The Towerlight, October 31, 1969

to we rligh t L _ _ — 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 Inside page 8 Fall at TSC Football wrapup _ 7 Halloween pranks _ - 3 Letters to editor ... _ 2 Paul McCartney _ 3 . Spiro Agnew _ 3 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 висл 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.