tl19700417-004 "April 17, 1970 TOWERLIGHT Brungardt made Associate Dean DR. GILBERT A. BRUNGARDT, current Director Department, has been appointed Associate Dean of the tive September 1, 1970. Dr. Gilbert A. Brungardt, pro-fessor and chairman of the Tow-son State College Department of Music since September, 1967, has been appointed Associate Dean ef-fective September 1, 1970, it was announced Wednesday by Dr. Ken-neth Shaw, Dean of the College. In making the appointment, Dean Shaw said Dr. Brungardt had been enthusiastically endorsed by the Administrator's Selection Committee and that he was de-lighted to have him serve the Col-lege in his very important new role. As well as having a number of other responsibilities, Dr. Brun-gardt will be working with the Fine Arts Department of the Col-lege. Dr. Brungardt earned his Bach-elors degree from Fort Hays Kan-sas State College, his Masters de-gree from Washington University (St. Louis), and his Doctorate at the University of Illinois, Cham-paign, Illinois. He served as a graduate assist- Photo by Quante of the Music College effec-ant and director of choral ac-tivities at Colgate University from 1965-67. Dr. Brungardt had served as Towson State College director of choral activities from 1963-65, be-fore joining the Colgate faculty. Since returning to Towson State, Dr. Brungardt has served as chair-man of the Special Events Com-mittee and has been a member of the Fiscal Committee, Public Rela-tions Committee, Scholarship Com-mittee, and Fine Arts Building Committee. He is a member of a number of professional organizations and serves the community as choir di-rector at the Immaculate Concep-tieon Church in Towson and as a member of the Board of Directors of the Dulaney Valley Symphony Society. Dr. Brungardt will replace Dr. Arthur Madden, who will return to full-time teaching in the fall. Dr. Madden was named acting as-sociate Dean effective January 14, 1970. Page 5 Student police force proposed In order to help alleviate prob-lems regarding parking, automotive thefts, and other security situa-tions, Gene Dawson, Superinten-dent of Security and Transporta-tion, is proposing the establishment of a Student Police Force. Dawson wants the proposed force to be ""the eyes and ears"" of the Security Force. The most impor. tant duty of the Student Police Force would be to patrol the park-ing lots looking for possible park-ing violations, and keeping an eye out for any suspicious behavior. Student policemen would work together as a t,eam,working from 7 am to 7:30 pm, five days a week. A 2-man team would work from 7:30 pm to 3:30 am. Using a walkie talkie, members of the team would be in contact with each other and with the rest of the security force. Turtle derby raises funds Towson's first annual Turtle Derby, sponsored by the College Union Board, was a ""success"" says CUB representative Nancy Naun-ton. Held March 25 on Newell Field, over 200 spectators were reported in attendance. The winner ""Captain America,"" was trained by Richard Shipley. ""Laura B,"" sponsored by Scar-brugh Hall, was the runner-up. ""Laura B's"" trainer was Linda Brown. Trophies were presented to the winning trainers by Vicky Stamas, TSC Turtle Derby Chairman. The trainer of ""Captain Amer-ica"" won a trip to American Uni-versity in D.C. where their turtle will compete against other derby winners from across the nation on April 11, 1970. All proceeds raised at the na-tional derby will be given to the American Cystic Fibrocis Society. Towson's derby was covered by WJZ and WMAR TV and the Sun. If a student policeman noticed anyone acting suspiciously, he would radio contact the Security Office. The Security Office would then send a regular Officer to handle the situation. In this way, the Student would not be placing himself, or anyone else in jeopardy, but would turn over the problem to one trained to handle it. Dawson thinks the Student Po-lice Force would be helpful to the College in a variety of ways. Patrolling of the lots by the student policemen would cut down on parking violations says Daw-son. In order to qualify, tentative re-quirements to the Force would be: good academic standing, possession of a valid driver's license, good physical condition, and a ""clean"" police record. At this time, Dawson has esti- Curriculum enlightens When the Curriculum Committee began its work last Fall, there seemed to be some confusion about the new course numbering system and regulations flowing from it. A subcommittee was established to look at the new system and made a recommendation to the full Committee. This recommendation was amended and finally approved; please regard the statements below as curricular policy. Should there be any questions about the Corn-mittee's statements, or about re-numbering and mobility in general please send them to the Chairman of the Curriculum Committee. (Note: courses numbered 100- 299 are lower division courses, 300- 499 upper division courses, and 500-699 grauate division courses.) � A minimum of 32 credits (1,4 of the credits required for gradu-ation) must be""from upper division courses. � After a student enters his sen-ior year, he may include in his schedule for any one semester no more than two courses from the lower division. Exceptions may be made in the case of transfer stu-dents. � It is strongly suggested that, Susan Spotless cries for ecological improvement by PETER LEBRUN Let's provide a healthy world for racial oppression and war. Sound like a ludicrous statement? Well that's what plenty of people are saying today, except they're using camouflaged terms. The pol-icians are saying it. Time, Life and .Newsweek have jumped on the bandwagon. Even thousands of your fellow college cohorts are con. ciously or unconsciously following the lead. The statement comes under var-ious pseudoynms � the Ecology Movement, environmental abuse. or the ever-popular ""stop the pol-lution."" Many of those flying un-der such banners insist that by controlling population, changing the way technology is used, and getting industry to stop polluting; our environment can be saved. (And in fact all of these are im-portant and have to be done.) But this leads to ask just what do these people mean when they talk about ""our environment?"" The fact is that pollution is only one symptom of the environmental crisis in this country. The solu-tions aren't just scientific but rather, lie with basic changes in our economic and political systems. Let's face it, the ""could give a damn"" competitive nature of our economic system presents a para-dox next to the current ecological talk about ""the incerdependence of the species."" We still live under the crude assumption the ""right to pollute"" is well within the concept of private ownership. Industry sees ollution as primarily a public rela. tions problem, assigned to'one of their public relations ""experts"" who dutifully repair the image rather than the cause (i.e., Baltimore Gas & Electric Co.'s recent Calvert Cliffs snowjob). It has even been proposed that as one solution to the pollution problem, we pay in-dustry to stop polluting. Can you imagine paying Bethlhem Steel $5 million a year to quench the soot and smoke? We are spending spiraling sums on military hardware instead of eliminating hunger and poverty. To the ghetto dweller, talk about environment means the rats and the roaches and lead poisoning. We still waste money and lives in a war we should of never entered and should get out of immediately. It is this disregard of how people live and even human existence itself that should fit into what has been called ""the environmental crisis."" To label our actions in Vietnam an ecological catastrophe would be stating it mildly. Vietnam was once capable of producing a marketable surplus of grains and rice, but now due to American bombing and the indiscriminate use of defoliants Vietnam faces a severe food short,. age. The United States spent $75 million on defoliation in Vietnam last year alone. It may not hurt to mention that more is spent on the war in Vietnam in two years than has been spent on air pollution con-trol in the past ten years. A first step in any concern for the envi-ronment of this or any other coun-try must be a complete end to the war. Environmental quality and hu-man welfare are not inseparable. Under this definition of environ-ment all of the ills of man emerge as environmental problems. Pover. ty, prejudice, health services, mili-tarism, inner cities and pollution all qualify as environmental crises. At a recent ecology teach-in one activist summed it up best when he stated � ""If you're worried about the extermination of seals and sparrows, I suggest you wor-ry about the extermination of thousands of people as part of US foreign policy."" By the way, has anybody seen Susan Spotless? mated the entire cost of the opera-tion annually to be about $8,450. A regular officer would be paid $1.60 an hour, and a student lieu. tenant would be paid $2..00 an hour. The student lieutenant will act as a liaison between the Superin-tendent of Security and the rest of the force; he would also serve as immediate supervisor over the stu-dent officers. The outcome of the proposal will depend on approval by the admin-istration of the project, and the amount allocated to the Security Office for this purpose. At present, the Student Police Force is just an idea; how the idea turns out, will depend on Dawgon and the admin-istration. The University of Maryland, and the Baltimore Community Col-lege already have Student Police Forces. committee students by the end of the Sophomore clas-sification, (64 credit hours), 80% of the general education require-ments be completd. � The standards for selection of courses for graduate credit will be established by the graduate com-mittee. Departments retain the privilege, however, of marking up-per division courses ""not open for graduate chedit."" Screaming siren serves as warning by HARRY PERFATER The next time the school's chimes ring at one o'clock on Monday, don't run around in little circles, jumping up and down screaming ""noise pol-lution."" Instead think to your-self, ""Ah! If there was an impending major disaster, (hurricane, tornado, war or Spiro Agnew making another speech) this would serve as a warning for me to take cover."" The siren serves as a warning and it is tested on Monday to insure its proper functioning. The testing occurs every Monday at one o'clock in or-der to make the inconven-ience as small as possible. People are ""conditioned"" to expect the siren to be tested every Monday at the same time. This little bit of uni-formity eliminates insecurity (in relation to disasters). The siren has a one to two mile audible radius (relative to local conditions). The siren was tested on this cam-pus and a maximum level of 1C.04 decibels was found at fifty feet This level of noise would not be harmful to hear-ing even if it was sounded every day for an even longer period of time. "
