' Dr. Robert 1. Gluckstern Main Administration Bldg. College Park Campus THE UMBC VOLUME 13 NUMBER 11. Prospect us passed •in principle' By Joe Kerger dent's Advisory Board. The grad­ Our hope is to get as many pro­ Following UM President John uate programs in music, chemis­ grams as we can by the board," Toll's suggestion, the Board of try, and education are being held Mulligan said. Regents committees approved up by "conversations" between "With all of these programs "in principle" the long awaited UMBC and UMCP over specifics there are prescribed formats UMBC Prospectus last Tuesday. of the programs. Mulligan be­ which have to be followed. This is Toll's support and the committee's lieves the programs will be final­ the reason that some programs swift approval seem to guarantee ized and sent to the President's are at varying stages of comple­ that the prospectus will be ap­ Advisory Board by November 8. tion," said Robert Webb, acting proved by the full board at their ''There is a hope that there will vice chancellor for academic af­ November 17 meeting at College be a special committee meeting fairs. .Park. before the full board meeting. Many of UMBC's administra­ uwe are working under a tight This will allow for the whole pro­ tors and faculty were present at timetable which must be followed," spectus to proceed on schedule. continued on paf!e 6 said Toll stressing the need for the prospectus to be finalized by the November meeting. "That B. Herbert Brown, Board of Regents Chairperson: "(Dr. Toll) has timetable is the latest we can get Programs proposed asked us to approve what Dr Dorsey is p-resenting.'' a program going for next fall," said ·John Dorsey, chanceUer. The UMBC Prospectus in­ 7. M.S. and Ph.D. in Chemis­ "The resolution passed Tuesday, cludes 18 degree proposals in try (a conjoint arrange­ to approve in principle, gives the various stages of development. ment with UMCP)-still Fin ncial scramble president the leeway to alter the More information on the pro­ under discussion prospectus as he finds grams can be found in the Pro­ 8. M.M. in Music-still Wlder necessary.'' spectus, copies of which can be discussion er students The committee approved iii obtained at the library. 9. M.A. in Geography-com­ principle a school of ·ournalism , mittie approved By Alex O'Brien students pay their bills, ''I've extension of the school of busi­ The programs are: 10. M.S. in Chemical " What a rip-off!" was one stu­ been shaky the whole year be­ ness and management from Col­ 1. Extension of the School of Physics-committee ap­ dent's reaction to the money cause the whole process has lege Park, the transfer of the in­ Business and Manage­ proved scramble 140 students are facing taken so long. If you don't have formational systems manage­ ment from UMCP-com­ 11. M.A. in African-American the money now, how are you go­ this week. ment department, and graduate mittee approved Studies-still under discus­ UMBC officials have carried ing to have it later?" programs in psychology, eduqi­ 2. Extension of graduate sion out their threat to kick out ·any As of November 1, 88 students tion, geography, and · chemical degree offerings in Educa­ had no more deferments and 52 The following graduate student who does not produce physics. The committee did not tion-still under discussion have extensions until November degree programs are still funds or proof of funds to pay de­ discuss the graduate programs in 3. Transfer of the Depart­ 10. It is not yet known exactly under development and will be ferred bills. chemistry, education, music, and ment of Information Sys­ how many students will be dereg­ submitted to the Board of Increased federal red tape and African-American studies which tems Management from istered by the time it's all over. Regents in "the near future." stricter requirements have re­ are in varying stages of comple­ UMCP-still under discus­ A School of Photography, sulted in many students still not Bob Nobles, a sophomore art tion. sion major said, "The school is re­ Graphics, and Image Pro­ knowing if they qualify for finan­ "All graduate programs are 4. Establishment. of a School sponsible to tl)e students. The cessing cial aid this year, and in unex­ still under consideration, though of Journalism-committee school's got to do what they can to D.Psy.; Ph.D. in Human pected rejections. they were not presented to the approved Services Psychology Damian Blum, SGA president, keep the students in. They're be­ committee," said Joseph Mulli­ 5. Ph.D. in Applied Devel­ D.M.A.; Ph.D. in Music urged all affected students to con­ ing cheated-these students are gan, director of graduate studies. opmental Psychology (a M.A. in English Studies tinue attending classes and to paying for nothing.'' "Individual programs have faced joint arrangement with M.A. in Economics contact the SGA immediately. "If the university can affort to problems which have to be worked UMCP)-committee ap­ M.A. in Humanities (Lib­ Blum and vice-president Milli­ invest millions in South Africa, out before the programs can be proved they can allow the students to stay eral Studies) cent Edwards vowed to take the finalized." The graduate pro­ 6. Doctorate in Instructional in .for free. They can afford it," M.L.S. in Library and In­ fight to the top. gram in African-American studies Systems Development formation Services (Ex­ "I think they are penalizing commented Junior Kim Johnson. was late in being completed and (Education )-committee tension of a UMCP pro­ students for a mistake they did Chancellor John Dorsey, how­ is now under review by the Presi- approved gram) not make," said Edwards. ··we continued on page 6 will stand up for those students until we see this thing through." Blum commented angrily, ''The students are already being Students demand disclosure charged for the whole semes­ ter-they should-no-they MUST be allowed to stay. If of UM investments in South Africa BEOGs and financial aid have not come through because of red By Alex O'Brien the stock market, of which $4.7 of dollars where millions of peo­ common. tape in government, I don't think Student leaders here and at million, or one third, goes to com­ ple are not actually citizens." The intense poverty on the Ban­ the university should penalize the College Park have voiced opposi­ panies that are involved in South South Africa, or Azania, as the tustans drives many people into students. tion to University of Maryland in­ Africa. African people there call it, is run the cities, where they can live "They keep kicking you in the vestments in corporations that deal At the Board of Regents meet­ by the system of apartheid. The legally only if they work for ass over and over again. Another with South Africa. ing October 31, an SGA represen­ government there has been de­ whites. month wouldn't make much dif­ "To withdraw the investments tative from College Park im­ nounced worldwide by organiza­ Every African adult must carry ference to the university, but it would demonstrate a commit­ plored the Regents to reopen in­ tions such as the United Nations. a pass, and faces criminal charges can mean a world of difference to ment to get rid of the South Afri­ vestigation into policies of these Under apartheid, the African of caught without one. In 1976 the students, especially when it's can regime, which is oppressing companies. "In considering the people, who constitute 80 percent over 1000 people a day were pros­ their future you're talking about. all those people," said Millicent investment, only the economic of the population, can legally live ecuted under the pass laws. They can't play with other peo­ Edwards, SGA vice-president. matters and not the social and only on "Bantustans," which are This extreme opflression had ple's futures sg easily,'' said Nationwide, the anti-apartheid ethical matters have been consid­ poor and scattered bits of land led to much unrest and resis­ Blum. movement . has recently snow­ ered," he said. similar to Indian reservations tance, as in the Soweto uprisings The reaction at the bottom of balled, resulting in sit-ins and Student Regents also supported here, and which have little indus­ of 1976. South Africa's jails hold the hill was just as angry. Pame­ marches demanding university the motion to investigate, which try or resources. many political activists, and stor­ la Lewis, a freshman who was divestment (selling of stocks) in was finally passed by the board. Half of the children on the Ban­ ies of torture and murder in the just granted her last ten-day de­ such corporations. Damian Blum, SGA president, tustans die before the age of six; jails are common. The beating ferment, commented on the uni­ The University of Maryland stated that his office could not starvation, malnutrition, tuber­ death last year of Steven Biko, a versity's demand that dercgistcred has about $14.3 million sunk into · support the investing of ''millions culosis, and other diseases are continued on page 2 Retriever, November 6, 197~ English lnt.ern.ships PositionS open ~~~"gf~~~":'f equal opportunity to be defined to 'good' students By Denise Spence of human relations is in the comply with the executive order The Affirmative Action Plan process of defining the prob­ 1 1246, in order to receive is not in its "final stages" of lems with equal opportunity at federal funding.