tl19741115-000 " TOWSON STATE COLLEGE NOVEMBER 15,1974 -co tifq Day Care members addressing Senate. Day care continues to be an issue by Sue DeBolt 3,4 Student Day Care continues to be a ..10eamPus issue as students disrupted the weekly Senate meeting so their position Pcould be heard. Student Government Association ice-President David Nevins told the ay Care Center supporters that the allery was not allowed to speak under enate rules but the students persisted atii senators adjourned t he meeting. Dan Cunningham, Chairman of the enate Appropriations Committee, Iticized the action because bills for wiIliroups badly in need of money were put 's ff still another week. LCI( haO nd. niO re t, be 1101 011C LOVI 11 SCA President addresses Senate Prior to the disruption, SGA President Konrad Herling addressed the Senate concerning his administration's achievements as well as its areas of concern. Dy Care also entered into his speech as.he said, ""Of course we support it,"" but added that funding was being studied by the Task Force to investigate Day Care and the Com-munity Relations Committee. Pluses included the saving of Talisman, the creation of the Council of Organizations, the Speakers' Series, and a Director of Parking in the SGA for the first time. Relationships improve Relationships represent another area of improvement as Herling said, ""The relation between BSU and SGA are improving in comparison to last year."" He added that all members have been directed by him to meet regularly with members of the administration. Citing problems such as the lack of bike racks and the dangerous crossings between the College Center and the Administration Building, Herling called 'EL photo - Buddy Rehrey TL photo - Buddy Rehrey for action on these issues. Herling also mentioned new areas of concern such as the ticket policy, bringing minority and white students closer together, library hours, and the need for greater student participation in student elections. Herling formulates committees Two committee formations were called for by Herling. A committee was created to investigate health services including reported inadequacies of health care, equipment, personnel and funding. Another committee to study the entire area of Food Services was also established. Emphasizing that student needs and interests were ""in our minds and hearts,"" Herling stressed that ""what we all have to do is to make our lives better, not only for ourselves, but for our fellow students."" Senate meeting disrupted by Sue DeBolt Students supporting the Student Day Care Center disrupted a Senate meeting this week to make their voices heard. After coming to the Senate meeting to show their support for the Day Care Center, students were told by the Student Government Association Vice' President David Nevins that, as members of the gallery they could not speak, according to Senate rules. In anger at being denied the right to speak, the students approached the executive's table and began to speak anyway. Meeting adjourned At this point, senators moved to adjourn the meeting. However, Chairperson of the Community Relations Committee, (the body to which the issue of student day care has now been sent), Ann Marie Lowe called an immediate committee meeting to discuss the problem. Student Government Association President Konrad Herling emphasized that he is in favor of student day care but that such disruptive actions would only antagonize senators and not help at all. Adding that there was just not one simple answer, Herling cited the need for the Community Relations Committee to come up with some ""prudent"" proposals. Expressing ""great dismay"" over the disruption, David Nevins, Vice- President of the SGA said that he was ""frustrated"" by the fact that the SGA had not been able to convince the students that the body is supportive of day care. Want commitment At the Community Relations Committee meeting, supporters of Student Day Care emphasized that they were not adverse to seeking other funding hut wanted the SGA to come out solidly in support of them. Cathy Coster of the Women's Center said, ""We never said we didn't want other funding but the SGA should make some commitment because we are a student organization."" Parent Nancy Hubert added that the students thought they had been misled as she too called for a ""positive statement backing day care."" Demands listed Four demands which will also be brought out again at next Tuesday's senate meeting were presented: 1) free day care, 2) a merger between the student and Council Day Care Centers would not be acceptable, 3) there must be concrete, visible action by the SGA by December 3, 1974, and 4) the supporters of day care must be recognized by the Community Relations Committee. In response to those demands, Lowe said that ""if you're here to maintain day care on this campus, you'll never get all of that."" She added, ""I'm concerned enough about maintaining day care on this campus to be realistic about it."" Lowe has already talked to Lucille Nass, head of Council Day Care about the possible merger. She relayed that Nass was not opposed to the idea but that it represented a problem in governance. Lowe has also written to the Child Development Section of the Health, Education and Welfare Department to see for which programs the center could qualify. The Community Relations Com-mittee will continue to study the issue and will report to Senate December 3, 1974. Correction Towerlight would like to report that an error was made two weeks ago on page 1 when it included a picture of a woman and child which the newspaper erroneously labelled mother and child at a day care meeting. The woman is not a parent at all and was only present at the day care center, not at a meeting. We apologize to all concerned. Abzug to come The date for the Bella Abzug lecture changed to Thursday, November 21 at 8:00 p.m. in Stephens Auditorium. Harris announces presidential candidacy by Marlene Milder After dropping out of the democratic presidential race in 1972 due to shortage in campaign funds, former United States Senator Fred Harris from Oklahoma announced, in answer to a question, his 1976 presidential bid at a Towson State faculty luncheon. Finance laws explained Harris cited the changes in campaign finance laws as ""the greatest im-provement in politics in my lifetime"" and foresees a reduction of political corruption and a power decline among the wealthy as a result of this law. The new bill limits what a presidential candidate can spend in a primary, ex-plained Harris, and discussed the law's' provisions. 1) No one individual may contribute more than one thousand dollars; 2) A candidate must prove serious candidacy to obtain federal matching funds by musing five thousand dollars from each of twenty states, counting $250.00 per person; 3) A candidate may spend $50,000 of his own money and lastly 4) Labor unions may contribute up to $5,000. ""A lot of the candidate's day is spent either on the phone with rich people or with rich people,"" said Harris. ""With new finance laws, we're going to see . campaign values change with the can-didates having to get out and talk with the people,"" he added. Public pressures help Both candidates and contributors face fines and possible imprisonment if they work around the fine lines of the new finance laws. ""All candidates will need good certified public accounts,"" warned Harris, because funds will be audited all the time. With the advent of publicity, public pressures and possible punishment, Harris maintains these rules will be effective and will help clean up the political arena. . Harris advocates getting the presidential office back to a citizens office, if elected, cutting the White House Staff back to Truman's office, appointing cabinet officials who basically share his ideals but who maintain personal views and having the President report to Congress where the questions cannot be filtered. ""This is a 'wholesome' role of the President,"" Harris stated. ""It would give valuable information and remind us and the President he is a citizen."" While evaluating the current presidency, the country looks at inflation and unemployment. ""Economically, we're going bankrupt and we should worry about that instead of making bombs,"" Harris said, and ""Ford's deficits will be bigger than expected because he's not cutting what should be cut."" Cutting the defense budget Harris sees the only possible place to find money is with the defense budget. Twenty years after World War II shows the United States stationing 150,000 troops in Europe. Ilarris maintains the U.S. need only have 50,000 troops there in order to ""tip the wire and make sure the Russians know we're there."" Rockefeller, Gerald Ford's Vice-presidential nominee, ""advocates in-crease defense spending and is symbolic of economic interlocking power,"" said Harris, exemplifying his discern over the President's choice, while discussing the budget. Change priorities If the administration cuts defense, there would be a rise in unemployment. To balance this, the country could focus on national goals substituting the construction of a more pronounced Mass Transit system instead of bigger and better BI bombers. ""Redistributing wealth and power to war places like Lockheed just can't be justified,"" he said. At the present time Harris does not see a need for gas rationing. The main thing to do is stop waste, Harris says, giving a few suggestions. He contends companies should cut out special in-centives for using more gasoline and no car should be sold in the United States that uses less than 20 miles per gallon. ""Cutting down waste will buy us time,"" stated Harris. , Fred Harris announces candidacy. "
