The Towerlight, April 15, 1988

tl19880415-000 "Inside Careers The Career Placement Center can help you get a good job page 3 ol. 81 No. 20 The werlight Published weekly by the students of Towson State University Towson, MD 21204 Index news I 2 features & entertainment 3 4 sports 5 6 business 7 classifieds 7 8 editorial 9 perspectives & letters 9 weekwatcher 10 Caret named Search for provost has ended by Andy Stauffer News reporter Towson State President Hoke Smith announced Tuesday the ap- Pointment of Dr. Robert L. Caret as Provost and vice president for aca-demic affairs, ending a nationwide search for a provost which began ast October. The president's search commit-tee looked nationwide, considered tline candidates, and recom-aiended throe to the president. Car-t, Towson State's acting provost and dean of the College of Natural ad Mathematical Sciences, was Mong the three candidates recom-ended. Caret has been serving or 11 months as acting provost nce the departure of former pro- Ost Patricia Plante, who became resident of the University of South-rn Maine. As the new provost and Vice resident for Academic Affairs, aret is Towson State's chief aca-emic officer. He directs the eight lieges and schools of the aca-emic division and the academic upport services including admis-ons, registration, financial aid rid the library. Caret joined the faculty in 1974 a visiting assistant professor of emistry. He attained the rank of ssociate professor and was med dean of the College of Nat-al and Mathematical Sciences in 82. In 1985 he was appointed as sociate vice president for aca-emic affairs. Later, he was ected as executive assistant to e president while continuing to rye as dean. Caret said that his appointment Provost came at an opportune me. ""I have been doing the acting rovost for almost 11 months. I am ery excited about the prospects in at my appointment came on the me day of the reorganization of e state education Board of Re-ants. At first I was dazed, but the st couple of days I have been very Pbeat,"" he said. Caret was refer-hg to the state legislature's ap-royal of placing all but two of Maryland's public colleges and uni-versities under a single Board of Regents, in which Towson State is included. ""In the new system we have a new vehicle to develop and grow. That is a new approach to solve 'problems. Under the new system we are one family,"" Caret said. He said that the state funding will improve for Towson State. Out of a pool of $68 million the. state bud-gets for education, Towson State should get between $9-10 million, .he said. Caret said that this re-presents an increase of 20 to 25 percent, and that it can be used to develop the campus. The improved funding Will help ""provide the tools"" to accomplish the University's mission, he said. ""The funding can be used to de-velop the campus and increase produc-tivity to create a nurturing envir-onment. Large student bodies, such as the one at Towson State, have trouble because of large stu-dent to small faculty and staff ratio,"" he said. According to Dr. Herbert D. Andrews, chairperson of the search committee, of the nine can-didates, three Were recommended by the search committee. The three names were not ranked, not re-vealed pub lically, Andrews said. ""The committee agreed they would not reveal what they talked about in its meeting. We are dealing with the professional lives of people, and it would be a violation of the candidates' privacy. It would have restricted the openness of the com-mittee's discussion on the weak-nesses and strengths of each can-didate."" Faculty members were very pleased with Caret's selection. Speaking for the theatre arts de-partment, Dr. Maravene Loeschke said, ""The department supports Bob Caret unanimously. We feel his vision for the arts is very excit-ing."" After the meeting, Loeschke said, ""Dr. Caret has supported theatre ever since he arrived at ilion needs will be by Brenda Brown News reporter Towson State University is in e process of determining the feas-bility of a multi-million dollar ex-ansion of the University Union. Students, faculty, and alumni re urged to participate in a needs ssessment survey to be distrib-ted before the end of the semester. he imput from this survey will ccurately determine the actual eeds of everyone involved with he University Union. According to Robert Baeuerle, di-ector of the Union, a sample sur-ey has already been distributed to students. The purpose of the ample survey was to evaluate the alue of the questions that will \ Ppear on the final survey. Baeue-le said ""the final University Un-on questionnaire will be distrib-ted to at least 1,000 people in-volved with Towson State Univer-sity."" The questionnaire will be di-vided into two parts. The first part will include questions regarding biographical data such as location of residency, class standing and University standing. The next sec-tion of part one will include an extensive lest of possible recom-mended additions to the Union. People will be asked to check the appropriate box which indicates their opinion on the proposed ad-ditions. Participants will also be asked to rate four areas of new services they feel are most and least important. Approximately 23 recommenda-tions listed on the questionnaire include a day care center, a 24-hour study room, a video library/rental room and additional space for exis-ting lounges. Part two of the questionnaire is directed toward existing services Towson State. He holds high stan-dards for the University. He ap-peals to our department."" Other opinions expressed at the meeting were strictly personal. Many faculty who supported Caret said that he was already familiar with the provost position, and that his leadership style Was suited for the position. Other individual rea-sons that the faculty supported Caret, they said, was his ability to represent Towson State well, his understanding of the operations and his strong support for the faculty. Five faculty members spoke in favor of external candidates, but only one external 'candidate re-ceived support for selection from more than one faculty. Dr. Dennis Heftier, who is vice provost of Cali-fornia State University, was sup-ported by two faculty. They said they were impressed by his man-agement style and his interest in Towson State. Some of the individual reasons why most of the faculty did not support the external candidates for provost, they said, were the candidates' lack of familiarity with faculty and administrative relations; they lacked knowledge of the issues facing Maryland pub-lic colleges and the state govern-ment; and they lacked familiarity with the operations at Towson State. The 15 members of the search committee were appointed last Oc-tober, and were composed of 12 vot-ing and three non-voting mem-bers. The search began by an-nouncing the provost vacancy in the Chronicle of Higher Edu-cation, Andrews said. Though Tow-son State already had two quali-fied candidates, Caret and Dean Annette Chappell, Andrews said, ""It was hecessary to. appoint a search committee. The president wanted a nationwide search, even though as able as the incumbant [Caret' is, because he wanted the two internal candidacies validated by comparing them with external candidacies."" surveyed and facilities. Each person will be asked to rate the use and effective-ness of present services. About 20 services will be listed including the bus trips, the post office, and the Student Activities Board. Facilities in the Union will be rated in much the same way. Em-phasis will be placed on satisfac-tion. Examples from this section include dining facilities, Univer-sity store, rest rooms, and Union parking lots. Coments regarding the Union, good or bad, are encouraged through-out the survey. The survey will be only one part of the involved process needed to determine the feasibility of adding additional space to the Union. How-ever, it is the first part and could prove to be the most important. ""Me interfraternity council, Tower-light, and other student organiza-tions will also be asked for their suggestions,"" said Bauerle. � - Though interviews were sched-uled and publicized for faculty and students to interview the can-didates, the response was poor, Andrews said. ""Students didn't come to the interviews, though they were invited. Few faculty showed up. The necessary an-nouncements were made in The Towerlight and bulletins,"" he said. Andrews said that he did not have any theories why so few fac. ulty took part in the interviews. He spoke to the president about the low attendance at the interviews, and Smith humorously com-mented that low attendance was due, in a large part, to the great amount of confidence the faculty had placed in the search commit-tee, Andrews said. The other candidates the search committee considered for provost were John Dill, associate vice pres-ident for academic affairs, (psy-chology), Memphis State Univer-sity; Ben Greenebaum, associate dean of faculty (physics), Univers-sity of Wisconsin -Parkside; Thomas Hegerty, vice president for academic affairs, (history), I3ut- 1er University; Robert Lewis, vice president for academic affairs, (lan-guages), Roosevelt University; Gary Marotta, University dean, (computer science) Long Island Uni-versity; and Marlene Springer, as-sociate vice chancellor for aca-demic affairs, (English), Univer-sity of Missouri-Kansas City. Judicial by Judy Jelenko News reporter. Students gn ay file charges a-gainst any student or SGA affil-iated organization, according to the University's Judicial Code. Charges may be filed F.y a teacher, fellow student, nieghbor, or the police. The judicial process in-volves several steps that may be unfamiliar to some students. A student's right to a judicial hearing is stated in the Compass, Towson State's student handbook, under the Code of Conduct and in the University's Judicial Code. The handbook also states that a student or organization may be placed on emergency suspension if the charged parties appear to pres-ent an immediate threat to a hu-man life. This type of suspension can oc-cur without a hearing but a hear-ing must occur within a ""reasona-ble amount of time,"" (emergency hearing procedure section E-1). Jan Sherrill, assistant vice pres-ident of student services, said, ""All emergency suspensions are for the safety of all the students in-volved."" This type of suspension has been occurring lately among Greek organizations, and some individ-ual students. Last November, a Greek organi-zation's charter was suspended. They did receive a trial within two weeks of the suspension; however, 1114111$11 by Bob Pattison News reporter April 15, 1988 photo courtesy of University Relations Dr. Robert Caret, who has been acting provost for 1 1 months, was. nominated Provost out of nine candidates. process examined they did not receive any form of a decision until this April 1988, a wait of five months. The handbook states a decision will be reached within a ""reasonable amount of time,"" (hearing procedure section D-13). ""The reason for the long wait was that certain things came out of the original hearing in November, 1987, that resulted in individual students being charged. We [the administration] wanted all the re-sults to arrive at one time so any appeals would be filed at the same time,"" Sherrill said. ""If speed means that we will not take a fair look then we will take our time,"" he added. Margaret Hayes, director of ju-dicial affairs, said, ""The purpose of a hearing is for the accused to voice their side."" When a student is charged it is suggested they meet with Hayes for assistance. Sherrill said that ""Most students don't use the hand-book until they need it or until they are charged with a violation."" The hearing board consists of three members. The officer is a full-time faculty member. ""These facu-lty members have been tenured faculty but that is not one of the requirements,"" said both Hayes and Sherrill. English and law en-forcement are the contributing de-partments most of the time. These faculty members take turns hear-ing cases. The other two board members are students who volunteer. Their absence does not effect the judicial process. According to the hand-book (hearing procedure section D), ""In the event of absence of stu-dent judicial aids, the hearing of-ficer may hear and decide a case."" ""The evolution of the Code has occurred through the years. Tom Knox, the past director of judicial affairs, would not only advise the students but he also heard the cases. That is how few case's there were. The hearing officers now] hear cases every day of the week,"" said Sherrill. University president Hoke Smith said a time limit between hearings and decisions would dis-rupt the legality of the process. ""A time limit will create a pseudole-gality. The University must walk a fine line between our Judicial Code and the law,"" Smith said. He ad-ded that he only sees the appeals. ""In olden times it used to be that students had their own honor code and would hold their own hear-ings,"" said Dr. John Carter Mat-thews, a retired Towson State his-tory professor. ""In my entire time at Towson State there was never any form of a student-run code; however, we [the academic coun-cil] did approve the Judicial Code, and in 1980 when I left the Univer-sity it was doing a fair job,"" said Matthews. Next week: a look at other uni-versities' student-run honor codes.' Mattingly voted Protempe 4rk Greek Week begins tomorrow. It will kourse, the traditional Greek games. photo by Jim Egan include such events as a talent show, chariot race, and, of The Student Government Asso-ciation voted in favor of appoint-ing Senator Todd Mattingly presi-dent Pro-Tempe at its Tuesday meeting. The vote was followed by discussions of the Auxillary Servi-ces committee's recommendations on finding student reactions to a proposed new dormitory near the administration building and the SGA-sponsored Organizational Advancement seminars. President Vicki Francese recom-mended that the Senate move to appoint Mattingly president Pro- Tempe. Senator Lori Sears made the mo.tion, which was passed 1 2-0- 1, with Mattingly himself abstain-ing from the vote. Jo n Long, SGA treasurer, said the Auxillary Services committee is interested in finding out how students will react to the proposed dormitory to be built near the Ad-ministration building, which would take away about 500 park-ing spots from commuting stu-dents during construction. ""Auxiliary Services could poll the students ... [because] the new dorm will take away 500 parking spots, the department wants feed-back from students,"" Long said. He added that administration is interested in hearing from stu-dents. There was no debate from the senators on this report. Mattingly reported on the SGA-sponsored Organizational Ad-vancement seminars that are de-signed to help student-run groups solve various problems that may arise.' ""The first two seminars were excellent,"" Mattingly said, adding that he was disappointed by the low turn-out from the 85 different groups on campus. ""All the groups have problems of one kind or another,"" he said, such as handling money, promoting pro-grams, and the tricky details of transfering new administration personnel into office. Mattingly said that experience has taught the SGA how to handle different problems that have come up. ""We've encountered all the problems the other pimps have."" Mattingly also said the two SGA senators working on the seminars were ""very good"" in this capacity. They are Deborah Kane, director of communications and public rela-tions, and Dale Graham, director of organizational advancement. A senate bill introduced by Long would give the Towson State year-book, the Tower Echoes, an addi-tional $279. This additional money will go toward more 1988 yearbooks, Long said, but added that he didn't know the exact number of books it would buy. The reasons for .this increase will be discussed at the next SGA meeting with representatives from the Tower Echoes. Francese said that '8 he was im-pressed with the progress that the Tower Echoes staff has made in recent months. ""They're starting to roll along,"" she said. She also said that the SGA is planning a retreat this fall but has not decided exactly where. "