tl19870129-000 "Inside Bedroom Window A suspensful thriller, Bedroom Window returns to Baltimore. Review of the newly released movie that was filmed in Baltimore ... page 6 The Published weekly by the students' of Towson State UniversityNverdia.ightTowson, MD 21204 Index news sports 2 34 features & entertainment 5 6 classifieds 7 editorial 8 perspectives 9 weekwatcher 10 Vol. 80 No. 14 January 29, 1987 now stalls semester start by Robert M. Graham News editor A second snowfall in less than a eek postponed the beginning of Spring semester and meant extra work for some campus de-partments at Towson State Uni-versity. The postponement of classes Monday came in the wake of eight photo by Jay Woemle The Grounds Crews snow removal efforts were hampered by cars parked and abandoned on many campus roadways. to 12 inches of snow falling Sun-day on top of Thursday's 12 to 18 inches of snow. The first snowfall came as many students had planned to move into their campus housing. But 60 per-cent of the residents still made it into the dormitories by Friday afternoon, according to Mary Lee Farlow, Residence Department director. ""We still have a few who haven't been able to get here yet,"" Farlow said Tuesday. She added that the Towson Cen-ter Special Events staff worked to help students move into their dorm rooms Saturday and Sunday in addition to the scheduled hours Wednesday through Friday. The University Police also had to put in extra hours because of the storms, said Lieutenant Joseph Herbert, University Police opera-tions manager. ""We've had officers here since Thursday working around the clock,"" Herbert said. ""Officers have been sleeping here."" Herbert said the University Police ""stayed mobile the whole time"" and were able to assist the Baltimore County emergency veh-icles with the University's four-wheel drive vehicle, as well as assist students. The University's branch in charge of cleaning up the campus after a snowfall, the Grounds De partment of the Physical Plant, was pleased with its work so far, said Richard Auth, deputy director of the plant. ""Considering the fact that the crews worked as long as they could each day, we have done as much as possible,"" Auth said Tuesday. Since the beginning of the snow-fall Thurday, crews have been working 12 and 16 hour shifts everyday, he added. Several problems, however, hampered the grounds crew's ef�- forts. ""We tried to hire students to help shovel the snow, but none of the students showed up when they were supposed to,"" Auth said. He added that student employees were only asked to help his crew because of the ""heavier than usual snow-fall."" Auth explained that his crews work to first allow students access to the dining halls and other im-mediate needs the students might have. Then the crew clears road-ways for access by emergecy vehi-cles, followed by parking lots and sidewalks. Auth said that it is impossible to clear every sidewalk quickly, so the crew tries to ""open a few [side-walks] to get people around."" He said, ""We try to open walks to all buildings as quickly as pos-sible."" He added that cars parked and abandoned on campus streets have slowed the grounds crew's efforts to clear all roads. ""They [cars on roadways] have been a problem because drivers park them in the road, and we can't move them,"" Auth said. Herbert said the University Police had begun ticketing illeg-ally parked cars Tuesday. GA investigating evaluations � omplaints raise questions by Doug Wood News reporter The Towson State University ttudent Government Association 4.Ete formed a committee which is 1,0�v looking into the possibility of gOProving the controversial ocher evaluations. 4, Senator Jeff Rinaca stated that 41e SGA is investigating the Ilvaluation process ""because its 4_ 0 11e of the most complained about Lt!soes on campus."" Senator Vicki rues added that the SGA ""has :concern that teacher evaluations 're not being taken seriously by L At present, no recommendations gave been made, but Rinaca added that the evaluation systems used at other area colleges were being observed. ""We'd like the Univer-sity Senate to form a subcommittee regarding the matter,"" said Rinaca. The SGA has found that the original purpose of the evalu-ations� to improve teaching ability�is overlooked today, and the evaluations are used mainly for deciding tenure and pro-motion. Francese said ""One of the main purposes, which should be to allo� the teacher to evalutate his own teaching abilities, has gotten lost somewhere along the way."" ""The evaluations were designed to improve instruction, but are currently used for promotion and tenure rather than improvement,"" said Rinaca. ""The Administration,"" said Rinaca, ""doesn't think that teacher evaluations have a clear purpose."" Rinaca added that the University administrators have also complained about the use of evaluations for deciding tenure and promotion, and that since evalution forms and processes differ between departments, inter-departmental comparisons are impossible. The SGA committee has already met with representatives from the Colleges of Liberal Arts, Business and Economics. Allied Health, and Natural and Mathematical Sci-ences, as well as with Dr. Mary Lou Delaney awarded honorary degree at Commencement photo by Brian O' Connell/Design & Publication Dr. Harold Delaney, associate executive director of the American Association of State Colleges and Universities, was awarded on honoring degree at the Winter commence-ment on Jan. 4. by Robert M. Graham News editor Approximately 625 people were kroduated from Towson State Uni-versity at Winter Commencement 'Jan. 4. The graduation ceremony, held itt the Towson Center, was the rgest Winter Commencement in 4,13vvson State history surpassing """" 550 graduate total last year, according to Larry Liber, director of registration and scheduling. Dr. Harold Delaney, associate exercutive director of the Ameri-can Association of State Colleges and Universities, was awarded an honorary degree during the ceremony. Liber added that some people inthe audience expressed discom-fort due to warm temperatures in the arena. ""Since it doesn't have a rehear sal, I ant pretty proud with how the ceremony went,"" Liber said. Two members from each depart-ment on campus helped move the graduates around, using a ""Divide and Conquer"" approach. The grad-uates were escorted in goups of about 100 to allow them to ask questions and be sure of where they were to be, Liber said. The first Winter Commencement was held in January 1980 and attended by 319 graduates. Larsen, Senator-at-Large ter the University Senate, Provost Patricia Plante, and several professors. ""We hope to investigate teacher evaluations by polling students and faculty, talking to the in-dividual colleges, gathering all the information we can and working from here,"" said Francese. At the December 9, 1986, SGA meeting, Senator Rinaca an-nounced that student survey forms were to be distributed to determine if students understand the purpose of teacher evaluations. ""Students are not aware of the importance of evaluations as they currently stand,"" said Rinaca. ""We are conducting this survey to find out if students know what evalu ations are used for."" Rinaca said the committee would continue its investigation during the Spring semester. ""We plan to write up a recommendation to the University Senate. We don't know how much we can affect as a Senate,"" stated Rinaca. ""We are not making any con-clusions at this time, we are still in the investigation stage,"" Francese said. 1.111MPIO photo by Karen McMahon Some Towson State students elected to forego sledding and instead play football in the snow. Greeks fight image by Robert M. Graham News editor Members of three sororities and three fraternities living in the all Greek Housing in Richmond Hall spent Monday helping the com-munity in the aftermath of two recent snowstorms. Approximately 40 to 50 of the 148 students living in Richmond Hall helped transport medical per-sonnel to area hospitals with their four-wheel drive vehicles, washed dishes and prepared meals for patients at hospitals where kit-chen personnel could not get to work and gave blood at the hospital. Members of the Phi Sigma Sigma and Zeta Tau Alpha sorori-ties helped in the kitchen and washed laundry at St. Josephs Hospital. Members of the Pi Lambda Pi fraternity helped at St. Josephs Hospital by shovelling snow off of walkways. Lambda Chi Alpha members' likewise, shovelled snow off walk-ways at the Greater Baltimore Medical Center, while other mem-bers of the fraternity helped inside the hospital. The Kappa Sigma fraternity helped transport doctors and nurses to and from both hospitals with their four-wheel drive vehicles. A call by Dorothy Siegel, Vice President of Student Services, to Terry Boots, Greek Housing coor-dinator, made Boots aware of the need for volunteers at the area hospitals. Boots talked to each chapter and many volunteers were found. ""As soon as phone calls were made, we had eight to 10 people from each fraternity and sorority ready to roll,"" said Greg Brinker, a Kappa Sigma member. ""A lot of people feel that Rich-mond Hall is where the frats and sororities hang out and get drunk, but we're doing good deeds and helping the community out,"" Brinker added. The all-Greek housing experi-ment that began this semester in Richmond Hall has been the sub-ject of much campus controversy in the last three months. Students asked to help in picking two speakers � by Robert M. Graham News editor The Towson State University Student Government Association will hold an Open House Friday, Feb. 6 to allow students to discuss and make suggestions about whom they would like to hear speak at the remaining two 1986- 87 Speaker Series events. The intention of tne Open House is to increase student involvement in the selection of the speakers, so that the student interest and atten-dance at the events will increase, SGA Vice-President Chris Krivos said. ""It's an effort onthe SGA's part to get more student involvement in SGA activities by catering them more toward the student body,"" he said. In the past, selections of speakers has led to greater public attendance than student atten-dance, as was evident by the com-munity response to former United Nations Ambassador Jeane Kirk-patrick and political satirist Mark Russell. the first two speakers in the 1986-87 series. However, according to Krivos the SGA hopes to change this trend. ""If I know what they want because more of them show up at the Open House, t he more the other speakers will reflect a stu-dent trend,"" Krivos said. At the Open Hose, to be held in Room 314 of the University Union from 12 pm to 3 pm, there will be literature concerning popular speakers available and a chance to tell Krivos who should speak. For more information, call 321-2711. Pizza Palace gutted by December fire Robert M. Graham News editor Fire gutted a popular Towson area pizza restaurant on Dec. 20, but its owner plans to rebuild on the lot. The Pizza Palace on York Road was completely gutted around 4 am that Saturday by fire. The cause of the fire is still under inves-tigation by the Baltimore County Fire Department. ""I was told it began in some trash cans inside the building,"" said Pizza Palace owner Zerze Kosmakos. He said his employees closed the restaurant Friday evening and ""must have forgotten about a cigarette or something."" Kosmakos plans to rebuild on the lot as soon as he can get county building permits. ""I've been trying to get permits for three years,"" Kosmakos said. The restaurant featuring pizza and other Italian foods was a fre-quent location for Towson State University students to eat. photo by Jay Woemle The Pizza Palace on York Road was completely gutted by fire on Dec. 20. "
