The Towerlight, December 11, 1986

tl19861211-000 "Inside Albert interviewed Towson State University head football coach Phil Al-bert has been interviewed by officials at the University of Maryland for the its head coaching job vacated by Bobby Ross page 3. werli Published weekly by the students of Towson State University gTowson, MD 21204ht news sports features entertainment classifieds editorial perspectives weekwatcher Vol. 80 No. 13 photo by Lisa M. Quill Political satirist, newspaper columnist, and sometime pianist Mark Russell entertained an o:udience of approximately 1200 at the Towson Center Sunday evening. ""It has been my life-long ambition to appear live in the gym of Towson State,"" Russell quipped. Story on Page 2. December 11, 1986 Tip leads to arrests of six Towson students by Robert M. Graham News editor Six Towson State University students were arrested late Mon-day night and early Tuesday on charges of unlawfully manu-facturing and distrubuting cocaine, according to Dan McCarthy, University Relations director. The students alledge ly sold small amounts of cocaine and mari-juana to undercover police officers who were placed on campus after the school had received a tip from a student. Frederick W. Armstrong, III, 23; Delmarie A. Hines, 21; and Samuel Odell Mattocks, 19, were charged with one count each of conspiracy and distributing cocaine. Charged with one count of con-spiracy and two counts of distri-buting cocaine Guy H. Samms, 18, Also, James N. Robinson, 24, was charged with three counts of distri-bution and a count of conspiracy, and Anthony Goldstone, 19, was charged with one count of distribution. Goldstone said, ""I sold five dollars worth of marijuana to an undercover cop and that was it!"" He said the incident occurred ``somewhere around Nov. 19."" He added, ""It was five dollars and that's all."" Robinson was a runningback on SGA refuses money for intramural by Doug Wood News reporter 1, The SGA Senate voted down the '81-1 Recreational Sports Depart-eht's $20,416 flag football tourna- ' neat funding request in a 6-2-3 trUte at Tuesday's meeting. r The SGA declined to provide s'unding for the flag football team ,to, travel to New Orleans during 14e winter break because the intra-toaral department is not an SGA 4ffiliated group, and our by-laws 'ate that we cannot fund them."" ,Ilowever, Vice President Chris !Itivos stated, ""I was disappointed 14 the decision. Over 580 students 17)art1cipate in intramurals, and ,_'00 to 80% of these students are 'fiernbers of the SGA. The intra- 41,0ral program is educational, and nould receive SGA funding."" �After examining the breakdown expenses provided by the Intra- 4) 1ral Department, the fact was If lentioned that expenses such as ()Pc' costs could not be paid for lth SGA money anyway. Senator aham stated that only 7'he werlight; the Tower Echoes, 'CVT, and theForensic Union tLttieved funding in the magnitude oat the Intramural Department s Maine Todaro, associate direc- '4' of the Recreational Sports De- Dartment, represented the depart- 41e1t, at Tuesday's 'meeting, t4t1ng afterwards that she was ally disappointed that they [the '`-iik] don't understand the import- tlinee of our group to the niversity."" Krivos stated that the Inter- Nrsity Christian Fellowship, N otional Panhellenic Union, Phy-sical Educators Club, Student Athletic Trainers, Student Occupa-tional Therapy, and University Resident Government organ-izaitons have all been suspended from the SGA. ""The suspensions, pending judicial board hearings, because of the groups' failing to sign-in for the third consecutive month,"" Krivos said, adding that the organizations have not been disaffiliated. The purpose of the sing-ins is for SGA-affiliated organizations to stay informed as to events hap-pening within theSGA and the campus at-large. Krivos added that no action will be taken con-cerning these groups until after the winter break, at which time they will be brought before the SGA judicial board. After suspending Rule D-2, which states, ""Every bill shall recieve two readings previous to its passage, which readings shall be on two different days, unless the Senate unanimously directs other-wise,"" the Senate discussed and passed three amendments to the constitution of the TSU Educators Club. These amendments allow part-time as well as full-time students to join the organization, require mem-bers to inform club officials if they are unable to attend an event, and allow members and club officials to set a time and location for future meetings at the beginning of the semester. Senator Graham said , ""The Educators Club is a new organ-ization on campus, and it was expected that amendments would be made inthe consitution. These amendments allow the-club to oper-ate more smoothly and efficient-ly."" The new rules will go into effect next semester. The Club Ski consitution, intro-duced by Senator Mike Burton, was given an unfavorable vote. The SGA, which noted that of nine students on the Ski Club's charter listing, five were not full-time students. Rinaca requested that the club resubmit a new charter with eight full-time students on tne advisory board. The club's charter states that all students on the advisory board must be full-time, fee-paying students. According to Rinaca, some of the board mem-bers were ""not even students."" Bill No. 13, establishing a one-week period between the budget request deadline and Financial Advisory Board (FAB) hearings, and a two-week period between FAB hearings and Senate Budget hearings, was also passed. The FAB receives funding requests from each SGA-affiliated organ-ization and decides if the request is valid. Then the SGA appro-priates an amount to each organ-ization. According to Treasurer Regina Lennon, chair of the FAB, ""[The bill] gives the FAB more time to look at the budgets before the meetings and also gives the SGA more time to look over bud-gets before hearings."" In other news, Senator Jeff Rinaca stated that student surveys concerning the improvement of teacher evaluations have been given out. ""We need to know if students understand what teacher Water leak in Van Bokkelen could slow computerization by Mark Brodinsky Assistant entertainment editor and Robert M. Graham News editor \v ilooding from heavy rains last t eek damaged one of the class-u�,( 4hs in Van Bokkelen Hall. vrhe following day, room 207, inich houses most of the journal-th courses offered at Towson "";:late, was cluttered with trash- .;�sahs full of water. There were also :1.18 puddles on the floor as well It's, waterlogged chairs and 'his is not the first time that 160ln 207 has had problems with a Ltiky roof. � br. Bill Wallace, the building 1,'00rdinator for Van Bokkelen 'tall, said the building has had recurring flooding problems since 1968, especially in room 207. ""I can show you pictures with waste cans everywhere to catch the damn water,"" Wallace said. Four years ago Van Bokkelen Hall was renovated and Wallace said that 90 percent of the leaks which were reported stopped. ""They were pretty well cur-tailed,"" Wallace said. ""But they started again about a year or so ago."" Wallace added, ""There have been numerous attempts on the part of the University to stop the leaks."" However, the roof in room 207 continues to be a problem. Wallace said that he has recently been informed a contractor has been hired to remedy the situation. He said that something should be done soon not only to avoid more flooding, but also to enable the mass communication department to install computers in the room for journalism classes. ""The department is contemplat-ing putting in computers, which they need; however, as anyone can tell you, water in a computer is a no-no,"" said Dr. Marlene Cowan, acting department chair. ""We are not going to put expensive equip-ment in there until that leak is stoped."" She also said that the terminals are ""on bid"" and she is unsure of when they will be in. ""You don't know which will be first: the computer equipment or the leak being fixed."" Cowan said that this Tuesday a crew was working on determining the problem on the roof. trip evaluations are used for. and if they understand the evaluation's importance,"" he said. ""The evaluations are to be used as a teacher-improvement tool, not a factor in awarding tenure or promotion."" Senator Paul Norfolk said that Monday's meeting of BACCHUS was a resounding success. ""We have a lot of student interest, and a full slate of people lined up for commit-tees,"" Norfolk said. The group plans to set up task force councils next semester. SGA president Melanie Gold-smith stated that the Christmas Bazaar had been a great success, and that next semester's Film Series would be held in Van Bok-kelen Hall, and would include such popular titles as Back to School, The Graduate, Stand By Me, and Peggy Sue Got Married among others. Towson State's football team this year. He had seven yards on two carries, and 14 tackles as a member of the special teams. He and the others were un-available for comment. The others charged were unavail-able for comment. The arrests are the most recorded at the University at one time and it is also the first time in the last five years that alledged cocaine use was involved, said McCarthy. According to McCarthy, the arrests ""were a result of someone from the student body or several making information known to the administration that small amounts of cocaine and marijuana were for sale on campus."" The University Policewerethen contacted and a plan was est-ablished to put undercover police officers ""where controlled buys could be made,"" McCarthy said. The students charged criminally will also face academic hearings. Students will face emergency hearing of the University Judicial Board where suspensions could result, McCarthy said. Each student is alle ged to have sold less than one-half gram of the drug, according to yesterday's See DRUGS, page 2 SGA vetoes cultural diversity resolution by Lisa M. Quill Editor-in-chief Tuesday, the Towson State Uni-versity Student Government Assoc-iation defeated a resloution to respect cultural diversity in the planning and naming of of fund-raising activities by SGA-affil-iated organizaions. Introduced by Senator Dale Graham, the resolution, Senate Bill #12R, specifically referred to as examples the name of Slave Auction as a fundraiser name, the scheduling of the SGA's Fall Festi-val on Yom Kippur. a High Holy day for those of the Jewish faith. After extensive debate, the Senate downed the resolution 11-1 with Graham the only Senator oppossed. Following discussions with some student organizations, Graham devised and submitted this resolution in order ""to promote student awareness and respect for cultural diversity on campus."" The scheduling of events on religious holidays was of part-icular concern to many organ-izations, especially follwoing the failure of the Fall Festival. ""[Sororities which lost money and the Campus Crusade for Christ] were concerned that the inability [of Jewish students] to participate hurt them overall, as well as financially,"" Graham said. Although both issues or ex-amples were given equal weight in the resolution, only tne Slave Auction issue was given consid-eration during the Senate meeting. ""I understand [the other Senators] concern about some of the wording, like Slave Auction,"" Graham said, ""however, in my presentation to the Senate I recom-mended that they give me any ammendments if they were neces-sary and none took me up. ""I am more than willing to change the wording,"" she cont-inued. ""The resolution isn't going to affect or change anything, but it would have shown that the SGA is willing to take a stand. We didn't."" Jeff Rinaca, head of the Govern-ment Operations committee, said that the Senate didn't try to ammend the resolution because there was no reason to since all the senators were against it during the debate and since there were ""too many problems"" with the resolution. Rinaca, in an interview fol-lowing the meeting, did address the issue of having events on religious holidays saying simply ""having the Fall Festival on a High Holiday was an oversight of the SGA."" SGA President Melanie Gold-smith and Vice President Chris Krivos wholeheartedly supported their administrations' decision. Goldsmith stressed the fact that ""this is a democracy,"" and said that groups should have the free-dom to do what they want; the See RESOLUTION, page 2 Bail from Leukemia Lockup nets money for research Media Release Faculty, administrators and students were arrested yesterday in the Leukemia Lockup, a fund-raiser sponsored by the Leukemia Society of America and WCVT 89.7 FM. The Leukemia Lockup entailed ""arresting"" and ""setting bail"" on faculty, administrators and stud-ents that are actively involved on campus. The bail for students was $20 and for faculty and ad-ministrators it was $35. The event began at 11 am with Dean Siegel, vice president for Student Services, performing an official ribbon cutting ceremony. Vice President for Student Services Dorothy Siegel cuts the ribbon to officially start the Leukemia Lockup held yesterday to raise money for the leukemia Society Stephen Murphy, Chief of Police, deputized Paul Calhoun, a member of the student group, giving him the right to make arrests for the day. For an advanced Public Rela-tions class, students were required t� plan and carry out a PR campaign. The students had to choose a client to work for, origin-ate a project and follow the necessary steps for a successful campaign. In managing the fundraising campaign, the students had to handle all aspects of publicity and communication, from writing press releases and public service announcements, to speaking with professors and media. They also had to find a place to hold the event and solicit donations from local businesses for doornrizes. A few ""criminals"" arrested were Lisa Quill, Towerlight Editor-in-chief; Tammy Jones, President of Alpha Epsilon Rho, and Teddy Smith, TSU Man of the Year. Others included Dr. Neil Gallager, Health Sciences Chairperson, and Dr. George Friedman, English pro-fessor. Kim Reinsfelder, program co-ordinator of the Leukemia Society of America and TSU alumnus said, ""This was the first time the Leukemia Society has had an event On tile Towson State camput.. C,)nsidering the amount of time that the students had to work with, the event was well done. The most important thing is the students had the chance to carry out their own campaign. The experience is what's important."" "