The Towerlight, February 17, 1978

tl19780217-000 "Red Skelton sold out kw rit tTigers vs Wolves tomorrow 8 p.m. VOL. LXX No.16 TOWSON STATE UNIVERSITY February 17,1978 Library worker sues by Patrick Casey Margaret Huang a librarian at the Cook Library, has filed suit in United States District Court under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, charging that she, a Chinese- American was passed over for Promotion in favor of white, male elembers of the library staff with lesser skills and seniority than herself. Named as defendants in the suit ,are Dr. James Fisher, President of 'owson State, Thomas Strader, birector of the Cook Library, Agnes ,Zamboky, Head Cataloguer at lowson State, Helen Kaltenborn, Head of Technical Services at Lowson State, and the State of Alaryland. Huang is asking the court to Ward her back pay, future pay, and ej9ual pay, in response to the alleged ulecrimination, as well as a declaration of her rights and a Permanent injunction against dis-crilnination by the University in etriployment practices on the basis 01 race, sex, color, or national origin. Huang is backed in her effort by Te National Association for the Vvancement of Colored People and 'rt,ie Organization of American k,hinese, both of whom she said av backed her, ""from the very veginning."" The conflict began in 1975, when �t4 September 9, Huang wrote to 'Wier, ""I am asking that I be 11,t0moted to the same position 1..L'1biarian III). and grade to keep in with other librarians who have 'le comparable qualifications, ex-rience and seniority. I also ask 'eat such promotion should be tetroactive and my loss of wages as 4., result of such discrimination 'llould be compensated."" � Huang said her position today is basically the same"" as stated in that letter. ()Huang then filed complaints in lietober of 1975 with the Maryland killnan Relations Commission and e United States Equal Employ-nt Opportunity Commission. 0th commissions resolved the case Please turn to page 3 tapote sued The darkened areas in the above sketch trace the pathway of the $1 six months to complete. The project will consist of brick walkways that million Education Street complex. Construction on the project is will connect classroom buildings in the central campus area. scheduled to start within the next month and will take approximately Towson Stadium completion due May 1 by Robert Robertson Will the Towson stadium ever be completed? According to John Suter, director of Campus Planning, the answer is a qualified ""yes."" Although the project has been granted delays several times, the $465,000 stadium is now scheduled for completion around May 1, 1978. Ata recent meeting to discuss the stadium situation, a representative of the John and Albert Construction Co. explained that if, ""construction can be resumed about March 1, it should be completed on or about May 1."" However, if the sub-freezing temperatures are still with us on March 1, it seems doubtful that May 1 will be a realistic completion date. Suter feels, ""Next September may very well be the first time any major Chisholm, Clark added to series by Kathy Norjen bick Clark, host of American Band- kid, and Congresswoman Shirley 4141am, have been added to the w"",4, Speaker Series, replacing tt4lters Erica Jong and T .uman ,Pote. ),""1 �11g, author of the best selling ,/,/eis Fear of Flying and How to bri't'e Your Own Life, was schedul- ' to appear at the Towson Center, lq�tletirne this semester, although no ite had been set. �}111 Ruark, SGA president, said, 'e iRuark and Jong's agency] had oehhed a tentative agreement on the tii,�no last August. However, she ""III have her definite tours arrang- ZYet. We had been unsuccessful in 1a 'g a date for the last six months. When I returned from the January I gave them an ultimatum�set I 'ate by last Wednesday [Feb. 8], or t�01.get it. They didn't, so we told them hf�rget it."" i'n February 15, Ned Schnorr, l l'oector of public relations for the o. it A, lined up Chisholm to fill the 'w '. in the series left by Jong, one hour."" k �0d and supporting actor in the th�,to ""Murder By Death,"" arrived at rowson Center for his speech on k4niber 13, 1977, but left shortly l'%vards. o'ePote stunned a crowd of 1,800 N,Pie with an unusual display of in- ,lation and profanity. He rambled 4filleomprehensibly for ten minutes t,,to he was escorted from the by Ruark and News American reporter, David McQuay. The Harry Walker Agency of New York was ""very upset and surprised by the whole incident,"" Ruark said at the time. ""They are overcompen-sating with a greater speaker because the [situation] reflected very badly on the agency."" As a result of the ""unfortunate"" in-cident, Ruark said, ""we are con-sulting legal advice, in regard to a suit against Capote."" According to Ruark, the SGA feels Capote should pick up the $1,256.59 tab incurred during his brief visit. This in-cludes limousine service from New York to Baltimore; room and board at the Hunt Valley Inn; advertisements in Towerlight; printing of tickets; costs of set-up, parking services and the loud speaker systems, as well as security. Ruark received a letter from Capote's lawyer, Alan U. Schwartz, which said in essence, that Capote would not pick up the bill for the ex-penses SGA incurred. Ruark is ""consulting legal advice"" as to ""how to sue,"" since that seems like the ""only way we're going to get [the] money out of him. ""The Capote incident has not damaged the credibility of the SGA Speaker Series. We have been able to recover from what could have been a tragic event, and come out shining, with replacements like Clark, and Chisholm,"" said Ruark. The dates for the additional lectures have been finalized for Chisholm to speak on March 12, and Clark to follow six weeks later, on April 21. sports events can be held in the Towson Stadium."" Construction of the stadium began in May of 1977 and was to be completed in mid-October of 1977, initially a 51/2 month project. Now though, if September of '78 will be the first opportunity to use it, a 51/2 month project has turned into a 16-month chore. Suter conceeds that part of the delay has been the fault of the University, by suggesting that the lights be put around the outside oi the track�an idea that was later dropped due to increased cost. The majority of the delay has been the fault of the construction company and the high turnover ripe in their personnel working on he job, said Suter. Another reason for the delay was the large amount of rock the construction company ran into while excavating the site. The hidden layer of rock caused work to slow to a snail's pace while workers blasted and jack-hammered stone away. Even though John and Albert were the lowest bidders, Suter said he would have rather had the Lawrence Construction Co. The Lawrence Co. was responsible for the construction of the Towson Center. ""Lawrence's bid was 80 thousand higher than John and Albert, but they knew the area, they knew the rock was there."" sr-- The unfinished Towson Stadium lies under a blanket of snow waiting for the return of construction workers. If the weather breaks soon enough and construction can start next month, the stadium will be completed by May 1. TL Photo by mike Educ. St. Complex to be built by Cindy Roberts If vou thought you had seen the last of campus construction (and/or obstruction'?� you're wrong. The University's latest endeavor, Education Street, a million dollar project, is scheduled to begin during the first week of March, according to John Suter, director of Campus Planning. ""It will repair and better the general area with brick walks, that will be joined to all the buildings so there will be no more zig-zagging to get to class"" says Suter. ""It will also consist of seating and retaining walls, stairs, and last of all trees and shrubs."" ""I know that during the construc-tion of Education Street, the flow of student traffic will be a little congested, and will be a bit of an inconvenience, however, the long-term benefits as a result of the work will be well worth the inconveni-ence,"" Suter said. Because ot the flow of pedestrian traffic, the contractor will complete certain areas at a time, by fencing off the area he plans to start with. At one point, there will be the blocking off of the main entrance to the library, but there will be other means of access, said Suter. ""There will be other the closing of a building entrance and appropriate directional signs will be placed to aid students in moving about."" ""The campus will be a more scenic place, and that will make the students and faculty want to spend more time on campus,"" said Suter. ""Maybe after Education Street is complete and we have the sitting walls and other such areas as that, a teacher may even attempt to bring his class outside on occasion."" Original plans called for two fountains to be located near Hawkins Hall and Cook Library, but the plans were dropped because of the cost. The Education Street project will last annroximately 10 months, WBAL to air discussion A debate on smoking will be aired on the WBAL radio program comment and controversy Feb. 19 and 26 at 5 p.m. The discussion will focus on the medical, physiological and legal smoking arguments. Guests will be Connie Drafth, assistant to the president of the Tobacco Institute in Washington and Leslie Olsher, President of the Maryland Alliance of Non-Smokers. The program will be moderated by Dr. Richard Vatz. Cook Libra Ty reveals resources by Susan Earl You gulp the lump in your throat as you veer into Cook library to tackle the rocky road of term papers and projects that lay in the path of your semester goal of an ""A."" But the battle of the books need not be rough and choppy. Cook library offers many tools and techniques to help pave the way to a better paper. The library entrance is on the 3rd floor. Directly in front of the door sits the information desk. For the incoming student, this is the key to most research. Professionally trained help awaits all questions and the desk is laden with research hints and tips. Several print-outs lay begging for notice. Topics such as how to find and write book reviews, how to find dramatic criticism and what gov-ernment documents are available (as well as their usefulness), are some of the tips. A print-out on bibliographies and footnotes will be added shortly. If a student has leisure time, he might want to check out the raint-out of a special collection of re rinted famous m ste stories. Many style books and manuals are also located at the information desk for accessibility. Students often find the periodical catalogue a mystery, as they try to wade through more than 2,000 journal titles to locate specific information. The catalogue reveals three important items: �what journals Cook library owns �where journals are located, e.g. bound, on microfilm or current and in the reading room (where the catalogue is situated) �how many issues (time span) of the journal are at Cook librrry To find the specific information in the abundant journal supply. a return to the reference section provides the key. Many journals have indexes, usually broken down by author, title and subject matter of the article. If a student wishes to use government documents, material printed by the federal government printing office, the 5th floor is the place to visit. Documents consist of publications from federal agencies and departments and run the gambit from senate hearings and the Congressional Digest to agricultural rint-onts. State publications are treated as regular books and are listed in the regular card catalogue on the 3rd floor. The library receives a copy of the state budget which is also available to students. A trip to the information desk will also yield the Maryland Manual and the Government Organization Handbook. These list (respectively) state and federal offices and agencies, how they are structured and naines of top officials. After traveling this route, an unsuccessful student stil has the chance to find the information. A glance at the microcatalogue will show what holdings other public libraries and some academic librar-ies offer. Towson State belongs to a cooperative borrowing system and students may borrow from Morgan, University of Baltimore, UMBC, Coppin, Bowie, Frostburg, St. Mary's and Salisbury State College. A student searching for periodi-cals may obtain the Maryland Union List of Periodicals from the information desk. This provides a listing of all periodicals in Maryland and which libraries own them. For students requesting a book which cannot be found in Co�k library, because of its recent publication, a service is provided to track the book down. A printed catalog of Library of Congress bibliographies is available. If the book is too new for it to be found there, the library has a cataloguing computer terminal (OCLC), that offers a nationwide bibliographic network of Library of Congress copyrighted books. The advantage of the terminal is that books that have not been catalogued can be placed into the system from the terminal, maximiz-ing speed. Often an out-of-state book can be lent to the library if it is not a periodical or rare book. The main floor (3rd level) contains a reading room. A variety of special interest and popular periodicals as well as newspapers may be found here. National and regional papers include the Wall Street Journal, the Baltimore Sun, the New York Times, the St. Louis Post, the Afro-Ameri-can, the San Francisco Examiner and the Washington Post. Foreign newspapers consist of the London Please turn to page 3 "