tl19780203-000 "Hey Shorties see page 7 ottietti Tigers rank #2 In nation Seepage 12 VOL. LXX NO. 14 TOWSON STATE UNIVERSITY February 3, 1978 'Moynihan, Hayakawa debate Sun. Senator Daniel P. Moynihan (D.-New York) by Paul Gilmore Senators S. I. Hayakawa (R.-California) and Daniel P. Moynihan (D.-New York) will evaluate President Carter's first year in office in a debate at the Towson Center Sunday at 8 p.m. The debate is the fifth attraction of the 1977-78 TSU Lec-ture Series sponsored by the SGA. Dr. Richard E. Vatz, assistant professor in the Com-munication Arts and Sciences Department, who designed the format of the program, will mediate the debate. After each Senator has made a 20-minute introductory speech, a panel consisting of two faculty members and two students will direct questions to the Senators. Vatz said he will also direct questions to the Senators and, if time permits, the audience will have the opportunity to question the Senators. The panel will consist of Dr. Gerd Ehrlich, professor, Political Science Department; Mr. George Rocourt, pro-fessor, Business Administration Department; Steve Verch and Ron Lackey. Both Hayakawa and Moynihan are first-term Senators who took office in January of 1977. Hayakawa defeated in-cumbent Democratic Senator John V. Tunney and Moynihan defeated incumbent Republican Senator James Buckley in November of 1976. Though neither Senator had served in elected office prior to 1977, both have had active public lives. Hayakawa has been a noted figure in the field of education, teaching English in several schools, including the University of Wisconsin, Illinois Institute of Technology, and the University of Chicago. In 1968 he became Acting Presi-dent of San Francisco State. In 1973 the college achieved university status and Hayakawa was appointed President Emeritus. Hayakawa has published a number of textbooks on language and has served as a columnist for the Chicago Defender and the Register and Tribune Syndicate. Senator Moynihan has a colorful personal history, in-cluding much political experience. He has served in the Cabinet or Subcabinet of the last four Presidents. He has also been U.S. Ambassador to India, U.S. permanent representative to the United Nations, U.S. representative to the United Nations and U.S. representative to the General Assembly of the United Nations. He was a member of the New York delegation to the Democratic National Convention in 1960 and in 1976 was a member of the Platform Committee at the Convention. Moynihan has also been active in educatim and has taught at Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Har-vard. He has llso published several works concerning government and economics. Tickets for the debate are free to all students, faculty and staff members and are available at the box office. Tickets can be purchased by non-students for $5. Senator S. I. Hayakawa (R.-California I Colleges dissatisfied with budget by Paul Gilmore When Acting Governor Blair Lee III released his $43.8 million budget for the six state colleges and universities last month, the cry for more money came from colleges across the state including TSU. ""I think we got a crummy budget,"" said Vice President and birector of Finance, Wayne Schelle. ""We got a 31/2 per cent increase (about 1/2 million) ... but a 31/2 Per cent increase is hardly enough to keep up with inflation and the addition of new students."" Schelle also said annual pay raises for faculty and staff would account for a substantial portion of the budget increase. ""We're going to lose to inflation and pay raises,"" Schelle said. Schelle was not the only one disappointed with the new budget. Chairman of the Board of Trustees for the State Universities and Colleges of Maryland, J. Carson Dowell resigned in frustration when the budget was released. Dowell said in his resignation speech at the board's last meeting on January 17 at Coppin State College, ""As a businessman, I learned early in my career that if a potential customer wouldn't buy something from one salesman, he might buy it from another one. So if one salesman can't make the sale, it may be time to change the salesman."" Dowell went on to outline his frustrations in his attempts to act as the ""salesman"" for the state colleges and universities. He stated that in 1968 the state provided 91.8 per cent of the instructional costs of the six institutions, but in the current fiscal year the state only provides 59 per cent of such costs. In those 10 years, tuition for state colleges has tripled, Dowell said. The plight of TSU is represen-tative of the financial problems in the state college system. While Schelle admits that TSU made out better than other schools in the state, he said ""I'm not satisfied that we got equity."" Schelle pointed out that among projects cut from the budget he submitted to the state budget analyst was the raised cross walk over Osler Drive and a portion of the operational budget. The budget allotted to TSU was especially disappointing because the Crane resigns 'under duress sentencing date unknown by Rose M. Scally William Crane, assistant instruc-tor for the psychology department has resigned, effective Jan. 10, sometime after he pleaded guilty to Charges of PCP distribution with intent to distribute. � William Crane Federal agents had arrested him in his office TSU in the psychology department Nov. 9. They based his arrest on an incident last summer which also culminated in the arrest of Karen Palumbo, a former TSU student. Crane said, ""I resigned � under duress"" with the understanding that if he did not voluntarily leave he would be fired. Dean Joseph Cox, vice-president for academic affairs, said that although the University was pre-pared to ask Crane to resign if he were found guilty, he did not know whether ""the process ever got that far."" In other words, Crane may have resigned before he was asked to quit. In addition Cox said ""the University was silent [about Crane's case]; until the judicial process was completed "" it decided that ""any comment would be unfair."" Crane's job is listed as assistant instructor. In his capacity as a ""paraprofessional"", he had little direct contact with students. He handled maintenance of the electrical equipment and fabrication of some of the laboratory supplies within the psychology department. He worked at TSU for five years. Crane had mixed feelings about leaving the school. He said, ""Being out of a job is inconvenient to say the least, but also a relief"" because he wasn't completely satisfied with the job. Crane thinks he will be sentenced some time next week. He said that Judge Blair has his high school diploma, hospital, military, and school records to determine the sentencing. Crane entered the guilty plea around Christmas before his sche-duled court appearance Jan. 9. The plea made the trial for him unnecessary. It was part of his plea bargaining. ""You plead guilty to show you are a cooperative person with the law,"" he said but the plea gives no guarantee of leniency. Campus crime on the decrease by Kathy Norjen The amount of crime on Towson State's campus last semester has decreased in comparison to the first semester of 1976. According to Greg Roepke, assistant director of the University Police, ""There were nineteen arrests this past semester � thirteen students, one employee, Writers needed Towerlight is in need of students W4.110 are willing to volunteer their Lane and effort to produce a better newspaper. There is a great need for writers, photographers, proofread-ers and someone interested in selling advertising space. Persons of aI majors are eligible. and five people connectei with Towson State. This is eleven less than last year, when there were thirty-one."" Larceny was the most common criminal offense last semester, with a total of fifty-one thefts. Most of those arrested for larceny were ' ""caught in the act,"" said Roepke. Vandalism was the second most frequent campus crime. ""Ten people were charged with assault, seven with simple assault, a threat with the ability to carry it through, though there is no actual contact. Three people were charged with assault and battery, when one person actually hits another,"" said Roepke. 'The main places hit by thieves were the University Union, Towson Center and the Fine Arts Building"", said Roepke. He said he thinks the late hours of these buildings are related to the frequency of crimes committed there. In comparison to other area colleges and universities, TSU's crime rate is rather high, with only one school having a higher rate, according to 1976 statistics. Frost-burg State College had 1,471 incidents reported while TSU had 702, University of Baltimore had 345, Salisbury State 211, Morgan State 110 and Coppin State 74. The University Police are going to ""concentrate on certain areas"" to help alleviate the crime on this campus,"" said Roepke. And, as a result of last year's Crime Analysis Report, they also plan to redistri-bute their patrols to cover the ""high crime"" areas such as the academic buildings where 50 percent of the crimes occur. State Board of Higher Education recommended in a detailed report to the budget committee that Towson be given $1.28 million immediately to compensate for existing under-funding. If no additional money could be found, the report recom-mended, $350,000 should be re-duced from another institution's budget and be awarded to Towson to bring Towson's budget in line with schools across the state. Unfortunately, the budget com-mittee virtually ignored the recom-mendations; and cut TSU's pro-posed budget by $250,000. By negotiating with legislatures, Schelle says he was able to get about $62,000 reinstated, but it still leaves TSU with a tight budget. Schelle says he will submit a supplemental budget request but said, ""I don't have much hope for getting any more money."" Although he forsees no immediate economic crisis, Schelle says if the trend continues, the years to come could bring some lay-offs and cutting of certain services. ""After 1981, if we suffer an enrollment decline and additional recessions, we could have some lay-offs of faculty and staff,"" he said. Projects that were approved for TSU and received funding by the budget committee include; the detailed planning of renovation of Van Bokkelen, renovation of Ste-phens Hall, detailed planning for the renovation of the power plant, and detailed planning of the widening and redirection of roads inside the campus. The state budget committee allocated money to plan for renovations that will alleviate problems Ilke this one at Van Bokkelen Hall. However, TSU and other state colleges were left lacking funds in many other areas. TL Photo by Mark Gail No more Lair on Friday nights by Cindy Roberts The unique weekly phenom known as Friday night at the Tiger's Lair has gone the way of the dinosaur. For the first time in three years the music will not resound and the beer will no longer flow at the Friday night Lair. The Den, under the direction of ARA, will however, remain open on Friday nights in Newell Hall. Al Walsh, director of Dining Services, decided to close the Lair on Friday nights but will allow it to remain open on Thursdays. Having both the Tiger's Lair and the Den open on Friday nights, posed a problem. Neither place did as well as it should have, said Walsh. ""We tried this past semester to have both the Lair and the Den open on Friday nights but it was just not working out,"" he said. In order to solve the problem, Dining Services decided to keep the Lair open on Thursdays and the Den on Fridays. The crowd that goes to the Den is mostly made up of dorm students, said Walsh. He feels that Newell �hall location is more convenient for them. Tiger's Lair manager Steve Brennan agreed. ""Why should a dorm student have to walk all the way down to the University Union on a Friday night to a dance when all they have to do is walk across the road to Newell Hall?"" said Brennan. The Tiger's Lair will be available for student groups to rent on Friday evenings for parties, dances and other events. The price of admission for the Thursday night Lair will remain at $1 with a TSU II) and $1.25 without. "
