tl19691219-000 "Crowded conditions continue on porch Richmond Porch Photo by Tobin Jammed into this room, are the belongings of two Richmond porch residents. They also have to use the space for studying. Seven oth-er rooms like this one are in use. Linthicum Monttoriurn by MIKE WHITSON Reading the names of Maryland war dead, threats of arrest, and heated debate marked the Decem-ber Moratorium at :Towson State. The events at Towson sharply con-trasted the low-keyed national, anti-war protests. At 9 am, Friday morning, De-cember 12, a group of ten to fif-teen students began walking on through Linthicum Hall reciting the names of the Maryland war dead. They stopped on the hour to help a faculty group read a series of quotations primarily taken from interviews with soldiers involved in the My Lai massacre. Present during most of the first two hours of the demonstrations were Francis LeMire, Associate Dean of Students, and Gene Daw-son, 'Security Supervisor. At one point, Dean LeMire in-formed the demonstrators that sev-eral teachers had complained that their classes were being disrupted. but the demonstration continued. When the students proceeded to the foyer at 11 a.m. they were told by Orrielle Murphy, Dean of Stu-dents, that, if they continued read-ing the same loud tone of voice, they would be arrested for disturb-ing the peace. Dr. James L. Fisher, President of the College, stated later that he had empowered Dean Murphy to confront the demonstrators and said that, had the students contin-ued, he would have called in the necessary officials to arrest them. Dr. Fisher would not elucidate on the exact number of complaints he received and agreed that it would be difficult to determine at what point the tone used by the demon-strators would constitute a ""dis-dupiion."" The possibility of a major con-frontation was averted after a con-ference between Dean Murphy and the students, at which point, it was agreed that the tone of voice used by the demonstrators would be low-ered and that Dean Murphy would join the march. The protest continued until 12 noon. At 12:30 a teach-in and student forum began in the Patio Lounge of the Student Centre. Dr. Roder-ick Ryon, Harry Piotroski, both of the Towson History Department, by ED FULLER Richmond porch is located on the fourth floor of Richmnd Hall. Sleep-ing in it, are sixteen TSC men, occupying an area adequate for only half that number. Across the ball, are eight small study rooms, in which these men have to house all their belonging and still make enough room to study. The problems of the porch, many and diversified, center around the general living conditions, which one member of the porch termed ""ridiculous."" ""I'm certainly not getting my money's worth and a study-atmos-phere is non - existent. No one should ever have to live up here again,"" commented another resi-dent. The general attitude of the men living there is that these quarters are not all conducive to study or to producing any type of college atmosphere. With this in mind, the men of the porch wrote a letter to Dr. James L. Fisher, TSC's president, and to Mary Lee Farlow, Director of Residence, asking them ques-tions about the porch and policies pertaining to it. Their letter was answered and an interviw with Miss Farlow followed. She informed them that she was indeed upset about the porch and sympathized with the men living there. The problem began fifty years ago when Richmond was built. At that time a porch such as the one in that hall was considered to be suitable living quarters. In recent years, the porch has been closed for the second semes-ter and not reopened unless abso-lutely necessary. One of the members of the Men's Residence Council noted that he would realy like to see the Porch turned into a study lounge or game room and the small study rooms left open to be used by anyone in the dorm. This problem should be totally alleviated in 1971 with the comple-tion of a new dorm and the reno-vation of Richmond Hall. vol. XXII, No. 13 TOWSON STATE COLLEGE, BALTIMORE, MARYLAND 21204 December 19, 1969 marchers threatened with arrest and Michael Davis, an employee of Western Electric, spoke on com-munism and the War. Lance Yate-man, a member of the Coalition for New Politics and organizer of the morning protest, acted as modera-tor. Following the teach-in, Charles Schorr of the Towson Young Amer-icans for Freedom, Warren Moore and Yateman of the CNP partici-pated in an open forum. The main topic of discussion was student dis-sent. At 4 pm the debate ended on a relative note of harmony as opposed to the earlier hassles that morning. Charles Shorr (YAF) and Lance Yateman during the open forum Friday. Inside: Photo by Thomas (CNP) answer questions Photo by Tobi Doug Mattingly, an unidentified TSC student, Warren Moore and Cathy Six, march in Linthicum to protest the Vietnam War Friday. Pot luck . . . Narc accepts grass CPS�A narcotics official in California has said society has lost its fight against marijuana and it should now begin to treat pot under the type of control that exists for alcohol. ""Marijuana use pervades almost every sector of our society,"" says Weldon H. Smith, coordinator of narcotics programs for the California Department of Corrections. He said pot users are functioning well in all aspects of American life, including education, athletics, and the pro-fessions. Smith spoke at a conference on prevention of narcotics addicition sponsored by the New York State Narcotic Addiction Control Commision. page Editorials 2 Peace On Earth Exam Schedule 7 Sports 3 4-5 "
