tl19781013-000 "VOL. LXXII No. 6 TOWSON STATE UNIVERSITY October 13, 1978 Council rules on finalS exam scheduling by Mark Adams The Academic Council last Mon-day voted to require faculty members to hold final examinations at the times listed in the Schedule of Courses booklet. The motion by Dr. Jenny Jochens, professor of history, will amend the Portion of the faculty handbook dealilng with final exams and correct what council members described as a major abuse of University policy. Teachers ignore policy Many teachers have previously held examinations during the final scheduled class, disregarding the current policy which prohibits the change of examination times withou the unanimous consent of students. In other busindss before the council, Paul E. Wisdom, director of institutional development and pre-sident of the Towson Foundation, asked the council to shift the administrative duties of the Inter-collegiate Athletic Commission to his office and to reconstitute the Commission as an advisory watch-dog committee"" which would draft a Senate business new set of guidelines for the Athletic Department. Acting president Joseph Cox, told thp council he will meet with the presidents of Loyola College and Morgan State University next Monday to discuss the University of Maryland's proposal to move its business administration department to the Catonsville campus of UMBC. Cox feels the University could create a Master's program in Business Administration for appro-ximately one-tenth of the cost of the University of Maryland proposal. Young proposal rejected The council also rejected Profes-sor Phillip Young's proposal to notify in writing all students who are failing at mid-term, tabled an amendment to the Graduate Studies section of the Faculty Handbook due to the absence of Dean Hathaway, and heard interim reports, on the status of the upcoming Middle States and Maryland Department of Education evaluations of the univer-sity. Gorman honored; 2 positions open by Pat Voelkel The senate unanimously passed a resolution to name the field across from Lida Lee Tall Learning Center in honor of Peter J. Gorman, In at Tuesday's meeting. Gorman, rugby team captain and senior class secretary, died last .week in an automobile accident. The resolution will now be sent to Administration for approval fol-lowing a verification by the Long Term Planning Committee. Ned Schorr-, parliamentarian, and Betsy Hendrickson, senator, re-signed from the senate because of Other committments. Junior Diane Ferguson, a former secretary and Parliamentarian was elected to replace Schorr. The vacancy left by Hendrickson is open to all full time day students except � freshmen. After submitting petitions, nomi-ness will have to be approved by the University Affairs Committee and then they will be voted on by the Senate. Ned Schorr, SGA parliamentarian, resigned at Tuesday's Senate meeting. Fund raiser in final days A ""sharp act. . � The amazing Komar showed his stuff (and stomach ) to Evening Magazine's David Sisson and the assembled masses in the University Union Monday. Evening brought its traveling cameras to TSU so they could get a big crowd TL Photo by Eric Collins to watch the master do his thing. A rather sharp staircase and a prickly bed served as Komar's props. Komar's per-formance is due on the tube sometime within the next three weeks. Officer assaulted Pub fights and thefts among campus crime reported by Katherine'Dunn William Utz, 23, of 2 E Spindrift Circle, was charged last Thursday with assault or a police officer. The charge stems from a fight that broke out in the Pub earlier that night. The police were called to break up the fight. After exchanging insults with two other men, Utz became uncontrollable and started attacking the officer, according to police. Utz was arrested and the next morning was released on his own recognizance. His trial will be held on December 12. Later the same night as the Pub closed, a fight broke out on lot 11 in front of the University Union. The first fight involved three white males, then several other fights broke out. ""Things got out of hand,"" said Gene Dawson, director of campus police. The campus police called the Baltimore County police for assis-tance. ""The only thing I can attribute it to,"" said Dawson, is drunkenness."" WCVT nets over $2 grand by Evelyn Hoopes The first annual WCVT fund raiser, now in its second and final week, has yielded $2,183. Fred Schulte, General Manager of WCVT, said he expects to raise between $5,000 and $10,000. He r In this issue""\ Quiz time: The first weeklY' rowerlight sports trivia contest Premieres this week with a. case of sUds to the winner. page 5 Bravo solo: Elizabeth Morgan draws rave reviews from our theater critic for her performance in the one woman Show, An Evening With Mrs. Hester Lynch Thrale page 10 Net Set: Towson's lady racqueteers get off to a strong start under the leadership of Jamie Barnes ... page 12 Conference Called : 38 years of tradi-tion draw to a close as the Mason-Dix-on conference closes its record books. page 12 Pickin' and Grinnin': Country king Roy Clark wows the local yokels (in-eluding TL's correspondent) with his deft plucking during his Towson Center concert page 9 Speed Demon: A Towson alum turns his fancy to the world of Formula IV racing page 6 Triple Value: Jigsaw turns his darts three ways this week page added, ""It started off slowly and I was very disappointed but it has picked up in the past week."" The largest donations have come from the jazz and rock audiences (9:30-12:00 midnight), Schulte said. ""This was surprising because most of those listeners are college age kids,"" Schulte said. The Polka program, which is largely Polish music, raised $495 last Saturday, Schulte added. WCVT, which is now mostly funded by the Student Government Association, hopes to become completely independent in the next few years. The administration of Towson State University pays for educational programming and the radio station receives some small donations from large corporations. WCVT is now compiling a program guide which would tell the listeners what programs to expect daily and on special occasions. The pamphlet would come out approxi-mately four times a year for a nominal fee. The radio station had originally planned to raffle off six hours of disc jockey air time on the all night show on WCVT FM but raffles are prohibited by the SGA. Concerning the raffle, Schulte said, ""We still hope to do this in the future."" Correction Towerlight incorrectly reported last week Young G. Lee was elected secretary of the I.S.U. and Aubie Roche, treasurer. Roche was elected secretary and Lee, treasurer. John Shehan, SGA president, said, ""I think its great that WCVT is taking the initiative to seek outside sources of funding."" ""Other stations in the Baltimore' area are also conducting fund raisers now,"" said Schulte. ""We're taking a very laid back approach compared to them,"" he said. A tape, explaining WCVT's funding situation and asking for pledges, is played approximately three times an hour. ""I think the response has been very good."" Schulte said. Advertisements on the back of buses were started in September to increase the audience before the current fund raiser. After the fund raiser, Schulte plans to approach the local radio and television stations for donations, because he thinks that they should give something in return for the talent they acquire from college radio stations, like WCVT. Ceremonies set for Dec. grads by Pat Voelkel The first graduation ceremony for December graduates in six years will be held January 3 at the Towson Center. Formerly only a June graduation ceremony was held. An SGA Senate sponsored resolution calling for a January graduation ceremony spon-sored by the University Administra-tion, passed unanimously on May 16. The ceremony. will follow June graduation format. Students who will graduate after minimester as well as December graduates will be eligible to participate in the graduation ceremony. Of approximately 500 surveys sent out, there were 418 responses: 243 stated they would participate and o) said they would not, said Bob McMurrer, SGA vice president. He said those who refused to participate in the ceremony declined because, even though they 'thought it was a good idea, the dates were wrong for them to participate. Two letters will be sent out in October to all prospective gra-duates. The first will invite all December graduates as well as those graduating after minimester to participate in the January graduation. The second letter will inform the graduates as to the details of the graduation. This letter is still in the works. Charles A. Haslup, assistant to the President, and Bob Mc- Murrer, vice-president of the SGA, are still working on the details of the graduation ceremony. TSU MBA program proposed l'svo juveniles were arrested for stealing $210 worth of coats, money and credit cards during the Little Feat concert. They were released in the custody of their parents. Two CB radios, a tape player and 24 tapes were stolen from cars on campus. There was an attempt to steal a car from lot 11 Monday. The owner came back to her car and found it had been broken into and it would not start because of a dent in the ignition. by Paul Gilmore Acting President Joseph Cox announced this week the University is taking steps to implement a Masters of Business Administration program, possibly by next fall. The plan will almost certainly meet opposition from the University of Maryland at Baltimore County, since that campus may soon host the University of Maryland Business school. Dr. Robert K. Webb, vice chancellor for academic affairs at UMBC, declined to comment on the situation saying ""I don't know anything about Webb did say he expected to have more information by the end of the month on the status of the business program at UMBC. ,Board approval needed Norman Sheets, acting dean of the University, said a letter of intent to implement the program will be sent to the Board of Tfustees for State Colleges and Universities sometime this fall. Before the University can institute the program it must be approved by the Board of Trustees and the State Board of Higher Education. � Three years ago the Board of Trustees denied the University a similar proposal to prevent duplica-tion of programs among campuses within the same region. The University of Baltimore offered an MBA program then and still does. When the Board of Regents of the University of Maryland announced teh possibility of extending their business program to the UMBC campus, Towson officials began making plans to implement the program at TSU rather than at UNIBC. according to Sheets. More economical ""One of our concerns is that we have the base for the program already, said Sheets referring to the undergraduate school of business. Cox claimed it would be more economical to start a MBA program at TSU rather than UMBC. ""It seems to me to be absurd that the University of Maryland is going to start an MBA program when they don't even have any business program. ""We can put an MBA program on the street for less than $100,000. John Toll's (President ot the University of Maryland) conserva-tive estimate for starting one at UMBC is $850,000,"" Cox said. continued on page 5 Ex-head sleuth to speak Former FBI director Clarence Kelly will speak at the Towson Center on Saturday, October 21 at 8 p.m. Kelly is the second speaker in this year's Student Government Association speakers series. "