The Towerlight, May 2, 1975

tl19750502-000 "may cost Towson's lacrosse team a chance to defend heir national title. Ineligible player may cost Tigers In his letter, Dr. Meinhardt said, ""Should you feel that Mr. Kidd's participation in the contest with your institution resulted in a favorable outcome for Towson State College, we are extending an oftei. to forfeit the game and declare your institution the winner. To enable me to deter-mine our official won-lost record, please advise me of your decision."" Towson had beaten Mt. St. Mary's, Denison, Harvard, North Carolina, Randolph-Macon, UMBC, Roanoke, and Virginia prior to learning of Kidd's ineligibility. It was those schools to which Meinhardt was faced with the difficult task of writing. ""I'm not sure how to approach them,"" he stated Tuesday, adding, ""he just wasn't re-admitted properly."" Kidd's goal scoring did not play a pivotal role in any game as much as it did against Virginia. The Tiger middie picked up four goals, with TSC winning by a 15-12 margin. What course the NCAA takes, as well as what course Towson's op-ponents take, was unknown to the college at press time. Either or both groups could be the deciding factor as to whether or not the Tigers get to defend the national title they won last year. The NCAA could decide on a penalty which prohibits Towson from participating in this year's (and possibly next year's) Division II tournament. Towson's victims could also play a role, if they were to decide to accept the offer of forfeiture. That could leave Towson with a possible 0-11 record (they currently stand 8-3 going into this week's game with Morgan State) and most assuredly drop the Tigers from the top of the United States Intercollegiate Lacrosse Association rankings. Both Meinhardt and Carey are hopeful that by reporting Towson's errors when they found them, the NCAA will be lenient. This has been true in most cases the NCAA has investigated in recent years. Any action taken will probably not come until after the weekend, at the earliest. by Bill Stetka Towson State's number one ranked lacrosse team may find itself forfeiting all of its wins through last week by virtue of sophomore mid-fielder, �Tom Kidd's ineligibility. Kidd, unknowingly, was not of-ficially registered as a full-time day student of the college, making him ineligible to play varsity sports. It was not discovered until after last week's win over Virginia that Kidd had not gone through all the necessary steps to be re-admitted to Towson State as a full-time day student. He had been taking classes at night for some time after Previously attending as a day student. The Registrar's office found out late last week that Kidd was not Officially enrolled and notified Dr. Thomas Meinhardt, Director of Men's Athletics. Dr. Meinhardt, in turn, immediately called the National Collegiate Athletic Association office in Shawnee Mission, Kansas, to in-form them of the inadvertant error. The NCAA requested Towson to send a full report to the NCAA Enforcement Department, which Dr. Meinhardt did early Tuesday. Kidd did not suit up foi. Saturday's game in which the Tigers lost to Washington and Lee, 15-14. He won't be able to suit up the rest of the year either. At the time of his suspension, Kidd was the fifth leading point man for Towson with 15 goals and 5 assists. In Towson's official statement, Bill Carey, Director, of News and l'ublications, made it clear that Kidd has been attending classes"" and that ""college officials thought Kidd was registered."" Upon learning that he was not, they notified the NCAA to ask what course they should take. Dr. Meinhardt said, ""We've filed a complete report with the NCAA. That's all that can be said until they review it."" In addition to the letter to the NCAA, which controls college athletics, Dr. Meinhardt sent letters to those teams which Towson State had defeated, apprising those schools f the predicament. Library survey revealed by Pete Binns The results of a survey of library usage taken by the Public Relations Office of A the Student Government ssociation, March 17 and 18, has been released. The stirvey was conducted in order to investigate allegations made by SGA President Konrad Herling in February, 1975. During a February press con- ference, Herling stated that he felt the library hours were inadequate. He asked Mike McFall, Public Relations Director of the SGA, to conduct a survey to see if his allegations were justified, and to find out if there were any other problems. The SGA survey paralleled a survey taken by the Cook Library Reference Department Staff, March 17� 23, 1974. McFall feels survery adequate McFall commented that, ""While the two surveys are similar, the SGA survey did investigate library hours and, inadequate service areas. However, in areas covered by both surveys the conclusions reached were the same."" Thomas Strader, Director of Cook Library, concurred with this s tatement. Both surveys pointed out that students come to the library Primarily to study, and that seniors use the library more than anyone else. ""According to the survey,"" McFall stated, ""the � students' primary concern was in the area of service in the faculty reserve room. 52% of those people finding fault with the library complained about this aspect of the library. Most of the complaints about the reserve room stated that certain personnel were grouchy, rude, and uncooperative. The SGA plans to meet with Strader in the near future to discuss the problem."" Another major area covered by the survey was the hours which the library is open. McFall pointed out that ""students felt the library should be open more hours on the weekend, as well as later on weekdays."" In response to this, Strader noted that next semester the library would be open an extra hour on Sunday and an 'extra three hours on Saturday. This lengthening of the hours is possible due to a grant by the Evening & Summer Division which plans to have Saturday classes in Cook next semester, � thereby necessitating the opening of the building. Strader explains proposal Strader explained that Herling's proposal to lengthen the library hours for the rest of the semester would be impossible due to personnel scheduling problems. He said that since he has to have a professional librarian present during all hours of operation, and he can't pay overtime, if he keeps the library open later, he has to take a professional from the day-shift. This would result in scheduling problems and hardships for employees. He also nbted that it would be pointless to extend the hours, because usage drops off over 50% during the last two weeks of an average semester. Another area covered by the SGA survey was the problem of fluctuating temperature in the library. Strader said that the problem was that the air-conditioning and heating equipment was complex and tern-peramental and that ""we think we may have finally'gotten tne Dugs out of the system."" oth ttitgbt MAY 2, 1975 TOWSON STATE COLLEGE VOL. LXVII, NO. 23 New president takes office Nevins requests CAIB elimination at Senate by Chuck Harness Newly sworn-in SGA President David Nevins urged Tuesday that the Senate pass a bill eliminating the College Advancement and Im-provement Board, (CAIB). The bill would then transfer $1.70 of the CAIB fee to the Student Day Care Center (thus bringing Day Care's total allotment to $3.00 per student fee), and at the same time create a special fund with the remainder of the fee, which would be used for the same purpose as the CAIB. This marked the second time this year that legislation has been in-troduced to eliminate the CAIB. A similar measure, introduced last fall, was defeated. New Senate hears major legislation SGA Senator Mike Hill also in-troduced a major bill which would require SGA Senators to resign from any student organization they belong New SGA executives take office. TL photo by Barbara Jimeson Budgets still being axed by JoAnn Rannels Budget hearings between the SGA and clubs on campus continued last Thursday, April 24, from 3 to 6 p.m. An important problem that came up several times during the hearings was a lack of communication between the clubs and the SGA. Many clubs did not know the SGA's ruling on speakers, attitude about equipment or the no-books rule. Many did not understand the SGA's point system, which created a few problems. Holding with the ruling that Dean Shaw would hold $10,000 for speakers, all speakers from club budgets were denied. The clubs must go to Dean Shaw to get their speakers. However, the speakers money for the Philosophical Discussion Group was not cut, but reduced. The SGA urged that the club get additional funding from the Philosophy Department. The Philosophy Club argued that the Philosophy Department had only six instructors and not enough funds to help. They argued how important it was for them to have qualified speakers who were logically coherent. Another general denial of the SGA was club equipment. The feeling was the persistent tendency for club equipment to disappear when students disappear over summer. The Forensic Club was denied two briefcases because they cost $90. The NSSHA had their supplies cut from $100 to $25 because the SGA felt they had not used all their supply money from the previous year. The NSSHA denied this, saying that the money for supplies from last year had been used. The SGA doubted if they should fund the Rugby Club and some Although there are no designated parking spaces for visitors, they are allowed to park anywhere on campus providing they park in a legal space. This includes faculty-staff and metered parking lots. The car to which you refer was parking in a no-parking zone. It may not been causing any problem at that time, but the sign was put there for a reason. Everyone has to abide by it -- no-parking signs do not translate to mean ""visitor parking."" If a visitor receives a ticket, he should immediately report it to Mr. Charles Eckels of Special Services, and he will send the ticket to Parking Services with a note explaining that it was a visitor's car and they will not have to pay the fine. A visitor's guide to Towson State College is being prepared. It will explain to the visitor such things, as the location of buildings, the best way of getting to certain buildings, and parking areas. If you know of someone who is planning to visit the TSC campus, lave them call Special Services for general information about how to get where they're going. equipment was cut. The Rugby Club said it would not be continued if they could not get the equipment because it will not allow its members to be hurt. Hardest hit by SGA's equip-ment decision was the six-week old Outdoors Adventures Unlimited. This club is formed to enclose all outdoor enthusiasts in trail hiking, backpacking and overnight camping opportunities. It had proposed 30 trips, asking for $2,000 reim-bursement for travel and $1,600 for an outdoor leadership, school, plus the money for backpacking and camping equipment for fourteen people, The SGA doubted that they should even subsidize this club. The chairperson for Outdoors Unlimited stressed the point that the club's main purpose was conservation and its initial budget needed to include one-time, expensive camping equipment. Another continuous ruling of the SGA throughout the budget hearings was a cancelling of books. The Newman Club requested books and the Science Fiction Club requested books. Not every club was dissatisfied, though. The representative from the Sophomore Class got up and said he was satisfied with what they had gotten and felt he could handle events with the money allocated. He caught a few people by surprise. to, in order to avoid possible conflicts of interest. The bill, if passed as it currently reads, would affect all subsequent Senate seats. The bill was referred to the Government Operations Committee. A third bill was introduced regarding the location of the Black Student Library. The bill proposed that the library be moved either to the Black Cultural Center or Cook Library, an act which would create room for another organization in the student center. The meeting also marked the last appearance of out-going SGA President Konrad Herling before the Student Government. Herling thanked the members of the Student Government who had helped him during his tenure in office. He said that he still felt that the Senate could do more to make the College Special Services accountable to the students, and suggested that a senate com-mittee hold hearings ""to question the whole accountability of food ser-vices."" Herling said that he felt that the Speakers Series had been a success, and seemed excited over the series' upcoming prospects. Newly-elected SGA President David Nevins then addressed the Senate. Nevins said that the Senate had the potential to become the school's ""margin of excellence"" and said this could be accomplished if the SGA would lend some of its concentration to academic efforts. Nevins also said that he will continue lobbying efforts in Annapolis, and added that he plans to support a bill next year which would eliminate the sales tax on student texts. Nominations announced Nevins also announced several cabinet nominations. He nominated Ed Consroe to serve as the Secretary of Organizational and General Ser-vices, Mike McFall to serve as head of Institutional and Community Development, Steve Shaeffer to act as Secretary of Public Relations, and Garry Hartung received the nomination for Secretary of Ac-tivities. 'Reding reminisces by loan Grabowski Reviewing his recently completed term as SGA President, Konrad Herling noted the many ac-complishments and few disap-pointments of his administration. Listed as a major accomplishment of the SGA this year was the creation of the ""excellent"" speaker series. Herling called the series ""an essential part of the college,"" and noted that before � it. Towson was to some extent ""academically deficient."" ""In planning it we wanted to make sure it was free for students,"" Herling said, ""so as to maximize student participation."" The former SGA president noted that next year's series will offer more diversity, with speakers such as F. Lee Bailey, Isaac Asimov,, Masters and Johnson, Margaret Mead, Alan Arkin and Agnes De Mille. Herling explained that relationships between SGA and campus organizations had improved considerably in the past year. He credited this, in part, to the establish-ment of the Council of Organizations, an experiment in government procedures. The Council was intended to help develop organizations from special interest factions to groups interested in the whole college community. Herling cited the Biology Club and their open field trips as an example of such development. Herling credited the success of the council to its head Ed Consroe, saying, ""Ed did a fan-tastic job."" Other organizational procedures were overhauled during this year. A new reservation policy ""has almost alleviated any conflicting schedules"" of activities. A new ticket policy Priorities questioned� � curtailed the arbitrary distribution of complimentary tickets. New guidelines helped clear up discrepancies in membership qualifications among organizations. Further accomplishments noted by Herling were the placing of a student on the Board of Trustees, achievement of University status (he credits this to David Nevins and Anne Marie Lowe), sponsoring of political speakers like Barbara Mikulski, Jervis Finney and Peter Camejp, and the credit option for involvement in SGA. Herling noted that a major thrust of his administration had been the promotion of interaction, a concept exemplified by the creation of ""Steamline"". The project had directly involved a number of new students, and could indirectly involve a large segment of the campus community. He said that information from the counciling center was now available at the ""Steamline"" number. Herlin expressed frustration over the Inaction of the food and health committee. After complaints about health services and cafeteria food, a committee was set up. However, a lack of student en-thusiasm rendered the committee ineffective. Also, he called the lack of response to Environment Week ""disappointing"". The out-going president noted confidence in his successors, saying the SGA was ""in capable hands,"" and commenting that he had ""a lot of hope for next year."" Herling expresses a desire to have greater involvement in SGA by a larger segment of the student population. He also hoped that students would have more confidence in the ability of the SGA to respond to their needs. Executive budget cut by Senate by Marlene Milder The outgoing Senate of the Student Government Association passed next year's budget of $163,386.33 after' spending Several hours reviewing and slashing the organization's requests and the Financial Advisory Board's recom-mendations. Motion to clear gallery Before Senate began proceedings several motions were raised on the floor. A motion to clear the gallery was heard on the basis of allievating pressure on Senators when they voted on budgets. Heft...a this motion was defeated, Michael Hill spoke against the suggestion saying, ""any interested students should hear the rational of the Senators."" Amendments raised Amendments to cut the executive budget were raised by Senators Jim Tiganelli and Doug Schweinhart. The amendment included cutting the $750 for the SGA Newsletter, eliminating $500 for a seminar for State Colleges of Maryland and lowering the executive discrediting budge.t. These amendments raised some controversy between the executives and senators when, under new Senate rules, the executives could speak and defend their budget. Play by the rules ""The Senators make the rules, so we play by them,"" said Vice President Ann Marie Lowe, as President David Nevins and Treasurer Kathy Kolar tried to salvage their depleted budget. Motions were made by Senators to 'suspend the rules, in order to equalize the rest of the budget hearings but were were denied. At this time the Senators voted in favor of cutting the SGA newsletter, compromised and gave $100 for the State College of Maryland Seminar, and eliminated a major portion of their discretionary budget. Senators cut away After defending the executive budget once more, the Senators continued trying to cut publicity monies from the executives budget. Before this amendment was heard, other senators were in favor of ad-ding monies to other organizations for entertainment, specifically $1000 for the CUB. Nevins, defending the publicity request maintained the ""meetings in Annapolis have been productive and we should let others know about SGA. Further cuts in our bill keep us from helping you."" The amendment to cut money from the publicity budget was narrowly defeated with Lowe breaking the tie. During the latter part of the meeting, Senator Mike, Hill revitalized the executives budget. After discussing, the $750 for a SGA newsletter was accepted. Hill saw the necessity for the newsletter, saying ""It will greatly enhance TSC, but without it, our lobbying efforts could be affected."" Power goes to his head Threatening to veto the budget, as his last official act, Konrad Herling called for a $500 addition to the executive budget for public relations, and demanded the $2000 frozen from the Black Student Union for next year's parent dinner be cleared. Beforehand an amendment was passed by Senate freezing the money until specific plans were sketched. The BSU money remained frozen, but SGA did receive their $500 for public relations. "