The Towerlight, February 20, 1976

tl19760220-000 "WC-VT-FM hits the airwaves by Bill Stetka ""We're out of the woods We're out of the dark We're into the light..."" --from Optimistic Voices The second floor of the College Media Center was crowded with people last Thursday night as Steve Curran flicked on the switch that put WCVT-FM on the air at last. One would have thought the entire College community was jammed into the tiny studios of the station when Curran, the present general manager of WCVT, said, ""on behalf of the past and present staff and management, I hereby sign the radio station on the air."" To loud applause, WCVT-FM was, indeed, out of the dark and into the light at 6:16 p.m., Thursday, February 12, 1976. All the troubles the station's management had undergone were forgotten at the moment, and program director Bruce Lichter- Mason proudly announced over the air that WCVT:FM, 89.7 on the radio dial, would open with ""Bop City Revisited,"" by Hank Levy and the Towson State College Jazz Ensemble. Please turn to page 6 Mark Silvert announces the next song going out over WCVT-FM. TL photo by Beej pa Steve Curran, General Manager of WCVT-FM, puts the station on the air or th dY :sr irst time. TL photo by Mike Sprysenski isher declines 43rown U. post is. by Bill Stetka Dr. James Fisher, president of he College, labeled as ""not true"" ports by the Sunpapers that he as leaving Towson State to take he presidency of Brown University. jG Dr. Fisher said a member of the oard at Brown, which is located in rovidence, Rhode Island, came to laY �wson in November to talk about 6: he position. The TSC president aid he asked the selection ornmittee at Brown to withdraw his lune from consideration in Decem- Sr. ""I just decided if they contacted e, I wouldn't accept,"" he said. I as impressed because it's an Ivy ague school."" ""I've been out of the running for bout a month, but several students if ave asked me about it,"" Dr. 4: i 00 sher continued. Since coming to Towson in July be f 1969, Dr. Fisher has guided the �liege's rise to the top of the ducation field. ""Towson is known as one of the est Public institutions in the a DO Yb Vi d sappointed Vacancies abound country,"" he said. ""In my seven years here, we've had seven years of change and seven years of increased reputation for Towson. We must continue to change."" ""I don't think I'm going to be interested in another presidency. It would be an exercise in redun-dancy,"". Dr, Fisher said. ""I'm very pleased to be doing what I'm doing here.""' The Brown job is not the first that the TSC president has been offered. Although Dr. Fisher did not speculate on the number of positions, Southern Illinois Univer-sity wooed him for two years shortly after he arrived at Towson, and San Francisco State University offered him the president's position there less than three years ago. At that time, Dr. Fisher said he turned down the offer to go to SFSU because Governor Marvin Mandel had offered him the chancellorship of the Maryland State college system. Mr. Mandel denied that the offer had been made, and Dr. Fisher remained in his position as president of Towson State. by Pete Binns , Ann,. Marie Lowe, SGA president, Anoicated Tuesday that SGA was disaPPointed with the number of students involved in the student government and its activities. Referring to the Senate, she said p there were now two Senate vacancies ith tlu'ee more resignations pos- ibly upcoming. ""Right now, we eve five people (out of eighteen) ntatively not working."" It is disheartening that the turn- ver rate is so high. I was optimistic- til they met."" T� reduce some of the work load TI the remaining Senators, Lowe said the Appropriations and College ieAffairs committees are planning to ornbine and do some committee ork together. ""It is good that they S doubling up and working to- ther - each Senator can get more araniar with each bill."" Joining the 'we corrunittees would also help decrease the possibility of a Ii0 �Itunittee meeting without having quorum. 00 LO t WeWe said she was also dis- ppointed with the turnout of stu- ents for the Physically Handi- 0 . 5 tirtiis pleased, however, that the ita hPPed Awareness Week activities. 6/ ' People who would affect policy on xnPUs were the ones who really ,raited from the experience."" She ;:ided, ""it made me more aware of he problem when I wall into a lUilding now that, say, doesn't have Levaters.,, Saying that she was hopeful con- raing the restructuring of the tUdent Information Service (for-erlY SAS or Steamline), Lowe id that plans are being made to jtl die the 0 make literature from all campus departments available at the college center main lobby location. ""That way a student wouldn't have to walk to the Administration Building to ask a routine question to Finance. We also hope to use the SIS location to administer surveys and to dis-tribute petitions."" In other matters, Lowe said that she was ""really happy the radio station is on the air. I have to give credit to all the hard-working stu-dents and administrators that helped out especially with bureaucratic problems."" WCVT-FM signed on the air last Thursday after months of postponements. Lowe also said she was pleased with the recent developments in Towson's attempts to gain a univer-sity designation. Referring to re-cently established criteria defining university status, she said, ""It is equitable and just that TSC be granted university designation be-cause we have met all the criteria which has been established."" 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 Pete Binns or Diane Prange at the Towerlight office if they have not already done so. The final deadline is noon, Tuesday, February 24. All organi-zations should realize that this is probably the best way for students to find out which organizations exist. LXVIII, NO. 17 TOWSON STATE COLLEGE FEBRUARY 20, 1976 Federal Judge Northrup stalls HEW; SGA Senator Culberson asks probe by Joan Grabowski Department of Health, Education and Welfare attempts to cut off $65 million in federal aid to Maryland higher education were blocked Wednesday by Chief Judge Edward S. Northrup of the United States District Court. Northrup, in issuing a temporary restraining order, stalled HEW from giving Maryland notice of an administrative hearing. The hearing is the first step toward the formal cut off of funds. HEW has charged the state with non-compliance to the Maryland plan for desegregation of state universi-ties and colleges. The issue of Towson's non-com-pliance was raised in the SGA Senate earlier this year in a Ann Marie Lowe TL photo by Ken Vane resolution by Senator Sheila Cul-berson. The resolution, passed by the Senate and referred to the College Affairs Committee, asked for a ""full and complete investiga-tion of Towson State College's compliance with the desegregation plan outlined in the Maryland desegregation manual..."" Acting College Affairs Committee Chairperson Vicki Bass promised ""we will get our committee together"" to work on the investiga-tion. Culberson promised the support and assistance of the BSU and the black organizations in the investigation. The scope of the investigation is to include the degree of viability and effectiveness of existing pro-grams, the high rate of attrition among black students, counseling and orientation programs, moni-toring mechanisms, and other areas. The College Affairs Committee is charged with making a Yudkowritten report to the Senate, and later to ""appropriate administrators, or-ganizations, and news media."" The report is to include a detailed list of problems encountered, suggestions for improvement, and suggestions for expediting the plan as outlined. The Resolution provides that the investigation begin no later than the first committee meeting of 1976, and the report be issued no later than April 15, 1976. Discussing the issue, Culberson said her bill represented the concerns of black students and faculty, and was an effort to ""ease the tension"" felt by blacks on the Towson Campus. She remarked on the high attrition rate among black students and commented no mechanism existed to make black students feel comfortable on campus. ""I feel Towson is not following the plan,"" noted Culberson. She questioned the validity of the ""lack of money to implement"" explana-tion often given. ""There are many things that can be done without money."" She voiced the hope the Resolu-tion would result in a ""good investigation."" Senator Fran Schramm said the Culberson bill would not be an , issue until the end of the semester, when the final report is due. Senator Eric Perkins predicted the appearance of other bills dealing with the desegregation, though, he noted, none had yet been intro-duced. Flu infects Towson campus by Kathy Pascuzzi A ""new"" flu virus, called the ""A-Victoria"" strain, has reached Senators resign by T.F. Troy, Jr. Increased resignations from the SGA senate at this time of year are a ""perennial problem,"" according to SGA Vice President Joanne Finegan. ""Right now - right after the break - is the biggest hassle of being a senator,"" she said. ""Perennial"" or not, it is clear that the senate is facing a big ""hassle"" as, one by one, the senators find that their colleagues are deserting them. What should have been an 18 member assembly on Tuesday was attended by no more than nine senators, barely enough for a quorum. Of the nine absentees, most have either officially or unofficially resigned from that august body, the SGA senate. The most common reason for senate resignation is that at this time of year, students find them-selves saddled with burdensome workloads, academic or otherwise, and SGA activity is often the first ballast to be tossed overboard. Also, some senators have grown discouraged because SGA seems to be a thing eternally bogged down in politiking and in-fighting. Because of the new vacancies in senate, prospective candidates will find ample opportunity for joining it, and can do so by coming to the SGA offices to get a petition. The petition must be signed by 200 fulltime day students and turned in by March 5. Anyone interested in becoming a candidate for any of the executive positions (president, vice president or treasurer) or one of the 14 senate-at-large positions must have 200 signatures from fulltime day students. Students running for one of the class senate positions need 100 signatures from students of their respective class. All candidates who turn in their petitions must attend an introduc-tory meeting with the election committee March 8 at 4 p.m., Thursday, March 11, beginning at 12 noon, a forum for candidates will be ehdl in rooms 309-311 of the College Center. Elections will be held March 18 and 19 all day on the first floor of the College Center. near-epidemic levels in many communities. The rash of infections has resulted in the closing of several area schools. But Dr. Charles O'Donnell, part-time col-lege physician, does not feel that TSC is in danger of closing due to the flu. ' Although about 200 TSC students visited the Health Center Monday with flu symptoms, Dr. O'Donnell says, ""It's nothing we can't handle."" In fact, he said that the major wave of flu has ""probably peaked. He expects the flow of sick students to subside shortly. Both he and Dr. Patrick Phelan, College Physician, have been working at the Health Center seven days a week for the past two weeks, and all the beds in the Center have been filled most of that time. Dr. O'Donnell advises students to avoid infection by resting as much as possible to keep resistance tio It is also a good idea to avoid the possibility of ""droplet infection,"" Coupons stolen Recently, 399 food coupon books were stolen bearing the serial numbers of 14,001 through 14,000. These books are now being sold on campus. The cashiers in the Food Services operation will be accept these coupons. Anyone having any information in conjunction with this crime or the selling of these stolen coupons, should contact the Campus Police Department, 321-2133. All infor-mation will be appricated and your identity will be kept confidential. says Dr. O'Donnell. This means staying at least three feet away from other people. ""Of course, closer contact, such as kissing, will spread the infection even faster,"" he remarked. The flu's main danger is not in the viral infection itself, which may make you feel pretty badly, according to Dr. O'Donnell. Along with making the patient miserable, he says, this infection can weaken the body's natural defenses, in-creasing the chance for a bacterial infection that could cause pneu-monia. An antibiotic may not make you feel any better, but it provides important resistance to the bac-teria. The symptoms of the ""new"" bug are not too different from the old. The flu still brings headache, nausea, sore throat and general weakness. Dr. O'Donnell advises students who think they may have the flu to go to bed, take aspirin and drink fluids. Dr. O'Donnell noted that the flu keeps a patient in bed a few days, but he has also had reports of patients feeling weak for a couple of weeks. He also said that the flu could leave you with an ""inability to think properly."" Correction Prices for the 1976 Tower Echoes were printed incorrectly in last week's Towerlight. The corrected ad should read that ""Advance orders for this $17 value are now only $4."" Tower-light regrets the error. *War "