tl19711112-000 "tow erlight Vol. XXIV No. 10 Ralph Nader to speak: Towson State College Towson, Maryland 20104 Friday, November 12, 1971 Education conference to be held here The American Association for Higher Education will present a conference ""Higher Education Listens"" here December 4, 1971. Featured speakers at the conference include consumer advocate Ralph Nader, Mark Collins, publisher of the News American, Maryland's Lt. Governor Blair Lee and Dr. Hohn Sessions, director of the AFL-CIO Department of Education. Spokesmen from minority groups, students and business leaders will also take part. Students faculty, and public are invited to attend and participate for a $7.00 registration fee which covers reserved parking, continental breakfast, luncheon, and post conference summary. The conference is the first in a series that will be held on the same theme throughout the Eastern Region by the American Association of Higher Education. The purpose of the conference is to open channels of com-munication between colleges and the diverse publics they serve, influence and often upset. Typically, restoring communication has meant reaching the public, but communication works both ways (or not at all). ""Higher Education Listens"" is an effort to convert a one-way system to a two-way system. The Eastern Regional Council is one of the six councils established in 1971 by the American Association for Higher Education with assistance from the W.K. Kelloggs Foundation. The purpose of the councils is to develop regionally directed programs aimed at regionally identified needs. In carrying out this purpose, the councils seek the participation of all members of the academic community -- faculty, ad-ministration and students alike�as well as concerned laymen. If you are interested in at-tending send a check for $7.00 to the American Association of Higher Education, One Dupont Circle, Washington, D.C. 20036. The registration fee must be received no later than November 29 to guarantee admission. Groups if interested in special arrangements or block seating should contact the Conference coordinator, 823- 7500, Extension 775. Registrants should also designate seminar choice of Labor, Media, Business, Students, Minority or Politics. photo by Phelan Consumer Crusader Ralph Nader will speak December 4. Phantom senator spoofs senate by Jud Almond Tuesday's Senate meeting had more comedy than a Laurel and Hardy Movie. Attending what I had expected to be a battle royal over the funding of the Black Student Union, I soon realized that the meeting was to be anything but serious. The meeting was called to order at 3:35, at which time twenty-one members were counted. President Steve Murphy was not in attendance. However, one of those counted was Pat Moon, the Phantom Senator. Moon reportedly went to Amy Schaffer, acting SGA secretary, and informed her that he had been appointed Senator for a day by Senior Class President Pat Welsh ( who has the right to fill temporary vacancies in this manner). Welsh, who entered late, apparently had no idea of what had happened. Senator John Buxton moved that his bill condemning the UN for its actions on the China question be considered. ""Senator"" Moon then suggested that a copy of the bill be mailed to each member delegation of the UN, whereupon he began to read a list of the 122 member nations. After he was stopped by Vice President Lew Olshin, Moon then asked that a commission be formed to determine which organizations voted pro or con for Chinese admission and that the findings be presented to the senate for final approval, after which copies would be mailed to each member delegation. Bill Gatton suggested that the commission be appointed by the chairman, subject to Senate approval. The amended bill was finally defeated. After this bill was hilariously debated and killed, the Senate got down to some real business. Expressing a desire Trinidad Tripoli Steel Band to play The Towson State College 1971-72 Public Performance Series will present a concert by the Trinidad Tripoli Steel Band on Friday, November 19 at 8:30 p.m. in the Stephens Hall Auditorium. The Steel Band was born in the days following World War 11 when it was not possible to get instruments and money to play their calypso, and the natives of Trinidad discovered that abandoned oil drums Trinidad Tripoli Steel Band to perform Nov, 19. could be used to produce musical tones. vvLn tnese empty oil drums as their only instruments, the Trinidad Tripoli Steel Band has developed an extensive and varied repetoire including everything from classical to rock, and of course, their native calypso. The band is led by Hugh Borde, who was recently awarded the National Freedom Award of Trinidad for his contributions to the culture of that country. The band is composed of 150 sidemen with 20 to 25 ap-pearing in each performance. One of the most heavily booked college acts in the country, the Trinidad Tripoli Steel Band has toured with Dione Warwick, Liberace, and Donald O'Conner, performed twice for Queen Elizabeth, and has been featured on numerous television shows. When the group appeared on the David Frost Show they received one of the longest spots ever recorded for any performance. For ticket informaton contact the College Box Office, 823-7500, extension 624. to get things done, Otshin suggested that Senate meetings be changed to a 4 p.m. starting time to allow more senators to attend. The bill was passed 16-4. Treasurer Neil Van Dyke then announced that the auditors from the state had come to check the SGA books. He asked that anyone whose business with the SGA was not urgent to stay out of the SGA office. After the Senate elected Bill Gatton and Bob Guttermuth first and second chairmen to conduct meetings in the ab-sence of the SGA officers, Andy Eble motioned that his bill dealing with bicycles without racks be accepted. Once again Senator Moon and his cohort, iii Gatton, went into their act. Citing such references as Article 66 1/ 2 of the Annotated Code of Md., Moon and Gatton made a farce of the debate by arguing over whether to use the word bicycle or cycle. When Gat-ton's ammedment to use the word ""cycle"" failed, he motioned the chair to recon-sider. After Olshin's refusal Gatton went so far as to for-mally challenge his ruling. His challenge was also defeated 12- 5 and the original bill was passed. At the end of the meeting Bill Gatton announced that Pat Moon had no authority to be legislating as a Senator, and that all of the preceding business was illegal. The circus ended at 5:30. Moon and Gatton pulled off the farce to point out that the Senate spends too much time legislating on petty issues, and not enough time with issues more vital to the college, "
