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- The Towerlight, February 14, 1975
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- The February 14, 1975 issue of The Towerlight, the student newspaper of the Towson State College.
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The Towerlight, February 14, 1975
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tl19750214-000 "l'o' 11 th 10' College Center a Lee Tall' Smith Cook For the next two years: Future Towson campusfenced in by Ronald Wolfe The newest phase of campus construction and renovation has begun with the implanting of fences between Linthicum, Lida Lee Tall, and the Student Center. This con-struction will cap plans proposed initially in 1970. Being fenced in protects all Dave Sturdivant, director of campus planning, said, ""the fences will remain up - primarily for student safety due to heavy equipment operating in the area and for a material storage staging area."" He said that for the next three weeks the roadway from the college center to Smith and Linthicum sidewalks and around the outside of the fences by Lida Lee Tall will be the only way for students to go to classes as the Glen walkway will be closed. After this period the gates will be closed. Student traffic will go via the Glen walkway or, again, around the fence by Lida Lee. Two years from the time the contractors receive notice to proceed with construction, the new building complex will be completed. If it is not, the contract calls for a $500 per day liquidated damages clause, for the $7,600,000 classroom II complex. This three building complex is the capstone of an idea formulated in 1969 and published in the Program and Campus Plan for Towson State College. The idea formulated was ""The Educational Street Complex"". To commence at the library, the ""street"" would move westward and connect with the student center, the new complex, existent buildings, and include an elevated pedestrian walk-way. Offshoots from this walkway would connect the Fine Arts area and new Physical Education complex. While the concept of that publication remains the same, the buildings to be constructed have altered in purpose and design since that period. Also, some aspects are still pending state legislative ap-proval and funding. Within the classroom II complex will be three buildings: Education, Psychology, and a Lecture Hall. All three will provide classrooms for use by the entire campus. Education and Psychology buildings will house those courses necessary for majors in those disciplines. Walking underground Plans for the new buildings call for them to take advantage of the natural slope between Smith and Linthicum, those two and Lida Lee, and all three and the college center. The Lecture Hall will be built so that students can walk under a building towards the college center and to the lower level of the other two new buildings. Before the buildings will go up, realignment of drains, power and communication lines, and all other utilities between Smith, Lida Lee, College Center and Linthicum must be accomplished. Tied in with this construction is the landscaping and construction of the pedestrian street as described in the original campus plan of 1970. This has yet to be approved and ap-propriated for by the state legislature. continued on pg. 6 _VOL.LXVIL NO. 14 TOWSON STATE COLLEGE FEBRUARY 14, 1975 Students find cost unreasonable Food prices at TSC cafeteria rise 12% by Pete Binns and Marj Mayers Food prices at TSC have increased 120/o over last semester's prices, with further increases expected in 90 days. Survey compiled In a random survey of Towson State students, Towerlight found that the majority of those interviewed did not believe the price rise reasonable nor did they feel the food was worth the extra money. This feeling was exemplified by one student who said ""35c for a soda is ridiculous - it went up 10c"" and another who noted that 'everything was high - there's been a significant increase."" Desiree Behler expressed the attitude prevalent among those surveyed: ""Everything costs - and this is a state school! Everything is more expensive here than outside."" When asked for an explanation of the current price increase, Mr. Carl Jess, Director of Food Services at Towson State, replied that he believed ""the majority of prices have been underpriced."" He noted that prices had not increased between July 1, 1974 and this semester. The present increase averaged ap-proximately 12% and, he pointed out, we're still 80/0 behind where we should be."" Food services are independent Jess then explained that the food services at TSC are an independent Profitmaking organization, analogous to a restaurant. They get no money from either the state or student fees. Therefore, in order to remain open, the food services must realize a profit. Money received from Newell Hall is kept separate from that made in the Student Center operations, the former being designated primarily for the dormitory dining area as a self-supporting operation. The prices are adjusted to meet the operations cost concerning food, food preparation, and the cost of sales and labor. Regardless, many students continue to decry the escalation and many have found it necessary to cut down on the amount of ""on-campus consumption."" As Thomas Coleman put it: ""You go without because you've got to."" Like many students, he agreed that he was definitely forced to eat less as a result of the price increases. Jess seemed to note a rise in total sales, although he admitted such an occurrence may be attributed to an increase in student population. .. � - � Quality of food in question Another area of student concern was directed toward the quality of the food itself. Most students seemed to have complaints about at least one aspect of the menu in both the Snack Bar and the College Center Cafeteria. Remarks were varied: ""It's terrible""; ""the salad's good""; ""the french fries are too greasy""; ""the food's lousy as hell in the Snack Bar""; ""the chicken's usually pretty good."" The Special Dining Room, however, was highly praised; no one interviewed who had eaten there complained of the food, price, or setting. The only really rave review - excluding the comments received about the Special Dining Room - was obtained from a lonely faculty member caught eating in the College Center Cafeteria. He recommended the lasagne and ex-claimed, ""It's all I eat!"" Jess claims, ""I haven't had derogatory comments of any con-sequence."" He believed that the services offered a ""very good variety"" and maintained that he had not ""heard anything to the contrary."" Some students criticized the selections offered by the College Center Cafeteria and Snack Bar, calling for a wider variety of foods to be served. Yet, as Jess pointed out, ""we change things from time to time and try to sell what's popular. If we hear requests for things, we'd be happy to try it."" Representative of complaints concerning the availability of certain items was ""how come they only sell Hawaiian Punch in the Snack Bar?"" In response to the question, Jess noted that he would be ""glad to transfer Hawaiian Punch upstairs."" Yet, he pointed out, it would be financially unwise to duplicate what is being sold. ""We try to sell different things in different places to draw customers."" The hours of operation was another area to come under attack by those students surveyed. They seemed to feel that the College Center Cafeteria and Snack Bar closed much too early and suggested that at least the Snack Bar should remain open for the evening. The majority of students polled, however, seemed unaware of the hours of the Snack Bar in Newell Hall and its evening hours. Hours in question On the subject of hours, Jess noted that he would ""adjust hours of operation according to business."" It was pointed out that, as the entire food services operation is dependent upon profits for its maintenance, the paying customer was the determining factor in opening up or closing down the various food lines and facilities. The reactions of dormitory students to the food available on their meal plans was especially critical. They claimed a variety of foods was certainly offered, but the quality was far below expected. Mario Roberts claimed that ""after my roommate ate dinner there, she got sick and was throwing up all night."" Dobby Engh complained that ""the coffee's terrible - it tastes like they've never cleaned out the burners."" Yet both girls joined in with other dorm students to praise the ""Special Meals"", offered three to four times a semester. ""They're really good and everybody goes,"" Ms. Engh com-mented, ""it's better food."" Ms. Roberts particularly enjoyed ""Beef and Beer Nite - they had a really good roast."" Atmosphere termed nasty Another complaint by the dorm students concerned the help in the Newell Dining Hall. Many of the students interviewed described some of those serving the dinners as ""really nasty"" and one student felt that ""the students are understanding but most of the older help are nasty. They talk down to you."" Tickets are now available for the Student Governments presentation of George Gallup and James Kilpatrick. Pick yours up at the box office. SGAfunding is last resortforfinancially troubled WCVT AM and FM stations by Marlene Milder ""As a last resort we would come to the Student Government Association for additional funding,"" said Mike Silvert, General manager of Towson State's AM Radio station, during Tuesday's Senate Meeting. Previous to the statement, SGA President Konrad Herling read a memorandum from Silvert pertaining to the current status of the FM transmitter. Lowest bid still high CCA Corp. of New Jersey, original contractor, went into debt and could not obtain the parts to build the 2000 watt transmitter; so a new contract will go up for bids on these parts soon. RCA, Inc., the next lowest bidder of $4,000, shows there will be inflationary price increases of 40 percent. Silvert reported both the AM and FM budget have been frozen, saving from 1,000 to 2,000 dollars. Also, WLIF will provide the station with The new TSC Student Telephone directories are available today throughout the college center. Additional copies are available in the SGA office. ""hardware"" which shall also save the station $1,000. Kolar gains unanimous support As the meeting progressed, Senate unanimously elected Kathy Kolar, currently acting as SGA treasurer. The Government operations committee reviewed Kolar's position confirmation to Senate. Kolar showed the balance of organizations being $147,856.02 and the S.G.A. Treasury balance as being $9,527.42. Several Senate bills were ap-proved for third reading for the next meeting. Jess stressed the communications factor as a prime target of his concern in the upcoming months, stating that he believed ""a formal line of com-munications is important."" In meeting with representatives from the Residence Council, Jess pointed out that he had suggested the for-mulation of a Food Service Com-mittee to gather opinions concerning valid student reactions to the various food service operations. The first meeting with the Executive Council of the group is scheduled later this week in order to outline the ob-jectives of the proposed committee. Jess emphasized that its purpose would be to determine what would be helpful to the school and students by providing a formal sounding board for the students. Towson students are angered by rising prices and declining food quality. TL photo by Kathy Woodcock Kolar named treasurer by Cathy Seliger ""The finances of the Studenst Government Association seem to be in competent hands,"" said a source, when Kathy Kolar was announced as the new SGA Treasurer. After three months without a treasurer, due to the. resignation of Rudy Forti, the S.G.A. now has the first woman executive officer since 1967. Helps distribute money The job of the Treasurer of the S.G.A. is of significant importance to every student on campus since she controls a portion of the com-prehensive fees paid every semester by each student. This amounts to $22.45 per student each semester. The money is dispersed in a number of ways and it is Kolar's job to help the Senate determine how this money is distributed. She stated that the prime users of the money are the different organizations on Lower priced class rings available by Steve Kaufman Students who are interested in purchasing a class ring now have the opportunity to choose between gold and a new metal called Siladium which has a lower price than gold. After three and a half years of research by the metallurgists of John Roberts, Inc., the new metal became a trademark of the firm. The metal is comprised of a combination of eight metallurgically balanced elements. Special polishing techniques are used to achieve the brilliant white color that is characteristic of Siladium rings. Charles Pursifull, the president of John Roberts, Inc., feels that it is a major breakthrough in the class ring industry since white and yellow gold were the only metals previously offered to students. He commented, ""Up till now, most school rings were made of ten karat gold which meant a gold ring was 10/24's pure gold, the major portion being copper, zinc or nickel. We felt we could develop something that would have better characteristics than gold alloys and provide students with an opportunity to bypass the fluctuating cost of gold."" Parke Davis, director of college marketing for John Roberts said, ""We rejected a low-gold content alloy as well as a ring metal containing silver because we knew students wanted a ring that wouldn't tarnish Cook Library Hours Mon-Thurs. Friday Saturday Sunday Reserve Room night Saturday night. 8 a.m.-10 p.m. 8 a.m.- 5 p.m. noon- 5 p.m. 2 p.m.- 9 p.m. is open until mid-through Thursday and that would retain its brilliance for a lifetime."" As the world's largest college ring manufacturer, the firm introduced the Siladium rings to bookstores across the nation last spring. The rings were well received and interest in the new metal quickly increased. Bill Gehr, manager of the Trident Shop at California State University said, ""At least 60 percent of our spring sales were in Siladium."" Al Duke, Towson State's bookstore manager, is enthusiastic about Siladium. He feels that the new metal will increase ring sales each semester. Both men's and women's rings are available in Siladium. The prices vary with individual ring orders. Rings can be purchased in *either a con-temporary or a traditional ring style along with encrusting or fireburst, which is available in all birthstones. "
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