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Local residents charge UB dorm priorities discriminatory ■f- u by Kathleen McDonough Campus Editor mid-semester turn-over in. the dorms. This year, according to Boyce, 130 new local students have applied for dorm rooms - 30 more than the average. Director of Admissions and Records (A&R) Richard Dremuk told The Spectrum that he had received letters from parents who were upset that their children may not be able to live on campus as planned.'“Nowhere in any ot our materials (information mailed out to accepted applicants) did it mention the new rule,\ he said. New guidelines for granting incoming students dormitory space will place freshmen and new students living within an approximate 30 mile radius of the University at the bottom of the list. Housing Director Madison Boyce revealed that the change has angered some incoming students and their parents. A number of local residents are unhappy, Boyce said, noting that some are threatening to go up the UB hierarchy or Fall crunch During the crunch last Fall, Dremuk to their legislators. Boy rum that students attccted by the told 77? noted a substantial number of out of town students turned away from UB when they were confronted with no place to live. However, Dremuk did not anticipate a recurrence of last year's attrition. He cited mile restriction is discriminatory new guideline were partially spurred by last summer's housing much” which left the university swamped with i requests and not enough bed space as last year's primary difficulty a 1978 Boyce pointed out that the number of returning students predicted lor tins year students than are expected in 1979 and a freshmen class of almost 300 more larger number of returning students who last year sought on-campus housing dorms during the semester, he estimated. Although the total number of beds (4,648) figure, nearly 200 residents will leave the Student Association Commuter Affairs Coordinator Christine Weekerle said site had not heard from disgruntled students or parents. Weekerle viewed the new guideline as discriminatory to local residents, but said, “Within my own mind, I can see the priority. ' She explained that out of town students do need dorm rooms more than is expected to increase, Boyce cautioned hinges on too many variables “to predict it ambci of new dorm students with any accura Lower priority area students, “although everyone wishing to live in the dorms should...be able to.” Weekerle would also like to see the University Administration “show more Boyce noted Hi Housing () If ice oft a tew suggestions to Vice President for f inance and Management Pdward W. Doty to ease the housing situation. Besides giving local students lower priority for housing, Boyce said another suggestion was to return rooms now occupied by offices, such as those in Spaulding and Pritchard back to available dorm spaces. Boyce reiterated postpone implementation of the RA roommate program until I-all l l J80. Assistant Vice President for Housing Leonard Snyder said guidelines would have regardless of Ketter's dec controversy. “We're s rooms will be examined as much as possible - on an individual basis, Snyder commented. He said that the 30 mile radius is just a rough measure, and that factors such as the availability of buses will be taken into consideration. But, Snyder concern for students who must commute daily.\ Boyce sympathized with the incoming students who planned on a dorm room next fall, but said that local students, in tact, have fewer problems in finding a place to live. “They can search for off-campus housing,” he noted, “and can stay at home or make last minute changes which non-residents can’t.” that the new been enacted ision on the KA that his office did not recommend the controversial move to give Resident Advisors (RA) roommates this Rail. President Robert L. Ketter opted to make as many rooms avail able as possible face “a reasonable time delay,” noting that most should be' accommodated by December at the latest, when there' Is the he remarked Requests hy local new ■omers lor dorm FSA sets RA di scount, Saturday night boogie boosts cultural affairs As part of the nationwide movement to “put nuclear power on trial” the local organizers of the May 6 anti-nuclear rally in Washington have planned a “benefit boogie” for 10 p.m. at the Cold Spring Warehouse, '167 Leroy Ave. Appearing will be Popular Science and Steve Vitoff. All proceeds will go to the busses to Washington. $1.00 admission and 25-cent drafts. A discount for resident advisors, a boost for the arts, and a proposed budget for next year were all ratified Monday by the Board of Directors of the Faculty-Student Association (FSA). Treasurer of the FSA Len Snyder's proposal, which would give RA’s a 30 percent discount on Food Service board contracts, passed unanimously. Snyder cited several benefits that would result from the & (Stop* y/wifa db df/il'tf(d/wn ffoTrud^ discount. He claimed it will increase the number of RA’s on board contracts from its relatively low 1 7 percent total now to a possible 40 or 50 percent figure. Snyder predicted that this increase will offset the cost of the discount to FSA, He also noted that “since the incoming freshmen and transfers’ initial contact at this University is through the RA, then the RA’s on board contracts might act as salesmen for participation in Food Service.” Snyder added that the increase in the number of RA s in the dining halls is seen as a beneficial influence on the behavior of other students. Presently, resident advisors receive either partial- or full funding for board contracts at 1 I other SUNY campuses. A proposal by President and student member of the Board Joe Darcy for the distribution of the remaining $176,000 from the sale of the University Bookstore to the Follett Bookstore Corporation also passed. Darcy’s proposal allocates $50,000 per year to programs “which would benefit the students’ social environment.” a um& Darcy recommended that $25,000 be allocated this year towards a University-wide cultural affairs program. “Besides allowing students to become more involved in the cultural aspects of the University, one other benefit to the arts might be a boost irr receiving matching funds from various cultural foundations,” Darcy asserted. Also ratified was the establishment of a committee to suggest further programs from which future students with-changing needs would benefit. The committee would consist of representatives from several student organizations and one faculty representative. 1 Vpu/Z 7~8pm 29 ~Zpm* opm 7 5 € i^u/r&c 7 CC (Smut fsUt^t'TU ■: :■:::*. 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