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April 28, 1972
Volume XXV No. 11
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Photo by Prick Hoopes
Students march through the Administration Building to present
their demands.
SDS demands commitment:
Fisher insists on
college neutrality
by Mike Dilworth
Towson State Students for a
Democratic Society and a small
number of supporters last Friday
demanded that President James
L. Fisher issue a public
statement calling for complete
and immediate withdrawal of all
U.S. troops, corporations, and
diplomats from Southeast Asia.
Fisher refused and
maintained that the institution
must remain neutral in order
that members of the community
may be free and encouraged to'
voice their opinions about such
affairs.
The confrontation took place
in the second floor lobby of the
Administration Building
involving 60 demonstrators and
members of the College
Administration.
Approximately 200 students
had gathered at a rally on the
mall in front of Linthicum to
protest the presence of military
recruiters on campus, the
escalated bombing in Southeast
Asia, and to call for a campus
wide strike.
The rally dispersed after a
half-hour of SDS speakers. A
small contingent then marched
to the Administration Building
to present their demands. The
remainder stayed on the mall
and listened to SGA presidential
candidate, Jesse Harris, urging
people to vote. Enroute to the
Administration Building, the
marchers walked through
Linthicum Hall and the College
Center to gather support.
“STRIKE,” in large red
letters was painted on the side of
Smith . Hall sometime early
Friday morning. Responding to
charges that the SDS was
responsible, John Young of SDS
said they played no part in
either the painting of Smith Hall
or the setting off of fire alarms
in Linthicum earlier Friday
morning. Informed sources have
indicated that the fire alarms
were set by students not wanting
to take a test that morning.
Because the College would
not act to ban military recruiters
from Towson, the SDS had
originally planned to hold a sit-in
at the Placement Office. But the
Air Force recruiter called off
their scheduled meeting with
students this week. SDS
leader, John Young said, “We’ll
get recruiters off campus
ourselves.” Young said a sit-in
may be held May 4 and 5 when
Marine recruiters are scheduled
to meet with students.
Richard Firestone, President
of the Maryland Chapter of
Young Americans for Freedom
and a Towson student, called the
SDS demonstrators “ridiculous”
and said SDS is trying to use the
campus as a political tool.
Firestone also attacked the
National Student Association’s
planned strike and other left
wing organized movements. He
said, “We in Y.A.F., in keeping
with our general beliefs for
individual and student rights and
academic freedom, reject the
SDS demands and their call for
the strike.”
Towson State College
Towson, Maryland 21204
Harris wins
presidency
by Jud Almond
Jesse Harris has defeated
John Kipper and incumbent
Steve Murphy for the Presidency
of the Student Government
Association. In a record voter
turnout, 1,536 students cast
their ballots in last week’s
executive elections.
Harris received 944 votes,
winning a clear majority over
Murphy and Kipper, who
received 396 and 164 votes
respectively.
Craig Schloer defeated Bill
Dean for the vice presidency, by
a vote of 861 to 554, and
incumbent Rick Danoff defeated
Bill Michel, 811 votes to 632.
Outgoing Vice President Lew
Olshin, a senior, served as
chairman of the elections
committee. Other members
present when the voting
machines were opened at 5 p.m.
last Friday were Robert
Leatherwood, Ruth Grant, Pete
Finkelstein, Charlie Barkley, and
Mike Nohe.
After meeting in the SGA
office to confirm the balloting
and sign the tally sheet to be
posted, Olshin and members of
the winners to a small group
who had gathered to await the
results.
Harris looked pleased to learn
that he had been given the
mandate of the student body, as
did Schloer and Danoff.
Photo by Prick
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The Towson State Fine Arts Building, currently under construction,
will be completed next spring.
Progress report:
Fine Arts building
slated for spring 73
Congratulations and handshakes
followed.
Incumbent Steve Murphy was
not on hand to learn of his
defeat, and showed great
displeasure upon his return to
the SGA office Monday.
Murphy is reported to
have said that he had been
disappointed with classes at
TSC, and that all he had was his
position in student government.
According to sources within the
SGA, Murphy is considering
taking a job and finishing
school at night. Murphy has
remained unavailable for
comment.
Harris has spent most of the
past week making plans to take
over the Presidency June 1,
familiarizing himself with
various aspects of the Student
Government. He and his fellow
officers-elect have met several
times to work out plans of
action.
by Kathy Wit chit a
The Towson State Fine Arts
Building, eight years in the
planning and two years under
construction, will be completed
for the 1973 Spring semester,
according to directors and
coordinators of the project.
Concerning the over-all
progress of the $7.5 million
construction, located on Osier
Drive, Dr. Gilbert Brungardt,
Dean of Fine Arts, stated, “It is
on schedule and moving right
along.”
Stanley Pollack, building and
color coordinator for the
project, and chairman of the Art
department, said that there has
been “excellent co-operation
from everyone concerned.”
Pollack expressed his
satisfaction with respect to the
smoothness of the operation. He
said, “We’ve been very lucky
because there have been no real
shortages and only one very
brief labor problem.”
New road planned
Pollack also said that the
construction of a road is in
progress and will be situated
between the Fine Arts Building
and the athletic field.
Three departments will
occupy the structure: Music,
Theater, and Art.
With respect to the building’s
interior, Pollack stated, “It is
not going to be as plush as the
Student Center. . .everything is
going to be spartan but
functional.”
Concerning the financial end
of the project, Wayne Schelle,
Vice-President of Business and
Finance, said ’There were initial
problems. . .there was a period
of time when we were about $2
million short of what the
academic requirements were for
the buiiding.”
Schelle stated however, that
the federal government and the
state each supplied $1 million
and overcame the shortage.
The basic cost of the Fine
Arts Building was 6.1 million. In
addition to this figure, Schelle
stated, “The building has
approximately $500,000 in
operating equipment in our
1973-74 operating budgets and
approximately $700,000 in
capital equipment that’s been
funded in our 1973 capital
budget. We’ve also received
funding in our 1973 capital
budget for $200,000 of sight
improvements.” This brings the
total of the building to $7.5
million.
Schelle commented that he
“is delighted with the funding of
the building, we weren’t
required to cut back some of its
really nice parts.”
According to Leon Herring,
Physical Plant Supervisor, the
project “is moving along very
rapidly. It looks like it will be
finished on time. 1 don’t foresee
any delays in the contract right
now.”
Index
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page 2 . commentary
page 3 . .
pages 4-7 .
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pages 10-11 . . . . .
news briefs
pages 12-13 .
page 15 .
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