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STATEUNIVERSITYOFNEWYORKAT FARMINGDALE VOLUME 68, NUMBER 9
Campus
Police
By Tyrone Campbell
Staff Writer
On Thursday November 2,19951
had the opportunity to speak with Marvin
Fischer, the Assistant Director of the campus
police department. I had the opportunity to
ask a few questions:
Q. Do emergency lights work in an
emergency?
A. "yes, they are supposed to. They are
tested regulary."
Q. Do the inner class rooms with no windows
cause a problem in an emergency?
A."no"
Q. How often is the campus patrolled day
and night?
A. "the campus is patrolled twenty four
hours a day"
Q. Is the campus patrolledby officers in
cars, or on foot, or both?
A. "the grounds are patrolled by officers in
cars and officers on foot when needed, but
with the current budget situation there may
only be one officer on duty."
Q. Are the dorms patrolled by officers?
A. "as needed"
Q. Are all officers capable of performing
CPR, first-aid and other life saving
procedures?
A. "yes, they are"
Q. How many officers are on duty each day
and night?
A. "At the present time we try to have two
patrol officers on duty, butthe present budget
does not permit it."
Q. How many police officers are employed
on this campus?
A. "Thereare four patrol functions. In all
there are fourteen people."
Q. How did the budget cuts effect campus
police?
A."We lost five patrol positions. Our ability
to provide assistance at special events and
student activitieshave been restrestricted.
That also goes for our resources. They
include the supplies we need to operate. We
have been purchasing things on a crisis type
basis. We do not have the man-power to
provide the foot patrol in the residence halls
like we use to provide."
The New York State Campus
Police go through the public safety
academy for their training. The training at
the academy is both physically and
mentally intense. Officers receive trainig
that includes penal law, criminal procedure
law, fu-st aid, CPR, the role of the law
enforcement, defensive tactics, multi-cultural
diversity and university issues. If
the campus officer is required to be armed
then they will receive the proper training
and must complete it. All armed officers
must qualify twice a year.
If you would like to learn more
about campus police, their headquarters
are located next door to the campus
bookstore.
Here are the statistics for
1993 and 1994:
Ornamental Horticulture
Department Wins Award
offense J J ^ im
murder 1 0
rape 0.. 0
non-forceable
sex offense 1 0
robbery 2 0
assault 4 0
burglary 45 .45
car theft 9 7
1995 winner Jennifer Ulsheimer
The Ornamental Horticulture
Department at the State University at
Farmingdale won "The Garden of
Excellence" award at the Planting Fields
Fall Rower and Landscape Show 1995.
The theme of the show was
"Gardens: Past, Present and Future." The
SUNY Farmingdale garden showed the
Long Island Pine Barrens in three
different phases: before the raging forest
fire in August 1995, after the fire and the
forest of the future illustrating the rebirth
of the pine barrens.
The garden was designed and
constructed by Professor Paul Fogelberg's
Landscape Design and Landscape
Construction classes. The classes went to
various pine barren sites on Long Island
to dig the plant material for the garden.
The students then constructed the garden
in the tent at the Planting Fields
Arboretum in Oyster Bay.
Early in the semester, the
Landscape Design class held a
competition for a garden design for the
Planting Fields Fall Flower and
Landscape Show. After a class vote,
Jennifer Ulsheimer's pine barrens garden
was selected. The garden lUustrated the
cycle of life in the Long Island Pine
Barrens before and after the forest fu-e
which burned 2,000 of the 52,000 acres in
the preserve. When dealing with the
forest and the occurrances that have
happened to it, sincerity and kindness are
the keys to fmding a solution to stopping
YOUR STUDENT ACTIVTTY FEE
Every semester, each student
who attends S.U.N.Y Farmingdale must
pay $80.00 for something called the
Student Activity Fee. These monies are
put aside by the school to fund the many
activities that go on at Farmingdale. The
Student Government Association, better
known as the SGA is in charge of such
money. Their budget this year alone was
over a half million dollars. This money
goes to many different things such as the
funding of Fully Funded Units, seeded
clubs, programs, parties, salaries and
insurance.Your money funds all campus
activities from The Islander Yearbook to
The Inter-Dormitory Council. The
majority of the fully funded units and
seeded clubs, as they are called, are held
in Roosevelt Hall. Fully funded units are
those that start the school year with an
ah-eady planned budget. This way those
fully funded organiztions can prepare for
what they will need or what they will
want prior to the beginning of the
semester. Also they wiU be able to watch
$80.00 per semester
one semester equals four months
$80.00 divided by 4 months=
$20.00 per month
$20.00 divided by 4 weeks=
$5.00 per week
$5.00 divided by 5 days=
$1.00 per day
part-time students=$1.75 per credit
their monetary status without exceeding
the budget.. There are a number of fully
funded units here at Farmingdale ; The
Rambler Student Newspaper, WCTF
(radio station), the Backstage Theatre and
the Campus Activity Board. Seeded clubs
are those which are also funded by your
money, but in a different way. Each club
is only given $200 to start; But they may
write proposals for additional funds.
They, unlike the fully funded units must
fund raise to stay afloat, monetarily
speaking. Some seeded clubs include the
Dance Club, Cheerleading, The Rough
Riders (riding) and the Ski Club.
All of these clubs whether they
are fully funded or seeded are funded by
you the student Helping students is the
top priority of the Student Government
Association. The S.G.A. also provides
subsides for programs such as Peer
tutoring, the Visiting Writers Program,
Psychological Services, the weight room
(Rab Factory), The Ram's Den, The
Student Government Association van.
Commuter Resource Center, Promotional
and Advertising Services and Student
Program security.
Clyde Vanel, the Student
Government Association President said
that every student should work together
and unite to make Farmingdale a better
campus. Your money is yours to spend, so
get involved!