tl19820326-000 "Towerlight Vol. 75 No. 22 PUBLISHED BY THE STUDENTS OF TOWSON STATE UNIVERSITY TOWSON, MARYLAND 21204 Let no man pull you so low as to make you hate him. -Booker T. Washington March 26, 1982 Hughes requests $129,000 for Lida Lee by Gayle Griisser Governor Harry Hughes announced last Friday that he is temporarily transferring $129,000 out of Towson State's budget into the Maryland State Department of Educa-tion to provide funding for Lida Lee Tall Learning Resource Center. The transfer is contingent on the passage of two bills in the legislature. Ronald Garrison, assistant president of finance and systems management, said the University earmarked $129,000 in its 1983 budget request to maintain the square footage occupied by Lida Lee Tall. Also included in the budget were seven Positions for the Lida Lee Tall teachers who would then be classified as regular Universi-ty personnel. The Governor's action transfers $129,000 and the seven positions to the Maryland State Department of Education, but does not transfer any money out of the University's budget for salaries. Del Frank C. Robey, D-Baltimore City, said he had hoped the Governor would make the transfer to create a line item which the Board of Public Works or the Governor could add money to at a later date. Lou Panos, the Governor's peas secretary, said even though the money provides a fun-ding mechanism for the school, the Governor is not taking a stand on whether Lida Lee Tall should remain open. After their meeting with the Governor last monh, Lida Lee Tall supporters hope the Governor would transfer the funds and now see the action as one of support. ""I think the Governor's action certainly lends support,"" Del. Robey said. ""I think it is an endorsement. It adds postive motion to the present momentum,"" said Bruce Manger, co-president of the Lida Selective Service ends grace period by Anita L. Hisley President Reagan's grace period for Selective Service registration ex- Pired on Feb: 28, and men born in 1960, 1961, 1962 and 1963 who have failed to register face prosecution, said a Selective Service spokes- Person on March 10. Failure to register is a federal crime, punishable by a fine of up to $10,000, imprisonment for up to five Years, or both, states a recent letter from Joan Lamb, public affairs director of the agency. The agency is now processing late registration forms submitted dur-ing the grace period, but once its records are current, ""a full com- Pliance program"" will be initiated. Although 6.6 million young men had registered by early January, some 900,000 had not. The agency is ""authorized by law to use Social Security records, driver's licenses and other documents"" to track down evaders, said Betty E. Alexander, public in-quiries manager. Names of evaders Will be turned over to the Justice Dept. for possible criminal prosecu-tion, said Alexander. All men born since Jan. 1, 1960 who have reached age 18 are re-quired to register. Men born in 1964 should register 30 days before or 30 days after their 18th birthday, ac-cording to the Selective Service. Although the literature routinely states that registration can be made at any U.S. Post Office, this is not strictly true. The Post Office at Towson State is a ""contract facility"" and is not authorized or equipped to handle registration. Some form of personal identifica-tion, such as a driver's license or birth certificate must be presented When registering. President Reagan is on record as opposing a military draft, but he would be given the power to rein-state conscription if Senator Ernest Hollins (D., S.C.) has his way. Hollins has introduced a bill in the Senate subcommittee on manpower and personnel of the Armed Ser-vices Committee which would rein-state the President's power to call for a draft. According to published reports, on March 2 Hollins testified in support of this bill and said the all-volunteer army is a failure, a mistake and a threat to national security, but on March 12 a staff member said he does not believe Hollins' bill stands a good chance of passing the Committee. ""It is doubtful the bill will ever go to committee,"" said Robert Sneed, minority defense counsel to the Senate Budget Committee and member of Hollins' staff. The bill is still in subcommittee and no vote has been scheduled, Sneed said. ""We don't know if the committee will do anything about it, and it will be toward summer before there is a vote, if at all,"" Sneed said. ""The White House opposes the bill. They say the all-volunteer Ar-my is working, and we don't need to impose a draft on the youth,"" Sneed added. Senator Charles Mathias, Jr. (R., Md.) voted against the 1979 draft registration bill, and a staff member has been quoted as saying Mathias opposes Hollins' bill. Several attempts to reach the legislative assistant to confirm Mathias' position were unsuc-cessful. Bruce Frame, press secretary to Senator Paul Sarbanes, (D., MD.) could not be reached for comment. Spring is here photo by Andrea Grove Despite the mud and dirt from the construction of the new dorms, one clean place is the fountain, with its seasonal reopening signifying that spring is finally here. Lee Tall Parents Teachers Association. Sen. F. Vernon Boozer, R-Baltimore Coun-ty, sponsor of the Senate bill, said a pressing question and obstacle that faced the legislators was how the center would be fund-ed if the legislation passed. The Governor's decision ""kinda nips that in the bud,"" Boozer said. He added that since the funding is there the Governor is less like-ly to veto any legislation concerning Lida Lee Tall. With the funding question answered the focus switches to the legislature where the Senate bill passed its second reading on Tuesday and will have its third reading and final vote either today or sometime next week. The companion bill in the House is still in the House Ways and Means Committee and has not yet been voted on. The Senate bill's second reading was postponed one day because Sen. Mason, R-Allegheny/Garrett Counties, received let-ters opposing the legislation form Nelson Guild, Frostburg College's president and Jean Spencer, executive director of the Board of Trustees of State Colleges and Universities. Sen. Mason said he had some questions regarding the information he received from Guild and Spencer. ""I am not arguing the merit of the lab school at Towson State University. To be against something like this is like being against motherhood,"" Sen. Mason said. Spencer's letter, Sen. Mason said, repeated the Board's opposition to any legislative ac-tion and said legislative efforts had failed to get the support of the State Board of Higher Education and the Education Coordinating Committee. Sen. Mason said Guild's letter opposed the legislation and said that Frostburg's educa-tion program had improved rather than diminished since its lab school closed. ' The letter also stated that last year only six students did their student teaching in Lida Lee Tall. ""It's not for student teaching, that's the point we've made time and time again,"" said James Binko Dean of the Division of Educa-tion. Binko said the stereotypic idea of an ivy covered lab school with young women of 18 and 19 running around in bloomers teaching classes is not weht Lida Lee Tall is about. The center enables freshman and sophomores to observe classroom situations and alternative teaching methods before they start their public school teaching as juniors and seniors, Binko said. Last year about 600 students participated in 4,900 separate observations, Binko said. Officials bear shovels in groundbreaking ceremonies photos by Edvine Legedins Above, Marshall Moore, chairman of the Board of Trustees of State Universities and Colleges, Thomas F. Mullen, official of Mullan Enterprises Partnership, general contractor for the new dorm pro-ject, Louis L. Goldstein, state com-ptroller, Donald P. Hutchinson, Baltimore County executive and University President Hoke L. Smith heaveceremonial shovels to declare the construction of new dormitories at Towson State of-ficially underway. The $29 million dorm and dining hall complex will be erected at the south end of the campus bordering Cross Campus Drive. The 1,700-student residence complex will be completed August 1983. Left, heavy machinery con-trasts with ceremonial shovels. Students are by now well aware of the preliminary construction and the presence of over-sized vehicles parked in the Union lot. Senate amends SGA election policy by Michael Bennett The Student Government Association (SGA), Tuesday, passed a bill designed to prevent future problems during SGA elections. The bill was introduced following con-troversy surrounding this year's election, in which a student, Tres Kerns, questioned the fact that there was no appeal of election com-mission decisions. Kerns charged that the election commission violated the SGA elec-tion policy by not announcing the deadline for submission of nominat-ing petitions on time. Kerns attemp-ted to have the deadline extended and submitted his nominating peti-tion late, but he was not placed on the ballot. Under SGA procedures in effect at the time of the election, no branch of the SGA had the power to over- CORRECTION Last week Towerlight incorrectly reported that Maryland State Troopers receive 386 hours of train-ing in police techniques and must only qualify on the pistol range once a year. State Troopers receive 1,036 hours of training, and they must qualify on the firing range four times each year. Towerlight regrets the error. turn the election commission's deci-sion. Senate bill 1982-83 #34 adds two sections to the present SGA election policy: Section 28, which provides that all charges of misconduct on the part of the election commission be referred to the Judicial Board, and Section 29, which prohibits write-in candidates during SGA elections. The bill was introduced by Dave Thomas, SGA vice president and president elect. Thomas said the Judicial Board is the logical choice to review charges made against the election commission, because the board is more independent and could be more objective than either the Senate or the Executive branch. Thomas cited several reasons for prohibiting write-in votes. ""There's no reason someone couldn't get 200 signatures and run on the ballot,"" he said. Both Thomas and Rich Ben-ton, senator and chairman of the Senate's government operations committee, said the petition require-ment was designed to put can-didates in contact with the voters. Write-in votes would defeat this purpose they said. ""When can-didates ask for signatures,"" Thomas said, ""it gives the students a chance to question them and learn about the candidates' views."" Thomas also said that since the voting machines could not ac-comodate write-in votes the possibility exist that someone could stuff the ballot box in favor of a write-in candidate. However, Kay Snyder of Snyder and Son Automatic Voting Machines, Inc., the company from whom the SGA rents voting machines, said the machines used by the SGA could record write-in votes, but the voters would have to be told that once they use the write-in slot they cannot vote for can-didates already on the ballot. photo by Greg � oder The faces and names will be changing as the new Senate takes charge April 1. "
