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Volume 25, Number 3 POMONA, N.J. October 8, 1982
Oktoberfest--A New Tune By John Marston
toberfest 1982 was an almost totally
new event this year as compared to those
held in past years. Many changes were
deemed necessary just to make it possible
for the Stockton tradition to continue.
Responsibility for organization of the
Fest went, as in the past, to the Program-ming
Board of Campus Activities. Paul
Rimmle was in charge of coordinating
the Oktoberfest.
The most evident change made was
a change in the site of the event. Having
always been held at Cabin 4, it was held
for the first time at the baseball field
located next to Housing II. The prime
reason for the move was attendance,
according to Rimmle. Over 2,200 people
were expected, an accurate approximation.
Many students objected to the change in
site, claiming that loss of the natural
surroundings, evident at Cabin 4, took
away from the atmosphere. But, according
to Ranee Catlin, a major coordinator of
the event, had the Fest remained at the
cabins, there would have been a cramped
atmosphere leading to confrontations.
The larger area made for more space and
kept heads level.
Also new this year was the enclosure
of the Fest, as it was completely sur-rounded
by a fence. This was the biggest
student complaint. Once admitted, fest-goers
had to remain inside the area, as
opposed to the open policy in past events.
Forum On
Beirut
By Bill Mackin
In response to the news of the massacres
in Beirut, the General Studies program
sponsored an open forum dealing with
these tragic events.
The forum took place on September
30, at 4:45 p.m., in room B-115 and was
moderated by Bill Sensiba of the Political
Science faculty. Featured speakers were
Fred Brandfon and Sherm Labovitz; Bill
Daly, who was also slated to speak, was
unable to attend.
Approximately 50 people, including
faculty and students, were in attendance
and more filed in during the course of the
forum.
The forum was intended to enable the
Stockton community to discuss the issues
around the Sabra and Chatilla refugee
camp masssacres. In order to accom-modate
audience reaction and partic-ipation,
the speakers were limited to 15
minutes each.
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Buddies revel at this year's Fest. Photo By Bernadette Halt
Necessity for enclosure was due to another also beertenders^who could have faced
new rule, the prohibition of outside alcohol, legal trouble. If a person had been served
This in order to protect festgoers, but a little beer, but a quantity of outside
alcohol, and had he then gone on to do
something illegal, the beer pourer would
have been held liable.
A major problem,particularly blamed
on the fence,was tne long admission
lines. Festgoers had to be admitted into
the area before being able to mingle with
friends. At prior fests, one could be with
friends and pay later, thus lines were not
long. As many as eight lines were opened
up to accomodate Saturday's crowd, but
some prospective festgoers left, disgusted
with the wait.
Some students suggested advance ticket
sales would have helped. However, it
would have created havoc as there would
have been problems distinguishing those
of legal drinking age from those who
were not.
Some students disliked the high prices
for tickets. Seven dollars was charged to
outside guests, four dollars for Stockton
students, and two dollars for non-beer
drinkers. But what was not understood
was that one dollar from all tickets sold
benefitted the Australian Memorial Fund
for the families of the Stockton Australian
transfer students that had passed away.
(The Fest collected $2,500 for the fund).
The Argo was apparently the primary
source of Oktoberfest information, as
printed in an advertisement, for most
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Stockton Pub Robbed
Fred Brandfon addresses forum.
Photo By Bernadette Halt
By Helen Mac Murray
The Stockton Pub on Route 30 was
robbed at gunpoint on Monday night
according to Galloway Township police.
Three men with a sawed off shotgun
locked the owner and several bar patrons
in the bathroom while they escaped with
$300.
Two of the alleged thieves had been in
the Pub drinking and playing pool for a
half hour before the robbery. As one
man jumped over the bar5 another pulled
out the shotgun. The two men then fled
with the contents "of the cash register.
A third man, whom police believe
handed the shotgun through a window, was
waiting outside the Pub with a getaway
car running.
Galloway police believe that this crime is
related to similar robberies that have
ocurred in Atlantic County.
The suspects were described as His-panic,
one, a 5 foot 11 male with a
moustache and medium Afro haircut,
was wearing dark pants and a high
collared blue shirt. The second was a
short, thin male, who was wearing a light
Continued on page 9 Computer
Speech
Dr. Hubert Dreyfuss, a nationally
prominent expert on artificial intelligence
and computers, will be the special guest
speaker on Founders' Day, October 15,
next Friday. Professor Dreyfuss, a mem-ber
of the philosophy department at the
University of California at Berkeley,
will discuss "Why Computers Can't
Think," at 10 a.m. in A-Wing Auditorium.
All members of the Stockton community
are welcome. Dreyfuss' appearance is
also a part of this year's theme of Science,
Technology, and Human Values. Classes
that are part of the theme are likely to
find Dreyfuss' lecture particularly stim-ulating.
The Stockton Bookstore is selling
copies of Professor Dreyfuss' contro-
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