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Check out the new URSA Officers Entertainment Page 3 Get ready for Apocalypse XXII Features Page 4 ► SUNYU/R Softball Pics Sports Page 5 The Factory Times O fficuftnew spaperoftheJU /R S tudent^ss^^ o f A p ril 12th, 2 0 0 ^ Is the Campus Bar Coming Back? Informal Campus Survey Shows Interest in Bringing Back the Campus Bar by Fred Seestadt Co-editor Many students, staff and URSA officials have inquired about the possibility of bringing back alcohol on campus. Many think such an idea should be considered. One far-fetched possibility many people would like to see happen is turning the Cat’s Den back into a bar. Could this actually happen? According to Dave Garrett, Director of Student Activities, the bar shut down in 1991 when the residence halls were open. This is because the frequency of people in the C a t’s Den grew tremendously, which supposedly added a lot more risks. The bar was open everyday from 4:30-midnight and they served beer and wine. “Alcohol is a common thread that unites individual differences amongst people,” according to URSA President Jerry Talerico. “It would bring students and faculty together socially for better communication. Condoning alcohol doesn’t advocate binge drinking, it’s acknowledging the fact that alcohol is legal and socially accepted.” Talerico feels it could be used as an educational tool here because students would be safer with a bar on campus. He said, “There’s a better chance of students acting irresponsibly elsewhere. Also, a lot more student involvement when alcohol was available. I don’t believe there were big abuses of alcohol when the Cat’s Den was a bar either. People were responsible, there were never any fights important. Let’s face it, bar life is a part of college. Furthermore, I’d like a place to go and celebrate with students at the end of the semester rather than some place like the Varick.” since we’re an upper division school, there’s no irresponsibility of youth.” Garrett said after removing the bar in 1991, the flow of student activity on campus dramatically changed. “There was or anything like that.” Kim Domenico, Instructor, feels thinks it’d be a good move for this col lege to turn the Cat’s Den into the bar. “This school lacks a social life and that’s very Students above are getting served food at the Cat's Den. Back in 199 i, students were served alcohol rather than foo photo by Fred Seestadt Scott Hotaling, newly elected Senior Senator, would be for it because he feels it would help the student body by increasing the monetary stream for the campus itself. He also thinks that it’d be good because we could regulate how much students drink publicly. “I’d like to see the student body become a more cohesive group because this is such a small campus. We should have a greater amount of participation in all student activities because your college experience is what you make of it. Making the Cat’s Den into a bar would be a step in that direction.” “I think it’d be a good idea because people wouldn’t have to drink and drive. It’d also create more student involvement on campus. I’m glad to have been elected because I want to help the student body by representing them,” according to newly elected Senior Senator Pam Anderson. “Maybe not even make it into a bar, but I think they should at least serve t? e c r o r W i n e SO 1 c o u l d n a v e « f e w dr'm H s with my meal,” according to Tom Braun, Electrical Engineer major. “Practically everyone up here is o f age anyways.” According to Talerico, “The main thing I’d like to see is for more unity among students and more student involvement. URSA is only as strong as the student body makes it.” Zogby to Address the Class of 2000 NEWS BUREAU John Swann John Zogby, the Utica-based pollster with a growing national and in ternational reputation, will speak to the class of 2000 at the SUNY Institute of Technology at Utica/Rome. The man the Washington Post hailed as “the maverick predictor who beat us all” by calling the 1996 Presiden tial election with pinpoint accuracy will address graduates at the Institute’s 26th annual com mencement ceremony on Sat- 4 urday, May 6 at 10 a.m. at the ^ Utica Memorial Auditorium. Zogby has been political pollster for Reuters America, the New York Post, NBC News, FoxNews, Gannett News Service, the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, the Cincinnati Post and nearly every daily newspaper in New York State, as well as television stations throughout the country. He appears regu larly on all three nightly network news programs plus NBC’s “Today Show,” ABC’s “Good Morning America” and is a frequent guest on Fox News and MSNBC special programs, along with CNBC’s “Hardball with Chris Matthews.” “We’re very pleased that John will share his insights with our graduates,” says SUNY Utica/Rome President Peter J. Cayan. “His well-de served interna tional repu ta t i o n , his long association with the Institute of Technology and the fact that this is a presidential election year-we’re looking forward to his address with great inter est.” Although many viewers many not realize it, most o f Zogby’s network and cable television interviews are con ducted via satellite from the Institute of Technology studio on the ground floor of Kunsela Hall, on the Marcy campus. In addition, he was a long-time adjunct professor at the Institute of Technology, where he taught history and political sci- 1999-2000 Yearbooks On Sale Now! Yearbooks are FREE to graduating undergraduate seniors-but you must reserve yours at the Student Activities Office or Genesis Office. Yearbooks are limited and given out on a first come first serve basis! If you are not a graduating senior, you may purchase a yearbook for $20. Call 792-7530 for more information. Class of 2000 Commencement Ceremony \* „ç r * ^ ' - V;.- ;ÿv;:,v / Saturday, May 6th 10:00am Utica Memorial Auditorium
