tl19711203-000 "towerlight Vol. XXIV No. 12 Towson State College Friday, December 3 Towson, Maryland 21204 Tuition increase possible for coming year by George E. Mattingly College students throughout the state may have to face a substantial tuition increase in the coming year. The spectre of such a hike was raised today by TSC President, Dr. James L. Fisher as one of the options that will be open to the Board of Trustees in response to the miniscule budgetary increase, that have been proposed in the State of Maryland budget for fiscal 1973. Dr. Fisher indicated that the 1.5 million dollar budgetary increase is to be divided between the five state colleges. Such an increase is far less than the amount necessary to continue to provide the various services of the College at their present levels, and cuts in those services seem imminent. In conjunction with the anticipated tuition increase, Fisher also sees the imposition of an enrollment ceiling as well. When questioned as to the amount of such an increase, Fisher declined to comment in a Serond floor of rollege centre opens for AAFIF specific dollar figure, but he did state that the increase would most likely be ""substantial"". His major concern in the matter is not the amount of the increase, one that in light of the current state of finances seems unavoidable without an in-crease in state taxes, a highly unlikely possibility in an election year, but rather with the need for an accompanying increase in scholarship funds. Fisher called for a nearly threefold increase in the current rate of state and federal scholarship support, pointing out the fact, that compared to other states, Maryland lags far behind in this area. Fisher also indicated that the teacher education tuition waiver will probably die this year, thus creating an additional need for a scholarship fund increase. In addition to his call for large increases at the tate and federal level, Fisher said that it was 'zessential that the many private scholarship sources be exploited to the fullest extent. Nader is key speaker at Education Conference here Ralph Nadei% the consumer advocate, will be the keynote speaker at the American Association for Higher Education conference, to be held at Towson State College Saturday, December 4. Nader will explore the con-sumers relationship to higher education. As the self-appointed guardian of the interests of 204 million U. S. consumers, Nader has championed dozens of causes, prompted much of US industry to reappraise its respon-sibilities and, against con-siderable odds, created a new climate of concern for the consumer among both politicians and businessmen. The conference is the first of a series that will be held on the same theme throughout the Eastern Region by AAHE. Also featured at the con-ference will be � Lieutenant Governor Blair Lee; News American publisher Mark Collins; Dr. John Sessions, director of the AFL-CIO Department of Education; Samuel F. Yette, Washington correspondent for Newsweek and author of The Choice: The Issue of Black Survival in America: student represen-tatives and business leaders. Nader was given credit by many for inducing Henry Ford II to acknowledge the automobile industry's responsibility for polluting the air. Nader was able to force off the market General Motor's Corvair in 1969, which was withdrawn from production. (7orvair's sales has plunged by 93 percent after Nader con-demned the car as a safety hazard in his bestseller, Un-safe at Any Speed. That influential book, and Nader's later speeches, ar-ticles and congressional ap-pearances, also forced the Department of Transportation to impose stricter safety standards on automobile and tire manufacturers. Bill Passes Nader has been responsible for the passage of five major federal laws, including the National Traffic and Motor Vehicle Safety Act of 1966, the Wholesome Meat Act of 1967, the Natural Gas Pipeline Safety Act, the Radiation Control for Health and Safety Act, and the Wholesale Poultry Ralph Nader will speak on the consumer's relationship with higher education tomorrow at 12:30 in the new College Center. Products Act, all of 1968, and the Federal Coal Mine Health and Safety Act of 1969. He was the first to accuse baby-food manufacturers of imperiling the health of infants by using monosodium glutamate, a taste enhancer that medical research shows can cause brain damage in some animals. The three largest producers of baby food have since stopped using it. DDT Danger In addition, Nader's repeated warnings about the damages of cyclamates and DDT helped to nudge the Department of Health, Education and Welfare to press research that led to federal restrictions on their use. To many Americans Nader has become something of a folk hero, a symbol of constructive protest against the status quo. He has never picketed or oc-cupied a corporate office or public agency. Yet he has cut through protective layers using the law and public opinion to achieve results. Nader was born in Winsted, Connecticut, a town of 8,000. He was a student at Princeton, graduating magna cum laude and won a Phi Beta Kappa key. At Harvard Law School, Nader was passed over for the staff of the prestigious Law Review but became editor of the 'school's issue-oriented newspaper. One of his articles was ""American Cars: Designed for Death,"" which was later expanded into Un-safe at Any Speed. The book, published in 1965, was dedicated to a friend who has been crippled in an auto ac-cident. It is a shocking in-dictment of the auto industry, engineering groups, govern-mental agencies, and traffic safety organizations for failing to make automobiles more ""crashworthy."" Registration for this American Association for higher Education conference is available at TSC. Call 823- 7500. Notice I Schedule booklets will not be available Until December 8 Due to the need for electrical renovations the library will not be open Sunday, December 5 "
