The Towerlight, May 2, 1991

tl19910502_000 "Vol. 87 No. 13 Maryland's largest student weekly May 2, 1991 TPublishhed by tehe stud enTts of Toowson Stwate Un.iveersitry, Tolwsonighto Bob Rowe, a student at Towson State, volunteers his time for Project Lean On Us to help the homeless children of two of Baltimore's transitional housing programs. Making a difference Student volunteers give their time to help the community. Lisa Goldberg Managing Editor Volunteering on the geri-atric floor at Sheppard Pratt Psychiatric Hospital has taught Beth Dorfman the value of youth. One day, the Towson State junior was helping a patient, a man suffering from Alzheimer's, pack before his discharge from the hospital. While sorting through his things, she came across an old picture of the man. And, she said, he looked beautiful and young. ""The picture looked like it could've been taken yester-day. I started crying,"" said Dorfman, who has worked at the psychiatric hospital since early last semester. ""I wanted to go back to the 1920s and warn him of what would become of him."" For Dorfman and many oth-er Towson State students, volunteering is a welcome break from the stresses of school work. And whether through a greek organization or service group or on an individual basis, students are donating their time and effort to aid over 80 off-cam-pus organizations as well as on-campus ventures. Dan Richter/The Towertight According to Marion Hoffman, associate dean for student development, there is currently a national trend for students to volunteer. ""Students feel there's not a whole lot they can do on a national or international lev-el,"" Hoffman said, ""but there is a lot they can do in their community or on their cam-pus."" Hoffman said that students often come into her office and say that they are interested in doing some sort of volun-teer work. ""We get calls daily from peo-ple wanting our students to volunteer,"" she said. ""The budget crunch has also hit agencies where students vol-unteer. So, it's more impor-tant now that students give their time."" Last year, University President Hoke Smith asked Hoffman and Nancy Braverman, assistant direc-tor of special projects, to com-pile a list of the volunteer activities performed by stu-dent groups on campus. She found 61 student organiza-tions that provided services to the community during the 1989-1990 school year. Smith said that such a large see COVER STORY, p. 21 Inside� � Resident student assaulted � Baseball gets third seed in in Glen, p. 2. the ECC's, p. 10. � Grub Street peek, p. 2. "