Corning Community College Vol. 18 No. 28 May 18,1978 Space Allocations Proposed The CRIER and WCEB may soon have permanent office space in the Commons, if a proposal drafted by student leaders last week is approved by President Hangen and Dean of Student Services Kelley. In a meeting held on Friday, May 5, student leaders from all major organizations met with Dean Kelley and decided upon this proposal: 1) That the Black Cultural Center move to U-210 (currently used for classes and meetings); 2) That the CRIER and WCEB share the former BCC office space; 3) That WCEB broadcast from the storage room downstairs in the Spencer Pub; 4) Student Government move to the present APC office (U-209); 5) APC and its subsidiary, the Used Bookstore, utilize the two adjacent Student Government offices. It was recommended that the present Used Bookstore office be used to store video equipment in the future. Alumnae Needs You CCC has an Alumni Association? Yes, you read that right. There is an Alumni Association here, but it is in dire need of your help and active participation. Don’t tune out now, at least not until you’ve heard more about it. Wouldn’t you, the graduate, like to keep in contact with your friends and professors? Wouldn’t you, the present student, like to get a head start on maintaining that contact, plus gain the support of the over 6,000 graduates of CCC in helping you guide the course of the college? Granted the Association at this moment is little more than a name, but that’s why we need your support~to help us realize the potential that lies untapped in CCC’s alumni. If organized and filled with active members, the CCCAA could build support for the college in the community, keep alumni from losing touch with one another, contribute scholarship money to current students and provide various services and privileges to members such as group discounts, insurance and special information about college activities. To be eligible to join the Alumni Association one need by Sandie Eldred only have completed one course at CCC. There is a dues-pay-ment system or else one can opt for a Life Membership at a fee of $15 per member. IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO JOIN, OR WOULD JUST LIKE TO HEAR MORE A-BOUT THE8 ASSOCIATION, THERE WILL BE REPRESENTATIVES PRESENT AT THE APC BARBECUE TOMORROW, PLEASE CHAT WITH THEM. YOU MIGHT BE SURPRISED AT SOME OF THE THINGS THEY CAN TELL YOU ABOUT THEIR YEARS AT CCC! An Educational Program An educational program for senior citizens will be introduced at Corning Community College in September 1978. The program was developed in response to a survey of needs expressed by many facets of the adult community. Two courses will be offered in the Fall, according to Gin K. Gee, program coordinator. “Human Body and Maintenance of Good Health” and .“Accident Prevention and First Aid” will be offered in early fall and concluded before weather conditons become uncooperative. Course enrollments will be limited to persons over the age of 55, and the course content will be specifically geared to that age student. The program grew out of an awareness by college personnel of the interest adult students had in enriching their lives. Professors Gee, Edward Nash, Gunars Reimanis, and Martin Schaefer, along with College physician, Dr. Milton Lapp, incorporated these concerns into an educational program designed to meet these needs. College officals expressed gratitude for the warm cooperation of many agencies in the development of plans and in the continuing support for the program. Among the agencies are the Steuben County Council of Senior Citizens, Steuben County Economic Opportunity Program, Inc. Steuben and Chemung Counties and Family Service Society of Corning Area, Inc. The program has received the endorsement of CCC President Donal H. Hangen. “Coming Community College has long been committed to serving the entire community according to its needs and the senior citizen program certainly qualifies for a priority rating. Education is a means of improving the quality of one’s live and the focus of this program is on upgrading the health and social life of the older citizen.” Possibilities for financial aid and supplemental scholarship funding are being explored. A Get Acquainted Day will be held at the Corning campus in June to acquaint Senior Citizens with the program and to give them some feel for schooling. Chem Bowl Set for Chem Bowl 78, the third annual competition for high school chemistry students, will again be jointly sponsored by the Corning Chapter of The American Chemical Society and Corning Community College. It will be held in the CCC Science Building on Saturday May 20. “Fifty-five regional high school chemistry teams from seven counties are expected to compete,” Donald G. Nyberg, Associate Professor of Chemistry and Chem Bowl Coordinator, said “Teams will compete against one another in a double elimination contest with trophies and text books being awarded the top teams. The primary purpose is in promoting interest in chemistry and rewarding academic excellence,” he noted. The competing teams will be selected by a blind draw directly before each round. The competition will run for six minutes, break for 2 minutes and then complete the final six minutes. A team is limited to four students from any given school and only Saturday three members will actually compete for any given round. No student on any team may be beyond the equivalent of one year of high school chemistry study, Nyberg said. Students enrolled in a second year course may not compete in this competition which is planned for beginning high school chemistry students. This, hopefully, will keep the competition fair. Area college professors and AMS members will officiate. The public is invited to attend. An addendum to the proposal, cosigned by Student Govenment President Bernie VanScoter and APC President Lori Williams, stated that “Alternate space for U-210 has been worked out with the present space provided for student organizations. The alternate plan will put burden on the students, but will be adequate for the time being. We are hopeful that the administration will be open to our needs for this space and make alternate plans. We thank you in advance for your cooperation with the student body.’ The proposal was sent to Hangen on Wednesday, May 10 and many student involved believe that the President will veto the suggestion to use U-210 for organizational space, with next semester’s enrollment uncertain, and with classroom space at a premium. The plans outlined in the proposal, if approved or a-mended, will be carried out prior to commencement ceremonies the weekend of June 3. Crafts Course Offered A course in Jewelry and Metalwork emphasizing conceptual and technical skills will be offered in the first session of Summer School at Corning Community College. Horst Werk, art instructor at CCC, has limited the course enrollment to 12 students in order that they obtain the necessary skills to create individual and meaningful pieces of jewelry and metalwork. Among the areas student will explore are metalsmithing and raising, enameling, handbuilding, and casting. The course comes in the second block of classes from 10:00sto 11:50 a.m. daily in the First Session, June 6 through July 12 (July 3 & 4 are holidays). Regular registration for all First Session classes will be held Monday, June 5 in the Frederick W. Parson Administration building. Beginning immediately, students planning to attend summer school may stop in or call the Continuing Education and Community Services Office, register and 'BE BIL-LEDlfa new wrinkle) if they do so before MAY 19, 1978. Student Budgeting Help Available In order to help incoming students to budget their money successfully, the Housing Office asks you to please take 5 minutes for filling out a short survey on your expenses while living away from home. The sheets are available in the Activities Office and on the display case near the entrance to the dining room. No need to sign your name. Please return to the Activities Office when completed. Thank you. Historic Trails Spend a week of your summer vacation walking through the historic streets of Boston and Philadelphia or visit the sites of the Salem witch trails, the battlegrounds of Lexington and Concord, Washington’s headquarters in Valley Forge or sit in the rooms where the Declaration of Independence and Constitution were drafted. All this is available as well as the opportunity to earn three “on the road” credits in American History through Corning Community College. The course, “Historic Trails of America,” is coordinated by Professor Joe Hanak. He explained that the course is designed to provide a sense of the flavor of America’s past through contact with its physi- r cal survivals. It will emphasize 1 the way in which our ancestors lived and how their life style influenced their values and behavior. Enrollment is limited to 12 students. A nbnrefundable deposit of $60 is necessary by May 19 to reserve a place. The remainder is due before June 5. The class will leave Corning on Monday, June 12 and return Sunday, June 18. The entire cost to students will be $150 which includes tuition and lodging for six nights, transportation and entry into all museums. The college will provide lodging and transportation. Complete information can be obtained from the Division of Continuing Education and Community Services. THE CRIER, THURSDAY, MAY 18,1978 A Special Note to the College Community Well, folks, here we are at the conclusion of another year, with graduation on many young minds and finals pervading most of our waking thoughts. How did you survive 1977-78? Pluck and luck, good times and bad, took it all with a block of salt. That was the year that was. Many of us seem not to remember the events of the past year. Our mental makeup is now a phantasmagoria of socials, newfound and long-lost friendships, hours upon hours of lectures, test and quizzes; personal growth weekends and human sexuality workshops; Daytime Entertainment, treks through the Nature Center. The seasons changed and we changed with them. Remember standing on the corner of 1st and Chemung, knee-deep in snow, just waiting for the cute chick in the yellow mercedes to pick you up? Hows about last fall, when we stumbled around campus trying to find LI 06 or some other obscure hidden classroom that had a doublful existence anyway? But now, we lounge ouside, climb the statue, study constantly, play Frisbee, enjoy Spring while we can. Some of us are leaving; others, returning someday. JOf+Ol How about it? Have you grown or regressed? Did you learn more in classes or from other college-related experiences? Think about it. The staff and editorial board of the CRIER would like to thank you for being a beautiful and integral part of this college comunity. Have a nice summer. Every week I sit, wracking my brains for relevant and mind-expanding topics for my editorials. I attack the perverting influence of born-again religion! I flail the hypocrisy of the current criminal laws! I smash the icons of American sexuality! I spit in the face of the whole of civilization (western and eastern)! So what column do people comment on? What is the question I’m asked most often? “Come on, John, how did Dr. Hangen break his leg?” It hurts the ego. Here I am, a philosopher’s philosopher, a thinker among thinkers, yet my intellectual work goes unnoticed. I’m remembered as a humorist, a comic! My serious work is branded irrelevant, but my crap is proclaimed! Oh, Socrates, Kant, Sartre, take pity upon a brother! Well, dear reader. I’ll give you one more chance to take me seriously. I am going to discuss and repudiate the meta-philogenic moral/ethical system of Bovine Dung. Remember now, you read this in a student newspaper; fifty years from now your grandchildren will be studying it in a Philosophy class. In order to understand the fallacies inherent in Dung’s meta-philoginic moral/ethical system, you first have to understand the tragic circumstances that surround his life. He was born the son of a defrocked priest, in Upper Glaucoma (which is seven mile higher than Lower Glaucoma). It is said that at the tender age of four, Dung overheard his father cursing God. The next day, Dung found his father all but dead, lying on the floor of his study. With his dying breath, he told his son that this was the Lord’s punishment to all non-believers and implored him to go and spread the word. Though this incident had absolutely no effect on Dung’s later teachings, and writings, it did make a good story. One that Dung often told at pubs and in formal parties. Bovine Dung spent the rest of his childhood and adolescence at various boarding schools. The atmosphere at these schools stifled the creative genius that welled up inside M hill 3UUUUL1. s&mK t HOLA ? him, since he had no interest in make boards. However, due to the benevolence of a rich nephew, he was able to attend Glaucoma University. It was here that Dung first came in contact with philosophy. Also, he hit the campus social life like a tornado. Not only was he a great wit, (he is credited with many amusing variations on the chicken and the road joke), but he proved to be quite a ladies’ man. He had affairs with many of the leading ladies of his day. Jenny Lind, Florence Nightinggale, Queen Victoria, Carrie Nation, even Susan B. Anthony, were rumored to have spent the night with Dung. He never enjoyed his many conquest, partly because he was a homosexual. Dung’s career as a writer never got going. After his first book, “Das Shmalletter”, he contracted a particularly virulent form of leprosy and was confined to his house. The Academics of his time hooted his second book, “Also Sprach Kowalski”, out of the University. His one try at drama, “Waiting for Godiva”, closed after the first performance (though the debacle is usually blamed on the then-controversial use of nudity, it is my theory it had more to do with the lack of dialogue and the play’s eighty-nine hour running time). Bovine Dung’s last years were tragic. His only son ran off with his wife. He was arrested, and spent nineteen years in jail for spitting in public. (The King of Glaucoma happened to be passing at the time). Even his pet dog left him in the end. Dung died on a winters day in 1901. He was fifty-two years old at the time of his death. In view of the circumstances of his life, it is hard, if not impossible, to accept the basic tenet of his moral-ethical system (“Life is a bowl of cherries.”). One could say that Dung didn’t like cherries. However, he expands by saying, “Every day is a holiday.” It is obvious, that in view of the disparagy between the way Dung lived and the views he proffered, that Dung can be discounted altogether. I suggest that life in NOT a bowl of cherries. I say that (and this should be obvious even to a CCC student) life is like a plate of mashed potatoes! To go even further, only Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday are holidays! In conclusion (and to get back to my original point), it really doesn’t matter how Dr. Hangen broke his leg. When life is like a plate of mashed pota-- toes, all that matters is not getting in the gravy. nadiela By DANIEL E.ALOI Managing Editor Parting Shots It’s a rainy Friday morning and I’m sitting in the Used Bookstore; alone, typing away, with the four cement walls seemingly forming my journalistic cell. I seem to recall many moments this year when I would spend my nights in the former trailer, writing and smoking and listening to WAAL. Another thing that this incidence has in common with those others is that once again I have not predetermined what I was going to write this week. This is my last column until September. How final it all seems. Looking through past issues from forgotten years (remember 1972?), I noticed the editors usually gave their obligatory goodbyes and that was that. Since I hate saying goodbye, I’ll try to lay a little retrospective on you. There is a phantasmageria of events and innuendoes running through my mind right now, and maybe they will all make sense, though I’m not making any promises. Let’s dwell on the obvious. The space issue. Corruption on the Administration. Radical student leaders. And A1 Paparelli’s resignation. Now that those are out of the way... The fantasy of life and death at CCC: Fall through Spring, students gaily trip to and fro on their way to classes, the Main Dining Room, Faculty offices, F'risbee tournaments. Winter, harsh and confining, comes and goes. People marry and die. Spring comes. Butterflies and tripweed emerge in the forest primeval. Nature walks become a part of the daily ritual. The rites of spring are peppered with barbecues, raft races, and commencement ceremonies. Crazy Times and Special Moments abound. The reality of running a college newpaper: Well, the CRIER is^ not your typical college rag sheet. Our staff is small, our audience is demanding, and concern is at a pre- mium. Despite the hassles, I love it. My analyst says I’m a masochist, anyway. Obla-di, Obla-da. I guess I didn’t have all that much to say, after all. As a parting shot, I’d like to thank all those who made this year one of the craziest, ful-fillingest, and most-memorable years in my life (so far). Special heaps of accolade go to Dorothy Ketchum, Guy T. VanHorn, Diane Chilson, Larry Fidele, Steve Aagesen, Pat Kenyon-Mayer, Ed Gustina, Fred and Murph, Marilyn and Holly Crosby, A1 Paparelli, Ric Smithy Nick and Candy Ippo-lito, George Fogarty, Tim Kastner, Roger Wood, Frank Anastoasio, Henry Moonschien Benny Hunziker, Betty White, Buck and Jane, Kim Evans, and Madalain Trice. To those of you I didn’t really get to know, and to those of y’all whom I did get to know, but wished I hadn’t; so long, maybe ’til next semester. It’s been interesting! Prospective Graduates A student lacking up to 6 petition to the Academic credit hours may be elegible to Standards Committee. Further march in the graduation pro- information may be obtained cessional if he/she submits a from the Dean of Instruction’s office. THE CRIER, THURSDAY, MAY 18, 1978 3 Reader Pans ‘Royalty’ Dear Editor, After reading the CRIER of the 27th April, let me say that I am not surprised the conditions described by one Buck Lawson exist. Having been employed by the college for years, during this time I watched much of the place deteriorate in want of repairs, due to a lack of funds. With the coming of Royalty in the persons of the Hangens (replacements for the out-going Fredericks), one could think, “Well, now we have a new broom, new energy will be instilled into the place.” But alas, not so. As far as I could see, Hangen’s first year was almost entirely spent in devising more demands to refurbish the “Castle” that Buck Lawson refers to. Nothing was deemed too good for these new pretenders to the throne. It is said that almost fifty thousand dollars was spent to satisfy the whims of the Hangens on the decrepit old dump that served the Fredericks for some ten years. Let me say that it didn’t inflate my ego any, ten years of being told there was no money in the budget to buy repair parts; and when they were bought, most often were not up to the standards of the material they were to replace. That was enough. No craftsman likes to work with junk, nor does he like to be pressured into using it. So, with one year of Hangens on campus, I decided it was in my best interest to retire. I could foresee that, after the foolishness connected with the “Castle” came to a halt, his highness would begin to wield his authority upon the campus, and the Holocaust of Corning Community College would begin. Not being a buttkisser, my position as college plumber would have become untenable. In leaving I was quite sorrowful for those I left behind, being quite aware of the debacle I was sure would come under the new prexy, whom I felt had many of the qualities of a man called Adolf. I’m sure he has many fine qualities, perhaps I didn’t delve deep enough to find them? Robert A. Keith Ex-employee, CCC Free at Last 'The Germans ARE To Blame' Dear CRIER I have seen sloppy efforts in your paper to make believe the German people did not know what was going on with the Jews during WW II. I have read articles proclaiming that the German people were not responsible for said actions. I would have to politely reply, “Bullshit.” The German people knew damn well what the Nazi party was all about. They had ample information. Hitler had set down his ideas previously in his book, MEIN KAMPF (My Struggle). In this book, he outlines plans for the destruction of all Jews. You could now argue that the rest of the world also had this information. That is not the point. The holocaust wouldn’t have been possible without the cooperation of a good majority of the German people. In other words, the world is not at fault, just the German people. Now, to address the theory that it was just a few of Hitler’s select killers. These select killers could not have done what they did without the cooperation of the German society. And finally, to say that the German people did not know what was going on is a gross error. An entire population of Jews just does not show up missing with no reason. The Germans knew the reason. What you don’t seem to be able to believe is how they could let it happen. It was very easy to overlook problems that you are reaping benefits from. The Jews had alot of money; now everyone was getting their money. All of the German people may not have participated in the Holocaust directly. Most of them condoned it, though. The German people at that time in Germany were guilty of that crime. Guilty because they condoned the criminal gov-erment that acted as the arm of such crimes. Larry Fidele P.S. I’m not Jewish. Afterwards There is, in the race of men, a congenital weakness for pen and paper; otherwise rational and compassionate people become ruthless in their desire to impose worthless opinions and ill-considered advice upon whatever innocent readership they can gain access to. 1 am not immune to this disease; indeed, it rages through my system unchecked; wards of criticism, however valid, do not cool its fever, wise and considerate editors cannot exorcise it. I therefore warn my readers, making no apology for my condition; beyond these words lie several paragraphs that are hazardous to your sensibilities. Another year at CCC is ended. For me, if all goes well, it means saying goodbye-not only to the College, but to Corning as well come Fall, at least for a while. Mine has been a long relationship, though this has been my first semester as a student. I’ve known the College community as a performer, both in coffeehouse and concert, for nearly ten years. I’ve served food and drink to faculty and students at at least that long, at WetGoods. I’ve seen movies, heard music, met the famous and the ordinary, reveled at festival and weathered the flood of ’72 on this campus. It has been my privilege to study and learn here; this community has provided me with my fondest memories and my finest friends. These fine things notwithstanding, the most common reference to either the College or Corning itself that I hear is in complaint. Now, bitching is a time-honored pastime, especially in the United States. We all carp long and loudly about those things we can’t change (like the weather) and those we won’t change (like our government). Psychologists tell us that such a complaint is a constructive release, providing a relatively harmless means of venting our social frustrations with a kind of verbal punching bag. Obviously, from the foregoing, I think Corning is a pretty fine place. Oh, it has some shortcomings, but stop and think about the last person you heard saying, “I’m getting out of this sonofabitch-in’ place.” He, she, or it is probably back here, right? The world was their oyster, and they found it spoiled, maybe? Often as not, they found that, stacked up against most places, Corning ain’t so bad. It is equally obvious that, since I’m leaving the area, I’m not advocating re-centering Western Civilization around Corning. What the hell is my point, then? * Just this. Next November, when so many of you folk will be sitting here complaining, I’ll be out West somewhere playing music, skiing, or hiking in the sun. . . .and missing the hell out of Corning. Have a good year. Howard Roe Prexy Waves Bye-Bye To the College Community: A goodbye does not always have to mean an end. Endings, while closing one chapter, signal the beginning of another. For the freshmen ending their first year at CCC, we hope it has been one of satisfaction and accomplishment and that they are looking forward to beginning their sophomore year with enthusiasm for their acquired knowledge and skills. For the sophomores ending their CCC career, we hope that graduation will be a beginning of a life experience to which the CCC faculty, staff, and administration have contributed, each in its own way. With every good wish to all for a pleasant summer, I am Sincerely Donald H. Hangen PUBLISHED BY THE STUDENTS OP CORNING COMMUNITY COLLEGE JohnT.Olcott .... Daniel E. Aloi... FredaAnn Hugenor. Dave Swan........ Ted Nickerson.... Dorothy Ketehum .. Kim Evans........ Margaret Button.. .. Betty wnite...... .....Editor-in-Chief ... Managing Editor . . Art/Layout Editor Photography Editor Sports Editor Business Manager Circulation Manager .........Secretary Editorial Consultant PHOTOGRAPHERS JoeBaroody CARTOONISTS Mary Ellen Lapinsky REVIEWS Cliris Nichols REPORTERS Robert M. Gee Pam Longwell Doug Miller Ron Ogden Ric Smith TYPING STAFF Cyndy French The Crier is published weekly throughout the tall and spring semesters through the mandatory Student Activities Fee and is entered as first class mail in Corning, New York 14830. Offices are maintained in Trailer Four behind the Commons on the Coming Community College Spencer Hill Campus. To submit advertising or 'for information phene (607) 962-9339. The Crier is a member of United Press International- and Intercollegiate Press. All rights reserved. + THE CRIER, THURSDAY, MAY 18, 1978 Campus Briefs USHERS WANTED - Commencement ’78, Sunday, June 4th. More info/sign up in the Activities Office. There will be a meeting for all persons interested in forming a soccer team/club in the small lounge at 1 p.m., 5/18/78. This meeting is to determine if there is enough student interest to justify an attempt to form such a club. If you are unable to attend please contact David Holmes in the Inter-Club Council Office. For Sale: ’68 VW Squareback. Rebuilt engine. Only 7,000 miles on new engine. Call 962-6143 for further information. 5/19 Activities & Programming Committee is sponsoring a social 5/19 CLASSES END. 5/20-25 EXAM WEEK’ Interviewing for the position of Director of Academic Counseling and Advising will be held on the following dates: May 1, 3, 8, 10, 12, 15 and 16. The times are: 1 p.m.-2 p.m. Students ONLY. 3 p.m.-4 p.m. Open Forum and “on each date scheduled”. The importance of your participation in interviewing the candidates should not be taken lightly. This position involves YOU directly while you are here at CCC and after you graduate. If more information is needed, please contact Jim Allen of Financial Aid, or Bernie VaRSCoter of Student Government. Found in old CRIER office (Small Lounge), one calculator. Come to the CRIER’S office in the Used Book Store to claim. WANTED: Vulcans for first space shuttle. Applicants need not be named Spock. Contact: R. C. Ringsmuth, Associate Professor of Art, Corning Community College, Corning, NY 14830, U.S.A. I.GC. PICNIC Friday May 26 Watkins Glen State Park Stone Pavillion Large'Spread ' No Admission Charge 12 noon — 10 pm St. Patricks Church Denison Pkwy. E. Is celebrating a Mass to honor all graduates. Sunday June 11 at 11:30 AM Breakfast will be served afterward. All CCC graduates are cordially invited to attend. No Ri rchase Necessary Take This Cou pon to THE COLLEGE STORE DRAWING MAY 25 , 2:00 P.M. 1. 25 Pc. Set Stainless Flat -ware 2. Socketool Kit. 3. Omelet Pan. 4. Set 6 steak kni ves WIN A PRIZE! NAME ADDRESS PHON^ Drawing May 25th -2:00 P.M. No Ki rchase Necessary ALSO CHECK OUR SALE ITEMS Soft Goods 20% off School Si pply Bargains and We are also BUYING used books May 22 -25 GEORGE A. LORD Career Aide Dear John Gone are the days when we talked til dawn, laughed through lunch. Warm weather and foliating trees evaporate the memories of snow driven by biting winds and fighting our way to school every morning. Well, it’s over. It finally struck me as I ate and drank my way through the graduation barbecue. 1 watched you laugh and talk and watch, I wondered if you were sorry, what regrets you had. Or didn’t it matter? A little bit of your life is over and now you go on. I think of the things I want you to know. Corning is not everywhere, you will meet people who don’t know where it is and don’t care. You may live somewhere someday that isn’t controlled by CGW or I-R or any other large company. There are towns where people don’t know you, your friends, or your family. Atlanta, Georgia really does exist, people live there and work there and many of them enjoy it. It is recorded fact that people have moved to such exotic cities as Phoenix and San Francisco, they’ve found jobs and are content. Home is home. Life is some thing else entirely. Look for something. Reach for it. Don’t limit yourself by what “they” tell you. Everybody says don’t. I say don’t listen to them. Think “do”, You set your own limits. If you’re sure no one can stop you, no one will. Never depend on some one else’s opinion. Take it into consideration, but don’t take it for gospel. Don’t classify and prejudge people. Prejudice will limit you A progressive person looks to the strong characteristics in others and tries to understand the weak characteristics. Never judge a person by the image he/she projects, but realize he/she has chosen to project that image. Whether they were trained to be the way they are or whether they chose to be the way they are. Never keep score. You’ll always feel like a loser. Don’t wait for opportunities. I have found the easiest way to open opportunities is to ask questions, and ask questions which cannot be answered by “yes” or “no”. Information is your most useful tool. What you don’t know will limit you. Avoid complexity. Simplify anything you can, whenever you can. Assess a problem as a whole, but deal with it in parts. I’d like to tell you not to make the same mistakes I did when I was your age. But you will make those mistakes and probably be a better person for it. Enjoy yourself nonetheless. Don’t take any wooden nickels. CCC: A Summation In my two-year tenure at CCC I have tried to take wholehearted advantage of its resources. While sharing insights with different teachers, students, and personnel, on all sorts of topics, I felt we enlightened each other. I thank those who voiced disapproval and encouragement in regard to my film and play critiques. Surely, there are talented writers on campus, and hopefully you’ll upgrade the CRIER next semester: it can be improved. This newspaper, under the. trying circumstances during this past semester has done reasonably well, especially minus a sports staff, and considering the trailer mishaps. WCEBsand the CRIER should have new quarters by the coming fall term if they are expected to operate and contribute their services; otherwise it will turn into a deplorable, muddled predicament, if it already isn’t now. The Two-Bit Players nomadic theatre group sorely needs a facility where they could store costumes and set materials, rehearse and present their productions in; after all the quality work they’ve done it’s high time they were justly rewarded. CCC’s sports program and intramural activities offer more than most students can handle, along with snappy tennis/basketball courts, and a spotless gym and locker room. I don’t feel most derogatory comments levied at the library, classroom buildings or the Commons dignify an answer, because they’re way off base: they suited my needs fine. Why are the faculty’s offices so tiny? Some instructors must share accomodations with fellow instructors, and I’m surprised every teacher doesn’t have his or her own little, hideaway den. I’ve been extremely lucky to get know-ledgable, reachable instructors, who taught me something of value. Our Arts and Convocations Program brought us an engaging potpourri of speakers: Charles Manson prosecuter Vincent Bugliosi, poets Carol Berge and James C. Kilgore, rape expert Lt. Carol Kope, Dr. Earl Smith (who spoke on homosexuality), one gay female and male (when will homosexual students come out and form a gay organization here?), and others who have slipped from memory. A few minor classics, such as “The Front”, Alfred Hitchcock’s “The 39 Steps”, “The Seven-Percent-Solution”, and “The By Chris Nichols Effects of Gamma Rays on Man-in-the Moon Marigolds” highlighted the movied series shown in the Science Amphitheatre. The fabulous String Quartet, (I happened to catch a glimpse and earful of, a number of weeks ago in the library) put on an impeccable show of somber, churning, nervy musical pieces: very few people attended one of the best free mini-concerts on campus ever. Sorry to disappoint some of you, but this college is not a glorified high school or a squalid community college-neither is it a scholar’s utopia-it craves student involvement and leadership. CCC remains a good, partly-soled learning institution, but it could be so much more if everyone-stu-dents, faculty, administration, community and personnel banded together, like when the Spencer Crest Nature Trail and Center were formed recently, as a result of people slaving in unison. Also, a solar energy project is due to be finished in early 1979 that Jack Wills and his staff are now sprucing up. The future looms brightly a-head, and I implore you returning and oncoming students to take pride in making CCC more than a learning establish- ment. THE CRIER, THURSDAY, MAY 18, 1978 5 CCC’S GREATEST CRISIS This is the second in a one part series detailing the attempted take-over of CCC by the U.S.S.R. The first was published in the March 16th edition of the CRIER. The delay was caused by a C.I.A. attempt to suppress information on the attack. Synopsis of part one: on Wednesday, January 32 a company of Russian commandos infiltrated CCC under the pretext that they were Buddhist monks. One group of commandoes, under the leadership of Egroeg Ytragof, attacked the' Administration Building. Another group, lead by Major D. Noslich, assaulted the Commons. Major Noslich was then engaged in a murderous battle with NORML, under the command of John Brinkman, in the Large Lounge. Gen. Ytragof was pinned in Dr. Hangen’s outer office by the quick thinking of Mrs. Manning, (she told Ytragof to take a seat until Dr. Hangen was out of his meeting with the Board of Trustees.) Part 2: Despite the almost insane courage of the NORML members (They reminded one observer of the ancient Hashie warriors of India), the Russian commandoes slowly gaihed ground in the Large Lounge. NORML received reinforcements in the form of the Two-Bit Players. The T.B.P. has been hired by daytime entertainment to perform excerpts from their production of “Chemung River Mythology”. They arrived at the height of the battle. However, it wasn’t until a full fifteen minutes had passed before they realized the shooting wasn’t another daytime entertainment act. “We were sitting there, enjoying the showswhen suddenly Hank (Moonschien) got shot square in the forehead,” said T.B.P. member Pam Doud. During a hurried conference it was decided that T.B.P. would join NORML in the fray. After sending Prof. Moonschien to the Health Office for a bandage (as he’d only been shot through the head, no vital organ has been hit) T.B.P. charged the Russians. They were led by an unidentified cast member who, for some unknown reason, kept shouting “Kill the grungy Gorgons!) The surprised Russians hurriedly turned their fire upon the valiant actors. An eyewitness remembered wondering hows long before the T.B.P. remembered that they did not have guns. Meanwhile, back at Dr. Hangen’s outer office, Gen. Ytragof made several attempts to storm the inner office and had been beaten back each time by Mrs. Manning’s brilliant defensive maneuvering. Ytragof OR made one final sally. He crawled on his hands and knees to Mrs. Manning’s desk and begged to see Dr. Hangen. This action proved to be his undoing. One of the commandoes, Capt. Cratsenov, was actually an operative for the K.G.B. (Soviet Secret Service). His sole duty was to keep an eye on Ytragof and to make sure he did not embarrass the dignity of the U.S.S.R. (Ytragof had a habit of doing that). Upon seeing his general crawling to the enemy, Cratsenov shot Ytragof and assumed command of the commandoes. Ignoring Mrs. Manning’s repeated requests to take a seat, Cratsenov and the commandoes broke down the door and charged the inner office with Krinskisub machine guns blazing. Dr. Hangen, under the assumption that they were another student delegation .concerned with the space issue, invited them to come and talk -for awhile. Cratsenov, who spoke no english, thought that Hangen was offering to surrender. Dr. Hangen stated that the language the commandoes were speaking sounded like student politicians speech pattern. That may explain why it took him and the Board of Trustees a half an hour before realizing the commandoes were not students. Back at the Large Lounge, the T.B.P. finally realized they weren’t armed. After taking cover in the fireplace, actress Pam Longwell announced that she was there with a supply of guns. It seems that Deru Food Service kept a cache of automatic rifles in the food locker in case students ever found out what really went into the Quarter Pounders. John Luther and Ed Tangor-re made a rush for the door under the cover of NORML’s fire. The Russian Major Noslich caught sight of them and attempted to pick them off. What happened next is almost impossible to believe. In the words of eyewitness Dorothy Ketchum, “Well, those guys were firing and John and Ed were running to the door and the Russian soldier was going to shoot John and Ed when Diane Chilson walked in, I like Diane, did you know she was going to speak at graduation, well, Diane looked just like the Russian Major, that was' really weird, you know?” The resemblance between Noslich and Chilson was un-believeable. All shooting stopped and a stunned silenced ensued. The short lull lasted just long enough for Luther and Tangorre to slip out and make a mad dash for the food locker. Back in the Administration Building, Dr. Hangen was explaining for the third time that HOW^PRESIDENT HANGEN REALLY BROKE HIS LEG (Part 2) the Men’s Toilet was not a negotiable item. At this point, Dr. Giuffrida walked in to announce his indignation at being subjected to religious icons in public places (A reference to the lighted John F. Kennedy shrine in the Administration Building.). It was he who first noticed that the commandoes were not student leaders. To quote the good doctor, “I saw the president mumbling something about toilets to what was obviously an armed soldier. When the soldier spoke, I immediately knew he was Russian. I whispered this to Don and he asked me if I was sure. I think he though that the Russian was Bernie Van Scoter.” Once the misunderstanding was cleared up, President Hangen quickly took control of the situation. Remembering his Green Beret training, he leaped across the table and floored Cratsenov with a single blow of his rockhard fist. As the other commandoes fell upon him, the thin vale of civilization that separated man from beast dropped. His killer instinct gripped him and showed no mercy. By this time Tangorre and Luther had managed to obtain the Deru rifles and get back to the Large Lounge. They tossed the guns to the other T.B.P.ers who were then able to join NORML to distinguish T.B.P. from the Russians. “Hey, well, uh, if it moved, we shot it, see?” commented Brinkman later. As the Commons battle drew to a close, President Hangen barehandedly was destroying the other commando segment. Amid flying bullets and falling bodies, he tore, ripped, and mutilated the enemy. “It was amazing” said Dr. Giuffrida, “He was like maddened animal. I’ve never seen him act this way outside of the Commons before! ” Finally, holding the bloody stump where his arm used to be, Cratsenov sued for peace. Even then it took a while to subdue Dr. Hangen. Two members of the Board of Trustees were wounded as they attempted to pull him off a Russian whose throat he was trying to ministration Massacre was, dead: 12 Russian, 0 Americans; wounded: 8 Russians, 2 Americans. For the Battle of the Large Lounge, it was: 5 Russians dead and 3 wounded. It was impossible to tell how many Lounge Lizards were dead because it was impossible to tell how many were alive to begin with. The Russians were imprisoned in the Security Office until they were picked up by the FBI. After a short stint in Attica, they were sent back to Russia in exchange for two dissidents, three U-2 pilots, a ballet dancer, a nuclear physicist, and a Ukranian beet farmer. Life goes on at CCC as if the attack never happened. T.B.P. presented their play with smaching success, NORML has fallen back to their usual rou-time, and Vets Club finally came out of hiding. President Hangen has recovered nicely, however, he still eats his meat raw. EPILOGUE: Five weeks after the attack, Dr. Hangen was watching “That’s Hollywood” on T.V.. He got up to change the channel to watch Match Game ’78 and tripped over his stool. That’s how he broke his leg. np. The final tally in the Ad- Delta Law requires you to read this message before you leave town. O.K., this is goodbye! Go out and get drunk! Live it up! Have fun! The summer is yours! But some time this summer, like around August 4th, you’d better be ready to see the funniest college movie ever created. Don’t blow it! This summer the movie to see will be NATIONAL LAMPPPNV ANIMAL IMIltl A comedy from Universal Pictures THE MATTY SIMMONS - IVAN REITMAN PRODUCTION ' NATIONAL LAMPOON'S ANIMAL HOUSE ' JOHN BELUSHI TIM MATHESON JOHN VERNON VERNA BLOOM THOMAS HULCE and DONALD SUTHERLAND as JENNINGS • Produced by MATTY SIMMONS and IVAN REITMAN Music by ELMER BERNSTEIN Written by HAROLD RAMIS, DOUGLAS KENNEY b CHRIS MILLER • Directed by JOHN LANDIS ^ Original sound tracks on MCA Records 6 Topes | | A UNIVERSAL PICTURE TECHNICOLOR* ; Ail. RIGHTS RESERVED CUT* UNIVERSAL Cl TV STUDIOS IN R RESTRICTED^ Under 17 requires accompanying Patent or Mult Guardian You’ll be talking about it all winter! 6 THE CRIER, THURSDAY, MAY 18, 1978 Twenty Years at CCC Home-Coming Queen, Nancy Andrews A1 Paparelli Dave Frank Outside the Student Center COMMUNITY April 1960 Robert Frost at Corning Frank Anastasio 1 December 1961 Artist’s Perspective of New Campus Henry Moonschein To the students: For the past semester, there were many problems in this newpaper like the moving of the CRIER from the trailer to the Small Lounge and finally to two rooms, that is the Science Greenroom and the Used Bookstore. There were also the many staff problems associated with these moves. At the beginning of this semester, John Olcott took over as Editor-in-Chief of the CRIER. He believed with the help of the staff and the editorial board he would be able to make it through the semester. As time went on most of the staff labled him as a “Dictator” when he tried to get them to work on the paper. Finally it got so bad that when the CRIER was being moved around, some people accused him of being weak by agreeing to go wherever the Administration put us while almost everyone was talking about barracading theirselves in the Small Lounge. Everyone is entitled to their own opinions. The staff at this time was now down to a precious fewswho were actually working on the paper. So at this point there are not many people going out to look for any stories around the campus, and the one who received most of the complaints was the Editor-in-Cheif, not the,newspaper as a whole. What I am trying to say is that John could have quit at any time, but he stayed on be- cause he cared about the CRIER. Finally I want to thank the people at the CRIER who without I don’t think I could have made it through this semester. Personally I’d like to thank Freda Ann Hugenor, Margaret Button, Dorthy Ketchum, Pam Longwell, Ted Nickerson, Chris Nichols, Kim Evans, and other people whom I met around the campus. I like to specially thank two people, John Olcott and Ric Smith. And Dan Aloi to who I like to say “What is worth having is not the same as having and not wanting.” Good-Bye David Swan Photography Editor THE CRIER, THURSDAY, MAY 18, 1978 7 The Dick Luce Memorial Autograph Half Page * THE CRIER, THURSDAY, MAY 18, 1978 THE CRIER, THURSDAY, MAY 18, 1978 9 10 THE CRIER, THURSDAY, MAY 18, 1978 NYS Special Olympics Set for Cobleskill The 1978 New York State Special Olympics will take place on the campus of the State University of New York, Agricultural and Technical College at Cobleskill on June 2,3, and 4. About 1,000 handicapped boys and girls from all over the state are expected to take part in a wide range of athletic events and clinics, as well as the traditional ceremonies and social activities. When discussing the forthcoming event, Cobleskill College President Walton A. Brown stated, “We all have dreams we would like to come true. The Special Olympics encourage the growth and personal fulfillment of the handicapped. It- allows them to dream and to realize that dreams can become realities through hard work.” The Cobleskill president continued,“Cobleskill has a long-standing reputation for reaching out and helping others. We are honored to have been selected as the site for the NYS Special Olympics...It is with a great deal of confidence and pride that we welcome the participants, the chaperones, and all the people who make the event possible.” Professor Pat Nevins of the College’s Nursery Education Division is the host-director for the 1978 Special Olympics. College Athletics Director Fred Bennett is chairing the sports events, while Cobleskill Central School coaches Lloyd Mott and Tim Snyder are co-chairing the clinics. Ceremonies are under the supervision of Professor Barbara Holmes, while the program of entertainment is being set up by Douglas Long, the College’s Director of Student Activities. Public Relations are being handled by College PR Director Jean Webb Williams and Professor Ron Cleeve is heading the manpower committee. Various col-' lege, community and state personnel are in charge of other phases of the big event. “The Special Olympics at Cobleskill will have all the touches and fanfare of the highly publicized international games,” according to Professor Nevins. “On Friday evening, June 2 there will be an impressive opening ceremony, complete with runners carrying the Olympic torch, the flag raising, and the freeing of thousands of balloons. Of course, there will be brief speeches, bands, color guards, baton twirlers, celebrities on the dais, and, most important of ’ all, the parade of contestants around the Olympic Field!” she continued. Saturday, June 3 the actual games begin at 8 a.m. with competitions in track and field, swimming, diving, gymnastics, table tennis, and physical fitness events. In addition to the competitive events, clinics in several sports will be conduted by professional and amateur athletes. That evening a tremendous victory dance will take place on the tennis courts. Several other social events have been planned for the athletes, the Special Olympics organizers and the volunteers. On Sunday morning, following a hearty breakfast, the Olympians and their chaperones will leave the campus and return to their homes. The Olymipian will have a unique opportunity to experience a taste of college life-two nights in the college residence halls, meals in the college dining halls, and tours through some of the academic areas of the. Cobleskill campus. Professor Nevins explained, “The Joseph P. Kennedy Foundation is the national organizer and sponsor of the Special Olympics which began in Chicago in 1968. It provides the handicapped youth with ‘a chance to play, to grow, and to know a new kind of joy.’ These youngsters come, not to a cold institutional setting, but to the color and the warmth of this college and these Olympics. No longer are the handicapped and the retarded treated as ‘lonesome ends of society.’” Cobleskill, the host of the 1978 Special Olympics, opened in 1916. Currently enrolling about 2,600 students, it offers programs in five fields of specialization: Agriculture and Natural Resources, Business, Food Service Administration, Gerneral Education and Nursery Education. Students attending the State University of New York, Agricultural and Technical College at Cobleskill are enrolled in one of 18 major technical curricula or one of the four liberal arts programs offered for two-year associate degree candidates. All technical programs are complimented by a wide range of required or elective courses in the field of liberal arts. The campus and college farm consist of approximately 500 acres. Prior to 1962, the heart of the campus was comprised of a quadrangle of four northern Colonial buildings. Since that time, the college has faced an unprecedented demand for campus facilities as a result of enrollment pressures. By 1975, Cobleskill’s physical plant was capable of accommodating 2,600 students. ALL GOOD WISHESJ WCEB Needs You WCEB-FM your college radio station recently held elections for next semesters’ board. Students holding these positions for next semester are; Beth Cornell-Gen. Man. Rick Stratton-Prog. Dir. George Fisher-Music Dir. Myron Szwezyk-Bus. Man. Margaret Button-Secretary Several positions are still open including Sports Director, Sampson The New York State Mathematics Association of Two-Year Colleges, NYSMATYC, is pleased to announce that Roger Sampson, 567 Veteran Hill Road, Horseheads, New York, a student at Corning Community College, has been selected to receive a NYSMA— TYC scholarship of $200, plus News Director, and engineer. WCEB-FM also needs Dis Jockeys, and people interested in Public Relations. No exper-iance is needed for these positions. To inquire about or apply for any position, stop by the WCEB office next to the Student Government Office in the Commons and ask for either Rick or Beth. Rewarded subscriptions to both the TWO-YEAR COLLEGE MATHEMATICS JOURNAL and the MATYC JOURNAL. Roger was in competition with all New York State two-year college students majoring in mathematics-related field. His award is one of only three given this year by NYSMATYC. Congratulations. First Bank & TRUST COMPANY OF CORNING Market at Centerway Erwin Banking Center Kent State NOT To Be Landmarked THE SITE OF THE MAY 4, 1970 KENT STATE shooting will not be designated as a National landmark because of an Interior Department rule prohibiting landmark consideration for any event taking place within the last 50 years. Members of the consulting committee to the National Survey of Historic Sites and Buildings say that it is too early to determine the events significance in American history. Meanwhile, an opinion poll of KSU students showed that 62% want classes canceled for May 4th ceremonies. But 86% said non-students should not be allowed to participate and 75% thought the May Fourth Coalition, a group that was instru- mental in mobilizing opposition to the gymnasium construction last spring, should not become a registered student organization. Eighty-six percent want the theme of the May 4th ceremony to center on “peace and brotherhood” as opposed to 13% who want a theme “expressing the need for social change and focusing on social injustices.” PHONE 607 962-2851 “Dom” Fazzary, Owner 332 WEST PULTENEY STREET CORNING, N.Y. 14830 Congratulations Graduates THE CRIER, THURSDAY, MAY 18, 1978 11 KALEIDOSCOPE * '78 12 THE CRIER, THURSDAY, MAY, 18, 1978 Stanford Study Review Teacher Evaluations Palo Alto, Calif.-