tl19790511-000 "VOL. VOCII No. 26 PC1,5otverttg PUBLISHED BY THE STUDENTS OF TOWSON STATE UNIVERSITY Weekend Weather: Partly cloudy today with the chance of an afternoon thunderstorm. Highs in the low 80's. Partly cloudy and warm again tomorrow with highs in the high 70's to low 8trs. May 11, 1979 AD Tom Meinhardt resigns by Katherine Dunn Dr. Thomas 0. Meinhardt, director of athletics at Towson State for the past nine years, has resigned his post, . effective July 1, 1979. Dr. Norman Sheets, acting vice president for academic affairs, an-nounced the resignation at the Academic Council meeting Monday. Meinhardt, who is a full professor with a Ph.D. in physical education, will remain a faculty member and continue to coach the men's tennis team. During Meinhardt's tenure, the athletic program has grown to 22 intercollegiate sports with a 1974 na-tional championship in lacrosse, an appearance in the 1976 Stagg Bowl, and top NCAA basketball ranking for 1976-77 and 1978-79. Although there is some speculation that Meinhardt may want to leave his post because Towson State is moving to Division I in the National Collegiate Athletic Association, Meinhardt said, ""Division I has no bearing on my deci-sion."" Ts' to stay on record by Robert Krummerich The Academic Council voted Monday to allow students to repeat a course only once if they received a mark of ""F"" or ""FX"" unless they have prior approval of the Academic Standards Committee. A mark of ""W"" for withdrawn cannot be used to replace a previous grade. An ""FX"" is awarded if a student fails to complete a course. When the course is repeated, the student will receive credit for only one course and the highest grade of the two, if repeated for the first time after September 1, 1970. The lower mark will remain on the student's record; however, a mark of ""R"" will precede the grade. If a grade of ""FX"" was given a mark of ""RX"" will be recorded. The lower grade will not be figured in when the semester and cumulative grades are totaled and averag-ed. They will not affect the student's GPA. This applies only to courses taken and repeated at Towson. When the student completes a repeated course he/she will have to submit a repeated course form to the registrar. Previously, the student's lower grade did not remain on his/her permanent record. Dr. Dean Esslinger, history instructor, said the policy ""would go into effect September of 1980."" Recently published guidelines of the American Associa-tion of Collegiate Admissions Officers are that repeated courses should remain on the students' records at all schools. Norman Sheets, dean of academic affairs, said the Maryland State Board of Trustees for State Colleges and Universities ""inquired why TSU was not conforming with national policy."" Milissa Murray, SGA President, said she called ""every school in the state and found out Towson was the only one with no records of the grades."" Murray said she ""can't really argue with it as long as the students are given a year and aren't put at a disadvan-tage."" Larry Liber, director of records, said, ""The measure was proposed in order to keep the University's grading system in line with recommended national reporting pro-cedures."" The proposal has been amended once and will go back at least one more time but its basic tenets should not be changed. Meinhardt has always been a propo-nent of increased athletic emphasis and was in favor of the move to Divi-sion I. But at Academic Council meetings when the move was highly debated and in danger of failing, Meinhardt had very little to say. A nationwide search will soon be started to find a new athletic director, said Paul Wisdom, vice president for institutional development. Wisdom said he will write a job description and place ads in the Chronicle of Higher Education, The Washington Post, and other publications. The search committee will be under the direction of Wisdom, said Acting President Dr. Joseph Cox, since athletics has now been placed under institutional development rather than academics. Cox said he would like the finalists to come to the university and not only meet the administration they would have to deal with, but also to meet the major sports coaches and executive board of the Tiger Club. A Towsontown spring Although Meinhardt requested to leave his position by July 1, Cox said, he would probably remain on until September if that is when the new athletic director is selected With athletics no longer connected with physical education and aca-demics, the new athletic director will be a contractual position, said Cox. He will not teach classes. Cox said most other schools give their athletic direc-tors contracts for two or three years and that is how Towson will hire him. Dr. Thomas Meinhardt Council approves move The annual Towsontown festival was more successful than ever this year. Large crowds gathered throughout downtown Towson to sample many kinds of ethnic foods and see the local art talent including woodcarving and clay modeling. Best of all the weatherman cooperated with a smiling sunny Saturday. TL photo by Mary Anne Beere Athletic emphasis gets new boost by Katherine Dunn The Academic Council voted Monday to place intercollegiate athletics under the control of the vice-presicent for institutional de-velopment, a move that puts the finishing touches on the year long effort to increase emphasis on inter-collegiate athletics. The transfer of athletics moves it out of the educational atmosphere of academics and into the business world of development, a move seen as necessary to a successful athletic program. At the February 26 meeting, the Council approved the move of intercollegiate athletics to NCAA Division 1, but balked at allowing the athletic department to remain under the vice-president for instit-utional development. They tem-porarily put the department under academic affairs and set up a committee to study the matter. The committee is composed of Dr. Norman Sheets, acting vice-president for academic affairs; Paul Wisdom, vice- pres-went tor instaLutional development: Dr. Robert Zeigler, chairman of the physical education department; Dr. Thomas Meinhardt, director of athletics; Dr. George Friedman, professor of English; Milissa Mur-ray, SGA president; and Dr. Margaret Kiley, professor of ed-ucation and chairperson of the committee. The committee submitted their report to the Council Monday unanimously in favor of moving Carl Rowan to discuss racism Syndicated columnist Carl Rowan will speak on Racism in America tomorrow night at the Towson Center Rowan is the final speaker for the SGA 1978-79 Speaker Series. Since 1965, Rowan has been a columnist for the Chicago Daily News and his column is synalcated in newspapers in the country and abroad. In addition to a three-time weekly radio show in forty cities, Rowan is a regular commentator on political and social events for the In this issue Pseudo-Stones The New Bar-barians, led by Rolling Stone Keith Richards and Ron Wood, Keep up with the pseudo- Stones on page 7. wasarldir 60,19c.oAc, Sun Day Sun Day was also celebrated at Bur-dick Field. Read more on page 3. Gimme an 0 . . . As in Orioles. Wild Bill Hagy is fast becoming a legend in B-Town. Climb into Section 34 of the upper deck with John Bennett and Steve Heaps and catch the famous cab driver from Dundalk up-close. Page 4. radio and television stations of Post-Newsweek. Broadcasting. Presently a roving editor of the Reader's Digest , Rowan spent 13 years as a correspondent for the Minneapolis Iribune He has won numerous journalism awards such as the Sidney Hillman award and the coveted Sigma Deta Chi medallion three years in succession - twice for foreign corresponcence and once for his reporting of national affairs. Rowan has also had a career in government, beginning in 1961 as the Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for the Kennedy administra-tion. Kennedy later named him to the U.S. delegation to the United Nation's and then as ambassador to Finland where he was the youngest U.S. envoy in the world. Before returning to newspapers, President Lyndon Johnson had Rowan replace then ailing Edward R. Murrow as Director of the U.S. Information Agency. Rowan recieved a B.A. in Math from Obelin College and an M.A. in journalism from the University of Minnesota. An author, Rowan has written four books including South of Freedom and Just Between Us Blacks. Carl Rowan athletics into institutional devel-opment of the athletic program."" The committee made a survey of members of physical education department most of them favored increased emphasis because they believe ""greater visibility for TSU would draw better students to the University for all departments; that Division 1 status would enable the coaches to recruit better athletes (who must, by NCAA rules, be better students than those athletes permitted to play in lower divisions) who would, of course, result in better (winning) teams and this further enhance TSU's 'image.' "" The committee studied the systems of schools with similar athletic programs and discovered that most of their athletic directors reported directly to the President. Murray said the committee did not recommend this because it gives too much importance to the athletic director. ""It makes him virtually a vice-president,"" said Acting Presi-dent Joseph Cox. Kiley said, it is important to have two channels over athletics because one vice president might be too pro sports and emphasize it too much. Even Henry Chen, assistant professor of physics, who was adamantly against to move to institutional development said that it was necessary. ""Big sports is big business,"" he said, ""and to have a quality program you must report to institutional development."" SGA planning cut-rate concerts by Karen DiPasquale The Student Government Associ-ation allocated $2,000 to SGA president, Milissa Murray, to hold two concerts next year. ""The students have been screaming for something like that for ages,"" said Murray. The bands or entertainers have not yet been established. Murray said there will be a survey distributed to the students in September to find out which entertainers they prefer. Murray said the concerts will be held in November and April, but she will not know the specific dates until she contacts the entertainers. The tickets for Towson State students will be $4 and they will go on sale for TSU students first. Then the tickets will be available fOr the general public. ""It's not that I don't care about the public, but the students' money went to pay for the Towson Center and they deserve a break in the ticket prices,"" said Murray. If the concert in November goes well, Murray said that there may be two concerts in the spring instead of just one. The profits from the concerts could also go to subsidize the speaker series if the series needs it. The November concert will be held in the Towson Center, but Murray wants to hold the April concert in Burdick Field and make it an all-day affair. ""It would be easier to have both concerts in the Towson Center,"" said Murray, but the all-day concert might be more enjoyable for the students. Milissa Murray "
