The Towerlight, May 2, 1985

tl19850502-000 "Committee debates drinking concerns The Alcohol Concerns Commit-tee of Towson State held a discussion last Wednesday to get students opinions on drinking on campus. Twenty-one students at-tended the forum held in the Sus-quehanna Room. The Alcohol Concerns Commit-tee is made up of various Univer-sity staff members, who as com-mittee chairperson James Spivack said, ""are trying to develop an (alcohol) policy that is reasonable and sane without penalizing anyone."" One student said students need to be better educated about drinking and proposed that an alcohol awareness program be made part of the TRIAD orienta-tion program, since all Towson students go through the TRIAD program. The question of whether Towson should becomme a ""dry campus"" promoted some strong student sentiments. Some students felt that this would in-crease drunk driving in the area around the University because students would be going off cam-pus to consume alcohol. Others said a dry campus would unfairly restrict those students who are legally old enough to drink. Committee member Charles Eckels, Events and Conference Planning; director stressed that the committee is ""not unrealistic�we know its (drink-ing on campus) going to be there."" Dorothy Siegel, vice president for student services agreed that no action will end drinking total-ly. ""There will always be drunkeness, but the issue is what policy should the University develop? Members of some campus fraternities said they opposed a dry campus because alcohol is an essential element in their fund-raising events. Marian Hoffman, associate dean of Student Development, asked what fratern-ities did twenty years ago to raise money. ""Whatever happened to part time jobs?"" she asked. One fraternity member answered that ""part time jobs lower G.P.A.S.,"" to which Hoff-man replied, ""So does drinking."" The consensus of both students and committee members seemed to be that everyone would prefer a ""wet campus"", but one that is responsible about its drinking. �Stefan Freed Fundraiser for relief fund started The famine in Ethiopia has at-tracted a great deal of public at-tention recently, as groups such as ""Band Aid"" to ""USA for Africa"" have donated money to relief groups. Recently, ABC-TV aired a special edition of ""20/20"" April 24 which depicted the ef-forts of the New York public school system to help starving Ethiopians. The children in New York were able to buy grain and send it to the African nation. Motivated by such efforts, Velma Spriggs, Towson State's Police records clerk, has begun a program to raise money to help the starving people of Africa. Spriggs said she was impressed by how much the New York children were able to help. Spriggs' campaign, which begins today, will make use of a large tree cutout on the wall of the campus police station. A donation of one dollar will buy a leaf with a portion of the ""We are the World"" song on it and a space for the purchaser's name. Each leaf will be placed on the tree. All donations will be ac-cepted. Spriggs would like to raise at least $300 during the fund drive which will last six to eight weeks. A College Press Service report (CPS) said student groups across the nation have raised thousands of dollars through relief funds like Oxfam, UNICEF, CARE, Save the Children Federation and the American Red Cross. ""Students raise millions of dollars each year for charities,"" said Steve Kinnaird, national coordinator for UNICEF's Cam-pus Action Program. Donations to the Towson State drive can be taken to room 114 of University Police Headquarters or mailed to: Velma Spriggs, Coordinator University Police Department Headquarters 8000 York Road Towson, MD 21204 �Jean Kane campus notes Inside Penguin dreams Opus and the Bloom County gang are back in Penguin Dreams and Stranger Things ... P. 9. Lending a hand Alanon is helping the friends and relatives of alcoholics cope ... p. 7. Two take tennis titles Gil Schuerholz and Stuart Rosenfield bring home #1 and #2 ECC singles champion-ships, repeat as #1 double champs ... p. 6. Alumni celebration slated The Annual Towson State Alumni Weekend will be held on campus May 3-5. The University will sponsor a variety of events over the weekend. These events include reunions and other festivities. The Annual 'Doc' Minnegan Golf Tournament and the Univer-sity gospel choir concert will be held Friday May 3. On Saturday, the class of 1955 will hold volleyball games in Bur-dick Hall gymnaseum. In the evening, a University chorale con-cert will be given in the Fine Arts Building, Leonard Raley Alumni Serv-ices director, said this year two Distinguished Alumni Awards would be presented. Betty Traskey, class of 1931, and Bob Turk, class of 1969, will be this year's recipients of the alumni Award. These are the highest awards bestowed upon alumni given out by the University. For information on any of the events being held, contact the Alumni Services office at 321-2234. �Angela Husovsky Residents to host parents The Towson State Residence Department is hosting its annual Family Day Saturday, May 4, from 9 a.m. to 6:30 p.m. Events include a picnic on the Pretty- !flan/Glen Esk lawn and a Coffee and Doughnut hour in the Newell Stone and Carpet room. The pic-nic costs $6 per person and will feature music and games. The event was coordinated by Tower C Area Coordinator Jay Cuccia and a letter explaining the event was sent to the parents of residents. �Robert Taylor Campus Notes are continued on page 2 avvragora Published weekly by the students of Towson State University Vol. 78 No. 26 litTowson, Md. 21204 Max' 2, 1985 Let the games be in Balloon ascension opens Greek Olympics as part of the Greek Week's festivities. For more, see Visuals p. 3. By Edv ins Lagzdins SGA doles out funds to groups: APICS, Rugby budget axed By Scott Hollenbeck and Jean Kane The Student Government Associa-tion allocated $241,367.76 in the Fall 1985 budget hearings last week. Fif-teen organizations and the executive budget came before the SGA seeking funding for the next year. Two of the groups, the Rugby Club and the American Production and Inventory Control Society, received no fun-ding. The Rugby Club received no money because of allegations the club was involved in raucous behavior while on Spring Break in the Bahamas. At the budget hearings, SGA Treasurer Andy Kohn read a letter from Vice-Principal Stuart C. Marder of Albert Einstein High School in Rockville. After listening to the letter and defense from rugby captain Chris Schmidt, the Senate voted 9-2 to deny all funding. The Accounting Association ap-peared for the first time in budget hearings to have their budget trim-med to $235.00 from their original re-quest of $845.00. Representative Ron Causey said the ""organization exists to helm peo-ple get jobs"" in accounting. Senator Larry Kushner asked Causey if the group has planned any fundraisers. Causey said they want to have a dance next Fall and will finance it ""through internal dues."" The Senate voted to allocate the FAB recommendation, 12-0. Tower Echoes, the University yearbook, had their budget trimmed forty dollars to $22,805.40. Editor Carol Caprinolo was ques-tioned by senators on how the year-book raises money besides through the SGA. Caprinolo replied the yearbook staff ""sells patron ads"" for the book. They sell some of the 200 leftover books for $10.00, she said. The Senate allocated $22,805.40 by a 11-0-1 vote, Senator Kevin Scally abstaining. The Senate then considered the ex-ecutive budget for the next fiscal year. This money pays for the speaker series, secretary and business office personnel as well as officers, scholar aid and money for fixed costs, such as phone bills. The Senate approved the full $157,300.00 by a 12-0 margin. The Grub Street Wit. the university literary magazine, had their request cut from $3,500.00 to $2,630.00. The Senate was concerned the Wit would not publish once a semester, so they will receive money for next semester and the Spring, provided they print issues by November 1, 1985 and April 1, 1986. The budget passed as amended, 10-0. The Black Student Union (BSU) had their original request trimmed from $2,142.00 to $1,413.00 by the FAB. Most of the requested funds were needed for the BSU Kwanza celebration. BSU treasurer Angela Evans described Kwanza a cultural event not limited to BSU members. Senators Rushner and Severa ask-ed where money from BSU fund raisers goes. Evans said money goes to Parents Dinner, which is their most successful event. The Senate, voted 9-0 to allocate $1,343.00. The SGA allocated $20,775.81 to The Toteerlight. With very little debate, the Senate voted to allocate their original request with a 9-0 vote. The Jewish Student Association (JSA) had their original request cut to $458.50 by the FAB. JSA representative Karen Feldman said the club wants to have speakers at night to draw com-muters. The club also needs funds to help finance the Shabbaton, Feldman said. Shabbaton is a ""retreat to discuss topics of concern about Israel."" See BUDGET, page 2 Rugby comes under fire for Bahamas antics By Scott Hollenbeck Allegations that the Towson State Rugby Football Club exhib-ited ""abusive and obnoxious"" be-havior while at the Freeport Inter-national Rugby Tournament in the Bahamas, led the SGA to deny funding to the group and raised the question of possible action against the club in the future. A letter from Stuart C. Marder, Vice-Principal of Albert Einstein High School in Rockville, described the players alleged antics with the high school girls who were staying in the same Bahamas hotel. In the letter, which SGA treasurer Andy Kohn read to the senate, Marder accused the group of being ""constantly drunk,"" dis-playing public nudity, banging on the Einstein girl's doors in the early morning, and furthermore, they ""physically forced their attention on a seventeen year old girl, bruis-ing and scratching her."" Chris Schmidt answered the charges by saying ""we did nothing malicious,"" Rugby Club captain and the accusations are ""way out on a limb."" He also said ""out of 21 there were one or two bad apples. We did not behave deplorably."" Schmidt added he ""doubts the officials from Ein-stein know us by face."" Senator Larry Kushner said he was ""sure the senators saw the [nude] picture in The Towerlight,"" he said the ruggers ""exceeded gen-eral moral conduct."" Kushner called the group's behavior ""a slap in the face to Hoke Smith and the people who work under him."" Schmidt again saying ""I really don't see how they know who was knocking on doors"" in the early morning hours. ""The picture in The Towerlight was supposed to be humorous"" and was not meant to of-fend anyone. In a telephone interview, Marder said he heard the banging on doors. He was able to identify the stu-dents, he said, because when he went to their room to ask them to leave his group alone they told him they were from Towson State. Diane Bokinsky, a teacher at Ein-stein and a chaperone on the trip said, ""I witnessed"" the banging on doors in the early morning. Bokinsky said she talked to some of the University students on the beach and found them ""very con- � genial."" She said however, that the incidents appeared to be more the actions of a few individuals rather than the entire team. Both Bokinsky and Marder called the incident with the 17 year-old girl ""assault"", differing only in details about the extent of the girl's in-juries. Marder said the girl's scratches were minor; but he was unable to say how the girl received the wounds. However, Bokinsky identified Rugby team captain Schmidt as the student responsible for the gill's injuries. According to Bokinsky, Schmidt ""pushed the girl into a sink"" where she was scratched and received a lump on her head. She described Schmidt as ""fairly intoxicated,"" and said that the young girl was ""manhandled by this guy."" She also said, ""somebody named Peter tried to stop Chris,"" but was unable to. According to Schmidt, the girl re-ceived her injuries when she ""ran in-to the bathroom [in his apartment] in a state of panic because of the chaperone knocking on our door."" See RUGBY ,page 13 I 4.. ' r, � . � , , ;"".""4 '44"" ""*"",�..""46...it � 14(4;0 it � "" ....7,1?77 t� � ts �-c-,417447,1),' c .... ............................... �ior this �o? '414,, � - '44 ;"":47., Othavi, .74.4444. 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