The Towerlight, February 13, 1976

tl19760213-000 "4-7riteria passes; TSC tries again s'for university by Bill Stetka The Maryland Council for Higher ucation last Friday adopted teria for colleges in the state to designated as a ""university,"" d Towson State officials have set wheels in motion for the college al � become a university. he criteria' , which have been der study by the MCHE for six nths, are met by Towson State, d Dr. James Fisher, president of College, plans to meet with the ard of Trustees on the matter. Included in the criteria establish-are an enrollment of 4,000 -time students, and the granting ss a master's degree in five fferent fields of study. In dition, six of the college's demic programs must be ac-dited by a ""recognized"" agency. wson meets those requirements. heldon Knorr, executive director the MCHE, said the criteria were ablished following a study of the uirements in each of the other states, and added that Mary- d' s criteria ""are more stringent in probably any other state."" e also denied that the passage the criteria was related to the ito Ithcal squabbling over Towson 's 'versify status. He did say, wever, he thinks Towson State I qualify. 6 Or. Fisher said the College has t decided which of two routes to e in obtaining university status. said the probable route would to ask the Board of Trustees to form the state council that wson State College meets the ,ablished criteria. We would expect to receive owledgement of our meeting -91 e criteria from the council,' Dr. her said. Following acknowledgement, Dr. Sher said he would talk to PPorters of the bill, including both those in the ,College commu-nity and those in the General Assembly. ""I will suggest they consider introducing a bill to change the name based on our having met the eatablished criteria,"" Dr. Fisher said. If such a bill is introduced and passed in the General Assembly, Towson could become a university on July 1 of this year with the signature of Governor Marvin Mandel. It is not expected that there would be great opposition to such a signing. Dr. Fisher did not, however, rule out the possibility that Towson would seek university status by amending an already existing bill. One such bill would be that concerning the Wilner Task Force, which evaluated the governor's study commission on the structure and governance of education. ""Either way, we would have to undergo a full examination, by the Council for Higher Education,'' Dr. Fisher said. ""I have already spoken to Mr. Knorr and advised him of our position, and I have asked him to help us expedite the process,"" Dr. Fisher added. Ann Marie Lowe, Student Gov-ernment' president, is hopeful Towson can change its designation in July. ""I would like to see us introduce a bill rather than amend the Wilner bill,"" she said. ""My only concern, like Dr. Fisher's, is that the Assembly doesn't feel like they 'gave' us university designation,"" Lowe said. ""We'd like to feel we were made a university because of our already -existing state as a university."" Dr. Fisher could not say how long the entire process would take, but he did remain hopeful that Towson State would be renamed a univer-sity at least by July 1. otheLl LXVIII, NO. 16 TOWSON STATE COLLEGE FEBRUARY 13, 1976 TSC short $268,287: HEW cuts scholarship request by Bill Stetka Officials of the College were informed late last week that Towson State would receive only one-third of the $268,287 in federal scholar-ship money the government corn-mitted to them for the current fiscal year, which could affect at least 300 TSC students. Towson was one of 800 schools in the country cut short by the government and the only one in the state of Maryland. The school will receive $89,429 of the Basic Educational Opportunity Grants sometime after February 15, but no one is sure when. Officials Optimistic Both the Basic Grants office and college officials are optimistic that the Senate will appropriate addi-tional funds to cover those affected by the squeeze. ""The general response we get is a positive one,"" said TSC President Dr. James Fisher. ""We are still hopeful we will eventually receive full government funding."" Apparently, the Department of Health, Education and Welfare's Division of Basic Grants underesti-mated both the number of appli-cants and the number who would be found eligible for those grants in fiscal 1976. The government had expected to spend about $820 million on the BEOGs, using $160 million from unspent scholarship funds from last year. However, instead of the 56 percent of applicants anticipated� 74 percent of the applicants were found eligible under family income guidelines. The agency then decided to finance only one-third of the requests from the 800 schools, all of whose fall progress reports appa-rently had not been processed on time, but Dr. Fisher insists that Towson's report was submitted on time. Kenneth Shaw, Dean of Aca-demic Affairs at Towson, says the College will probably never know what happened. ""It's not the kind of thing to try to figure out,"" he said. ""No one over there (in Washington) will ever tell you anyway."" Letters Sent Students affected by the scholar-ship fund slash were sent letters from the TSC Financial Aid Office, which also stated that officials are optimistic about receiving the additional money requested. The letter states in part that ""the College cannot legally disperse funds that have not been commit-ted. Upon receipt of the promised one-third funds, you will be awarded one-third of your grant."" The letter, sent by Linda T. Schultz and Victoria Edwards, Assistant Directors of Financial Aid, goes on to say, ""In the event that additional funds are received from Washington, you will receive an appropriate percent of all of your entitlement at that time."" argaret Mead speaks at TSC; elebrity Speaker Series resumes by Pete Binns In a lecture given Thursday ening, February 5, anthropologist ad psychologist Dr. Margaret ead commented on her thoughts out modern America and the ttitudes and trends of American eietY. Mead spoke as part of the owson State Celebrity Speakers ries. ""We are going through a period criticism,"" she began her talk, criticism of state government, ticisrn of federal government, iticism of each other ..� We ericans have built up a tradition f thinking of ourselves a young tting the third world push us nund."" But she ended on a note 1 ' , optiznism, saying ""we can Ffmge if we want to in the future, Pe decision is ours."" Pointing out that ""we have all e knowledge present in the world once,"" that is, people who live in bow-and-arrow technology and o �Pie who live in a computer chrir--'egY, she commented that tee people now bridge 10,000 ii ars in a generation."" An example . hich she gave was that of a man e is a cannibal yet whose son es to medical school. Change of s sort is beginning to happen re often because of the inter- tion of dissimilar cultures. ' Mead has worked in anthro- o� , 4 New Guinea. She has also done lob., for over 50 years, having Vii died cultures in Samoa, Manus, search with American Indians. e has authored or co-authored , er 30 _ books, and holds 20 le� n �rorn,-.. doctorates. Her talk did 00 t focus on tribal cultures, .t Wever but instead concentrated 0 insights that she has gained into erican culture through the study the other cultures. Saying that Americans have ""a rY slight ability to remember the t,"" Mead pointed out that ""we IO lessons and have a great jeuitY in developing what we d to know."" She qualified that Mem, however, saying that in e8 of crisis Americans do turn k to the past and remember the innings of their country. ""There a feeling of isolation in this ntrY when we feel threatened,"" concluded. Peeking again 6f America's -criticism, she said that the Mead responds to questions as Ann Marie Lowe watches. present period of criticism began in the late sixties on college campuses when the ""new generation"" finally got to the point where they began to examine society ""and they were horrified and wanted to fix the world tomorrow."" Margaret Mead TL photo by Beej Although a crisis can work to pull people together, ""too much crying wolf and you get to the point where we're not sure where we are going."" Mead noted that ""the energy crisis might have pulled us together. They were organizing together to do something about it. Then they heard it was all phony. That was a real set-back."" She turned optimistic then, saying ""we'll probably get more phony crises. New York has been going bankrupt every week -- and yet it's still there."" Speaking of America's perennial search for leadership, Mead noted that when radio became wide-spread, the idea of a leader became one who talked to millions of people at once, but that television does not lend itself to this idea, because we can ""see the faces too close up."" ""We're still demanding the type of leadership which does not exist and which did not exist before radio."" She finished her talk with op-timism, saying that America can and has already experienced healthy change. People aren't expected to have children as much TL photo by Beej as they used to be and government agencies are beginning to work together on proposed plans in an attempt to avoid projects which are not feasible. She also expressed hope that the educational system would continue to change but at a faster rate. She pointed out that we now have 20 million functional illiterates in this country mainly because in the nineteenth century when America developed its schools, Americans ""were so proud of them we didn't do anything more about them"" and they have thus stagnated. Notice Towerlight plans to print a list of all campus organizations in a future issue. Any organization wishing to be on the list should contact Towerlight News Editor, by Mon-day, February 16, with the name of the group and the name of someone who will serve as our contact. All organizations should please realize that this is probably the best way for students to find out what organizations exist. Students whose last names begin with the letters A through E received their federal funding earlier in the year from an earlier report. However, approximately 300 stfidents, whose last names begin with the letters F through Z, have not received funding and will only receive one-third of their allotment when the government gives Towson its $89,429. That will be sometime after this weekend. Payments Deferred The College has deferred all payment obligations of those stu-dents affected until March 5, 1976. This includes obligations for tuition, fees, room and board in the residence halls, and books pur-chased in the TSC Book Store. If additional federal funds are not received, or if the percentage an individual gets is not enough to meet the student's total entitle-ment, that student ""will be fully responsible for the debt incurred and will be billed accordingly,"" states the letter from the Financial Aid Office. Dr. Fisher said he has received ""the reassurance and support of Maryland's senators and congress-men,"" and Maryland Lt. Governor Blair Lee has expressed ""alarm, concern and support"" for Towson State's predicament. ""Mr. Lee has told me he will do what he can to get state support if we cannot get it from the federal government,"" Dr. Fisher said. Senator J. Glenn Beall, Jr. has contacted HEW Secretary F. David Mathews, urging the secretary to give immediate attention to the issue ""so that the administration and the Congress can act...im-mediately to resolve this issue."" Lowe names Hartung, Lewis to executive posts Two juniors, Gerry Hartung and Mark Lewis, have been appointed to newly created positions in the SGA Executive Department, it was announced this week. Hartung, who has served the past year as Director of Activities, has assumed the position of Assistant Secretary of Organizations and General Services. Lewis, president of the American Marketing Associa-tion, has been named Assistant Secretary of Institutional and Community Development. In making the announcement, SGA President Ann Marie Lowe said the new positions were created to give the directors of General Services and Community Develop-ment help in getting their jobs done. They will also be available to act in the absence of the directors. Hartung, who will assist Ed Consroe in General Services, has had experience as chairperson for publicity for the American Society of Personnel Administrators and as a staff writer for Towerlight. Presently, he is chairperson of the Council of Organizations and a member of the Search Committee for the Assistant Dean of Students. In his new position, Hartung hopes to expand the video tape program initiated last semester, push for more SGA-sponsored movies, and in general offer a full, well-rounded calendar of events for the student body to enjoy."" Lewis will be working under Michael ""Mac"" McFall in Com-munity Development. A Business Administration major, Lewis has experience in both advertising and public relations and is listed in the 1975-1976 edition of Who's Who Among American Colleges and Universities. Replacing Hartung as Director of Activities is Carl Berkelhammer. Berkelhammer is chairperson of the SGA Health Committee and is a member of the Health Majors Club. In his new position, he hopes to ""create an attitude of awareness and capability in the minds of the members of the Towson State community."" Lowe, in expressing her con-fidence in the new appointees, commented ""the new personnel are well qualified and will aid much in the development of a more efficient organization."" TL photo by Kathy Dudek SGA discusses openings in student Senate by T.F. Troy Vacancies, an election committee and Planned Parenthood were topics at Tuesday's Senate meeting, the first of the new semester. Two Senate vacancies were announced, and SGA Vice Presi-dent Joanne Finegan described the qualifications needed and the procedures to be followed for applying. Full-time day students interested in becoming SGA sena-tors should pick up a petition from the SGA office. The petition must be signed by 200 full-time day students and submitted to the SGA by February 19. Candidates will be evaluated and voted on by the Senate. The two candidates ap-pointed will serve for the rest of the semester. Establishment of an election committee for the March 18-19 SGA general election was discussed at the meeting, with no action decided. Any person interested in the post of SGA President, Treasurer, Vice-President or Sena-tor must have their petitions in the SGA office by March 5. Controversy over planned Par-enthood continued from last semes-ter. Having been paid $2500 for services rendered in 1974 and having been promised $2500 for services in 1975, Planned Parent-hood has yet to locate itself on campus. As no room is available in the Health Center, SGA may have to pick up the tab for rental of a new location. Two new organizations were accepted into SGA Tuesday. Those organizations are Lambda Iota Tau, a literature club, and Young Democrats, a political organization. Correction Tomorrow night's Sweetheart Dance, sponsored by the Sopho-more Class, ends at 2 a.m., not 1 a.m. as reported in an advertise-ment in last week's Towerlight. We regret the error."