tl19801003-000 "VOL. LXXIV No. 6 ""(1,50 it1 ethrg PUBLISHED BY THE STUDENTS OF TOWSON STATE UNIVERSITY Contents Sports 6 Entertainment 4 Features 3 Week Watcher 5 Newsbriefs 8 Classifieds 8 Commentary .9 October 3 1980 , burban cowboy? Yahoo! What a way to celebrate the last beer blast of the 8..emester. Fridays won't be the same now, but maybe the university can find some other way to entertain students. Does anybody know where you can pick up a few cheap horses? TL photo by Brett Handler New parking permits create few problems by Leanne Youth The bill passed last year, limiting �ff-camp us parking for students, has 1:'Parently caused no great problems un' r idents. either students or community es de In the spring, residents in three s velopments surrounding Towson do petitioned to have something rne to alleviate their parking prob-erns. The residents said University fstori�eats were parking in the spaces in NM of their houses. L.The County Council then passed a 4TH, e that requires all residents parking ""'h ir cars near their houses to pur-ne, rse parking permits. This restrict- Parking area is referred to as �`I'rea Pol A"" by the Baltimore County ice. J. Lewis, of the central traffic Wision of the county police, said in 3,.. ?rne areas there is a two-hour park- Ig iunit for anyone. In other places, "" there. cars without permits can park There are police whose specific duty is to patrol these areas, mark the tires of cars as soon as they park and then return two hours later to see whether the cars are still there. In areas where there is no non-permit parking, the illegally parked cars are ticketed immediately. Lewis said the parking limitation is strictly enforced. Permits are distributed to residents and their visitors for $15 a year and are usually displayed in the wind-shield. Students, however, are unable to purchase permits and must either adhere to the two-hour limit where applicable, or find parking some-where else. ""To my knowledge, there have been no formal complaints from students unsatisfied with the situation,"" said Lewis. He said no cars have been towed from these areas but there have been a lot of tickets given out. Robert Frame, commanding officer of the county police central traffic division, said, ""It took awhile for the students to realize that they just pp parked in designated areas in the neighborhood must now display a ant,king permit. These permits are available only to residents and their visitors that leaves students searching for other places to park. TL photo by Brett Handler couldn't park there."" He said at the beginning of the semester there were complaints from the residents that there were still many cars without permits parked on their streets. Police then began tick-eting cars to let students know they were not able to park there. After this, the number of students' cars parked in the residential areas began a steady decline. Students are taking advantage of the two-hour parking time in the surrounding neighborhood. Tuition to increase $ 85 next semester by Quincey R. Johnson The Board of Trustees has approved an $85 tuition increase for the spring semester. This tuition increase will negate the effects of the three percent budget cut proposed by the Governor's office last week. This increase raises in-state tuition to $875. President Hoke Smith said tuition will remain the same next year unless the University is forced to cut the budget four percent. Increase could be slight If that happens, the increase would be only slight, he said. The University is raising tuition more than is needed to cover the budget loss. Smith said the extra money is need-ed to help the University with additional expenses. The tuition hike will allow students to stay in school and the University to continue operating on the same financial level as well as catch up on purchases, especially library supplies, Smith said. Smith said $65 of the tuition increase will cover the effects the budget cut will have on University operations. Ten dollars will be used for deferred maintenance proj-ects and the remaining $10 will be used for the Board of Trustees' contingency fund. If tuition was not increased the University would be forced to make program cuts. Last week, Smith asked all the vice presidents and chairmen to make cuts in their departments. Departments faced cuts Cuts made in the academic affairs, business and finance, institutional development and student services budgets would amount to $500,000. The University would cut its contingency reserve which would stop the University from dealing with unforeseen problems like spring enrollment declines and emergency repairs. The quantity of supplies available for instructional purposes would be cut below the previous year's figures. Also, the University would make cuts in the plant opera-tion department, housekeeping and administration. Also, part-time faculty would be cut, creating fewer classes and more crowded sections. Smith said the tuition increase is necessary in order to maintain quality education at the University. More money available for library The extra $10 to be used for the deferred maintenance projects will help improve the quality of the University, Smith said. This money will be used for library purchases. Inflation hits local schools Money in this category will also be used to help financial hardship cases resulting from the tuition increase, Smith said. The money will be in the form of grants, scholarships and loans, he said. ""We don't want people to leave the University because of the increase,"" Smith added. The remaining $10 will be given to the Board of Trustees who had its general fund request cut. The money will go to Hoke Smith the Board's contingency fund. This fund covers grants, recruitment costs, adminis-trative costs and also the deferred maintenance fund. Board can't make up budget Ron Garrison, assistant vice president for business and finance, said the University can cover the budget cuts through a tuition increase but the Board of Trustees has no way to make up for their budget loss. The other colleges governed by the Board of Trustees must also raise tuition to meet costs. Some of those schools will not raise their tuition in the spring but will have to raise tuition next year to cover the cuts for both this year and next year. Also contributing to this article were Nancy Zeleski and Dana Bennett. Athletic programs face cuts by Genene Elborn Faced with growing budget deficits, a nuthber of colleges and universities have been forced to eliminate athletic programs. According to an article which appeared in The Chronicle of Higher Education on September 15, most uni-versity officials say inflation and the cost of complying with federal laws against sex discrimination are the main causes of the economic prob-lems plaguing their athletic depart-ments. Joseph McMullen, athletic director at Towson State, said those reasons are ""baloney."" ""The problem,"" he said, ""is departments won't manage their money correctly. It gets down to every coach pinching pennies. ""If a sport is dropped this year, what happens next year, and the year after? We're trying to hold our expen-ditures low and keep a wide base to give as many opportunities as pos-sible,"" McMullen said. ""Inflation may hurt in the years to come and Hughes' budget cut will hurt the number of part-time coaches, but presently no eliminations are planned,"" he said. To cut costs, the athletic depart-ment has curtailed as much spending as possible without hurting the pro-gram. Out-of-season practice, junior varsity teams, supply waste, long trips and stolen equipment have been reduced, he said. McMullen said the junior varsity football team works out with the var-sity team and has only two games this season. Both games are at home, so the team will get the experience without creating further expense. Morgan State University is already feeling the pinch. ""Last year's deficit and the present inflation are causing cut-backs in equipment, meals, lodg-ing, and travel,"" said Earl Banks, athletic director at Morgan. ""There are no eliminations yet, but the picture for next year looks like one or two sports will have to be cut,"" Banks said. ""At Salisbury State College, we have learned to live within out budget and economize,"" said Deane Deshon, athletic director. ""We keep a watchful eye and try to keep our nose above water, so far it has worked, nothing has been elim-inated,"" Deshon said. The athletic director at the Univer-sity of Maryland Eastern Shore was not available for comment. However, in the Chronicle, UMES is said to have dropped men's football, tennis and swimming. Richard Watts, athletic director at the University of Maryland Baltimore County, said they feel the tightening of belts but are not alarmed by the situation. UMBC has dropped men's and women's golf and fencing, because those teams were not serving the intercollegiate interests of the students, Watts said. ,r, 90 0 00 O, � ""TELETHON 0 FOR ""NEOPRENENTios 0 121- 0_ SPORIS .CuT,SACKS 0 -6 oo o oo O.= Athletes at other universities are feeling the effects of inflation while Towson State athletes are virtually unaffected. TL file photos In this issue The Tiger football squad lost to Wayne State last week, but they hope to get back on the winning track tomorrow against Central Connec-ticut. Page 6. Tiger booters reached the .500 mark Wednesday by edging Hopkins, 1-0. Next up, Old Dominion. Page 6. "
