tl19970130_006 "� University news Towson counselor keeps public aware of fight against a deadly disease through the AIDS quilt Michael Moritz The Towerlight Before 1992, the Towson community had little direction and leadership for inform-ing students and faculty about the national struggle against the Aids virus. But then Betty Hollingsworth came along, a Aids program coordinator, to make a difference. Now, Towson State has HIV testing, courses, student programs and many other fascinating AIDS classes that have lead to other universities imitating Towson's programs. An idea that was nationally incorporat-ed by the NAMES Project Foundation, the AIDS memorial quilt, was adopted by Hollingsworth. The AIDS quilt is composed of over 26,000 individual fabric panels to memo-rialize hundreds of thousands of people Who have died from AIDS. The Towson quilt is on display in two locations: the Counseling center and the Dowell Health Center. ""We don't want to forget those who have succumbed to the disease,"" says Hollingsworth on why the quilt is impor-tant. In 1995, Hollingsworth made an announcement through E-mail to inform the Towson community of the project. In that announcement, 13 by 13 inch Squares were to be created by students and faculty who wanted to be involved. Those pieces were to be sewn together into 3 by 6 feet blocks for the quilt. The Aids quilt symbolizes the memories of those who have ""succumbed"" to the deadly virus. Betty Hollingsworth has designed a Towson logo for AIDS shown above as part of the quilt. It is on display in both the Counseling Center and the Health Center. Last year, there were 25 to 30 responses, and about 20 squares were donated to the Towson quilt. All different kinds of people have made panels for the quilt. Some people have chosen to remain anonymous while oth-ers are more open. In designing a panel for the quilt, stu-dents included the name of the loved one (with permission) and included any addi-tional information such as dates of birth and death and a hometown where the person who died was from. ""I feel the University is listening,"" says Hollingsworth. Administrators like Dr. Jane Halpern (head of the Health Center), Dr. Spivack, Dr. Paul Parker, and Dr. Deitra Wengert , all have supported the many projects started by Hollingsworth. The national quilt began in 1987 when more than a thousand people in San Francisco died of the AIDS virus. With little government response .and over-whelmed by the loss, Cleve Jones searched for a way to make the public understand what he and his friends were experiencing. That vehicle came together in June of 1987 when Jones gathered a small group of neighborhood residents in an empty Market Street storefront to take the dra-matic experiences and stitch them togeth-er in a cloth that conveyed a message about their loved ones who have lost their lives to the deadly virus. Word of the unique project spread throughout the nation. On October 11, 1987, the NAMES Project displayed the quilt for the first time on � the Capitol Mall in Washington D.C. Since then, the NAMES Project has con-tinued to display the quilt. Colleges, high schools, prisons, and theaters, have all held smaller exhibits of the quilt. Goucher and Loyola College and sever-al high schools have expressed interest in having the Towson quilt displayed in their institution. The Towson quilt is expected to be See AIDS,,page 10 The Glen: Once the pride of the class of 1930, little student use raises questions about its future Michelle Dachille The Towerlight If the trees in the Glen could speak, their limbs would whisper tales that span the better part of the 20th century. Tales of how they were just a mess of ivy and leaves but by loving hands were trans-formed into a gathering area for the women of The State Teachers College at Towson. How in the 70s and early 80s they watched keg parties and the slow death of their once holy Eden. Only now is it to be once again a mess of ivy and leaves, left to sigh and hide from the onslaught of cars, buildings and students that only seem to destroy what precious little they have left. Often students can be heard walking in the back of Smith Hall, asking the same questions and receiving little answers. Hey what are those buildings back there? And those poles, why are they there? A recent display in Smith Hall untangled the mystery but did not bring to light the plight of the dying Glen. In 1926, the only activity and care the Glen saw was by the children that attend-ed the Lida Lee Tall School. In the teacher college days of Towson State an elemen-tary school was part of the campus. The then principal of the school, Stella Brown, encouraged the children to bring plants from home to help beautify the area. As part of an Indian unit, the children built tepees along the Glen Stream. The stream started in a pond where Towson High was eventually built, and wound its way across Harford and York Roads. The free standing poles are all that are left of those children's games. It was the class of 1930 that took the ini-tiative to fix up the Glen. History shows a rising interest in the preservation of land through the country. This is the time peri-od that most of the national parks were set up due to the Works Progress Administration under President Franklin D. Roosevelt. In the May 1930 issue of ""The Oriole"" (now The Towerlight) several students voiced a need for a plan of beautifying and conserving the flowers and trees in the Glen. The Rural Club took the idea and enlisted the help of Dr. Ballard, a landscape gardener from the University of Maryland. Dr. Ballard drew up plans for a 25-acre oasis that included outside grills, stone buildings, paths, steps, a pond, ascends to the Glen stream (the east In 1936, the Glen was completed. The above picture shows a house on the top of a hill where the Smith Building is presently located. end of which was already in danger by .new buildings), a botany pool and many gardens. In June 1931 Lida Lee Tall, the President, and Miss Brown implemented a five year See GLEN, page 9 January 30, 1997 7 "
