tl19721020-000 "towerlight Volume XXVI No. 7 October 20, 1972 Towson State College Towson, Maryland 21204 Cuts imminent: Task force to by Mike Dilworth From October 23 to 30, all Student Government organizations funds will be frozen in an attempt to revamp SGA office procedures, financial affairs and concert dealings. Addressing the heads of SGA organizations, Wednesday afternoon, President Jesse Harris Concert aftermath Six car wreck at Residence Tower injures three by Mike Dilworth An accident involving six cars Friday night resulted in three Injuries when a car failed to negotiate a turn properly near the Residence Tower and struck an oncoming car, a pedestrian and four parked cars. According to Towson State College Security, the man failed to make the turn in the fire lane near parking lot six, lost control of the vehicle, struck an oncoming car, slid into four parked cars, pinning a woman between two cars. 130th drivers were injured, as well as the pedestrian, who were taken to St. Joseph's Hospital, treated and released for minor injuries. Following the accident, a confrontation erupted when a woman passenger of the man's car became alarmed when the ambulance crew removed the injured pedestrian first. The woman felt the ambulance drivers should have taken the man first. A second ambulance was called to the scene, but was delayed twenty minutes because of eleven other accidents in Baltimore County. It is reported that a crowd gathered around the woman talking to Craig Biggs, Associate Director of Residence. Someone in the crowd said, ""Why doesn't someone shut that bitch up?"" At hearing this and presuming that Biggs said it, she struck him. After being calmed down, she was escorted away from the scene by some students. The man has been charged With reckless driving and a trial date has been set in Baltimore County. It has not been established Whether the man was a student or if he attended the BSU concert or was visiting in the dorm. revamp SGA told the group, ""We must show the auditors and the legislature that we are making an honest attempt to clean our own backyards."" New procedures for all social events, concerts, receipts, and tickets are to be developed during the week freeze. All concert contracts and ticket dealings will be handled by Harris. ""The idea of SGA is to provide something above and beyond the academic pursuits to this school,"" Harris said, ""I'm living from emergency to emergency and my staff's ability to cope with this is being overtaxed."" Referring to the recent trouble at concerts, Harris said, the administration is seriously considering saying""no more concerts."" The state legislature, he said, is just looking for an excuse to eliminate mandatory student fees. Mentioning the SGA task force, Harris said, ""Money is going to get a lot tighter."" A general guideline of the task force is to cut 25 percent off the total SGA budget. This, Harris feels, will enable SGA to reduce the student activity fee by $10. ""It is to your advantage to work with the task force to revise your own budgets, he said, because it's going to be done with or without your help."" tIng waste, poor usage of funds and wrong priorities as justification for the examination of SGA organizations, Harris said, ""We are trying to show that students are capable of handling student fees."" The executive budget of SGA will be used, Harris said, as ""a bleeding example"" of how budgets can be cut. ""We have to reestablish our priorities,"" he said, questioning the necessity of having any concerts. Harris said, ""I think we've seen the last of Blood, Sweat and Tears type concerts."" Concerts of a different nature will be more than welcome, he said. Organizations that were not represented at the meeting had their budgets frozen till they meet with Harris. Emphasizing that SGA must reestablish its priorities, cut funds and show responsibility, Harris said, ""I sincerely hope we're in time."" SGA President Harris meeting with organizational heads. Burdick disrupted following show by Jud Almond A large group of gate crashers caused $1450 in damages to Burdick Hall Friday evening as they forced their way into a benefit concert sponsored by the Black Student Union. A door and a window were broken, and plants and shrubbery around the entrance were trampled. Security personnel, assisted by 28 Towson students, were unable to control the group demanding entrance to the performance In order to prevent violence, the crowd was let in. Election Day The concert, advertised in Baltimore and Washington, featured the Ohio Players, Madhouse, Red Baron and Sound Experience. BSU spokesman Jim Whitacker, who assisted security in the handling of the concert, said the gym was cornered off well, and if those who had paid for tickets could have been let inside, little trouble would have occurred. Whitacker said, ""This concert was no worse than any other Classes cancelled Nov. 7 Cancellation of all day classes on election day, November 7, is official, provided no changes are made by the Board of Trustees or Governor Marvin Mandel. Passed by the Academic Council October 2, the bill was altered by President James L. Fisher, who used an item veto to exclude evening classes and those which meet only once a week. Following recommendations from Dean of the Evening College, Dr. Joseph Cox and Vice president of Academic Affairs, Dr. Kenneth A. Shaw, Fisher agreed that missing an evening class represented an excessive loss of class time, in some cases equal to a week's work. To meet the requirement by law that employers allow two hours for voting, Fisher said, ""no evening student would be denied voting perogatives by being obliged to attend classes beginning at 7 pm."" Precedent for the veto has been set in 1971 concerning the Academic Council committee purposes and responsibilities. Reaffirming his feelings on meaningful participation by the college community, Fisher said, ""I have never deliberately attempted to violate either the letter or the spirit of the presidential relationship with the Academic Council."" SG4 president Jesse Harris questioned Dr. Fisher's veto in a letter to Towerlight last week. Harris cited two major questions; ""will the right to vote be denied evening students?"" and ""how will the statement that day classes that meet only once a week be interpreted by Vice-president Shaw's office?"" Harris urged reconsideration of the administration's decision in the matter and upheld that the Council acted in accordance with the needs and expressed desires of the student body. concert held here."" He said that if the BSU were allowed to bring in a reputable private security company, controlling the concert would have been easier and more effective. Whitacker said he felt the BSU did a decent job of handling the concert, and if the fact that the concert had been sold out could have been communicated to the public, fewer people would have showed up. Although BSU plans no more concerts this year, plans to discuss concerts and recommendations for controlling them are to get underway in the near future. Vice president of Business and Finance Wayne Schelle said the $1450 will be assessed to the BS U. BSU has not yet determined the number of tickets sold for the concert or the number of people attending. Their estimates range from 1700 to 2000. SGA President Jesse Harris, however, estimated the crowd at closer to 3000. In light of the disorders, the executive council, comprised of key administrators, has decided to meet with SGA leaders to determine a position to govern future concerts. index Commentary 2 Letters 3-4 News 5-11 Features 12-15 Goings-On 17 Sports 18, 19 "
