The Towerlight, February 24, 1983

tl19830224-000 "it The Towerlight took. vol. 76 No. 19 PUBLISHED BY THE STUDENTS OF TOWSON STATE UNIVERSITY TOWSON, MARYLAND 21204 Nothing's gonna change my world. �John Lennon and Paul McCartney February 24, 1983 By Greg Foster ""Untitled,"" a work in Vatican Stone, is on display as part of the Maryland Artist's Exhibition in the Holzman Gallery through March 6. NU artists take prizes at Maryland exhibition By Shawn Hill i,:rliree Towson State artists were :q2ng those winning prizes in the Maryland Artists Exhibition, now r g held at the University and at 0,2grli other Baltimore-area colleges 11 universities. 1�111 Powell, an Art instructor at 5,Wson State, won a first prize for his b'Irk II"" and a third prize for his l'1111et,"" both of which are three Ithensional works using mixed . Stuart P. Stein, a graduate Art k, 'tent, also won a first prize for his loirrit entitled ""I, Self Portrait."" The A,, d winner was Al Mercogliano, an ,or''L student, who won a second prize his work, ""Love, Mom."" Ho � topher Barlett, Director of the n Art Gallery and an Assis-q( nast Art Professor at Towson State, 1.respoible for organizing the ex-at Towson. He also took part s, p the selection of the works and the 'e winners included in the show. Year's show is different in Po ""Y Ways from those of the past. LI. one thing, it is not being shown in taltimore Museum of Art as in ,leilvi�Us years, but instead in the ,,,qories of eight area colleges and iversities. tleed, it was only because of the th Deration of the eight Baltimore- % colleges that the 1983 Maryland i,Tis exhibition was presented at all. o e idea for the show began a year as Bennard Perlman, ex- 44;14011 co-ordinator, explains in the ItZ's catalog, ""The Baltimore -iv1141.. of Art announced that its 4 phi Maryland Biennial Exhibition to be delayed until 1983-84, terio u8e of major construction and ation work at the BMA. order to fill the void, the art kh�..etY, directors from a group of 11),'Is banded together to organize The show is being sponsored by Maryland Art Place, Inc. and sup-ported by funds from the Maryland State Arts Council. Prize money totaling $4,000 was contributed by five private groups: Baltimore Gas and Electric, The Baltimore Equitable Trust Company, Mid Atlantic Toyota Distributors, T. Rowe Price Associates Foundation, Inc., and Yale Gordon Foundation. The schools in whose galleries the works are being shown, are Towson State University, the Community Col-lege of Baltimore, Dundalk Commun-ity College, Notre Dame College, Essex Community College, Morgan State University, Goucher College, and Catonsville Community College. ""The directors of the galleries of each of the eight schools met together several times and acted as the jury,"" Perlman said in the Baltimore Sun Magazine. There are eight first prizes of $300 each, eight second prizes of $150 each, and eight third prizes of $50. Each of the eight galleries has, among other works, one first, one se-cond, and one third place winner on display. The exhibition was open to all Maryland state residents without limitation as to the media used in the works. 1080 works were submitted by 553 artists. 207 works by 158 artists were chosen for the exhibition. The part of the show at Towson State University is on display in the Holtzman Gallery, near the main en-trance of the Fine Arts Building. The gallery is open to everyone and hours at TSU are Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday-11 a.m. to 4 p.m.; Tuesday and Thursday-6 p.m. to 9 p.m.; Saturday and Sunday-1 p.m. to 5 p.m.; and it is closed Wednesdays. Business begins lecture series By Glenn Small Towson State's School of Business and Economics began a six-part lec-ture series yesterday at the Cross Keys Inn, marking what is hoped will be a new era for the School of Business and Economics, the Uni-versity and Maryland's higher education system. ""The number-one benefit of this for Towson State will be to get Towson known,"" said Andrew Luff, dean of the School of Business and Economics. The lecture series, entitled ""Productivity, The International Perspective,"" opened with a talk and panel discussion featuring John Thompson, Counselor to the British Embassy in Washington. Thompson spoke on the roles of government, industry and educa-tion in developing new technology and, subsequently increasing pro-ductivity. He contrasted the British system with the American system, focusing on lessons learned from past successes and failure. The lecture was attended by local businessmen, government officials, and college faculty and admin-istrators. The task of the six speakers, scheduled for the series from East and West Germany, Russia, France, Japan, and Great Britain, will be to for government, industry, and education in Maryland. The first goal of the directive is to increase communication between business and education�to help ,develop a work force compatible with local high-tech industries�and the second is to foster a greater awareness among local business-men and colleges of the interns- ""The number-one benefit of this for Towson State will be to get Towson known . . . this is the biggest thing since chocolate ice cream."" �Dean Andrew Luff explain what has and has not worked in developing technology, and to give those attending an inter-national perspective on industry. The series, said Luff, is the first response by any state college to the directive of James G. Roberson, Secretary of the Maryland Depart-ment of Economic and Community Development, which set two goals tional market�to help increase world trade in the Port of Baltimore. Working in conjunction with the School of Fine Arts and Commu-nication, Luff plans to have a ""top-notch"" job done in preparing the video-recordings of the panel discussions. The panel discussions will feature a member of the local business community and local government official along with Virginia Higgins, Associate Dean of the School of Business and Economics, and will be recorded on a special set con-structed by John Morris and his students. When taping is completed and edited, a special introduction and conclusion featuring views of the University will be added and the tape will be distributed both nation-ally and internationally. ""This [the taping] is the biggest thing for Towson since chocolate ice cream,"" said Dean Luff. Already Dean Luff has received requests for the tapes from all the countries paritcipating, and from across the country and Canada. ""Students from Stanford and Harvard will be watching these pro-grams in their classes,"" said Luff. ""It [the series] is the first of its kind in the world. Thomas' executive order cancels porn flick By Shawn Hill At last Tuesday's SGA Senate meeting, President Dave Thomas announced his decision, as execu-tive, to cancel the SGA-sponsored showing of an X-rated film. ""Though we were well within our rights to show an X-rated movie and though it could very well be a source of great revenue,"" Thomas said, ""I have come to the conclusion that this would not be in the best inter-est of the student body, and as a result, we will not condone the showing of such movies."" Thomas explained that X-rated movies are ""very exploitative .. . especially of women,"" and that showing one would be an injustice to all at Towson State. He added that Towson State has been rated as the third highest school in the nation for women, and that showing an X-rated movie would ""be a great injustice to that reputation."" The announcement came in the form of an executive order in which Thomas banned ""the showing of por-nographic films by the SGA or any of its constituent organizations."" ""What it all boils down to,"" Thomas said, ""is that money isn't everything. We can't sacrifice our values in the interest of a quick buck."" Thomas assured the SGA that this was a first step in making it clear that the SGA does not sanc-tion pornography. In another announcement, Thom-as reported that he had decided to extend the deadline for candidates turning in petitions for the upcom-ing SGA elections 24 hours, until 4 p.m. Wednesday, February 22. The decision was made because of the absence of Donna Serdehely, secretary for the SGA, on Friday and Monday. Sharrer moves to cut bookstore's losses to shoplifters By Regina Layette Davis Shoplifting is a problem in retail stores across the country and Towson State's University Store is no excep-tion. But store manager Wayne Shar-rer is actively combatting the pro-blem. When Sharrer first arrived at TSU five years ago the store's losses were approximately 4-5%, which in dollar figures would be about thirty to forty thousand dollars. The current losses have dropped to around 2%. (The national level is bet-ween 2-3%.) Since a 2-3% loss is in-cluded in the operating expenses, no additional cost is added to the price of the merchandise. Sharrer has hired three students to work undercover in the store. ""This has given me a chance to see that it (shoplifting) isn't as big a problem as I thought,"" Sharrer said. The students will be retained, along with plain-clothes police, as a deterrent to shoplifters, Sharrer said. There are also five television screens in this office on which he can randomly view people walking around in the store. Cashiers are closely monitored as well, Sharrer said. A close-up can show what item is being purchased and the price rung up on the register, he said. The cost of these surveillence devices is minimal. According to Sharrer, it would cost approximately $20 to have a student view the screens during the day. Sharrer could not give an explana-tion, but the incidences of shoplifting are higher after the initial first week or two of the semester. (Sharrer couldn't say whether more males or females shoplift, however, more males have been apprehended.) The usual dollar value of the merchandise is less than $50. A typical response from most shoplifters Sharrer said, is that they ""didn't know what they were doing."" They are usually upset and apologetic, but a few are defensive and belligerent, Sharrer said. Sharrer said that students don't need to shoplift, but many do it in retaliation for what they consider to be high prices in the store. They seem to derive a great satisfaction from beating ""the system"", Sharrer said. When asked what happens to students who shoplift, Sharrer replied, ""We prosecute."" In the past year, a half-dozen shoplifters have been prosecuted. In the future, Sharrer plans to use something known as a Sensormatic on more expensive merchandise. An alarm will sound if someone tries to leave the store without purchasing the item. On Tuesday, two candidates for presidont, three for vice-president, one for treasurer and 22 for senator had turned in their petitions. In other business, the Senate voted unanimously to approve the Constitution of the Towson State University College Republicans, thereby making the club an SGA-affiliated organization. The senators also unanimously approved an act which will prohibit Senate committees from meeting on the same day as Senate meetings. Reporting for the Director of Public Relations, Paul Mechlin, Director of Publications, said that event calendars for April and May are being prepared and that orga-nizations wanting to have their activities on the calendar must sub-mit the event and its date before March 6. Mechlin also emphasized the upcoming Supper Dance to benefit the Muscular Dystrophy Associa-tion which will be held on March 11 and 12. Spring Struttin ? The weather has been getting warmer lately, but�to paraphrase the unforgettable Dick Motta � ""winter ain't over 111 the fat lady sings."" By Edvin.s Lagainls in this issue Amy Bowker examines how the new alcohol policy affects dorm students page 4 Hollywood's newest releases are reviewed page 5 Women's basketball keeps its streak alive; men don't fare as well page 6 Tiger swimmers dominated last week's swim meet; results page 7 The dorms: In the land of `functional-ugly' furniture, vandalism is recurrent and expensive, slow to come and repairs By Chuck Jones are Towson State vandalism, while not rampant, is still a problem in the dorms at Towson, according to Barry Evans, assistant director of residence. Evans said last week that there is ""quite a bit of damage done by vandals to the dorms, both the reth-dence tower and the brick buildings. Three weekends ago, he said, there was a party in one of the dorms in which ""a couple of holes were punched in the walls."" He said the cost of repairing damages from vandalism is considerable and said that last semester $600 worth of damage was done when a hole was punched through two walls from a dorm room completely through to the bathroom. Terrence Hill, vice-president of business and finance, said the University spent $3900 in fiscal 1982 to repair damage wrought by vandals. Evans said the actual cost of repairing the dorms each semester is ""hard to say"" because many times students, who are required to pay for any damage in their rooms, do not always pay the entire cost. He said a student will pay for only the actual cost of the repair but most servicemen will charge extra for , overtime, paint and parts that have to be ordered. ""If a small part of a damaged wall has to be painted, the painters won't paint just that one tiny part, they have to paint the whole wall so it will look nice,"" he said. He added that a prevalent form of vandalism is ""etch-ing""� that is, graffiti. ""We don't have the same types of vandalism other schools have,"" Evans said, and noted that at one univer-sity a piano was thrown down an elevator shaft. He said ""all that happened here was someone broke off the hammers of the piano keys"" off of one piano. Another problem is the occasional theft of furniture, Evans said. He said the dorms are furnished in ""functional ugly""�that is, the furniture serves its purpose but is ""too ugly to steal."" He added that most of the furniture is metal to reduce wear and tear. Karen Jackson, a senior majoring in Business Admin-istration, said that vandalism has not been too bad at her Prettyman Hall room, but added that she has trou-ble with getting repairs done ""all the time."" She said the residence office is doing better at getting things fixed. ""They're making an effort this semester,"" she added. She said two windows were broken two weekends ago when someone threw snowballs through them, but added that they were repaired quickly. She said that most repairs are done within two weeks, but added that she is still waiting for some things to get fixed. Evans said the ""top priority"" repairs are repairs that concern a student's comfort. He said repairs for heating and plumbing are examples and that these types of prob-lems are fixed immediately. Antoney Davio, a sophomore, said his shower in the Tower broke last semester and ""it took the whole semes-ter to fix."" Evans said there is sometimes a ""communication problem"" between the students and the maintenance crew. He added that many times students will wait until the end of the semester to report damage and many times that is when minor and less immediate repair work will get done. Glenn Gardner, a senior majoring in Spanish, said there are ""strong problems"" with the doors in the Tower, that they can be ""just pushed in"" and cannot be locked completely. ""Anybody can break in,"" he said and added that peo-ple can just push [the doors] in."" Julie Koenig, a freshman majoring in psychology, said Scarborough Hall residents are also having trouble with the locks on the doors. ""Strange people come into the dorm"" and write ""messages,"" some of them obscene, on the doors and walls, she said. Evans said the Community Assistant in each dorm will check the building weekly for damage and will then notify maintenance men of major problems that need repair. He said there are 1263 students living in dorms this semester. "