The Towerlight, May 21, 1982

tl19820521-000 "Vol. 75 No. 28 ower ight PUBLISHED BY THE STUDENTS OF TOWSON STATE UNIVERSITY TOWSON, MARYLAND 21204 -Pre-Preakness photo by John O'Loughlin Students tug for tee shirts during last Friday's pre- Preakness celebration on Burdick Field. Knox proposes new anti-hazing poi ides By Bruce Reid Thomas Knox, associate dean of students, last month proposed a total revamping of the Towson State anti-hazing policy for frater-nities. The policy, delivered in a five. Page document to Dave Thomas. Student Government Association president, and fraternity officers, details many new regulations for Pledging practices of fraternities and the penalties resulting from failure to comply with the new rules. ""The feeling is that the ad-ministration has to take a stronger hand in these matters,"" Knox said recently. The current hazing policy 18 vague and insufficient to allow University officials to enforce the Policy and pinpoint hazing viola-tions, he said. The new anti-hazing policy, however, has not been approVed by the University administration, Knox said. Thomas said he does agree with a need for more specific anti-hazing policies, and he ob-lected to only several fine points of the proposal. The new policy states: � In order to pledge for a fraterni-ty, a student must have a minimum grade point average of 2.6 and must have completed 27 credits. � No local fraternities may exist , on campus for more than two years Without becoming affiliated with a national fraternity. The rule would apply to Phi Rho Omega, the only local frat on campus since the university revoked Alpha Omega Lambda charter after several hazing violations in late March. � All fraternities must have an advisor who approves membership-related activities. � Rush and pledge activities must be limited to a period four weeks after classes begin and four weeks before classes end. The prac-tices of some fraternities disrupt the academic performance of some students, Knox said. � The proposal details 36 ac-tivities which would be considered violations of the anti-hazing policy. The activities include requiring or endorsing pledges to drink alcohol or any other substances; requiring eating of spoiled foods, raw onions, goldfish or anything an individual refuses to eat; calisthentics, such as sit-ups, push-ups and runs: brand-ing (which is currently practiced by Omega Psi Phi, by consent only), and permitting less than six con-tinuous hours of sleep for pledges during initiation periods. The drafting of the new anti-hazing policy resulted directly from the most recent hazing violations of Alpha Omega Lambda, a local fraternity which was forced to dis-band after several hazing violations in March. The violation involved two food-gorging incidents where pledges were alledgedly forced to eat food that had been ""adulterated"" by fraternity members, and the death of one pledge in an Interstate 83 car crash during pledging activity. The proposed anti-hazing policies are perhaps more in line with a na-tional trend for stricter anti-hazing regulations, Knox said. ""They are almost word-for-word"" from the anti-hazing policies at the University of Pennsylvania and Bowling Green University, he said. Continued on page 8 Thomas Knox It just doesn't matter. -Bill Murray in ""Meatballs"" May 21, 1982 SGA allots $164,069 during '82 hearings By James Schoettler The Student Government Association Senate concluded two weeks of budget hearings Tuesday after funding $44,281 to the last 11 student organizations that submit-ted requests for next semester. The Senate budgeted a total of $164,069 to 23 organizations during the hearings. The money allocated to the Organizations comes from the $23.25 student fee. The money allocated at this year's hearing is a projection of how many paying students the University will have next semester, said Arlene Campeggi, SGA business manager. There was approximately $200,000 for the Senate to allocate in this year's budget. The money left over is held in escrow until next semester's budget, when it can be used if necessary, Campeggi said. The Senate approved an addi-tional $6,000 for WCVT-FM the Towson State radio station. The Senate initially alloted $15,106 to WCVT. ""When we originally went before the FAB, we had a set price for general operating expenses,"" said Teresa Houle, managing director of WCVT-FM. ""Since that time operating expenses went up more than we anticipated."" The Senate also approved $15,000 for Towerlight's yearly budget, recommended by the Financial Ad-visory Board. The National Panhellic Associa-tion, Circle K, and the Society for the Advancement of Management were not funded. The FAB recom-mended $905 for the Society for the Advancement of Management, but the Senate turned down the request. SAM president Doug Parson was asked by the Senate if the organiza-tion held bake sales or other ac-tivities to raise money. ""No, we're a business club, not a fraternity,"" he said. Although the Senate did net fund the organization, it can still apply for a supplemental budget and receive some funds for next year. The Circle K Club withdrew their request for funds. ""We can get along without SGA funds,"" said Cir-cle K president Sue Moore. ""We still wish to be SGA affiliated, but feel that we are pretty well off."" The National Association of Black Accountants received only $94 of the $2,170 it requested. ""I think it was unfair,"" said An-thony Stevenson, NABA leader. ""I don't know how this organization is going to function on $94. ""I don't know if the name of the organization had anything to do with it or not,"" Stevenson said. ""I think it did."" The Jewish Student Association, which received $410 of the $1050 it requested, was also unhappy with its budget. In other SGA business, Dave Thomas SGA president reprimand-ed the senators for violating their constituion by not helping to set up and clean up during an SGA-sponsored event. Organization Request FAB Allocation Executive Budget $24,700 - $24,700 Black Student Union 6,831 $ 2,250 2,250 AIESEC 940 432 407 Grub Street Wit 2,600 2,000 2,000 Nursing Student Assn. 2,125 430 430 Economic Club 975 -0- 130 Forensics Union 11,269 5,151 5,151 Tower Echoes 36,069 22,493 17,260 AMA 2,050 541 647 Mass Comm Film Society 1,850 1,385 1,585 Uni. Residence Govt. 505 201 201 NABA 2,171 94 94 Art Student Union 1,975 830 830 WCVT 30,091 15,105 20,105 Circle K 4,420 525 withdrawn NS SLHA 910 40 40 Soc. of Physics Students 5,667 2,219 2,219 Jewish Student Assn. 1,050 410 410 Towerlight 28,676 15,000 15,000 SAM 2,355 905 Biology Club 2,121 980 848 Panhellenic Assn. 1,000 Phil. Dis. Group 1,150 575 575 Spanish Club -0- -0- -0- Total $164,069 Employee saves fire victim By Michael Bennett ""It's been three days, and I'm still shaking. Just thinking about the 10 others, I get nervous and start shaking again."" Melvin Williams, a Towson State housekeeping employee ,was able to save one life early Saturday morn-ing, but he cannot forget the 10 peo-ple who lost their lives in a house fire at 2781 Tivoly Avenue, near Clifton Park in Baltimore City. ""You feel good that you were able to help one, but then you're just standing there, wishing you could help the rest,"" Williams said. Williams, 26, who has worked for the University's housekeeping department for almost seven years, was visiting his girl friend at 2783 Tivoly Avenue, next door to the home of James Williams, 40, and his Students celebrate Preakness party By Marc Goodman Hundreds of Towson State students showed up for the pre- Preakness party between 1 and 6 P.m. last Friday on Burdick Field. While some stretched out on the grass catching the sun's rays, Others guzzled down cups of Lite beer, munched candy apples, listen- Pd to music provided by an array of black groups, and watched their friends struggling through grueling tug-of-war matches. One of the organizers, Jim Whitaker, spent endless hours put-ting the event together. Whitaker, director of the African-American Cultural Center, orginally had reserved Burdick Field for the Open Air Cultural Festival. But because the event fell on the same weekend as the Preakness, Ted Johns asked him to combine his event with the pre-Preakness party. Whitaker agreed and incor- Aerated some of his booths with those of the pre-Preakness party. Members of the Black Student Union sold items such as snow balls, fruit salads, earrings and other Jewelry. The BSU also arranged for all-black bands and performing groups including Mighty Invader, Olufunmilayo African Dance Comp-any and rhythm and blues groups to Perform. ""They were all funded under the academic division,"" Whitaker said. ''We do not get anything back. The Profit goes to the SGA."" The biggest attraction at the pre- Preakness party was the Lite Beer tug-of-war competition, organized by Carlyn Speer, a senior health major at the University and a Miller High Lite representative. Eight men's teams and six women's teams representing fraternities, sororities and other campus groups, par-ticipated in the event. No more than 2,000 pounds of weight were allowed on each side of the rope (meaning eight to 10 members to a team depehding on how fat or skinny each person is.) Miller High Lite distributed tee-shirts to the winners of the preliminary round. The winning teams, who registered under the slogan 'LESS FILLING', received red tee-shirts with the same name and the winning teams who registered under 'TASTES GREAT', received blue tee-shirts with the same name. First, second and third-place sur-vivors of the final round received a wooden trophy with the insignia 'Lite Beer'. Paul Sebula, a sophomore chemistry major and captain of the winning men's team - Phi Kappa Sigma, said it was his first year in the fraternity and he had to recruit the whole team. ""We all came together. It was great team work,"" he said. ""We had the will to win . . . we wanted to win so bad."" Tommy Hienson - former coach of the Boston Celtics, and Deacon Jones - former professional foot-ball player, stopped by at about 4 p.m. signed autographs for the half-sloshed sutdents and then quickly exited. No matter what students chose to do at the party, they were all just having a good 'ol time getting ready for the 'real' party which began the following morning and ended hours after Aloma's Ruler crossed the finish line in the big race. ""I'm going to the Preakness with 15 others. We're going to bring a half keg of beer, a soccer ball and a blanket. And we're going to party with 85,000 other maniacs,"" said John Hawkins, a junior majoring in mass communication. Cultural Festival photo by Bob Tarleton The Olufunmilayo Dance Company performed at the Open-Air Cultural Festival, which shared Burdick Field with the pre-Preakness celebration. wife Delores, 38, who died in the fire along with three of their children: Anita, 12; Theresa, 11; and Michelle, 5. Melvin Williams is not related to the victims. Mia McGriff, 5 months, Anthfya McGriff 5, Lew McGriff 3, Antonio Brown, 7, and James Brown, 31, were also killed in the fire. Fire department officials said a candle, which apparently fell onto a sofa in a first-floor room, was the cause of the fire. ""We were watching TV, sometime between 12:15 and 12:30, when we heard screams from next door,"" Williams said. ""We ran to the front door and could see flames coming from the front windows. We ran around back and kicked in the back door. My friend tried to go inside, but he could only go a few feet, because of the smoke and heat."" ""We spotted two people on the second-floor porch. They both had to jump. I caught one of them, and my friend, Beranrd Eckrich, caught the other one."" Williams' action helped save the life of Jeffery Williams, 14, another son of James and Delores Williams. Eckrich caught Cynthia Lewis, 18, a friend of the family. ""After we caught the two on the porch, I went back around to the front, but it was too late. The house was completely in flames. All we could do was wait for the fire department to come. They came about three or four minutes later,"" Williams said. Curtis Williams, 19, another of the Williams' sons, also escaped the fire. He was sleeping in the front room on the first floor, and crawled through a window onto the front porch. The Williams family had been us-ing candles and oil lamps for light, since Friday when their gas and electric service was cut off because of an overdue bill. Melvin Williams described the Williams family as ""casual friends."" ""They were mainly my girlfriends' friends, but by being over there alot I got to know most of the kids,"" he said. Williams does not consider his ac-tion particularly heroic. ""I was just there, and I did what had to be done at the time."" Williams' time as a University employee may be coming to an end since the University will turn housekeeping work over to a private contractor. The new contract, which has not been awarded, goes into ef-fect on July 1 and requires the con-tractor to keep present housekeep-ing staff on the job, at their present wage, for six months. However, housekeeping staff will not receive the benefits they now receive as state and University employees. The University is trying to find new jobs for housekeeping workers, but Williams has yet to find a new job. ""I have an application in with the University Police, but I haven't heard anything yet,"" Williams said. Melvin Williams Towerlight to publish Thursday In an effort to keep up with the progress Towson State has made in the last few years, Tmerlight will publish on Thursday instead of Friday, beginning September 2, 1981. Because of the change in publication dates, new deadlines have been set: Advertising, both display and classified - Monday, 5 p.m. Letters to the editor - Monday, 5 p.m. Weekwatcher - Monday, 5 p.m. Newsbriefs - Monday, 2 p.m. "