tl19730928-000 "towerlight Volume XXVII No. 4 Towson State College September 28, 1973 Towson, Md. 21204 Volunteer registrars wait for needed donors. photo by Buddy Rehrey Annual blood drive continues by Susan Moscareillo After three days of registration, 315 Towson State students have signed up to donate blood in the campus Red Cross blood program. A quota of 175 registrations i day has been set. Registration will continue Homecoming date planned for Oct. 20 Towson's Homecoming weekend, originally scheduled for October 6, has been postponed to the weekend of October 20. The weekend ,had originally been cancelled due to the Jewish holidays, Yom Kippur, and the activities were supposed to span several weeks. Homecoming will feature a game against Federal City College, a beef and beer cookout, and a Homecoming dance to be held in Burdick Hall. There will be a Fall Festival dance October 6 to start the Fall Festival month. That dance will Correction In the article on clubs in the September 21, 1973 issue of Towerlight, the sections dealing with the Towson chapter of the National Student Speech and Hearing Association should state that the organization participated in the Baltimore Jewish Community Health Fair. Other corrections include that the money from the 50-50 raffle goes to the organization plus the Towson Speech and Hearing Clinic, and that the speakers featured at NSSAA's meetings are from professions relating to speech and not from all medical fields. be held in the multi-ourpose room of the College Center. The dance conflict was resolved by students Gary Gill, Joe Kelley, Chris Connally, Jim Sandusky, and Debbie Higgins in the office of the Vice-President of Institutional Development, Paul Wisdom Wednesday September 26.. September 24-28, 9 a.m.-3:30 p.m. in the lower lobby of the College Center, and 5 p.m.-6:30 p.m. in Newell Hall. Students may also register during the week of donations, October 1-5. ""I am overwhelmed by the participation and cooperation of the students,"" commented Mr. Alvin Tilghman, director of the blood program. ""I'm encouraged-I think we'll make it."" The Red Cross reminds donors to eat light, regular meals and to avoid fatty foods such as pork and cream. They also request that donors do not smoke one-half hour before donating blood, and most of all, not to come hungry. 120 credits issue remains undecided by Sue DeBolt Due to the need for more study, the Standards Committee postponed the question of lowering the graduation requirements to 120 credits of C-work or better. The members of the Sub-Committee on Academic Standards to Study Graduation Requirements originally recommended that the graduation requirements at Towson State College should be set at 120 credit hours at the earned grade of C or better, 2) the 120 credits of C are expected of both native and transfer students. 3) the current definitions of grades are not changed, 4) the grade of P should be given for work of C standards or higher as this is consistent with the present regulations of the college in which the grade of PE is given only for C work or higher and 5) the sub-committee encourages the college to establish skill competencies required of all graduates, especially competencies in written and oral communication. The committee did not feel competent to recommend specific structuring of competencies, but suggested that the academic departments most immediately involved be requested by the Standards Committee to suggest such machinery. Much debate occurred over the wording of the proposals particularly over what to do concerning the P-NC option in relation to the D grade. Presently the D grade is accepted for P-NC, and the committee decided that D's may still be accepted as credit but not be accepted as hours toward graduation, if the 120 credit proposal is passed. Other possible options included elimination of the D, the change of P-NC to P-DC, or refusal to' accept D grades for general requirements. Concern was --- expressed over the P-NC but most agreed that the option encouraged students to broaden themselves by taking courses outside their major. The first requirment would then read that graduation requirements at Towson State College should be set at 120 hours of the earned grades of PA, PE, S. C, or the equivalent. The grade of D would still fill general requirements but would not be included in a student's 120 hours of graduation credit. The grades of A,B,C. and D, would not be changed. Head of the Standards Committee Dean Kenneth Shaw expressed concern that if the recommendations later passed the committee and Academic Council, the implications on current system of retaining and dismissing students and logistically coordinating it with the computer. He then asked the registrar Gerald Satori to report on the logistics of such a system. Dr. C. Richard Gillespie. head of the sub-committee, will rewrite the recommendations which will then be edited by Craver for the next Standards meeting, October 11. Senate recommends SSFGB allocate funds to WVTS by Bryan Harriess The senate recommended Tuesday that the Student Services Fee Governing Board allocate $25,000 to WVTS, for the purpose of paying for the electronic equipment which will be needed to put a signal on the FM radio band. This recommendation was made after a prolonged discussion between members of the Senate and WVTS which considered the pros and cons of the relatively huge allocation. Mike Silvert of wvrs, explained to the senate that if the station could obtain an FM license, that it would create a better advertising market for the station, as well as elevate the prestige of the college. Said Silvert, in comparing the present WVTS advertising market with the potential one, ""We have trouble explaining to the community that we are a good advertising media for certain age groups, but they can't seem to fathom this. . .the FM addition would raise our prestige."" Bob Arnold, however, said that if the staff of WVTS were to change hands in the near future, and its heirarchy be less capable than the present one, that the entire investment would ""go down the drain"". It was pointed out, though, that the current staff of WVTS is young by college standards, with many of its members having two to three years left prior to graduation. When it was suggested that there might be a more viable alternative available to WVTS on the AM band. General Manager Jay Harrison said ""there are no AM stations available, they're all closed, this is it."" Harrison also responded to the thought that many students might have unalterable interests in other FM stations by saying ""If they realize ;what we're offering. then they might decide that what they're listening too can't even compete with us."" A matter of affordability The question then became one of whether senate could afford the allocation. Treasurer Ken Nelson, in calling this to Senate's attention, said ""I'm asking you gentlemen, do you feel that this is a justifiable expense at this time, that for one year MOO students should suffer?"" Former presidential aide Dave Perkowski, however, indicated that he thought the request was viable, saying ""this is the only time I can see that the SGA will have $39,000 to play around with. I know that the rest of the organizations might need monies, it may be tight for the rest of the year, but it's now or never."" Senate then reduced the original $29.910 plus budget request to $25,000. and indicated that it would furnish the remaining $4,910 at a latter date. The issue was then voted on and the reduced request was passed without a dissenting vote. Mini-grants discussed The senate then considered the issue of the mini-grants, which were funds given to several � students last year while they worked on school projects. The 'ssues discussed were the validity of the contracts which were awarded to the several students, and what Konrad Herling described as ""a possible conflict of interest,"" in that three of the contracts were awarded to former SGA President Jesse Harris. former SGA Vice-President Craig Schloer. and former SGA Presidential aide Dave Perkowski. "
