The Towerlight, October 21, 1977

tl19771021-000 "Soccer biggie! Tiger booters face UB tomorrow 7:30 p.m. on Burdick Field ottierit. tISU election being held Oct. 26 & 27 in SGA office LXX ,OL NO 7 Seger cancels concert; England Dan, Coley to appear instead by Bill Stetka Bob Seger and the Silver Bullet Band have cancelled the East Coast leg of their current tour, including a scheduled appearance Nov. 19 at the Towson Center. The date will not remain open, however, as England Dan and John Ford Coley have been booked into the Towson Center for the same night. John Scollan, TSU director of pro-motions, confirmed late Wednesday that Seger was cancelling a six-week tour of 12 cities in New York, Penn-sylvania and Maryland to finish work on an album. Seger's last two albums, ""Night Moves"" and ""Live,"" have rocketed him to fame in the past year. Tuesday, the SGA Senate approved to buy 1,000 tickets for the Bob Seger concert and sell them at $4.50 each to Towson State students, $2 off the general admission price. SGA President John Ruark had also negotiated to have another 1,000 CSA dances draw poorly by Jeff Snodgrass The Commuter Student Associa-tion held its second afternoon dance of the year October 12, and like the first dance, it failed to draw a good crowd. The dance featured the Down-stairs Band, one of three top area bands that the CSA has featured. In the first dance Orange Wedge and Trigger Happy shared two hours of music with a sparse crowd, but Charles Klein (CSA president) was not discouraged then and is not discouraged now. Klein cited the new organization's lack of advertise-please turn to page 3 tickets discounted by the Towson Foundation. Ruark said Thursday that because the bill approved by the Senate was specifically for the Seger concert, another bill would have to be drawn up for next Tuesday's Senate meeting. He said that the proposal for England Dan and John Ford Coley would be for $3,000, meaning a discount on 1,500 seats by the SGA. This would be in ad-dition to the 1,000 seats discounted by the Foundation. ""I think that if they went along with it the first time, they'll go along this time,"" Ruark said. The concert is ""zero-profit making,"" he said, with all profit money going to refund the Senate for the tickets. The SGA can-not lose money on the concert, however. Scollan said that Seger's business manager had made a verbal commit-ment to have the singer and his band appear at the Towson Center, Feb. 12, 1978. ""This is sort of the nature of the business,"" Scollan said about the cancellation. ""They [performers] all have seven or eight reasons why they cancel tours. ""I do feel England Dan and John Ford Coley are better than Bob Seger. They have made more records than Seger and they have broader appeal,"" Scollan said. ""I wouldn't have had just any con-cert,"" Scollan said, adding that he turned down an offer to have Todd Rundgren and Utopia in place of Seger. ""Right now, I expect to sell 5,000 tickets."" Scollan said that tickets for the England Dan-John Ford Coley concert would be general admission priced at $6.50. As many as 2,500 tickets for Towson State students will be priced at $4.50, depending on whether or not Tuesday's proposal in the SGA Senate passes. Ruark said that a rush order was put through for tickets, and tickets should be available Oct. 28. TOWSON STATE UNIVERSITY Frostburg State SGA Secretary George Richardson noted differences between his organization and those at Salisbury State and Towson during the SGA Ex-change. TL photo by Steve Haas SGA Exchange gives Ruark new ideas by Steve Haas Top SGA officials from Towson State met with their counterparts from Frostburg State and Salisbury State in the first SGA Exchange here last weekend. The Exchange, an inspiration of SGA President John Ruark, was an effort to swap ideas and procedures with other college SGA groups in the state. Representatives from Mor-gan State were invited, but did not attend. Along with the idea exchanges, the representatives formed the Maryland State College and Univer-sity Student Government Associa-tion. It will consist of members from every state school, according to Ruark. Ruark said, ""We saw that, collec- Monday Night Football kicks off new entertainment in Newell by Larry Lepus Thanks to the efforts of Sam Bavaro, students can now see Monday Night Football in Newell Dining Hall. Every Monday night until the end of the football season, the ' 'Howard Cosell Show"" will be presented in the Cathedr al Room at Newell. The project, sponsored by the Resident Council at Newell Hall, has Provisions for food, soft drinks and beer. The game itself is projected by a Sony television onto a four-foot wide screen, allowing easier viewing. At a cost of $45 per week to rent the screen, Bavaro, the director of ARA Food Service, says the project's potential ""hasn't been touched yet."" Originally an experiment, Bavaro notes that ""the more it is promoted, the better it can be."" The screen ""can be made available for other functions. If I am contacted, I can provide the screen and sell food and drinks to accompany any viewing,"" he said. The screen has been in use the past two weeks for Monday Night Football and will be available until December. ""All students, both resident and commuter, are wel-come to see the games,"" according to Bavaro. Future plans for the screen ""will depend on the reception, from the students, of he also noted. Potential ideas for screen viewing include upcoming basketball and hockey games. ""We showed the first two night games of the World Series,"" said Bavaro, ""and we may show special basketball or hockey games, depending on the demand."" Besides sports, Bavaro sees the possibility of special programs being shown on the screen. ""Things like movies or TV specials could also be shown if requested by any organizations on campus. There are quite a few pos-sibilities,"" he said. The success of this experiment, in effect, will be determined by participation. Non-funded SGA organizations hold off-campus bank accounts by Kathy Norjen Beginning this week, 22 SGA organizations that do not receive SGA funding will be permitted to hold off-campus bank accounts. According to John Ruark, SGA President, it has taken five years to get this proposal passed. Wayne Schelle, Vice President of Business and Finance, stated in a memorandum to Ruark, ""after much research and several discus-sions with various state personnel (i.e. Legislative Auditors and State Attorney General) we are able to modify our policy regarding off- Carpus bank accounts..."", thus ,.ing them to exist. ""Just because you're an SGA organization does not mean you are automatically eligible for this outside bank account. Your Organization must be approved by myself and the SGA treasurer, Eric Perkins in order to receive this privilege,"" said Ruark. If you are interested in opening a bank account, you must first sign-out a copy of the ""Procedures f91' SGA Non-Budgeted Organiza-tions Who Wish To Maintain A Private Bank Account"": Ruark said, however, that ""all SGA organizations that do not keep their funds with us must submit a financial report at the end of each semester."" Additionally, the Student Government Association reserves the right to audit any SGA organizations' books."" Failure to follow the aforementioned policies are grounds for expulsion from the SGA,"" said Ruark. There are few slight variations as far as holding social events goes: If you sponsor an event on campus which requires a contract, it no longer goes through the SGA Business Office. It is submitted directly to Charles Eckels, director of Special Services, at least two weeks before the event. All tickets sold for events must still go through the box office. One week after the event, the sponsor must meet with University Union manager George Mattingly, to obtain receipts from the event. At that time a financial reconciliation will occur during which charges for the printing of tickets, the sale of tickets (remote box office only) and costs of security will be removed from gross receipts. Then the presi-dent of the organization may pick up the revenues. Dining services will now charge a deposit for all organizations that do not keep their funds with the SGA, and all events on campus that are serving food or alcoholic beverages must be catered by Dining Services unless special permission is ob-tained from Al Walsh, director of Dining Services. Organizations will still have the right to reserve rooms at no cost. Also, Special Services will not charge a deposit as they usually do with organizations that they cannot bill internally. However, if any damages occur to the reserved room, the organization is respon-sible for the bill. If the group refuses to pay the bill, it is liable for suspension from the Student Gov-ernment Association. Those groups eligible for the bank account include: fraternities and sororities, the Biology Club, Chess Club, Computer Science Club, Economics Club, Marathon Foot-ball, and the Alternative Action Committee. Also eligible are the Photography and Optical Technolog-ical Association, Psychology Club, Student International Meditation Society and the Ukrainian Student Union. Any organization interested in having an off-campus bank account, should contact the Student Govern-ment Association offices. tively, we could have a lot more impact on decisions concerning us in Annapolis and in the individual schools."" The group will meet at Salisbury State in mid-February to compose a constitution, elect officers and work out specifics for lobbying efforts in Annapolis. It will battle problems within the schools, too. ""We set two goals last weekend,"" Ruark said. ""We want to help the SGA at Frostburg State College and develop a concentrated lobbying effort in Annapolis for money appro-priated to higher education. The problem at Frostburg State is that ""their vice president of Student Services can veto any SGA voucher by not signing it,"" Ruark said. ""We feel that representatives have proven themselves responsible in handling student fees. The SGA of all state schools should have free expenditure of funds."" He said that the Towson State and Salisbury State SGAs have freedom to distribute student fees and, along with other schools in the state SGA, will urge the Frostburg State Administration to loosen the reins on the $80,000 annual student fund. Ruark mentioned several changes he hopes to institute in the Towson State SGA. Instead of about 30 SGA-funded organizations each receiving funds for activities, a ""University Program Board"" would be established to handle and dis-tribute activities money for events requiring more than $500. ""We have some organizations putting on social activities that frankly don't know how,"" Ruark said. ""The UPB would be respon-sible for all programming on campus."" He said that the board would allot funds, avoid scheduling conflicts by the organizations and probably be administered by the SGA vice president. One benefit of the UPB would be that organizations could schedule an event only four weeks in advance by requesting funds from the UPB. The present procedure requires planning More than a year in advance. Ruark also said that Senate repre-sentation here, with 15 senators-at-large, differed from the Salisbury and Frostburg setups. Salisbury has 65 students on a General Board, while Frostburg has 28 Senators and ""both have half of our enrollment,"" Ruark said. He said the representatives were selected from various special-inter-est groups, not from the general student population exclusively, as is done here. Ruark also suggested that student funds distributed to an organization should be spent or contracted by April 15 or it would revert to the SGA for redistribution. Salisbury uses the tactic to prevent a lump sum of unused money from reverting at the end of the school year, which occurs at Towson State. He also said that a request was made to use several students in the work-study program for miner SGA tasks here. Salisbury representa-tives at the SGA Exchange said they were using this idea for free services now. ""A lot of letter addressing, poster hanging and other menial services just weren't getting done because we either had no one to do it or they didn't have time,"" Ruark said. OCTOBER 21, 1977 Students to get $10 refund for parking stickers by Ruth Ann Leftridge Refund checks to TSU students who paid a parking fee will be dis-tributed during the third and fourth weeks of November, said Don McCulloh, assistant vice president of Finance and System Management Full-time day students will receive a $10 cash refund, and evening students a $2.50 refund. The Finance Department is now distributing refunds to Towson students on the meal plan, and when this process is complete, the depart-ment will begin the three-to-four week process of distributing parking fee refunds, McCulloh said. McCulloh said that a list of students who paid a parking fee had to be prepared manually by Parking Services because many paid in cash at the Finance Office rather than paying as part of their semester bill. Therefore, a computer printout was not available. Day students were originally charged $25 for parking this semester, with the additional $10 intended for use in the construction of parking garages. However, a problem developed when the Board of Trustees of the State Universities and Colleges said that a separate account for the garage money had to be established. Wayne Schelle, vice president of Business and Finance, said that the University has received word that the state's Department of Budget and Fiscal Planning will approve the separate account, contingent on further approval by the Board of Trustees. Schelle said he is ""confident"" that the Board will approve the establishment of such a separate account at its November or January meeting. Once the separate account is set up, construction of the parking garages can begin. � Schelle said that construction could start by summer 1978 if a tech-nique called ""Design-Build"" is used. Design-Build is a concept where an architect and construction company are hired together, rather than hiring one, then hiring the other later. The vice president of Business and Finance said the parking decks would be built one at a time and each would take approximately six months to complete. One garage will be built over Lot 5 (the faculty/staff lot between Bur-dick and the UU) and one over Lot 9 (the faculty/staff lot behind Linthi- Enrollment umps cum). j by 300 students by Kathy Norjen The enrollment at Towson State is definitely on the rise, but within the bounds of the state's 5% regulation. Vivienne Lee, acting director of Admissions, said, ""the state has set the guideline of a 5% target increase per year (spring and fall). But it was also the University's decision to limit enrollment to the 5% mark, although if there were certain circumstances that war-ranted a larger increase in enroll-ment it could probably be accom-modated."" This year there are 8900 daytime students registered at T.S.U., 5540 ot which are continuing students, leaving 2270 places for the freshmen, and 1090 for transfers. Last year the totals were slightly less according to Gerard A. Sartori, registrar. ""In 1976 there were 8600 daytime students in the fall,"" said Sartori. ""Of this total, 1182 were transfers, 1928 were freshmen, 250 were re-entries and 5294 were continuing students."" Thus the enrollment jumped by 300 persons or 31/2 % . Courses are not added to compensate for the increase in enrollment. ""New courses are determined by the curriculum committee based on request, etc. New sections, however, are offered based on the need,"" said Lee. This year there are 6947 people attending night school, compared to 6373 in the fall of last year, an increase of 574 or 9%. Pre-fresh comp classes designed to produce 'fully literate' grads by Gail Bending Approximately 26 percent of Towson State's freshmen are cur-rently enrolled in pre-freshman composition classes, said Dr. Dan Jones, chairperson of the English department. Dr. Joseph Cox, vice president and dean of the University, said that the University increasingly found that students need additional writing skills and preparation before beginning English 102, College Writing. He said, ""The University believes that writing skills are crucial to students' success, not just in their major, but in their careers."" The addition of Exploration in Communication Skills (4901.110) and Preparation for College Writing (4901.101) is an attempt to prepare Towson State graduates with a working knowledge of the English-language, Each incoming student is being placed in the course which best meets his abilities. English 110 is a course which emphasizes reading, writing, listening and speaking. English 101 is a review of grammar, sentence structure and paragraph development, and is taken ' on a pass-fail basis. Neither course carries credit toward graduation, however, be-cause they are planned to prepare the student for college-level compo-cition classes. College credit toward graduation can only be given for courses taught at a college level. Only 102 and 104 carry credit which meets the University's English requirements. The Test of Standard Written English (TSWE) and the Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT) are used to determine a student's ability. If one receives an SAT verbal score below 300, he will be placed in 4901.110. SAT scores of 300-400 or a TSWE score below 40 indicate the need for 4901.101. An SAT score of 400+ or a TSWE score of 40+ will place a student in 1501.102, commonly referred to as Freshman Compo-sition. Students with an SAT score of 620 will be placed in advanced freshman English, 1501.104. Last year the 110 and 101 classes were added on an experimental basis. Dr. Jones said that instructors are already noticing freshman composition classes are functioning better, Jones said, ""We are committed to producing a Towson graduate who is fully literate. If there is sufficient change in our grammar and secondary schools, we won't need them (English 110 and 101) anymore."" Notice Due to the interest shown in the Stu-dent Accident and Sickness Insurance plan, the deadline for payment has been extended to Friday, Nov. 4. For payment or questions, contact the Financial Operations Department, room 332, Administration Building. "