tl19780929-000 "L. Da o.4 otv etti TOWSON TATE UNIVERSITY Psst! Wake up, you're on next! Although they appear to be asleep, Hall and Oates seemed inexhaustible at their concert Sunday. Over 3,000 people attended the concert. at the Towson Center last UU roof awaits repair by R. L. Krummerich Every time a student slides another coin into Big-Hit, Captain Fantastic, or Airborne Attack Pinball machines he contributes to a fund for a new roof over the University Union. All of the five roofs on the Union need to be replaced. Money for this new construction and for past damage comes out of the University reserve which is funded by the school store, University Union food operations, and the Recreation Center. Towson State is not suing over the leaky roof situation; however, the State of Maryland Department of General Services is contemplating such action. Research is being conducted now to establish evidence should the case go to court. John Suter, director of Campus Planning, said he is suspicious that ""the roof was not put up according to specifications."" A contract is now being put out for a temporary patch up of the weakest parts of the 11,000 square feet of roof. This short-range project will hopefully suffice until spring when weather will permit a permanent job The Union is not alone in its ""water problems."" After one night of heavy rains, water piled up so deeply on the Administration building that a pump taken up to the roof pumped water at a rate of 200 gallons a minute for eight hours. When heavy snows come the roofs have to be shoveled before they exceed their maximum weight holding ability. Suter himself has a leaky office. Architectural designs show flat roofs with a slight incline for drainage. Using the coal tar pitch of the 50's, these roofs would hold up, but after finding out that the fumes were hazardous to workers, most 'companies switched to an asphalt material which is not as dangerous, Suter said. Will serve on committee Se s tember Plante appointed to assist search by Judy Wilner The Academic' Council Monday elected Dr. Patricia R. Plante, professor of English, as the faculty representative to tne searcn com-mittee for the Towson State's new president. Plante won an almost unanimous victory in a secret ballot. Plante said that satisfying all the suggestions of the 500 member faculty is impossible. However, she is going to listen to as many faculty members' opinions of the applicants as possible. Plante called the ""traditional method"" of finding a president a ""complicated process."" First an advertisement is placed in the professional journals letting the academic community know the position is open, she said. ""Then a deadline for applications is set. The committee goes through appointments after setting criteria for personal interviews,"" said Plante. Interested applicants can visit the campus and meet faculty.- Committee members may also elect to visit the campuses of prospective nominees, Plante said. ""One of the biggest problems,"" Plante said, ""is that some people look good on paper, but their Correction Tmverlight incorrectly reported last week (Finance revises refund policy) that before the 15th day of classes, 80 percent of the tuition will be refunded. Eighty percent of the tuition will be refunded after the 15th calendar day. This includes weekends. Wallace defends tactics by Debbie Pelton ""There is one thing that Mike can do better than anyone else,"" commented Harry Reasoner in 1970 about his then ""60 Minutes"" co-editor Mike Wallace, ""with an angelic smile, he can ask a question that would get anyone else smashed in the face."" No statement could better de-scribe the dramatic, insistent An interviewer must ask tough questions to get behind the facade' interview techniques of Mike Wallace, still co-editor of weekly news magazine ""60 Minutes."" Sixty-year old Wallace told the near capacity crowd at the Towson Center last Friday that an inter-viewer must ""ask tough questions to get behind the facade"" of inter-viewees. His forty minute speech, In This Issue -Th UP Front: Kevin Fidati, the unheralded anchor of the Tiger's offensive line--his big move from Towson High to Towson U page 12 Thrill of Victory: Tiger Cross Country ace Ned Poffenberger leads his mates to an upset win over UMBC with a first place finish, the first in four years for TSU page 12 Curtain Call: Baltimore's Theater Project opens its eighth season with the satire ""Bob Carroll"" . . page 10 Parlez-Vous Philosophie: Michel Haar brings his philosophical thoughts and his off-the-cuff ob-servations from the Sorbonne to TSU page 6 All BEOGed Down: Angles takes a poke at the federal government and its role in financial aid to student .. page 3 followed by a brief question/answer period, was sponsored by the Student Government Association. The, topic of the talk was ""Confrontation Journalism"", which Wallace explained at his pre-speech press conference, as ""the effort, to confront the object of inquiry without letting him or her know too much ahead of time exactly what you're up to."" This technique promotes a ""more spontaneous, therefore more honest answer,"" from an interviewee, said Wallace, ""not just a PR (public relations) presentation."" Wallace is sometimes criticized for his intense questioning of ""60 Minutes"" guests. For example, America magazine (December 27, 1969), referred to Wallace's inter-view with Private Meadlo about the My Lai massacre as ""relentless."" ""The questions hit into the footless veteran like body blows into a groggy boxer,"" it wrote. ""If you have children of your own, how could you shoot babies?"" Wallace asked Meadlo. However, Wallace was labelled 'the toughest news interviewer on the air, and one of the most capable 'If you have children of your own, how could you shoot b,abies? reporters in broadcasting,' by ' Time (January 19, 1970). The magazine said the Meadlo 'interview was ""skilled"" and ""chilling."" Wallace said he doesn't feel sorry for interviewees he might intimidate on the air because ""no one is subpeonaed to appear on ""60 Minutes."" Wallace said he sees nothing wrong with checkbook journalism, paying for an interview, because ""there's always an exchange of currency."" In the case of H. R. Haldeman's $100,000 ""60 Minutes"" interview, Wallace said Haldeman could publish his memoirs in a newspaper for a fee. But when someone writes a book, said Wallace, ""there is no skeptical reporter asking what happened."" Some interviewees only want airtime to voice their ideas, said Wallace. ""For instance,"" said Wallace, ""I just interviewed Roman Polanski in France. He wants to persuade the people of the United States that he's a misunderstood man. So, we get a story on a figure of some controversy and he gets to put his ideas across."" The journalist commented briefly on former president Richard Nixon, whom Wallace covered for nine months in 1968. ""I thought he was going to be a first rate president,"" said Wallace. ""I found him interesting, extraordinarily intelli-gent and rather persuasive,"" he said. Wallace said he was ""deeply saddened by Watergate"" because of his original support for Nixon. He predicted a future re-evaluation of Nixon's actions, emphasizing Nix- 'I thought Nixon was going to be a first-rate president' on's positive accomplishments rath-er than ""dirty tricks, enemy lists"" and ""the lies of Watergate,"" said Wallace. See page ,5 for insight into Wallace's past , . Mike Wallace, co-editor of weekly news magazine ""60 Minutes,"" discussed ""Confrontation Journalism"" last Sunday at the Towson Center. personal interviews don't match."" Plante received her Ph.D. from Boston University and has been a faculty member at Towson State since 1969. Also at Monday's meeting, the Academic Council elected its 1978- 79 officers. Dr. Dean Esslinger, professor of History, is the new chairman and Laura Hawkins, a student is vice chairman. Dr. Herbert Petri, associate professor of Psychology, was elected secretary, and Elenore Hoffstetter, ;'hief librarian, was elected member-it -large. English professor Dr. Patricia Plante was voted by the Academic Council to serve as faculty representative on the Presidential Search Committee. TL Photo by Mike Ciesielski Students given second chance to register car by Katherine Dunn Towson � State parking services sold nearly 5,000 student parking stickers this year. There are only 2,900 spaces on campus for Self-study review set by Suzanne Stumpf Acting President Joseph Cox; Dr. Norman Sheets, dean of academic affairs and Dr. Robin Hatcher, associate professor of English will meet with Dr. Elizabeth Woods Show, liasion from the Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools in Philadelphia today. They will discuss the 200-page rough draft of Towson State's self-study report and review the re-accreditation process here. Shaw helped TSU organize the Middle States Re-accreditation Committee in 1977 and the self-study reports. A team from the Middle States Association will evaluate TSU in March 1979. students' cars. Theodore Washington, parking services manager, said parking services orders 7,000 student stickers each year, but ""they rarely sell out."" Both Washington and Lt. James Phillips of campus police said so many stickers are sold because of a very large ""turnover rate."" Students ""are constantly coming and going"" from campus"", said Phillips, ""All the students are not on campus at the same time"", Washington said. Phillips said the parking situation has improved since the first two weeks of classes. Lots 20 and 21 near the Towson Center usually have empty spaces throughout the day. If all parking spaces are full, the no-parking signs will be covered and students allowed to park on Auburn Drive. Students who get a ticket for failing to register their cars will be allowed to substitute the $25 fine for the registration fee, thus cancelling the citation. Today is the last day to make this substitution and it applies only if it is the first citation. mi-grant projects due by Michele Cooper Faculty member; who received mini-grants last spring worked on their projects over the summer for implementation this fall. Instructors are submitting their finished reports to Dean Esslinger, coordinator of the Mini-Grant program. Esslinger said the time teachers spend in the classroom and on grading papers infringes on time they could spend on improvements and special projects. The Mini-Grant program enables instructors to research and prepare presentation of concepts they think will benefit faculty and students. They have the time over the summer to research and prepare the presentations. For example, history professors Herbert D. Andrews and Douglas Martin worked on a film entitled ""How to Succeed in History."" The film offers suggestions on how to use a textbook and how to integrate outside readings into the course. The film also discusses term papers and exams. It will be available for students in the Dial Access area of the library within the month. ,The Student Government Asso-ciation appropriated $7,500 for the mini-grant program. Esslinger will lecture on the program at the Statewide Conference on Good Undergraduate Teaching at Catons-ville Community College on Friday, November 10. "
