The Towerlight, April 18, 1975

tl19750418-000 "APRIL 18, 1975 TOWSON STATE COLLEGE VOL. LXVII, NO. 21 CAIB passes faculty grants Environment week schedu by Thomas F. Troy From Tuesday to Thursday, 10:00 to 200, April 22-24, in the SGA lobby, the SGA will present Environment Week - a study of environmental Problems as a whole. and the way in which they relate to Towson State. The SGA lobby is located on the second floor of the College Center and all are invited. On Tuesday, there should be speakers from the Baltimore City Sanitation Department and the Maryland Environmental Trust. Also speaking will he Barry Castleman from MaryPIRG to talk on working safety and hazards. Solar energy discussed At 10:00 on Tuesday. Frank Gage From the Task Force Against Nuclear Energy Pollution, Inc., will talk about his efforts to convince legislators of the dangers of Nuclear Energy Plants. His organization recommends the substitution of Solar energy Plants for nuclear plants. At present the eighteen year old Gage has collected at least 5000 petition signatures in support of solar energy plants. At 10:00 on Wednesday, Herbert Bangs from the County Planning and Zoning Commission, will speak on local environmental issues such as zcming procedures and watershed protection. At 11:00, Ms. Linda Smyne from the Better Air Coalition will give a Presentation. Field tour of the Glen A representative of the Soil Conservation Committee will go along on a field trip through the TSC area, including the Glen, the con- struction site and the Towson Run stream (which is developing some Potentially serious erosion problems). This field trip will be held from 12:30 to 1:30. Thursday will wind up the Program with a slide presentation by Dick Nicholson of the Continental Can Company at 10:00. Mr. Nicholson will discuss the various facets of recycling Programs. He has discussed the Possibility of a recycling center with Ted Venetoulis for Baltimore County. Blueprint available At 1:00 David Sturdivant, from Citrnpus Planning, and Wayne %elle, Vice President of the College, Will be on hand to talk about the construction going on between Lida Lee Tall, Smith, Linthicum and Cook, that will be continuing for the next several years. They will have the blueprints of future construction for student inspection. Konrad Herling has several ob-jectives in mind for Environment Week. First of all, he hopes it will i heighten student and faculty lw areness of the work of the physical Pla nt- planning, construction, con-cessions, and landscapings. , Secondly, he feels that this is an xeollent opportunity for students to t 1,4:et the facts on all the construction m hat is going on (and which is already 'king itself felt upon the com- u nitY, as in the walkways between 'Ile College Center, Linthicum and Smith). Committee initiated Finally, and according to Herling most importantly, a new committee Seniors week Plan May 23 - June Week Party, 50c May 26, 27., 28 - Ocean City Trip at Yankee Clipper, $8.00 per person. 3 bays and 2 Nights, 4 in a room. Thursday, May 29 - Playboy Club, Band (Regents), $10 per person. Sold Out Friday, May 30 - Senior Prom, 15 couples, Martin's West, Featuring Black Ice and Penn Lucy Saturday, May 31 - Alumni-Senior Week reception. Sold Out. Sunday, June 1 - Graduation will be born out of the Environment Week. The committee will concern itself with all aspects of en-vironmental and safety protection at Towson State. It will have no legal power, but will act as a ""watch dog"" to alert the administration to problems that require action, and be sufficiently outspoken to get action. The committee will consist of SGA appointees, and student and faculty members of various academic departments - biology, geography, health science, chemistry and physical science. The committee will replace a similar one of several years ago which died from lack of real activity. In view of the construction and the students stake in it, Herling believes that there will be ample need and interest in a new committee. by Marlene Milder Towson State has become the first college in the country to honor those faculty members exhibiting out-standing teachership with monies taken from student fees. The College Advancement and Improvement Board unanimously passed the $3,000 grant initially asked for by the Student Government Association. With this allocation, ten $250 grants will be extracted along with $100 going for plaques, and $300 going for publicity. David Cochran, Chairperson of CAIB feels, ""Towson has a good faculty with at least 10 and probably more faculty members deserving money for their outstanding work."" Unique idea merits attention Money for CAIB comes from 5% of the student fees (approximately $1.60) used for funding special projects. ""We decided to pass this allocation becuase it's a unique idea having students voluntarily give back some of their fees to faculty mem-bers."" Assuming the project remains creditable, the SGA will probably budget themselves next year, maintained Cochran. ""By our nature we're not here to fund projects on a continuing nature, but rather fund experimented projects,"" he added. Citing this as a ""revolutionary idea,"" David Nevins, President-Elect of the Student Government Association said ""Any student giving back fee money shows how well the school is thought of."" A committee to determine deserving faculty members has still not been selected. It will be com-prised of 9 honor students with at least one from every associate deans' cumulative average. ""This will not run into a popularity contest,"" maintained Nevins, ""because these honor students aren't prejudiced because they have ob-tained their grades."" Nominations open Nominations for Outstanding Faculty Grants will be open to all students, faculty, and staff members for one month. Nomination sheets will be available. The name of the faculty member, his department, and the student making the nomination should be submitted along with a 1- 300 word description of why the faculty member is deserving of the award. The committee will work all summer, talking with students, faculty members and associates. Plausible criteria for narrowing the list will include student committee-people, attending classes, and speaking with faculty members and students. By mid-October, the committee should have selected the 10 outstanding faculty -members. Not considered prostitution ""I compare this to the Pulitzer Prize for journalists,"" said Nevins, ""and this will not be a prostitution of the teaching professors but rather an acknowledgement of outstanding work."" Senators consider rule changes With Lucy Reed as acting chairperson, the Senate Tuesday discussed standing rules, committee S chedules, and organizational guidelines. A resolution by Senator Fran Schramm to repeal and re-adapt certain portions of the standing rules of the Senate was given a favorable report by the Government Ap-propriations Committee. In the revised rules, the number of readings a bill receives is reduced from three to Iwo. Also revised were procedures for allowing gallery members to Jazz ensemble needs funds by Lisa Wadsworth . - Discussion has arisen recently as to tte exact nature of student fees in relation to Hank Levy's jazz ensemble awl the athletic department. In the April 11 issue of this publication, Hank Levy expressed in a letter-to-the- editor his despondence con-cerning the unfair allotment of student funds with his group com-pletely missing any financial allocations. Mr. Levy contends that students funds are being ""polarized"" away from all of the performing arts on this campus, especially those in the music department. Does not want it all Hank Levy stated that he did not want all of the funds or even a major portion of it. All he requests is that he be allotted enough money for his ensemble to be able to compete in inter-collegiate jazz competitions. The jazz ensemble is not given any money whatsoever for competitions as of now. Kathy Kolar, SGA treasurer, commented that to the best of her knowledge, Hank Levy never ap-proached her or the SGA Senate for funds. She was surprised that Levy was disturbed over the student fee issue. Kolar implied that it would be unlikely that anyone in the SGA would deny the ensemble money for competition. Levy spoke to ex-treasurer Rudi Forti over the matter of money for his band to alleviate traveling costs. No action was taken by Forti. Strict guidelines adhered to Dr. Mienhardt athletic director, explained that all of the money his department receives from student fees are bound by rules set up by an inter-collegiate board of athletics. He has strict guidelines to follow for his various expenditures in men's athletics, women's athletics, and intramural sports. ""I feel for Hank, he must un-derstand our position is a set position,"" pleaded Dr. Mienhardt. Hank Levy stressed that he was not after athletic funds. He feels that appropriate funds and attention should be paid to the fine and per-forming arts as well as the athletic department. Dr. Brungardt of Academic Af-fairs noted that the chairman of the music department is budgeted a small ((mount of money for traveling ex-penses. This money is not enough to support all of the bands, choirs, or ensembles. ""I don't want to undercut the aspirations of the Fine Arts. I will give them money when I can but there just isn't enough money to give for travel,"" stated Dean Brungardt. A major advantage to have traveling ensembles from Towson, is that the concerts tend to stabilize enrollments, � added Dr. Brungardt. Touring musical groups are a great recruiting source for new admissions from different parts of the country. In order to help alleviate the financial strain from Levy's par-ticipation in jazz competitions, he is Charging admission to his April 20 concert. This disturbs Levy because he feels all of his concerts should be free to the student body. Until his ensemble can be granted more money, his admission costs will remain. speak. was passed. At the end of the meeting, and after prolonged discussion and amendment, the measure received final passage. Reasonability? Senators acted on a resolution concerning the scheduling of com-mittee meetings. Senator Mike Hill asked for a definition of -reasonability"" in a clause calling for meetings to be held ""at reasonable hours."" Schramm explained that the proposal had originally read ""working hours."" Finding this restrictive to some committee members, the language was changed to ""reasonable hours."" Hill suggested the bill be amended to define reasonable hours as ""8 a.m. IC) 10 p.m. weekdays."" Hill's defining amendment was approved and the whole hill passed second reading. Guidelines return Senator � Jim Tiganelli, head of Government Operations Committee reintroduced the much debated ""guidelines for SGA organizations"" bill. Disputed clauses such as requirements for faculty or staff advisors were deleted. Senator Terry Fernstein proposed that organizations contact the SGA Bookkeeper ""at least four weeks before an event for financial procedures"" instead of the required three. Treasurer Kathy Kolar sup-ported the measure saying that the our week period was definitely needed. Lucy Reed noted that the SGA public relations office needed at least three weeks to arrange publicity. Four weeks ""detrimental"" When Martha Retd suggested the ""four week"" limit would be detrimental to some organizations, Schramm noted that at present, most organizations would be in violation of guidelines. She suggested however, that action would not be taken against organizations. Fernstein's amendment was accepted, and the bill passed second and third readings. In other action, the Senate ap-proved an appropriation of $1,412.00 for construction of additional office space on the second floor of the college center. Further ap-propriations for office furniture and other items were not considered by the committee pending further cost breakdowns. Psi Chi funds A bill introduced by Senator Bob Hayden requesting $260.00 for a speaker was approved. The speaker, Dr. William Fisher, will address the Towson Psi-Chi National Psychology Honor Society next week. The constitutions of the Towson Table Tennis Association and the Student Chapter of the American Chemical Society received final approval. Americanf! - Liberty or Death! - Join or Die! Towerlight,,,e All the NATIONAL and DOMEFTICK NEWF The Americanf Are Coming!"" Listen, my children, and you shall hear Of the midnight ride of Paul Revere, On the eighteenth of April in '75 Hardly a man is now alive, who remembers that famous day and year. These famous lines from Longfellow are being spread throughout the land today as a relay ride from Minuteman Park in Massachusetts to Washington, D.C. is being initiated by 4-H clubs along that route. ""Wake Up America"" Relay Ride is being sponsored by the New Spirit of '76 Foundation. It starts today and will end at the Ellipse south of the White House on May 4. Locally, the Baltimore County 4-H members will meet riders from Harford County at the county border on Baldwin Mill Road about noon on April 30th. Each pair of riders will ride a two to three mile stretch of the relay as they come across to Cockeysville and then thru the Worthington Valley. On May 1st they will ride into the Green Spring Valley and through McDonough and Ran-dallstown, then to the Howard county 'inc. ""The British are coming! The British are coming!"" Bofton f Cradle Being Rocked by Ronald Wolfe ""Whenever the Cause of American Freedom is to be vin-dicated, I look towards the Province of Massachusetts Bay."" ""My father came out here from Ireland to find freedom. Now I take my children out of school for their safety. Where is the freedom my father came here to find?"" As the nation begins to celebrate its 200th Anniversary, Boston is in the forefront as the ""cradle of freedom."" What was it like then, and what is it like now'? The first quote was written by a Philadelphia pamphleteer John Dickinson, who also wrote a series of From FRIDAY April 18 .to FRIDAY April 25 articles as a ""Pennsylvania farmer"" which helped fan the fires of revolution in Boston. Boston sent out Paul Revere, William Dawes, and Dr. Samuel Prescott to warn the minutemen at Concord so that the stores of supplies there could be removed. Revere and Dawes were captured before they could complete their mission, but Prescott did get through. Other events taking place in Boston or around it included the Tea Party, Boston Massacre, strong reaction to the stamp act via the newspapers (of which Boston had more than any other city), Bunker (Breeds) Hill, and the siege of Boston and evacuation of British troops. Boston had more newspapers than any other colony and they were freer to print the news and political opinion and debate than were most other papers in the colonies. Today the papers of Boston are also fulfilling the same function as then - informing the people of hap-penings that other cities are watching closely. The second quote is from a South Boston Irish American. Boston is enmeshed in the busing issue which has again inflamed Bostonians of all races. More than 200 arrests, and over 200 injuries have occured since the order. At one point Federal troops were alerted to possible riot duty to enforce the integration plans. Like the revolution, other major east coast cities of N.Y., Baltimore, and Philadelphia are awaiting the outcome. Also under way in Boston is an appeal of the conviction of a Black doctor who was found guilty of manslaughter in a legal abortion. Many, including the doctor, feel that racial bias played a part in his con-viction. Equality and freedom, two nebulous terms, appear to still be at issue in Boston, while others ""look towards the Province of Massachusetts Bay."" Lexington Attacked AMERICANS! forever bear in mind the BATTLE of LEXINGTON! Where British troops, unmolested and un-provoked, wantonly and in a most cruel manner fired upon and killed a number of our countrymen, then robbed them of their provisions, ransacked, plundered and burnt their houses! nor could the tears of defenceless women, some of whom were in the pains of childbirth, the cries of helpless babes, nor the prayers of old age, confined to beds of sickness, appease their thirst for blood! - divert them from their DESIGN of MURDER and ROBBERY' �from a revolutionary handbill Few Heard ""the shot"" by George F. Will WASHINGTON - Perhaps there would have been less history-making confusion on Lexington green that morning 200 years ago - April 19, 1775 - if everyone had spent a more restful night. But the 700 redcoats had been marching from Boston since mid-night, and the colonists' sleep had been disturbed by that silversmith who had spread alarm through every Middlesex village and farm. No one knows who shot first at Lexington, but Major Pitcairn's redcoats shot best. The colonists wounded Pitcairn's horse. The redcoats killed eight colonists, and advanced on to Concord. At Concord the British spoiled some flour, damaged three iron guns, cut down a Liberty pole, and fought a skirmish at the rude bridge that arched the flood. The British had to conduct a fighting retreat. When the last redcoat straggled back into Boston, he carried with him the last remnant of British rule in New England. An armed conflict had become inevitable by spring, 1775: too many people ,had talked themselves into a corner, too many troops were under arms. But an arduous eight.year rebellion was not inevitable. If the minutemen had not stood and fought at Concord's North Bridge, and had not pursued the redcoats back to Boston, the leaders of the colonial rebellion would have concluded, sadly, that the American people had no stomach for opposing regular troops. Actually, the colonial leaders - the politically 'active class - were more ardent for rebellion than was the general public. When the fighting began, about 25 percent of the colonists favored rebellion, 25 percent were loyalists, and 50 percent just said, ""Oh, damn!"" Opinion also was divided in England, as reported by historian George Otto Trevelyan: ""The American war, from the outset to the finish, was an open question in English society. A general or colonel, who had refused to take a command against the colonists, lived comfortably and pleasantly with his country neighbors. The strong Tory politicians among them might grumble against him as fanciful or factious; but much harder things would have been said about him if he had shot foxes, or given a piece of ground for the site of a Non-conformist chapel."" King George II tried to solve his manpower problems by hiring German mercenaries - the Hessians. It was a fateful blunder. The com-portment of the Hessians did more than Locke's Second Treaties to turn colonists against the House of Hanover. The rebellious governments had their own problems raising an army. Among the �-olonies' 700,000 white males between 18 and 60, the ""troops,"" including militia, numbered 90,000 - lialf of whom had no weapons. The will to wage war, and hence the general passion for independence, can be gauged by the fact that the Continental Congress paid its soldiers with bogus money that quickly depreciated to one percent of face value. The rebellious legislatures would have killed the war stone dead in a month if they had tried to tax the populus enough to pay for the war honestly. Thus a hardheaded South Carolinian who visited Williamsburg on the eve of war and heard a lot of blazing rhetoric said that this was the most eloquent speech he heard: ""I will raise one thousand men towards the relief of Boston, and subsist them at my own expense."" The plain-speaking gentleman was Col. George Washington. continued on pg. 2 "