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Vol. XXII, No. 7 TOWSON STATE COLLEGE, BALTIMORE, MARYLAND 21204 October 31, 1969
Senate reviews campus
alcohol policy Monday
Photo by Stack
AFTER MANY' MONTHS of political wrangling and obacurity, a
revised alcohol policy, allowing liquor in certain areas on campus, will
be considered by the College Senate on November 3.
A proposal for the restricted
use of alcohol on campus will
come under review by the College
Senate on Monday, November 3rd.
The meeting at Stephens Hall
will begin at 6:00 pm and will
examine the recommendations pre¬
sented by the Committee on Alco¬
holic Consumption on Campus.
Dan Jones, English instructor
and chairman of the committee, is
working with Dean Francis Le-
mirc and Arlene Brandt in an
effort to establish permissable in¬
dulgence at certain areas on cam¬
pus.
Last year, when the original
two-fold measure was introduced
to the College Senate, only one of
the two parts was approved by
Auditor Attacks TSC Finances;
SGA revises procedures
On October 21, Lambdin a Mary¬
land legislative auditor, issued
several statements harshly criti¬
cal of the financial situation at
Towson State College. While many
of these criticisms were valid and
constructive, several points must
be made in explanation of the sit¬
uation now prevailing at Towson.
SGA books hit
Specifically, Lambdin criticized
the college business office and the
Student Government Association
for sloppy bookkeeping. His main
points were that the SGA loaned
funds without proper checks and
without the signature of its fac¬
ulty advisor. He complained that
student loans were overdue and
that adequate files were not kept.
These criticisms, however, per¬
tain to the fiscal years 1967 and
1968. At that time the procedures
for budgeting were not as clear
and well formulated as they are
now, and the business office, rather
than being derelict in its duty,
was understaffed.
Lambdin’s point concerning the
SGA’s advisor had suffered from
misinformation because the col¬
lege and the student government
was competent enough to assume
responsibility for its money, and
that it was a needless burden on
the advisor, whose time would be
wasted signing numerous forms and
vouchers. Consequently, the SGA
now has no faculty advisor.
Tightens money contest
Since the audit, the SGA Treas¬
urer has taken definite steps to¬
wards tightening control over the
procedures for making loans to
students. A revised and updated
background form with informa¬
tion on the student must be filled
out. This is signed by the student
applying for the loan, as well as
some form of a promissory note
which the treasurer must approve
with the countersignature of a
witness. The check is then signed
by the business office, with approv¬
al from the college’s chief financial
officer.
TSC growth caused problems
To be taken into account as well
is that while these conditions might
have prevailed in 1967, there were
mitigating circumstances involv¬
ing incoherent and unclear fiscal
procedures, and the significant fact
that the college’s budget has doubl¬
ed in a very short space of time
without a proportional increase in
staff. Despite this, the situation
has seen constant improvement
within the restrictive boundaries
of the state fiscal system.
Slated for November 9
Film series displays local talent
On Sunday, November 9 the
Special Events film series will
present an evening of Baltimore
filmmakers.
Foster Grimm, chairman of the
Film committee stated “I felt that
if our series was going to mean
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anything then we would have to
establish contact with the local
filmmakers. Some are very good,
but little shown. The last at¬
tempt at an evening of local peo¬
ple was the Baltimore Film So¬
ciety, but that was spring and the
BFS has since folded.”
Steve Yeager, a former Towson
student, and filmmaker has coordi¬
nated the program. “Steve knew
all the local filmmakers and I
knew Steve so It was just a mat¬
ter of making contacts,” said
Grimm.
The program will consist of sev¬
eral shorts by various filmmakers
— Dominic Bianca, Chris Bnchman,
Steve Yeager.
The second half will be John
Water’s epic Mondo Trasho. '
The Special Events Film Series
has steered more to avant-garde
and foreign films than the CUB
series.
Originally the idea of Leroy Mo-
rais, a member of the Art Faculty
before he left for UMBC, the pro¬
gram was taken over by a com¬
mittee of students. The members
are David Curnohan, Bonnie Zuch,
Phyllis Steifeld, Tom Kurtz, Jo
Matkins, Barbara Natkins, and
Foster Grimm.
The films are free to the pub¬
lic, and will start at 8:00 pm in
Smith 140.
The committee is also planning
a second evening in February,
hopefully to include several pre¬
miers of films.
the President of this college. For¬
mer President Earle T. Hawkins
approved the use of alcohol for
off campus events although he re¬
jected a similar motion to allow
it on campus.
The proposal calling for areas
in which alcohol will be permisable
on campus was resubmitted to the
College Senate this year. Dr. James
Fisher, TSC’s President, appointed
Jones and his committee to make
suggestions on the proposal. It is
this proposal, with recommenda¬
tions, that will be considered.
Jones cites that it is only a be¬
ginning, allowing the use in re¬
stricted areas, but that it’s a start.
He further feels that with accep¬
table results the policy will be¬
come even more liberal.
Nuclear plant poses threat
of pollution to Chesapeake
The Baltimore Gas and Elec¬
tric Company is now in the proc¬
ess of building a nuclear power
plant at Calvert Cliffs located on
the Western Shore of the Chesa¬
peake Bay, causing controversy
among Marylanders.
There are those who claim that
the power plant must be built in
order to meet the growing need
of electricity within the next ten
years. Then on the other side,
are those who say construction
must be halted in order to stop
the further pollution of the bay.
As a result of this power plant
the BG&E reports that around 2910
curies of radioactive tritium, a
rare radioactive hydrogen isotope,
will be produced and dumped
into the bay per year. They claim
that this will cause no harm. How¬
ever, seven doctors from the Johns
Hopkins School of Hygiene and
Public Health, claim that this
amount of tritium will harm life
in the bay. According to them, the
real danger of tritium is that it
becomes incorporated into plants,
animals and man. When so in¬
corporated it leads to a disrup¬
tion of the structure and func¬
tion of living materials.
Particularly in danger is the
genetic material, DNA, of these
plants, animals and man. When
so damaged, it could lead to a
mutation or death of the cells
until the plant or animal dies.
Since man uses many of the crea¬
tures from the bay for food, man
could become endangered. The
tritium that becomes incorporated
in these plants and animals, will
then be passed into man. Thus
the genetic material of man could
be endangered and changed, along
with death of cells.
Another misconception of the
power plant is that the raising
by 10 degrees F 10,000 acre-ft. of
water per day and that this will
cause no harm. The reason for
the increase in water temperature
is that water dumped into the bay
becomes extremely hot after going
through the processes of the pow¬
er plant. Yet it has been shown
in thermal pollution studies thru-
out the nation that heat addition
can have a direct effect on th ecol¬
ogy of the acquatic community in
the area of the power plant. This
means that the relation of such
creatures as crabs, oysters, and
rockfish to each other will be dis¬
turbed.
With the industry and the pop¬
ulation growing, the need for elec¬
tricity will grow even faster. We
need such power plants. What must
be done is realize the possible re¬
sults of such a power plant and
try to solve them now.
Photo by Quante
THE INCREASING NUMBER of elecric substations
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as this
one in Towson , are part of the reason for the Baltimore Gas and Elec¬
tric Company to build a nuclear plant on Calvert Cliffs.