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Page 2 The Other Paper The Other Paper VOL. I t , NO. S OUR POLICY Published bi-monthly by students of Onondaga Com munity College during the Fall and Spring semesters except during holidays and exam weeks. Editorials and signed viewpoints do not necessar ily reflect the opinions of the administration, student body or staff of the college. Edi torial'policy is established by majority vote of the senior editors. Advertising rates are available on request. Deadlines are the Wed nesday after the issue - distributedfor typed articles, and the Monday after the issue is out for articles which need to be typed. —i*— Editor John Body Managing Editor Mike Goss Business Manager Tom Carello Writing Editor Jodi Dobrzynski Feature Writer Curt Carpenter Flick Review Bob Monell Literary Editor Cheryl Gordon Student Senate Reporter Diane Manion Contributing Writers Mike Dee lorraine m o n t r o s s Lynette Hodson Karen Webster Carter Wintle Mark Oatman John S. Malagisi Feature Artist and Art Editor Bert Simpkins Contributing Artists Scott Gillis Dan Yaman Typing Editor Gini Geist Typists Vicki Pratt Rose Werchinski Robin Spinks Karen Webster PHOTOGRAPHY Editor Steve Panayioto Assistant Carol, Szach Circulation Manager John Berry Exchange Editor Marianne Brown Distributors Rick Brush Carter Wintle Darlene Lozipone ADVERTISING AND BUSINESS Co-Assistant Jim Lewis Co-Assistant Dan Mazza LAST BUT NOT LEAST Classified Ads Editor King Simpkins Printer Scotsman Press, Inc. Guest Editorial P.E. - A Requirement? One of the most unpopular regulations set by the State University of New York enforced here at O.C.C. is the requirement for each student to com plete two semesters of physical Education. After much thought on the subject, I came up with several possibilities for the reason the SUNY of ficials would make such a requirement. 1. To help maintain the student body (sorry) in good physical condition. Yessir, nothing like two hours a week to keep you in perfect condition. 2. To be sure that the expensive phys. ed. facilities aren’t wasted. (So far O.C.C. has nothing to worry about here.) 3. To create a general nuisance for all students. This one is especially good at O.C.C. The whole school’s designed that way. I do agree that P.E. courses should be offered for the students that desire them. But required Physical education is a real pain in the thymus (on your toes, Nursing students). Eliminating this requirement could save O.C.C. and other schools a lot of extra expense and trouble. But then the SUNY never was too concerned with expense and trouble. BUTCH RAPP AND THI ESCHE1BACH KIDD Riding into no man’s land was easier than expected for both Butch and the Kidd. One reason was their deputies were close at hand. Dr. Mary Savage for Butch and Terry Brown for the Kidd. Even with all the guns aimed at them, they came and went away unscarred. After all, only a few of the guns were fired and those few missed or mis-fired. Only with one did Butch and the Kidd look at each other and say “Who is that! Who is that!” But even for him their armor was impregnable. This is what seemed to have happened at thS Rap with Rapp Session at 11:00 on Nov. 27th. With some trouble, Ken Baker, chairman of the budget and Don Cleary, Senate President, were able to get Dr. Marvin Rapp to agree to come to an open question and an swer with all students. From minutes of Student Senate Meeting on Nov. 20th: Do not accept Rapp's rhetoric. Do not accept his bullshit and demand answers to your questions. These are the recorded results: Question: Why did you refuse to allow this meeting to be tape recorded? Letters . . . According to Ed Ruhe, an OCC sociology professor, he has been accused of teaching a course lacking background in sociological theory, too unstructured, and without sufficient sociological con tent. For this he is not to be reap pointed for the 1973-74 academic year. What is to the point, of course, is whther “sociological theory\ “structure” or “sociological con tent” are indeed necessary or even useful at all. The answer to the question is “yes”. But that is if, and only if, the “sociological theories” make sense, the “structure” is of a nature that inspires maximum un derstanding, and if the “sociological content” is refelctive of the real world. Alex Inkeles, in What Is Sociology, states: “It (sociology) seeks to explain the nature of the social order and disorder (sic—one man’s, one group’s, one class’ or der may be another man’s, group’s, class’ disorder). He goes on, “. . .sociology seeks to discover, describe and explain the order (sic) which characterizes the social life of man.” Notice that the laudable (though motionlessly presented) goal above, does not encourage us to focus on the theories of every letter be-sprinkled Tom, Dick and Harry but on “the social life of man.” Sociology should not be an in troduction to what everyone has to say is the order which characterizes “the social life of man”. It should be a serious introduction, beyond the seclusion of each students naturally limited environment, to that social life itself as it exists and surges “out there”. The hard data of life itself is out there in the ac tivities and thoughts of the people. This data can be brought to the classroom and the classroom can be brought to it, the students discernm ent and increasing recognition of which can be the only sound basis for his or her in telligent form ation of useful notions and eventual acceptance or rejection of this or that ex- planative “theory”, which happens to have filtered through the academic and publishing-world censors. Ruhe paraphrases the “commit tee”. He states, \a faculty member should have a thorough understan ding\ of the theories and methods of his discipline.” Wrong. A faculty member should have a thorough un derstanding of ‘‘the social life of man”. THAT is the subject ‘‘the social life of man!\ Is instead sociology to be the historical (and often hysterical) recounting and memorization of useless or out moded theories when there is an immensity of reality out there to be examined and considered by thoughtful and creative students? And isn’t the teacher who can bring the student to that reality or that reality to the student to be cherished? Are we instead to spend precious time teaching theories and methods regardless of their utility or soundness? Why? What Due to resignations on the officers level of the Other Paper staff, there will be a total reorganization after Christmas of the staff. If you are interested in writing or producing the paper, get it together and come to the next meeting. Some of the positions we need to fill are: 1) Managing Editor: whose responsibility is layouts, printing, cir culation and meeting deadlines. 2) Writing Editor: who will be responsible for general art, culture, news and sports as well as the production of copy for the deadline. 3) Writers, for all areas of interest. 4) Photographers 5) Typists We don’t care if you’ve had experience in the field before or not, we want your talent. Come find out how much fun we have, you might find something you like. be. Watch in the Clipboard for an announcement when the meeting will for, when with contact with social life itself the usual “theories and m ethods” are so frequently destroyed unceremoniously by the student themselves and annihilated by those who are fighting life’s real battles by no more than a brief yawn. Once armed with the real facts of social life we may even tually want to pause momentarily to butcher such sacred cows—but why burden the students prematurely with these useless car casses. By and large “social scientists” have lost the data. The basic problem is not that they don’t know where to find it, although many seem to have that problem too, but that they would rather not take the trouble and, indeed, risks to look. They tend to be, in con sequence, cynical (“everything is collapsing\ “the people are so stupid\ etc.) When they might be optimistic (for remember that one “man’s\ order may be another “man’s\ disorder and it may all depend on which side you are on), they escape into fatalistic theories when they could be predictive and instructive, and they are frightened and protective when they might be open-minded and creative. And too often “structure” is used to ward off correct attacks made by students and others on such professorial bankruptcy. Frankly, I look forward as a faculty member and citizen of the community to some sort of written statement from the appropriate sources explaining the non renewal of Ed Ruhe. And should there be concern over the validity of the charges in this letter I am ready at any or no pay to take part in the coming semester, with Ed Ruhe and two or more additional faculty representing the “sociological theories” deemed necessary for student digestion (or indigestion), in a weekly auditorium size class for an examination of these theories. Stanley P. Gluck, MSW Ass’t Professor (part-time) in Sociology Citizen and School Bus driver Full time Contributor and Editorial Advisor SALT Magazine Answer: Tape recordings restrict privacy and a free flow of ideas. It is possible that Dr. Rapp does not want to be held responsible for his answers? Question: Will there be change machines available in the Student Union Building? Answer: Yes. That is a good suggestion. Why don't we have change machines where we need them now? Why will we need change machines in the Student Union, when there will be a cafeteria service anyway? And if its a good suggestion why does it take so long? Question: Why, when there is a shortage of space, especially in regards to the newspaper staff, have you found it necessary to have an office in every building? Answer: He gave- up fits office in the Library building; that he has no office at Midtown; and that his only office is in the Main tenance Building and will be replaced by a new office in the Student Union Building. Question: Who will receive your present office in the Main tenance Building? Answer: Head of Maintenance, Dr. Eschelbach. Question: When will the Student Union Building be of ficially opened? Answer: It will open the second semester or before. Question: Why isn’t the library open on weekends? Answer: Librarians hours have now been staggered to increase library hours. Dr. Savage added that present hours are due to a union contract and that this will be put into the budget for next year. Question: Has the radio station been allocated space in the Student Union Building? Answer: Yes but this room needs to be made ready. • Eschelbach has a list of about six things to be done first. Question: Has space been allocated for the newspaper? Answer: Yes. Question: Is there a room for the yearbook staff? There is not enough space in the present of fice in the Maintenance building. Answer: Room has been allocated for every student organization. Question: What is the percen tage of space students will receive as compared to faculty and administration? Answer: Students w ill be receiving a little over 1/2, Question: is anything being done to alleviate the parking problem? Answer: Plans are being made to expand the lots. Due to a shift in activities foreseen in January because of the opening of the Student Union Building, the demand for-upper lots will be lessened. There will also, even tually be a Seneca Turnpike En trance. Eschelbach stated that snow will be plowed next time. Question: What is the purpose of the islands in the parking lots? Answer: Eschelbach stated they are there for traffic control and that 17 islands have already been removed. Question: Why have parking lot entrances been blocked? Answer: They have presented a walkaway problem. Question: What is your position on Student Evaluation of faculty and administration? Answer: I’m in favor of it. I’m in ; favor for all kinds. Why then isn’t student evaluation allowed for teachers that get fired or released? Mr. Rhue’s case is a prime example. C o n tinued on Page 19, Column 1
