tl19700306-000 "toweriight =Min Vol. XXII, No. 19 TOWSON STATE COLLEGE, BALTIMORE, MARYLAND 21204 March 6, 1970 Board still inactive JLF tags board 'friendly eunuch' By STEPHANIE TOLEN Chastizing the Board of Trus-tees for their inaction in finding him a new residence, President James L. Fisher labels them as ""a good board . . . friendly . . . but a friendly eunuch."" ""I have reason to believe it is like the student radical,"" he says, ""they keep saying we are going to change, but when? WHEN? I just keep hearing words."" While the Board was ""enticing"" Dr. Fisher to accept the presi-dency of Towson State College, they agreed to find him a resi-dence other than Glen Esk, the presidential house located on cam-pus. Glen Esk poorly located Dr. Fisher has no objection to Glen Esk, but to its location. Al-ready this year he has been threat-ened with three Black Panther in-vasions. And police have warned him innumerable times to lock his doors and windows and be on guard against escaped convicts from the Towson Jail and patients who have escaped from Sheppard Pratt Mental Hospital. ""I have never asked my family to live like this!"" he cried. ""I want to get off the campus in the sense that I want to find a place where my family can live like a family."" Being located in the middle of the College Centre-Residence Hall complex does not help matters. He does not want to criticize stu-dent behavior�late night noises, etc.�he accepts it as typical. And he realizes the unfortunate loca-tion of Glen Esk, which does not complement the sleeping schedule of young children. For example, late one night mu-sic interrupted his childrens' sleep. And he allowed them to stay up to enjoy the ""culture,"" and miss their sleep. In September the Fisher famly found a place just across the street 4,�. a perfect place in terms of price."" Because of State delays, however, the owner could not hold out any longer and sold it to some-one else. Now Fisher says, ""I have decid-ed I cannot wait for the State. Everybody agrees, but nothing gets done."" And Fisher commented the State can move fast to allocate money if it wants to. When asked what he thought the problem was, Dr. Fisher commented: ""The proce-dures in effect regarding public higher education are antiquated and ineffective."" Editor's Note: Echnund C. Mester, Executive Director of the Mary-land Board of Trustees, advised 'Towerlight March 4 that recom-mendation were made to the Bur-eau of the Budget on March 2. Dr. James L. Fisher College senate repeals alcohol prohibition By MEG HEMLER March 2, the College Senate un-animously passed the recommenda-tions of the Alcoholic Beverage Policy Board allowing the sale and possesion of alcoholic beverages on campus. It now awaits approval by the President. The policy has provisions for three areas: special dining room, residence halls, and other areas of the campus. � Community members will be allowed to consume alcoholic bev-erages in the Special Dining Room after 3 pm. No one under 21 will be allowed in the Special Dining Room during these hours. � The residence halls will de-velop their own policies governing the use of alcoholic beverages. These policies must be submitted to the Governing Board for ap-proval. Photo by Tobin A pretournament prophesy became a saddening truth last Saturday night as Towson State succumbed to a powerful West-ern Maryland squad in the 26th Mason-Dixon Wrestling Tour-nament held here at Towson. (See page six) � The use of alcohol in other areas of the campus will be re-stricted to group meetings and other registered events. To use al-coholic beverages during a campus event, a group must complete these steps one week in advance: 1) Reg-ister the event with the Coordina-tor of Student Activities; 2) Ap-point a representative who will be responsible for group members complying with the laws; 3) Re-ceive approval of the Governing Board. To sell alcoholic beverages dur-ing a campus event, a group must first complete the three steps men-tioned above and then apply to the Board of Liquor License Commis-sioners of Baltimore County for a temporary liquor license. The College is now in the pro-cess of obtaining a club license for the sale of alcoholic beverages on campus, and no sale of alcohol will be permitted until this license is obtained. Photo by Thomas The new alcohol policy is exper-imental and will be reviewed again by the College Senate in 1971. Towson State is the first state col-lege in Maryland to allow alco-holic beverages on campus. Dr. James L. Fisher asked for the discretion of allowing alcohol on campus at the January 19 meet-ing of the Board of Trustees. The policy was drawn up by a com-mittee of administrators, faculty members and students. Ahcohol policy for men's residence hall - page 5 Legislature promises TSC & MSC 'top priority' State procrastinates $ increase By LARRY FRANK Although Towson State College was promised top priority along with Morgan State in Maryland's supplemental budget, both colleges have waited for more than four -weeks for the budgets to be ap-proved. Towson awaits the Supplemen-tal Budget because the College's originally approved Operating Bud-get of $11.9 million fell far be-low expectations. For a 20 percent increase in total Maryland Student enrollment, Towson received only a 2.5 percent increase in Operating Fund for fiscal year 1971. President James L. Fisher ex-pressed a reaction of ""stunned dis-belief"" to the approved budget be-fore the Maryland Senate Budget Hearings. Immediately upon receiving the initial and disappointing approved budget on January 21, Dr. Fisher, Dean Kenneth Shaw, and Wayne Schelle contacted Blaire Lee, Mary-land Secretary of State, and made known their dissatisfactions with Towson's approved allocation. The administrators met with Lee for four hours on an emergency basis on January 26. Towson's representatives in An-napolis found that Lee agreed with their contentions that Towson was short-changed in the 1971 Operat, ing Budget. It was also found that Edmund Mester, Executive Direc-tor of the State Board of Trustees concurred with this position. TSC's priority in the supplemental bud-get was reaffirmed at this meeting. A $1.9 million Supplemental Bud-get Request, including a detailed listing of TSC financial needs, was submitted on January 28. It was implied that TSC would be in-formed of its budget request seven to ten days. As yet, the eel. lege has heard nothing; it has been over five weeks. Schelle, speaking for the admin-istration, reports that they have ""stacks of charts, graphs, and other data to validate our con-cerns."" He realizes, however, that a ""budget is subject to political pressure and political lobbying."" The College administration is very concerned over Towson's small 1971 budget increase and the fail-ure of the State to respond prompt, by to Towson's supplemental re-quest. According to &belle, Tow-son's approach to receiving funds ""is to allow the State system to respond to our needs. If the State cannot or will not respond, the Col-lege must consider increases in stu-dents' fees and/or reductions in in-creases in student enrollment."" "
