tl19670303-000 "Vol. XIX, No. 17 TOWSON STATE COLLEGE, BALTIMORE, MARYLAND March 3, 1967 In Reveals Theft, Exam Cheating By HENRY PITTS It has been brought to light that there has been a recent cheating scandal among Towson students similar to the scandals that rocked the Air Force Aca-demy last week. Shortly before the semester exams, it was dis-covered that there were several exams missing from the dupli-cating office. The theft was traced to a janitor who was subsequently dismissed, but here ends the investigation. The administration allowed the students, represented by the Student Government As-sociation, to conduct the in-quiry. The S.G.A. learned, through rumors, that the ex-ams were sold to several stu-dents. Upon interrogation, the students involved denied having had anything to do with the missing exams. The S.G.A. complains that the student body refuses to aid in the investigation. No one will directly implicate any-one else or mention any names. Every bit of evidence is hearsay. Alan Diem, S.G.A. President, 3aYs that he doesn't think an honor code will improve matters 111 any way. He feels that the eoncept of honor has changed Wer the years and that an honor code would only exemplify t,he hypocracy of the students. 'in an added note of enthusiasm `le said that even if no one is eaught and convicted it will llow that students are interest-and concerned with such Matters. Ern Messina (left), portraying Nicely-Nicely Johnson, and Lynn Summerell, in the role of Benny Southstreet, collaborate on the title song from ""Guys and Dolls"". The Loesser comedy will run on the Towson campus March 9, 10, and 11 at 8:15 in Stephens Aud. Student Life Re SGA Senate again took a de-finite stand concerning the re-organization of the Student Life Council, endorsing a report sub-mited by the Special Committee on Student Role in College Re-presentative Institutions. The report was presented to the Senate by SGA President Alan Diem in conjunction with a re-solution proposed by Charles Singman at the last Senate meeting. Following is a copy cf the report: Juniors Scheduled For Yearbook Photo Sittings Sally Sagle, Editor-in-Chief �t the 1967 Tower Echoes, Tow-i!,() sn's Yearbook, has announced th the Junior Class will be tPnotographed for Senior por- 4'hits from March 13-17. Sittings which will be held Newell Hall Music Room, ""Ill run from 9 a.m. to 12 'loon; 2 p.m. to 5 p.m.; and 6 P.m. to 9 p.m. The $3.50 �JIM tax charge will cover 'Re cost of the yearbook pix, ""Ind will include six poses. `wo will be taken in cap I and gown while four others *ill include suits for boys arl,ld drapes for girls. tf)'41nas members are requested to 11 out and return an activity 1.1 Which will be given at the time of the sitting. These forms will be the basis for the individual ""write-ups"" in the yearbook. If a girl is to marry before June, 1968, she is re-quested to include her married name on the form. It was specified that girls are to wear normal make-up and avoid extreme hair styles for the sittings. Boys are to wear white shirt, dark jacket, and long dark tie. The photographer for class portraits is Mr. A. Orlick from the Davor Photo Studio in Philadelphia. Only his photos will be acceptable for the 1968 yearbook. Any student graduating in (Continued on I'age 5) � � Teach-In Committee Announces Session The Vietnam Teach-in Com-mittee has announced the tenta-tive list of speakers who will lecture and lead discussions at the teach-in to be held Monday, March 6, 1967, in Smith 140. The program will begin with a series of short back-ground lectures including ones by Dr. David Firman, who will speak on the geog-raphy of Vietnam, and Mr. Karwaki, who will talk on the history up to Dienbien-phu. Both are members of the Towson State faculty. Tran Van Dinh, former Viet-namese ambassador to the United States and a prominent leader in the fight against the French, will continue the history from 1954 to the present. Dr. William Newman of the Goucher history department will discuss the American involvement from the U.S. point of view and San-ford Gottleib of the Maryland Committee for a Sane Nuclear Policy will wind up the session with a discussion of the credi-bility gap and other domestic vision By DEBBI KRAUS The question of the nature of student representation in the authority which governs their academic careers is both com-plicated and controversial: It is complicated because the great changes in the status of stu-dents are coming before there has been a thorough analysis of the role of students; it is con-troversial because changes are being advocated before the vast majority of faculty and admin-istrators have had an oppor-tunity to establish in their own minds what type of authority they think will fit the changing circumstances of colleges and universities. The members of this commit-tee bring different points of view to the study of this im-portant problem. Much further study and discussion must take place before a consensus can be established which will give the Senate a firm basis on which to base its deliberations. How-ever, we do agree on the follow-ing: (1) Immediate steps should be taken to increase student re-sponsibility in areas that pri-marily concern student welfare. Specifically, this will mean find-ing ways to give primary re-sponsibility to students in the area of student life. The faculty and administrative responsibili-ty in this area ought to be to recommend structure and to provide guidance. The process by which control is shifted to Slated student hands should be deliber-ate and evolutionary. But the committment should be made now. RECOMMENDATION: We recommend that the Student Life Council be reconstituted so that 50 percent of the member-ship will be students; 25 per-cent, members of the faculty; and 25 percent, members of the administration. (2) We strongly urge the Sen-ate not to conclude its delibera-tions on the reorganization of the representative institutions of the College without consider-ing the question of student role. (Continued on Page 5) issues. The group will break up into four discussion groups. The first, on Dissent in a Free Society at War, will be led by Lou Corbin of radio station WFBR, Dr. Mruck of the Towson faculty and (Continued on Page 5) Financial Aid Available To Students Here Francis J. LeMire, Assistant Dean of Students, announced this week that April 1, 1967 has been designated as the deadline for submitting applications for financial aid. The deadline date will apply to Summer Session and Fall and Spring semesters of the coming academic year. Financial aid in the form of either grants or participa-tion in the work-study pro-gram is awarded on the basis of the entire academic year. After April 1. no applications will be accepted for either of these forms of financial for the 1967-196S school year. ""Students who think they will need aid for Spring 1968 should plan to apply now,"" said Mr. LeMire. Eligibility for financial aid is determined by the financial needs of the aplicant, not his scholastic achievement. Al-though a student must be in ""good standing"" to qualify for either a grant or to participate in the work-study program, out-standing grades are not neces-sary to obtain funds. Applications for financial aid may be obtained at either the Office of the Dean of Students or at the Business Office in Stephens Hall. Representatives of Johns Hopkins. Mt. State convene for WBAL Radio taping on story on page 8. St. Agnes, and Towson academic freedom. See "
