tl19840322-000 "The Towerlight No matter where you go, thews you are. �Anonymous Vol. 77 No. 22 PUBLISHED BY THE STUDENTS OF TOWSON STATE UNIVERSITY TOWSON, MARYLAND 21204 March 22, 1984 Freeze kept on BSU budget SGA decision sparks heated debate By Mike Judge The Student Government Associ-ation Senate voted to continue the freeze on the budget of the Black Student Union for failing to work the polls for last weeks' election. The BSU's budget was frozen last week after the election results were announced, and the request by the BSU to regain their privileges sparked a heated debate between the senate, the election commission and the two BSU members in at-tendance, Treasurer Jeannette Lyles and Darren Wilson. At Tuesday's meeting, election commission chairman Paul Pusateri told the Senate that he talked to Adrienne Burrows, President of the BSU, Monday afternoon, March 12, in the Black Student Union office and asked her to find someone to man the election polls Tuesday, since they had already missed two assigned times at the polls Monday. Pusateri then said that he talked to Burrows at 12:30 Tuesday after-noon to again find out why no mem-bers of the BSU came to work at the polls, and Burrows said she had a class and left. Lyles and Wilson claimed that they had only received the first memo from the election commis-sion, dated February 17, that gave the election times. They said they did not receive the second memo which told each budgeted organiza-tion their time to man the polls. This year, the election commission assigned each organization three to five time slots to provide people, in-stead of allowing each group to sign up for times convenient to them. Six members of the BSU signed a memo for the election commission, left undated but received a week be-fore the election, stating they were willing to work at the polls. They also talked to the SGA secretary Linda Evans, who did not know who was on the election commission or how to reach them. Lyles claimed that Burrows spoke to an SGA senator on election day, who said that he could resolve the problem. The senate pressed Lyles for the identity of the senator, and She named Chip DiPaula as the senator Burrows talked to. DiPaula angrily denied the accusation. Wilson told the Senate of a con-versation he had with President Bob Barnhart after the election, quoting Barnhart as calling the elec- See SGA, page 4 Tigers drop home opener North Carolina midfielder Cash Hilmer (19) presses the attack against Tiger defender Dan Delvcie (21). Towson lost 17-6 to the Tar Heels in their home opener Saturday in Mhmegan Stadium...article page 8. Thefts, large and small, plaguing Cook By John Kastner Two hundred and fifty dollars Was stolen from a change machine in a room off the main lobby of Cook Library last Sunday, according to Rick Polley, director of retail opera-tions at the University union, whose office owns the machine. Although the dollar figure may not seem significant, the theft was just latest in a series of ripoffs that have plagued Cook Library this Year. The worst of these thefts occur-red last semester when three Video Cassette Recorders were stolen from the fifth floor of Albert S. Cook Library. According to police, some-one entered from an unlocked door on the roof, and then crawled through the ceiling tiles into the Video Services where the recorders are kept. The door, which should re-main locked, was apparently opened for workers resurfacing the library roof. Polley added that, on at least five occasions the library copy machines, which his department also owns have been tampered with, resulting in the loss of more than $200. Although as of Monday, no one hdd been charged in the thefts, Polley believes that whoever is tak-ing the money has a key to the outer door. Once inside, the coin box has been bent apart and the money re-moved. A number of people have access to the keys, including some Univer-sity Union personnel, along with li-brary employees who are responsi-ble for replacing the paper in these machines, police say. Whether these thefts occurred during or after library hours is unknown. In a similar incident, the coin changer in the library vending area was tampered with in an effort to re-move the steel plating on the back of the machine. The entrance to the area, located on the main floor of the library, was apparently locked, ac-cording to Mike Fuller of the Ogden Food Service, which maintains the area. However, police said there was no sign of forced entry. Fuller add-ed, ""whoever it was must have had a key."" No money was reported missing. Clair Snyder, who attends the ex-it on the main floor, says it is quite easy to gain entrance into the build-ing after hours. ""Macke leaves the door propped open at night for any-one to walk in."" He was referring to the side door where Macke, the housekeeping firm at Towson State, whose office is located in the base-ment , employees enter before they begin their shifts. According to Macke and library policy, that door is to remain locked at all times. Kathy Hoffman, office employee of Macke, stated that no one can enter the main lobby through that door without a key; however, a reporter had no problem ling so, as the door was un-locked. Mr. Snyder added that when he arrives in the morning, the front doors are already unlocked. Police, say that they open the doors before library personnel arrive. Snyder concluded that ""The only way to put a stop to the problem is to hire a night watchman."" Although practical, many employees believe such a move is unlikely, because of a tight library budget. (A request for a night watchman must be made by head li-brarian Thomas Strader, who was unavailable for comment.) Although these activities are the main concern of the police, they re-mind students of the continuous problem of theft during operating hours. Leaving books and purses unat-tended for even a minute gives them a chance to be stolen, says Patricia Lattrell of the Micro Media Center. ""We receive a lot of reports of stolen books, especially during exam time."" The challenge of peace Murphy explains 'pastoral letter' By James Hunt Almost a year ago, on May 3, 1983, the National Conference of Catholic Bishops issued their 'pastoral letter', which outlined their views and perspectives on nuclear war. Since that time, over two million copies of the letter have been distributed around the world and the letter has been the subject of fre-quent debate and discussion on television and on editorial pages. The letter has also raised ques-tions � questions about the message contained in the over 100 pages of text and about the intent of the bishops in delivering the letter and their authority to do so. Enter Bishop P. Francis Murphy. Murphy, who is the auxiliary bishop of the Archdiocese of Baltimore, was on the committee which began the first of three drafts of the letter following a conference of bishops on November, 1980, and ultimately saw it gain overwhelming approval (238-9) by the bishops at their plenary council in Chicago last year. Since that time, he has spoken on the message of letter to over 200 au-diences around the country. This seems appropriate: although he makes no great light of it, it was he who originally called forth to the bishops to present the issue of nuclear war. Murphy brought no notes as he stepped to the podium Monday after-noon in Linthicum 100. Instead, he referred casually to a large outline of the letter posted on the The Challenge of Peace: God's Promise and Our Response chalkboard behind him. But, despite the ease with which he presented himself, it was clear he didn't think the issue trivial. The threat of nuclear war, Murphy warned, is ""the supreme crisis in human history."" In preparing this letter, he said, the bishops intended to address the moral issues � as opposed to the technical and politicial ones � sur-rounding the use of nuclear weapons. ""In simple terms,"" the let-ter states, ""(the bishops) are saying that good ends (defending one's country, protecting freedom, etc.) cannot justify immoral means (the use of weapons which kill in-discriminately and threaten whole societies.)"" Murphy said that while the letter was intended principally as a message to this nation's 50 million Catholics, the bishops hoped it would influence the ""public policy com-munity"" and make a contribution to the public debate on nuclear policy. Although founded on moral prin-ciples the letter does make specific statements. For example, it accepts the concept of nuclear deterence (that is, maintaining weapons to deter the opposition from striking first), but only as a step toward pro-gressive, mutually verifiable disarmament. Murphy conceded that ""the bishops don't have all the answers and don't wani to tell the govern-ment what it should do."" But, he ad-ded, ""the bishops are entering into this debate based on the reality ( of nuclear war) in front of us."" Murphy noted that the letter is similar to statements made by rab-bis and members of other religious groups. Murphy's lecture was sponsored by the Baptist, Catholic, Episcopal, Jewish, and Lutheran Campus Ministries at Towson State. Bishop P. Francis Murphy and the pastoral letter (inset). Funny Cops Stephen Hyde reviews the new ac-tion comedy film, ""Police Academy"" ... Page 6 Saving Lives Towson State student helps com-bat loneliness by phone .. . Page 7 Useless Writing Notes from Grub Street examines possible alternatives to teaching o writing in school . .. Page 13 The road names, they are a-changin' The last vestige of 'Sixties-style campus activism falls prey to practicality By Mike Judge By the end of this semester, the Physical Plant will change the names of the on-campus roads of Towson State for the third time since 1968. ""I have been trying to change the names for the last couple of years to aid visitors and to help traffic and parking enforcement,"" William Schermerhorn, assistant vice president of the physical plant operations, said. ""President Smith approved the change and we are ordering the new signs."" The new road names reflect the main building that they pass by, thus the road in front of Stephens Hall will be named Stephens Avenue and the road leading to the Union will be called Union Avenue. The on-campus roads were first named in the summer of 1968. The original signs were erected to honor Maryland governors, starting with then Governor Spiro T. Agnew. In May 1970, after four students were killed by the National Guard at KentState University, Towson State students demonstrated to change the names of the roads. ""After the shootings at Kent State and Jack-son State, some students decided to remove the sign for Agnew Drive (the road in front of Ste-phens Hall) and put up a cardboard sign naming the road Kent State Drive,"" said Lieutenant Steve Murphy of the University Police, who was a University student at the time, said. ""Since Agnew was ultra-conservative politic-ally and was vice-president at the time, the stu-dents demonstrated against his road,"" Murphy said. Administration officials and students re-peatedly replaced their signs until September 1970, when President James Fischer appointed a committee of students and faculty to select new street names. Road signs were located at the intersections of the roads until the middle 1970's, when a land-scape architect recommended that the signs come down. The signs marking the entrances to campus were put up at that time. The road names have fallen into disuse the last several years, except by the University police, who still use the road names in filling out reports. ""The police need to be specific in the location of violations,"" Schermerhorn said. The new road signs will be put on a standard green post, and the signs will have a green back-ground and white lettering. The Physical Plant is also considering putting up three ""You are here"" signboards around cam-pus, similar to the boards at the University of Maryland Baltimore County and Essex Commu-nity College, to help orient visitors to the cam-pus. "
