tl19780428-000 "TL Photo by Mark Gail Springfest nets $2,600 by Judy Gorman The fifth annual Springfest celebration successfully achieved both its goals -- to make money for the Residence House Councils and to promote student involvement with the community, despite cool weather both Friday and Saturday evenings, according to Chairman Dave Dobbs. Receipts totaled approximately $2600 this year from the activities held at Burdick Field, April 21-23. The largest percentage was made from Shaw & Son's Carnival rides. The Residence Council received 25% of the carnival's intake, which amounted to $1459.41, said Dobbs. About $700 was made from space rentals to vendors, organizations and arts and crafts exhibits, and Beta Sigma Tau Epsilon's Beer Garden brought in an estimated $400. Beta had previously bid to donate 57% of its intake to the Residence Council in order to secure the right to run the garden. The hot air balloon rides constituted the only financial loss of the weekend's activities. The rental cost of the balloon for Saturday evening was $300, and the intake from rides only amounted to $66. ""That doesn't bother me,"" said Dobbs. He explained this was the first year hot air balloon rides were offered, and there may have been some reluctance by would-be riders to spend three dollars for a ride when the balloon is anchored to restrict its altitude to under 90 feet. Dobbs said the more important aim of Springfest was involvement. He claimed that there was more involvement with Towson students and more representation from Residence Council this year. In an effort to promote more community involvement and to gain additional publicity, 27 children from Villa Maria, a local children's home, were guests at the opening night of Springfest. After the children were treated to dinner by ARA in Newell Dining Hall, they viewed the movie, ""The Great Race,"" at the University Union, and then were treated to free carnival rides. ""It went off without a hitch,"" said Dobbs and ""the kids left with smiles from ear to ear."" Dobbs hopes that this action will become a traditional part of the Springfest activities in future years. The Centurions Skydiving Team, who performed Sunday afternoon, was one of the major crowd pleasers, according to Dobbs. Towson's gymnastics team exhibi-tion and the Jazz Ensemble were also popular. Dobbs was also pleased with the turnout at Thursday night's disco, held in the Union, from 8 p.m. to midnight. Dobbs listed the antique auto display, the hot air balloon rides, and the children coming from Villa Maria as highlights of the weekend. ""These are things that don't, happen every week,"" Dobbs said. Cool weather didn't keep the child (shown left) from trying her hand at winning a goldfish. Other attractions at Springfest included rides (above) and Centurions Skydiving Team (shown right). ""It went off without a hitch,"" said Springiest Chairperson Dave Dobbs. TL Photo by Mike Ciesielski Otvertt VOL. LXXI No. 24 TowsoN STATE UNIVERSITY April 28 1978 Rock and roll revisited by Kathleen Norjen Dick Clark, host of ' American Bandstand, appeared at the Towson Center last Friday night for one and a half hours of joking and reminiscing about the 50's era and his career. Clark began his talk 15 minutes late, by stating that ""this is going to be an informal evening folks. I hope you'll enjoy He then relaxed the audience with a few jokes pertaining to previous Speaker Series performances. ""You know, they smelled my breath when I got in to see if Truman had gotten to me"" (referring to author, Truman Capote's abbreviated performance at the Towson Center last Novem-ber). Clark pointed out that many things have changed from the 1950's to the 1970's. ""Back then when you had a roach, you stepped on it, and a joint was a place you went to have a beer. To many of you this is going to be an Ancient History lesson."" Clark then showed film clips of stars who made their first television appearance on ""American Band-stand."" They included Connie Francis, Frankie Avalon (""This was taken when men had ears.""), Stevie Murray voted to Cabinet by Kathy Norjen John Shehan, SGA president, has named Milissa Murray to fill the posi-tion of Director of Organizations. Murray, who was confirmed by the Senate Tuesday, ran for vice presi-dent on the opposing ""Face to Face"" ticket during last month's election. But, according to Shehan, the fact that they were on opposing tickets does not mean that they can't work together. ""The election is over now. We were all close !Campus Unity and Face to Face], and everyone had a good cam-paign, so I don't foresee any problems developing. I think Milissa will be a big plus for the SGA,"" Shehan said. ""Arlene and Bonnie know the groups and have worked with them in the past. It is a lot easier for everyone involved to transfer the duties to them than to hire outside the University. In this issue Th Star Trek: Towson State students ex-plore outer space Page 5 Digging Deeper: Research is becom-ing the rule rather than the exception for Towson faculty Page 7 Heat: It was a hot night in more ways than one when Robert Palmer visited the Towson Center Sunday ....Page 9 Coming Home: Jane Fonda climbs to new heights with her latest effort. Page 10 Women's Lacrosse: The Tiger ladies finished second behind their College Park counterparts at the state tourna-ment Page 11 On the Diamond: The Towson nine wins five straight, starts a crucial week tomorrow against the Mount. Page 1,Z,/ They I the bookkeepers I are very hap-py with Milissa,"" said Shehan. Much of the work involved' in scheduling activities, date, places, etc. for every SGA organization will be handled by SGA bookkeepers, Arlene Campeggi and Bonnie Strobel. The women will handle the added work as well as their usual duties, and gradually shift responsibilities to Murray. However, most of the paper work involved will remain within the Business Office leaving Murray more time to help each organization in-dividually. ""However, should we find that the bookkeepers are too overwhelmed with the added work we will still hire someone outside of the University to assist them with the extra paper work,"" he added. When Murray's confirmation came up before the Senate last Tuesday, two Senators, Betsy Hendrickson and Valerie French, abstained from voting on Murray citing not enough in-formation to base a decision on. Despite the two abstentions, Mur-ray was confirmed by the Senate by a 12-2 margin. Milissa Murray is now Director of Organizations. TL Photo by Mike Ciesielski Course omitted from booklet Life and Career Planning: Day Sections 4901.121 Section 001-2 credits M 1:00-2:50 Maloy, C. Section 002-2 credits W 1:00-2:50 Clay, C. Section 003-2 credits Th 1:00-2:50 Lisansky, R. Evening Sections 4901.121 Section 101-2 credits Tues. 5:00-6:50 Spivack, J. Section 102 Thur. 7:00-8:50 Floyd, B.-2 credits Wonder, Pat Boone, the Mama's and the Papa's, Neil Sedaka (""He looks like a teller at the local First National Bank!""), and Bobby Darin. There were many critics of the relatively new Rock and Roll style of music. ""Frank Sinatra hates the art form. Probably because one of his daughters (Nancy) was married to a rock and roll singer (Tommy Sands)."" But one of the main critics of that time was bandleader Mitch Miller. He had very little tolerance for rock and roll music. Clark began tracing the Band-stand era from 1952 when it was the highest rated radio program in history. Clark was a disc jockey at the Philadelphia station and when the founders of the show split up a few years later, Clark inherited the host position. In 1957 Clark took the Bandstand format (now a local TV show), to ABC. One of the network's executives asked ""Who the hell would want to watch a bunch of kids dance to Rock and Roll Music?"" ""He was not one of the wisest men I've ever met,"" Clark said. In 1957 the program made its national debut, under the new title of ""American Bandstand."" It became an instant hit. During its first day on the air, 67 stations picked it up. Miller, one of Bandstand's staunchest critics, couldn't under-stand this reaction. ""You wouldn't invite a bunch of unwashed kids into your living room to meet the family,"" he said. Another change in attitudes Clark has noticed in the past twenty years, is the number of black people on television. ""When our program first went on the air, there were no blacks, other than the stars, on the show."" Sometime later, Clark broke the barrier by having a black teenager on American Bandstand. He claimed he had never been so nervous as when talking to the youth on the show. After the hour and a half, he rushed backstage to see what the public's reaction had been. But there had been no phone calls, and no unfavorable response to this change. Dick Clark, host of ""American Bandstand,"" spoke at the Towson Center last Friday night. TL Photo by Mark Gail During the 50's when the American Bandstand entourage did a concert, it lasted for four hours and only cost the spectators $1.50 to get in. During those days, Clark performed in small halls and gyms and each concert featured a ""romantic teen idol"" as the headliner. ""For the last performance of the evening we always let the headliner perform. While he was out on stage, the rest of us would go out and load up the bus. At the end of his performance, all the girls in the audience would rush up and start ripping at his clothes. But by then, we'd all be in the bus, packed and ready to go. We left as soon as the performer escaped from the fans,"" Clark said. The group spent the night in a hotel, every other night. They spent the odd nights driving to their next destination. Clark has endorsed many pro-ducts through commercials during his long career, but finds the ""outtakes"" of these ads the most 'memorable. Clark was doing a commercial for Alpo dog food and was talking about how good it is for the dog and how much they enjoy the taste, but the dog in the ad had other ideas. He walked up to the dish, sniffed the food, and walked away. Clark ended his talk on this note after 50 minutes, and then fielded questions from the audience for the next half hour. The questions ranged from punk rock (""I don't think punk rock will last out the year,"" Clarke said.) to the late Elvis Presley. ""His death was a terrible shock. My first thought was 'what on earth will I say?' Elvis was one of the most Influential entertainers on earch, but one of the least creative. I say that with love. He was a prisoner of his own success. That was one of the reasons for his death,"" said Clark. Ho closed off the evening by announcing his upcoming NBC special. The 48-year old Clark will star in a live variety show which will air later this spring. Naughton named rep. for broadcasting society by Richard B. Diehl Brian R. Naughton, Mass Com-munications department instructor, has been named the East-Central Regional Representative for the National Honorary Broadcasting Society, a student and professional group dedicated to the broadcasting profession. Naughton will represent Mary-land, District of Columbia, Dela-ware, Virginia, West Virginia, and North Carolina to the national organization of the N.H.B.S. until his term expires 'during the 1979 convention in April. Naughton is currently working on a doctorate in radio, television, and film from Bowling Green State University in Ohio. He has taught at Towson for two years. Before coming here, he taught at Marquette University in Milwaukee, Wisconsin and the University of South Dakota. The Towson chapter of N.H.B.S. became the only chapter in the Maryland, D.C. and Delaware area when it began last spring. The chapter now has nine student members and four professional members including Naughton. On October 21, Towson will be the site of a convention for those in the east-central region. The members of Towson's chapter will attempt to find inexpensive or free accommo-dations for their guests. The N.H.B.S. publishes newslet-ters, stages awards competitions, provides placement services and sponsors guest' speakers as well as fostering fellowship between mem-bers. Since the N.H.B.S., an honorary organization, membership requires a 2.75 average in a student's major. Interested students may contact the president, Beth Sherring at 833-2223, or contact one of the members: David Garrett, Mary Schultz, Robert Kline, Tabby Boehmer, Carl Freeny, Elaine Hume, Jacci Burfield, or Tom Robinson. Professional members include John Morris, head of Campus Media Services television production, John McKerron, broadcasting instructor, and Debbie Yost. a graduate of Towson State University. "
