Excalibur [April 28, 1977]

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Volume 17, Number 6 Montgomery College-Takoma Park Campus Takoma Park, Maryland 20012 Thursday, April 28, 1977 New Fall
Courses
Available
The 1977 Fall Class Schedule
is now available in the Regis­trar’s
Office. Early registration
for classes began April 25.
Three televised courses will
be offered in the fall: General
Psychology, Fundamentals of
Biology and Principles of Man­agement.
The twice weekly
classes will be broadcast on
Channel 22. Two of these are list­ed
below, as exploratory courses.
Students must take a mid­semester
and final examination
on campus. The seminars offered
with the courses are optional.
Three hours of college credit
can be earned in each course.
(Not one credit hour as stated in
the schedule, page 30, in the de­scription
of Fundamentals of Bi­ology.)
Some new coursed that have
not been offered on this campus
for at least a year are: THS203-
641 ~ Latin American History,
taught by Dr. Thomas Walker,
TRC102-662 - Games and Social
Activities, taught by Helen Tal­bot,
TEN112-622 -- Newswriting,
with Dr. Peggy Simonds,
TFR201-243 — Intermediate
French, with Mrs. Diane Gray,
TGR110 and TGR111A & B - two
sections of German III and one of
German II, all taught by Mr.
Jerold Anderson,'and TSN099-
624 - Conversational Spanish,
also taught by Anderson.
Descriptions of the new
(courses can be found in the newt
college catalog, which will be/
available sometime in May.
The college also offers a
change in its orientation courses
for new students. The old Fresh­man
Seminar has been replaced
by four courses tailored to the
special orientation needs of dif­ferent
kinds of students. These
courses will be shorter, 8 weeks
instead of the entire semester,
but will still count for one se­mester
hour of credit.
Several exploratory courses
are also offered this coming fall.
Descriptions of these courses can
* be found in the back of the fall
1977 class schedule recently out
on campus, but not in the college
catalog. Courses are offered in
computer science, office studies,
science and mathematics, phi­losophy,
and English. In com­puter
science, XC024 -- Basic
Programming, XC025 - Com­puter
and Human Beings-, and
XC026 — Computer Devices are
available.
In office studies, XC081A -
Filing Systems and Records
(See COURSE, page 3)
Photos by Joy A. Sperry
Gary Morrison Philip Murphy Photo by Paul Carden
Paulette Marsh
PROFILES—ISSUES In order to present impartial
information on the candidates,
Excalibur developed a question­naire
for them to fill out. AH
candidates were asked to supply
background information and to
answer three questions. They
5re: 1. In your opinion what are the
three most important problems
the student government should
work on next year?
2. How would you attack these
problems?
3. What student activities or
programs would you like to de­velop
at* Takoma Park?
Candidates for President:
Gary Morrison, majoring in Ra­diologic
Technology, in third se­mester.
Member of Volunteer
Fire Dept,, Waterford, Pa.; As­sociate
Advisor, Explorer Post
299;' Member of University of
Maryland Veteran’s Club.
1. Maintain a high quality éd­ucation
at a reasonable cost.
2. Make sure the instructors
give us what we pay for and
nothing less. Make the students
aware of complaint procedures
and assist them in any way. Hold
more campus activities, such as
movies and mixers. By allowing
beer and wine on campus there
would be better attendance at
after-school activities which are
an important aspect of a well-rounded
education.
3 .1 would like to see the for­mation
of student interest groups
(Tennis Club, Chess Club). With
such groups we would have more
student involvement. Apathy is,
by far, the worst problem we are
faced with at this time.
Philip F. Murphy, majoring in
Economics and Communica­tions,
fourth semester. Chair­man
of MC’s Commons Advisory
Board (1976-77), Secretary Pro­tein
to the student government
Executive Council, reporter and
news editor of Excalibur, Sunday
school teacher, participant in MC
student orientation programs.
1. Oppose the County Execu­tive’s
proposal that the $2 per
credit hour special fee be raised
ta $4, increasing full-time stu­dent
tuition $24 per semester.
Alleviate the campus parking
problem by supporting the pur­chase
of the Wilson-Pontiac lot,
making 250 parking spaces two
blocks away available to MC stu­dents.
Support obtaining a
Speech and Drama building,
where plays and theater prod­uctions
can be carried out for the
Takoma Park campus.
2. The above problems will be
dealt with by the County Council
during the May-June budget ses­sions.
At these sessions, the stu­dent
government must voice its
support for money the college
has requested for th? Speech and .
Drama facility and the parking
lot. Student government must
also oppose tuition hikes. It is not
honest to increase the amount
students must pay for their edu­cation
and justify it by calling it
a “ special fee.”
3. An organized tutoring system
for students who need help out­side
the classroom. Rebirth of
the International Student Associ
ation. A study of how students
can be affected by faculty collec­tive
bargaining (student con
cerns might be sacrificed at the
bargaining table). The continua
tion of the campus newspaper
Its existence has been sporadic
over the last three years. The ad
vent of beer and wine at campus
Program Council events. The
, formation of interest groups
such as tennis, Christian and
swimming.
Candidate for Vice President:
Paulette Marsh, majoring Ra­diologic
Technology, first semes­ter.
President of high school
class in 1973, Jamaica, also pres­ident
of the International Club.
1. Better parking fAcilities. Bet­ter
student-teacher relationship.
More up-to-date library books.
Longer cafeteria hours.
2. With the help of the students,
and the president of the student
association, and also with the ap­proval
of the Dean.
3. I would like to develop an in­ternational
student organization
in which we all share our cultural
views.
Day Care Bake Sale May 9
Buying a goody from the Day
Care Center Bake Sale will be
doing more than just satisfying a
grumbling tummy. The proceeds
from the bake sale will go toward
purchasing a swingset for the
Day Care Center.
The make-shift swingset the
center now has is constructed on
an old clothesline of rope and
board. One of the swings recently
broke While a child was using
it.
Anne Goldstein (teacher
director) said that the best word
to describe the swing set is
“crummy” . “We should have
something better than that, re­marked
Anne.
The outdoor play equipment
which the center has is “very in­efficient”
. If enough money is
not raised for a swingset,
some new tricycles will be
purchased instead.
Parents will be baking good­ies
for the bake sale but dona­tions
from students, staff and/or
faculty will be very welcome. If
anyone can donate a tricycle the
center could certainly use one.
The bake sale will be Monday,
May 9 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. in
the courtyard between the li­brary
and the Nursing Pavillion.
Contributions can be brought to
the courtyard between 10 and 2.
Vote
Today!
Student government elections,
are being held today and tomor­row.
The voting table is located
in the Commons, near the en­trance
to the cafeteria.
The position of president is
being contested by Philip F.
Murphy and Gary Morrison.
Paulette Marsh is running un­contested
for vice president.
There are no candidates for
the positions of treasurer and
secretary. Special elections will
be held next fall to fill these va­cancies.
All students -- full-time, part-time,
special, foreign - are eligi­ble
to vote. The only requirement
is a valid, up-to-date, student
I.D. card. The I.D. must have a
“SPRING 1977” sticker. The
stickers may be obtained in the
Registrar’s office, Student Ser­vices
Pavilion.
Voting hours are: Thursday,
10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. and 6:00
p.m. to 7:30 p.m.; Friday, 10:00
a.m. to 2:00 p.m.
In the elections last year, both
the presidency and vice-presi­dency
were uncontested, and
only 52 votes were cast. Accord­ing
to Student President Mary
Merriman, “ a larger turnout is
hoped for and expected since this
year there is a choice for presi­dent.”
Increased
Parking
The Wilson-Pontiac lot, locat­ed
on Fenton and King Sts., will
be available for parking in -Sep­tember,
1977, according to Dean
Robert Wiley. Students and fac­ulty
using the lot will be charged
10, an hour, 25, for three hours,
and 50, for all-day parking. All­day
parking, five days per week,
would cost approximately $75.00
a year per student, plus the
$10.00 per year fee.
The County Council stipulated
a fee for the Wilson lot, citing the
expense of the land, according to
Dean Wiley. The college Board of
Trustees protested the fee with­out
success. Montgomery College
is the only county government
agency that must charge a park­ing
fee, Wiley said.
The Wilson lot, with space for
more than 200 cars, will have a
security officer on duty at all
times. Parking will also be
available at the Fenton Street
garage, although the number of
spaces there will be reduced
(See PARKING, page 3)