The Towerlight, February 4, 1977

tl19770204-000 "shoots boll S('(' page 3 )iittti Tig et-s N.. Bees clash see p(tge 8 VOL. [AIX, NO. 14 TOWSON STATE UNIVERSITY FEBRUARY 4.1977 Baby, it's cold outside! Ah, if only it was a winter wonderland! IL photo con rtes? of Tower Echoes Search committee screening cleademic V.P. candidates by Jim Masseron A committee of TSU faculty, students and administrators are searching nationwide for a perma-nent vice president of Academic Affairs for the University, and are expected to present their final recommendation to President James Pisher in early May. The committee was formed Shortly after former Vice President i�enneth Shaw announced his deParture in late November. Shaw is aew president of Illinois State University. Dr. Gilbert Brungardt, former dean of arts and letters and ocmmunication arts and sciences, assumed office Jan. 12 as interim vice president and will leave once a permanent replacement for Shaw has been announced in May. Dr. Brungardt, though acting vice president, is not a candidate for the permanent position. Patricia Plante, chairperson of the selection committee, said that 105 people have applied for the job, and three are currently employed at State support declines., SO guess who pays more? Student fees will increase by approximately six per cent for enrnmuters, five per cent for residents and eleven per cent for �et-of-state students next semester, 'aid Wayne Schelle, vice president of Business and Finance. ''There is still a possibility that that figure could go higher,' Schelle added. Fees could increase another $20440 above the projected per-centage, he said. The increase in student fees is cessary because state support to Maryland public colleges will drop frem the current 61 per cent to 46.9 1)er cent for academic year 77-78. This is part of a �""constant drop"" in state support to higher education, Schelle said. The Maryland Board for Higher Education recommended to the 1976 General Assembly a 70 per cent level of state suport. However, the governor's office decided that this recommendation ""could not be heeded."" Student fees ar now paying for mandatory salary increases and general operating expenses, Schelle said. Marylanders are now taxed at the fifth highest rate in the country, the vice president said. ""I don't know where the money goes,"" he added. Schelle explained that although 500 new students entered TSU this year, only one new position was created and no new faculty members were hired. ""We're really in very poor financial condition,"" Schelle said. Towson State. Plante gave no names because of the applicants' requests for confidentiality. The University has advertised the position in nationwide publications. One hundred college presidents nationwide have been invited to nominate candidates for the job. Dr. Annette Flower, TSU Affirmative Action Officer, has an extensive ' knowledge of civil rights, and is closely supervising all advertising to insure that women and minorities are given an equal opportuity to seek the job. Plante said the process of finding a new vice president includes reviewing all applications, conduct-ing personal interviews and finally recommending the committee's choice or choices to Dr. Fisher. By law Dr. Fisher has final authority in appointing the new vice president, but Plante said Fisher would probably respect the committee's recommendation's. Chairperson Plante noted the new .vice president will be one ""who is in sympathy with the academic goals of TSU set by the Academic Council."" She emphasized that he or she must be ""liberally educated and imagina-tive, but at the same time can be an effective paper pusher."" Acting Vice President Brungardt said ""an effective vice president must have his philosophy of education well-defined."" He said, ""he must understand the demo-cratic manner in which the academic community operates, as well as realizing the long range goals of President Fisher and the Academic Council. Dining Services does about-face, shows $22,000 profit for fall by Kathy Pascuzzi Dining Services reported a ""(9,000 profit for last semester, said i,,rector Al Walsh. But this figure h isn't realistic,"" says Walsh, ""e cause it did not allow for several � Penses incurred after the end-of-aeltester report. These additional 'tPenses reduce the surplus amount o about $22,000. This surplus represents a turn-ateund for the department, which Ported a deficit of over $200,000 oc the last academic year. p. Vice President of Business and j4ance Wayne Schelle said more 'deceive use of labor, more accurate 1. 13orting and effective planning all contributed to the department's allecess. Part of the surplus will be returned to students in $15 bonus coupon books. The rest will be used for operating funds for the depart-ment. Walsh explained that Dining Services is a part of the Auxiliary Services division, which also in-cludes the Bookstore and Residence departments. All of these depart-ments are self-sufficient financially, that is, they receive no funds from the state. Walsh said that changes in the coupon plan, the department's catering operations and the financial reporting system also helped in the turnaround. Students now pay full price for coupons, and are not given a discount on food, Walsh said, and the institution of a monthly financial report has helped the department avtt piu..nlite, mistakes. But Walsh said that $22,000 represents only 2.5 per cent, of the department's gross sales �""a low minimum."" Walsh expects Dining Services to improve further when the new facility opens at Newell Hall next fall. He said he is currently trying to get ""as much student input as possible"" regarding the operation of the new facility, since ""we can really do whatever we want at Newell."" Major improvements will include more storage room and ""not being locked into serving the full volume of meals in one building."" He added that he'd ""like Newell to be done really well"" because ""the place is a showcase."" by Bill Stetka The cold weather gripping much of the nation this winter is leaving its marks on the Towson campus as well, and Wayne Schelle, vice president of Business and Finance, fears the University will spend more than its utility budget allows. This year's allocation for utilities is $1,470,000, but Schelle said this week that ""we'll spend all of that. and we may overspend."" The utility budget pays for all oil, gas, electric, water and sewerage used by the University. ""Two months ago, 1 thought we may have a surplus of around $30,000 to $40,000. A month ago, I thought we'd spend right on the button. But because of the extreme cold, we may spend $50,000 to $100,000 over our budget,"" Schelle said. The campus has been plagued by the same problems that much of the nation has encountered�icy side-walks and parking lots, broken pipes in buildings, lack of oil, and paying overtime to employees trying to clean up the mess left by the cold winter. Leon Herring, director of the University's physical plant, said broken or frozen pipes caused problems in the Tower, the Fine Arts building and Glen Esk. ""Areas froze up that haven't been frozen in my 10 years here,"" Herring noted. He said that the time spent working on fixing pipes and melting ice on sidewalks and parking lots left a one to two week delay in finishing the usual January projects of his staff. Herring said his staff normally must get dormitories and class-rooms ready for the February onslaught of students. In addition, this year they have been Working on the offices in Burdick Hall and enlarging the vending area in Stephens Hall. The ice and snow have pushed completion of those jobs back oie to two weeks. ""I just hope the people can understand, but when you get into these kinds of problems you have delays,"" Herring said. Still, Schelle said he is ""very pleased with the job done by the ground crew"" during the blistering cold wave ""They worked night and day for six weeks,"" he said. ""I really believe we have it better than many shopping centers and other schoolr."" Schelle added that TSU is complying with Governor Marvin Mandel's directive to lower the temperature in state buildings to 65 degrees in the daytime and 55 degrees at night and on weekends. Dormitories will remain at 65 degrees at all times, however, according to Herring. And while Herring ""would love to see a thaw,"" he admits that when the ice does start melting, ""we could have flooding conditions in some of our buildings."" Herring said that he anticipates springtime troubles with leaking in several buildings, including the administration building. In the meantime, neither Schelle, Herring, nor anyone else has the solution to ending the bitter cold weather of the last six weeks. As Schelle said, ""We're enduring."" ""Maybe,"" said Herring, ""the bookstore can start selling long-johns."" Williams resigns from TSU. McCabe tabbed for Center post by Debbie Pelton ""I'm basically a free-thinker,"" said Ed Williams, former manager of the Towson Center. Williams resigned from the University early in January. His acting successor is Jay McCabe. One reason why Williams decided to lave Towson involved a promotion he expected but never received. However, Williams feels that even if the promotion had' come through, it just would have prolonged an inevitable resignation. ""I'm not going to rush into anything,"" said Williams about his prospects for future employment. Although he has no definite plans, Williams is putting in applications .for a position as a promotions director. Jay McCabe Ideally, Williams would like to be a producer. ""I would like to pull together a variety of elements into a creative adventure and see it through,"" said Williams. ""I'm looking for an opportunity to do something different."" Williams believes too , many people are ""victims of careers."" He feels that after college, people go immediately into a profession because of financial obligations and encouragement from friends and families. Williams said he is not ""hell-bent for a career."" In college, he studied theology and philosophy and was troubled when he was job-searching and didn't think he had ""any skills."" When recollecting his seven years of employment at Towson State, Williams said he will remember the ""ways the Special Services staff functioned together and the rise of student employees and classified employees."" Williams said his student em-ployees were fortunate because they ""learned while they worked."" The only regret Williams has about leaving is the loss of his association with the students and his boss, Charles Eckels. Williams' colleagues were sur-prised at the news of his I resignation. Some co-workers were dismayed when they discovered Williams had no job waiting for him. ""The job in Special Services was never boring,"" said Williams. ""Every event was a challenge,"" he said. ""I loved the performances."" The Public Program Series was Williams' favorite event at Towson. ""Towson Center is a tremendous asset to Towson State,"" said Williams. It will provide them with tickets to events at discount 'prices. For the physical education depart-ment, the center allows the department to ""expand its facili-ties."" McCabe, the acting manager of the Towson Center, feels his positioni is ""a great challenge."" He will hold the job until official appointment is made. As manager, McCabe will be in charge of operations. McCabe was the manager of Parking Services before he received a position with Special Services and was offered the job as acting manager of the center. Ed Williams Financial Aid rebates coming by Ruth Ann Leftridge TSU has a new system for disbursing financial aid funds this semester, said Harriet Griffin, director of Financial Aid. Students will now have credit for the amount of their financial aid applied directly to their statement of fees. Then, if there is money remaining after all charges have been made, the student will receive one rebate check, ""Rebate checks should be avail-able the week of February 7,"" Griffin said. ""However, students may want to wait until they receive a notification from the Financial Aid Office that the checks are in,"" she added. The State Comptroller's Office was having trouble processing the number of checks returned by students who dropped out of college. Therefore, the Office ordered the new disbursement system for all Maryland public colleges. Griffin said the new system also eliminates the possibility of a student who didn't even pre-register ""getting a check and just walking away."" The Financial Aid Director said that the new procedure will help the University because financial aid students will be ""almost forced"" to pre-register. Griffin said this is ""probably a better system"" than the previous one, but she would rather have implemented it at the beginning of a fall semester. Financial Aid students receiving a National Defense Student Loan must signthe Schedule of Advances/Prom-issory Note before Feb. 11 or the loan will be retracted, Griffin said. Anderson to speak at TSU Jack Anderson Jack Anderson. controversial Wash-ington newspaper columnist and Pulitzer Prize Winner, will speak on the ""News Behind The Headlines"" Friday, February 11 at 8 p.m. in Stephens Hall,Auditorium at Towson State University. Mr. Anderson will appear as part of the Celebrity Speakers Series sponsored by the Student Government Association. Jack Anderson's personality and style evokes several different opinions. I le has been called America's most famous investigative reporter. while Time Magazine called him '""I'he Square Scourge of Washington."" Morley Safer profiled Anderson admiringly on CBS-TV's ""Sixty Minutes,"" while William Buckley devoted sixty anthing-but-acimiring minutes to him on the ""Firing Line."" Tickets for his lecture 'an be obtained at. the University Box Office in the University Union. For further infor-mation call 321-2244. "