tl19771209-000 "'Of Mice and lien' see page 8. tExam schedule on page .1 VOL. LXX NO. 13 TOWSON STATE UNIVERSITY Reagan to speak Former actor, governor and presidential candidate Ronald Reagan will speak December 14 at 8 p.m. in the Towson Center as part of the Towson State University Lecture Series. The series is sponsored by the Univer-sity's Student Government Association. Tickets are free to all students and are now available at the box office. Governor requests freeze DECEMBER 9 1977 Tuition freeze for '78-'79 Year by Paul Gilmore Acting Governor Blair Lee III has requested all state colleges and universities to place a freeze on tuition and tee increases for the 1978-79 academic year. Towson State, which had planned to raise fees by $25 next fall, will therefore bold off on tuition hikes for at least another year. The state board of trustees approved a $50 raise in tuition over the next two years,"" explained Wayne Schelle, vice president and director of finance. Half of the $50 raise was applied After a long wail $10 parking refunds processed by Larry Lepus After a long waiting period, and much specualtion as to exactly what happened to them, the ten dollar refunds from the parking permits for the most part have been processed. Ten dollar refund checks will be distributed beginning on Monday and Tuesday December 19 and 20. All of the more than 5,000 checks are not comleted. According to Robert Wolf, associate director of Finance, ""we have eighty percent of these checks finished."" This leaves Faculty Grant decision suffers another delay by Kathy Norjen The winners of the Faculty Grants will not be decided before semester break, as was originally planned. SGA Vice President, Debbie Leslie said, ""a member of the deciding corn-inittee was forced to resign because of an increase in her hours where she Works. We'll have to find a replace-nient for her as soon as possible."" Two weeks later a replacement has Yet to be found. This ""lack of response"" has been a Problem for the Faculty Grants pro-grain since the beginning of the sernester. Leslie said, 35-40 students nomi-nated a total of 20 faculty members. � Senior, Ruth Ann Leftridge said . the faculty grant is a great idea, it's last not working here at Towson State. 4en only twenty instructors are in�anlinated in a school of this size, you ,LtInw something must be wrong with Program."" don't think the lack of response is (I to lack of publicity,"" said Leslie. ""I think Towerlight advertised the program very well. I don't know what the problem is."" Freshman Debbie Discher feels the reason the program hasn't gone over too well, is the timing. ""The SGA made the nominations early in the year. Freshmen barely have time to get to know their teacher's names, before they're asked to vote on which are the best teacher's. If they made the faculty grant nominations in the spring, after we've had a whole semester to get to know some of them, they'd probably get a greater variety of nominations."" Senior, Sue Earl added, the problem is students don't know enough about teacher accomplishments and exper-tise in their field. The only informa-tion most students have is what's in the back of the catalog or students hearsay, neither of which is ade-quate."" Eager to get the faculty grants com-mittee moving once again, Leslie said, ""Anyone interested in filling the vacancy on the committee, should contact me in the SGA office or call 321-2711."" Debbie Leslie Fines cancelled The Albert S. Cook Library will declare a moratorium on all overdue books beginning December 15 and continuing until the close of school for semester break. This means anyone who returns a book during this time, no matter how overdue, will not have to pay a fine. The library will also be altering its hours during minimester. From December 24-January 2, Cook will be closed. Beginning January 3-30, the facility will be open from 8 a.m. - 6 p.m., Monday through Thursday and 8 a.m. - 5 p.m. on Friday. There will be no weekend hours. roughly seven hundred checks to be finished. The rest of the checks are to be taken care of about a week later, and students will be notified when these are ready. The checks have been processed in an alphabetical order. Students can come to the Financial Operations cashier area with a valid TSU ID to pick up their refund checks. When asked what was the cause of the lengthy delay, Wolf stated that ""the problems of processing over 5,000 checks are massive,"" not withstan-ding all of the other normal process-ing adjustments which go on in Finan-cial Operations. Things such as meal plan refunds, refunds for students who withdraw and other money transactions also oc-cupy the time of Financial Opera-tions, along with having to process an extra 5,000 plus refund checks. The actual process involved in the refund checks ""is about a six or seven step process"" Wolf said. The checks had to go through channels at both Financial Operations at Towson and in Annapolis before the checks were finished. to the 1977-78 academic year and the remainder was intended to be applied to the 1978-79 year. As it turns out Towson will only receive half of their approved increase. Acting Governor Lee, however, has stated that the government will make up ther loss incurred by each school out of the state's surplus budget. The approximately $200,000 the school would have lost in not applying the tuition increase will be made up by the state. Schelle, however, is still not satisfied. The government's offer to onset the loss in tuition follows a substantial reduction of Towson's general budget. Thus, Towson will make no significant gain in revenue when ""we need a 10 percent increase,"" according to Schelle. Schelle is still hopeful of gaining more revenues from the government via supplemental budgets granted by acts of the legislature. ""We will get more money,"" Schelle said. But he is still concerned over the financial state of the university. ""I forsee a very difficult year,"" he said. ""Students can expect a $50 to $100 increase in the following year,"" he added. Towson's Education department creates study resource center by Debbie Pelton The Education department has created a study-resource center for education majors on the second floor of Hawkins Hall, called the ""Idea Ex-change."" The room contains tables for study-ing and media equipment like tape recorders, filmstrip projectors and a video tape machine. A dial access system is scheduled for completion by next semester. Shelves situated in the middle of the room are stacked with booklets, tapes and other teaching materials grouped by instructor. Out of class assignments and supplemental course materials are also kept there. The ""Idea Exchange- has some class lectures on tape for students who miss or want to review a specific lesson. Three private conference rooms are available for students who want to hold a discussion or work on a class related group project. The ""Idea Exchange"" was planned by the Education department several years ago when Hawkins Hall was be-ing designed, said Dr. William Gehr-ing of the Education department. He and Dr. James Binko carried out the plans for the study hall, originally the idea of Education Department Dean Billy Hauserman. Gehring said he hopes to get feed-back from students and instructors on what they think of the ""Idea Ex-change,"" and their suggestions for improvement. Gehring said, hopefully, the ""Idea Exchange"" will trigger other depart-ments in the University to set up their own study-resource centers. The ""Idea Exchange"" is open weekdays from about 9 a.m. to about 3 p.m. and is staffed by student assistants. Janean George and Candy Weldon utilize ""Idea Exchange"" in Hawkins Hall. MARC Dance Marathon nets over $24,000 by Patrick Casey The second annual Dance Around the Clock Dance Marathon, held last weekend in the University Union, raised $24,058 for the Maryland Association for Retarded Citizens dur-ing forty hours of music, dance, and blistered feet. Twenty-five couples started danc-ing at eight Friday evening, starting their odyssey to the music of Players. Nine bands, two days, and thousands of boogies, bumps and hustles later, sixteen tired couples crossed the finish line amid tears, hugging, and hands raised aloft in triumph. Of the sixteen couples who com-pleted the marathon, the three who raised the largest amount for MARC took home trophies and $1750 in prize money. Chesapeake couple wins Taking the first place prize of $1000 were Terry O'Brien and Janet Melvin of Chesapeake College, who raised over $2400. Towson State's John Battye and Leone Wright won second place and $500, while Mike Sincevich and Rose Fitzpatrick of the Frederick County Association for Retarded Citizens took third place, winning $250. All of the finishing couples were recognized at the awards ceremony after the dancing ended. Although stiff competition between the couples might be expected with so much money at stake, a spirit of cooperation and mutual purpose flow-ed among the dancers. Said one dancer, ""You care very much about the other people."" Sue Dagurt, who directed the marathon together with the SGA's Eric Perkins, said, ""The people, when they start out, they're really not sure why they're doing it. At the end, it's like they've climbed a mountain together. They've formed relation-ships."" Neither did the dancers lose their desire or ability to tear up the floor as the hours ticked away. On Sunday morning, just before the marathon drew to a close, everyone on the floor was dancing full tilt, batting a yellow balloon about the dance floor, and laughing and joking with friends, parents, and DJ Bob Kimball. Among the many who braved the long hours .and sore feet, Dundalk Community College's Russell Shurer stood out, awing spectators and his fellow dancers with the reckless energy and novel style of his dancing. ""Captain Energy"" Labeled ""Captain Energy"" by Kim-ball and ""the talk of the marathon"" by Dagurt, Shurer danced with every girl on the floor, doing things with The Bump that had never been done before. He came onto the dance floor early during the dancer's breaks, and he remained on the floor twisting and turning for forty-five minutes after the marathon had officially ended. Asked about the source of all his energy, Shurer said, ""Energy? I just love to dance. Even if its a little girl, I'll get behind her and move."" The dancers as a group also developed their own trademarks, such as the staccato clapping they carried on between each song, and their irreverent treatment of DJ Kim-ball. They even developed their own cheer, shouting out ""So what!"" when Kimball's speakers sung out his name. Dagurt expressed satisfaction with the marathon, noting that it raised more money than last year's. She said that while crowds may have been sparse during early evening hours, they grew larger later, drawing heavily from those who had attended the Metro basketball tournament at the Towson Center. Dagurt felt that the marathon met MARC's two main goals of raising money to help retarded citizens help themselves and of making people aware of who retarded people are, that they aren't ""someone to be afraid of."" Although few noticed it, she said, ""There was a retarded couple danc-ing. It's something people should take note of."" Dagurt also praised the work of Towson State in hosting the marathon. ""I can't say enough for the dance marathon committee at Towson,"" she said. ""They're just terrific people. We're looking forward to having it next year here."" TL photos by Mark Gail "
