tl19710924-000 "Debaters to engage British on Increasing power of women by Sylvia Weaver The Towson State Debate Council will again host British debators on Monday, September 27 at 8:30 p.m. in Smith Hall on the debated' topic, ""Resolved: That the power of women is in-creasing and should be diminished:"" Eric Parsloe and Denis Carter of the touring British team will argue the affirmative side. On the negative side for Towson will be senior Lewis Olshin and Craig Schloer, a sophomore. Eric Parsloe is an experienced debator and was elected town councillor at the age of 25. Holding many offices in the Labour Party, he graduated from Ruskin College in 1970 and was the first member of that college to be elected President of the Oxford Union. Eric has made successful debate tours in the U.S. and remains an expert critic on British-American debate. Awarded the Queen's Prize in 1957 for top agricultural student, Denis Carter founded the first agricultural business in Britain. Being a leading member of the Labour Party, he is a strong contender for election to Parliament at the next election. Lewis Olshin, Vice-President of Towson's Student Government Association, represented Towson at the Novice National Tour-nament in Louisville, Kentucky along with Craig Scholer, Lew holds a double major in philosophy and economics and is president of the Debate Council. Craig Scholer, a social sciences major, is president of Towson's chapter of Pi Kappa Delta, the national forensic fraternity. Last year Craig won speaker trophies at Morgan State, Southern Connecticut, Frostburg and the University of Richmond. Lew Olshin and Craig Scholor of Towson Debate team will meet British Squad September 27 at 8:30 in Stephens Hall. Towerlight Vol. XXIV, No. 3 Towson State College, Towson, Maryland 21204 September 24, 1971 Expansion of college communications predicted with development of NTS by Wayne Kirwan With the advent of Towson State's radio station, the dreams of many people will be realized. When WVTS begins broadcasting later this semester, it will be the culmination of over a year's research .and planning by students, faculty members and administrators. , Rick Dudley, a TSC student, voiccd first interests in the idea to Mr. Robert Keane, a faculty member of the Speech-Mass Com-munications Departments. During the summer of 1970 Keane and Dudley began researching rules of the Federal Communications Corn-and equipment specifications in various electronics catalogs. When the fall term convened, a special radio committee was established in the office of Vice President Richard Gillespie's office at the urging of Student Government President, Richard Neidig, who backed a radio station as a goal of his administration. In October, a subcommittee whose members Robert Keane, was the prime mover in the ""tablishment of Tovvson State's soon- to-be-aired radio station, WVTS represented varied interests was charged with the responsibility of presenting a formal plan to the college for the establishment and operation of the station. The preliminary report was issued in late December and included goals of and justifications for the proposed station. Mem-bers of the subcommittee included Keane and Dudley, SGA Senator and chairman of the committee, Wayne Miskelly, Mr. William Carey of the Office of News & Publications, Wayne Kirwan, Public Relations Director of the SGA, and James Duffy, Assistant Director of the College Union. During the second semester of the last academic year, the committee continued to meet resulting in theformation of a governance structure for the station's operation. Early in the semester, the committee authorized a frequency search by the radio engineering firm of Gautney and Jones. As work on the station progressed, most of the committee's work was a virtual secret in an effort to insure Towson's chances of being assigned a frequency by the FCC in the already-crowded educational FM band. Late in the semester Morgan State College announced plans for an education FM station, the planning of which was far ahead of Towson. As a result of competition for the band, the two schools began to formulate plans for a cooperative .station realizing that the station would serve to break down the racial segregation of the two schools. Because Towson's plans called for the phasing-in of the FM station after the establish-ment of a closed circuit setup, the committee continued to work on obtaining equipment and setting up a program schedule. Meetings held during the summer at Keane's apartment resulted in the following ap-pointments to the staff: Clark Jeunette- Director of Public Relations, Rick Seaby- Student Engineer, John Bertak- News Director. Jack Free-burger- Program Director, Jim Burlas- Music Director. Helping Bertak in setting up the news department will be newsman Jeff Beauchamp of radio station WITH, who is also a student at Towson. According to Keane many other ad-ministrative and clerical positions need filling along with the numerous announcing vacan-cies. To apply for the positions contact Lf. 219 E. or campus Box No. 2012, While waiting for the equipment requisitions to clear state purchasing, Keane and the radio staff are in the process of setting up a program schedule and a radio course in mass com-munications. In addition, contact has been made with the Associated Press for wire service, and some thirty companies have been approached for record service. Also under development is the Radio Club, an official organization chartered under the auspices of the SGA. Students in-terested in joining should contact the ad-ministrative staff of the station at the above box numbers. ""We need people,"" said Keane in a recent interview. Many positions are open and must be filled before the projected initial operation in late October. The station, with studios on the first floor of the new college center, is hoping to run a broadcast day from 7:30 a.m. to 9 p.m., expanding it later to a full 24 hour service. Programming will be varied with offerings of different types of music, news programs, and other feature and special programs. In all phases of its development Towson's � radio station sees itself as the most important communication channel the college has ever seen. All members of the college community are looking at the radio with great ex-pectations, hoping the station will fill the critical communication gap that has shrouded the expanding Towson campus for the past decade. "
