The Towerlight, February 27, 1986

tl19860227-000 "New VD found in college students Screenings of women coming to health clinics at the eniversities of Washington, Denver, Nebraska, Alabama, Roston, and Tufts, reveal that seven to 15 percent test positive for an easily treatable form of venereal disease called chlamydia, According to the College Press Service. The disease often has,po wYmptoms and if symptoms do appear many people may think they have a urinary tract linection and not a venereal disease,"" Jane Halpern, director of Towson State University's Dowell Health Center said. A survey of Towson State Women, who showed no signs of chlamydia, found that 12 to 15 Percent of those tested had the disease, Halpern said. We see (chlamydia) much More frequently than other Ivenerall diseases such as gonorrhea,"" Halpern said. Men show the symptoms, which include discharges from the penis and a burning sensation While urinating, much more often �then women, according to Halpern. , Medical researchers claim cillemydia has become the most Prevalent sexually transmitted disease in the country and college Itndents are the most likely to contract it. Three to four million new cases at chlamydia are reported each Year in the United States, Dr. Lawrence Sanders of the Centers 10r Disease Control in Atlanta said. Little hard data exists to Verify that incidence of the weemingly obscure disease is til8Ing, but general observations l Y doctors around the country Iliggest the disease is spreading, �Iccording to Medical Professor 'Yelter Stamm of the University of Washington. , Research in Great Britain lp,ows increased incidence of the tcsease every year for the last ten Years, Stamm said. Doctors are especially !cncerned about chlamydia 'ecause it often does not produce ��Licable symptoms in its tIctims. ,Chlamydia is readily treatable With antibiotics such as recycline, according to Teri derson, a clinical supervisor at ver General Hospital. A lf left untreated in women, the ?ease can lead to pelvic Aammatory disease and, entually, to sterility, according bc Anderson. ,Symptoms sometimes occur Within ten days and are similar in tvotnen and men, Anderson said. ,Increased availability of cheaper tests for chlamydia also cly be contributing to the rise in 'ePorts of the disease, Anderson ""aid. A pap smear and chlamydia test cost about $10, Halpern said. Screening for chlamydia is now 'one regularly during pelvic ekems, Halpern said. If a student thinks a test is arranted they can call the Eilth center at 321-2466. ""They trtbay have no symptoms at all,' t'LitIpern said, ""but if they think ;'ieY have a urinary tract 41fection, we'll check them for Kelso Sturgeon Office of Special Needs Sponsors Doster contest To highlight Handicapped lo Wareness Week, April 14-18, the e!lice of Special Needs is nPonsoring a poster contest. The '431Itest is open to all students, it'(Iff, and faculty members. According to Margaret !'jarrington, Office of Special h eeds director, the contest is p fe,Ing held to ""advertise more Cticiently."" ""We're hoping to it r the contest around and use "" lx,48 advertising,"" said errington. p fl.trieS must be submitted by t1clay, March 7 to the Office of fPecial Needs. The minimum size ttlhc the posters is 11""x14"", and to Posters should follow the t'letries of music, wheelchair :lees, awards presentation, or 'H erts � taking place during ttnclicapped Awareness Week. Ithree gift certificates from the t 41versity Store will be awarded jhnse posters that art faculty .'age as best. notesdes Inside Wt. Rowdy fans The men's basketball team, which ended the season with two wins, was cheered on by an overboisterous crowd�causing two technical fouls 5 Broken records The Tiger gymnast broke 6 TSU records to tie William and Mary 6 Oscar Graduate Carl Fullerton has been nominated for an Academy Award 7 Of brides and breakdowns This is how-not-to plan a wedding 13. Basketball bribes How to draw a big crowd .13. Teacher transcripts centralized In trying to reconcile Towson State's poor audit rating last year, teacher transcripts have finally been centralized in vice-president for academic affairs Patricia Plante's office. Not having all teacher transcripts in one location was one area cited that led to an overall poor audit rating by state auditors. According to Plante, out of 500 transcripts only 3 or 4 are missing. All transcripts were supposed to be in by December, 1985. When checking the transcripts, the auditors found many of the transcripts did not list all of the instructors' credentials and still others were missing. Now, Plante said, most of the transcripts are up to date and there are no discrepancies in them. ""They're all guarantees that the professors who claim to have degrees have them,"" Plante stated. Plante also said the transcripts will be updated regularly. ""If there is a faculty member working towards a degree, we'll want an official confirmation of the degree and it will be added to their transcript."" Michele Hart Campus notes are continued on Michele Hart Page 2 The Published weekly by the students of Towson State University Towson, Md 21204 Vol. 79 No. 19 February 27,1986 Lonnie Timmons III The Towson State mascot Sergeant Stripes, will be on hand Saturday, March 1 to entertain children during Operation KIDS, a program sponsored by the Police dept. to give kids age 3 and up ID cards. (See campus notes.) TSU fiscal 1 9 8 7 budget less than requested By Terie Wolan At a Senate subcommittee hearing last week, complaints about lack of state funding for Towson State overshadowed questions about the University's poor audit rating. The University received its first ""poor"" rating last year by legis-lative auditors, Although no mis-appropriation or misue of funds was found, the audit report cited numerous violations of internal procedure. Failure to pursue delinquent ac-counts promptly, failure to make daily deposits of money received by the bookstore, and failure to keep all faculty transcripts in a central area were problems cited by the auditors. Sachs brings campaign to campus By Michele Hart and Scott Hollenbeck In his campaign for governor, State's Attorney General Steven Sachs, has made promoting and im-proving education one of his major focuses. Speaking to a small group of pro-fessors and students in the Univer-sity Union February 18, Sachs told the audience he wants to be, ""the governor of a state that is seen as the best for higher education in the nation. By Alex Landau Gubernatorial candidate Steve Sachs told Towson State faculty and students that Maryland must make a larger commitment to public education. ""A governor must be seen as an advocate of education. We need a govenor who cares about higher education in the state. When he cares, he lives it, he sells it and breathes it,"" Sachs said. Sachs acknowledged that state governments understand better than the federal government, the See SACHS, page 2 However, at the February 18 hearing on fiscal year 1987 budgets for state colleges, the members of the Subcommittee on Education, Health, and Human Resources focused on the level of funding the state of Maryland provides. In his testimony, University President Hoke Smith emphasized the University's academic strengths, shown by rising SAT en-trance scores, and inclusion in a U.S. News and World Report poll as one of the top Eastern colleges. This, Smith said, despite a lack of adequate funding. ""Eighty-nine percent of com-parable institutions in the United States are better funded than Towson. Our funding level is such that the federal government has declared the University eligible for ... funds designated for developing financially needy institutions,"" Smith said. The University's FY 1987 budget is considerably lower than the original University request. ""We are very disappointed that this budget provides virtually no growth in the funds we will have available to operate the university,"" Smith said. Specifically, Smith complained that the budget did not include money to help finance the award-winning Maryland Writing Project, and little money was provided to help recruit black students. As part of the state's desegregation plan, the University is required to in-crease the percentage of minority students. The legislative Office of Fiscal Services is recommending further cuts in the $99,010 budget to the University. Even the allocation for reno-vating Stephens Hall will cause pro-blems for the University, Smith said. While $8 million is included in the 1987 budget for the renovation, no money was included for the cost of renting space for classes during the 3 year renovation. ""The temporary facilities will cost $200,000 per year,"" Smith estimated. On paper, Smith said, it looks as though money is there for tem-porary facilities, but that the money actually came from another place in the University operating budget. This amounts to a budget cut, Smith said. While some committee members were sympathetic to Smith's com-ments, they cannot increase fund-ing. Each state college submits its request to the Board of Trustees of State Colleges and Universities, which sends it to the State Board of Higher Education and SBHE devel-ops the budgets. The governor ac-tually sets the maximum funding level. The legislative body cannot raise the budget; it can only lower it. Sen. Catherine Riley, (D-Harford County), claimed that the Universi-ty is critically underfunded by the state. It is ""appalling"", Riley said, that Towson State is ""the oiphan of higher education... Riley noted that the 1987 budget did not even cover the cost of inflation. Both Riley and Subcommittee Chairman Clarence Blount, (D-Baltimore City), suggested that the funding problem is aggravated by the large amount of money the University of Maryland receives compared to the other state col-leges. This has created a ""super status for the University of Maryland,"" Blount said. ""Yeah, and the hell with the rest of them [state colleges],"" Riley add-ed. ""Four year institutions get ig-nored. The money just doesn't flow there,"" Blount said. Part of the University of Mary-land's success is that its board of regents is composed of powerful Maryland figures, ""Maryland giants"", as Blount called them, to lobby the governor. ""Apparently, what is missing is an advocate and I guess that re- See BUDGET, page 2 SAB gains recognition , grows in size By Ron Chartrand The Students Activities Board (SAB) has grown rapidly since its creation in fall 1983. In the past the SAB had been a ""one-man"" operation run by John Adams, who is now the faculty advisor. Membership has risen this year to over 30 students. The SAB is the programming body for the Towson State campus. Michael Poll, SAB's chairman, said. ""We are responsible for most of the dances and major student events and trips."" As for the steady increase in size Adams feels that Poll is a big reason why. ""In the past there was always a potential but never enough student in-terest. Since Michael's arrival en-thusiasm has reached unprecedented levels."" Before the present increase of stu-dent interest, the SAB was exclusively run by Adams. ""I did everything from creating the events to the overall ex-ecution of them,"" Adams said. In 1984, when the SAB was still run only by Adams, the 10 members he did have were not very interested. ""In 1984 10 people made up the staff but they were not committed or very ex-cited about it,"" Adams said. In the fall of 1985 things started to change for SAB. ""Finally word of mouth was starting. People were coming to the meetings and then telling their friends about it. At the end of last semester we had 15 members,"" Adams said. With Poll's arrival and ""word of mouth"" the outlook for the board is improving according to Adams. ""This semester we have 30 members. Before we had to draw students to us. But now they are showing up at our meetings anxious to get involved."" The SAB, now that it is growing rapidly, has three committees. A travel committee, entertainment committee, and a special events corn-mittee. According to Adams though, ""expansion can be expected."" The basic principle of the board, ac-cording to Adams, is education. ""We try to key on student development. We wish to show students how to be fiscal-ly responsible. Students are made familiar with proposal sheets, and the ideas behind setting fair ticket prices,"" Adams said. Poll expanding on Adam's beliefs said, ""The SAB gives students knowledge on how to make respons-ible choices. We develop basic leader-ship skills and inform students of the basic going's on around campus."" The SAB operates under a non-conforming philosophy in relation to how they pick their activities. Accor-ding to Adams, ""We operate under a peculiar set of requirements. The SAB is a non-profit organization. We lose money on almost everything we plan. But we figure every dollar we lose the students gain."" Bob Baeuerle, University Union director, puts it another way. ""The SAB looks at the activity, considers if it will be fun for students, and then e.-1:s if it is going to be a reasonable loss."" Baeuerle said that the SAB creates activities that students want rather than be concerned with money. ""The SAB's mission is to represent the students. We want to allow students to create their own destiny s."" As far as a budget is concerned the SAB really does not have one. Accor-ding to Baeuerle, ""The SAB develops their own budgets and revenues. For instance $90 a year is taken from each students tuition and fee's. This money goes directly to the planning of ac-tivities."" Although the SAB has no specific budget there are some regulations. The University Union is a part of Aux-iliary Enterprises and through them the University Union is allotted $74,000 to $75,000 a year for activities. According to Baeuerle, ""that is a misleading figure. The SAB works more according to the idea, is it a reasonable expenditure. The members of the SAB know to stay within the limits of reasonable spen-ding."" Poll agreed with Baeuerle by say-ing, ""We do our homework before making any decision about activities. We first ask is it going to be appealing to students and can we break even on it or experience a small loss."" According to Adams the SAB is there to serve the students. ""Our mot-to is students planning for students. The students are giving money to is through assessment fees so we feel our position is: what can we do for the students."" In the near future the SAB is plan-ning a full week of entertainment. The week of March 3rd will include bring the national t.v. show ""We can make you laugh"" to campus:* Poll, looking farther into the future said, ""I see in the next couple of years that the SAB will be the thing to get in-volved with."" "