The Towerlight, March 21, 1985

tl19850321-000 "University moves to check measles In the wake of a major measles outbreak which has occured on campuses nationwide, Towson State will offer measles vaccina-tions next Tuesday, said Rusty Kelly, Dowell Health Center nurs-ing supervisor. Maryland State Health Depart-ment provided the University with the vaccine, in the hopes of preventing an outbreak. Two students died during a measles outbreak earlier this year at Principia College in Illinois, ac-cording to a College Press Service (CPS) report. Principia is a Chris-tian Science School. Christian Scientists discourage students from using traditional medical treatments. Principia students were confin-ed to campus from mid January until mid March to keep the out-break from spreading, CPS reported. In the CPS article, Dr. Ben-jamin Nkowane of the Atlanta-based Center for Disease Control said measles cases were up slight-ly this year. Other outbreaks of measles have been reported at Boston University, the University of Montana, Ohio State, Ball State, and Oberlin College Locally, the University of Maryland recently held innocula- Lions to prevent a measles out-break. At this University, the Dowell Health Center will give measles vaccinations Tuesday, March 26 from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. in the University Union Chesapeake Rooms. Kelly said the center wants to screen out people who don't need the shots. People born before 1957 have probably already had measles and are probably immune, Kelly said. She is concerned with those born between 1957 through 1968. These people may not be pro-tected if they received the killed type of measles vaccine, which is ineffective. Today, shots with liv-ing measles virus are ad-ministered. Other people who may be can-didates for shots are those who don't know what kind of vaccina-tion they received. People who were vaccinated before age one may not be immune, as well as those who have never had measles and have never been vac-cinated. Kelly said pregnant women should not be vaccinated nor should they plan to become preg-nant for three months following vaccination. For more information, call the Health Center at 321-2466 from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. �Teresa Graber Scholarship search service useless Looking for a scholarship? A recent study concluded that students are better off using guides in the library than paying for a computerized list of what is available. A survey by the California Stu-dent Aid Commission (CSAC) of 30 computerized scholarship firms that promise to match students with little-known scholarship programs found most firms use the same list, which is similar to those found in guides in many libraries. And many customers receive information on scholarships not suited to their background. ""While these firms are not out to rob students, we can't recom-mend any of them,"" a CSAC spokesperson said. ""It's a good idea, but it hasn't worked yet."" �College Press Service Gumby, Ginsberg and others sweep campuses Who's hot on campus! Dr. Ruth Westheimer. Lisa Birnbach (author of Lisa Birn-bach's College Handbook). Gum by. Alexander Ginsberg (the Soviet dissident). Comics of all shapes and sizes. That's according to a recent ar-ticle in the Chronicle of Higher Education, which featured inter-views with a number of agents for performers such as these at-tending the annual convention of the National Associatin for Cain-pus Activities. ""Video dance nights"", syn-dicated hit movies, and a robot named Fubar, which travels to campuses to promote events, host talent shows, and march in Homecoming parades, have also proved popular. Less popular, the article said, are inexpensive, issue-oriented programs. campus notes .�������?�� Senate Budget Committee omits Reagan student aid cuts from budget plan The Senate Budget Committee excluded from its budget plan President Reagan's proposals to restrict federal financial aid and to limit Guaranteed Student Loans, the Chronicle of Higher Education reported March 13. The committee voted 11 to 10 against including a proposal that would place a $4,000 cap on the amount of federal financial aid a student can receive. Also exclud-ed was Reagan's plan that only students from families making less than $32,500 annually should be eligible for Guaranteed Stu-dent Loans. Inside I Soap bubbles Exclusive interview with soap opera star now attending Towson P 7 Stormy weather: Wayne Laufert comments on the entertainment value that local television weather-men provide. ... p. 11 Commission calls for higher teacher education standards The National Commission for Excellence in Teacher Education is urging colleges to stiffen their admissionn and graduation re-quirements for perspective students, The Chronicle of Higher Education reported last week. The commission is recommend-ing a strong liberal arts educa-tion. Commission chairman and University of Missouri President, C. Peter Magrath was quoted by The Chronicle as saying,""We are calling for teacher education pro-grams to be made harder."" The recommendations were criticized by some commission members. A majority of the Com-mission favor expanding the teacher education program to five years to accommodate added liberal arts courses. The report does not specifically call for lengthening present four year programs to five years. The commission is not recom-mending a five-year program because a unanimous vote was not reached on the issue. Commission member, Mari- Luci Jarimillo said, ""We wanted to leave the door open, some schools might require a longer program, some might change the concentration in the program, it should be up to them."" The report recommends future teachers be tested at least three times throughout their college career and new teachers complete a year long internship after finishing their formal studies. An increase in teacher salaries, giving teachers more autonomy and discretion in the classroom and providing more chances for teachers to pursue professional development were also among the recommendations. �Mike Barnes Campus not es am continued on page 2 The Published weekly by the students of Towson State University Vol. 78 No. 21 htTowson, Md. 21204 President-elect Paul Walsh flashes a victorious smile after hearing he's the winner. Seated next to him is senator Sue Finkelstein. Student Government Run-off Election President 'Paul Walsh 343 (54%) Daniel Dinkin 293 (46%) Vice.President Joseph Heacock 368 (58%) Jeffrey Rinaca 262 (42%) 'denotes winner Treasurer *Andrew Kohn Referendum question Question 1 *Yes No Voter turnout 496 (100%) 358 (54%) 76 667 Percentages are rounded off March 21, 1985 BEST ticket takes election By Terie Wolnn The BEST ticket candidates Paul Walsh, Joseph Heacock, and Andrew Kohn swept the Student Government Association (SGA) run-off election last Monday. The referendum ques-tion, which allows SGA executive of-ficers to be appointed to another office if a vacancy occurs, was also passed. Walsh received 343 votes to 293 for Daniel Dinkin, STUDENT presiden-tial candidate. After Walsh was declared the win-ner, he said, ""I feel very good, I was kind of coming from behind, and that makes it (winning) a lot nicer."" In the first election March 11-12, Walsh received less votes than Dinkin, but Dinkin was not declared the winner because he did not receive over 50 percent of the vote. Walsh credited the RIGHT ticket, which was endorsing the BEST ticket after it was.eliminated from the race, with helping him gain badly needed support from residents. ""In Newell Hall, where I did not do well before, that's where the RIGHT ticket helped out a lot. They were out campaigning and they made flyers"" supporting us, Walsh said. Walsh said most students seemed to like the experience on the ticket. On See ELECTION, page 2 The party 's almost over at Towson Elks Lodge ends campus groups' open parties By James Hunt Open parties at the Towson Elks Lodge, a popular fixture with some student organizations this semester and last, are apparently a thing of the past. The trustees of the lodge, located at 4 W. Pennsylvania Ave., decided last week not to rent out their facili-ty to any Towson State-affiliated student groups, according to Jim Geady, a lodge member. Geady said the decision was made following a party March 6 hosted by the University's Rugby Football Club. He said people at that party were drinking and urinating outside the lodge and were ""climbing in the trees."" He added they also harassed other people at the lodge. ""They gave the barmaid and a couple of [lodge] members a raft of stuff,"" Geady said. ""We told these kids, 'If you want this place, you have to police your-selves.' They the Rugby Club] have had a couple of parties here before and they were well-behaved. They just went wild [that night],"" Geady said Geady said the trustees decided renting the lodge to student groups which accounted for 90 per cent of the lodge's bookings, was ""just not worth the trouble."" Pete Bacon, treasurer of the Rugby Club, acknowledged that there were a few people drinking outside the lodge and that the club ""should have had better control over it."" But, he added, the offenders were not rugby players and represented an ""irresponsible minority"" of those at the party. He also said he was not aware of anyone urinating or climbing trees outside and that lodge members said Dance attendance drops By Teresa Graber Suppose they held a dance and nobody came? That's the problem some campus organizations are facing as atten-dance at once popular Thursday night dances in the University Union dwindles. Dances, which were once money makers, have now become financial liabilities for the organiza-tions sponsoring them. For example, the College Republicans lost over $400 from a dance held March 7. Bill Ruffing, treasurer of the group, said ""at most"" 40 people attended the event. Ruffing said he and the group's president, Bill Wilson, went into the dorms and knocked on doors asking people to come out to the dance, to no avail. The College Republicans' lack of success is sympotomatic of the decline of dances. Attendance for Thursday night dances has decreased 40 percent from last semester, which translates to an average of 258 less people at each dance. Other groups have declined the op-portunity to hold dances Thursday nights. Sigma Alpha Mu fraternity cancell-ed their March 14 dance because ""we didn't want to spend $1000 on an event that probably wouldn't be successful,"" said fraternity president Andy Kohn. See DANCES, Page 2 nothing about it to him that night As for giving members ""a raft of stuff,"" Bacon said a member came down to the basement area where the party was being held and told him ""it was 'illegal' to party past 12:30"" despite the fact that the lodge rental contract stipulated the club had the room from 9 p.m.-2 a.m. and the club intended to end the party at 1 a.m. Bacon said that when he mentioned this to an officer of the lodge later, he was told ""not to listen to the man."" Bacon believes that that man was the one who complained of being harass-ed. The last student-sponsored party was held Saturday night by the Alpha Chi Rho fraternity. Geady said the party went off without inci-dent and that fraternity members did a ""super job"" of cleaning up afterwards. Geady said there was a possibili-ty that student groups, such as the fraternity, whose parties at the lodge were trouble-free would be allowed to host parties at the lodge next Fall. He said he doubted the trustees would reconsider their deci-sion for this semester. In the meantime, leaders of stu-dent organizations have been searching elsewhere for places to host parties. Among the places be-ing considered are the halls of the Oddfellows Lodge No. 79. 511 York Road (around the corner from the Elks Lodge) and the American Legion Post 22, 125 York Road (near Pizza Palace). The latter enjoyed a brief spurt, of popularity among some fraternities last year, but was reportedly aban-doned because the cost of renting the hall and securing beer for events made it difficult for groups just to break even. Dances at the Union used to pack in students, but this semester fewer people are attending and compus groups are losing money. SAE fraternity in hot water with SGA over raffle By Robert Taylor The Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity is at odds with the Student Govern-ment Association (SGA) over the fraternity's attempt to sponsor a raf-fle. As an SGA-affiliated group, if the fraternity holds a raffle, it is in viola-tion of SGA rules. Earlier this month, SGA President Chip DiPaula said the fraternity had sponsored a raffle and that he had met with SAE President Fred Masterson to discuss possible SGA action. Masterson was told the group was placed on a six month probation March 12. A group on probation can be ex-pelled from the SGA if it violates SGA rules. Masterson said the fraternity didn't know holding a raffle is against school policy. He said his group ""never saw"" their SGA senator, Lisa Oppenheimer. Master-son said if she had been more avail-able to SAE, they would have been better informed of the rules. Masterson said ""two to four hun-dred dollars worth of tickets"" had been sold. The tickets cost one dollar each. ""It's virtually impossible"" for groups to make money any other way, Masterson said. ""The Univer-sity doesn't offer enough oppor-tunities"" to make money. ""Other groups are holding raffles and are not calling them raffles,"" Masterson said. He planned to meet with DiPaula March 21 to discuss why these other groups were allow-ed to hold a drawing. He also questioned DiPaula's power to place SAE on probation. ""Can he make a ruling by himself?"" N4asterson asked. Raffles are covered under Article 27, section 257 of the Annotated Code of Maryland, which requires that before any non-profit group can hold a raffle, it must notify local authorities in a way prescribed by local law. In Baltimore County, that means that two applications must be filed with the Bureau of permits and Licenses Amusements division. These two forms, the Public Venue and the Gaming applications, must be filed at least ten days in advance with the cor-rect offices. According to DiPaula, neither of these forms were filed. The SGA first became aware of the raffle through business manager Arlene Campeggi, who was con-fronted by a student who had purchas-ed a ticket. Camp;eggi told the student she thought raffles were illegal, and showed the ticket to DiPaula. The raffle was a fifty-fifty draw-ing, where the winner receives half t he amount collected in ticket sales. Most of the tickets, Masterson said, were sold by fraternity alumni and sold off-campus. Masterson said his group was also unaware of local regulations concerning raffles. DiPaula told SAE to return all money collected from ticket sales, which is currently in a bank ac-count. The drawing was to have been held March 12. According to the SGA manual, any group found guilty of holding a raffle will be expelled from the SGA. DiPaula said the fraternity made ""several hundred dollars"" through sales of raffle tickets. SAE also violated Baltimore County law by failing to notify the local authorities of the raffle, DiPaula said. "