The Towerlight, May 2, 1980

CONTENTS VOL. LXXIII No. 27 ®otoerUgf)t PUBLISHED BY THE STUDENTS OF TOWSON STATE UNIVERSITY Sports . 7 Features. . . 3 Entertainment . 5 Classifieds . . 10 Week Watcher . 3 Newsbriefs . . 10 Commentary . 11 May 2, 1980 r 1 Ceremony altered i ft r' ^ M P Щ 2 > ' , каЦ#$ • v - Г, ' V . 4 , v Guest speakers omitted from commencement Springfest in the rain Once again Mother Nature threw a monkey wrench into Springfest plans as rainy weather kept people away in droves. However, Springfest chairman Jay Cuccia said the dance, which opened Springfest Friday and featured Paper Cup, was a success. TL photo by Greg Foster IFSC president resigns by Karen DiPasquale Wayne Shore, president of the Intra Fraternity Sorority Council, resigned from his position last week. Shore was unable to be reached for comment. Craig Wolf, Student Government Association vie j president, said Shore probably resigned because “he was taking the heat during the course of the year. from member? of the IFSC. People felt he wasn’t leading them properly." Wolf, who is also a member of the Phi Kappa Sigma fraternity, which is recognized by the IFSC, said part of the “heat” Shore was receiving was the responsibility for a misunder¬ standing between the IFSC and the SGA. Wolf said the IFSC threw a par¬ ty at the Phi Kappa Sigma fraternity house after a softball game that was held between the fraternity and facul¬ ty during Greek Week, March 16 through 22. After the party, the IFSC sent the SGA a bill for some of the expenses. , “The SGA does not fund for off- campus events," said Wolf. “And Steve [Horn] and I were upset about what the IFSC had done.” Steve Horn, president of the Student Council and member of Alpha Omega Lambda fraternity, which is recogniz¬ ed by the IFSC, said, “The IFSC spent their money wrong. The SGA does not fund for the things they billed us for.” The SGA has always adhered to an unwritten policy to fund no organiza¬ tion for food or drinks. Also the SGA does not fund any organization for any off-campus events. Arlene Campeggi, the SGA book¬ keeper, said, “A $466 beer bill was sent to the SGA. But the IFSC had over $800 in their general account.” The IFSC, which is an SGA-budgeted organization, had sponsored a beer blast about a year ago, said Campeggi, and earned extra money that was put into its general account. According to the bookkeeper, the gen¬ eral account money is carried over in an organization’s budget from year to year. “They did nothing wrong or illegal,” said Campeggi, “but what would we [SGA] have done if the IFSC didn’t have the $800 with the SGA? We just want to guard against any organization throwing off-campus parties and then billing the SGA.” Campeggi also said the SGA was billed for some equipment that was either lost or stolen from the frater¬ nity house after the party. The equip¬ ment included a coil box and C02 that were used with kegs of beer. Horn, who is a proponent of the IFSC, said, “The organization just mis-spent its money and we [SGA] have to take measures to correct what was done. We have to redirect their motives. The organization’s budget was cut this year by the Financial Ad¬ visory Board from $1,956 to $260. But this was not done to punish the IFSC. We just have to get the group to con¬ centrate on one specific goal at a time.” Horn said he has met with members of the IFSC and will meet with them again to help discuss redirection of the group’s efforts. Campeggi and Wolf both agreed that the IFSC has no structure and no strong leadership. Wolf said Shore, the ex-president of the IFSC, could be blamed for the misunderstanding between the group and the SGA, “but the party was part of Greek Week, which didn’t go well,” he said. “You could blame the person in charge of Greek Week, or you could blame Wayne [Shore] because he was the president of the IFSC. But just who can you point the finger to?” by Halaine Silberg Charles Haslup, assistant to the president, announced there will be no guest speakers at the June, 1980 com¬ mencement exercises. Four honorary degrees, however, will be awarded to figures of national as well as local prominence. Haslup said the decision to eliminate guest speakers was made primarily by President Hoke Smith in an effort to reduce the ceremony’s duration while keeping the focus on the graduates themselves. In the past, said Haslup, the two people awarded honorary degrees of Doctor of Humane Letters spoke during commencement. This year, however, there will be two additional degree recipients and no guest speakers. “In the past the student leadership and the faculty have made recommendations [for speakers],” said Haslup. He said celebrity speakers were often hard to book for graduation because of both their unavailability and high fees. “We don’t have money budgeted in great amounts for commencement. Your major speakers— Harry Reasoner, Dan Rather— probably wouldn’t come for gratis,” said Haslup. This year, he said, the major reason for not hav¬ ing speakers is a lack of time during the ceremony. Haslup quoted Smith as saying “the most important thing about graduation is the graduates,” citing this to be the most valid justification for eliminating speakers. Laura Hawkins, senior class president, disagreed with the decision not to have speakers. “Never once did they say anything to me about whether or not they wanted such-and-such to speak. Obviously they had decided they didn’t want to have a speaker,” she said. Hawkins also said the senior class should have greater impact concern¬ ing speakers at commencement. “I’d like to see the senior class choose their own speaker. You can limit it to 10 minutes. I don’t see that an extra 10 minutes is going to make that much of a differ¬ ence,” she said. Hawkins said a good speaker would make the gradua¬ tion ceremony more meaningful for those graduating. “I think it’s good for the class and it’s prestige for the school too,” she said. Speeches will be made by both Hawkins and Smith in following with Towson State’s tradition of having both the University president and the senior class president address the graduates. Four non-speakers have been chosen by the honorary degrees committee to receive awards at commencement. They include: Lucille Clifton, poet and author; Sergiu Comissiona, music director and conductor of the Balti¬ more Symphony Orchestra; Joseph Meyerhoff, chairman of the board for Magna Properties, Inc. ; and Paul Sharp, president emeritus and regents’ professor at University of Oklahoma. Mark Whitman, chairman of the honorair degrees com¬ mittee, said recipients are chosen from a list submitted by faculty and students as well as by special recommenda¬ tions from Smith. “Generally we have picked these names from a list submitted by the faculty over the years. We’ve pretty much worked our way down the list,” he said. The major criterion Whitman cited in the decision¬ making process is that the candidate be a figure of national or international prominence who is at least familiar to the community and the University. Haslup said an honorary degree recipient is a person who has given outstanding service to his fellow man. He said a Doctor of Humane Letters is someone who has dis¬ tinguished himself amongst the citizenry— someone who has made a name for himself or herself. Hawkins, however, said she attaches less importance to the honorary degree. “Honorary degrees don’t really mean anything. I think it’s just an incentive to get these people to support the school,” she said. P & T crunch: Are there any alternative rewards? This is the second in a series examining the promotion and tenure crunch at Towson State. This week: alternatives. by Debbie Pelton There is no alternative to promotion or tenure. If a faculty member wants a promo¬ tion or tenured position, there is no suitable substitute. However, there are ways to reward deserving faculty members whose tal¬ ents are not recognized with a promo¬ tion or tenured position. To prevent frustrated unpromoted, untenured faculty members from banging their heads against the wall and losing initiative to persevere with their professional endeavors, faculty members and administrators are de¬ veloping “alternative rewards.” Dr. Dean Esslinger; director of faculty development, said alternative rewards are one way of “trying to fight the battle of keeping people intellectually stimulated and growing professionally.” develop a rigid priority list for the projects to be funded because depart¬ ment needs differ,” he said. Providing mini-sabbaticals will tell faculty members, “the University does appreciate the job you do” and “you will be rewarded for your work,” Cox said. If approved by the deans, the pro¬ gram may be implemented by the fall, but that would necessitate adjust¬ ing the already printed fall schedule. Analysis Attendance triples Foreign studen t population escalating SYRACUSE, NY (CPS)-De- spite political troubles and even hints of scandal, there is a growing influx of foreign students into the United States. Inevitably many of the students experience the shock of meeting with a new culture, new education system, new social values and new language. In all, there are 300,000 foreign¬ ers from more than 176 countries now attending American colleges and universities, according to the Institute of International Educa¬ tion in New York. The number is growing at a rate of 12 to 16 per¬ cent a year. In just the last ten years, the number has tripled. There are several reasons for the influx, the most compelling of which is money. "Foreign students pay full tui¬ tion, usually live in university hous¬ ing and eat university food,” said Philip Doughty of Syracuse. “All of which makes them a good buy.” Richard Farmer, chairman of the department of international busi¬ ness at Indiana University in Bloomington, estimated that the average foreign student spends more than $10,000 a year for tui¬ tion, fees, books, travel and other costs. “This means that education of foreign students is a $30 billion-a year industry,” Farmer said. And that $30 billion, he added, is enough to pay the oil-import bill. Farmer said many people had be¬ lieved foreign students were a drain on a universities’ finances. But he pointed out that IU class study showed foreign students provide ’ significant economic boost both for colleges and their surrounding communities. “They’re like tourists,” he said, “who stay a long time.” He said that colleges could easily double the number of foreign stu¬ dents they have and never know the difference as long as they were not all put in one place. He said this would mean another $25 billion to this country, or exactly 1979’s trade deficit. American univeristies readily of¬ fer less commercial reasons for accepting more and more foreign students. For example, adminis¬ trators say foreign students help break down the parochialism of American students. University officials also contend they are responding to the technical needs of foreign students and the countries from which they come, es¬ pecially those in the Third World. “In many parts of the world, there have not been educational opportunties, particularly at the more advanced level - the graduate level,” said Harold Vaughn, associ¬ ate director of international studies at Syracuse's Office of Academic Affairs. “Many foreign countries are in need of highly-trained people — real experts in their subject area.” Enrollment figures do show for¬ eign students concentrated in nuts- and-bolts courses. The National Academy of Science reported that in 1977 foreigners received 42 per¬ cent of the doctoral degrees award¬ ed in engineering, and a quarter of those in physics and mathema¬ tics. “We have reason to think of this as part of our good neighbor policy between the United States and for¬ eign countries,” said Thomas Cum¬ mings Jr., Syracuse’s dean of ad¬ missions and financial aid. So, out of concern for neighbor¬ liness, patriotism, and finance, some American institutions have begun sending representatives abroad to recruit alien students. William Bray of the National As¬ sociation of Foreign Students in Washington, D.C. said more and more of the recruiting is being done by dozens of small private enter¬ prises that have sprung up around the world to offer counseling and placement. Bray’s conservative estimate is that private recruiters bring in about 20,000 foreign students a year, at around $500 per student. In the recruitment rush have come reports of unprofessional and even unscrupulous behavior. They range from charges that universities are illegally distri¬ buting student visa forms in whole¬ sale lots to charges that recruiters are giving foreign students misleading financial information to get them to agree to enroll. Once they do enroll, foreign stu¬ dents are often the center of con¬ troversy. Iranian students have in¬ spired a lot of disruption on cam¬ puses in the last two academic years. Foreign students, moreover, often cling together in the unfami¬ liar and forebidding American social setting, and thus cause some fear and resentment among their native-born classmates. In their treatment of foreign students, adminstrators also open themselves to allegations of selling out academic principles for money. Syracuse, for instance, has a five- year contract with the Saudi Ara¬ bian government to run a nutrition education program, which includes six courses open only to Saudi stu¬ dents. Under the contract, the Saudi government gave Syracuse $819,000 to renovate two classrooms and pay the salaries of four professors and a secretary. The arrangement raised concerns that the Saudi government had bought undue influence in univer¬ sity policy decisions. Others worried that the contract created a class of (Saudi) students who could gain pre¬ ferential treatment over other stu¬ dents. Saudi Arabia also offered some $21 million to the University of Southern California to fund a Mid¬ dle Eastern Studies Center that would have, according to critics, compromised USC’s academic in¬ tegrity. The university withdrew from the arrangement under pres¬ sure. While most college officials deny there is any connection between for¬ eign student recruitment and for¬ eign government-backed academic programs, some administrators do admit there is cause for concern. Harold Enarson, Ohio State Uni¬ versity president, said in a speech last year, “We are dealing with for¬ eign students without premise or plan, system or strategy.” “All too often we indulge in mushy senti¬ mentalism. It is very nice to have foreign students on campus — until they go broke, or until they dem¬ onstrate.” Esslinger met Tuesday with the divisional deans and Dr. Joseph Cox, vice president of academic affairs, to present the faculty development com¬ mittee’s proposal for mini-sabbaticals or dean’s fellowships. The mini-sabbaticals would release an instructor from one three credit hour course instruction to pursue a specific project, research idea or complete a degree. One instructor from each division, chosen by the divisional dean, would receive the fellowship. The deans will discuss the proposal at their meeting with Cox next week. Cox said he thinks the deans will oppose the faculty development com¬ mittee’s proposal to form a specific decision making procedure for grant¬ ing uie rewards. Cox said the deans will work with Esslinger and depart¬ ment chairmen to decide who will receive the fellowships. He said the deans would probably favor a “more flexible basis for mak¬ ing decisions." The deans will prob¬ ably “desire not to add one more formal process” to the countless bureaucracies that already exist, he said. Cox said each divisional dean would probably use a different priority sys¬ tem for deciding what projects will be funded. The deans might not “want to start next spring. Funds for the project will come from the individual departments and other sources, said Cox. Besides the mini-sabbaticals, the faculty development committee or¬ ganized the faculty departmental enhancement program, which aids faculty merfibers with teaching, developing new courses or revising existing cdurses. The program also offers support to faculty members traveling to other in¬ stitutions or conferences to present scholarly papers. Faculty development committee members also help faculty members get information about endowments continued on page 6 In this Issue Towerlight looks at the anthro¬ pological im¬ plications of the Hunt Cup. Take a peek at the preppies on page 3. The 1980 TSU Lacrosse team tackles a team of past Tiger greats in the Annual Memorial Lacrosse Game. Story on page 8.