The Towerlight, April 1, 1977

tl19770401-000 "Tiger stickmen rated fourth See page 7 A-ttitrit Dreant of Little Rascals' See pa.ge 4 VOL. LXIX NO. 22 TOWSON STATE UNIVERSITY Rites of Spring: Students prepare for Midterm exams by soaking up solar energy. TL photo by Creig Twilley Wilson, Scott & McLeod elected as BSU officers by Jim Masseron Fatima Wilson, Earl Scott and April McLeod were chosen presi-dent, vice president and treasurer, respectively, of the Black Student Union last Tuesday. Wilson and McLeod ran for office unopposed, while Scott defeated Kevin Barnard, 203 to 71. A total of 280 students voted in the election. BSU President Eric Hanks said the new officers will begin their terms May 1. While neither McLeod nor Scott have been a BSU officer before, Wilson gained experience as the organization's current vice President. Wilson was not available for comment, but Scott and McLeod said one of her main goals will be to maintain better communication be-tween her organization and the SGA, as well as promoting BSU activities. Scott said he will work for unity as vice president. He specifically frowned on making promises, adding he would rather carry out the wishes of BSU members and the Fatima Wilson Young Democrats feel cheated by SGA by Debbie Pelton TSU's chapter of Young Democrats thinks it is being cheated by SGA. The two-year-old club is not funded by SGA, and must raise Money through small fund raisers like bake sales. Patty Grimes, president of TSU's Young Democrats, thinks her club Should receive \ funds like other campus organizations. ""There's no difference between a Political organization and a religious organization,"" said Grimes. ""Both are groups of people trying to Promote an ideology."" Grimes said religious organizations are funded by SGA, therefore, political organi-zations should also receive a budget. Grimes presented her complaint to former SGA Parliamentarian Richard Andrews who asked an employee of the Attorney General's Office about the issue. A letter Andrews received from Glenn Bushel, Assistant Attorney General, said the SGA Senate decides Whether or not to fund political organizations. However, SGA cannot show favoritism toward one group, and Young Democrats is the only Political organization on campus. Now there is another funding Problem, said Grimes, because ""SGA is playing games with our budget hearing."" The Financial Advisory Board (FAB) sets up appointments for the hearings. Grimes said she received a note from FAB postponing the Young Oemocrats' budget hearing and also saying that the board will recom-tOent Senate turn down the Young bemocrats' budget request. Erik Perkins, SGA treasurer and IAB chairman, said the reschedul- LTowerlight will not be publish-ed next week. The next edition will be April 15. ing of the budget hearing was a result of FAB's opposition to funding political organizations. Perkins said FAB thinks Young Democrats is partisan because it has no counterpart on campus. The group can use profit from fund raisers for their cause even if the event is open to all students, said Perkins. He cited an example from Young Democrats' proposed budget that requested $800 for a dance. Organizations usually get $250 for a dance, said Perkins. ""You don't know how they'll spend the excess money,"" Perkins said. He also doesn't think the group knows how to put on a dance effectively. Another reason FAB doesn't think SGA should fund political organiza-tions is because of the response received during the recent SGA election. Most students did not want political or religious organizations to be funded by SGA, said FAB member Diane Szymanski. Representatives of Young Demo-crats will have a chance to state their case when Senate meets in late April. Each organization requesting funds receives about five minutes to present their proposed budget. If the club receives the budget, Grimes said activities the group would like to offer include guest speakers and field trips to Washing-ton and Annapolis. Grime would also like to offer workshops in parliamentary and voting proce-dures. Social events are foremost on Grimes' mind because the club is always seeking new members. Presently, the group has fifteen members. Young Democrats is a national organization with state and local branches. Grimes said she considers the club educational because it examines ""the whole political process, how it affects the individual society"" and ""why one should be involved in politics."" APRIL 1, 1977 black community at Towson State. He did favor the idea of bringing more cultural events to the BSU in addition to general entertainment. McLeod looks forward to her term as treasurer, and said she will attempt to give the Black Student Union visibility as an outlet for black students at TSU. She noted that ""things are definitely better in the SGA now,"" which should make her job as treasurer more desirable. ""Communication within the BSU used to be, and still is, sometimes bad,"" McLeod said. ""Hopefully Fatima, Earl and myself can work on this so more people can know what is going on."" McLeod said she will encourage more students to join the BSU while in office, and noted that in the future her organization will ""hopefully give black students at Towson a better opportunity to voice their feelings and get involved."" No, it's not Johnny Bench, but Dr. Fisher did manage to get his bat on this pitch from newly-elected SGA President John Ruark during Sun-day's SGA-Administration Softball game. Dr. J. was the winning pitcher as he and his fellow Administrators pounded out an 11-8 victory. Jeff Aiken, Junior Class president, said, ""They couldn't have won if we'd taken away their Geritol."" Box Office manager quits citing lack of autonomy by Kathy Pascuzzi Andrea Conlan will leave her post as Box Office Manager April 6. She has held the job for only five months. Bill Edwards, her predecessor, quit in November, citing ""increased demands"" on his time as a reason for leaving. He had held the job only fifteen months. Conlan said the reason she is leaving ""is not the hours, and not the pressure,"" but because the ""autonomy"" she needed as a manager ""was very superficial."" Conlan said ""it will be tough to leave,"" because she has worked at the University for about five years. She said she will miss ""the people I've met, the friends I've made here."" She is ""glad to have been a part of the University."" Conlan said that it was ""terrific"" to have been a part of the University. The Special Services department, where she worked, ""is pretty progressive,"" she said, and she feels she could have made the Box Office ""into something very professional, very organized."" But, Conlan said, she was limited in her efforts because ""decisions were not left to me, meetings were not open to me."" She said that her replacement should be ""a follower, a yes-person, not someone creative or innovative. She said it is ""sad that what happened had to happen."" But she said that ""My way of being a manager involves more human relations, and that doesn't coincide"" with the way the department is run. Conlan said that she ""enjoyed hard work"" and doesn't mind ""working long hours, ""but I need to work with people who will work as a group."" One problem she saw with the department is that, ""It seems that everyone is working out of fear."" It was this pressure, said Conlan, more than the other reasons, that prompted her to make her decision to leave. Because of this problem, she said the Box Office area is ""really regimented, more than any other area in the University."" Conlan said that the reason she accepted the job when it was offered in November was that she ""thought it would be a challenge."" But she said she ""was told one thing (about the job] and it was really completely different."" As a result, she lacked the autonomy she needed to do the job properly. Conlan complained that because she had so many problems with the manager's position, she ""felt worthless at times. There was no ambition, no motivation my way to make me feel that my time was worth it."" She had planned to go on the Box Office tour of Spain, but because of her decision to leave, she will not. Conlan said she would have enjoyed the trip, but feels she's made her decision, and wants to ""stick by it."" Instead of going to Spain, Conlan will ""take a long vacation,"" then reevaluate her career goals and find a new job. Because her decision to quit was so sudden, she has not yet made any plans for the immediate future. Mark London, University Union Manager, said, ""We'll be sorry to lose her."" He said Conlan had ""done an excellent job."" He explained that since Conlan had a background in bookkeeping and clerical work, she was able to ""organize the Box Office records, and financial reports."" London said, though, that the Box Office job is ""a demanding one, that includes a lot of evening and weekend work."" He added that the Andrea Conlan position requires ""a lot of dedication and hard work. It's a real pivotal position in the University Union."" London also said that in such a demanding job, Conlan might have analyzed her personal and career goals, to decide, ""Is the sacrifice worth it?"" He said managing the office has become demanding during the past three years, because of the expansion of the department. ""Anyone who has that job will be in the middle of a storm,"" he said, ""until the growth patterns stabi-lize."" He said that Conlan ""has been a great help,"" and that the manager's position offers more student-admin-istrator contact than ""any other position in the University Union."" London has no one in mind yet to replace Conlan. Black Relations Director needs dynamic personality by William Lombardi The degree of success or failure of the Director of Black Relations will depend on his or her personality, said John Ruark, SGA president-elect. Ruark wants the person who fills this post to have a ""dynamic"" personality. TSU does not need license to sell liquor after all Burch personally signed a four-page opinion which said Towson did not need a license because it is a state institution, and the state has never delegated its rights to the counties pertaining to licensing. However, the situation still is not settled. Al Walsh, director of Dining Services, said the state Comptrol-ler's office has said Towson does indeed need a license. Until a definitive decision is handed down, the school is still using one-day licenses. Walsh said $2,000 would be saved in licensing fees per year, if the need for one-day licenses ends. However, do not expect any savings to be passed on to the student. Walsh explained should the one-day licenses no longer be needed, hard liquor could be purchased wholesale. Since most students drink beer, which the school has always been able to purchase wholesale, there will be no significant price change. Walsh said he sees a savings only in hard liquor, but if there is any savings on the purchase of beer, it will be passed on to the student. A bill (SB 1200) has already been introduced into the State Legislature by Senate President Steny Hoyer to require cities, counties, and state agencies to obtain a license in order to sell alcholic beverages. by Tony Dean After five months of attempts by Towson State to obtain a liquor license, Francis Burch, the state Attorney General, has ruled the university does not need one after all. Wayne Schelle, vice president of Business and Finance, said the decision was quite a shock. Schelle explained that now the school has to buy a one-day license to sell alcohol for each place on campus where alcohol is sold. This amounts to approximately 300 licenses a year at $15 per license. He said a Class C Club license, which costs $500, would eliminate the need for buying licenses day-to-day. TSU originally did not want to ask the Baltimore County Liquor Board for such a license, however, because the Board had denied UMBC and Goucher in their requests for similar licenses. Towson finally decided to go before the Liquor Board after the Board shifted their position some-what and granted licenses to Notre Dame, Morgan and the Naval Academy. Schelle explained it was during the Board's deliberations concern-ing Towson's request for a license that the surprise decision was announced. Ruark and Fatima Wilson, who ran unopposed for president of the Black Student Union, will conduct interviews with potential nominees who they personally request or anyone else who is interested. The main concern of the Director of Black Relations, Ruark said, is to see that blacks are treated fairly on campus, both socially and academi-cally. For instance, the director would maintain contact with the Dining Services Board to see that black DJ's are present at functions in Tiger's Lair. Another responsibility of the Director of Black Relations will be that of advisor and consultant to the SGA president, keeping him up to date about the black situation on campus. Ruark specified that he would have the ""ultimate decision"" over the Director of Black Relations in all matters. The director will be a member of the SGA Cabinet and can lobby at Appropriation Committee meetings in behalf of the BSU. The director will also serve as mediator between the BSU and the SGA. Ruark added that the director would have the responsibility of coordinating the activities of three organizations�the BSU, the Afro- American Cultural Organization and the University's Director of Minority Relations and his staff. Ruark said anyone interested in this position should contact the SGA secretary at 321-2711 anytime after spring break. Classes switched Students are reminded that on Friday, April 15, classes will follow the normal Monday schedule. Classes that regularly meet on Mondays will be held on that date. Following next week's vaca'- tion, classes will resume on Tuesdtv, April 12. President-elect Ruark selects Cabinet members by Debbie Pelton ""I'm very compatible"" with the new Cabinet because we're ""such good friends,"" said John Ruark, SGA President-elect. The new Cabinet, selected by Ruark, consists of a secretary of Organizations, a secretary of Communications, and a director of Black Relations. uark's selections must be confirmed by the Senate when it meets April 12. Diane Szymanski, the present SGA assistant treasurer, is the tentative secretary of Organizations. Her role will be to get dates from Special Services and hold them for SGA and its organization's activi-ties. The secretary also handles complaints from organizations. Next semester, Ruark wants Szymanski to author two short booklets for organizations entitled ""What it means to become an SGA-affiliated organization,"" and ""What it means to become an SGA budgeted organization."" The book-lets are for organizations consider-ing affiliation with the SGA. Monthly meetings with organiza-tions to discuss coordination of campus activities will be another duty of the secretary of Organiza-tions, said Ruark. John Shehan, presently secretary of Organizations, is Ruark's choice for Communications. This position includes handling all public rela-tions for the SGA. If Shehan is confirmed, he will also write the monthly newsletter Ruark plans to send to students. He will be responsible for maintaining information on a corkboard to be placed in the hall opposite the SGA offices. The board will display pictures of SGA officers and personnel, and personal infor-mation such as their phone numbers and addresses. Pictures and per-sonal information about organiza-tion leaders will also be posted along with a calendar of events. Ruark originally wanted a director of Minority Relations in his Cabinet but decided on a director of Black Relations because of past conflicts between the SGA and the Black Student Union. The director of Black Relations will ""specifically handle problems between RS11 and SGA,"" said Ruark, and ""make sure black students are treated appropriately on campus."" Any interested student can be considered for director of Black Relations, said Ruark. He or she will be selected by Ruark and the new BSU president. "