The Towerlight, May 9, 1975

tl19750509-000 "SGA executives take a break before the long hard grind. TL photo by Barbara New executives plan year ahead by Jo Anne Rannals and Joan Grabowski In a series of recent interviews, David Nevins, newly-elected SGA President, and other newly-elected and appointed members of the SGA stated their views and objectives for the coming year. Those interviewed were Nevins, president; Ann Marie Lowe, vice-president; Kathy Kolar, treasurer; Steve Schaffer, director of public relations; Mike McFall, secretary of institutional and com-munity development; and Ed Con-sroe, secretary of organization and general services. Nevins, the new president of SGA, oversees a cabinet with a Secretary of Organizations on General Services and a Secretary of Community and Institutional Development. These two Secretaries have various committees working under them. ' Nevins said he would like to see a Director of Minority Students and a Jimeson Director of Evening Students in his tr,t Cabinet to improve the represen-tation of students in the SGA government. He wants to see the Speakers Series expanded. He is behind the new faculty grant program which awards exceptional teachers $250 grants. These teachers will be elected by a committee of honor students from nominations, submitted from students. Nevins feels that the faculty advising program needs improving. He often hears complaints concerning poor and inadequate faculty advice. He said that he has often heard of teachers that do not keep office hours they post and he feels this should be rectified. Lowe, the SGA's new vice president, is also the Senate's new president. Next year she w,ill be coordinating the new faculty grant program. The Senate meets every Tuesday at 4 p.m. and is divided into three committees: Government Operations, Appropriations, and ,MAY 9, 1975 TOWSON STATE COLLEGE VOL. LXVII, NO. 24 Construction commences on classroom II complex President Fisher looks on at ground breaking ceremonies. 'FL photo by Mike Dunn The official ground breaking ceremony for the Classroom II Building Complex was held Monday signifying that construction of the project is well underway. Completion of the educational and psychological complex is slated for February; 1977. Vice President of tiusiness and Finance Wayne Schelle, hosting the ceremonies, asserted the structure would ""provide a most central focal point."" Although construction has just begun, both Schelle and President Fisher see excitement for the com-plex being generated upon com-pletion date. The complex, devised by Donal Casset in 1967, will be ""more than a physical addition to college,"" said Fisher while Schelle dedicated the complex to teaching, learning, and the students. Speaking on behalf of the student body, SGA president David Nevins sees the Psychology department as one of the fastest growing and most innovative in the area, as it serves over 700 students in the major and thousands of others with introductory courses. Nevins feels the completion of the complex will increase community interaction in all respects. Before a distinguished audience of administrators, trustee members, construction employees and students, President Fisher helped the hard hats ""break ground."" SGA president digs first shovel at construction site. David Nevins Complex II Work Study program suffers from inadequacy by Thomas F. Troy Thomas Strader, director of Cook Library, has pointed up a problem Which other members of the college Community have apparently ignored because of its inaccessibility -- that the work-study program suffers from a general inadequacy for the needs of all concerned. Following is a brief description of how it works. The Federal Government, sub-sidizes the program for 800/0 of its funds, with TSC providing the remaining 20%. This money is set aside for jobs which are awarded to applicants on the basis of need. At the same time various potential em-ployers around campus (department chairmen, food managers, physical Plant managers, SGA office) are allotted two hiring budgets: one for regular employees and one for work-study employees and are told to use the Work-Study budget first. In other words, give job preferences to the students who need them the most (with Financial Aid judging that need). These work-study students are awarded goals to which they are entitled to work, averaging in the area of $400-$500, but frequently more or less. They are paid at the rate of $2.00 per hour, (as are regular students) and may work until they earn the amount set for them. There are several problems with this system, charges Mr. Strader, whose department hires the greatest number of Work-Study students on campus. First of all, these employees often tend to be undependable workers who sometimes consider the job a ""gift"" for which they really don't have to work. Thus, work quality is often poor and turnover rates are high. This puts the employer in a bad situation because he is requested to use his work-study budget first. (Since it is federal money, and if not used for work-study, is lost to Towson State College. The budget for regular employees, however, can be applied elsewhere, even though he might rather hire regular employees.) The employer puts out an offer for a job and then has to wait until the last minute before giving the job to a regular employee. An example.of this came up in the bookstore in January when Manager Al Duke had to keep potential regular employees standing by while he waited to see if enough work-study students would apply to fill the bill. Secondly, the fact that a certain amount of money is compulsorily set aside in each employer's budget for work-study hiring only, contributes to a mismanagement of funds. The ""Conflict of interest"" bill passes Senate by Marlene Milder Senate Bill One, introduced by Senator Mike Fell, calling to preclude Possibilities of ,conflict of interest by Senators, was unanimously passed during this Tuesday's meeting. The need for this legislation was initiated during this past month's organizational budget hearings when questions were raised concerning the discretion used by Senators who had personal interests in perspective organizations. Fell's bill, as amended bY. Fran Schram and accepted by Senate, reads, ""An SGA Senator, Upon becoming a member of an SGA budgeted organization, must abstain in any vote related to his/her con-cern."" After Senate adjourned, Fell announced he would move for his newly passed bill to be reconsidered during the next meeting after realizing its full limitations. ""I didn't realize that in the BSU charter, all Black members on campus are considered part of the organization,"" said Fell. ""Being a Black student, although not an active HSU member, as such, I will not be able to vote on BSU bills under my own bill."" Calling his oversight ""em-barrassing,"" Fell said either the BSU Charter would have to change or the � bill would have to be reconsidered by Senate. During a plethora of nominations by Mike Hill, Senate unanimously accepted SGA President David Nevins' nominations for cabinet positions. The Cabinet includes: Ed Consroe, secretary of general ser-vices and organizations; Mike McFall, secretary of institutional develop-ment and community affairs; Steve Schaffer, director of the office of publicity and public relations and Guy Harting, director of activities. By majority vote, 6-2, Senate selected the President Pro Tempore Lucy Reed over Senator Mike Hill. Mike Silvert, General Manager of WCVT, presented Treasurer Kathy. Kolar with $500, partial payment of a $2,500 loan WCVT extracted from Senate funds to build the FM station. Silvert asked for supplementary funds from Senate after the station received negative responses for grants from outside resources during the past year. Martin Marietta awarded the FM station with a $500 grant last week, leaving WCVT with a $2000 debt to Senate. Investigating the possibilities of moving the Black Student Library was discussed by Senate with Fran Schram explaining the library's position as the meeting continued. Schram explained that she talked with Thomas Strader, director of Cook Library, concerning the possibility of moving the BSU Library and incorporating it with Cook Library. Strader reported books from the BSU would have to be catalogued with the other reading material. A separate library section for BSU would be too complicated to catalogue, reported Schram. While addressing Senate, Schram maintained from her liaison with Strader and Whittiker, that if the BSU library was located in the Cultural Center, the library could send a catalogue of its books to Cook Library for reference. Both Senate and the BSU must decide where to move the library. Vice President Ann Marie Lowe reminded Senate to review the proposed Towson Student Code of Conduct which the Academic Council will vote upon next Monday. Expressing concern for the proposed code, Lowe said, ""We'll have to work and live with the code (if accepted),"" and so urged Senators to read the script carefully. Afterwards, Senate adjourned to ""a get acquainted"" reception for the new Senate cabinet members. money is there, so employers spend it even though it may only go for ""busywork"", though this is probably minimal. Thirdly, work-study students may not be getting sufficient counseling. Mr. Strader complains that all too often they are informed of the award and then.simply told to find a job. As Miss Schultz of Financial Aid says, some of the biggest schools offer referral and counseling services but TSC doesn't have the resources for such an operation. However, job notices are placed outside the Financial Aid office and in the College Center. Mr. Strader suggests that these students be counseled on what job and what hours would be best for them, and to impress upon them that what they have been awarded is an ""opportunity to earn money"", not just ""Money"". Finally, a problem arises when the student discovers that he has earned all the pay he is entitled to earn. At this point he must quit, leaving the department short of labor and too late in the semester to hire and train new labor. However, Miss Schultz says continued on page 5 College Affairs. She hopes to strengthen the committees by having them meet at the same time every week and by organizing them. Lowe is currently in the process of appointing eighteen Senators to the three committees. She wants to teach the Senators rules of the Senate to organize them and to help them work orderly. Lowe is encouraging all the Senators and club officers on campus to take a course coordinated by Tom Knox, assistant dean of students, in SGA training, budget handling and budget code system. She said that many students would be amazed at the bills of concern to them being lobbied in Annapolis. Of current issue is a proposal for a student on the Board of Trustees at Towson, the recent University status of Towson and a bill, voted out, to have the sales tax lifted from textbooks. Kolar, newly-elected treasurer of the SGA, spoke of some of the problems she has in that capacity and the plans she has to improve the treasurer's position. In her job, Kolar has to make sure money allocated to clubs is used for what it is allocated. She can check this because all reservations for events come through the SGA office. Kolar said that many clubs don't realize the SGA is not independent of the college and that it has to follow state laws on budgeting. She is frustrated with clubs and organizations on campus that come to her asking for money but refusing the SGA's experience in budgeting to plan their own club budget. Kolar is in charge of the Council of Organizations and hopes to make a solution for this frustration clear to them. She would like to get together a packet for all treasurers to clarify Towson's financial policy and she would like to have a workshop of treasurers to explain the budgeting code that went into effect in July. She would like to work closer with the Senate budget hearings for allocations and supplementals. Kolar would also like to see the SGA more active academically on campus, a thought ' reflected by Lowe and Nevins. She would like to see, for example, profits from a dance being put into a few extra open hours at the library a week. Schaffer, newly-appointed director of public relations, hopes to see organizations make greater use of his office. The public relations office theoretically handles all advertising for SGA organizational activities. Schaffer pointsput that his office has access to campus and outside media, and is equipped to publicize the events of any SGA organization. ""We have files of places to contact."" The new director notes that at the present time organizations are under-utilizing Hair stylists by Joan Grabowski The ""Cutting Hair for Day Care"" project was an extremely successful venture netting the Student Day Care Center $770 profit. An allied bake sale yielded another $80. Day Care director Harriet Douthirt noted a large turnout for the event, with some people having to be turned away. Haircuts were done by operators from Harlow & Bogart and Dantes. Operators donated their time, and sacrificed their day off. his office. Schaffer noted that a major project underway was the preparation of an SGA president's report. Included in the report will be a description of the workings of the SGA, and a listing of recent ac-complishments. McFall, secretary of institutienal and community development, lists the preparation of the SGA report as the major chore of his office. McFall explains that the report, describing goals, projects, and directions of SGA will be mailed to Annapolis legislators. The secretary maintains that although lobbying has been very effecitve to date, the reports will be even more helpful to the Towson cause. McFall notes that much of the work will be in collaboration with Ed Consroe and the office of organizational and general sources. Consroe, new secretary of organizational and general services, noted that his office would deal with special college projects. Special projects include the speaker series, spring homecoming, a new student directory, and fall welcome week. Included under Consroe's office are the director of activities, director for freshman services and the health and food services committee. The first two posts will be filled by Gerry. Hartung and Kitty Curr, respec-tively. The last is as yet unfilled. The new secretary notes that a major task is to find new events for the college community. ""Dances just aren't as popular as they were,"" said Consroe. Interest has been expressed in special events such as square dances, and in a 1920's night. Suggestions for new activities are welcomed. One possibility mentioned by Consroe is a video tape network whch can be joined for a nominal fee. Although it might not provide Friday night entertainment, it could be used to record documentaries and TV programs of special interest. Nominations are still being ac-cepted for the Student Government Association Outstanding Faculty Grants Program. They may be submitted by any member of the college community (student, faculty and staff) until May 14th. Nominations should include the faculty person's name who is nominated, nominator's name, and approximately 100 words on why you feel this faculty member is out-standing. The $250.00 awards will be an-nounced during the fall semester. Students are urged to submit nominations to the Student Govern-ment Association Office (Box 1981). The purpose of the program is to honor outstanding teaching by recognizing outstanding teachers. bring dollars Intended as a publicity event for the studio, Ms. Douthirt noticed that project certainly netted the studios good publicity. Also, Douthirt pointed out the project is an example of a small company sponsoring day. Salon owner, Tony di Battista, expressed a willingness to repeat the project. Uses for the proceeds have not yet been decided. Douthirt points out that since the parents of the day care children had been so instrumental in raising the money, they would determine its uses. Complex slated for summer ' 76 opening The summer of 1976 should see the completion of an important new addition to the Towson State campus, the new Physical Education Complex. The new complex, as yet officially unnamed, will be situated across Osier Drive from the Fine Arts Building near Stevenson Lane. The 103-acre site will include an $8-million Physical Education Building with retractable chair-back seating for 5,000 during athletic events, for 8,000 during concerts, and a synthetic outdoor track surface similar to New and old senators discuss issues at a reception following the Senate meeting. TL photo by Dave Esposito Tartan. A two-story academic wing will be linked to the main arena and will comprise offices, conference rooms, classrooms and lecture halls. A second wing will be built to house gymnastics, wrestling, fencing, self-defense, etc. Below the main arena there will be locker rooms, training areas, storage rooms, adaptive physical education areas, and an archery and golf range. The building is being conducted in two phases because of the high price ($12-million) of the entire complex. The buildings and roadways will be completed during Phase I, while the fields, tennis courts, and track will be included in Phase II. There will be fields for lacrosse, football, baseball, soccer, field hockey, and multi-purpose, ten lighted tennis courts, and when the money is available, a stadium of 7,000 seats. In addition to all the fields and building, the planners have left about three-eighths of the 103 acres un-touched to be used as a reserve for environmental or biological research. An old residence, reportedly dating from the 18th century, known as the Auburn House is being refurnished in its former grandeur to serve as a meetingplace for people from the college and the surrounding community. This new Complex is being built to replace the now-obsolete Burdick Hall as the center of Physical Education studies. However, non-physical education majors will continue to take courses at Burdick, the Nursing program will be located there, and the gyms will still be open to students and their guests. "