The Towerlight, September 20, 1974

tl19740920-000 " VOL LXIX NO 3 Money overspent TOWSON STATE COLLEGE SGA tackles difficult finances aga by Sue DeBolt Finances became the main topic of the first meeting of the Towson State College Senate as discussions ranged Mikulski to campaign Gloria Steinam, well known feminist and founder of Ms. magazine, will campaign for Maryland Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Barbara Mikulski this Tuesday, September 24 when the two anpear together on the Towson campus. The two women will appear in Multi-purpose rooms A, B, and C in the College 1.01 Center at 4:30 p.m. Admission is free. -Bad money passed by Sue DeBolt Two Towson State College students on have been picked up and charged for ce passing altered United States currency be on and off campus. ct. Arrested by the Baltimore County Police at the Ice Cream Tree on York Road te for passing money there, one of the accused students confessed to passing ur money on the campus and implicated De another student who later turned 'n. himself in. Names withheld 2 A non-student was also picked up at the Ice Cream Tree, but was released 00 a when it was determined that he was � ea , simply a friend, not an accomplice of the .00 0occused. Names of the two accused are currently being withheld. er The College was first notified about 00 .he bad currency by the bank, and upon ,his finding, discovered additional bad no nobey in the TSC Bookstore. The two ""'Ise confessed to passing the money in 0�,he book exchange, snack bar and game in .00m. nd on Occurs during rush ed Head of TSC Security, Gene Dawson, ie, told Towerlight that this type of us operation usually takes place when there's a stack of bills being used to pay tidthe bill and a crowd is present and that Ld.Lhis was the method for this particular 'incineration which took place during the oifirst rushed week of school. Towson campus police, Baltimore ddCounty police and the U.S. Federal heflureau of Investigation handled the erinvestigation, which will remain an on-going one. be from organization overspending to appropriations. Three Student Organizations, Talisman, the Class of 1975 and the Black Student Union overextended themselves last year to the tune of approximately $2,518 which has been paid out of the SGA general treasury. Ford questioned Senators Eric Martin and Dan Cunningham questioned Treasurer Rudi Forti over this appropriation without senate approval. Forti said that the money was paid because the bills were due and it is standard procedure to go ahead and pay them but the final decision as to where the money should be permanently taken from had not been made. However, Forti continued that such a decision would be made by the president and/or treasurer and then the Senate would have the option to review it. Three options are open: (1) the organizations themselves can pay the total cost, (2) the SGA can pay the total cost or (3) the two can share the cost. Francis Clay said that the money had already been deducted from the BSU budget but Forti denied this, as he said, ""It's not definite yet but it seems im-minent."" Discussion was cut off by SGA Vice President David Nevins who said a more comprehensive report would be made by Forti next Tuesday. SGA pays for damages Another- bill was paid by SGA to cover damages dating back to the 1972 0Aio Players concert sponsored by the BSU. In discussion because the SGA argued that their negligence caused the damages and therefore, the bill should be absorbed by the insurance company, the decision was made by the insurance company that the SGA must pay the cost of $1,342.00. The SGA plans to contest this but at the present, has paid the bill out of its treasury. Currently, there is apprwcimately $14,000 in the SGA budget but no final report will be made until October. Forti listed $153,000 as the approximate funds that the SGA had started with before the budgets organizations had been determined. This figure was arrived at when it was determined that there were 6,800 full-time students who pay a $22.45 fee each year but that number could be higher depending on the final January count. Six bills were introduced for a first reading; at this time, they were sent to committee. The second reading will follow next week as they are discussed and the week after that, the vote will be taken. Martin sponsors bills Martin sponsored the following bills: (1) S.13.9: An ACT to establish the functional area approach as the basis for executive organization in the Student Government Association and provide for the establishment of principal depart-ments for each recognized functional area, and provide for the orderly and prompt placement of existing and new programs and units within principal departments, and place primary responsibility in the President, as chief executive officer of the government, for the continuing review of executive organization and for initiating or proposing, as appropriate, the reorganization or transfer of units and programs within and between principal departments of the Government, and provide for a cabinet system of Student Government. It will be sent to the government operations committee; (2) S.B. 10: An act to make appropriations of $2,000 to Talisman for the year ending June 30, 1975; and to authorize the transfer of $1,000 from the Towerlight budget to the Talisman Budget. It will be sent to the appropriations and govern-ment operations committees; (3) S.B. 11: An ACT to repeal the College Ad-vancement and Improvement Board Policy and to provide for the transfer of the fee assessed to the same to the SGA General Treasury for the year ending June 30, 1976 and every year thereafter. It will be sent to the appropriations and education committees. The appropriations and education committees will hear S.B. 12: An ACT to appropriate $5,000 to the SGA Executive Budget to be used for a Speakers Series, and S.B. 13: An ACT to request that CAIB appropriate $4,000 to be used for an Outstandink Faculty Grant Program. Dan Cunningham sponsored S.B. 14: A Resolution declaring the SGA against President Ford's grant of amnesty to President Nixon and declaring such stand in writing. S.B. 15 an act to allocate $900 to Tri Beta was sponsored by Lucy Reed. Although on their third readings, S.B. 5 to allocate $740 to the Forensics Union and S.B. 6 to allocate $572 to the campus Christian Community were delayed to give senators more time to make a decision. What's the SGA all about Emphasizing the question of what the ""Student Government is all about,"" President Knorad Herling opened the meeting by stating that a lot of time and effort was needed to insure a successful student government. He added that he wanted to make sure that this govern-ment is one that people can respect and join. Emphasizing the Speaker Series, Nevins said that it will open October 18 with noted day care lecturer Dorothy Pittman Hughes. He also spoke about the bill concerning faculty grants which he said would be ""innovative and worth-while."" Adding that it was ""the student's way of saying thank you,"" Nevins said that students will make all the final decisions. Because the circus designed to raise funds for the Student Day Care Center that had originally been scheduled for early September had been cancelled, Nevins asked for suggestions on how to raise those funds now. Nevins also asked for suggestions on holding elections for vacant senate positions. Currently, there are four positions open: two at-large and a fresh-man and a junior class. Tentative plans have been set up for Homecoming which will be held October 18, 19 and 20. A jam session and the Hughes lecture are scheduled for Friday, October 18; an exposition, the football game with the half-time crowning of the queen, the Beef 'n' Beer and the dance will take place Saturday, October 19; and a concert as well as a lecture by Abba Eban will end the weekend Sunday, October 20. Abba Eban comes to TSC to lecture Widely regarded as one of the world's truly great orators, Abba Eban, former Israeli Minister of Foregin Af-fairs, will speak here on October 20 at 8:00 p.m. under the sponsorship of S.G.A. Admission will be free to students, faculty, and staff with a limited number of tickets available. Eban will most likely also attend some classes on Monday morning, October 21. Tickets for the general public will be $4.00 Eban was born in Cape Town, Union of South Africa, on February 2, 1915. From his youth, he spoke Hebrew as well as English fluently and played a leading role in the Zionist Movement. At Cambridge University he specialized in Oriental languages and was sub-sequently appointed lecturer in Hebrew, Arabic, and Persian literature. During the Second World War, he was assigned in 1942 to Jerusalem as Liaison Officer of Allied Headquarters to secure missions in the Middle East and Europe. In this period he travelled extensively in Palestine and elsewhere in the Middle East, frequently lecturing in Hebrew and Arabic and contributing in those languages to learned journals. Later he became Chief Instructor at the Middle East Arab Centre in Jerusalem. After the war Eban entered the service of the Jewish Agency in Jerusalem. In 1947 he participated in the final talks with the Mandatory Government in London and during the same year was the Agency's Liaison Officer with the United Nations Special Commission on Palestine. He was a member of the Jewish Agency Delegation to the UN General Assembly, which presented the Jewish case at the deliberations leading up to the Assembly's decision for the establish-ment of the State of Israel. Head of Security Gene Dawson. Photo by Buddy ftehrey. In 1948 Eban was appointed Israel's Representative to the United Nations and in this capacity appeared repeatedly before the bodies of that organization to state Israel's case. In the Spring of 1949 he appeared before the Political Com-mittee of the General Assembly to plead successfully for the admission of Israel to the U.N. Upon Israel's admission, on May 11, he became Permanent Representative. In September 1950, he also became Israel's Ambassador to the United States. At 35, he was the youngest person to hold such a rank among the diplomatic corps in Washington. He retained both posts until his resignation in July of 1959. In October, 1958, the Board of Governors of the Weizmann Institute of Science unanimously elected him President of the Institute. In 1959 Eban returned to Israel and entered politics as a member of Mapai, the Israel Labor Party. He was elected to the Fourth Knesset in November, and, on December 17, joined the Cabinet as Minister without Portfolio. On July 31, 1960, he was appointed Minister of Education and Culture, and on June 26, 1963, became Deputy Prime Minister under Prime Minister Levi Eshkol. Following the resignation of Mrs. Golda Meir as Israel's Minister for Foreign Affairs in January, 1966, Eban was appointed to that post and was sworn in, together with the other members of the new government, on January 12, 1966. He retained the post of Israeli Minister for Foreign Affairs until 1974. Eban has received honorary degrees from New York University, Boston University, the University of Maryland, Yeshiva University, the Dropsie College of Hebrew and Cognate Learning, Brandeis University and the Hebrew Union College in Cincinnati. He is a Fellow of the World Academy of Art and Science, Stockholm. Abba Eban has been the author of numerous articles and reports on the Middle East and wrote a preface to a new edition of ""Auto-Emancipation"" by Pinsker (1939). His publications include ""Zionism and the Arab World"" (1949), ""Britain's Middle East Strategy"" (1947), ""Voice of Israel"" (1957), ""Tide of Nationalism"" (1958), ""My People"" (1968) and ""My Country"" (1972). SEPTEMBER 20 1974 Senators busy themselves during their meeting. Photo by Kathy Woodcock. Health programs open to Towson students by Karen Wolfe Students at Towson State College may select from the several major programs of health (public and school), Medical Technology, Occupational Therapy, and Health Records Ad-ministration (newly proposed), ac-cording to Dr. Clint Bruess, chairman of the Wealth Science Department. Occupational Therapy is the newest addition to the Health Department. Although there is an enrollment of 130 students, they will not be able to claim their majors until the Spring semester. In speaking of the four programs, Dr. Bruess said, ""due to the rapidly in-creasing size of the Medical Technology and Occupational Therapy Programs, screening procedures are in effect. For further information, students can call Ms. Diane Stein in Van Bokkelen."" ""The Medical Technology program is designed to prepare allied health per-sonnel for specialized work in hospitals and medical laboratories,"" said Bruess. Classes will be taught in the hospital by hospital staff for the senior year. In that connection, he likened this on the spot training to the practicum in education. Health Records Administration is a new program that has been approved by the Curriculum Committee and the Academic Council, but it is pending approval by the State Board of Trustees. Dr. Bruess expects it to be instated by the Fall, 1975. Like the Medical Technology program, the Health Records will be offering a senior work program at the U.S. Public Health Service Office. Dr. Bruess also commented that a proposal, ""is being written for a program of Health Service Management to be submitted for approval sometime this fall to The Curriculum Committee."" It will be a program that relies on a syn-thesis of many courses in the Health Science and Business Administration Departments. Currently at Towson State, there is a Master of Education graduate program in Secondary Education. An M.S. program in Health is being prepared now. Dr. Bruess suggested tbat, ""this program will allow greater flexibility for the graduate to develop various skills in the health field. For further information, Dr. Bruess can be reached in Room 119, .Burdick Hall, ext. 632. Kd Conscroe opens the first Council of Organizations meeting. Council of Organizations The Council of Organizations, a new deliberative body in th SGA met for the first time on September 16. Ed Consroe, Co-Chairman of the council, addressed the group at the outset. Consroe urged that the council be ""impartial"" and act as a unifier. He also said that it was incorrect to call the council a ""watchdog"" organization. Due to the fact that there were only 15 organizations present at the meeting, the Council did not vote on the question of accepting its charger. Francis Clay said he felt it wasn't fair that a small number of voters, less than a majority could vote on an issue, as is provided for in the charter. SGA President Konrad Herling said however, meets that the councils votes were only recommendations and not final decisions. The council will also deal with the problem of providing office space for SGA organizations. Two buildings in the Glen are apparently Available, and could be renovated to make more office space. "