The Towerlight, September 8, 1978

tl19780908-000 "James L. Fisher resigned as president of Towson State University effective Sept. 1. TL Photo by Mike Ciesielski Cox to deliver speech at 4 by Paul Gilmore Acting President Joseph Cox will deliver the state of the university speech today at 4 p.m. in the Fine Arts Building. The speech is open to the public. Cox assumed the presidency follow-ing James Fisher's resignation Sep-tember 1 to take the job of president of the Council for the Advancement and Support of Education. Fisher had been president of Towson State since 1968. Cox first came to Towson as a part-time instructor in the department of social sciences in 1964. He has been active in the faculty and administra-tion of the university serving as presi-dent of the Towson chapter of the Association of American University Professors and as the first divisional dean of the social sciences. He has also served as dean of the division of continuing studies and was annointed acting dean of academic af-fairs when Kenneth Shaw left that position to assume the presidency of Southern Illinois at Evansville in fall of 1977. Cox was then named dean of academic affairs after a search com-mittee screened several candidates for the job. Now, less than a year later, he is acting president of the university and has stated his inten-tions to be a candidte for the presiden-cy of the university. ""Jim has had offers from the mo-ment he came here,"" Cox said. ""When he told me he was looking at some-thing I wasn't surprised . . . but I must confess I didn't think I was going to be a one-year dean."" Cox said he feels it is time for the university to take a new direction. ""The campus has physically been built,"" Cox said. ""What we need to do now is turn our attention to a different kind of construction. ""I want to see opportunity in every department for gifted students to go otv erti lit VOL. LXXII No. 1 TOWSON STATE UNIVERSITY September 8, 1978 Servomation assumes dining management by Kathy Norjen Servomation Corp. has been awarded the food service concession here at Towson State. Servomation will move into the University Union for the fall semester, and will take over in Newell Hall beginning February. Wayne Schelle, vice-president for business and finance, feels the change will improve both the quality of food and the atmospher of dining areas. "" Al Walsh and I decided to put the entire food service out on bid,"" Schelle said. Our catering wasn't what it should be, and the service wasn't quality service. We just didn't think it was good enough. And the deal we made with Servomation was much more attrac-tive financially."" Food will be improved "" We feel the food will be improved. and we will be able to give about $50,000 total in addi-tional food costs to ARA and Servomation,"" Schelle said. John Downs, who has worked for Servomation for two an one-half Years, has been named food service director. Formerly food service director at York College (York, Pa.), Downs intends to make changes not only in food quality and service, but in the atmosphere of dining rooms, with the Tiger's Lair a special target for improvement. Remodeling plans discussed Plans for remodeling have been discussed, but have not yet been presentOd to the University for approval. Downs said Servomation's main goal this semester is to, ""get the programs, menus, etc. into full swing as quickly as we can. We also want to establish a good. solid, friendly relationship with the .students... � Servomation serves many of the larger colleges and, universities on the East Coast, including UM BCand the Johns Hopkins University. Schelle said he sent two men to each school and they came back with glowing reports. ""I sent David Nevins and Don McCulloh (assistants to the vice-president) to.UMBC and Al Walsh and Mel Blackburn (food service) to Hopkins. All came back completely satisfied with Servomation and their service,"" Schelle said. ""They ate lunch with students and staff, and talked with several people, and John Downs is the Servomation food director. Photo by Mike Ciesielski everyone seemed completely satis-fied.'' ARA's contract terminated Another change in Towson State food services will occur at the end of this semester when the school's contract with ARA Services expires. The University terminated the contract earlier in the summer, giving ARA four months notice of the action as agreed upon in the contract. When the spring semester be-gins, Servomation will be feeding the masses in Newell Hall. However no plans have been made beyond the change from ARA to Servoma-lion. Downs said, ""I' n) really concent-rating on getting things moving down here (the Union) right now. I haven't 'given much thought to Newell,Hall as yet. In a month or so, after we get settled here, we'll start making plans. Miller sorry to leave Greg Miller, ARA manager, has only been at Towson for a little more than a week, but has decided he's, ""not looking forward to leaving."" ""We want to stay here."" Miller said. ""It's a fantastic campus, and a great bunch of people. Who would want to go? The people really make YOU feel welcome,"" Miller said. The price of food plans for next semester is still up in the air. Student employment this seme-ster will not be effected by the change. Miller said 80 per cent of his lielf) this fall is supplied by students, while Servomation will employ 150 students for the semester. About Servomation by Patrick Casey Servomation Corp. of Deleware, recent winner in the bidding of Towson State's food service con-tract, operates in 42 states and Canada, selling and distributing food, .tobacco. and hot and cold beverages. Servomation operates through vending machines, cafeterias, ins-titutional dining services, special events catering, concessions opera-tions, and the franchising and operation of Red Barn Restaurants. The main source of servomation's revenue, according to the Wall ,.treet Journal, is their 115,000 vending machines. Servomation showed earnings of $3.57 per share on sales of $444.5 million for the year ending July 1. This was up from $2.75 per share for the previous year. Recent weeks have witnessed a battle between Liggett Group, Inc., and City Investing Company to buy Servomation. City has offered to buy all of Servomations 3.9 million shares outstanding, while Liggett has offered to buy 45% of Servomation's stock and acquire the remainder through merger. Efforts to buy the corporation have sent Servomation stock soaring in recent weks. Servomation sponsor free Pub by Rose Scally The Pub will be open tonight from 3P.m. to midnight free of charge for the first Friday since last fall. Servomation, the new food services vendor and the Pub's new Sponsor may present a disco or live entertainment on Friday, said Brooke Tuft, catering manager for Servoma-tion. The food service also organized this years Thursday night Pub, held from 8 a.m. to midnight. Local bands such as Brandy, Hollins Ferry and Winterseen will be featured on Thursday night. John Downs, Servomation Direc-tor said the company will ofer the usual Pub fare of beer, pretzels, soda, chips and pizza. The Pub will be closed Saturdays to allow student organizations to use the facilities for their functions. WCVT-FM cancelled its tentative plans to sponsor tonight's opening because the organizers didn't have . enough time to complete the necessary procedures for sponsor-ship, said Fred Schulte, the FM general manager. ""We've been studying the possi-bility of a WCVT sponsored Pub Opening since last semester,"" Schulte said. ""It wasn't until this summer that we started trying to get something up,"" he 'added. A contract with Dave Williams Disco, part of Audio Services, Inc., did not have the necessary signature from Charles Eckles, Director of Special Services, or by SGA President John Shehan. Plans to print tickets for the Pub opening were not completed by the radio station. Also, WCVT organi-zers feared other campus events planned for tonight might prevent the Pub's financial success. � The station will probably sponsor a Pub night in October once it figures out ""exactly what's to be done and how long it'll take."" said Schulte. John Adams, former sales man-ager for WCVT-FM and Peter Cole a current member of WCVT met with Al Walsh director of Dining Services Wednesday to discuss possibilities of providing entertainment Friday night at the Pub independently of WCVT. Cole and Adams originated the idea as a way to promote the station. Adams is no longer working on the plans because of ""conflicts with Fred Schulte,"" General Manager of WCVT. If Servomation were to have live entertainment on Fridays they would charge a fee. However, the University recommends, and Dining Services concurs that students should have someplace free to go for entertainment at least one night a week. The extra nickel on the cover charge is the 5% admissions tax. If student organizations on campus want permission to open the Pub on Saturdays, they must go through the regular SGA channels. beyond just the minimum. We must encourage them to go beyond the minimum because society will de-mand that they do,"" Cox said. Cox said he also wants to place more emphasis upon advising for underclassmen. ""Every student has to have access to a faculty member that they can go to,"" he said. ""When a student first comes in here, they get pretty good advising at TRIAD, and they get pret-ty good advising when they get into their major, but I'm worried about what happens in between."" Cox said he also wants to place a floor of funding under such programs as visiting scholars and the publica-tion of scholastic journals. Joseph W. Cox, former Dean of Academic Affairs, is acting president since Fisher's departure. TL Photo by Mike Ciesielski Campus police increase powers by Katherine Dunn The Campus Police are now authorized to issue citations for traffic violations and other traffic infractions. The police issued six tickets and 45 warnings this summer for one-way violations and running stop signs. The police were granted their new authority by legislation that took effect July 1, 1976. Dawson said his men could not use the power then because they lacked necessary training. the Campus police were special police, which requires only an application to the Secretary of State and a crime-free record. No formal training is required. Dawson said many of his men had been through a county or state police academy at one time. Dawson still thought their training ""was not adequate."" Dawson sent a letter in April 1978 to Colonel Thomas S. Smith, Superintendent of the Maryland State Police, requesting training for his campus police to update their knowledge of current procedures. Colonel Smith set up a training 'program with the Maryland State Police in May 1978. Troopers from the Valley Barracks off Falls Road and one instructor from the Automotive Safety Enforcement Division gave the Campus Police classroom instruction. The men then traveled with the State Troopers for five days to learn how to give citations. Once this training was completed they began issuing tickets. Dawson decided his men should have still more training. He said he ""decided to get some field training in accdient investigation"" for his force. Dawson sent a letter to Cornelious Behan, Chief of the Baltimore County Police, who set up a program for the Campus Police to learn accident investigation under the County Police. Dawson said the campus police are also making plans to use the Baltimore County Police's breath-alizer. He added that one of the new powers of the Campus Police is to make arrests for driving under the influence of alcohol. The only cases handled by the police this summer were minor. There were mostly petty larcenies like stolen wallets and purses. Other problems included a hit and run accident, fireworks violations on the Fourth of July, and two bomb threats on the University Union. Wallace heads � series Mike Wallace, co-editor of news magazine television show ""60 Minutes,"" will open the SGA Speaker Series September 22. This year's Speaker Series will feature nine speakers. � John Shehan. SGA President, said he thinks the speakers will prove ""substantiative, educational and entertaining."" Shehan said he hopes ""when someone leaves a speaker series presentation, he or she should be thought-provoked and learn something too."" Despite a $1,561 debt from last year's account, the SGA will concentrate more on quality of speakers than quantity of tickets sold, said Shehan. Approximately $5,000 is provided for the SGA SPEAKER SERIES ANNUALLY SO THE DEBT WILL AFFECT THIS YEAR'S FUND. This year, local celebrities will introduce speakers in related professions. For example, local talk show hostess Meryl Corner will introduce Mike Wallace. Other speakers include former l'131 director, Clarence Kelley; Jim McKay, TV sportscaster and syndi-cated 'newscaster Paul Harvey. Also planned are appearances by author Dr. Chiam Potak; columnists Art Buchwald and Carl Rowan. A debate between Equal Rights Opponenet Phyllis Schlafly and ERA proponent Karen DeCrow is also scheduled. . In This Issue In This Issue In This Issue In This Issue In This Issue In This Issue In This Issue Doubleheader: Tigers tackle Mansfield in season opener as ol' number 19 leads the dedication of the new Den page 12 Mountaineers to Boot: Tiger soccer stars open season against national power WVU page 12 Outasite, Outaline: The meaning of ""waiting your turn"" at red-tape U. page 10 Fun and Games: The Rec center grows bigger and better page 4 Tall Columns: Nationally syndicated columnists Ellen Goodman and George F. Will make thei7 Towerlight debut page 3 Final Thoughts: Our outgoing presi-dent has his last say before hitting the road to DC page 5 In This Issue In This Issue In This Is,sue In This Issue In This Issue In This Issue In This Issue "