The Towerlight, December 2, 1982

tl19821202-000 "The Towe night vol. 76 No. 13 PUBLISHED BY THE STUDENTS OF TOWSON STATE UNIVERSITY TOWSON, MARYLAND 21204 , December 2, 1982 By John O'Loughlin Sean Landeta's 46.7 yd. average contributed to the Tiger's success this year. lops! TSU's Landeta named All-America By Steve Blake Towson State senior Sean Landeta .,,nas been named the punter on the Kodak All-America football team selected by the American Football Coaches Association announced this Week. Landeta finished among the leaders in NCAA Division II with his Towson State record 44.7 yards per Pun. t average this season, having led Uivision II punters through most of the season with a nearly 47.0 average. ""It came as a complete surprise to ,ra,e,"" said Landeta, who led NCAA utvision II punters with a 43.4 average as a sophomore and was se-cond his junior year with a 41.4 avera-e.6 ""It's the culmination of a lot of hard work."" Phil Albert, head coach of the Tigers, said Landeta's All-America status is a very deserving award. ""Sean has punted consistently for four years now. He is directly responsible for a lot of our success."" Albert went on to say that Landeta has put much work into this award, both in publie and behind the scenes. ""Sean has been blessed with a lot of physical ability and has worked with it, hard work."" Towson State Athletic Director Joe McMullen feels that Landeta's award is great, not only for Sean, but for the whole University. ""It puts a positive attitude in the air,"" said McMullen. He commented that this award, along with the announce-ment that Towson State is rated among the best schools in the nation for women, are just a few of the things that help the University's reputation. Women's guide praises TSU Feminist college guide gives Towson high marks By John B. O'Loughlin A new guide to colleges and univer-sities has hit the streets and it rates Towson State among the top schools in the nation. ""Everywoman's Guide to Colleges and Universities"" as the book is called, is a new guide to higher edu-cation with a different approach. Published by the Feminist Pres of Old Westbury, N.Y., the book deals with such topics as how many rapes were reported on campus, whether day care is available for children, and what percentage of student leaders and faculty are women. The highest scoring coeducational schools were Towson State, the Uni-versity of California at Berkely and Ohio State University. Each school received a score of eight stars. The guide awards up to three stars in each of five categories: curriculum; athletics; and percentage of women among student leaders, faculty administrators. Towson State earned single stars for female student leaders and admin-istrators, and two stars each for faculty, curriculum and athletics. No school received a perfect score of 15 stars, but Wellesley College in Massachusetts, a women's school, came close with 14. The runners-up were also women's colleges, including Hood College in Frederick with 11 stars. ""I'm very pleased,"" said Hoke L. Smith, University president. ""It's nice to be among such good company."" Smith said the report comes as no surprise since the University has a long tradition of positive aspects for women. Elaine F. Solez, special assistant to the president/affirmative action offi-cer, said Towson might have scored higher since Patricia Plante, vice president and dean of the university, was appointed after the study was finished. The report comes at a time when other groups see problems with women in college. The Association of American Col-leges' Project on the Status and Education of Women has published a paper entitled, ""The Classroom Climate: A Chilly One For Women?"" which asserts women are having a tough go of it in American colleges today. The paper says women pursuing traditionally masculine careers are facing continually ""chilly""�and sometimes hostile climates. It also states that minority women and returning older women are looked down upon as students. At the same time, the National Center for Educational Statistics has discovered that women are better off going to college. Tuition to go up this fall By John B. O'Loughlin For the second time in two years, colleges and universities across the country are raising tuition in mid-year. Schools from California to New York have announced in the last two weeks tuition increases which will take effect in January. At Towson State, how9ver, admin-istrators do not expect any increases in tuition, room and board, or student fees until next fall. ""Unless the state finds an unex-pected deficit in December, I cannot foresee any increase in January,"" said Hoke L. Smith, University president. Traditionally, mid-year increases were rare and universities usually made increases once a year, prior to the fall semester. Now many schools are raising tuition on an almost semester-by-semester basis, often with little advance warning to stu-dents, to cope with budget cuts. ""Raising tuition has been our only option to counter budget cuts,"" said Gene Garrett, chief financial officer of the University of Alabama-Hunts-ville, which will boost tuition 10 percent next quarter. Garrett announced the increase soon after the Alabama legislature cut the school's funding 10 percent last month. ""We just had to do some-thing to offset the revenue cut."" Locally, George Washington Uni-versity students are organizing protests of a proposed 25-percent increase which would take effect in January. A GW consultant recommended in September that the university raise its tuition in order to improve the school's image. The recommendation calls for an increase from the current $4,900 yearly tuition to $6,150. For now, though, Towson State students can expect to pay the same amount next semester as they did this fall. Ronald E. Garrison, assistant vice president for finance and systems management, said there has been no talk of a tuition hike for next semes-ter. However, Garrison said there will definitely be an increase next fall. According to Jackie Durbin, asso-ciate director of university relations, next year's tuition will climb a min-imum of $70�bringing to $1,030 the cost for in-state students. The price for out-of-state students will reach at least $2,140, she said. ""The cost may go up higher than that [$701,"" Garrison said. ""It depends on what the Maryland State Board for Higher Education decides,"" he said. Durbin also said that student fees will go up $30 next fall to $292. The tuition hike will go hand in hand with the proposed price tag on the new dorm complex. Students will pay between $2,980 and $3,259 next year to live on campus. While Towson State is awaiting next year's price structure from the governor's office, other colleges are raising tuition next month. The University of Missouri system will have to raise fees next semester by 11.2 percent, just after hitting students with a 17-percent hike last 'Men of Towson"" calender coming out By Shawn N. Hill One of the most recent trends of rege campuses across the country �as corne to Towson State. Following !�us lead of students at many colleges, ithlteluding the University of Mary- /Id, Towson senior Jack Linthicum ai,nd graduate Maria Sepe have pub- 4�shed a pinup calendar�for women. dThe Men of Towson,"" as the calen- 4tr le titled, will go on sale in early `'ecerriber. ""Calendars of women have always been sold to men,"" said co-creator Sepe, ""now we're giving the women a chance."" The calendar features 12 of Towson's best looking men, 10 students and two graduates, each pic-tured on a different month. All of the photographs used were taken by Sepe and show the men in casual dress in poses around the campus. The entrepreneurs behind the proj-ect first got their idea when they heard of similar calendars being printed at other universities across the country. Students at the Univer-sity of Maryland were working on a calendar last summer. Sepe and Linthicum decided to work together on the project and began work in October with the selec-tion of the men to be photographed. ""We chose some guys whom we knew,"" Sepe said, ""and also asked girls for suggestions of men they thought were good looking."" The 12 chosen to appear are rep-resentative of different groups at Towson ranging from freshmen to graduates. Linthicum, a business and econom-ics major, said that the project ""was a valuable experience."" Both he and Sepe are optimistic about the success of their calendar and look toward the possibility of similar projects in the future. ""It would be great for this to become a regular thing"" at Towson, Linthicum added. The calendar went to the printer on November 17, with 5000 copies ex-pected out by December 7. The cre-ators hope their calendar will be sold at the University through the book-store and at other area colleges as well. University seeks broader applicants By Mark Baltimore hen the new Towers, majestically k'aced between the Fine Arts Building and the rest of Towson State's campus, tthe University will begin it's slow 1:ansforrnation from a ""corrunuter col-vge"" to a major residence University. d inis s udden addition of some 1,600 thnrin rooms has expanded the role of Ale admissions staff at the University. gel Jackson, assistant director of ad-nnssions, said the admission staff has !Pread it's geographic boundries to tecruit students. I'the past, the admissions staff was ..,-,nnftned to recruiting students from the tialtimore metropolitan area and the ,iirrounding counties, Jackson said. 41.0wever, last spring ""we started get-ting to areas we had not been focusing 9,0 because of the housing problems,"" uackson said. In, reaching these areas that the Unwersity was unable to focus on in the Past, Jackson said the admissions staff Lu.ernbers have been visiting various 'Ugh schools in surrounding states. ""We went to the national college fair in Pitt-gh, a regional college fair in 'ruladelphia, one in Delaware, and in ,risn�rthern Virginia. We also went to a 'nuege night in York County, Penn- 5Ylvania,"" Jackson said. In order to recruit new students effec- 4,1velY, the admissions staff has elicited d""ie support of the alumni services ""eriartment, as well as administrators, faculty members, and students on cam-pus. The admissions department has formed recruitment teams that have been visiting various high schools, col-lege nights, and college fairs, in order to secure new admissions, Jackson said. These recruitment teams have con-sisted of five people. Usually an ad-ministrator, an admissions staff member, a faculty member and a stu-dent. Jackson said the recruitment teams have been successful thus far. in assisting the admissions staff. In addi-tion, the Alumni services department has elicited the support of University Alumni who have been meeting the recruiting teams at the sites. See RECRUITS, page 8 Work continues atop the new dorm complex. By Edvins Lagzdlns fall. The action is a result of an announcement by Missouri Governor Kit Bond telling campus administra-tors they will get $8.5 million less than they were promised. In all, 24 states have had to cut budgets this year because tax reve-nues have not come in as anticipated, according to the National Associa-tion of State Legislatures. Often these budget cuts affect the state-supported colleges and universities. Reacting to an expected reduction in state support in higher education next year, the University of Maryland Board of Regents Monday raised tuition 13.3 percent for next year instead of the proposed nine percent. The cost to attend UM as an under-graduate will reach $1,332 annually compared to $1,322 for in-state stu-dents at TSU. The cost will be higher for out-of-state students at both schools. According to Linda Vukavich, director of budget analysis for the University of Maryland, UM has not decided to raise tuition next semes-ter. ""We are only discussing next fall,"" she said. All proposed tuition increases for Maryland state schools are a result of a possible reduction in the increase of state support from 3.3 percent to 1.8 percent next year. The reduction in school budgets could also delay the completion of new computer facilities at eight Maryland colleges, said F. Perry Smith, Jr., chairman of the board of trustees of the state universities and colleges. The computers are scheduled to be installed in January but some cam-pus administrators fear budget cuts may hamper the installation. University police arrest man in Union By Mike Judge University police arrested a 20-year-old Towson resident early Tuesday morning and charged him with break-ing and entering into the SGA office complex. University police officers responded to a call at 3:00 a.m. Tuesday and found Brian Kennedy Whittemore of the 200 block of Stanmore Road, Towson, in-side the Union. The suspect said he saw a window broken and decided to call police. Whittemore said he was assaulted by an unknown person as he entered the Union. Under questioning, Whittemore said that he took a cinderblock and threw it through the window. He entered through the window into the office of the SGA President Dave Thomas. University police officers found the office in disarray and said the suspect had defecated on the floor. Whittemore said he could not be held responsible for his actions because he had been drink-ing, police said. Whittemore was charged with break-ing and entering, malicious destruction of property and making false state-ments to a police officer, said Lietue-nant Steve Murphy of the University police. Bail was set at $750 and Whittemore could not immediately meet bail. Whit-temore was held at the Baltimore Coun-ty Towson precinct. A January 11 trial date has been set. Black leaders attack apathy in TSU forum By James Hunt ""I woke up one day and found I didn't care,"" said William Marshall, a Towson State student. But when he began to realize the cost of apathy ""a worsening of the situation,"" particular-ly for black people, Marshall decided to organize a panel discussion to spread the word about ""The Price of Neglect."" The discussion, which took place Monday in the University Union, featured prominent members of the University's and Baltimore's black community. Each dealt with the pro-blem of apathy differently in their presentations � some drew from per-sonal experience, others from the political and social history of blacks in general, but all agreed apathy is a serious problem. ""Whenever we sit back and say we can't change anything, we assure nothing will be changed,"" said Douglass Miles, the first speaker. Miles, a minister at the Brown Memorial Presbyterian Church in Bolton Hill, focused his talk on the potential voting strength of the black electorate. Miles illustrated that potential with a review of the 1966 Maryland guber-natorial election. Spiro Agnew, he said, would have been defeated ""if twenty-one hundred more black voters had gone to the polls."" As it turned out, Miles added, Agnew was elected, later became Vice President and ""brought disgrace on Maryland."" ""History could have been altered,"" Miles concluded. Jim Whittaker, director of the Afro- American Culture Center, at Towson State, followed Miles. Whittaker criticized ""those who support taxes on unemployment benefits (for) holding the belief that blacks are not energetic."" ""The black community has always been energetic rather than apathetic... (since before the 1860's) blacks have been doing what they had to do to survive,"" Whittaker said. The black community is a ""sleeping giant,"" Whittaker concluded, acknowledging, though not by name, the assessment made by former City States' Attorney William Swisher of the strength of the black electorate. in this issue Ingrid Floyd examines the roles soci-ety places on males while looking at the ""macho male"" image page 2 The Tiger basketball squad opened its first season in the East Coast Conference this week with games against George Washington and Drexel page 4 This time for thanksgiving and pleasure has John Simpson looking toward nature while Harry Burstyn comments on journalistic coverage of the PLO-Israel war .......page 7 "