Smith, Schwartz Debate There was a large turnout for the debate between incumbant Senator William Smith and Mr. Thomas Schwartz, a member of the Coming School Board, at Monday’s Brown Bag Forum. After openning remarks were said by the two, a three person panel posed questions to the candidates for the 52nd Senatorial District. Among the panelists were Joseph Spitzer of CCC, George Welch, and area attorney and Betty Williams, President of the Coming Area Chamber of Commerce. Acting as moderator was Dean Slack of WCBA radio. The incumbant, Senator Smith, seemed much more at ease before the crowd, seemingly sure of his responses steming from his over twenty year reign in his Senate seat. Mr. Schwartz, obviously less experienced, read often from reports, tailoring his remarks with many facts and figures while reading from prepared reports. The two discussed a wide range of topics from CCC sponsorship to the drinking age. In a question raised by Ms. Williams, Schwartz expressed his opposition to the tri-county sponsorship, citing that Steuben county representation would not be met fairly under the plan. Senator Smith did not comment on the sponsorship issue. Senator Smith, known for his tough stand on DWI in New York State, defended his position on the issue, denying accusations that Smith had lost touch with his constituency and that the State had gone far enough with DWI. Schwartz’s opposing stand was that he would crack down on the entire drinking problem as a whole, not merely the case of DWI. The candidates touched base with many other issues, but the debate never really heated up and the candidates didn’t press their opposing points to a large degree. Schwartz did arouse many applause when he stated his opinion on the drinking age of 21, an age he said was too high and unfair on the grounds that a man at 18 could vote and register for the draft. Smith, in the wake of the applause, said he was for waiting to see the effects of the age 19 drinking age, but added that he was resentful of the Federal intervention in the matter. Upcoming Brown Bag Forums include a debate between Smith Congressman Stanley Lundine and Mrs. Jill Emery, candidates for the 34th Congressional District Seat. That debate is set for October 22. Kelley Outlines Sponsorship To Student Government BY JOHN S. TONELLO Dean of Student Services, Jack Kelley, addressed the Student Government last Thursday urging the body to take a stand on the Sponsorship issue. “Make a decision,” Kelley said. ‘Take a stand and make it known. [Student Government] will have a profound impact in this issue.” Kelley, standing in for President Donald Hangen, elaborately described the many aspects of the sponsorship problem including the complicated chargeback system. As Kelley explained, CCC’s budget presently stands at $11.4 million, a sum accumulated from three seperate sources: student tuition, which currently stands at approximately $1,250 per year, state aid programs and the county chargebacks. As Kelley pointed out, the chargeback system is a mystery in itself to many people. “It’s very complex,” Kelley said, “and it’s not very easily understood.” It is based on Full Time Equivalent credit hours not on straigt head count. In this case, 15 credit hours is equall to one FTE student. Under the regional sponsorship that has been proposed, where each county in the three county region is charged equally, a fixed rate of approximately $1,310 would be charged per FTE. Currently and in the past, Steuben county has been paying a fixed rate under sponsorship by the Corning School District, a rate that forced Chemung and Schuyler counties to overpay their chargebacks by nearly $2 million each. This inequality was in a way tolerable in the past due to the laige surplus CCC was allowed to amass and circulate back into the school’s budget. A new state law stating that colleges like CCC can’t run Marchetti To Kick Off Scholar Series Victor Marchetti, author, lecturer and former CIA agent and executive, will be the initial speaker in this year’s Visiting Scholar Program. He will be on campus from Monday, October 1 through Wednesday, October 3. Since leaving the CIA in 1972, Mr. Marchetti has been living under a court order not to publish any material-fact, fiction or otherwise-without prior CIA approval. He maintains that this restriction is in clear violation of the First Amendment. He feels that his book, The CIA And The Cult Of Intelligence, was censored, not on the grounds of national security, but rather because it embarassed the agency and its officials through the disclosure of some of the CIA’s missions and activities. As a field agent and later as a staff officer and as special assistant to the Executive Director erf the agency, Mr. Marchetti was able to view the entirety of the organization and its activities, many of which disenchanted him and led to his resignation. In his major presentation, Terrorism: Its Impact On Society”, Mr. Marchetti is expected to deal with the CIA’s involvement in terrorist and antiterrorist activities, as well as with the broader topics of CIA military involvement abroad, its intelligence and counter-intelligence measures, and its role as an arm of foriegn policy. Mr. Marchetti’s major presentation will be on Tuesday, October 2, at 12:30pm in the Commons Large Lounge. His reaction Symposium panel discussion will be on Wednesday, October 3 at 12:30, also in the Large Lounge. In addition, he will be meeting with a number of students and faculty in class visits to be scheduled in the Rare Books Room of the library. The major portions of Mr. Marchetti’s residency are open to the public free of charge. This year’s Visiting Scholar Program is sponsored by grants by the Faculty-Student Association, the Student Government and the Coming GlassWorks Foundation. Victor Marchetti surpluses changed that. Regional sponsorship would balance out the payments of each county while at the same time give Chemung and Schuyler counties a voice on the CCC Board of Trustees, at present they have no such voice although they represent 51% of the student body. Chemung and Schuyler counties support the tri-county plan, but Steuben county is less eager to agree. Kelley pointed out that under either sole or regional sponsorship Steuben county chargebacks would increase, in turn jacking up that county’s taxes by an estimated seven percent. When asked of his views on the issue, President of Student Government, Chuck Harding, agreed with Kelley that the students of CCC should be aware of the problem facing the school. “This is an issue that affects the students directly,” Harding said. “Students should find cut more about it. Either way a decision will be made by January whether they voice their views or not.” On Thursday, September 27, President Donald Hangen will address the Student Government which will meet in N-137 beginning at 12:30. All are welcome. 2 THE CRIER, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 27,1984 Opinions \ Ferraro: Define Commitment by Jenie Schoenthal Observations: Jay-Walking By PETER BARTOW You know something, after observing the CCC campus up here at the top of the gym building--man, you can really get a good view from up here-e veryone I see on campus jaywalks. After observing this, it dawned on me that I also jaywalk, and am just as guilty as' those who do. Maybe because 1 have been so accustomed to jay-walkling like everyone else. After the beautiful reconstruction of the parking-lot this summer (84), you would think that everyone would take advantage of the facilities, and would walk where they should. The sidewalks do serve a purpose, don’t they? The importance of this article came about after I wit- Pet Peeves Now that four weeks at school have passed and most of you have ideas about what goes on up here, I think it’s about time for some gripes to be aired concerning actions of students on this campus. The fust problem has to do with student parking. On Thursday, September 13,1 parked my 1974 Ford Capri (green, primer gray fenders, no front bumper) in the parking lot north of the classroom building. After I got out of a Student Government meeting, 1 went to go home and I found a 4”X6” dent in the fender between the wheelwell and the front end of the car. I had worked approximately 15 hours on tha t fender, filling, sanding, priming, sanding and priming and I intend to paint the primed spots on the weekend, now it looks like I get to fill and pound a dent this weekend! I never found a note on my car, all I found was the dent. You know who you are. There’s only one Capri that fits that description. nessed an almost-aceident near the parking-lot close to the gym building. A girl had been walking, off course, to the gym in my direction and was nearly hit by a car driven by someone who was obeying all the rules. She was truly upset by the occurence, but was clearly in the wrong. Jay-walking is a crime no matter how or when it occurs. So why do we do it? Is it just one of those bad habits we have? Since it is a crime, why do the security people, who patrol the college campus, look at those students who jay-walk with a kind of “well I don’t care” type of attitude? This college campus seems to be a haven for jay walking. Some bit of advice: If you’re going to and from college, please use the paths. Another thing that has come to my attention is the selfishness of most students at this institution. Can't you even stop on Chemung St on the way up the hill or at the bus stop on the way down to pick someone up who is standing there? Who knows, you might make a friend. Last year I didn’t have to stand on Chemung St. for more than two minutes, but it took a friend of mine 20 minutes to get a ride up here. Now I can understand if you already have two or three or even a full car going up or down Spencer Hill, but enough of you come up here all by yourselves that you could stop and pick somebody up. One last thing, think about driving when you’re coming down Spencer Hill. The road, though well maintained, is not as easy as it looks. The speed limit is 45 and two of the comers are posted for speeds less than that. So start paying attention, it gets worse during the winter. Well, that’s all the gripes I have so far. If I think of more before the next issue, you’ll hear about it. Daniel Guiick Senator-at-Large Representative Stanley Lun-dine introduced Geraldine Ferraro in the Sept.15,1984, vice-presidential rallyai the Elmira College campus. Representative Lundine had glowing praise for Gerry (possibly in hopes for her return support) and detailed all the things in which they had both been involved. Are we going to see Lundine running for vice-president in four years? Oh,but I forgot he’s not a woman.Never-the-less, his speech was well rehearsed and nicely written. Finally, amid an extremely large troop of secret service men, Ferraro made her majestic entrance. Everyone was on their feet to see her as she entered. She made her way up the steos of the podium. There she greeted Rep. Lundine amid applause from the audience (which was 2/3 womenO Ferraro had plenty of smiles and hand waving for her audience. Her speech was very eloquent if you didn’t listen to the words and paid attention only to the sounds she was making. She said things like,“We want a better world for our children and to achieve that they must have an education.”. Which sounds great, but she never went on to mention how she planned to do all the she said were going to be done. She was very critical of President Reagan and his administration, butshe hasn’t been there so how can she talk about how she would have handled the situations, in which, Pres. Reagan found himself in. She talked extensively (ten minutes tops) about the great and wonderful things she would do as Vice-President (was there a person running for President on the ticket?). She never mentioned how she was going to achieve anything she talked about, it was all very vague. It was nice but, she did not make even one real commitment the entire speach. Well people, can Geraldine Ferraro define commitment. 50,000 people will be saved from colorectal cancer this year. You can save one. Save yourselft Colorectal cancer is the second leading cause of cancer deaths after lung cancer. If you’re over 50, you should take the simple, easy slide test of your stool every year. The Stool Blood Test kit is chemically treated to detect hidden blood in tl.* stool. Other tests for colorectal cancer you should talk to your doctor about: digital rectal exam (after 40), and the procto test (after 50). Tell him of any family history of colitis, polyps, and any change in your bowel habits, which could be a cancer warning signal. The American Cancer Society wants you to know. So You Want TO Raise YOur Grades? Gary Millspaugh, author of “The Fast Track To Getting A’s In College” has the answers! He will be speaking in the large lounge on Friday, Sept.28 at noon. A PC Social 6M -10M pm September 28 □ Students Free □ Non-Students $1.00 ¥ce'infVater Mansion Beer, Pizza, Soda Pleeeeeeze Come! All Aliens Are Welcome! THE CRIER, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 27,1984 3 Nutrition Update: Breads BY JOSHUA LACHMAN Let’s talk about bread. Most of us eat some every day, but is there any difference between white bread and dark, whole grain bread? Yes, all the difference in the world as far as nutrition and taste goes. Most of the white breads, such as Millbrook, Stroehman and Wonder use bleached, enriched flour. This means that they are using only the outer part of the wheat known as the bran. They are taking this bran and bleaching it with chemicals like bromine so it will have a longer shelf life. This is the worst bread you can possibly buy. You will notice on the list of ingredients ‘enriched flour’ is enriched because all the original goodness has been processed out of it. Breads made with whole grains are significantly more nutritious, (higher in protien, minerals and vitamins). We are talking about whole wheat bread made entirely of whole wheat flour and Rye and Pumpernickel made from rye flour. These breads use the whole wheat and rye, including the highly nutritious wheat germ. Even if you don’t care about nutrition the delicous flavor of these breads should win you over. They actually have flavor in contrast to the tasteless, flavorless white bread that has been sitting around for a month. Whole grain breads may seem to cost slightly more at the checkout, but they go a lot further in your body. Be sure to check the labels and compare ingredients. Rye and Pumpernickel are usually con sistant, but wheat breads vary from bleached and enriched to unbleached and the best of all 100% wheat flour. So be daring and try a new bread. I Football Is In The Air Sheriff’s I.D. 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Work on The Crier could involve you in a real aspect of your education, hands on training in many fields: □ Business □ Advertising □ Word Processing □ Journalism □Liberal Arts Of All Kinds ...As well as furthering your hobby interests: □ Photography □Drawing □ Much More i Along with these things are our necessary requirements □ Writing □ Reporting □ Typing We are not able to pay substantially those who work for us, but there is more to the experience than just money: □ Material For Resumes □ Experience For Later Jobs In short, The Crier needs serious students with solid interest in furthering the college newspaper. We already have your financial support, please give us your working support. Thank you, John S. Tonello Editor-in-Chief LOCATED IN THE COMMONS U—213 Applications Available 4 THE CRIER, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 27,1984 Let's Face Reality BY RICK MADL Blacks are marching to take a stand for their basic civil rights. White police are attacking these protestors. People are killed. Tensions flare. A picture of urban America in the 1960’s? No this is South Africa, 1984. In South Africa the black majority population has virtually no rights under law. They have no voice in their government. They are being systematically removed and placed on homelands, much like Indian reservations. The purpose erf this is to remove them from citizenship and main-streem economic life and give them a sense of “independent rule” ONe cannot continue to sur-press a large minority “much less a majority) without expecting to have an explosive situation on hand. Things could get out of control very quickly. There are two tragedies in this situation. First is the denial of human dignity to the blacks of this region. They are denied equality, they are denied sufferage, ami faced with immovable barriers in personal achievement. No one should be placed in such an inferior position. They see no hope of working within the system since they are barred from the system. There seems to be only one alternative. This leads to the second tragedy. Any civil war or revolution would likely cause greater suffering and bloodshed. No one would win. A victory by the black majority would most likely be a failure, the colonial masters unfortunately woe not good teachers. They practice subjugation over the natives instead of allowing democracy. Thus, when independence is achieved, African republics often drift toward military dictatorships, Marxism and one party states. Recent examples are Nigeria, Uganda, Liberia, Zimbabwe and Kenya. All of these countries were once democracies. If the blacks in South Africa wee suddenly to come to power they would inherit a billion dollar economy, a vast geographic region, a revolutionary society and absolutely no experience what so ever in running the country. That is why it is of the utmost importance to give them a voice in government. Majority rule in South Africa is inevitable. The only question is how to do it. The whites realize this, but power is not an easy thing to relinquish and it cannot be accomplished over night. Recednt steps have been taken to liberalize the government there. An all white Monopoly on the legislature was broken when coloreds (persons of mixed race) were given their own house. There are about three million coloreds in South Africa. Also, indians (population 850,000) were given a house. Although limited in power and segregated, the next obvious step would be to give blacks (population 23 million) their own house. 73 percent of the people should not be locked out. Gradually, the parliaments should be integrated and given equall power. Seme immediate steps should first be taken to bring about the end of aparthied. Public facilities should end their segregation. The ban on mixed marriages should be lifted. The practice of moving blacks to “homelands” should be ended. The arm forces should be integrated. I am not so presumptious as to set a time table for this as I am unaware of the social progress in South Africa. Remember twenty years ago we had a civil rights problem here in the US. However, “gradually” does not mean indefinate postponement. Actions on these proposals should be well under way by this decade. We have to understand two things. First of all, South Africa is strategically located and militarily strong. We must not cripple them. Secondly those in power will not easily give it up for fear of losing their priveleged position. The R Eagan administration has been working successfully toward resolving the situation in this region. Through cooperation, negotiations have been worked out on the independence of Namibia and non-aggression pacts with communist states Mozambique and Angola. Not to mention voting rights for the coloreds and Indians. The Mondale/Carter approach accomplished nothing. The former vice-president would ban South African flights to the US. He would also ban the gold kruerrand from the US markets which would throw black African miners out of work and into poverty. He also supports the cutting of sports and cultural ties to “punish” the South African government. The only ones this would punish are young athletes, black and white, who want to compete. Like the Carter Olympic boycott it is another example of Mondale mixing sports and politics. We must faoe reality in South Africa. We cannot ignor the inequalities and injustices there, but neither can we ignor the strength and prosperity of that nation. The day the majority take -s over the helm, the whites should be able to live without fear knowingthey paved the way for their successors with compassion. It is the only way. Be A Part Of Alternatives Club Have Fun! Be With People! Go Places! 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REQURED Payment plans available. 6 THE CRIER, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 27,1984 Entertainment collegiate crossword Video Comer BY WAYNE JESSUP Wanted Man Ratt It’s often been said that Los Angeles heavy metal is the worst in the world. After viewing Ratt’s Wanted Man clip, one can’t help but agree. For those of you who thought that wanton self-indulgence went out with Fram-pton, Ratt has hit a new tow. From the macho-facist overtones of the dream sequence gun fight to the usual multi-lighted orgasmic guitar-glory of their live performance, this comes off as a recruiting poster for Facist Reagan Youth. If anyone really cares about the music, its the standard aluminum-foil ‘metal’. Some of the editing is almost impressive, but the end result burys all.D Boys In Town Dhinyts Though I’m not a fan of live video clips, the Divinyls won over many an American heart with this raw, energetic performance. Lead singer Christine Amphlett is a dynamo onstage and the band provides a churning counterpoint. With the subdued lighting working to enhance the band’s fierceness, it looks as though the Divinyls have found a way to work around the limitations of a live video. Well done.A- Dandng In The Dark Bruce Springsteen & The E St Band For a man who’s made his living with some of the most fiery live shows know to man, this performance sure is limp. The Boss man has a rough welcoming to the video age, he of the clean white shirt and pressed blue jeans. If it were another English dandy, it would be alright, but have all the lessons Bruce taught us over the years gone for naught? All is not lost, however, when the cameraman remembers that there’s a band behind the Boss; Clarence Clemons (sax) shines as usual and Max Weinberg (drums) looks totally disinterested in the proceedings. Advice to Bruce: dispose of the trendy synth and pan over to Clarence more often. Advice to consumer: ignorethis video and see the man live, not lip synching, or buy the truly impressive LP. Sorry Bruce. Elmira Symphony & Choral Society Opens Season The Elmira Symphony and Choral Society announces its 1984—1985 season. The first once t on October 6, at 8:15 p.m., featuring the Ithaca Piano Trio in a program of chamber music, will be presented at Southside High School. Continuing the season, under the direction of William Payne, the Society Orchestra and Chorus will be joined by distinguished soloists for a series of five Saturday evening performances beginning at 8:15 D.m. all in the Clemens Center. On November 17, the Orchestra will present a program featuring French horn soloist Samara Farr of Big Flats, winner of the 1984 Society Competition for Young Artists. The holiday program on December 15, with works by Buxtehude, Purcell, J.S. Bach and Telemann, brings together both the Orchestra and Chorus. In February the Orchestra’s program features concert violinist Rolfe Sokol as soloist. The orchestra and Chorus join to present a program of music by Richard Rogerson March 30. The final orchestral program of the season on April 27 features Elmiran Matthew Borrelli in Chopin’s “Concerto for Piano and Orchestra in E Minor.” Season subscriptions are available at 20% savings over single ticket prices and additional discounts are offered to Gold Card holders and Clemens Center members. Subscriptions, chargeable to Iszard’s, Master and Visa cards may be left at the Clemens Center. 1 Dreamer 9 Residence 14 Scraped dry 16 Composer of "Bolero" 17 Give up 18 Western pasture grass 19 Three-toed sloths 20 Bartolomeo 41 October birthstone 42 ---- shop 44 Bose and Bartlett 48 Accelerate 49 Lincoln's Secretary of State 51 Fat used in making tallow 52 Fear 10 Lawyer (abbr.) 11 Outbursts of applause 12 ---- praecox (madness) 13 Rubber band 15 Failure in school 21 Uncle in "The Addams Family" 55 Ursula Andress film 23 Sell to the public 56 Was sick 57 One who reconse- 27 Homeless child 29 Actor George or yTi Cristofori's crates? Steve invention (pi.) 59 Mother 31 Prepared 22 River flowing into 60 Inhumanly severe 33 Here rests in peace the North Sea 61 Inferred conclu- (abbr.) V ) 24 Stirrup-shaped bone sions 34 Mother “) J of the middle ear 62 Loses weight 35 Film about far-away 25 Investor's income (abbr.) 26 "The Taming of the 28 Selves 29 Roast: Fr. 30 Faucet 32 Of improving humanity environmentally 34 "The Dark at the Top of the -------" 37 Singer ---- Brewer 38 Rids of pollutants 40 Ohio or Colorado (abbr.) DOWN 1 Literary compositions 2 Crush (a bug) 3 Swearer 4 Prefix: gas 5 ---- show 6 ---- fatuus (deceptive goal) 7. Calm 8 “I Was a ---- Werewol f" 9 Greek city places 36 Toward the ocean 38 The act of transporting 39 Roof builders 43 Pertaining to a clan 45 Native of Melbourne 46 Review a case 47 Ship parts 49 Teams 50 "La ---- Vita" 53 Mexican money 54 ---- light 58 Noise (abbr.) Informal Sign Language Informal Sign Language sessions are being organized through the Disabled Student Services Offices U-203. We will try to meet during a time mast convenient to the majority. IF INTERESTED, SIGN UP. Commons U-203. Telephone 962-9296 or extension 245. If you would like to be considered for our Calendar Close-up fill out the blank below or call us at 962-9339. NAME. ADDRESS. PHONE___ Drop this off at The Crier office located at U-213 in the Commons. Visiting Scholar Victor Marchetti 1230—2:00 Visiting Scholar Reaction Symposium 12JO—2:00 NO CLASSES I BREA CALENDAR CLOSE-UP October 1—13 1984 Jill Anselm Jill, our first ever calendar personality, is originally from Williamson, New York near Rochester who came to COC on the recomendation of the BAR Association to study in the Paralegal program here. She is currently living here in Coming and working as a Commons Supervisor under a work study program. She is not all work, however, and her interests include sports in general, especially volleyball, running and skiing, while her more personal interests vary from writing poetry to reading Agatha Christie novels to relaxing and listening to good music. Her ambition is to become a Paralegal Assistant with a possibility of eventually becoming an attorney. Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday 8 THE CRIER, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 27,1984 20,000 Attend Reagan Rally in Endicott BY RICK MADL For a short time, Campaign *84 touched down in the Southern Tier this past month when President Reagan visited Endicott, Ne# York, this was an event not to be missed. Tickets and charter buses were an hand for those who wanted to go from this area. People on the bus were low-keyed, but excitement grew as they neared Endicott. Finally they arrived, only to find a jam-packed parking lot Huge crowds of people were moving toward the Union-Endicott High School football field where the President was to speak. About two blocks away a foe of various protesters assembled for their walk. The foes for security were incredible. Metal detectors were used and all sticks and signs, friendly or not, had to cone off. But the security was nothing compared to the volumes of people huddled around the lone food tent. Waiting there could take twenty minutes or more. The trick then was getting through the crowd while carrying your four drinks and hotdogs. By this time it was difficult to get a good view of the podium. The bleachers were completely filled, mostly by students, ami people were packed from the stage on back. A helicopter made routine passes, and police on the school roof kept a watchful eye on the masses. As area high school bands and chorouses provided the background, people chatted away, the mood was jaunty. People th ere ranged from staunch Republicans to anti-Reaganites to the curious observer. But the crowd seemed to be pro-Reagan in general Two bearded dissenters unfurled a banner calling for a nuclear freeze. Rounds of boos came from the bleachers. One man caried a sign “Legalize Marijuna for Taxes”, and he joked with passersby. Some people are so radical you can’t take them seriously. Soon a country-western band was playing. The M.C. informed the crowd that the President’s motorcade, en route to a tour of an IBM plant, could be seen passing over a distant bridge. “Here it comes; there it is!” came the excited yells as limosines flashed by. By now the crowd had grown impatient. They began chanting, “Reagan, Reagan, Reagan...” But next on stage were the College Republicans. They performed an amusing skit called “Fritzbusters,” patterned after the movie “Ghostbusters”. After, they took shots at their Democratic rivals, some familiar music came over the speakers, but the words were not familiar: “When there’s something strange, in the USA, who ya gonna call? Fritzbusters! When its higher taxes, you don’t wanna pay, who ya gonna call? Fritzbusters!” Everyone joined in. “We ain’t afraid of no vote!” The crowd was really up now and right on time; the Presidential motorcade rolled in. As Ronald Reagan stepped up onto the podium, he was met by an enthusiastic cheer. “Four more years,” was the chant, “Four more years!” A few unfriendly signs were waved, including “Bedtime for Bonzo” and “Why Can’t This Man Debate?” If he saw the signs he didn’t show it. “Warm-up” speakers, including the Mayor of Endicott Marion Curino, State Senator Warren Anderson (too long), and US Senator A1 D’Amato (mercifully brief). Then, finally, the awaited event. President Reagan opened his speech with one of his famous one-liners, saying that the pilot on Air Force One wasn’t sure of the location of Broome County. He said that if he needed directions he should radio the control tower and ask, “Which way, E J.?” (Endicott Johnson.) The local crowd laughed, others didn’t catch on. Avoiding any mention of Mondale by name, the President went on to lambast his opponent’s tax increase plan, saying that, “to us, everyday is the Fourth of July and the Democrats seem to think everyday is April 15.” the crowd cheered as one lone heckler, a woman, was drowned out. He gave the students a test as well, asking them questions to which every answer was “USA! USA!” “Very good,” Reagan said. “You get a 100.” More cheers and American flags being waved gave things an electric, patriotic atmosphere. The President went on to list the acievements of his administration: lower inflation, lower interest rates, a record number of employed, a stronger defense and the liberation of Grenada. “We must work toward America’s goal-human liberty,” he said and added, “We must never again let our guard down.” After his speech, the President was sent off with a rendition of “God Bless the USA.” To him it may have just been just another stop on a tong campaign trail, but to those in attendance, it was a onoe-in-a-life-time chance to see and hear the President of the United States. Brown Bag Forum Lundine ■ Emery DEBATE Coming Community College will host a debate between Congressman Stanley Lundine and Mrs. Jill Emery on Monday, October 22 at 12 noon. The program, another in the Brown Bag Forum series, will take place on the College campus at a location to be announced later. Time will be reserved for questions from a panel as well as questions from the audience. Area residents are invited to take part in the discussions. Sign language interpreters will be provided. JACK ANDERSON AND JOSEPH SPEAR WEEKLY SPECIAL By Jack Anderson and Joseph Spear WASHINGTON - Attorney General William French Smith recently voiced his alarm at Federal Emergency Management Agency Director Louis Giuffrida’s proposal to crown himself the nation’s “emergency czar” in the event of war or natural disaster. Smith’s legal and constitutional sensibilities were offended by the thought of the civil defense agency usurping the powers of Cabinet-level departments, emergency or not. But the attorney general will be positively stunned when he learns of Giuffrida’s latest plan. It would suspend the Constitution and give the president as much arbitrary power as Hitler or Stalin ever exercised. This blueprint for autocracy is in the form of “standby” legislation drafted by FEMA’s eager empire-builders. That means it won’t be submitted to Congress in advance — when its drastic provisions would certainly spark debate and draw opposition from conservatives and civil libertarians alike. Instead, it is intended to be held on “standby” until an emergency arises. Then a panicky Congress will presumably be ready to abdicate its responsibilities under the Constitution and vote for a dictatorship. Our associates Donald Goldberg and Indy Badhwar have seen the draft legislation, which would be titled disingenuously the Defense Resources Act. Here are some of the specific outrages: — Private property would be effectively abolished. Real estate and personal belongings “that shall be deemed necessary for national defense purposes” would be confiscated by the government. And there’d be no haggling or taking it to court. “Upon or after filing the condemnation petition,” the standby legislation reads, “immediate possession may be taken and the property may be occupied.” There goes your house. There goes your car. There goes the neighborhood. — The bureaucrats at FEMA want to nationalize the means of production. If a factory owner proves reluctant to turn out what the bureaucrats dictate, the president “may take immediate possession of such plant, mine or facility and operate it for the production of such materials or services as may be necessary.” — Just to be fair, FEMA proposes nationalizing labor as well. The government would be empowered to set limits on the number of employees in any type of work, and in fact restrict workers to “activities essential to the national health, safety or interest.” And if anyone lies to a federal bureaucrat about the availability of manpower, it’ll rate either a $10,000 fine or a one-year hitch in the gulag. The right to strike will, of course, be revoked. Violators will be declared felons in the same class as those who try to overthrow the government. ON THE REBOUND: Now that the furor over her finances is behind her, Geraldine Ferraro has begun to enjoy the rigors of the vice presidential campaign. Her friends say she is delighted by the size of the crowds she is drawing across the country and by the warmth of their response. Ferraro’s earlier troubles were partly self-inflicted, but her friends put some of the blame on Walter Mondale for giving his running mate an inexperienced campaign staff that was not equipped to deal with the press that descended on their candidate. “Mondale gave her his rejects, his second string,” complained one Ferraro insider. Ferraro herself is now setting her own agenda, instead of defending herself from the press. Consequently, she expects to be giving more attention to the war-and-peace issue she feels is the most important of all. DIPLOMATIC WISDOM: Less than a year after the bombing of the Marine base in Beirut and the subsequent U.S. pullout, the State Department decided the time was ripe for a renewed U.S. presence in Lebanon. The Agency for International Development will reopen its mission in Beirut. But the diplomats saw a problem in even this seemingly unassailable gesture: Should the AID offices be in West Beirut or East Beirut? Christians and Moslems would be upset, the diplomats feared, if the mission was put in the rival side of the divided city. Apparently taking their cue from the legendary wisdom of Solomon, an ancient Jewish monarch in the region, the officials decided to divide the AID mission in two — one-in the east and one in the west. SHIPPING SHORTAGE: The Pentagon will be spending hundreds of billions of dollars in the next five years getting American troops ready for combat anywhere in the world. But they may have no way to get there. The Congressional Budget Office stimates that it will take up to $4 billion in subsidies, grants and tax breaks to make sure the ailing U.S. maritime industry will have enough sea-lift capacity to handle wartime emergencies. The Pentagon is counting on merchant ships to carry not only most of the combat troops overseas, but 95 percent of their supplies, including 99 percent of the fuel for military vehicles and planes. WATCH ON WASTE: For decades, Air Force families housed at the tiny Bolling Air Force Base in Washington, D C., have managed to get along without doorbells. Visitors simply knocked. But now the Air Force has decided to give each of the 1,340 units its own doorbell. Wiring and installation are expected to cost $200,000. Copyright, 1984, United Feature Syndicate, Inc. FITNESS TIPS Caution: Sit ups can be hazardous to yoyr health IReulation sit ups with kgs straight coming to seated position can be very dangerous for the lower back. The desired benefits can be obtained by lying on the back with the knees bent bringing rally the head and upper back off the floor. v.Washington.HPER All wargamers and fantasy or science fiction role players. At last there is a club for you. Join the Society for Creative Wargames Tactics S.C.W.T. We meet every Tuesday from 1:00 P.M. to 6:00P.M. in the room cOOl. that is just down the hall from the bookstore on the right handside as you go towards the new building. We play Wargames, all role playing games, and go to conventions. Please stop in, we would be glad to talk to you. THE CRIER, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 27,1984 9 ^The Little Russian Boy & ByRkkMadi Student Government Happenings BY DAN GULICK Four Student Government meetings have been held already this semester. One important item that has been discussed is the minimun GPA requirement. Senator-at-Large, Larry Rutledge, has proposed an amendment to the Student Government Con- Students Apply Now For Private Financial Aid College students who have not redeved the necessary state and federal funds for continued education are urged to apply to the Scholarship Bank for private educational funding. Working in conjunction with high school and college financial aid counselors, The Scholarship Bank will send students a computer-generated printout of the private aid sources that the student appears specifically qualified to receive. According to the director of the search service, private financial aid from corporations, trage groups, and educational and civic foundations amounts to approximately one fourth of all financial aid available, or a sum of about $500 million dollars. Much private financial aid is based on factors other than need or family income, but on criteria such as major, occupational goal, willingness to enter contests, write essays or take on an internship. The Scholarship Bank has approximately 25,000 sources of private financial aid and will send students a list of 20 to 50 names and addresses upon receipt from the student of a questionaire. The questioaire can be ordered from the Scholarship Bank in Los Angeles by sending a stamped, self-addressed envelope to 10100 Santa Monica Boulevard, 2600, Los Angeles, CA 90067. WANTED STUDENT TOUR GUIDES • EARN EXTRA DOLLARS • MEET NEW PEOPLE • BECOME INVOLVED AT CCC • Individual and Small Group Tours • Short Training Program • Arranged During Free Time MAKE MONEY WHILE HAVING FUN See Ann Tobash Admissions Office, Classroom Building CCC Student Government Do you know that you have a voice in what happens at this college? You have a right to know what happens to your money and you should know! Come to the Student Government meetings and/or talk to the senators, (A listing of all senators is posted in the Student Government Office U—214). All meetings are posted or announced in advance ar you may stop by the office and ask. The Student Government cannot represent you effectively unless you make an input. Take charge of what your money does for you. Have an Interest! stitution that would allow an organization to require that any or all of their executive members to achieve and maintain a GPA 2.0. The rationale behind this is that acedemics should come before extracurricular activities. This amendment will be put to a student referendum sometime this semester. Also, sometime this month or next a non-smoking area will be temporarily established in the Main Dining room of the Commons. Several students have gone to Meta Spiegler to request such a separation. For the first time in several years there is a full senate. The new Senators are: Pam Chamberlain, Marie Manning, Sheila Clark, Wendy Voanamen, Bill Pellicano, Robert Drew, Dave Spengler, Larry Rutledge, Dale Cunningham, Debi Schusler, and Bill Tice, these eleven will join returning Senators Art Freden-burg, Dan Gulick, Dick Little and Gene Spicer. Lastly, the meeting place has been changed and now meets in N-137, the first floor nursing amphitheater. Everyone is weloome. SPECIAL OFFER Limited Time SPECIAL ONLY 50# Regularly 7 g MILK CHOCOLATE Jun*r30B»o ALL NATUR &f| f MILK. CHOCOLWE WITH ALMONDS .0 1 f----- AXL XATUB-AI^X E PYTDATUir'l/ US VITM RAISINSAPCANUTS CAIrlA | lilLK All NATURAL 3 OZ SIZE THE COLLEGE STORE MON.-FRI. 8:30-4:00 More people have survived cancer than now live in the City of Los Angeles. We are winning. Please support the AMERICAN ^CANCER ? SOCIETY® This space contributed as a public service. 10 THE CRIER, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 27,1984 A Faculty Perspective BY ROBERT T. GIUFFRIDA, PhD. Professor of Modem Languages and Humanities The liberal Arts Every field of knowledge is beset with the problem of creating terminology which best and usefully defines its parts. This is nowhere more true than in the academically venerable LIBERAL Arts--an umbrella tom which says all or nothing. The arts portion of the expression is immediately suspect, since it seems to say art s and thereby limit itself to painting studios. In Western civilization these liberal arts (as defined by the Random House Dictionary of the English Language) constitute the course of instruction at a college granting an academic degree, comprising the arts, natural sciences, social sciences and humanities. This is a translation into more practical terms of the Latin arted liberales-work befitting a free man. The important point to be extracted from this is the the areas of knowledge named: the arts, natura' sciences, social sciences and humanities. In the report of the Liberal Arts and Sciences Task Force which is included in the Corning Community College Comprehensive Self-Study (1983-1984), the committee used Liberal Arts and Sciences and General Education interchangeably (p. 15). The Task Force, however, chose to separate the terms because it found they were not synonymous. A further reading of the report reveals, sadly, that the Task Force failed in its task by not coming to grips with the definition, choosing instead to quote an educator’s definition and cautioning the academic community to monitor itself, review its offerings, etc., an ongoing process which did not need restating. In the face of this lack of definition we can only turn back to the areas designated as Liberal Arts: the arts (art, music, dance, theater); natural sciences (traditionally biology, chemistry, physics and now including interfacing disciplines such as microbiology and bio-physics); social sciences (history, geography, psychology, sociology, anthropology, economics); the humanities (language, literature, philosophy). At CCC these “distinct” disciplines are far from distinct, since theater is included in the Communications and Division and dance is found in Health, Physical Education and Recreation Division. Literature is found both in the Communications and Humanities Divisions, etc. This interfacing of discipline areas is truly an indicator of how elusive the definition is. It is noteworthy that mathematics appears nowhere specifically in the definition of liberal arts, although it is treated with the sciences because of its extensive use of logical reasoning. To the ancients it was a part of philosophy, astronomy, econmics and any pursuit which required measurement. As the Self-Study report indicates, the role of liberal arts, in a college which is becoming increasingly vocationally oriented, tends to be reduced in quantity and in educational impact. Simply: the fewer liberal arts courses a student takes, the less effect such courses may have upon him or her quantitatively though perhaps not qualitatively. Vocational programs are so heavy with required courses that free choices are almost negligible. Only the most conscientious student can elect/select to enrich his or her education through the pursuit of courses beyond those which are creating the marketable skills which the vocational programs purport to create. In this light let us then regroup and say for convenience that the liberal arts are long range what the vocational courses are short range. Lest this be misunderstood, this attempt at definition merely seeks to point out that whereas our vocational programs at CCC have the goal of granting marketable skills at the end of two years of study (the A.A.S. degree) the liberal arts which are housed in the A.S. and A.A. degree programs foresee study beyond the Associates degree to the Bachelor’s and even further. We stress that the liberal arts are not immediately marketable, they are not immediately employmentgenerating as the A.A.S. degree programs promise (and often fail) to be. Literal Arts graduates instead move on to a four-year college which is often preprofessional. The proponents of vocational education are quick to point out that there are as many people with the A.A.S. degree who transfer to a four-year college as there are with the literal arts A.A. and A.S. degrees who do not transfer. This, if anything, can be perceived as an indication that the two-year vocational programs are felt by students and employers alike as inadequate to the demands of the labor market. Hollow promises of quick reward attract many and disenchant even more, yet the lure of the instant success is there in fields which change so rapidly that knowledge today is nearly obsolete tomorrow, not to mention the. glutting of the job market! . The literal arts student who is, in effect, pre-professional, recognizes early on that education is going to take time and great commitment. Only from such long term dedication and hard work will the lawyers, doctors, scientists, engineers, professors, corporate heads and others emerge who will ultimately become the leaders of our world. There is not any facile assumption that the literal arts student is tetter equipped intellectually than the vocational student; high and low degrees of intelligence are found in both. The difference, the telling difference, is the realization on the part of the student that, high goals require high motivation and the sacrifice of time, energy, earning power and social life. The literal arts student cannot foresee earning power as quickly as the vocational student can but there is real indication that earning power delayed is earning power increased. Does it need stating that the holder of a Ph D. will earn more than the holder of an Associates degree in the same area? I regret that I was not invited to join the Task Force on the Literal Arts, since I would have striven toward a more definitive statement. As it is, the literal arts can at best only hope to contribute to another elusive concept: general education. For some vocational areas the liberal arts courses are the only general education courses to which the student is exposed. In this academic year just begun, the 8.5% drop in enrollment reported by the President to theBoard of Trustees has taken place in the vocational areas. The liberal arts are being strengthened by the Regents’ plan to improve education in the state. How can education be strengthened and improved? The Regents’ answer: by increased requirements in the literal arts. There is even a proposal to require fluency in a second language! Students have begun to broaden their liberal arts education even before the implementation of the Regents’ proposal. Let me inject a personal note, as a veteran of 27 years of college teaching: time spent in education is time spent in immediate earning loss and incalcuable future gain. This is a choice for each person to make. The lack of employable marketable skills after two years is not a damnation of the future, but a recognition that more time is needed to prepare. Take the time! 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