The Towerlight, December 11, 1987

tl19871211-000 "Inside Making It An internship success story page 6 The � werii Published weekly by the students of Towson State University gTowson, MD 21204 ht Index news 1 classifieds 2,7, 8, 11 sports 3 4 features & entertainment 5 6 visuals 9 editorial 13 perspectives & letters 13, 14 weekwatcher 14 1.81 No. 11 December 11, 1987 onise Bias speaks of self-worth by Vince Russomanno News editor 'There are always four things 8. Bias 'Dias out front so that no e will misunderstand or misin- Prete what she is saying,"" said aise Bias, mother of the late iversity of Maryland basket- Il star Len Bias, addressing stu- .te, faculty, and guests in the ,iversity Union. One, I love each and every last e of you. Two, I see neither white r black, only Americans. Three, me to offend no man. And, four, ause I love you I do not care at cmy man thinks of me. Any ,n,"" she said. I am or. a mission to rescue the 0th of this nation,"" Bias con-ned. ""It is my belief that God k one man to save millions."" he Pointed out that such pro-ams as ""Say No,"" Mothers ainst Drunken Drivers, and Students Against Drunken Driv-ers had informed the youth about the perils of drug abuse, but ""when a great basketball player on his way to the pros dies, everyone is made aware."" Bias also refers to the music video ""Bad"" by Michael Jackson. ""I had heard that it was alright, or that it was great, but no one ever told me this video deals specifi-cally with peer pressure,"" she said. ""If you like who you are and you know you're doing what is right and your friends ask you to do something negative or they won't be your friend anymore, then who has the problem?"" Bias asked. Twenty-five children brought to the University from area schocrls, answered, ""they do."" ""We have been running around this country saying, `say ""no"" to drugs,' say ""no"" to drugs.' In-stead, say ""no"" to anything you know is wrong. Stand up for what is right,"" Bias said. ""You must make the proper choices at such an early age because you are our future."" Bias also spoke of the hardhips endured by her children after the death of Len. ""When my son Eric (13) returned to school in Sep-tember, people would run up behind him talking about drugs and death,"" she said. ""Jay (17) will never forget his 16th birthday, a day after Len died."" Jay is also an accomplished basketball player, according to Bias. ""When you are good, the competition wants to take you out of your game."" Once, a note was found on Jay's locker after a game that said ""What to plants and Len Bias have in common? They both die three days after being picked."" Jay was even puched out un-conscious by an unknown at-tacker. ""I was paralyzed. I thought lived there."" I was dying like my brother,"" Jay said to his mother after the attack. The ""biggest test for the Bias family,"" occurred when Jay was scheduled to play ,a game at the University of Maryland ""in the midst of adversity, pain, and the insensitivity of his fellow man,"" said Bias. ""Jay answered the sneers and gestures from the opponent team with two points in the basket at every run. ""By then end of the game, he had scored 49 points and 30 rebounds,"" she continued. ""Then, no one was laughing."" Bias said she has finally been able to put her household back together. ""I have buried my baby, and, after that, anything else is a cake walk,"" she said. ""Love is such healing. There is peace and joy within our house again. You would not even know that Len Bias ever GA budgets affiliate groups for Spring Staff report 'ping into Budget Hearings for ng 1988, the Student Govern-nt Association had an esti-ted budget of 27,752.83. How-r, total Financial Advisory ard recommendations came to 835.53. It is really not that big of a blern if we go with the FAB ennnendaticns,"" said Arlene rnPeggi, SGA business man-rt. "" ""We could probably handle he amont of money available to '3GA for allocations is based on estimated sum of SGA fees ed by each full-time student attending Towson State Univer-sity. The amount payed by the stu-dents is $29.25, according to Cam-eggi. Prior to the SGA budget hear-ings each organization meets with the FAB to justify requests and to discuss possible areas for cutting, according to SGA Treasurer Vicki Francese. During hearings Tues-day, December 8, the SGA went with the FAB reccommendation in six of the seven budgets consid-ered. International Careers Associa-tion, Americai Production and Inventory Control Society, Pre-law Society, Student Athletic Trainers, and American Society for Person- FAR recommendation SUA allocation International Careers $445.45 $445.45 ASpA 118.10 118.10 Society of Physics Students pending until Spring 1)re-Law Society 640.00 640.00 JSA 1,361.00 1,001.00 lisu pending until Spring Student Nursing Assoc. 515.00 515.00 Student Athletic Trainers 1,880.00 1,880.00 APIcs 622.00 AMA 622.00 3,569.00 3,569.00 philosophy Forum 525.00 525.00 ,rsi Chi 310.00 310.00 '14.1gby Club frozen F'orensic Union 8,240.00 8,240.00 International Club 959.00 759.00 Model OAS $2,464.00 $2,464.00 oonornics Club 655.00 483.00 Circle K lcInimuter Assoc. 610.00 610.00 e pending until Spring nel Administration were all bud-geted according to FAB reccomend-ations. The only budget cut was that of the Jewish Student Association. The FAB reccomendation for the JSA was $1,361. The SGA cut that figure to $1001, eliminating $200 for a bus for the purpose of attend-ing a Soviet Jew Rally in Washing-ton, DC. ""The Senate should take into consideration that we do not budget political or religious groups and we need to consider whether to allocate funds to lobby for such an event,"" said SGA President Chris Krivos. ""The JSA is funded by the SGA because it is defined in its constitution as a cultural group."" The SGA also passed a motion by Senator Deborah Kane to cut the funding of $140 requested by the JSA for a ""movie night."" Kane said that because movies are al-ready shown on campus this was not a necessary expense. Neither the Black Student Union nor the Society of Physics Students appeared for their sche-duled appointment for the budget hearings. Therefore, the SGA moved to reconsider their budgets in the Spring. The Commuter Association, which missed its appointed FAB meeting, will also have to submit a supplementary budget request in the Spring. The Rugby club was not consi-dered for budgeting because, ac-cording to Krivos, the group vio-lated SGA policy by maintaining a bank account outside the SGA financial structure. -d/omputers aid student research by Brenda Brown News reporter 1:1\Y0 computer systems, which la research have been added to e Albert S Cook Library and are &19 able for use by students, `,�IlitY, te sSttaaffff, and alumni. Jeanette McVeigh, ;erence librarian, the most help-it Ystem for undergraduates �th'ng short papers and speeches ""Infotrac."" 'nfotrac "" a self-contained '11:hiter system, can retrieve evant periodical citations for a "".ific subject. A wide range of 1,8 nless, trade , and regional jour- Ile are accessible through the tqluter data base. Once cita-ey /N are located on the screen, ean be printed free of charge. 'er�filrris are available for texts 'c'tne of articles. Printing of e the is also available for a %ef 10(r per page. lth 'nfotrac"" elp contains a built-in guide which leads the litlent through the procedures r, 1141eselY, but the librarians are red to help if questions arise. ne 'Infotrac' will not solve all t; Problems "" McVeigh said, tees that ""Creativity is still :aary in searching for the 'Priate subject headings."" ulalog,"" the second computer 4�1 sYstem available, is an le. n-ended system that has the nlity to search over 200 data- ,tBee. It also produces a biblio-aPhY of citations from journals, addition to books and other COn1Puter search by ""Dialog"" 1d be done by trained library per-sonnel. ""Graduate students use this service most often,"" McVeigh said, "" because it can save time."" The cost can also be expensive because you must pay for the information you receive. The two computer systems ""complement each other and offer an alternative to how you seek information,"" McVeigh added. pnoso Dy Joy vvoornio Infotrac allows students to scan periodicals for a particular topic in minutes, according to Jeanette McVeigh, reference librarian. The final total for allocations December 8 was $5,221.55, accord-ing to Francese. When budget hearings con-tinued December 9, the SGA once again stuck primarily to the FAB recommendations. Of eight bud-gets, six remained as the FAB advised. The International Club was denied a $200 request for travel to New York City. After representa-tives of the International Club expressed uncertainty about the destination of their trip, Krivos said, ""We recommend you apply for a supplementary budget in the Spring when you are more definite on where you are going."" A total budget for the Economics Club was $483. The total sum of allocations for December 9 is $16,960. The total amount for both days is $22,181.55. This leaves the SGA with an approximate figure of $5,571.28 for supplemental budgets in the Spring. However, the SGA expects supplementary budget requests from four organizations, accord-ing to Francese. ""Bake-off"" buys bread by Judith B. Jelenko Assistant news editor The Commuter Association sponsored a cookie-off to raise funds for Our Daily Bread, a soup kitchen in the Baltimore area. The bake-off yielded $43 in funds in addition to $7 donated by members of the Commuter Association. However, the amount was doubled when the winners of the contest donated their winnings back to ODB. After winning the Homecoming Banner contest, the members of the Commuter Association wanted to apply the $50 prize towards a charitable organization, accord-ing to Harriet Griffin, the Commu-ter Association's advisor. The bake-off idea was originated by the group's president, Maria Dargakis. ""We thought it was an idea that the students would really respond to,"" she said. Dargakis blames the lack of adequate publicity for the low rate of involvement. Of the two groups who entered, the American Mar-keting Association won the $50 prize. In addition, eight dozen coo-kies were sold to students. Harry Karetas, a University staff member in the Potomac Rooms, along with two of his chefs, judged the contest, according to Griffin. The total amount of money going to ODB is $100. NOTICE Organizations that wish to reserve dates and locations for events should attend Master Calen-dar Day Tuesday December 15 at 3:30 in the Susquehanna Rooms of the University Union. photo by Jay Woernle ""Love is forever,"" said Lonise Bias, mother of the late Len Bias, explaining her definition of life. Library extends hours, accommodates students by Doug Wood News reporter From now through the end of the semester, the library Will be open extended hours, permitting extra studying for exams. According to Thoman Strader, director of the library, the 3rd floor of the library will now stay open until 7pm on Fridays and will remain open until midnight on Sundays. According to Strader, because of student requests, the requests for extra hours were made to the SGA by the student representative of the Library Committee. The SGA then requested the extra hours from President Hoke Smith. ""The main purpose of the extra hours is to allow some extra studying Fri-day evenings and Sunday nights,"" said Strader. A request was also made to open the library on Sunday mornings, but the library has been unable to find staff to work Sunday morn-ings. However, Sunday hours may be incorporated into the staff sched-ules for the spring semester, said Strader. Although the extended hours are currently scheduled only until the end of the semester, Strader said that he would be looking at library use during this period to see if extended hours should be contin-ued through next semester. Stra-der is also hopeful that extended library hours can be coordinated with the operation of the Academic Computing Center. Final Exam Schedule Courses Exam Date Exam Time MWF 8-8:50 MWF 9-9:50 MWF 10-10:50 MWF 11-11:50 MWF 12-12:50 MWF 1-1:50 MWF 2-2:50 MWF 3-3:30 MWF 4-4:50 TR 8-8:50/9:15 TR 9:30-10:45 TR 11-11:50/12:15 TR 12:30-1:45 TR 2-2:50/3:15 TR 3:30-4:45 5 pm and later Dec. 15 1 pm-3 pm Dec. 18 8 am-10 am Dec. 15 8 am-10 am Dec. 17 1 pm-3 pm Dec. 21 8 am-10 am Dec. 22 8 am-10 am Dec. 18 1 pm-3 pm Dec. 17 10:30 am-12:30 pm Dec. 15 10:30 am-12:30 pm Dec. 17 8 am-10 am Dec. 21 1 pm-3 pm Dec. 16 1 pm-3 pm Dec. 22 1 pm-3 pm Dec. 16 8 am-10 am Dec. 21 10:30 am-12:30 pm Last class during exam week Examinations will begin December 15 and end December 22. NOTE: Final examinations for courses offered on days and at times not listed above should be scheduled at the regular start time which corresponds most closely to the actual start time of the course. For example: A course offered TR 1-1:50 should schedule a final examination period for the regular TR 12:30- 1:45 matrix (Day 6, 1 pm-3 pm). If the University postpones a final exam date or time, the exam(s) will be rescheduled for the next available time period. Students will be responsible for taking the exam at the resche-duled time. Announcements regarding any postponements will be made on various local radio stations (WBAL, WFBR, etc.). "