tl19711029-000 "towerliVol. XXIV No.8 Towson State College ht Friday, October 29 Towson, Maryland 21204 SGA turns outward: induces reform action by Ward Smith ""The student action com-mittee will allow a group of people without too.many other interests in student govern-ment, to devote their time solely to those problems of an educational type, which are so prevalent at Towson State College today, and make our education at Towson State College second rate,"" was SGA president Steve Murphy's introductory remark con-cerning his formation of the new Student Action Com-mittee Tuesday. When asked by Towerlight What second rate meant, Murphy said, ""The education at Towson is second rate to education at other colleges and universities."" The SAC is part two of the Murphy ad-ministration plan for academic Progress entitled ""New Challenge."" Part one was a committee to investigate registration procedures. Murphy's New Challenge concerns the SGA efforts to ""turn outward from its in-ternal concerns and act as a viable force to solve those problems which plague our academic system and make educational reform at Towson State College a vital necessity."" The SAC will be chaired by Patrick Moon and will hold an organizational meeting next Wednesday and Thursday at 3 p.m. in the SGA office. Pat and his committee will study other institutions and their standards and requirements and make appropriate recommendations. Its goals involve a complete overhaul of academic ob-jectives. It has been Murphy's opinion that the SGA did not fulfill its responsibilities to the students. The cause for this failure has been the complexity of ad-mi nstra tive details within the organization. Murphy hopes that this committee will serve as an impetus towards a new trend in .Student Government activity. In a letter announcing the SAC's formation Murphy said, ""The work of this committee will not be accomplished easily, but the time for change is now. The New Challenge is before us. Unless we rise- to it, how can we expect to prove that the SGA is a viable in, stitution? I ask you to rise to the New Challenge and give the Student Action Committee your unqualified support and active participation."" SGA President Steve Murphy : Doing something about ""second rate education."" New residence hail to open February The fifteen-story high rise residence. hall is approaching completion. Located behind West Hall, the new tower will house 450 students. Basically, each floor is composed of four student living clusters and each, cluster has four, two-student rooms, one, one-student room, and bath facilities. Each floor Provides study lounges and a conference room, and in ad-dition, every other floor provides a living room lounge equipped with kitchen facilitiei. The building program has been made flexible enough so that various 'floors, or portions of floors, May be allocated for use by either men of womeh.� � The lower level of the new construction will be used for Meeting rooms, recreational Space, and general storage. The second level, which is actually the main lobby, will be Partially enclosed in glass and Will open onto an open plaza Which will take advantage of its nrnximitv to and view of, athletic fields and wooded areas. The building will have Carpeting and draw draperies throughout, complete with Olov-able furniture. Ar-chitectural room designs also. �contribute to the freedom in floor plan arrangements necessitated by the choice 01 movable furniture. Student bedrooms will have individual electric heating and cooling units, while the larger public areas will be centrally heated and air-conditioned. Thirteen floors will house the. four cluster living area. Ap-proximately thirty-six students will be assigned per floor. Alternating floors will have a laundry room and automated canteen. The most current completion date has now been set for January 15, 1972. Assuming the schedule is not altered, the new tower will be used to house students beginning with the . spring semester. Students who live in this building will be charged the existing room rate of $205 per semester. Upon completion of the new building, two existing residence halls will be rehabilitated. Richmond and Newell Halls will have the interior partitions removed, leaving only the existing building framework and facade. The design offered includes complete facilities for approximately four-hundred students and provides bedrooms, study areas, recreation and lounge areas, and music practice rooms., Living areas are desinged to accommodate from one to six students in bedroom, space while some such spaces will be arranged as suites. New co-ed dorm nears completion on campus north end. "
