The Towerlight, October 11, 1974

tl19741011-000 "otuerttg LXVII, NO. 6 TOWSON STATE COLLEGE d tri'unds cut off ,tt DI 'as ta )ti co a by Sue DeBolt Finances are currently plaguing the wson State College Day Care Center h future funding by the College Ad- Cement and Improvement Board la Ili) has been cut off. in Confusion has arisen as to where .ponsibility for the center lies. During Jesse Harris Student Government C, sociation administration, respon-ility for the center was transferred m the SGA to the Student Services ision on the condition that financing co e from the students and not that lege division. It was Harris con-tion that the SGA could simply not S. Ministrate the center properly due to Pi yearly change-over in ad-nistrations. 41.30 in Student fees Thus, the Student Services Financial verning Board (SSFGB) and the IS, which succeeded the SSFGB, ,cated the funds. Additional money es from the $1.30 taken from student s and the tuition paid by parents for I ir child to attend the center. An proximate budget of $40,000.00 rates the Student Day Care Center. However, current CAIB policy does allow the organization to fund an on-ng operation. The board voted ptember 18 to rescind the funds ocated in May but made a motion that lain funds would be forthcoming. peals that the center had already gun operation led to an emergency ocation September 23 of $14,605, a cut m the original request in May of .000. However, by a unanimous vote, CAIB determined that no future ding would be forthcoming from OCTOBER 11, 1974 inantces plague Day Care Center ?.a re rr io 'la ow( O'Neill says center pp( shouldn't go Although emphasizing that the Inpus should not lose the Student Day JMedpre Center, CAIB chairman Chris Medi emphasized that it was simply )t in the board's constitution to fund a nirly . on-going operational budget. 114ccording to O'Neill, it is the desire of IC CAIB that the center be housed 'rider one roof."" H added that the )ard had ""never stopped funding"" the ns6nter. ;. CAIB member Tern i Crane eni-hasized that investigating had been ithm(' into the question. ""We'd been stuck th the funding."" she said. Acting Vice President Of Student fairs, Thomas Knox, said that it was paition of the Student Services vision that tht.i Day Care Center was a dent endeavor and that it should be ported by student funds. Although division does not have the money to over all of the funding, he did say t Student Services had usually otted $1500 from its budget in the past hao t he center and had even come up with n. 11,000 for this year. )f I, Rosemary Malcolm, Associate Dean Students, who is responsible for the Igenter. said that no definite commitment rill' funds from Student Services had ever ti'('n made and' that basically a ""favor 'Pe"" situation had led the division to ay locate the money. ant Not student organization mo It is the contention of the SGA that el* DaY Care Center is not a student eganization because according to tek�easurer Rudy Forti, 1) the college ,Sready takes the $1.30 out of student nds, 2) when the center went to CAIB Pith its budget. they went through ref udent Services,. and 3) when the inter submitted their budget for fiscal e IX it was done through Student rvices. He also added that the center 1irrentlY didn't have a constitution 109quired of all SGA organizations. bwever, the act of becoming an SGA e 'ganization by having a constitution g 4iroved could be accomplished in Proximately three weeks. Forti added '�tI""gt1 that he did not know how suc-ssful the center would be in obtaining nds from the SGA but he seriously lubted Mat the Senate would ever � eocate as much as the CAIB had given. SCA President Konrad Herling tressed :bat he was in ""limbo"" con-trning the funding because ""the status Cl' (AIR is doubtful and until the status gothat is settled, Day Care is unsettled."" Task Force created As the situation stood at press time, ,atlesdaY. October 8, the only concrete oposal to deal with the problem was itie creation of a Task Force on Day dire. Originally, Dean Knox had told ticolm to form a task force to in-oastigate all aspects of day care. When e� SGA proposed the same kind of Olive, Dean Knox suggested they set one a lh together to alleviate confusion. a itablished to report by February. 1, ; t44, the Task Force was designed to investigate both day care centers on campus as well as day care on other campuses and the Baltimore area, as well as funding. The final report will then go to the college executive council. Representatives to the committee in-clude one member from early childhood, two students from the Senate Welfare committee, student services, possibly the Department of Health, and parent or student-at-large. Although the SGA executives have expressed much faith in the Task Force, Malcolm emphasized that the report would not probably be finished in February due to the immense amourtt of work plus the actual force could ac-complish nothing because it is an ad-visory board. One of the current proposals that the Task Force will study is a possible merger of the two centers on campus, student and council. SGA Vice President David Nevins stressed that he did not see why the two could not be merged although he said he would have to wait to make a final decision until the force reports. However, parents and Student Day Care teachers have said that the two cannot merge due to conflicting philosophies and because they said the Council Day Center has to balance the taking in of students since many of their funds come from the American Com-mittee of Jewish Women. ""It's not unfeasible;"" Council Day Care Center Director, Mrs. Lucille Nass, said in commenting on a possible merger, but she added that certain � things would have to be ironed out. ""We have the same philosophies basically,"" she said. When questioned about a quota system. Nassuid that there was no such arrangemant but there was a ""wide range of socio-economic backgrounds"" which she added, ""reflected the com-munity."" ""Can't understand why"" Arden Knox who took over as acting director of the Student Day Care Center September 6, has said that she ""cannot understand why"" the funds have been cut and that the center ""is still trying to get over the shock"" of the cut. She called an emergency meeting October 3 to tell parents of the situation because some would be ""affected greatly"" because they might even have to drop out of school if their children had no place to go. Nevins, Ford, as well as Senator Eric Martin attended also. Since the present CAIB allocation' represented a cut from the original request. the budget has been cut to a bare minimum with the director's salary ('ut, the elimination of field trips, a cut in food which is the major and most crucial item and a cut in funds for furniture. ""As of right now, we need money and it looks as though we won't be open next year,"" Knox told the parents. Forti explained that the $75.00 in the' Student Services fee was allocated in the following manner: 1) $3.75 for CAIB, 2) $28.50 for Men's and Women's Athletics, 3) $19.00 for College Center Operation, -I) $22.45 SGA Senate, 'and 5) $1.30, for the Day Care Center. The distribution is Acting Director of the Student Day Care Center Arden Knox with one of the 29 students serviced by the center. established by the executive council of the college which consists of the vice-presidents and President James L. Fisher. One alternative would be an increase or transferring of priorities with the fee to give Student Day Care more money but such an action would have to be approved by the executive council. SGA wants to help Nevins told the group of concerned parents that the ""SGA wants to help but you're severly limiting yourselves by coming only to us."" Several parents complained bitterly about the fact that they thought that the school short changed them because they didn't get their money's worth out of the fees. At press time, no concrete action by the parents had been taken but a meeting was scheduled for today at 5 p.m. in the Day Care Center in the Newell Hall basement. Currently enrolling 29 students, through the ages of 2.9 to 5 years, the Day Care Center is a ""quality"" one according to Knox. She added that it has served as a model for other centers to start with the latest to help being Coppin State College which contacted her this week. 'cont. on pg. 41 If funds are not found for the Student Day Care Center, there is a possibility that the Center will close next year and some parents might then be forced out of school. photo by Steve Hausman photo by Steve Hausman_ Senate bill attacks CAIB as Unneccessary duplication by Jeff Given The College Advancement and Improvement Board (CAIB) has been under Senate attack recently as ""an extension of Senate"" and being an un-necessary duplication of service. Senator Eric Martin, sponsor of a bill to abolish CAIB, stated at a committee meeting that ""there is no reason in the world the Senate can't handle the things CAIB handles."" He believes that since Senate is an elective body they should handle all allocation of funds to all organizations. Not an effective body ""It is iriportant for Senate to allocate all money because it is student fees and that function should be moved back into Senate,"" stated SGA treasurer Rudy Forti. It is his contention that the separateness of CAIB does not make it a more effective body. He too believes that there is no reason for a separate board or an outside branch of Senate. At a SGA seeks central group by Bryan Harness The SGA is currently looking into a plan to create a Central Organization, under the executive branch, which would take care of entertainment and social events, an informed source told Towerlight this week. ""Everyone agrees that we need a centralization of power. The SGA takes responsibility for a flop, even if it doesn't sponsor it,"" said the source. The plan, which is now only in the thought stages would transfer funds from the entertainment budgets of the four classes and C.U.B., and place them under the direction of the Central Organization. SGA President Konrad Herling told Towerlight only that ""the idea is being Richmond Hall soon to open Rich -nond Hall is nearing final completion as Director of Auxiliary Services John Suter reports that the contractor has promised the College in writing that the building will be com-pleted October 20. Move dates could be as early as October 22 and as late as October 29, but instructions will be sent out to affected students once plans are finalized. Professional movers, who will provide packing boxes as well as move anything, will be provided by the College. Affected students will include all those in Ruxton Towers, Hampton House, and in all of the recreation rooms, as well as most of those in Hampton Plaza and Goucher. However, 227 students remain to move into Newell, which is scheduled to be completed anywhere from mid to late November. bounced around. We have yet to come up with specific details."" David Nevins, Vice-President of the SGA, said however that ""We're looking for ways to put on social events with more efficiency and cooperation, and more comprehensive planning."" The SGA will write letters to schools with similar fee structures, and see how they handle their social events, Nevins said. ""We're not going to abolish anyone, we're just looking for better ways to do things,"" Nevins commented. ""If organizations can't serve a, purpose, they should be disbanded, or they might provide an alternative service. It might provide innovation,"" he added. If the Central Board should be created, the Freshman, Sophomore, and Junior Classes, as well as the College Union Board, would be forced to serve a different function. Currently they are essentially social and entertainment oriented organizations. Clarke Porter, President of the Junior Class, said that ""classes wouldn't have any function anymore as a social organization."" He likened the role of being a class officer, under such cir-cumstances, as that of being a figurehead of an organization with no power in it. Rick Danoff, President of the Senior Class, said that there were other func-tions, aside from social ones, that he was involved with. The Class plays a major role in Homecoming, which Danoff has always regarded as being more than social. He sees it as a time to ""regain lost spirit with alumni of the college."" Most important, Danoff feels, is the development of Senior Orientation Week, which would be a program set up to orientate. graduating Seniors to the real world."" conimittee meeting on government operations, Forti stated that ""Senate could do the job just as well as any board."" In defense of CAIB, several of its members point out that SGA just doesn't have the time or resources to do in-depth studies for funding requests. Another argument is that parliamentary procedure in Senate has a tendency to tie things up and one of the key points of CAIB is the ability to appropriate funds quickly. Abusive comments Chris O'Neil, chairman of the seven - member board, states that he has seen a great deal of abusive comments and arguments with little substance since the proposal to abolish CAIB was brought before Senate. He believes that CAIB has already proven it can handle important issues like Student Day Care and presently he hasn't..,seen any better alternative to CAIB. ""CAIB is not a yes-man or a rubber stamp for all budget requests,"" states O'Neil. ""Perhaps this is resented sometimes because some people think CAIB should answer affirmatively to any reque�t made by SGA."" O'Neil believes that since the board is elected by Senate and includes at least two senators, the argument that CAIB is not an elective body falls through. ""CAIB has much to offer SGA in the field of research, resources and experience and all this could go down the drain."" The move to abolish CAIB isn't taken personally, comments O'Neil, but he has become defensive under Senate's attack. ""This is not a question of how to improve CAIB but how to abolish it."" Hughes tickets now on sale Tickets are currently available, in the College Box Office, for the Dorothy Pittman Hughes lecture, Friday, 'Oc-tober 18. The Day Care expert will speak at 8:30 p.m. in Stephens Auditorium. Student tickets are free, all others are $2.00. Free tickets for Hughes and Dickerson will be available on Monday, Oct. 7 at 8:30 a.m. Rowan and Brinkley tickets will be available beginning Monday, November 21 at 8:30 a.m. Gallup and Kilpatrick tickets will be available beginning Monday, February 10, at 8:30 a.m, on a first come, first served basis. The tickets are for students, faculty, and staff. "