tl9720310-000 "towerlight Volume XXV No. 6 Towson State College March 10, 1972 Towson, Maryland 21204 Traffic committee acts: Bus stop changed by Sylvia Weaver Because of student dissatisfaction and the results of a Traffic Committee poll, the bus stop on campus has been changed. The shuttle buses will now pick up and deliver passengers to a bus stop adjacent to the Health Center. The Traffic Committee initiated the change after students voiced their desire for the change in a Traffic Committee conducted poll. Students voted two-to-one against the old stop at Lida Lee Tall Circle. Eleven voting members make up the Traffic Committee, consisting of five faculty members and six students. The members are appointed by the SGA president. Three administrative advisors are hon-voting members. Other suggestions recommended to the committee for bus routes were to go through Mencken Drive to Jackson State Drive. According to the committee, this alternative would have been more efficient, but in two months the Science addition construction would cut off all traffic on Jackson State Drive. Director of Security, Gene Dawson denied bus passage on Mencken Drive because student traffic in that area is already congested and bus traffic would create an additional hazard. Future use In the future, two bus stops will be utilized. At present, there are four shuttle buses, and all are operating. A request for a new bus is in the budget for next year. Greg Cross, a student member of the committee, said, ""People have to realize that they are not going to get door-to-door service, and that includes students, staff and faculty."" The SGA will conduct a poll next week on students' reaction to the new shuttle plan. The committee also deals in parking problems. An open hearing on resident student parking will be held Tuesday, March 14 at 3:30 p.m. in the Security Building on Towsontown Boulevard. Anyone with proposals on how to control parking should attend. Important concerns reported by Mike Dilworth A faculty -student sub-committee, established by the Faculty Association Committee on the Status of Women has reported that the most important concerns to women on campus are securing a gynecologist for the Health Center and establishing a child care center. The concerns were voiced at a meeting in October by women students who served as consultants to the, faculty committee. Problem areas were discussed and the sub-committee proceeded to work on the concerns. Their progress report has just been released. Gynecologist needed The report said several candidates were interviewed for the gynecologist position but no agreement could be reached. Arrangements were made for Towson students to use the services established at Goucher College by the Family Planning Organization of Baltimore. Efforts are now being made to offset the cost of these services for Towson students. Child care R e s u l t s of t h e sub-committee's efforts to establish a child care center, the report said, produced a child care arrangement at Lida Lee Tall for night school students Index Page 1 on campus news Page 2 commentary page 3-4 letters Page 5-8 on campus news page 9-12 modern advertising special supplement to Towerlight page 13-15 features Page 16-17 sports Page 18-19 goings on page 20 off-campus news this semester. For day school students a location, but no funds, has been acquired for operating a center next fall. Depending on the number of children enrolled, the funds needed range from $25,000 to $50,000. The report said, ""There seems little hope of getting budget appropriations for this purpose for next year. With sufficient student support, the SGA might be an alternative source of funds."" Additional concerns Other concerns mentioned by the report include: improving the political, social, and economic status of women, abortion reform, birth control, child rearing and education, career counseling and lack of women in the administration. Women's center A Women's center has been established in Temporary A-1, consisting of a lounge, two offices and a meeting room. The report said, ""We have great hopes for the Women's Center, and would encourage you to use it as a place for conversation, for information, for meetings of groups interested in fern inest issues and for organization of projects relevant to the feminist movement at the college and in the community."" Another area of concern is women's studies or better representation of women in regular courses. A program is now being organized to make courses available this summer and fall in both the day and evening schools. The report cited considerable faculty and administrative support for this program. Members of the sub-committee include Sara Coulter of the English department, Jo-Anne Fuchs of the Philosophy department, Charlotte Koomjohn of the English Department, Joyce Neubert from the Mathematics department, Carmen Robb of the Art department and Margaret Zipp of the Mathematics department. In walkathon: The above is an artist's conception of the International Trade and Culture Center to be built in Washington, D.C. Student committee formed to promote culture center by Alike Dilworth An eight-member student committee has been formed on campus to inform 'rowson students of the International Trade and Cultural Center Foundation's goal of promoting world understanding. According to Jeff Leber, a student on the recently formed C ommittee, understanding leading to world peace would be achieved by exposing students to culture, art, literature, and people from all over the world. Founded by Kriger The Foundation, a non-political, non-profit organization was founded by Simon Kriger, an oriental art expert. Fisher sponsors Murphy Dr. James L. Fisher has announced that he will sponsor SGA President Steve Murphy in the March of Dimes 25 mile Walkathon on April 9. In response to his support of Mr. Murphy, Dr. Fisher chuckled, ""Holding in respect Mr. Murphy's high mental and diplomatic activities and having observed Mr. Murphy's physical activity over past years, reason demands that I question his .ability to negotiate any 25 mile course...even downhill and at the heels of an attractive coed."" The March of Dimes requested that 500 TSC students participate. Murphy will lead all Towson delegates and anyone interested in walking or sponsoring a walker should contact Murphy or anyone in the SGA office. Photo by hut Almond Steve Murphy, SGA president, will participate in the March of Dimes Walkathon, over a 25 mile course. Kriger, who donated art to Towson's Oriental Art Center, reportedly chose Towson to promote his Foundation because Towson displayed the oriental art openly, whereby students could fully view and appreciate the various collections, and because of the student oriented atmosphere at Towson. To collect $200 million The students at Towson are organizing the nation-wide drive to collect $200 million for the construction of the Foundation's center to be built in Washington, D.C. By 1976 To be completed by 1976, the center will be made up of five outlying continental buildings surrounding a culture building. Leber said that funds for the center could have easily come from government subsidies or similar aides. But as Kriger said, ""I firmly believe in youth and its vast potentials for good."" On campus, the committee is planning fund-raising activities. Monies collected would be used for scholarships, foreign exchange of students and professors, employment abroad, and other related benefits. The Foundation is not looking to students to make major contributions. Kriger said, ""An organized body of students in a community could, just once, collected a minimum average sum from each citizen for the worth purpose of improving the world's understanding...."" A committee member stated that Towson could benefit from the Foundation by becoming an important part of an organization dedicated to cultural understanding. "
