tl19731019-000 "towerlight Volume XXVII No. 7 Towson State College October 19, 1973 Towson, Md. 21204 Seeks new committee: Danoff calls for end of SSFGB A bill presented to SGA Senate Tuesday by President Rick Danoff that would abolish the Student Services Fee Governing Board in favor of a Senate committee was met with strong opposition of SSFGB chairman George Mattingly who charged that ""SGA could use student funding in return for political favor."" To be voted upon next week at the Tuesday Senate meeting, the bill would replace the existing SSFGB with a Student Services Fee Governing Committee that would review all requests for monies and would have final authority over all funds granted to student organizations. The committee would be a standing body of SGA, made up of two Senators elected by Senate, and the SGA treasurer. No Document President Danoff charged that the present SSFGB ""in operating without a definite document, raises serious questions about its very existence."" He questioned the legality of its existence and ""the fact that it is not elected by or responsible to the students. yet it is charged with the disbursement of student funds."" SSFGB members this year were elected by Senate but no official policy was provided for the future. President Danoff cited as reasoning for his bill, that the new committee would have official basis for existence and in-turn would make the committee more responsive to the student body. Last year SSFGB underwent a policy change whereby it had the Fund allocations considered by SSFGB by Bryan Harness The Student Services Fee Governing Board met Tuesday, October 16, to consider the allocation of funds to several student organizations. Day Care receives funds It was estimated that the SSFGB had a total of $39,744.94 with which to operate. Of this money, approximately $6,000 was allocated to the Student Day Care Center. The Day Care Center, which has enrolled 23 children this fall. an increase of 14 in the last year, might have been forced to cease operations by February, had funds not been forthcoming from SSFGB. When questioned if the Day Care Center might be eligible for ..any HEW funding, the answer was unknown, but it was felt that there would be no sanctions against the college in the likelihood that Day Care would be forced to shut down operations. � It was also mentioned that Pictures to be taken Senior portraits for Towson's yearbook. Tower Echoes will be taken Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday, October 22,23 and 24, as well as the night of October 23. Yearbook editor Paul Berman urges seniors to turn out in full force for the pictures since yearbooks are free to graduating seniors this year there were 14 children on the waiting list to be admitted to the Day Care Center. SSFGB Chairman George Mattingly said that he thought that the Day Care request was valid, and the financial allocation was approved. WVTS to have hearing WVTS, the campus radio station, acting on a recommendation passed by the SGA Senate several weeks ago, asked the SSFGB to allocate them $25.000 to be used to construct a radio station that could transmit on an FM frequency. General Manager Jay Harrison said that students would be served through the creation of the station in several areas, such as educational blocks. live broadcasts of on-campus events. and the radio training that DJ's would obtain by participating in an on-the-air FM station. Concern, however, was voiced by several SSFGB members over what was considered to be a lack of data on what Towson students thought about the idea. Mattingly said that he wanted to see as much student input as possible voiced in regards to the issue, and it was decided that a student hearing would be held Wednesday. Oct. 31, where members of the student community could question ViTTS. members, and have an opportunity to voice their own thoughts as well. After that forum, the SSFGB would make a final decision as to whether or not to allocate the approximately $25,000 request to WVTS. authority to make lump sum allocations to SGA organizations except for the Men's and Woman's Athletic Associations, College Union and the Day Care Center. Danoff then proposes also to remove Senate from SSFGB jurisdiction. Of the $187 paid by students in funds, only 5 per cent actually goes to SGA for allocation by SSFGB. ""I'm not condemning the board."" President Danoff said, ""in fact I think they've done a fine job."" Mattingly responds In responding to Danoff's bill, Chairman of the SSFGB George Mattingly said, ""The reasons Danoff wants to do away with the board are motivated out of a desire to use student fee funds for political ends. So, if the measure is accepted as college policy it would place student funds in the same place as they were two years ago when the administration first saw the need for fee funding reform."" ""If I were in his position I'd do the same thing."" Mattingly said, ""because any government needs to control it's funding as directly as it can."" Mattingly called the present board a ""super board"" and the ""best solution to the student fee funding at Towson, yet devised."" Apparently the move by Danoff came as no surprise to Mattingly who on October 8 wrote President James L. Fisher concerning the proposed abolishment of the board. If the board were to be done away with, Mattingly said in that letter, ""Towson would return to the condition that it was in last year, with politics, not actual need, or the ( Continued on Page 5 I photo by Littchly Rehrey Attica speakers Fred LeSure and Jesme)ah. Former Attica inmates call for support by Sue DeBolt Former. Attica prisoners and members of the group's defense commission. Fred LeSure and Jesmelah, called for support in freeing Attica brothers in a talk to Towson students October 12. Both were in Attica at the time of the prison riots two years ago in September, and Jesmelah is not only under indictment in connection with that uprising but faces 63 years if convicted. Jesmelah is currently out on Annual Homecoming nears Towson State College will hold its annual Homecoming festivities tomorrow, Saturday October 20. The Homecoming, originally scheduled for October 6. was postponed because of a conflict created by a major religious holiday, Vom Kippur. At that time, the possibility of a traditional Homecoming seemed remote, because the College Center had been rented out for October 20 the last scheduled home date for the Towson football team. Senior class President Chris Connolly, however, received a substantial amount of feedback about the Homecoming situation. The general opinion was that the students and football players desired a traditional Homecoming. Because the College Center was unavailable on that date, it was.decided that the event would be held in Burdick Hall. The Homecoming game against Federal City College will be preceeded by a Jam Session October 19, sponsored by the Sophomore Class. Prior to the game itself, a caravan featuring the Homecoming Queen, will make an appearance. After the game, the SGA and the Alumni vvill sponsor a Post Game Party in the College Center cafeteria, which will feature beef sandwiches and beer. Tickets are available from either the College Box Office. or the Alumni Office in the administratiion building. Despite the early difficulties that were met in planning the Homecoming event, those involved now seem confident that the event will be successful. ""Everything is running very smoothly."" said Connolly. bail LeSure opened the remarks as he explained the history of prison struggle preceding the Attica hots. Emphasizing that the prisoners. or ""brothers"" as he often called them. knew who they were fighting. LeSure described the many promises and were made to the brothers were forgotten. The struggle began in the New York City jails with rebellions, particularly in the Manhattan House of Detention called the ""Tombs"", in the spring of 1920. Promises were made to improve conditions but those promises were never met as eight prisoners were indicted. LeSure called conditions at Attica ""inhumane** as he told of poor medical care particularly since there was no semblance of drug treatment. and of the lack of education. Basic prisoner demands prior to the uprising included true religious freedom. adequate food and water supplies. political freedom. removal of visitation screens, etc. ""The brothers understood they were men. not animals and they were't going to be treated like animals anymore** LeSure said as he emphasized that ""the people had been in the Toombs, had been kicked in the ass and had decided to fight back."" He stressed that the students knew what they were doing in Attica. (Continued on Page 4) "
