The_Rambler_1981-01-26

              THE RAMBLE
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VOLUME IX N0.3 MONDAY, JANUARY 26, 1981
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It's 3:15pm. Do you ktiow where your Camaro is ?
By Virginia Lott
I am sure that everyone is
aware of the popularity of
Camaros, Firebirds, and Trans
ams. Owning one of these
models seems to have become a
new trend. Unfortunately there
seems to be another area of the
Camaro's popularity laterly
which several Farmingdale
students have discovered.
Since the beginning of the
academic year three thefts
occurred in the Rear General
Parking Lot. On September
8th both a 1969 and a 1972
Camaro were stolen. Only two
days later another Camaro
disappeared; this time it was a
1973 model.
On the morning of
September 8th, Mark Kurz, a
second year student at
Farmingdale, went through the
usual routine of parking his car
and heading towards his classes.
His friend picked him up and
they took a ride through the
lots, including the lot Mark had
just parked in five minutes
earlier. Instead of seeing
Mark's 1969 Camaro in its
space, they saw another
student's car. His first reaction
Photo bv Tom P e r rl
was to notify the Campus
Police.
The Campus Police are
currently working with the
Suffolk Auto Theft Squad.
They believe that the thief is
definitely a professional who is
stealing solely for the profits
involved. He or she may collect
by either stripping the car and
selling the various parts or by
some-how selling the car itself.
The police also assume that the
reason the earlier models are
being stolen is because any
model car before 1973 does not
need a "title." Therefore, with a
few simple alterations and
paperwork, ownership of a car
can become hard to prove.
Research data also shows
that along with the car's year, a
car which had mag wheels,
expensive stereo equipment
and other various accessories
carries an extra potential of
being stolen or broken into.
For instance, Mark's car had
mag wheels, front and rear
spoilers and a custom painting
and pinstriping job, along with
other custom made parts.
The police have recovered on
car, a 1970 Camaro which was
stolen in March of 1980. They
found it in Brooklyn with a new
paint job and a new vehicle
identification number. These
two changes are quite typical,
especially when dealing with a
professional car thief.
Like many other students, I
found that I was unaware of
many Campus occurrences. As
students and car owners, we
can help curb the possibility of
more thefts or break-ins.
Naturally, you should take the
obvious precautions such as
locking your doors and even if
possible, installing an anlarm.
One of the best ways is for you
to be aware. If you happen to
•notice an overly suspicious
person; or a car cruising
.around, especially an
unregistered car; report it to the
Campus Police. If anyone has
any information about the
recent thefts, please notify the
Campus Police-who are
located in the bottom of the
Administration Building'.
Don't be under the
assumption that it couldn't
happen to you. Car theives act
like specialists, using the law of
''Supply and Demand."
Camaro's happened to be "in
season" but any car/car-owner
is a potential victum.
A.C.U.I., Conference, Reviewed
Farmingdale College offers a
wide variety of activities which
are open to all interested
students. The numerous
organizations, clubs, seminars,
sports, and bands, serve the
purpose of both education and
entertaining anybody who
attends. How does one decide
what movies to show, what
bands to hire or even who is
considered an interesting
speaker or entertainer? It is not
an easy job to decide what
fellow students* tastes are. The
main problem is trying to
please, at least, the majority of
us and at the same time not to
become too extravagent in
reaching that goal.
This year the A.C.U.l.
Regions Conference (Assoc-iation
of College Unions-
International) was held at
Farmingdale on November 7,
8, and 9 - Friday to Sunday
afternoon. The purpose of this
Conference is for College
Unions to discuss, exchange
and discover the various
activities available to them and
how to obtain them. Students
and faculty from over thirty-five
colleges; located in New
York, New Jersey, Delaware,
and Pennsylvania; were in
attendance. Meal's were served
here at Farmingdale and the
visiting participants stayed in
Holiday^ Inn and Howard
Johnson's in Plainview. Many
of our own Farmingdale
students participated. A special
thanks goes to our College
Union Board (C.U.B.) and
S.G.A. (Student Government
Association) for being there
from start to finish. They
performed numerous tasks
including decorating, redec-orating
and arranging the
needed rooms; planning events
and answering visitors
q u e s t i o n s as well as
^^socializing.**
There were several out-standing
aspects of this
Conference. During the
daytime, workshops were
constantly being held to give
ideas and guidance to colleges.
Also during the day and early
evening the ''Exhibit Area** was
open to all conference
members. It consisted of
numerous sulls where a wide
selection of people representing
their "goods** could be found.
Among these that seemed to
attract the most attention were:
Funstop, Inc. and Alpha-
Omega Amusements, Inc.,
both dealing with specialized
games for college gamerooms,
and I.G.A.L. (Institute for
Growth and Actualized Living)
who provides colleges with
high-class enteruinment such
as Gil Eagles, the hypnotist and
Chicago City Limits, a satirical
theatre group. But the most
popular display was John
Kolisch Enterprise "The
Phenomena of the Mind.** This
man was a phenomena himself;
he continuaUy proved that he
was a genuine hypnotist as well
as mind-reader (even the
skeptics in the audience were
convinced!). The best was when
Mr. Kolisch hypnotized several
volunteers and was able to
con vice them they were naked!
The audience surrounding the
''naked** people loved it when
each one tried to use his or her
chair to conceal their body.
During the later part of the
evening there was plenty of
entertainment which was very
diversified. However, several
people were heard to complain
about there being too much
going on at once and that you
would have to jog back and
forth to sec it all. This is true, of
course, but the hard part was
deciding who to pay full
attention to since all the
entertainment was superb. For
instance, on Friday evening
most of the major enter-tainment
was located in the
Ram*s Den Tavern where'you
had the pleasure of two
different forms of entertain-ment.
One of these was "Trinity
Two,** an Irish-Dance Band
supplied by Guiness-Harp Co.
(who were also in the Exhibit
Area giving out their own
"stout** and "harp** beer) and
the other was "Chicago City
Limits,** a satirical theatre
group who had everyone
laughing!
It was a little more difficult
to make a decision on Saturday
night: In the Little Theatre
there was an outrageous jazz
band, "Reverie!**, who lured
quite a few people in with just a
sample of their talent. They
were followed by the
movie,"The Blues Brothers,*"
starring those ex-Saturda>
Night Live people: John
Belushi and Dan Ackeroyd.
But, meanwhile in the
Rooseveh Hall Gym the
entertainment lined up was
equal to the band and movie
and also different than these
two. First, there was the live^
and versatile comedian. Marc
McCoUum. His jokes were
original and spoofs on the
usual but even more
imporuntly^ Marc showed
himself to be a talented singer
abd guitarist. There followed a
little later on tlie bank "East
Coast,**a soft-rock band with
two female lead singers and
large back-up band. They
played two long set^ much to
the enjoyment of everyone-including
our own dancing
students. All the weekend
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