tl19701016-000 "Zig-Zag Day Today! in the Glen-1 p.m. Do IT! See page 2 Tower'� ht Vol. XXII, No. 5 Towson State College, Baltimore, Maryland 21204 October 16, 1970 Tydings, Mitchell, Parker, to speak Monday, October 19 at 2 p.m. in the College Center Patio Lounge the Committee on Political Participation is sponsoring a debate between the Democratic and Republican nominees for Congress from the 7th Congressional District Parren J. Mitchell and Peter Parker. SENATOR JOSEPH TYDI NGS Senator Tydings will also par-ticipate. Following Mitchell on Wed-nesday, will be Dr. David Crane, a conservative, speaking on the Vietnam War. Mitchell narrowly won the Democratic 'nomination over seven-term incumbent Sam Friedel. A graduate of Morgan State College, Mitchell was the first black man permitted to do graduate work at College Park, where he received his M.A. He completed his course work for the doctorate at the University of Connecticut. Formerly Secretary of the Maryland Human Relations Commission and Director of the Baltimore Community Action Agency, he is now Professor of Sociology and Assistant Director of the Urban Studies Institute at Morgan State College. Mitchell was an unsuccessful candidate for the Democratic nomination for Congress from the same district in 1968. Peter Parker received his B.A. at Yale and graduated from Harvard Law School. He has just resigned from the post of People's Counsel, a position he has held since being appointed by Governor Mandel in August of 1968. Previously, Parker served as housing law advisor to Mayor McKeldin, voter-redestricting commissioner, and Chairman of Student power amendment passes SGA unanimously Tuesday, October 6, the SGA Senate met' for the second time' this semester. Among other business, the Senate passed unanimously the following proposed amendment to the SGA Constitution: Section 1. Any member of the Student Government Association may cause�a present or proposed bill or resolution to come before a student referendum for passage. Section 2. Any decision reached by the student referendum shall override the present SGA Senate decision. Section 3. The members of the SGA may also take up any action in any area in which the SGA Senate has not acted. Section 4. A petition containing the signatures of ten percent of the members of the SGA and stating the proposed bill shall be presented to the Senate Parlimentarian. The Parlimentarian shall, within one week of his acquisition of the petition, validate the signatures on the petition. Section 5. After being published at least once in the school newspaper and after being posted on the SGA bulletin board for five regular school days, the proposed bill will be voted upon by the members of the SGA. The vote will be run and supervised by the SGA Vice President and his elections committee. Section 6. A majority of those voting in the referendum is needed for approval of the proposal. The proposal, made by Neil Van Dyke and Pat Welsh, must now be approved by a majority of the students to become Constitutional Amendment No. 2. The date for the student referendum on the Student Referendum Amendment proposal has not been set. Legislative and Congressional District Committees and has been a member of State Central Committee and the State Executive Committee. The latter three positions were 'Republican Party offices. The Committee on Political Participation was established this summer by the College Senate and is composed of faculty and students. Dean of Students Richard C. Gillespie is chairman, Thursday, October 29 at 2 p.m. in the College Lounge the Com-mittee will sponsor a talk by TSC Junior Blaine Taylor. Taylor is a 1974 candidate for the Democratic nomination for State Senate from istrict. Eric Hallengren was a teacher in the Baltimore City Public Schools. He is a political radical. Through the efforts of the School Board and the Superintendent of Schools he is no longer a teacher. Through the efforts of the Baltimore City Police Depart-ment he is awaiting trial on charges of inciting to riot, assaulting a police officer, and other assorted crimes. Anita Stroud is a young black woman who was a student at Eastern High last year. She and other students banded together to contest the ""racist nature of the school system."" Through the efforts of the School Board she is What happened to the $60 fee increase? no longer a student. Through the efforts of the Police Department she is awaiting trial on charges of assault and trespassing. She is now associated with the Black Panther Party. Monday, October 19 they will speak in the Patio Lounge on: ""Repression�Here, There, and Everywhere"". PETER PARKER Compromise postpones fiscal crisis by George Weinberg Last semester Towson State College President James L. Fisher proposed an emergency fee of $60 in addition to the regular student fees and tuition for the 1970-71 fiscal year as a result of a projected $350,000 budget deficit. However, there was no increase for the current semester. Towerlight spoke to Wayne Schelle, Director of Business and Finance about the matter. Schelle explained that the budget approved by the State for the 1970-71 fiscal year left an ap-proximate $350,000 deficit in operating expenses and a sup-plemental budget was rejected by the State. The recommended $60 fee in-crease was a direct result of the rejected supplemental budget to cover the projected shortages. Final approval from the State was needed to make the fee increase effective. The projected deficit would mean a shortage in the following areas for the current fiscal year: administrative communication costs, instructional supervisors for student teaching programs, the Forensic Program for Drama and Music, additional faculty to meet increased enrollment and a switch from Grade No. 6 fuel oil to Grade No. 2, which contains less air pollutants. All summer Schelle and President Fisher worked with the State to try to overcome the projected budget deficit and eliminate the need for the recommended increase. These administrators obtained from the State the following results: eight additional faculty to meet increased enrollment, per-mission to go ahead with the Forensic program, and a guarantee from the State that if TSC can prove by January 1971 there still exists a projected budget deficit, an emergency fund will be granted to meet this deficit. Schelle reasons that those concessions were made by the State in order to save em-barrassment during an election year, without which students would have had to cover the deficit through increased tuition costs. Thus, the recommended $60 fee increase was not needed Schelle further commented that the 1971-72 fiscal budget was prepared and presented differently from that of the past. A formula that is nationally recognized was applied at TSC. The 1971-72 budget, which requested an additional $4 million. has already been partially approved by the State. Final ap-proval is still pending. "
