tl19671020-000 "Analysis Proposed Fee Result Of Hurried Decisions by DALE STEINACKER, TL News Editor The history of the decision to increase the College Center Fee Paid by Towson Students has been one of pressure on indi-viduals for immediate decisions. Dallas Garber, Director of the College Center, barely had time to get adjusted to Towson when be was asked to give Dr. Haw-kins a recommendation as to Which course of action should be taken to meet the problem Which arose when the adminis-tration discovered that the pro- Posed Student Union building Would cost $6.2 million instead of the $5 million. The problem posed to Mr. Garber was presented as a choice between pre-selected al-ternatives. He had to decide Whether to decrease the size of the building, extend the con-struction time for the building, or increase student fees. Mr. Garber did not have ade-quate time to gain the depth of background knowledge which would have been desireable be-fore being asked to make a recommendation. Also, when he Was asked for his recommenda-tion, he was given only two days, notice. Before he made his decision he contacted several student leaders, including the Student Government President, Bob Cullison, and SGA Vice- Prsident, Carl Herbert. In addition, the manner in which the alternatives were stated could well influence any-one interested in extra-curricu-lar activities to support the idea of increasing the College Center Fee. The problem was posed as a choice between cut-ting down on the size of the proposed building by eliminating the student activity offices, or raising the fee. As anyone who is in student activities knows, present office space for clubs, even before the changes caused by the incompletion of the new classroom building, is scarce. If there was more office space, the organization and leadership of student activities would be facilitated. Therefore, any stu-dent leader might well be led to favor an increase in fees. The third alternative posed to student leaders was the possi-bility of delaying the completion of the new Student Union. This is impractical because inflation-ary tendencies are likely to con-tinue. Therefore, any delay in constructing the building could only increase its cost. � Vol. XX, No. 4 TOWSON STATE COLLEGE, TOWSON, MARYLAND October 20, 1967 Higher Fee Only a technicality stopped the SGA from recommending a raise in the College Center Fee during its Tuesday session. Although the measure had a 32-9 majority vote, the recom-mendation was defeated. This was due to the fact thet the SGA votes according to the number of senators on the role. Since there are 79 senators, a minimum of 40 must support any proposal before it can be passed. Thus on Tuesday the recommendation failed when it did not gain the necessary 40 votes. The question of the techni-cality was raised by Virginia Georgulas who proposed that the Senate recommend an in-crease in the College Center Fee in order to complete the funds needed for the new student union. The fee as proposed would be increased to $25 a se-mester for full time day students and a charge of $5 a semester for all summer and night stu-dents. Glen Players Open Season 'A Man's A Man' Premieres Thursday Bert�lt Brecht's ""A Man's a 44/1"" will open a new season for the Glen Players of Towson State College on October 26, 27, and 28. Performances will be 41yen nightly at 8:15 in Steph-ena Hall auditorium. Bob DeFrank appears in the lead role of Gayly Gay, a ""little raan"" caught in any army niarching off to war. He is sup-ported by Barbara Ann Gannon as the Widow Begbick, Dwight Schultz as Bloody Five, Harvey Rovine as Uriah Shelly, David Rovine as Wang, Ronald A. De- Abreu as Polly Baker, and Mar-avene Sheppard as Mrs. Gay. Others in the cast include Jerry Whiddon, Richard Base-man, Susan Anderson, Lynda Milloff, Gay Lynn Krometis and Samuel Broudo. Brecbt's play combines humor with cruelty, dizzy action with hollow poignance. Professor Whitney LeBlanc, who is directing, expressed his attitude toward the play this way: ""I am against war. I am a-gainst the loss of personal iden-tity. I am against false values and false truths and false people."" Ticket reservations may be made at VA 5-1416. Fails In Senate Vote by JIM ZINK, TL SGA Senator The need for any money was explained by Dallas Garber, Di-rector of the College Center. He stated that the new student union is an auxiliary enterprise, as opposed to a classroom or administrative building. There-fore the students must finance the project. A $5 million bond has already passed but the build-ing will cost an additional $1.5 million. It is this amount which the students must presently raise. Mr. Garber further explained that in order to finish the build-ing one of three courses of ac-tion had to be followed. The first was to cut off the office wing of the building. The second was to wait until the money was raised at the present rate from college center fees. The third was to raise the fees. The first was impractical in that the building is meant to house stu-dent activity offices. The sec-ond is likewise impractical in that due to inflation the finances would never meet the growing costs. This left only one alter-native, that of raising the Col-lege Centre Fee. In the process of his explana-tion, Mr. Garber stated that the new student union will not be completed until September, 1970. This fact brought on a reaction from Charles Johnson. He ques-tioned the fairness of the whole project. He said that it seemed unfair that the present students pay for a building which they will never use. A 'debate fol-lowed and a vote was finally taken, which resulted in the de-feat of the recommendation. A motion to reconsider was ac-cepted so that the issue may be taken up at the next SGA meet-ing, When questioned on the re-sults Garber said, ""It didn't fail because of a lack of support. but because of an obsolete SGA constitution."" He continued say-ing, ""From my observation of the situation, it is my opinion that the constitution under which the SGA is operating is an obso-lete document. It needs serious revision in order to expidite the transaction of student business."" Other business included Jesse Barkley's presentation of a re-vision of the financial policy. This revision allows that all allocated funds not used during the previous year will be re-turned to the SGA. It also changed thy portion of the bud-get for religious groups from five to three percent, and in-creased the special interest fund from five to seven percent. The measure was voted on and passed. Another measure was the passing of SGA President Bob (Continued on Page 4) Garber Discusses Fee Increase This statement is prepared by the Director of the College Union in order to present a clear financial picture of the proposed College Union and justify the proposed increase in the College Centre fee. According to a report of the Board of Trustees of the Mary-land State Colleges, the College Union is considered an Auxiliary Enterprise. An Auxiliary En-terprise is defined as an entity of the institution which exists to furnish a service to its stu-dents, faculty, or staff, and per-haps incidentally to the general public and which charges to the recipients of such service a fee which is directly related to, al-though not necessarily equal to, the cost of that service. All costs of the building and pro-gram must be self-supporting except for the cost of land used, site improvements, and cost of utilities used such as heat, elec-tricity, water, telephone, and sewage. The PI anning Committee, which is appointed by the Presi-dent of Towson State College, has been working on the build-ing plans for the last four years. The Board of Trustees asked the State Legislature to pass a $5,000,000.00 bond issue for the construction of the new College Union at Towson State College. It was passed. In order to ex-pedite the bond issue, capital must be raised by the students. Therefore, a College Centre fee was levied for the first time in 1966-1967 by a recommendation of the Student Government As-sociation. The latest total estimate for construction and furnishings for the new College Union is $6,264, 444.00. This, then, would mean that in addition to the $5.000, 000.00 bond issue, a total of $1,264,444.00 would be necessary in order to complete the building. Based on the current enroll-ment projections, the following fee structure will be necessary to raise the required amount of money. If the College Centre fee for all full-time students is established at $25.00 per se-mester, by the Fall of 1971, we would have collected $1,222,541. 00. If the evening school stu-dents are obligated for $5.00 per registration, by the Fall of 1971, we would have collected $137, 500.00, and if the summer school students are obligated to $5.00 per registration, by the Fall of 1971, we would have collected $72,500.00. These combined re-venues Would yield $1,432,541.00; the amount necessary to be with-in a safe financial margin for the completion of the College Union in 1971. "
