The Towerlight, September 12, 1975

tl19750912-000 "VOL. XLVI, NO, 2 TOWSON STATE COLLEGE SEPTEMBER 12, 1975 State Courts hear appeals by Marlene Milder All, students, faculty, and staff ticketing appeals will now be heard within the State District Court System, reports Charles Eckels, Director of Parking Services at Towson State College. The college. was notified of this measure after it had been passed in the summer, said Eckels, and we (the TOWSON STATE COLLEGE SHUTTLE BUS SCHEDULE TUESDAY, THUFtSDAY Lots 13 & 14 Schedule of Departures Lots 13 & 14 7:40 8:00 8:20 8:40 9:00 9:20 9:40 10:20 10:40 11:00 11:20 12:00 12:20 12:40 1:20 1:40 2:00 2:20 3:10 3:30 3:50 Glen Esk 7:50 8:10 8:30 8:50 9:10 9:30 9:50 10:30 10:50 11:10 11:30 12:10 12:30 1:30 1:50 2:10 2:30 3:20 3:40 4:10 4:20 4:40 4:50 Lot 18 Schedule of Departures Lot 18 Glen Esk 7:25 7:35 7:45 7:55 8:05 8:15 8:25 8;35 8:45 8:55 9:05 9:15 9:25 9:35 9:45 9:55 10:05 10:15 10:25 10:35 10:45 10:55 11:05 11:15 11:55 12:05 12:15 12:25 12:35 1:25 1:35 1:45 1:55 2:05 2:15 2:35 2:45 2:55 3:05 3:15 3:25 3:35 3:45 4:20 4:40 4:50 5:10 5:20 5:40 5:50 6:10 6:20 6:30 6:45 7:00 7:10 9:00 9:10 9:30 9:40 10:00 college) will have to adhere to it. Fines and hearing costs Towson State College will still receive the money for fines when a person is found guilty of a parking violation, but the court system still has the prerogative to impose or suspend both fine and hearing costs. CUB hosts ""The Sting"" The College Union Board starts its Fall Movie Series this Saturday night, offering reduced prices for recent motion pictures. ""The Sting"" starring Robert Redford and Paul Newman will be shown this Saturday, September 13, at 8 p.m. and 10:30 p.m. in Stephens Auditorium. Ticket prices are $.50 w/T.S.0 I.D. and $1.00 General Admission. To avoid lines at the door buy your tickets in advance at the College Center Box Office and while you are there pick up a copy of the complete list of C.U.B. Movies. Students needed by Marlene Milder Student Government Association President David Nevins expresses the importance of student in-volvement in SGA, while noting the larger number of vacancies on committees that students can fill. As students compromise at least 500/0 of the membership of major committees such as Academic Council, the Traffic Committee (which investigates and makes recommendations concerning campus parking,) Nevins feels students have the potential to directly influence issues directly concerning them. Practicality of Committees Another plus Nevins sees in committee involvement is the practical applications students learn when working in areas directly related to their major. For example a student studying nursing could explore the problems of the field by becoming involved in the Health Committee, while a business major might gain experience with a com-mittee concerning the colleges business and administration policies. While outlining his priorities for the 1975-76 school year, Nevins reports he will set up a commission to study the problems of the Evening and summer students. Nevins sees a definite national trenu toward students attending college part time. Said Nevins, ""Since more and more are attending Towson part-time, the SGA should explore the problems they face. Approximately 7,000 part-time students attend Towson, while the total day enrollment is 7,500. The SGA president proposed incorporating the Summer and Evening students into the SGA to give them deserved equal representation, and services they are entitled to. Currently, these students do not pay an activity or Student Government fee. Four thousand tickets were issued last year, said Mel Blackburn of Parking Services. Of these, 2,073 were appealed. After appealing these tickets through the college, 196 people were found guilty, while 273 persons were not held responsible for their fines. Sixteen hundred fines were reduced but the persons were still found guilty. Eckels maintains he found the Towson State System ""adequate"" and did not speculate why the courts would pass this bill. Currently there are 2,300 legal parking spaces on campus while 4,100 parking stickers have been sold. Blackburn maintains after a period of adjustment, parking dif-ficulties will hopefully decrease. The use of car pools, varying weather conditions, and students cutting classes will help alleviate congested areas. He noted the peak parking hours were still between the hours of 10:00 A.M. to 12:00 P.M. Compact lots created To help combat parking tie ups, lot 15 was relined this past summer to facilitate 243 compact cars. The spaces were reduced from 9' x 18' to 7 x 15' to accommodate 65 ad-ditional smaller vehicles. ""We realize there will be a dif- ('erence of opinion in determining what are compact cars,"" said Eckels, ""but there is a difference between a cadillac and a pinto."" The entire lot is geared to com-pact models, said the director, ex-plaining that even the turning radius has been cut from 4 feet to 3 feet. Eckels feels the compact lot system has potential for other parking areas, and will be considered. Eighty to 100 additional parking spaces can be found near the physical education complex lot 19. Also, parking on the right hand lane leading up to the physical education complex is being allowed by the contractors. This will give the college community an additional 50 - 75 spaces. Lines plague College Center by Marlene Milder A week of long food lines, hot [,empers, cold lunches, and in-consistent food prices seems to have subsided as Food Services have undertaken several measures which will hopefully alleviate further in-digestion. Problems have transpired 'due to the closing of Newell Hall for renovation, thus placing food services for residents and commuters within the College Center. Coinciding with this ""displacement,"" is the new food coupon contract offered to resident students. Under this system, resident students bought $355 worth of coupons to be used as cash in any food service area within the College Center. Many students waited at least 1 lh hours for their lunches this past week. Director of Auxiliary, John Suter, along with those in the Food Service Department, agreed to set a minimum $1.00 purchase for all cash and coupon customers in the main cafeteria between the peak lunch hours. Suter reported many students would buy drinks and sit in the cafeteria for hours. ""Those with trays of food had no where to sit and had to put up with lines and finding chairs,"" said Suter. Students are encouraged to buy their drinks and sandwiches in the ""quick"" service area on the third floor. The multipurpose rooms are being used to cater to those who wish only to purchase a sandwich, salad, and a drink. Lines were a problem on the third floor also, but, said Suter, this problem has been alleviated with the hiring of several cashiers. Food lines have been changed around in order to solve the problem of food cooling down while waiting to pay for the meal. Other changes include: moving the deli line to the first floor in order Anything goes day In a continuing effort to stimulate the T.S.C. resident students into some affirmative action, the Com-munity Assistant's, spearheaded by Jim Cambell, will sponsor the first T.S.C. Alinost Anything Goes Day. The event will take place on Sunday, Sept. 14 at 1:30 on the Newell Field. As some of you know (and those who don't will find out) Almost Anything Goes was a summer replacement show in which participants were asked to perform many outlandish tasks ranging from blindfolded water fights to eating the fastest breakfast in a certain time span. Students participating Sunday will be asked to do such things as blindfolded quar-terback, fox and geese, frisbee relay race, caterpillar race and a tug of war. The Towsontowne area of campus will be pitted against the Yorktown area with the winner receiving a trophy. On hand for the event will be a LOT OF BEER for the losers to drown themselves in and the victors to celebrate with. Hopefully, all residents will take part Sunday, and the whole staff is looking forward to seeing them. to open another line for hot foods in the main cafeteria, and opening more registers throughout the center. Student Government Association President David Nevins also suggested several alternations to help reduce the problems. These include: 1) a ticket change machine as in movie theaters. Instead of the cashier having to count out change, one could simply push the appropriate buttons for change, and the students could just tear them off. 2) a credit card type of exchange program (probably the most ideal solution) with statements sent periodically to the students. Nevins further maintained many food items are indeed overpriced, i.e., 6 pieces of shrimp for $1.40, 1 veal patty for $1.20, etc., and he urged that: a.) a comprehensive evaluation of prices be made as soon as possible and that prices be lowered. (The prices on many items exceed those of comparable items in many cafeterias, which are structured for profit). b.) some type of complete meal price be implemented (which would provide for a balanced meal). Ad-ditionally, this might also cut down the length of the lines as more people would be paying the same price. C.) additional charges for cups, plastic bowls, etc. be eliminated. d.) item prices be made clear and posted. Buildings cost 33m by Steve Verch ""Creation of an optimum learning environment"" was how Director of Planning David Sturdivant termed the thinking behind the construction taking place on the campus of Towson College. He is the administrator responsible for the $33 million effort. Sturdivant's job entails all long-range planning for the college, fiscal budget duties, co-ordination of all college projects. He also acts as liaison between the college - government organization and the contractors through all phases of construction. ""The $6.3 million addition to Smith Hall"", Sturdivant said, ""should be finished in November '75"". It will be ready for use February '76 in time for the spring semester. Sturdivant again gave the figure of 53% com-pletion on the new Physical Education Complex, as he did in an article appearing in the July-August issue of Towerlight. This time, Sturdivant noted that the PE Complex is four months behied schedule and slated for an October '76 completion date. The Classroom II Complex, meanwhile, planned to be finished by March '77, is on schedule and is 20% complete. This $7.6 million complex will include two buildings for the Education and Psychology Departments respectively, and a separate Lecture Hall with a seating capacity for 230 students. Sturdivant also pointed out that the College engineering and main-tenance crews had been busy before the fall opening completing necessary 'smaller projects.' According to Sturdivant, such things as paved walkways, a lighted Glen, and pedestrian signs were installed for the convenience of Towson students. For the future (fiscal year '77) Sturdivant hopes for the renovation of Van Bokkelen Hall and the Auburn House, an 18th century structure near the PE Complex site, which will serve as a meeting place for both the college and community. Van Bokkelen Hall will be renovated within the original walls of the building, and no new additions are planned. Renovation of Newall Dining Hall is currently taking place. In addition, two-tier parking facilities for 450 cars have been planned for lots 5 and 9, near Lin-thicum Hall and the College Center respectively. Three pedestrian bridges at a total cost of $623,000 are to be erected at these locations: between Osier Drive and the Ad-ministration Building, the College Center and the Fine Arts Building, and Osler Drive and the Fine Arts Building. These, along with Education Street - a raised walkway that will link most of the main campus classroom structures - will aid in the ""creation of an optimum learning environment."" Sturdivant acknowledged being somewhat upset with the PE Com-plex situation, ""Of course, you're always disappointed when a project comes in late. .. We'll have to remain as we are and make do with what we have."" The delay will set back the scheduled move of the Nursing Department to Burdick Hall, as well as the over-crowded Physical Education Major Program to the PE Complex. AMA to play Sunday The American Marketing Association softball team will play the faculty Sunday, September 14th, at 1 p.m. with a picnic following in the Glen. Members of the AMA have elected to give the faculty another chance to erase the embarrassment they've experienced in previous athletic contests with the Association. It is hoped that the faculty can field a team worthy of being one the same diamond with the AMA softball marvels. NOTE: Students interested in joining the American Marketing Association may stop by the AMA office in the SGA complex, second floor of the College Center or attend the first meeting Wednesday, September 17th, at noon, Room 311, College Center. by Bill Stetka The State Board of Trustees voted 5-1 in support of the Maryland Council for Higher Education's reaction to the Rosenberg Com-mission report. SGA President David Nevins, the first student member of the Board, cast the lone dissenting vote at the meeting, held September 4 at Salisbury State College. Rosenberg The state legislature is scheduled to act upon the Rosenberg Com-mission's findings sometime this year. The Maryland Council for Higher Education approved of the Corn-mission's findings, with the suggestion that the state continue the tri-partit system as it is while in-creasing the Council's power. The tri-partit system includes the state colleges, the University of Maryland and its branches and the state community colleges. The Board of Trustees is the governing body of Bowie, Coppin, Frostburg, Salisbury, and Towson State Colleges, as well as the University of Baltimore. The Board determines all major policies Nevins Casts Lone Vote and budgeting concerns affecting the State Colleges. Shows concern Nevins, in his first vote with the Board, cited the ""lacking mandate for student participation on the Maryland Council for Higher Education"" as a primary concern is his opposing vote. ""Both the Rosenberg Commission and the Council's recommendations totally ignore the question of student participation,"" said Nevins. ""This is important because the Council can overrule the lower boards."" Nevins said ""Perpetuating the tri-partit system, which is what they are doing, has no basis."" ""Morgan State and St. Mary's aren't included in the tri-partit system simply because of political vested interests. It's not really a tri-partit system with Morgan and St. Mary's left out in limbo,"" Nevins commented. The reason given for the con-tinuance of the tri-partit system, said Nevins, was that the ""goals of a university and of a college are very much different."" He disagrees. ""If a university and a college have different goals, perpetuating the tri-partit system will not give schools a chance to change their goals,"" Nevins believed. ""The social environment will change but the schools will not."" ""Besides, the goals are only slightly different -- why lock yourself into a situation you can't get out of?"" he said. As an alternative to the tri-partit system, Nevins said he likes the SUNY system of New York, where each campus has their own board with one larger board controlling those. Dr. James Fisher, Towson State's president, has made a similar proposal. Nevins, a business administration major at TSC, was appointed to the Board of Trustees' Finance and Management Committee. He has already contacted all of the state college student governments con-cerning issues to be discussed and presented before the Board. An October meeting of SGA representatives is being planned. ""I hope that I can at least shape the Board's thinking a little,"" Nevins said. ""The people on the Board are open-minded, but I don't think there has been anyone there to broaden their views before."" "