Towerlight, March 12, 1976

tl19760312-000 "Now or the first time in five years, Towson classes were cancelled due to now. TL Photo by Mike McFall nowstorm closes owson Tuesday by Eileen Power and Pete Binns or the first time in five years, cancelled classes due to ealent weather, said Wayne elle, vice president of Business Finance. Heavy snow and � ""nously bad forecasts were the iding factors which led the in istration to cancel all classes r '''�) P.m. as well as all h-g9. school classes, Tuesday �belle, explained some of the 4 ""a in making the decisiion., sultations between several Ple took place, and Schelle ated the information he re- . Gene Davison, director of I Pus Police called the State ee to get the road conditions. conditions of TSC roadways also considered. The Weather was also called to find out forecast for the remainder of day, here is a distribution plan to ilY) all the instructors if classes e held or not. Schelle calls the Presidents, offices and they in Call all the departments. ""It takes about five minutes for Word to spread,"" Schelle Itneated� ""We also call Tower- t,and WCVT and let them know 11i : going on."" the snow occurs during the Sehelle listens to the radio at .ra'"" to see ""who is closing t. He explained, ""we are not ""cerned as what is being d in the city as we are about keoanty 'cleion was made to close at te for several reasons. One, of oI' e Was the fact that it was still 11 Schelle also said they e to avoid rush hour, so ,01 nts would not be leaving at a estly_iben traffic would be 0 eve. All college employees were able to leave at 3 p.m., except those involved in maintaining the college, such as food services employees. Once the college closed there were no problems in traffic, said Detective Robert Ryan of the Campus Police, ""as far as I know."" Police supplied seven cars with hotshots on Tuesday, but there were no accidents or fender-bend-ers. Ryan noted that the volume of traffic on campus wilt below normal because ""a lot of people who would have come did not"" once it was announced that the College would close. He als6- said -ihat students were ""rathel cautious"" because of the weather. There were some non-traffic related problems due to the snow, however. Some students, Ryan reported, throwing snowballs at the Resi-dence Tower, broke a window. They admitted it and will be billed, he said. Also, a gate alarm in Lot 9 was broken off by two males late Tuesday night who were caught and released on their own recognizance. Ryan said that both incidents were probably caused by the snowfall, saying that snow makes people ""fun-loving."" Other cancellations due to the storm were the regular Tuesday meetings of the SGA Senate and the Senate Government Operations Committee. Due to the postponement of Senate action on a budget proposal for the Rambler magazine, the magazine willnot be able to print an issue this semester, said SGA Vice President Joanne Finegan. Bidding required by the State, for printing of the magazine must commence March 19, for a spring issue she explained, and there will not be enough time now to submit a bid before that deadline. Please turn to page 7 in be far behind? TL Photo by Kathy Dudek ABEAli S. COOK 1..113RA1I IONSOti SANTE COLI_EGE la 11 018 ZI 1:1 113 tr M*41 'LXVIII, NO. 20 TOWSON STATE COLLEGE MARCH 12, 1976 Council reinstates 'F' grade, adopts new conduct code by Kathy Pascuzzi Students whose grade for a course falls below ""D"" will receive a grade of ""F"" next semester, says Dr. Dean Esslinger, Chairman of the Academic Council. The change will not affect this semester's grades. The policy change was proposed to the Council by the Academic Affairs Committee and was ac-cepted. It will be effective as of fall, 1976. The Council also adopted a new Student Code of Conduct, which is effective immediately. ""Much of what is in the new Code is already in effect, - we are just articulating what already exists,"" said Dr. Esslinger. The Code of Conduct will be distributed, when it is ready, to the faculty. ""It certainly is something that should be available to students,"" said Dr. Esslinger, ""but I don't have the power to authorize the printing and distribu-tion to 8,000 students."" The Code opens with a declara-tion that the ""institution shall be open to all applicants who are qualified according to its admission requirements."" It also states that ""under no circumstances may an applicant be denied admission because of race, ethnic background, religious preference, or sex."" Freedom of expression in the classroom is guaranteed, ""subject to the responsibility of the instruc-tor to maintain order and reason-able academic progress."" Students are also guaranteed the right of assembly, and the right to ""orderly picketing and other forms of peaceful protest."" But this protest will not be allowed to interefere with ""ingress to or egress from institution facilities."" Damage to property, it says, ""exceeds permissible limits."" Esslinger said that the section on the redress of Student Grievances has been in effect since spring. It provides for the settlement of academic problems and those that fall ""outside the academic area."" In the section dealing with the regulation of organizations, says Esslinger, the document simply ""restates what already exists."" The section on the privacy of students is reaffirmation of the Buckley Amendment, which was passed in Congress. It states that students ""have the same rights to privacy as any other citizen"" and that these rights will not be abridged when students become part of the college community. This section has nine sub-sec-tions, all guaranteeing the rights of students to hold whatever political or moral beliefs they wish, without fear of reprisal from faculty or administration. Under the Buckley Amendment, no document may be added to a student's records without prior notification of the student. The Code also provides that students must be notified by the agencies holding records, ""how and to whom those records may be divulged."" Students are also gua-ranteed access to their own files, ""subject only to regulation as to time, place and supervision."" Copies of the Student Code of Conduct will be placed on reserve in the library, says Esslinger. HE W loses in district court case by Joan Grabowski In a decision handed down Monday, Chief Judge Edward S. Northrup ruled in favor of the State of Maryland in a case involving the possible cut-off of $65 million in federal aid to higher education. Department of Health, Education, and Welfare allegations of non-compliance with desegregation plans in Maryland higher educa-tion, and a threatened cut-off of aid led to the filing of the suit earlier this year. proceedings, voluntary compliance and programatic identification, were again cited by Northrup in the fifty-one page decision. The judge charged HEW with acting ""arbitrarily and whimsical-ly"" in attempts to gain voluntary compliance from Maryland. He also complained of a lack of ""good faith"" on the part of HEW in negotiations. ""There is an abundance of evidence which, taken together, form a consistent pattern"" of non-cooperation with Maryland com-mented Northrup. He continued, in brazen defiance and in direct contravention,"" of the depart-mental policy and federal statutes. The effect of the ruling is to temporarily block the possible cut-off of federal aid, and to ""start again at the beginning"" in negotiations between Maryland and the federal government. Negotia-tions will not be ""adversary proceeding,"" as would have been the case if the administrative hearing had been held. Attorney General Francis B. Burch called the decision ""a big victory for the state."" The two major issues argued by ""this court must accordingly de- An HEW appeal of the decision Maryland attorneys throughout the clare that defendants' actions were to a higher court is expected. � � � � riffin returns to finance office by Steve Verch ""I just want to do a good job,"" said Harriet Griffin, the new director of the Financial Aid Office of Towson State. Ms. Griffin, a 1969 graduate of Towson State, was Associate Direc-tor of Financial Aid from mid 1970 until 1973, when she left to become Financial Aid Director at UMBC. She began work as Towson's Director of Financial Aid February 10 of this year. Citing HEW, State, and Towson guidelines for financial aid, Mrs. Griffin characterized her job as meshing these guidelines together ""to provide financial aid to those students who, without financial aid, would be unable to pursue an education."" Specifically, Mrs. Griffin men-tioned tour immediate projects facing her department. ""Right now we are thinking about our budget; there is never enough money for all those who Wayne Wilmouth returns by Pete Binns Wayne Wilmouth, Food Service manager, has been reinstated in his job after suspension of eight working days, said Wayne Schelle, vice president of Business and Finance this week. ""Persuant to an investigation into the alleged charges, there was no substantiation of the charges and thus he was reinstated in full standing,"" Schelle said. Wilmouth had been suspended Tuesday, February 17, and was reinstated Monday, March 1. Schelle could not comment on the nature of the charges. He did say that the State requires him to suspend someone im-mediately and then investigate any allegations. ""Personally,"" he said, ""I'd rather have it the other way because of the adirerse publicity"" to the people involved. He said he was ""pleased that he (Wilmouth) is back in good standing with his contribution to the team approach."" Wilmouth did discuss the char-ges, saying ""all I know is they told me that they had hard evidence that I was campaigning for a political candidate (during working hours). I was never given any charges in writing."" He would not give specifics, though, saying a lot of the charges were hearsay, so he could not comment. Saying that he had been involved in politics and had talked to students about politics when not working, Wilmouth said, ""I wasn't charged for that. They assumed apparently I did something during working hours but I feel that this wasn't true."" When the charges were made. Wilmouth said, he ""made no comment as to guilty or not guilty."" Bun Bakery bakery business begins by Pete Binns bake 5 the f I.Y sales line is to be added Illee�43d service options in the are1713Center as of Monday, 'Nee �.' WaYne Wihnouth, Food lie 8, ''' anager said Wednesday. 'to ' the Purpose of the bakery Olditiong:iive the student something i t nkitt , s far as carry-out - like le le 8 a We hope to do some idl �nuts or something of l. L that nature."" Joe Cudnik, a professional baker, is to be in charge of the new service. ""We're trying to use our staff for what they've been professionally trained for,"" said Wilmouth. Wilmouth said that it was hoped that in this way Cudnik would ""feel it's more his own shop"" and would give it ""more personal attention."" The bakery is to start out with a limited selection of approximately 15 items, Wilmouth said, ""and we'll introduce others as we go along."" A typical price he said, would be $1.75 for a dozen donuts, depend-ing on the item The proposed hours are 7 a.m. to 2 p.m., with an early closing to leave space for serving dinner. ""I just went home,"" he added. When the charges were dropped, he said, ""I didn't pursue it any further"" saying that there was then no point in further pursuance. ""On the other hand,"" he added, ""if you believe that something is wrong and you do nothing about it, you become responsible because you did nothing."" ""I feel that the administration needed someone to stand up to them,"" he said. ""Unfortunately, I find that on this campus, if you disagree with the administration, they consider you a troublemaker."" He added that he felt there was 11 need for better communication. ""I wanted to open the door for communication. I feel this door has been opened."" Wilmouth said that since his return he has talked with Al Walsh, director of Food Services, and Roy Whitley, assistant director, and that ""the problem has been resolved and I'm very satisfied that we resolved everything. Mr. Walsh is a very congenial person who is very understanding and I maintain a lot of respect for him."" ""I have no hard feelings towards anyone,"" he added. Elections scheduled General elections for the SGA executive positions, Senate, and Class Officers will be held Thursday March 18 from 9 a.m.-5 p.m., 7 p.m.-9 p.m. and Friday March 19 from 9 a.m.-4 p.m. on the first floor of the College Center across from the snack bar. To find out who is running and what they think, turn to pages 8-12 for the results of a Towerlight survey of the candi-dates. Towerlight urges all full-time day students to vote in this election. apply,"" said Mrs. Griffin. Her office deals with those students who receive aid not allocated through the college, and those students who receive aid which is allocated through the college. Secondly, her department is trying to get more office space to work in as more students have been applying for aid. Another task that Mrs. Griffin must deal with is the $200,000 in checks that are coming from HEW for those students who have qualified for the Basic Equal Opportunity Grant program. Ac-cording to Mrs. Griffin, all the checks must be proofed at the college before they are mailed to the students, to be sure that the checks have been made out correctly. Regarding last week's issue of Towerlight concerning the BEOG funds, Mrs. Griffin commented that not all students could have received some other form of assistance had the BEOG supplemental budget not been approved by Congress. Please turn to page 7 Food service changes times Due to circumstances beyond their control, the Food Service Department will be serving break-fast in the Special Dining Room March 20 from 9:30-11 a.m. Lunch will be served from 11-2:30 in the snack bar area on the first floor featuring Tiger burgers, hot dogs, b.b.q. beef, cole slaw, potato salad, sheet cakes and assorted beverages. Dinner will also be served in the snack bar area from 4 to 6:30 featuring b.b.q. chicken, spare ribs, baked beans, corn-on-the-cob, cole slaw, rolls, sheet cakes and assorted beverages. An additional dinner area will be located on the third floor patio with live entertainment from 4 to 6:30. The menu consists of strip steak, baked potato, corn-on-the-cob, rolls, tossed salad, sheet cake and assorted beverages. Correction In last week's issue of Tower-light, the bookstore's hours were incorrectly given. The store's hours are Monday and Thursday 8:30- 7:00, Tuesday and Wednesday 8:30-4:00, Friday 8:30-3:00. Correction In last week's issue of Towerlight it was incorectly . stated that the price for tickets for the Interna-tional Dinner sponsored by the International Student Union is $2 per person, $5 per couple. The correct prices are $3 per person, $5 per couple. "