Essex C.C. and Adirondack C.C. The final out-come was not decided until the final match where Jacques of O.C.C.C. won a decision over Burrell of C.C.C. 123—Harder (C) dec. Howard (E). 4-2. 130—Shea (A) dec. Ford (O). 4-2. 137—Wolstencroft (A) decision-ed Bartkowski (E). 10-5. 145—Zick (O) dec. Hollobaugh B.P.O.C.N. (Cont’d from Pg. 3. Col. 2) "Mayor, this story is quite different from the ones I've heard. Can you give some reason for the discrepancy? " “I can. I believe that the B.P.O.C.N. has been maliciously slandered by the Communist infiltrated newspapers and magazines in the U. S.” “Mayor, why couldn't these monetary services be performed in a less controversial manner-such as raising the policemen’s pay?” "Well, we support the B.P.O.C.N. for one principle reason: the people of Chicago love the B.P.O.C.N. The B.P.O.C.N. provides them with something to identify with. Many people would like to engage in the same sort of activities as the B.P.O.C.N. but are not financially able and so they live these experiences vicariously through the B.P.O.C.N. In the past we have suggested a salary raise, but the people wouldn't hear of it. They knew that this would interfere with the efficient organization of B.P.O.C.N.” “Mayor, is there anything that ordinary people can do to attract a chapter of the B.P.O.C.N. to aid their local police?" “There is one basic rule which should be followed: Never give your policemen a sufficient salary and resist all temptation to raise the salary. Since the B.P.O.C.N. is a service organization. it will feel obligated to open a local chapter to relieve the policemen’s financial burdens." “I thank you for your time. Mayor. As soon as I get out of traction. I plan to help clear up the good name of B.P.O.C.N.” “I believe it is a worthwhile cause. If the populace will cooperate even in the smallest ways, we may see the B.P.O.C.N. make inroads into many more of the nation’s police departments.” Henyan’s ATHLETIC SHOP, INC. ♦0 E. Market St., Corning, N.Y 936-4229 (E), 22 1. 152—Diello (C) dec. Angelo (A) 7-0. 160—Rourke (A) pinned Davis (E). 6:45. 167—Policare (C) won by forfeit. 177—Morrison (O) won by forfeit. 191—Pascoe (E). Heavyweight—Lazowski (E). FINALS 115—Veres (C) dec. Lewis (O). 9-6. 123—Schmidt (A) dec. DeMuth (O). 4-1. 130—Kucharski (E) dec. Preston (C). 4-2. 137—Wilt (O) dec. Quattrone (C), 13-5. 145—Stanfield (C) dec. Miller (A). 13-0. 152—DeMeo (O) dec. Haga (E) 6-0. 160—Ventimiglia (O) dec. Jack son (C). 10-2. 167—Maher (O) dec. Riley (E) 10-1. 177—Brandt (C) dec. Ecken rode (E). 11-0. 191—Urso (O) pinned Carr (C) 0:52. Heavyweight—Jacques (O) dec Burrell (C). 8-2. CUNNINGS OF CORNING Specialists in Qualify and Service Products for SCHOOL. HOME and INDUSTRY HUB CLOTHING 14 W. MARKET ST. CORNING, N.Y. Wearing Apparel for the Man on Campus by MIKE SHARMAN The Corning Community College wrestling team winds up the season schedule with seven home contests. Outstanding for the Barons thus far are: Ron Brandt at 177 who is undefeated and untied (what more needs to be said?), and Dale Burrell who recently pulled out a victory over the 280 pound heavyweight wrestle: from Alfred Ag. Tech. to clinch a Baron victory. Dale weighs 192 and is 4-0 for the season with two pins. Dave Phillips, grappler co-captain, returns to the practice mats after a severe knee injury that sidelined him for most of the past matches. He will "wrestle-off” in an attempt to regain his starting berth. Coach Ed Michael is again fielding a fine mat squad for the third consecutive year. The team now stands 5-1 in dual meet competition. ELMIRA JUDO SCHOOL and HEALTH CLUB Rt. 352 is now forming classes!!! ALL INTERESTED IN LEARNING THIS FINE ART OF DEFENSE AND BODY DISCIPLINE CALL RE 2-7802. Europe '69 SUMMER PROGRAMS Available to Faculty, Students, Staff and Employees of the State University of New York. Total Cost: $219.00 round-trip Amsterdam via jet The Flights: A. June 6—Sept. 6 B. June 13—Sept. 13 C. June 20—Aug. 23 D. June 20—Aug. 30 E. June 27—Aug. 23 F. June 27—Aug. 30 G. July 18—Aug. 9 H. July 25—Sept. 6 For information write: FACULTY-STUDENT FLIGHTS c/o Faculty Student Assn. S.U.N.Y. at Stony Brook Stony Brook, N.Y. 11790 Student Convocation TODAY TUESDAY, JANUARY 14 at 1:00 in the gym! YOUR EXCLUSIVE LEVI'S STORE FOR FASHION 34 E. MARKET ST. CORNING OPEN FRIDAYS UNTIL 9 P.M.