tl19831208-000 "Construction could begin next week County Council approves University parking garage funding The Baltimore County Council Monday night approved the sale of $3.8 million worth of Industrial Revenue Bonds (IRB) to fund construction of Towson State's long-awaited parking garage. Construction of the 1,055-car garage, to be located on Lot 11 in front of the University Union, could begin as early as next week if the contractor, the Mullan Garage Limited Partnership, can obtain building permits and sell the bonds, according to Donald McCulloh, vice-president of business and finance. If construction begins next week the garage could be completed by June, McCulloh said. McCulloh said he was not certain to what extent construction, if begun next week, would affect park-ing in Lot 11 during exams. The contractor, he said, will probably want to begin work as soon as pos-sible so that the drilling of the foundation can begin before the ground freezes. ""We hope to get pretty close to the conclusion of exams before closing the entire lot . [but] the builder is limited by the cold weather,"" McCulloh said. In any case, construction will close the lot for most of next semes-ter. The University is presently seeking to make arrangements to compensate for the loss of an estimated 350 parking spaces, McCulloh said, possibly including the use of space at St. Joseph's Hospital. Plans for the garage, approved November 1 by the state Board of Public Works, call for the construc-tion of three concrete decks above the present faculty/staff and car-pool lots in front of the University Union. The completed structure will create 765 new spaces over the 290 spaces it will occupy on the old lot. Access to the decks will be from Cross Campus Drive and will be reg-ulated by a traffic signal placed near the present pedestrian walkway. The ground level�a planned facul-ty/ staff lot�will have a separate entrance. McCulloh said earlier this semes-ter that he did not expect parking fees would be increased, but that any increase would be ""insignificant ... perhaps a dollar."" A parking garage was first proposed in 1969 as a means of alle-viating the University's parking problems. It The Towerlight -Vol. 77 No. 13 PUBLISHED BY THE STUDENTS OF TOWSON STATE UNIVERSITY TOWSON, MARYLAND 21204 December 8, 1983 Tis the season Santa Claus By James Hunt For 47,000 underprivileged Baltimore-area kids, Santa Claus isn't the fat, jolly man in the red suit. Santa Claus is the man collecting dol-lars, dimes and nickels at the Union Hall, the lady holding benefit card parties, the college students playing football for an entire weekend in November: he is all the people contributing their time and money to Santa Claus Anonymous. Santa who? � � � Fifty years ago, Theodore McKeldin, president of the Baltimore Junior Association of Commerce Anonymous 'gives kids a Christmas' (whu would later become MAyor of Baltimore), founded Christmas Party, Inc. That first year, Christmas Party, Inc., raised $800 and held a Christmas party, featuring cake, cookies and food baskets, for 150 children at the old Century Theatre downtown. Thus was born Santa Claus Anonymous, in spirit if not in name. (The name was adopted in 1956.) Several years later, the group began distrib-uting gift certificates to parents who couldn't afford to buy their children presents. By the 1970s Santa Claus Anonymous was serving over 40,000 children a year and the value of the gift certificates has risen to $5. Over the last 50 years, SCA has raised over $4,500,000 and served over one million children. ""Tiger Spirit Club"" gains SGA approval By Mike Judge A new group hoping to help increase attendance at Towson State sporting events was approved by the Student Government Associ-ation Tuesday. The Tiger Spirit Club, according to club president Brian Dudley, Plans to work with acting athletic director Terry Wanless to promote attendance at sporting events among students. ""We want to give incentive to go to the games, and word-of-mouth promotion will bring in the crowds,"" Dudley said. Dudley and his roommate got their idea for the club two months ago, and asked Wanless to advise the club. ""With the good football team we had this season, there is no reason not to have good atten-dance,"" Dudley said. In other business, the Traffic and Parking subcommittee met with Lieutenant Paul Kelley of the University Police about cars park-ing illegally in spaces reserved for carpool permit holders. Chances are, none of those children knew it. ""It has always been our feeling that a child will better appreciate the gift received if he or she thinks that it came from their parents or Santa Claus,"" according to Kenneth L. Jones, executive vice president of SCA. ""In addition, it allows the parent to maintain some self-respect in not having the child realize they are the recipient of charity."" � � � Almost two-thirds of the money raised comes from individual donors, such as a man who col-lects year-round at the Union Hall in Dundalk and a lady who has been having card parties for the last 20 years to benefit SCA, and special events, such as the Marathon Football weekend. ""It has always been our feeling that a child will better appreci-ate the gift received if he or she thinks that it came from their parents or Santa Claus . . ."" �Kenneth L. Jones, Santa Claus Anonymous (Marathon Football weekend, for the uninitiated, is 100 hours of flag football, played continuously by teams from Baltimore-area colleges and hospi-tals during a weekend in November.) All the money SCA receives goes toward the purchase of gift certificates redeemable for chil-dren's toys and clothing at 33 local merchants. The SCA is staffed by an almost-all-volunteer force. (There is one part-time secretary.) � � � This year, Jones said, Santa Claus Anonymous hopes to raise $376,000. As of last week, SCA had sent out $8 gift certificates to the parents of 47,000 children so that they will arrive in time for Christmas, Jones said. Now the burden on the SCA is to raise the money needed to cover the certificates before the merchants begin redeem-ing them. Thus far, Jones said, only ""about $50,000"" has been raised. ""At this point, we're way behind. Last year we made the goal on Christmas Eve. That's what we're trying to strive for this year. � � � Contributions may be brought or sent to: Santa Claus Anonymous Carrollton Bank 2 Charles Plaza Baltimore, Maryland 21201 The subcommittee reported that the police were concerned about the problem, and have begun to ticket illegally parked cars. Police are not towing cars with multiple tickets, because Lot 11 is a ""low priority"" for towing. Treasurer Kelley Ray announced that the SGA will sponsor a study hall in both Newell and Glen Dining Halls the nights before final exam days. Servomation will provide free drinks and hot dogs from 8 p.m. to midnight, and the SGA will provide free donuts. Student petition credited with gaining rebate from C&P By James Hunt A student petition was credited With helping to persuade the phone company to grant a rebate of certain fees levied earlier this semester to residents of the new Glen Towers. Ralph Valle, head of office ser-vices, said that ""student efforts Were instrumental in [the Ches-apeake and Potomac telephone company's] decision"" to refund $26.35 in phone hookup and service charges that were charged only to residents of the Towers. The petition began circulating earlier this semester among res-idents of the Towers after they noticed that they were the only campus residents to be levied those charges. Valle also negotiated with the phone company to get the rebate although he noted that the phone company was within its legal right to charge the fees. ""Federal regulations stipulate that the first resident in any build-ing� whether it is a house or a motel�must pay the installation charges."" The phone company, however, decided to ""take the loss"" and refund the money, Valle said. The parking garage will be in Lot 11. Fear and Loathing at TSU Michelango: The Last Judgement, detail Final Exam Schedule Course Meets MWF 11 a.m. TR 8 a.m. MWF 3 p.m. MWF 9 a.m. MWF 2 p.m. MWF 12 p.m. TR 3:30 p.m. TR 9:30 a.m. MWF 1 p.m. TR 12:30 p.m. MWF 10 a.m. MWF 4 p.m. MWF 8 a.m. TR 2 p.m. TR 11 a.m. Date Exam Time Dec. 14 1-3 p.m. 8-10 a.m. � 10:30-12:30 p.m. Dec. 15 8-10 a.m. 1-3 p.m. Dec. 16 8-10 a.m. 10:30-12:30 p.m. 1-3 p.m. Dec. 19 8-10 a.m. 1-3 p.m. Dec. 20, 8-10 p.m. 10:30-12:30 p.m. 1-3 p.m. Dec. 21 8-10 a.m. 1-3 p.m. Osier offers cure for colds If the proliferation of runny noses and coughing mouths hawking decongestants, antihistamines and other such agents of bacterial elim-ination on the television are any indication, the cold and flu season is upon us. According to an article in this month's Smithsonian magazine, the late Dr. William Osler, the eminent Hopkins physician and the man for whom Osier Drive, which bisects Towson State, was named, offered the following cure for those afflicted by the common cold: ""Go to bed. Hang your hat on a bedpost. Drink whiskey until you see two hats. In the morning you'll be much better."" 'Nuff said. See you between the sheets. �James Hunt ""I'll be home or Christmas..."" Outbuilding near the University Club by Lonnie Tinunons This is the last issue of The Towerlight for the fall semester. The Towerlight will publish again January 26. In the meantime, have a happy and safe holiday... "
