The Towerlight, February 19, 1987

tl19870219-000 "Inside John Schuerholz Meet TSU graduate 'John Schuerholz, now vice presi-dent and general manager of the 1985 World Champion Kansas City Royals...page 3. The To ight Published weekly by the students of Towson State University Towson, MD 21204 Index IlOWS 19 sports 3, 4 features & entertainment 5, 6 classifieds , editorial 2 7, 8 10 perspectiveM 11 weekwatcher 12 01. 80 No. 17 February 19, 1987 n-person to bow to on- line by Robert Pattison News reporter Towson State University will be using a new computer system in registering students for the fall 1987 semester that will provide a complete and official schedule of 'lasses, eliminating the need for '11-person registration, University Acials said. ""In-person registration will de-noitely be out,"" said Dave Decker, Associate Director of Registration 111d Records. WiIliam Reu(ling, University 4egistrar, said the new system cost about $4.5 million and was Purchased by the State of Mary-land under direction of the Board if Directors for all state colleges alld universities. �l'he system takes effect on April and will involve all degree can-dates formally admitted to the Jniversity, Reuling said. Course request forms will be Nailed out by March 16 to all udents eligible for registration, uecker said.� L Schedule booklets will be distri- Luated after spring break and will u,,e available in the University union, the Albert S. Cook Library 411d other locations still to be deter- 111010(1, Reuling said. Registration will be held over a five-week period and conducted in room 213 of the Registrar's Office in the Administration building, Decker said. Students will be scheduled for registration according to their class standing and the number of credit hours accumulated, Decker said. Seniors will be scheduled first over two days with one additional day for rescheduling, Decker said. There are about 1,400 seniors eligible for registration next semester, Decker said. If a student is unable to keep his appointment, then he should call the Registrar's Office to set up another time, Decker said. The number of students sche-duled each day will be divided into two, three hour sections, one in the morning and one in the afternoon, Decker said. For seniors this will involve about 350 students in each time period, Decker added. Juniors will be scheduled over four days with one additional day for rescheduling, Decker said. Decker added that there are about 2,200 juniors eligible for registra-tion next semester. Sophomores and freshmen will be scheduled in the same manner as the upper classmen, Decker Students to decide Nuclear Free issue by Doug Wood News reporter A. resolution to promote cultural diversity at Towson tate University was introduced during Tuesday's 9A Senate Meeting. oehate Bill 1986-87 #20R, which proposes to promote Illtural diversity at the University, was introduced by ehator Dale Graham and referred to the Senate evernmeht Operations Committee. According to raham, this bill is batled on Senate Bill 1986-871412R, hich failed to pass due to the inclusion of several lious holidays as well as the words ""slave driver"". I took the bill and rewrote it and took out the ording that upset the senators. What I am hoping to ieve with this is to get the student government to ognize that we have to represent the students and Aa have to represent all cultures. We have to realize the ""Iv,orsity of the University. Hopefully this proposal livi.11 encourage students to respect cultural diversity,"" tild Graham. Is According to Graham, the bill will establish a ictly honorary code--no actual punishments will be oked against violators. The resolution really has no teeth to it, it doesn't 154,LPish students or organizations for not respecting it; 1.1Ist encourages them to respect cultural diversity, ,!Id Graham. The bill was sent to the Senate Govern-nt Operations Committee. will other news, Senate Bill 1986-87 #16, a resolution Vi ieh would place the Nuclear Free Zone question on March SGA ballot, 'passed by a 10-0-2 vote. LAihile response to the STAND-NFZ proposal has o favorable on the whole, some senators have riressed doubts about the practicality and feasa-said. Exact numbers of students eligible for registration were unavailable. In between each class will be a day where no scheduling will take place, Decker said. This day will be used to generate a tally of students in each class and will be given to all academic departments showing which classes are full and which classes still have spaces open, Decker said. This will allow departments to decide if a class needs to be en-larged by adding more sections or perhaps dropped if an insufficient number of students signed up for that class, Decker added. Any students unable to make any of the scheduled registration days should contact the registrar's office and inquire about evening appointments, Decker said. Although it will not be adver-tised there will be several evenings set aside for scheduling if enough students demonstrate a need for late appointments, Decker said. However, students are encouf: aged to keep their original appoint-ment. ""It's to the student's advan-tage to keep their appointment time,"" Decker added. The new system will enable a computer operator sitting at a � terminal to enter a student's selec- ()to y aren McMahon SGA Vice President Chris Krivos helped clarify questions pertaining to the nuclear free issues SGA Senate meeting. bility of this proposal. Graham said, ""It would be very difficult for TSU to become a Nuclear Free Zone because it is a state-supported institution, responsible to the governor, state board of higher education, and board of trustees. We would have a hard time com-plying with the NFZ regulations. But students do have a right to a voice."" Fourteen members of STAND were present in the gallery, including president Joe Delia and vice presi-dent Pat Walsh. During debate of the NFZ issue, SGA President Chris Krivos said that part of the NFZ proposal would not be binding, that which required that the SGA See SGA, page 9 bespite predictions by Doug Wood New, reporter f,kecording to the U.S. Department hit F:ducation, enrollment on the n's campuses rose last fall, `131ing predictions once again. reported by the College Press fhei'vice, the department's Center Education Statistics said in a tt,7, 88 release that some insti- ,;`lons attributed the year's in- 'he toimprovedacademicoro-itns and to more intensive ,i,s'ruiting of non-traditional dents. 'N ationwide, 151,000 more stu-that it will drop, dents enrolled this year, bringing the total number of people taking classes last fall to 12.3 million-- a one percent increase in the American student body, according to the department census. While national enrolhnon at two-year colleges rose by a signifi-cant 2.5 percent enrollment at four-year schools remained at tne same level, mainly because of recruit-ment efforts aimed at older and part-time students, as well as high school seniors. Most experts had predicted that college ,,iirollment woulddecline through the decade because there are fewer 18-year- Recruiting -46411111t- SGA beld on organizational expo this past week for SGA-affliated groups to recruit new members. olds, the traditional college stu-dents, in the population at large. According to Lonnie McNew, assistant vice president for Aca-demie Services, the total full- and part-time enrollment at Towson State University has risen from 14,987 in the Fall of 1985 to 15,410 tion of classes and immediately know whether those classes are open to the student, Decker said. If all the classes are available then the operator will be able to enter that student in the classes they have chosen, Decker said. ""The student will be able to walk out with a full schedule,"" Decker added. If a particular class is full then it will be necessary for the student to select another class from a list of options decided upon beforehand, Decker said. Having a list of alternative classes is important since each stu-dent will have about 5 minutes for their appointment and it would slow the registration process con-siderably if another class has to be chosen out of the schedule book, Decker said. ""If a class is full, all a student has to do is go to his list of options and choose another class,"" Decker said. There will be ten computer opera-tors working full time to handle registering almost 15 thousand stu-dents, Decker said. After all classes have been con-firmed, the student then proceeds to one of two terminals where a print-out will be given showing all classes enrolled in. Decker said. REGiSTRATION/SCHEDULING photo by Jim Conner Computerized registration will allow students to know immediately what classes they will have for the Fall semester. This will be his official schedule of classes and will not change unless the department cancels the class for some reason, Decker said. In July a revision of classes will be sent to all students showing any classes that may have been drop-ped by the department, Decker said. There will then be another week in the summer to allow those students to repister for other classes, giving them a full sehe- STAND wants NFZ campus by Vince Russomanno News reporter The Student Government Association passed a refer-endum Tuesday which will give Towson State Univer-sity students the opportunity to express their views on making Towson State Nuclear Free Zone. The Referendum, written by the Students Together Against Nuclear Destruction, (STAND) will appear on next month's ballot for SGA executives and senators. It askes students, ""Do you want TSU to be recognized as a Nuclear Free Zone in an effort to stop the nucler arms race?"" It goes on further to explain, ""Voting 'yes' voices your support to require the University to con-voices your support to require the University to con-sider divestment from nuclear weapons related businesses, investment in socially responsible money funds and prohibiting nuclear-weapons related re-search on campus. If the referendum recieves 50 percent plus one of the total number of student votes it will pass; however, TSU will not immediately become a Nuclear Free Zone. ""It is a foundation for them [STAND] to say The students have been polled, the students have voted and here's what they have decided,"" said SGA vice president Chris Krivos. According to Pat Walsh, STAND president, ""When this bill passes, STAND takes it upon itself to approach the University and ask them to consider the students' choice. Until the University works out a plan of action, this campus would not be a legally binding Nuclear Free Zone. We start with a process of a enrollment in the Fall of 1986. McNew gave a ""conservative estimate"" for .Fall 1987 enrollment of 15,180, taking into account a large 13 percent rise in admissions applications from 1985 to 1986. ""Although the number of tra-ditional college-age students avail-dale when classes start in the fall, Decker said. Tuition will be paid in essential-ly the same way as before, Decker said. Invoices will be mailed to the students mailing address by mid- July, Decker added. Other schools that use this sys-tem are Bowie State College, Cop-pin State College, Morgan State See COMPUTERS. page 9 photo by Paul Elbo Members of STAND meet to discuss the issue of making Towson State nuclear free. symbolic nature. We are in the consideration period."" ""There is no requirement on the Student Govern-ment at all,"" added SGA president Melanie Goldsmith. Nuclear Free America (NFA), located in Baltimore, is a non-profit, educational resource center which provided STAND with the information needed in )forming the proposal, according to Joe Delia; STAND president. According to Mark Bevis of NFA, there are over 3,500 Nuclear Free areas in the world and 132 of these locations are in the United States. The Nuclear Free Zone Registry says that only 75 of See STAND, page 9 continues able has decreased, our enrollment has increased for three reasons. First, more older students and part-time students have enrolled. Second, our retention rates have increased dramatically. Third, we've recruited more transfer stu-dents from community colleges,"" to rise said McNew. The retention rate, the per-centage of students from last semes-ter who enroll for next semester, has increased from 60 percent, for the Fall, 1980 to Fall, 1981 period, See ENROLLMENT, page 9 King and Winfrey top Speaker Series choices by Lisa M. Quill Mattaging editor Based on the results of Friday's Open House, Student Government Association Vice President Chris Krivos is trying to finalize plans for the third, and probably final, speaker of the SGA's 1986-87 Speaker Series. Most likely, according to Krivos, either Stephen King, author of horror and suspense novels, or Oprah Winfrey, actress and talk show host, will appear at Towson State University in late March or early April. King and Winfrey top-ped the list of proposed speakers voted on during the second Open House. Ninety-three students, more than triple the number that attend-ed the first Open House, voted on whom they would like to hear of the 10 proposed speakers, listing their top five preferences in order. Krivos said that he evaluated the ballots by awarding five points for each first-place vote, four for each second, and so on. He also said that he plans to pursue each person, going down the list in order, until he has secured a speak-er. ""The agency [King] works through said that he is not touring, but I've heard from other agencies that he is,"" Krivos said. ""So his availability is still questionable. He's still first priority, though."" However, possible dates for an appearance by Winfrey are al-ready being reviewed, and Krivos is optimistic about the University's chances of getting her. The price for King to speak was listed as variable on the ballots, but is expected to be in the upper range of the $10,000s, according to Krivos; Winfrey's price was listed as $15,000; Krivos's operating bud-get for the remainder of the Series is $18,000. Krivos anticipates spending most, if not all, of the budget on this next speaker, but said that any excess, combined with ticket revenues, may be used for one more speaker late in the semester. The SGA spent $20,000 on Jeanne Kirkpatrick and $9,000 on Mark Russell, the first two speakers, and regained approximate-ly $8,300 from ticket sales ($6,300 from Russell, $2,000 from Kirk-patrick). ""If there's enough time and money i may go back to the list and try to get the next available and the next affordable speaker,"" Krivos said, adding that that would be unlikely. Any extra money ""would probably be passed onto the next administration."" Krivos said he was pleased with the turnout and the input from the Open House. ""I think that we got students from all areas, and a better consensus of who was want-ed"" Krivos hopes to have all plans finalized by the end of the week. SPEAKER OPEN HOUSE RESULTS I. Stephen King 2. Oprah Winfrey 3. Mike Wallace 187 4. Malcolm Forbes, Jr. 161 5. Abbie Hoffman 120 Ii. Russian Cosmonaut & US Astronaut 98 7. Ellen Goodman 65 8, Pat Schroeder 9. Hobert White 54 to. Wayne Smith 43 Total number vottng. 93 "