The Towerlight, December 8, 1978

tl19781208-000 "VOL. LXXII No. 13 ing - .r 6 TOWSON STATE UNIVERSITY December 8, 1978 News commentator, Paul Harvey, mixed philosophy with humor at his lecture last Sunday. For the story, see page 8. TL Photo by Joe Voeglein Many buildings wasting heat by Judy Wilner A campus hot spot is not what you might think. It isn't the Pub on a Thursday night or a benparty in the Tower. A hot spot is an ' overheated classroom. Two of the warmest buildings on campus are Stephens and Van Rokkelen halls. Because the build-ings are not air conditioned they are, understandably, hot in the summer months. Yet, even during the cold winter Months, the buildings-arettoo warm. Steam can be seen rising up from the radiators and floating out the �Pen windows. Leon Herring, director of physical Dlant, said the overheating problem occurs in the two old buildings because the heat runs on an on-off sYstem operated at the boiler plane. The buildings are joined together under the same system which uses I mY pressure steam for heat. One way to stop the overheating of these classrooms and the wasting l)f energy is for someone to call the boiler plant when the buildings get too hot, Herring said. The heat will be turned off. John Suter, director of campus Planning, said the renovation of Van Rokkelen is still in the planning stage, but the deadline fer the designs is in March, 1979. State appropriation of funds for Explore jobs Dec. 28 OPERATION NATIVE SONS AND DAUGHTERS, a program Which brings together employers and college seniors and graduates, Wjl be held at the Towson Center on uecember 28 from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. Over 75 employers will be present to interview students in an effort to fill current and projected job �Penings. More than 2,000 seniors 4nd graduates from the- Metropolitan Baltimore area repre- Senting colleges and universities throughout Maryland and the surronnding states are expected to attend. All majors will be represented. This one-day recruiting event is osponsored by placement offices of local colleges and universities, the Raltimore County Chamber of Commerce, and the Greater Balti- More Committee. The program is ,being coordinated by Francis J. LeMire, director of placement at Towson. Placement office representatives Urge attendance if you will be graduating during the coming Year--or if you have already graduated but are still job hunting. 'ion should bring copies of your resume to distribute to interested employers. In case of snow, the program will he held on Friday, December 29. the renovation will not take place until May, 1979. If the state does decide to provide funding for the hall next year, construction may begin in late June, 1979, Suter said. He estimates the construction will take 14-16 months to complete. Van Bokkelen's new heating system will probably be similar to those in Richmond and Newell halls, Herring said. Steam is used to heat up water which gives off heat and is circulated through the building. Another campus hot spot is the Towson Center arena. The site of concerts, basketball games, and other revenue earning events, is not air conditioned and therefore not used during the summer. Although the entire building was originally planned to be air conditioned, the state legislature voted not to air condition state athletic buildings. Consequently, funds to air condition the Towson Center arena were not provided during its construction. Now the University is trying to get the arena area air conditioned. Even though provisions were made during construction . so that air conditioning could be installed at a later date, the cost of the job , is estimated at $165,000, Suter said. The money will come from the auxiliary enterprise reserve which is generated from Towson Center activities, Suter said. But first, the proposal must be passed by the Board of Trustees for State Colleges and Universities. The proposals, mailed to the board on October 19th, must be reviewed by a board sub-committee, before com-ing before the board. Robert Riley, Towson Center manager, said the university's justification for air conditioning the arena is that the building could then be used in the warmer months and would bring in aditional revenue. Other overheated areas can be found in newer buildings such as Smith, Linthicum and the University Union. Herring said in these buildings, the outside temperature determines whether the heat or air conditioning turns on or off. The heat and cooling system then regulates room tem-perature to a cool 68 degrees. In the fall and winter when the air conditioning is turned off to conserve energy, the rooms can become too warm due to body heat which raises temperatures above the 68� setting, Herring said. Library hoursJanuary 2-29 Monday-Thursday 8 a.m.-6 p.m. Friday 8 a.m.-5 p.m. Saturday and Sunday Closed January .30-31 Tuesday and Wednesday 9 a.m.-5' p.m. Correction Towerlight incorrectly identified children enrolled in the Student Day Care Center as potential recipients for free and reduced meals (November 10, 1978 issue). The article should have read Demonstration Childcare enter. Lack of witnesses hinders investigation Arson suspected in Tower fire by Katherine Dunn Residence � officials have had difficulty exposing a person whom they suspect is guilty of pulling false alarms and starting a small fire in the Residence Tower because of a lack of verifiable witnesses. ""It seems to be almost common knowledge that a particular person is doing it...There's one person who's just too around when these things are happening,"" said Barry Evans of the residence office. However Evans said that they only have hearsay evidence since no witnesses are willing to come forward. One student who wishes to remain anonymous said, ""No one wants to say anything because most people are afraid of the guy."" A recent rash of complaints about false alarms was followed by 3:30 and 5 a.m. alarms Sunday morning in the Tower. . The first alarm was set off when someone turned on the water to the sprinkler system which automatical-ly set off the alarm. The second was triggered by an actual fire in the kitchen of the second floor. The fire started - in paper near an oven and was put out with a fire extinguisher. Gene Dawson, director of the campus police, said it is ""not uncommon to have paper fires around stoves."" He added that, ""There is a person suspected of being involved, but we haven't determined that it is arson at this point, but it is being looked at."" The firemen later went through the Tower to make sure everyone Council approves Masters P.E. program by Mark Adams The Academic Council last Mon-day approved a Master of Science degree program in Elementary Physical Education and delayed for one week its decision on a proposal for divestment of all stocks held in companies with South African Operations. Delayed for two years, the M.S. program was approved with amend-ments after a_lengthy debate on the specific working of the proposal. As it stands, prospective students will receive an M.S. in Elementary Physical Education with a concen-tration in research without complet-ing the customary master's thesis. The proposal will now be submitted to the Board of Trustees for State Colleges and Universities. The council began debate on the South African divestment proposal despite the failure of the TSU committee 'against apartheid to provide documents that the council members 'had requested in the November 6 meeting. Paul Wisdom, vice president for institutional development, and president of the Towson Founda-tion, asked the council to reject the proposal, which he described as notentially injurious to the Towson Foundations autonomous fundrais-ing efforts. Wisdom had previously sent each of the council members a position paper documenting the foundations objections to the pro-posal. Members of the Committee Against Apartheid reiterated their opposition to South African invest-ments and answered questions until the meeting was adjourned. Debate will resume at 4 p.m. Monday on the third floor of the University Union building. The council will also complete its regujar agenda at this meeting. Despite a no-smoking rule instituted last year which for-bids smoking in classrooms, some instructors and students continue to puff away at lectures. TSU English instructor Dr. Alfred Wolokowitz tells students who object to his smoking to ""either sit by a window or drop the course."" TL Photo by Oliver Dziggel Some professors still smoke during classes by Evelyn Hoopes Last May the Academic Council passed a resolution prohibiting smoking in all classrooms except where the unanimous written consent of all persons in the class was given by secret ballot. Although many students do not even know of the existence of the ruling, the few who did said some students and teachers still smoke during class but do not bother students or at least none corn-plained. One professor who continues to smoke during class is Dr. Alfred Wolokowitz, associate professor of English. He says people ought to be able to smoke in class because ""we have been conditioned by society ever since we were young, by the Marlboro Man and others, and it is arbitrary to suddenly take that right away."" Wolokowitz, who smokes a pipe, said he is aware of the Academic Council's ruling but tells students who object to his smoking to ""either sit by a window or drop the course."" He adds that he has gotten no negative feedback from students in the eight or nine years he's been working here, but if he does he might reconsider his policy. Another teacher who takes � a slightly different approach to the smoking problem is Dr. Eric Belgrad, professor of political science. Although he has been a heavy smoker for 28 years, he does try to help his students by positioning them and himself next to the window. He added that in a 2/ hour seminar, if he doesn't smoke he loses concentration. Asked what he thought of teachers who give the ultimatum to either sit by a window or drop the course, Belgrad said, ""I don't think dropping a course on those grounds is fair to the student."" He added, ""I've tried to stop smoking and found it absolutely impossible to function."" One instructor who agrees with the Academic Council's ruling is Dr. Dan Jones, professor of English. ""A number of faculty members ask if there is anyone who objects to their smoking,"" said Jones, but he chooses not to smoke during his classes. He said he was not really aware of a loss of concentration due to his cigarette abstinence during class hours, but that ""I'm very happy to get out of class and light up."" He noted that classes seem to be a bit longer than they used to be. ""In a closed atmosphere, without ventilation, like many of the classrooms are, there is the possibility that someone could be bothered,"" Jones added. ""I have to respect the students' rights."" Dorothy Siegel, vice president and dean of students, said she has received only one complaint this semester and she took it up with the department head. ""The cases seem to be very isolated,"" she said. She added that either they (students) are putting up with it or there's been a conformity to the law."" Dr. Richard Vatz, assistant professor of communications arts and sciences, said some teachers totally ignore the ruling and some do not but ""there really is not much the students can do about it because the type of teacher who would refuse to acknowledge the Academic Coun-cil's ruling would be the same type of teacher to smoke in class. ' I would recommend that stu-dents not complain to a smoking teacher because it is too risky, ' ' Vatz said. ""A teacher can make a class most uncomfortable for a student, not to mention the grades,"" Vatz said. He added that if a student were to make a request that a teacher not smoke, that he realize teachers smoke habitually and they often do not realize that what they are doing is bothersome to people. ""So ask them politely,"" he said. was evacuated. They obtained 32 names of residents who did not leave the building. One student said that he was sure that there were many more than 32 people still left in the Tower. Mary Lee Farlow said that each of these students will be sent a letter telling them that they do not have the option to stay in their rooms during a fire alarm. She said that repeat offenders can be expelled from on-campus housing. 'While searching for the people who stayed in, the campus police found some suspected marijuana in one of the rooms in the Tower. Dawson said they could not determine who it belonged to because it ""could have been placegl there by anyone."" The suspected marijuana is now being analyzed and ""at this point there don't appear to be any charges placed."" In a separate incident in Scar-borough Hall last Thursday Leland Jackson, a non-student, was arrest-ed for trespassing. He was arrested after some students complained that someone was selling drugs in Scarbor6ugh, but when the confiscated pills and capsules were analyzed, they were not narcotic. Jackson was charged only with trespassing and was held on $5,000 bond. Later that same night police went to interview witnesses in the Jackson case when they heard loud music and smelled marijuana coming from down the hall. They found a number of men smoking and confiscated the suspected marijua-na. It was then sent to the Baltimore County police lab for analysis and charges are pending the analysis. Chance to air police qualms by John Bennett The SGA plans to give students an opportunity to air their grievances against parking services and the campus police at a forum on Dec. 12 in the University Union cafeteria from noon to 1 p.m. Campus police and parking services representatives will be available to hear student com-plaints. SGA director of Communications Kevin Stevens said the SGA hopes the forum will help improve poor communications between students and the campus police. Recent reports of harassment of students by the police prompted the organiza-tion of the forum, Stevens said. Stevens said he thinks much of the resentment students have toward the police is caused by the lack of a means of challenging parking tickets which they feel are not warranted. Stevens said the problems can't be eliminated without communication and mutual cooperation, and that the police need to realize that Towson State is a separate community, not part of surrounding Baltimore County. In this issue The Play's the Thing: Towerlight's resident sports playwright spins a new and exciting ,tale. What's it about? Hint: you'll see Rog and Gum-by where you never thought you'd see them again page 15 bver the Hump: Several of TSU's own conquer themselves and Satyr Hill in last weekend's Maryland Marathon. page 15 Paper Chase: Need a term paper topic? Try a term paper about a term paper if unique is what you seek. page 9 Speakout: The eighth H.L. Mencken Forensics tournament brings vocal students from far and wide to ring their orations through our hallowed halls page 6 Test Time: Know when you're next exam rolls around? Some of us lose track of the hours this time of year, but TL's exam schedule can help. page 6 Divestiture Debate: The two sides of the divestiture controversy, from two deeply involved in the issue here at TSU page 3 "