The Towerlight, February 21, 1985

tl19850221-000 "500 missing students found Five hundred Continuing Studies students, who were previously feared lost, were recovered February 14. Vice-President of academic affairs Patricia Plante said she had been informed by Continuing Studies administrators that their enrollment was five hundred students short of their projected figures. At the February 4 University Senate meeting, Plante said she was concerned over the sudden drop in students and the Continuing Studies office was investigating what could have caused the drop. The five hundred missing students were discovered February 14, during a final tally of enrollment records. It turned out the college had the expected enrollment, but had underestimated it by five hundred students due to an error in their records. Frances Allison, speaking for the College of Continuing Studies, said ""we thought we were down by about five hundred students, but they turned up"" during a final count. Exactly where the students were for the approximately two weeks they were reported missing is still unclear. None of the missing students were available for comment. � Robert Taylor How financial aid cuts would affect Towson, Hopkins In a February 13 Towson Times article, Towson State President Hoke Smith said Reagan's proposed cuts to federal student air programs ""would be the reason why Towson will lose some students."" But, Smith said, ""we may pick up some students from private schools."" Johns Hopkins University President, Steven Muller, in that same article, said he fears the proposed cuts will hurt a lot of his students. ""Some 1,500 of our 2,000 undergraduate students receive aid from federally funded programs,"" Muller said. According to the Times article, the proposed cuts are expected to be more damaging to private schools because they receive less government aid. �Ed Talley Counseling Center receives accreditation The Counseling Center has received accreditation from the American Psychological Association for its doctoral intern program. Towson State now becomes one in approximately twenty to thrity colleges to have an accredited program in the nation. All students seeking a doctorate degree in psychology must serve an internship. Many students serve in hospitals, community health centers. or in counseling centers. Counseling Center Director, Charles Maloy said, the accreditation will ensure the University a steady supply of interns."" The counseling center currently has three interns. Along with the University of Maryland, Towson State becomes only one of two universities in the state to have an accredited psychology doctoral internship program. The counseling center offers services in personal counseling, career development, and outreach and consultation services. �Michael Barnes � campus notes .20�??��? Hazing bill passes Senate The State Senate voted last week 45-0 in favor of a bill banning hazing by fraternities and sororities on state colleges. The bill carries a six month jail sentence and up to a $500 fine for persons convicted of hazing. State Senator and bill sponsor John Bambacus, R-Western Maryland, said the bill will give present (college) hazing policies added teeth in dealing with problems. The bill now goes to the House of Delegates and then to the governor for final approval. �Michael Barnes Flash Finish Men's track take first place in the Greater Baltimore Track Championships P.3 Turtle soup Can the Tigers humble the Terrapins tonight? p.6 Hot Breakfast Michael Germroth reviews direc-tor John Hughes' Breakfast Club p7 How to be a diplomat Ruling the world is, admittedly, a pipe dream for most of us. But how about trying to form policy for Latin America? A group of Towson State students will be participating in a mock intra-American diplomacy session in Washington, DC, next month. The session will be a model of meetings held by the Organization of American States (OAS) General Assembly. Thirty South American countries will be represented by student groups from campuses around the country at the Model OAS session. Each student group will be composed of students who have researched the economic, social, and political aspects of their assigned country. The University group will be representing Columbia. ""The purpose of Model OAS is to give students an opportunity to participate in an exercise of global awareness and hemispheric understanding,"" said Dr. David . Dent, coordinator of the University Model OAS. ""It's a vital experience you can't get anywhere else,"" he said. Ten University students from various major will be participating in this year's session. ""Students will have an opportunity to apply classroom theory to foreign policy issues,"" said Dent. Students will gain a broader understanding of what factors shape the foreign policy of each country, he said. The Sixth Annual Model OAS meeting will be conducted in the Organization of American States main building March 25-29. �Joanne Brady Campus notes are continued on page 2 Published weekly by the students of Towson State University Towson, Md. 21204 Vol. 78 No. 17 February 21, 1985 University officials put new restrictions on campus parties at the Towson Elk Lodge amid accusations underage students secured alcohol. Elk Lodge parties dealt restrictions By James Hunt University administrators last week secured restrictions on admit-tance to and advertising of student-sponsored parties at the Towson Elks Lodge, in an effort to curtail drinking by under-aged students and to end what some see as unfair competition with on-campus events. The restrictions bar student or-ganizations sponsoring �those par-ties from allowing minors�those born after July 1, 1964�to enter. They also prohibit the use of the areas inside and above the second floor entrance to the University Union, in the Glen Dining Hall, and on the overhead walkway to adver-tise Elks Lodge Parties. (Those areas are the most fre-quently used by organizations advertising events with large ban-ners or posters. Advertising elsewhere on campus is still allow-ed). The restrictions apparently were spurred by the increased use by stu-dent organizations of the Elks Lodge for parties open to the public. The Elks Lodge, located at 4 W. Pennsylvania Ave., is owned by Lodge No. 469 of the Benevolent and Protective Order of the Elks, which rents space in their basement on a nightly basis to other organiza-tions. Those organizations, in turn, buy temporary liquor licenses if they wish to serve alcohol at their parties, and assume responsibility for abiding by laws barring serving alcohol to minors. But at least two members of the University's Alcohol Concerns Committee�University Union man-ager Bob Bauerle and Student Gov-ernment Association President Chip DiPaula�have alleged that minors Reaction mixed about drinking bill By Lorraine Mirabella While some Towson State stu-dents oppose a bill raising penalties for minors using false identification to buy alcohol, others see a need for stiffer penalties. Legislation proposed by Del. Paul Muldowney, D-Washington, and Del. George Littrell, D-Frederick, of the House of Dele-gates, would boost the charge of misrepresenting age to buy alcohol from a civil offense to a mis-demeanor punishable by a $500 fine or a jail sentence of up to 30 days. The proposed penalties are ""too harsh,"" some University students said. ""I think it's a little steep. People don't take fines into consideration,"" freshman Sharon Coe said. Freshman business major Nancy Ferte said, ""there ought to be a penalty, but I don't think it ought to be that high."" She said she thought the harsher penalties would not deter most minors from using false I.D.s. ""People are going to drink any-way; it just makes it a little harder,"" Kenny McKendree said. ' Freshman David Morris said he agreed minors could easily find alternative ways to obtain alcohol. Currently, 18 to 20 year olds caught using false I.D.s are charged with a civil citation and may be sentenced to community service.or charged a fine up to $100, according to Maryland State Law. A liquor license holder convicted of selling to a minor may face revo-cation or suspension of his license, a fine up to $1,000, or up to two years imprisonment. Some University students said penalizing the license holder more heavily than a minor for the same offense is unfair and raising the penalties might deter minors from attempting to buy alcohol. ""I think the burden should be placed on the kids who violate the law, more so than on the liquor stores, because they can't always tell that the I.D.s are false,"" senior business major Pam Wanex said. Minors will ""think twice"" before attempting to buy alcohol, sopho-more business major Cheryl Satter-field said. ""Now they take it for granted. Everybody has a fake I.D. I don't think it's fair for the business to take the penalty for something that's not their fault,"" she said. It's hard to tell that it's a false ID.,"" Deborah Marburg, a fresh-man with an undecided major, said, ""I don't think it's right that people selling are penalized so harshly."" Others, who believe the legal drinking age, 21, is unfair said most people will continue using false I .D.s. ""You're an adult when you're 18. If you can go to war and fight for your country, I think you should be able to accept the responsibility of social drinking,"" freshman business major Paul Gorgei said. ""If they consider me adult enough to go to war, they should let me drink,"" sophomore Brian Pear-son said. Sophomore business major Kevin Burns said more severe penalties will not affect minors trying to buy alcohol. ""Teenagers as a rule don't un-derstand the consequences, so stif-fer penalties won't affect them,"" he said. Burns suggested education, not stiffer penalties, should be used to deal with drunk driving. ""It's not a matter of kids drink-ing and driving. It's a matter of peo-ple drinking and driving. That's the issue ... to fight, not the age,"" he said. Burns criticized legislators for stripping minors of their rights. ""You have the responsibility of electing government officials and then those guys strip you of your right to drink. The legislators are a bunch of hypocrites,"" he said. No vote has been made on the bill wh4.ch was submitted to the House Judiciary Committee. A have been served at those parties. Lodge members have not dis-puted these allegations, but main-tain that enforcing drinking-age laws is not their responsibility. ""The [student] groups rent the hall and get their own liquor license. We [the lodge members] have got no right to stop them,"" said Jim Geady, a lodge member. Instead, Geady said, responsibili-ty for enforcing the law rests with the Baltimore County Liquor Board and the police. ""We went before the Liquor Board and told them that since they issued the license, it was their prob-lem,"" Geady said, ""and they agreed."" The police, he added, ""have a right to come in and check any time they want."" Geady and other representatives from the lodge met with Bauerle and DiPaula Wednesday a week ago and agreed to bar student organiza-tions from allowing minors into their parties and to warn groups that police have been notified of the party. But the serving of minors at stu-dent parties is not the only aspect of the lodge which has drawn the at-tention of campus administrators. The two-and-a-half story white frame structure, recently renovated at a cost of $300,000, is located just off York Road not far from campus and has become increasingly popu-lar with student groups seeking to host parties and raise money for a variety of reasons. One is that the lodge is less ex-pensive than campus facilities. While campus facilities cost nothing to rent, holding a dance in one will cost an organization approximately $300 for the catering crew, ticket See ELKS, page 2 Rohulamin Quander, member of the oldest black family in Maryland, spoke on the strengths of the family last week as part of Black History Month. Family celebrates 300 years in Md. By Linda Garrett and Lorraine Mirabella Maryland's oldest known black family has overcome adversity during its 300 years in America through strength in ""principles, ethics, education,"" and ""being able to be movers and shakers for social justice,"" said Rohulamin Quander, civil attorney and Quander family historian. ""The family structure survived then, and is determined to survive today. The same family values are still present: religion, strong moral fiber, education, social justice and standing up for one's rights,"" Quander said. Quander, president of Quanders United, Inc., a non-profit historical and research organization, spoke of tracing his family's history in a lecture sponsored by the University's office of Minority Affairs as part of Black History Month. Quander spoke February 12 to a small group of Towson State students and faculty in the University Union. Quander said he began his search in 1974, examining records and court documents at the Annapolis Hall of Records and the Fairfax County Courthouse. The Ghanian consultate in Washington, D.C. told Quander that Amkwandoh, his family's original name, was a known (Ashanti) tribal name. Quander said he heard stories of Amkwandoh, his African descendent, who, while ""on a bartering exercise, was grabbed by a group of Ashantis and placed on a slave ship."" Ardtwandoh was brought to Annapolis sometime during the 1660's and when asked his name, it was interpreted as ""I am Quando,"" Quander said. The name underwent a third change to Quander when a census-taker made an error in 1800. Amkwandoh was believed to be one of two brothers brought to Bardados, sold into slavery and taken to Virginia. One brother stayed in Virginia, the other was brought to Maryland. The two branches of the family knew the same story of their ancestors, but didn't know each other until the twentieth century, Quander said. See FAMILY, page 2 "