The Towerlight, December 9, 1982

tl19821209-000 "The Towerlight Vol. 76 No. 14 PUBLISHED BY THE STUDENTS OF TOWSON STATE UNIVERSITY TOWSON, MARYLAND 21204 MINIM December 9, 1982 MERRY CHRISTMAS Towerlight Photo Santa Claus charms youngsters at White Marsh Mall, Santa's present at local Malls is a true sign that Christmas is soon to follow. Iblionalawitlion seen successful By Chuck Jones cLeonard R. Raley, director of 6,41elni services, said the phone-a- �11, sponsored by the Development 4 v�""ad, brought in more money than . b, eXpected. Iv'1410Y said the phone-a-thon, which held November 1 through 18, is approximately $45,000, which 48 $15,000 over the goal set for the event. they said the goal for the phone-a- ' now in its fifth year, was h2,000 and added that he was sur- 8 ed at the response from alumni. vi:We were very successful in a year b ""dere, economically, the country is in ILD,41-kaPe,'' he said. 9�gLeY said volunteers made over tils'u0 telephone calls and added that aVerage pledge came to $20, 4.1ell is more than last year's aver- Pledge. iti,Fie said other state schools are hay-r of years"" but added that leen is having ""an up year."" it aleY said 779 pledges have come the l of a week ago and of that total, e mverage pledge has been $31.31. thisa�d.ded that last year's average at it gine was only $15. ti rti eleY said that in past years the rtioriv.erejtY did not receive much , 4 from alumni, but this year was 81 Prise. 50`ie said the phone-a-thon received Yea.ercent more pledges than last do,, and the number of first-time ""Hera has increased. Plove,�,,elso said a number of unem-iuBi: alumni donated money. It c014""ea to show you that people will ehale throu g h'"" he said. 511 t, Y said he expects 80 percent of e pledges to be collected two /71'118 after the phone-a-thon ended. e added that he expects to take in Pied 111�deY than was originally e s, ge.d because ""a lot of 'will consid- 4.,w111 Come through."" 'eY said a lot of alumni say they ceasider pledging but will not give a definite -amount and then later will send a donation. He said the volunteers were a definite factor in the success of the phone-a-thon. ""Without the volun-teers we couldn't have done as well,"" he said. Almost all the money raised by the phone-a-thon will go directly to the Towson State University Foundation for University President Hoke L. Smith to use to help the school ""as he sees fit,"" Raley said. He said there were ""some costs, very few,"" and added that the phone-a- thon expenses were mostly some food bills. Raley said $1,500 was spent for food and drink for the volunteers but said he considers that not to be much because of the $45,000 it returned. He said most of the money pledged is ""unrestricted,"" meaning that the money will go where it is needed most in the University. Raley said some of the money will go to faculty development, where the University can send its professors to conferences to ""brush up"" on current happenings in their fields. He said some of the money will go to Presidential Scholarships to be given to freshmen for their entire four years. He added that some of the money will be given to supplemental scholarships on a ""need basis."" Raley said some of the money will be given to the library and some will be given to cover operating costs of the University. He said the University gets only 58 percent of its money from the state; the rest is from fund-raisers and stu-dents' tuitions. Dave Thomas, SGA president , separates alumni from their money in the annual phon-a-thon . Biggest on the East Coast TSU hosts touniey By Mike Judge Over 400 students from 51 schools converged on the Towson State cam-pus last weekend for the 12th annual H.L. Mencken Speech and Debate Tournament, sponsored by the Tow-son State Forensics team. ""The tournament is the biggest on the East Coast in the first semester,"" said Bob Robertson, a tournament judge who was president of Forensics team in 1978. ""This tournament helps give Towson a positive image."" The tournament featured three separate divisions of debate, plus 16 different kinds of individual speech competitions. The Towson State Forensic team debates in CEDA�Cross Examina-tion Debate Analysis, and is cur-rently ranked 13th in the nation. The higher ranked teams are located in the Western United States, so Tow-son was the highest ranked team at the tournament, although they could not compete for awards as sponsors of the tournament. Villanova University defeated Bob Jones University of South Carolina in the CEDA finals. The Villanova team debated against a resolution that a unilateral freeze by the United States on nuclear weapons production and development would be desirable. University President Hoke L. Smith sided with Brigadier General William Ogletree and Major General John Purley Cooper, Jr., in voting for Villanova. Two debate coaches, including Steve Verch, Towson's assistant CEDA coach, voted for Bob Jones. Columbia resident Dave Harris, a debater from the College of William and Mary, said ""the same evidence is used by first time teams and those who make the finals. Organization and familiarity with the material is what wins a debate."" Two students came from St. Anselm's in New Hampshire to corn-pete and reached the quarter-finals. ""We came here because it was our first time at a good CEDA tourna-ment,"" said Bob Sommerfeld, a first year debater. Several other schools came from long distances to attend the tourna-ment. Twelve members of Florida's Stetson University team traveled 18 hours in a motor home, and they took home 11 awards in the individual speaking events. The start of a tradition Eight Midshipmen gave up a trip to the Army-Navy game in Philadel-phia in order to compete here. One of the reasons many of the students came to Towson was for the party that was held Friday night. ""This is the last debate of the fall semester, so it gives the students a chance to loosen up in a usually tense environment,"" said Brenda Logue, director of the Forensic team. ""This gives speakers and debaters a chance to intermingle outside of the com-petition."" Another unique feature of the Mencken tournament is the Spirit of the Chesapeake Award. The award, won this year by the Prince George's Community College, goes to the school that shows the best compet-itive spirit. Prince George's team won the award for its showing in the individ-ual events, winning four out of five awards in the informative novice competition, along with its behavior at the party. Team members cheered with pom-poms, wore PGCC t-shirts, and tap danced on the tables in a show of spirit that was unequaled by other schools. Caroling raises spirit By Terie Wolan To boost student involvement on campus and encourage the Christmas spirit, a Christmas sing-along pro-gram will be held this Saturday. The purpose of the program is ""to start a campus tradition and to get a feeling of unity for all the students,"" said Chris Hartmann, a music educa-tion major, who is helping to organize the event. Vincent Lawrence, who will be con-ducting the Chorale, said the sing-along ""is really a noble and dramatic effort ... and it could be a very significant kind of tradition started."" The program will begin at 7:30 p.m. when students will gather at Hawk-ins Plaza, between the Lecture Hall and Hawkins Hall. Then, at 7:45, students will walk in a candlelight procession to Stephens Hall. Hartmann said song sheets will be provided, and many sororities, fra-ternities and campus organizations are expected to participate. Students should bring their own candles, and everyone is encouraged to attend, he said. The actual program will take place in the Stephens Auditorium at 8 p.m., and along with the audience singing, the TSU Chorale and the Brass Ensemble will perform traditional Christmas carols. Hoke Smith, University president, who will be giving welcoming re-marks, said the sing-along is ""a fine idea, it enriches the campus."" Hartmann emphasized the impor-tance of commuter students attend-ing and said the parking lots behind Linthicum Hall and next to the University Union will be open to accommodate the commuters. He feels this event provides an opportunity for ""everyone to feel like they are a part of their school. And, hopefully, this will start a tradition that we can look forward to year after year."" Colleges clean up asbestos (CPS)�Linda Peters, a staff member of the business school at the University of Maryland's College Park campus, had to spend a week this summer packing the department up, and moving it to temporary quar-ters on another floor of the building. Then, several days later, in a scene reminiscent of ""E.T.,"" decontamina-tion workers dressed in protective suits and wearing air filtration masks sealed off the business school offices. The 35 especially-trained workers themselves could enter only if they wore protective garb. They had to exit through a decontamination facil-ity after being thoroughly hosed down. They were busy removing from the area what had been there all along: asbestos. ""It [the asbestos] never bothered me that much to begin with,"" Peters says. ""But I guess it's better to get the stuff out of here."" But it bothers administrators at Maryland and dozens of other colleges across the country enough to start very expensive asbestos removal programs at a time when they're all short of money. ""Of everything we suspect of being cancerous, we have the most exten-sive information on asbestos directly linking it to lung cancer and other respiratory problems,"" asserts John Hoogakker, physical plant director at Rockford College and a member of a special task force established to investigate the college campus asbes-tos problem. Asbestos can also lead to meso- See ASBESTOS, page 2 TSU asbestos free By Marty Kerr Asbestos was ordered to be removed from the tunnel that serves Stephens Hall, Newell Hall, the Power Plant and Van Bokkelen Hall in May of 1980. Pat Walsh, assistant director of the Physical Plant on cam-pus, said that the asbestos that was found has been cleaned up. ""There is no more asbestos on campus other than possibly in the walls of Stephens Hall, which until it is renovated we won't know. Any asbestos that was in the open or any that anyone could see was removed,"" Walsh said. Asbestos is a known carcinogenic substance that is essentially found everywhere. It can become a poten-tial health problem only when it is friable and becomes airborne. ""We sort of killed two birds with one stone. When the buildings such as Newell, Van Bokkelen, Stephens and Richmond were being renovated, the asbestos was also removed,"" Walsh said. He went on to say that most of the buildings that are on campus now were erected after the asbestos era. ""All the new buildings we have now have no asbestos whatsoever."" The removal of the asbestos from the tunnel was expected to cost approximately $26,000, but only cost around $22,000 and was done by Mechanical Asbestos Removal. ""When we found the original prob-lem in the tunnel, we jumped right on it, for it's life and safety first, then other matters,"" Walsh said. He continued that ""any asbestos that we have now would be encap-sulated some way or another, either within a bulding structure, a pipe chase or something like that. And as long as it's not disturbed or broken, then there's no danger."" Walsh said. Illtiversity Residence Government surveys Newell food 1)Y Loraine Mirabella 1'h e n Residence Govern- fort Icaeilities Committee, in an d- m r t�,nnprove residence dining, poll-asident students to find opinions 0 c the quality of Newell Diring Hall t:)cir enzntnittee members Rich Les r lck - Roache, Mark Scott, Linda Ch1.7and U.R.G. President Melanie resv;.08, originated the poll in .,rense to student concern. eo '; he ennunittee wanted a basic givi e Leneus of complaints so we could hack j8ervomation managers) feed- pro- n'orn students of changes or im-cherrients that could be made,"" itriges said. atude.841ta showed that resident tlihts eat at Newell an average of - Lutes a week and feel that food quality is ""basically good."" Committee members, along with Thom Ruby, assistant director of auxilary enterprises, Gary McPher-son, Servomation manager, and a regional manager of Servomation, participated in a taste testing of en-trees rated as ""worst"" by students. As a result, improvements such as reducing salt and changing sauces were made in entrees. Plastic covers were also provided as a result of the poll. The committee is discussing the possibility of offer-ing a wider variety of snacks at lunch and offering certain foods now served only at lunch at dinner as well. ""Servomation has been helpful and open to suggestions,"" Chirigos said. ""They were impressed by the en-thusiasm of the committee."" Committee members planned the menu for an Oriental dinner on December 8, and have invited ad-ministrators from the residence department. ""We'll also be taking a tour of the kitchen to observe procedures,"" Chi-rigos said. The U.R.G. Judicial Committee, which deals with resident students facing possible termination of con-tract, has held three hearings this semester. All three hearings dealt with alcohol related violations, Chirigos said. The committee consists of three students appointed by the U.R.G. president, one residence department staff member, and two University ad-ministrators. ""With three fellow students (on the committee) the hearings are to the benefit of the student,"" Chirigos said. Along with admissions staff mem-bers, U.R.G. representatives have also been involved in recruiting students. In addition ""one represen-tative of U.R.G. has been at Open House every Wednesday,"" Chirigos said. As U.R.G. president, Chirigos is one of four students representing the student body on the Residence Plan-ning Committee, which consists of administrators and students and deals with decisions regarding the new Towers. The committee is concerned with advertising, marketing. recruiting and pricing of the new Towers and student participation has allowed student opinion to be voiced to ad-ministrators on these topics, Chirigos said. ""They (University president's staff) wanted the old Tower priced the same as the new dorms but the four students (on the committee) op-posed the vote,"" Chirigos said. ""The new dorms will be an advan-tage to U.R.G.,"" she added. ""With more students on campus we'll be able to plan more activities."" U.R.G. plans for spring semester include non-alcoholic activities in-volving dorm competition and fund-raisers. If you drink over the holidays, please don't drive� The Towed ight This is the last is iue of The Tower-light for 1982. HAPPY HOLIDAYS FROM THE STAFF OF THE TOWER LIGHT. "