The Towerlight, April 23, 1982

tl19820423-000 "Vol. 75 No. 24 TowPerli ht PUBLISHED BY THE STUDENTS OF TOWSON STATE UNIVERSITY TOWSON, MARYLAND 21204 When you've made your secret journey, you will be a holy man. The Police April 23, 1982 Boy, 1 3, molested in University Union By Bruce Reid A 13-year-old boy, who was visiting Towson State to play the video games in the University Union recreation room, was sexual-ly assaulted Sunday, campus police said. Police said a white male, age 25 to 30, lured the boy into a third floor bathroom Sunday afternoon, after the man told the boy he needed help moving a package. The man approached the youth in the game room, on the first floor of the University Union, which houses some 35 video games and pinball machines. After luring the boy to the third floor bathroom, police said, the man then switched out the lights and grabbed the youth by the neck, and threatened physical harm if the boy resisted. The youth was forced to perform unnatural sex acts, police reported, before the man fled on foot. The boy was found ""trembling"" in the third-floor bathroom by a building manager, after the boy's 15-year-old brother reported that the boy left the recreation room with a strange man and had not retunied. The building manager, Roger Maloney, found the boy in the bath-room only moments after the assailiant fled on foot from the building, police said. Frat charter By Bruce Reid Towson State officials revoked the charter of the Alpha Omega Lambda fraternity April 1 for viola-tions of the University hazing policy, after an investigation of a March 29 car accident that left one of the fraternity's pledges dead and two injured. The revocation prohibits the fraternity from using any Universi-ty buildings or facilities, and assembling as a group on campus. Steve Horn, the fraternity's presi-dent and former Student Govern-ment Association president, said he may appeal the University's revoca-tion through the University Media-tion Committee, a group of ad-ministrators, faculty, and students. A preliminary hearing was held Tuesday to determine whether the fraternity had grounds for appeal. Dorothy Siegel, vice president for student services, headed a Universi-ty administration investigation of the fraternity's activities and last month's fatal car crash, and decide to revoke the charter. ""I took the action to revoke the charter and I think it was war-ranted,"" Siegel said. But, she said, the fraternity should have the right to appeal the decision. One member of the fraternity, Who Siegel chose not to identify, will be held responsible for the hazing charges, and the University could bring criminal charges against that Person, Siegel said. A hearing will be scheduled with-in the next two weeks, Siegel said, to give the fraternity a chance to ap out collecting signatures mostly in The hazing charges stem from two food-gorging incidents March 10 and 24 in the Newell Dining Hall, Where several of the fraternity's eight pledges were made to eat ice Both boys were using the campus recreation room when the assailant approached the younger boy. Juveniles are not allowed in the game room after 6 p.m. Tuesday to Saturday, when beer is sold and dur-ing school days, unless they are ac-companied by an adult. The 13-year-old boy was not beaten or seriously harmed during last Sunday's incident, a Universi-ty spokeswoman said, but campus police did advise the boy's parents to take him to see a private physi-cian. The man was described as being about 6 feet tall, 200 pounds, and was wearing gold-rimmed glasses. Police are working on a composite sketch. The Baltimore County police crime lab and detectives finger-printed the bathroom where the crime occurred, but campus police are primarily in charge of the in-vestigation of the incident. Police also reported a second inci-dent where a man who fits the same description as that given by the 13-year-old approached three juveniles in the University Union two weeks ago, asking for sexual favors. Maloney, the building manager on duty during the first incident, discovered the three youths leaving the building visibly shaken up, said revoked cream that had been covered with salt and pepper, and plates of food that had been doused with tabasco sauce. The incidents were part of the fraternity's pledging rituals con-ducted during a five-week period in March. Written complaints filed by students and staff members at the dining hall alledge that several pledges were forced to eat their own vomit after they became sick from eating the adulterated food. The fraternity was suspended March 26 from using campus buildings for its events or assembl-ing on the campus. Following the suspension, the fraternity continued to assemble on campus, said Thomas Knox, dean of students, and kept the eight pledges up for nearly 48 hours before three pledges were involved in a fatal car crash March 29. One student was killed and two others were injured, one seriously in the 2:45 a.m. crash, when the 1981 Toyota Celica they were traveling in struck a wooden signpost on In-terstate 83 near Seminary Ave. Victor M. Siegel, 20, of the 7900 block Long Meadow Road in Pikes-ville, was killed in the crash after he and Charles F. Sutton, 21, of the 100 block Greenbrier Road in Towson, were both ejected from the car after it struck the signpost and became airborne. Victor Siegel, the driver of the car, apparently fell asleep at the wheel, State Police said. The pledges were out collecting signitures mostly in Baltimore County, from fraternity alumni as part of their pledging re-quirements for Alpha Omega Lamb-da. Continued on page 10 Robert Bauerele, University building manager. When asked about the matter, and after much prodding, Bauerele said, the boys told Maloney they had been ap-proached. The three youths refused to report the incident to the police, Bauerele said, because they didn't want their parents to know that they had been on campus playing the video games. Police said they were conducting an investigation of both incidents. Police said they have no idea who the assailant was or what he was do-ing on campus. Security will be in-creased this weekend, Bauerele said, in case the man returns to the cam-pus for the third weekend in a row. Baurerle said that allowing juveniles into the game rooni-during certain times has not posed any previous problems.. But in light of Sunday's incident, Bauerele said the policy of permit-ting juveniles to use the campus game room may be revised. photo by John O'Loughlin Minors could be forbidden to use the game room, after Sunday's sexual assault of a 13-year-old boy. Academic Council passes constitutions By Anita L. Hieley The Academic Council, in its April 6 and 19 meetings, approved the academic calendar for 1983-84 and moved Towson State a step closer to reorganization into col-leges when it approved constitu-tions for several new schools. According to the 1983-84 academic fall calendar the semester starts August 29 and ends December 21. The 1984 spring semester begins January 26 and ends on May 21. The Council chose the calendar from three options presented by William J. Reuling, University registrar. The other two options would have reduced the 1984 spring break to four days. The approved calendar, which passed unanimously, gives students a week-long spring break since students begin the term on January 26, rather than on the 30th. Student representatives to the Council felt 'students would welcome a longer spring break. The Council also approved the Constitutions for the School of Business and Economics, College of Allied Health Sciences and Human Performance, College of Fine Arts, Performing Arts and Communica-tion, College of Natural and Mathematical Sciences. The College of Education and In-structional Technology's constitu-tion was returned to the college, pending remedy of internal incon-sistencies in the election pro-cedures. The constitution of the Col-lege of Liberal Arts had been ap-proved at a previous meeting. Some concern was expressed by members regarding designation of the physical education department by the name ""human performance."" Ellen Eason, professor of physical education defended ""human perfor-mance"" because the name reflected the broader nature of physical RiCkti COUNCIL AMERICAN COUNCIL on ALCOHOLISM p (7: P A lE D TN( VO/Ct TAtt ONCERNED ,lTIZEN r . 301.296-5545 ingew, ara chef./ . ...t4I777"" 4ene4' Aftwer Alcohol awareness Approximately 1200 students leafed through pam-phlets, watched films or downed mocktaile (non-photo by Bob Tarleton alcoholic drinks), at ""Raise Your Spirits,"" part of Wednesday's Alcohol Awareness Day. education, but at the same time is ""not as narrow as 'allied health!"" The constitutional review com-mittee discussed the proposed name at length, and ""human perfor-mance"" emerged as a compromise, Eason said. Patricia Plante, vice president of academic affairs and President Smith said ""human performance"" may not really translate itself to a high school student seeking a physical education program."" It was also suggested that further confusion might result from the similarity in names between ""human performance"" and ""perfor-ming arts"" in another college. After considerable discussions at both meetings, the Council noted the name had been approved with the constitution but a name change could be discussed at any later meeting and the constitution amended. In related business, the Council also postponed consideration of new By-Laws for the University senate until its next meeting. The Council also sent to committee a proposal by Michael Mark, dean of graduate studies to prohibit graduate photo by John O'Loughlin The Academic Council approved the Constitutions of several colleges. students from taking 300-400-level MIMS. Under the proposal ""exceptions"" would be made only for students in degree programs, who, with prior approval of their advisor and pro-gram coordinator, may take up to nine credits of 300/400 level courses for the degree."" The proposal had originally in-cluded a provision for a 500-level course which would have permitted graduate students to attend a 300-400 level course and receive graduate credit by fulfilling the re-quirements of the upper-level course plus additional requirements not ex-pected of undergraduate students. The 500-level course alternative has been under discussion for two years, Mark said, but it is ""flawed and needs to go back to the Gra-duate Studies committee. In its pre-sent form it is not acceptable to the graduate administration of many of the departments,"" he said. ""Without the 690 course as a possibility, I can't support the mo-tion,"" said May Kahl, history chair-person. Mark said the University has been under criticism because too many 300-400 level courses are be-ing taken by graduate students. ""If a course has prerequisites of a B.A., it should be a graduate-level course,"" he said. 1982 job market tightens By Bruce Reid Mike Hall, a graduating math and computer science major at Towson State found a job Monday with a Baltimore-area computer programming firm. Hill said he applied to about 100 firms around the country seeking employment after graduation, and received four job offers. ""I guess I have a edge on the market,"" Hall said ""1 have about one years' Ipart-time] experience in program-ming."" Hall said the job market in the computer science fields may be more stable than some other fields, but he ob-viously had to work hard to find an entry-level position. Carol Bristow, a 22-year-old January graduate of the University has come to a few dead ends in her job search. Bristow majored in sociology with a concentration in corrections, but she is currently working at a downtown savings and loan. She said she tried to find a job with the state working in the parole and probation division, but there is a freeze on those jobs, because of state budget cutbacks. ""I'm basically wasting my time,"" Bristow said, but some of her friends, even those who graduated in 1980, are still without work, she said. Bristow said she hopes to acquire a counseling license with the state to counsel drug abusers. A myriad of technical and speculative reports filter through the job placement office, each year, carrying in-formation on the status of the job market for college graduates. Most of the reports this year, said Francis Lemire, placement office director, give about the same diagnosis of the job market. Technical fields, particularly electrical engineering, mechanical engineering, and computer science fields rate high on the list for availability of jobs for this years' col-lege graduates. Most of the reports detect a slow-down in hirings this year, as compared to 1981, Lemire said, but that does not mean the jobs there are available. ""From what I can see right now, the immediate future is even tighter than last year,"" Lemire said. Last year employers were looking for an upturn in the economy, but it hasn't come, Lemire said. Recent University graduates are more likely than their predecesors to relocate or become more mobile in order to find employment, Lemire said. ""Our students are becoming a little more flexible, a little more mobile because of the job market."" Employers from a variety or fields come to job fairs and interview sessions at University. This year, more employers had made arrangements to visit the campus than last year, but several of those employers canceled their visits because of job freezes and even a lack of interest from students, Lemire said. About 60 percent of the seniors register with the job placement office each year, Lemire said. ""I think out students are aware of the job market,"" Lemire said, ""and I think the majority of our students are making the effort to prepare themselves for to be more marketable."" Aside from all the services that the job placement of-fice can provide, such as interview technique seminars and resume writing guidance, Lemire said, students need to recognize some ""intangible"" factors, that can make the difference between students being hired ana not being hired. Among them, communication and social skills, a clean and neat appearance, a positive attitude and self esteem can make it or break it for a student seeking employ-ment. First impressions are very important in a job inter-view, Lemire said, and some employers make a decision about a potential employee within five Minutes after the interview starts. Dave McDonald, personnel representative for Aircraft Armaments, Inc. in Cockeysville, a company that manufactures and designs equipment for the military, visits about 20 to 26 college campuses around the coun-try each year interviewing students. AAI hired about 70 college graduates last year, most of them with technical training in engineering or corn-puter science. McDonald said the company will hire about the same number of college graduates this year, but the job market at AAI and other companies around the nation is a bit tighter than last year. Carey Frevel, a recruiter with Maryland National Bank said the job opportunities in banking fields are good this year. ""Basically, I think the opportunities are good this year"" at Maryland National Bank, and in the banking industry in general. Fravel said."