The Towerlight, March 3, 1983

tl19830303-000 "A The Towerlight *as Publish and be damned. �Duke of Wellington Vol. 76 No. 20 PUBLISHED BY THE STUDENTS OF TOWSON STATE UNIVERSITY TOWSON, MARYLAND 21204 Elections set for March 14, 15 SGA seeks answers to Echoes budget woes Tower Echoes By Shawn Hill Student Government Treasurer Susan Crago reported Tuesday that efforts are being made to resolve the budgetary problems of the Tower Echoes, the student yearbook at Towson State. The Tower Echoes, which is funded by the SGA, has spent 19,000 more than its $27,000 allot-alent to produce the 1982 yearbook. Crago said at an earlier SGA teeeting that the Tower Echoes bud-get problems were, in part, a result of fines imposed by the publisher for work submitted after established deadlines. The budget problems, however, Etre ""not the fault of the current rower Echoes staff,"" Crago said. .Crago added that the problem kill ""in no way break the SGA ;financially]."" The SGA, however, nas placed a $500 ceiling on sup- Piemental appropriations to its audgeted organizations for the 8Pring semester. The Treasurer's Office is working to prevent similar problems in the future. ""We have begun instituting a few Changes in the way the yearbook is gcling to spend its money,"" Crago Said. The SGA will place tighter con-trols on expenditures and will handle all documents of transac-tions between the Tower Echoes and its publisher, she said. In other business, Vice-President Brad Howatt announced that WCVT radio station is currently anticipat-ing an increase in wattage from under 2,000 watts to 10,000 watts. The increase would greatly expand the range of the station, allowing it to broadcast to Pennsylvania and far outside Baltimore. Howatt said, however, that ""there is no way that WCVT can increase the height of their antenna."" WCVT's board is now investigating ways to allow the increase in wattage as well as clieck-ing out possible problems resulting from it. Howatt said that the station is ""in the process of becoming a pow-erful college radio station."" The vice-president also reported that the SGA is anticipating a net profit of between $2,000 and $3,000 from the entertainer/lecture series. An additional $1,000 is expected from the remaining appearances of Tony Brown and the Amazing Kreskin. Howatt also announced that the SGA will hold the last Glen Party this May. A tentative date for the party is Thursday, March 5. Elections By Shawn Hill � The Student Government Associa-tion elections have been set for Mon-ay, March 14 and Tuesday, March 15. With the filing deadline for the elec-tion past, three candidates are run-thrie for SGA President. The can-didates are Bob Barnhart, Martin rtiss, and Cedric Snow. The three vice presidential candidates are Jim Clark, Elliot Levine, and Tom Taylor. ihe two candidates running for SGA Treasurer are Kelley Ray and David Suissa. This year's senatorial race pro-mises to be much better than last year's. Last Spring, only 12 students ran for the 14 senate seats. This year, however 26 candidates are running for SGA Senator. The polls will be located in the University Union where there will be three voting machines and in Newell Hall where there will be one machine. The polls will open on Monday at 7 a.m. and close at 4 p.m. in the Union and at 6 p.m. in Newell Hall. On Tues-day, the polls will open at 7 a.m. and close at 4 p.m. at both locations. The search is on for new assistant minority affairs dean By Terie Wolan A committee has been formed and the search is on for a new assis-tant dean of minority affairs, a post which has been vacant since last September. Thomas Knox, dean of Student Services, said the committee look-hg for the new dean ""would prefer '0 have a person with a doctorate, 8onieone with experience in higher education and .. . working with tainority students. Someone who worked at a place like Towson State Where the population is primarily White."" Knox has been acting assistant `r;eari of minority affairs since Julius ,Aapman vacated the post last `3ePtember. He also stressed the ongoing qforts by the University to fill the needs of black students, including active recruitment in different ographical areas, partly due to 'ae new dorms, as well as minority activities, scholarships for black n8eholars, and support for the Black tudent Union. Tracy Miller, assistant vice-pres-ident for special projects, who is also on the committee, said that With black students, ""I think we've done pretty well in the past. The 13ercentage of minorities on campus t,a 8s definitely gone up at the same 'LItile that our admissions standards gave been raised."" However, Knox said, there are sill significant problems to be dealt with at Towson. ""I think that black students at a predominantly white institution face a number of difficulties which Towson has yet to overcome. On my first inclination, I'd give Towson a C �, none of the services are denied to black students, but .. . there just aren't enough black faculty. The atmosphere would be upgraded con-siderably if there were black role models."" Approximately 12 percent of Towson students are black, while nine percent of administrators and three percent of the faculty of the University are black. Miller said, ""It is particularly important for Towson to become more visible in the black commu-nity,"" and suggested that contact-ing local black businessmen to speak to students and be seen as role models would be helpful to off-set the lack of black faculty. Another problem Knox cited is the tight economic condition. ""There is a definite increase in stu-dents' financial needs. We lose qualified black students who can't quite come up with enough money to last a career here."" The committee expects to narrow the candidates for assistant dean down to three or four by May 15. Then, Dorothy Siegel, vice-presi-dent of student services, will make the final selection before July 1. March 3, 1983 :1.161*""2..11**1�-, -t !we Nate ED � MS AIM 411111111NR OWNS NaiMi ORM . � 7"". WL VA? ""Ain't no way..."" ...that anybody is going to tow this jeep perched on a snow bank in the parking lot of the University Union. But they will probably try anyway... � By Edyins LagzdIns Despite poor economy, By Ingrid Floyd Broadway is hurting in ticket sales; professional dance companies are going bankrupted; the government has cut back grants to the arts. Yet the bleak news for the artist has not deterred students from enrolling in the various Fine Arts programs at Towson State. ""Enrollment in artistic performances, produc-tion, dance, theatre and studio art. hag hplri it nwn and sometimes increased,"" Gilbert Brungardt, dean of the College of Fine Arts said. ""Only undergraduates aspiring to teach in their fields are thwarted by the economy."" One reason for the success of the college is its dedication to professionalize its program. Students can now receive the Bachelor of Fine Arts degree and the departments are tightening their standards of admission to have a more realistic approach to their discipline. In fact, if they are losing majors it is because of this move. Fine Arts is still strong We are going to be cutting, not because of stu-dent demands, but because we will audition students for majors,"" said Dr. Helene Breazeale, chairperson of the dance department. ""We will ac-cept a half that will audition. If we cut back in November, it is because the quality isn't there."" In the theatre department, students are dropped if they do not keep up the expectations of the major. Dr. Richard C. Gillespie, chairperson of the theatre department said, ""Ultimately there will be more good students."" To meet the employment needs of their under-graduates, the Art department is gearing their pro-gram to commercial design. In addition to upgrading the various department standards, the college aspires to incorporate com-puters in their program to prepare students better for the job world. ""Every student should be com-puter oriented and understand computer language,"" Brungardt said. ""The importance of computer technology is not denied."" By Edvins Lagzdins Baltimore City Judge Billy Murphy spoke on the history of black freedom last Friday in the Chesapeake R6oms. He will return March 9 to speak as part of the Black Student Union's Motivation Day. Computers are now used by artists for graphics and design in art, musical theory in music; and management, scenic design and lighting in theatre. ""This department should have been on computers,"" stated Gillespie, ""A technical theatre graduate that does not have the knowledge of computers is going to have great difficulty finding jobs."" Computers cost money, though, which the college does not have. ""We've had to tighten up con-siderably said Dr. Gillespie. ""Budget cuts have been small but increased costs of building materials affects production."" The department has lost several part-time faculty. The art and dance department are having to pay more for art materials and costumes. But the University has not given more money tc Science than the Fine Arts. ""The Administration understands the importance of the entire cur-riculum. Curtailment of the budget is wide and not directed to one discipline or another,"" said Dean Brungardt. Languages looking to future By Lynn Weber ""The Modern Languages depart-ment is working to help students gain experience that will help them in their future."" This is what the department's chairman Dr. Jorge A. Giro cites as one important goal of his Foreign Languages department. To do this, Giro is looking to find ways to upgrade the program and ex-pand the possibilities it offers, both in the languages it now teaches and those which it hopes to teach in the future. Though the minor in Modern Languages doesn't officially exist at Towson State, there is a program for the Certificate of Proficiency. As of now, the certificate, like the major, is available in Spanish, French and Ger-man. But as early as next year, ""the department is going to open to more uncommon languages to include these in the certificate program,"" said Giro, such as Chinese and Japanese. The certificate is a popular program for students of other majors because of its relatively light course re-quirements and usefulness in the job market, Giro said. In addition to this, Giro would like to introduce individualized programs for languages for which the department does not yet have faculty, utilizing the Language Lab. If appropriate test can be found, students could eventually receive credit for this type of study, Giro said. One of the most significant addi-tions to the Language department has been the Internship program for ma-jors and the Practicum for the cer-tificate, Giro said. The program is on-ly two years old but has gotten students positions with McCormick's Co., government, private institutions, import/export business, the Mayor's office and Senator Matthias, he said There are presently 7 students involv-ed. A development which will upgrade not only the Modern Language depart-ment, but the University in general, is the Masters of Arts in Foreign Language degree now pending before the Board of Trustees of State Univer-sities and Colleges. The degree may be available this year, Giro said. Also, ""The department is trying to establish relationships with businesses abroad,"" said Giro. Students have long had the opportuni-ty to spend their Junior year in a foreign country, but now they will be able to spend their summer abroad, in either France or Spain, he said. See GIRO, page 8 Colleges offering financial aid to draft resisters may face trouble from Feds (CPS)�Schools that help out students who refuse to ,,egister for the draft may get in as much trouble as the b 'ttldents if a bill recently introduced in Congress ecornes law. A congressional proponent of military registration, f.Larmed by college administrators' promises to replace tl_oancial aid lost by nonregistrants, is trying to extend Ltie link between colleges and the draft to private forms �L financial aid. tkAs of July 1, college men will have to show proof f,leY've registered for the draft in order to get federal 14ancial aid. Hut Earlham College in Indiana and Haverford Col- :Re in Pennsylvania have pledged to get private aid for 4:34registrants who are cut off of federal aid. Yale may �""8.0 accommodate students in need because of their anti-gulitary feelings. Of The University of Minnesota Regents, stopping short Promising aid, have filed a friend-of-the-court brief in laWsuit to break the link between aid and registration. f; Those schools and the widespread grumbling from r;lunicial aid officers around the country convinced Rep. 'arald Solomon (R-NY) to propose punishing schools that lend money to draft resisters by withdrawing all federal funds and grants from the schools. ""Colleges would have to agree not to issue any kind of financial aid without first confirming a student's draft status,"" says Gary Holmes, a Solomon spokesman. ""The funds that would be cut off include any govern-ment grants: fellowships, research, defense. We hope the bill would stop any university [from] trying to circum-vent the draft-enforcement regulations,"" he explains. Some Washington observers, including Dennis Martin of the National Association of Student Financial Aid Administrators, feels the bill has only a slim chance of passage. Holmes even adds, ""The chances are good that it will die in committee."" If that happens, Solomon plans to attach it to other, more pressing legislation that a majority favors. It was the same way the congressman engineered the original draft-enforcement bill. ""We stuck the first one on as an amendment to a defense bill, and it slid right through,"" Holmes recalls. ""If this new bill is shot down, we plan to try it again."" Reaction from colleges that have pledged to help noniegistrants generally fall into the stiff-upper-lip category. ""We regard it as a matter of principle,"" says Haver-ford College President Robert Stevens. ""If you ask, 'Have we been intimidated?' the answer is no."" But Stevens adds, ""We couldn't survive without any form of federal aid. I doubt that any school could."" ""If a student is denied federal aid, for whatever reason, and he still has an unmet need, then we feel we have a commitment to fill that need,"" says Kathy Malutich, aid director at Earlham. ""These students wouldn't be denied an education because they resisted the draft per se,"" she explains. ""It's a question of whether or not they have the money."" Yale similarly said it would provide aid to students who need money, whatever the reason, but was misinter-preted as a helper of resisters, says spokesman Walter B. Littell. Littell says Yale ""for the past 20 years"" has aided students who could demonstrate financial need. But if the government forbids schools to aid students who needed monetary help because they didn't register for the draft, Littell adds, ""we can't speculate on what we would do."" And the University of Minnesota, which joined a lawsuit aimed to break the draft-aid link, says it couldn't replace funds lost to nonregistrants even if it wanted to. ""We just don't have the money,"" says aid director Robert Misenko. Misenko also wonders how Solomon's bill would affect students who already get private aid. ""If a student who is already getting private funds turns out to be a nonregistrant, I would say to that person you might as well forget about pursuing a higher education. Virtually no one gets through school these days without some form of aid. What the government is denying these people isn't money. It's the right to an education."" But another bill in Congress is aiming to end military registration altogether. Rep. Martin Sabo (D-Minn) would cut off funding for Selective Service. Sabo has introduced the same bill every year since military registration began. ""The draft has a low priority in Congress,"" points out Sabo aide Kevin Bonderud, ""but we're hopeful we can push it through anyway."" "