The Towerlight, December 2, 1977

tl19771202-000 "Dance Marathon finals at Towson this weekend ta13 et t I tTigers compete in Boh Metro Tourney. See pg. IO VOL. LXX NUMBER 12 TOWSON STATE UNIVERSITY DECEMBER 2, 1977 ""*.ammnemmiN IMIIMMININISI B-ball season again! Roger Dickens squeezes between two St. Mary's College defenders to go for two points in the Tigers' home opener at the Towson Center Tuesday. This weekend Dickens and the rest of Coach Angotti's squad seek their first Boh Metro Tournament Title after finishing second in the tourney five times out of the last six years. TL photo by Jody Furman ����?.,, MARC Dance Marathon hosts 60 couples at TSU by Judy Wilner A group of 120 participants representing 20 Maryland schools and organizations begin dancing to, !light in the final competition of 'he second annual ""Dance Around t_ ' he Clock marathon to benefit the Maryland Association of Retarded Citizens (MARC). Cosponsored S by the Towson tate University Student Govern- Ment Association and MARC, the Marathon begins at 8 p.m. today and continues until 1 p.m. on Sunday in the University Union. Contin uous entertainment and a variety of music will be provided I33.' such bands as Appaloosa, Ban-dit, Gaye Street One, Milton Free- ',Water, Sorcerer, and guitarist Reu- ,"""" Schwartz. Local celebrities sla- �ed to appear include WFBR an-netIncer Tom Marr, radio and TV Personality Eliot - In the Afternoon, and former WCVT disc jockey Bob Rhnball The 60 couples will compete tor a grand prize of $1,000. Second and third place couples will receive $500 and $250 respectively. Winners are determined by those couples who survive the required hours and raise the most money. Spectators are urged to contribute to their favorite couples. In addition, couples raise money through door to door donations, having parties, selling beverages, and other fund raising activities. Spectators are eligible for many door prizes donated by local merchants. They can also partici-pate in an auction scheduled for 9 p.m. on Saturday. All money raised this weekend in the marathon will go directly to MARC, ""a private, non-profit, volunteer organization composed of more than 5,000 parents and friends of mentally retarded citizens who belong to 20 local associations in Maryland,"" according to a MARC publication. Co-director of the dance mara-thon, SGA Treasurer Erik Perkins, said this year's goal is to raise $50,000, almost twice the amount raised in last year's marathon. Perkins said this marathon weekend marks the culmination of work that began in May, 1977, by over 400 volunteers from fraternities, sorori-ties, campus and local organiza-tions. Co-director Perkins said there are not any drastic changes from last year's dance-a-thon, but that everything seems a lot easier this year. Three couples will represent Towson State University in the finals of the marathon. Dave Lauver and Linda Cappacchione won first place, John Battye and Leone Wright placed second, and Kevin Powell and Dana Johnson took third place in preliminary competition. All meals for contestants will be provided by ARA catering, snacks by Ogden Foods, and beverages by Allegheny Pepsi. Refreshments, including beer, will be on sale for spectators. Freshmen class elections voided, rescheduled for this Wednesday by S. L. Verch think that if even one person La cis denied the opportunity to vote 41 the election, or any election for that ?natter, then the results of that election should be voided and new elections held. -SGA Senator Pierre Douyon Agreeing with Senator Douyon, the Senate voted unanimously last Week to void the results of the rtecentlY held freshman-class elec- 1�""b New elections will be held Yv ednesday, December 7, at 3 p.m. in the SGA lobby. Voided were the elections of Jim '34Ymanski and Steve Cook to the effices of freshman class president uod vice-president. T, he action came after a lengthy ""fe oate involving senators, SGA �.ficers, cabinet members, and s.tudents in the Senate Gallery. At 'Pile was the allegation made by oenator 13rigid Ross that the electi,..is had not been publicized arld were thus unfair. It�ss, the freshman class senator, stated that she did not know about the elections until the day after they Were held. No Advance Publicity b 'he pointed out that there had ,een absolutely no advance publi- ,VtY, ""not even any mention in �weriight,"" short of word -of- Mouth. Most freshmen, she insist-ed, were not made aware of the elections and thus new elections should be held. itesponding to Ross' claim, SGA Secretary of Communications John Shehan said that an effort had been made to publicize the elections. He said that he had submitted a news brief to Towerlight, but that due to space limitations, the brief had not been printed. Towerlight Assistant News Editor Debbie Pelton later substantiated Shehan's comment about the brief. In addition, Shehan said that Diane Szymanski, SGA Secretary of Organizations (and brother to Jim Szymanski), had originally planned to place an advertisement in Tower-light announcing the election date. However, according to Shehan, a mix-up occurred and the ad was not placed in Towerlight. ""I accept full responsibility for what has happened. There was an effort to place the ad. It did not cross my desk but it is a mistake that I take full responsibility for,"" Shehan said. ""Personally 1 feel that new elections should be held, and publicized beforehand."" However, president-elect Szy-manski argued that to void the elections would be an insult to those freshmen who did participate in the election. He said that more freshmen voted in this year's election than in previous years. Szymanski Offers Petition ""If you void these elections,"" Szymanski told the Senate, ""it's like you're saying to all those who voted that they're unimportant, that they don't count."" He offered to get a petition with the names of 200 or 300 freshmen who had heard about the elections. According to his sister, Secretary of Communication, at most, 15 fresh-men voted for one of the two positions. Vice-president-elect Steve Cook echoing his fellow freshman, added that when the elections were over, more freshmen arrived and that the entire nominating and electing process began again. He said that when he and Jim Szymanski went to the meeting, they had originally intended only to vote, not to get elected. Credit cards no longer accepted for tuition by Larry Lepus Towson State day students will no longer be allowed to use charge cards to pay for tuition. This development comes after House of Delegates' Bill No. 1519 allowing this privilege was passed last July. Evening students have been al-lowed to use charge cards for the past four years. The reason for the change in poli-cy, according to Robert Wolf, asso-ciate director of Finance, is because of ""questions on the way the bill was written."" A part of the bill is unclear on its wording ""so we were advised to hold off, pending clarifi-cation,"" Wolf said. Until the bill is clarified, the pro-gram is suspended and will remain in a ""holding pattern"" until a deci-sion is reached. The ambiguity in question is in the article 77A of the bill. The main area of confusion is the statement, ""The institution shall charge ser-vice fees to persons using credit cards."" The university had been charging the student a service fee, and the charge card companies have been charging the university a service fee, causing discrepancies. ""There was a question on whether or not we can assess a service charge on a service charge,"" stated Wolf. The program was suspended until the issue is settled in order to avoid more problems. Charge cards, how-ever, ""can still be used in the Uni-versity Store to purchase books,"" Wolf pointed out. The issue affects other state col-leges and universities in the state as well as Towson. Wolf is expecting that the final decision ""will come from the At-torney General's Office"" though he is ""not sure when the clarification will come."" Wolf hopes that the credit card policy will be re-instituted because ""it opens up the access to the pro-gram for more students."" But for now, the policy is holding right where it is, waiting for a verdict. Flower appointed dean of humanistic studies Annette Flower Dr. Annette Flower, special assistant to Dr. Fisher and affirmative action officer, has been named dean of humanistic, social and managerial studies of Towson State, effective immediately, ac-cording to Dr. Joseph W. Cox, vice president for academic affairs. Flower was appointed acting dean last summer, replacing Dr. Ria Frijters, who was appointed vice' president of business services at Southern Illinois University in Edwardsville. As dean, Flower will oversee the departments of history, geography, business administra-tion, sociology-anthropology, politi-cal science, economics and English. Flower was appointed by Dr. Fisher to chair a search committee SGA expels groups by Debbie Pelton The Senate suspended or expelled fifteen SGA organizations last Friday for not attending a scheduled rechartering meeting. Those groups ""have not respon-ded to verbal and written warnings"" from the Senate about the necessity of attending the annual rechartering of organizations, said SGA Presi-dent John Ruark. He said the rechartering process ""gets rid of dead weight."" SGA budgeted organizations that were suspended include Creative Interpreters Guild, Grub Street Wit, American Society Personnel Ad-ministration (ASPA) and the Art Student Union. Sororities that were suspended are Delta Phi Omega, Iota Phi Theta, Phi Beta Sigma, Gamma Theta Upsilon and Bete Bete Bete. Grub Street Wit editor Tom Troy said he was not properly notified about the rechartering schedule. He said he filled out forms for rechartering in September, but was unaware rechartering required at-tending a scheduled meeting. ""It is drastic to withhold money over such a trivial matter,"" said Troy. Expelled organizations are the Movie Company, the Philosophical Discussion Group and Sorority SGA funds speakers Surplus funds from the SGA Speaker Series account are being offered to the, five academic divisions of the university as grants for booking speakers. The $1,000 will be used for ""speakers who are well known in their particular field, but are not necessarily known by the general public,"" said SGA President John Ruark. The departments' speakers ""should be able to provide a truly educational opportunity for our students,"" said Ruark. Letters will be sent to faculty this week to encourage them tn make suggestions for speakers to depart-ment chairpersons. The chairper-sons will make suggestions to Dr. Annette Flower, dean of humanistic, social and managerial studies, who will make the final decision on who will speak. Ruark is suggesting the lectures be scheduled during the day. Tickets to all lectures will be free to full-time day students, faculty and staff. Ruark said he will consider continuing the program if it is successful next semester. The new program ""will broaden the scope and effect of the speaker series,"" said Ruark. Next Friday, Dec. 9, the Tower-light will be published for the last time this semester. Anyone wishing to publicize or advertise any events taking place after that should con-tact the Tow Hight by Tuesday, Dec. 6. Lambda Iota Tau. Also expelled, were the Photographic and Optical' Association, the Ukranian Student Union and the Student International Mediation Society. Funds of suspended and expelled SGA groups are frozen and can no longer take advantage of SGA privileges. They will not be allowed to book rooms for events through the SGA or advertise on campus and they are taken off the SGA mailing list. Brigid Ross, co-chairperson of the Government Operations Re-charter-ing Committee, said organizations will be suspended ""for as long as it takes them to recharter."" Suspen-ded organizations can get their SGA privileges back if the Senate decides to rebudget them. Expelled organi-zations must go through the whole budgeting process again to renew their SGA privileges. which will begin this week to find a replacement for Flower in the affirmative action office. They hope to find a replacement from within the Towson campus by January. A graduate of the University of Maryland, Flower was an instructor in the English department at Towson State for five years until her appointment as special assistant to the president and affirmative action officer in July, 1974. She completed her Ph.D requirements at the University of Maryland in 1970. In announcing the appointment, Cox said, ""Dr. Flower is one of the most capable and effective people I've met in the academic adminis-tration over the last ten years. She has the reputation for absolute integrity and fairness as a result of her role at Towson as affirmative action officer."" 'Uncompromising voice' ""One of the most impressive things about Dr. Flower is her uncompromising voice in defense of the value and importance of the liberal arts and sciences foundation for all undergraduate students, regardless of their specific pro-gram,"" Cox added. Flower is currently president of the Baltimore County Commission for Women and the Maryland Association of Affirmative Action Officers. She has served on numerous Towson State commit-tees, including the Faculty Associa-tion Executive Board and that association's Committee on the Status of Women, the Women's Center Board and the Project Literacy Committee. She has also served as chairper-son of the College Curriculum Committee and as a member of the Faculty Senate of State Colleges, as well as on search committees for the vice president for student services, 1974-75, and the vice president for academic affairs, 1976-77. Will the owner of a tractor trailer with Maryland tags A94385 please report to your trailer. It's just slightly blocking pedestrian traffic. TL photo by Mike Ciesielski "