Senate Disputes Board

Survey Indicates Enthusiasm For Campus Radio Broadcasts their first choice in area stations. Danbury is studying the popular donations from dormitory dues, an all student tax and commercial studying the financial problems of acampus-widestation.The com Students overwhelmingly support the idea of a campus-wide radio mittee w ill report to the Student Board Tuesday. station, Jim Tanck, Waterford, Wls., senior, Associated Studentsof ity of existing stations. advertising. Advertising seems least likely, Tanck said, because of an ad Students in the survey were asked how much they would be w ill MSU (ASMSU) cabinet president, said. "If students don’t support Brody and Shaw radio, would they sup port an all-university station?” Tanck asked. ministration policy against commercial advertising on student op ing to pay each term to support the station. The largest single cate Engineering problems and financing are two problems yet to be erated stations. Local stations would probably provide strongcom- gory, 30.5 per cent, favored paying $1, the highest price listed. Enthusiasm for the proposal was revealed last spring in a survey discussed, he said. petition. Danbury said a per term rate of $1 would be accepted by the ma of 4 2 9 dormitory students taken by Thomas Danbury, research co A blanket student tax would tax students not in dormitories who jority of students If they were aware of services offered by the new ordinator of the Communications Dept., and student volunteers« B efore engineering a campus-wide station, problem s with the ex would not receive the benefits of the campus radio, Tanck said. stations. This would produce a budget of $30,000 to $50,000 depend isting stations must be solved, he said. For instance, some Brody If funds came from a student tax through student government, ing on the number of dormitories Joining the network. The proposal for a radio station operated by students and trans complex dormitories cannot receive the Brody station for some un government control may be implied, he said. The survey reported that the average student spends about 2 4 mitting to all dormitories was approved by 7 7 . 4 per cent of the known reason. Tanck suggested the station might be run by a special student hours a week listening to radio. The peak listening time is between responding students and opposed by 4 . 7 per cent. About 18 per cent The original installation of equipment would cost between $13,000 board similar to the Publications Board which supervises the State 11 p.m . and midnight. gave no opinion. and $15,000, Tanck said« News and Wolverine. Rock *h roll, folk music. Jazz and symphonies were top choices in . Only 1.2 per cent listed the complex and dormitory radioa as He listed several suggestions for financing the station, including A committee under the vice president for special projects is program categories. Possible Show ers A G u n g - H o ... MICHIGAN w, ^ V L ha w w a ^ , . war novel Is one B V A V E t which is made into a mov- | I E r r A £ M L iii/v High: 65 ,. S.arrln, WMMon, B.n- UNIVERSITY — Joseph Walameir •Vol. 57 Number 26 East Lansing, Michigan Thursday, October 7, 1965 Price lOtf STUDENTS VOTE OCT. 28 ONTAX CEILINGHKE NEW COLLEGES 50-Cent Limit Senate Disputes Board Sought By Board By JO RUMBARGER except as to institutions of higher education M oney To Be Used State News Staff W riter granting baccalaureate degrees, is vested in the t The State Senate took a strong stand Wednes state board of education. It shall serve as the day in a disagreement over whether addition general planning and coordinating body for all To Expand Program s of new departments at state colleges and uni public education, including higher education, and versities and establishment of new schools shall advise the legislature as to the financial By MARGIE MARSH must first be approved by the State Board of requirements in connection therewith." State News Staff W riter A letter from Thomas J. Brennan, president of Education. Student support in raising the student gov The Senate passed a bill, 22-7, to create a the State Board of Education, agreed with Michigan Osteopathic College Authority, despite Kelley’s stand. ernm ent tax ceiling to 50 cents will be sought " I ’ m sure you will agree that the establishment a letter to Senator Edward J. Robinson ([>■ iij, an all University referendum Octv 28, Dearbcr,*;) * Of- S’.SCh *, saying that such action should first be approved of dollars in state fends requires adequate study*- the Studfent Board decided Tuesday nlghf. or the part of the Board of Edu- by the State Board of Education,. ,, „ # -The referendum will decide whether or not Kelley based his opinion on Article 8, Section cation. 3 of the Michigan constitution which reads: He added that the board lias taken no position the Constitution o f. Associated Students of “ Leadership and general supervision overall on whether a statersupported osteopathic college MSU (ASMSU) will be amended to raise th® public education, including adult higher education should be created. tax ceiling from the present 25 cents to and instructional programs in state institutions. Senate majority leader Raymond D. Dzendzel (D-Detroit) accused the board of 5 0 c e n t s . attempting to stym ie the creation SHADES OF MAC— Esca By amending the constitution-to raise the celling, students would of an osteopathic college. pees from poultry re not be raising the tax itself. The Student Board is empowered to. He urged senators not to hesi search were touring the raise the tax any amount up to the celling. 'Expected’ 10% "A celling of 50 cents will be sufficient to meet the needs of tate in passing the bill. "I be east end of campus Wed student government for the next year or two," said Webb Martin, lieve the legislature is more nesday, and this enter Flint senior and vice chairman of the Student Board. aware of the needs of the people prising young hen took a The student board has been considering raising the ceiling Q uit Justin M orrill of our state than this highly look at U n iv e rs ity expan questionable Board of Educa sion to the south. to $ 1. The proposed raise was set at 50 cents because there was too to handle most of the students' tion ," he said. Photo by Larry Fritzlan B y DAVE HANSON much student opposition to the $1 ceiling, Martin said. State News Staff W riter difficulties within the college of fices in Snyder Hall. Several senators supported the "Men’s Halls Assn. (MHA)and "There are a lot of things we bill on the principle that the Justin S. Morrill College has Women’s Inter-Residence Coun need,” he said, "Just like every legislature should have the final had a decrease of almost 10 per cil (W1C) would not support the one else at. MSU—faculty, class authority on passing bills. cent in enrollment during it s celling ra ise to $ 1, but w ill sup ' room s and s p a c e .- Twins Take Opener port the ra ise to 50 cents,” firs t week of existence, but dean "The time has come for the PRELUDE“ _Set-up man prepares the auditoriumfor “ But everyone involved seems said John Mongeon, Fairfax, Va., of the college, Gordon Rohman, legislature to start exerting the a busy but musical schedule in the Lecture-Con pretty satisfied with the project.” Junior and MHA president, speak said this is not unexpected. power it has left," said John T. cert Series, Photo by Larry Fritzlan Students in the college average M1NNEAPOL1S-ST. PAUL (#)—Minnesota’ s high-spirited Twins ing for himself and Judy Ball, *'We expected some changes/' Bowman (D-Rouseville). "We between 14 and 16 hours of class rode a six-run third inning and the steady pitching of Jim (Mudcat) Leland Junior and WIC presi he said, "and knew that we were shouldn't have to consider a let a week, depending on whether they Grant to an 8-2 rout of the favored Los Angeles Dodgers in the dent. going to lose some of our stu ter the law of the land." are in the geology or mathema opening game of the 1965 World Series Wednesday. dents at the beginning/' MSU's present tax celling is tics Class. Zoilo Versalles, the fleet shortstop who keyed the Twins’ drive Rohman pointed out that the F o r the bill to become law low compared to that of other Most of the first few terms is to the American League pennant, led their attack. He smacked a R esidence H alls highest "fatality rate" among this year, the House must pass large universities, said Jim Gra devoted t o intensive language three-run homer off Don Drysdale in Minnesota’s big uprising in students occurs during the first it by Oct. 15. ham, Detroit Junior and board study. Rohman said that the col- the thir and singled in another run in the sixth. few term s. member-at-large. "If your student fee Is still “ We have advised some of our Details On Sports Pages (continued on page 1 1 ) S h o r t O f H e l p enrollees to change and otherc 25 cents, then It Is one of the have found that we didn't have lowest (If not the lowest) student activity fees in the nation," the Residence Halls are desper demic studies because of the what they needed.

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