The Towerlight, May 3, 1984

tl199840503-000 "The Towerlight \ 01. 77 No. 27 PUBLISHED BY THE STUDENTS OF TOWSON STATE UNIVERSITY TOWSON, MARYLAND 21204 May 3. 198.1 Student government allocates $2 1 2,5 36.64 at spring budgeting By Mike Judge A tired and weary Student Gov-ernment Association Senate allo-cated $212,536.64 to itself and 13 affiliated organizations during this week 's budget hearings Monday and Tuesday nights. The SGA receives $23.25 from the student fees of all full-time (12 credits or more) students each year, and allocates the approximately $200,000 to student organizations and SGA programs. This year's allo-cation exceeds the SGA projected budget of $207,000, but money-making ventures like the Homecom-ing weekend, money from other sources for the speaker series, and reversions of funds not spent during the fall semester should balance the budget for the 1984-85 fiscal year. The Senate spent considerable time going over the requests and recommendations, and sorting out parlimentary procedure before allo-cating the funds. The Black Student Union receiv-ed $1,769, for the fall semester after an hour and a half debate. The funds will become available when the new fiscal year begins July 1, and will end the freeze the Senate put on the imum Farrakhan needs for an en-gagement) to pay for the appear-an appearance by Minister Louis Farrakhan religious leader of the Nation of Islam. The BSU originally requested $800 (a quoted price that is the min- Members of the BSU have been trying to bring Farrakhan to cam-pus for the last three years, accord-ing to Patrick Johnson, a member of the BSU. ""We want to bring in a speaker for the majority opinion of black America."" to bring in someone of national prominence like Minister Far-rakhan,"" Johnson said. The Senate toyed with the idea of paying for Farrakhan's appearance, but decided to follow the FAB rec-ommendations. The Senate also de- REQ. FAB SENATE Model Organization of RECOM. ALLOC. American States 1.485.00 280.00 -0- The Towerlight $20,078.60$20,078.60$20,078.60 American Marketing Economics Club 247.10 247.10 227.10 Association 1,109.82 862.32 862.32 Tower Echoes 21,271.25 20,443.00 20,443.00 Geography Club 725.00 188.00 188.00 Society of Physics Students 725.00 415.00 240.60 WCVT 19.074.00 16,929.16 16,929.16 Biology Club 1,493.50 1,011.80 758.85 SGA Executive Budget 28,000.00 28,000.00 28,000.00 Grub Street Wit -4.000.00 3,958.00 3,958.00 GSGA Fixed Expenses 78,476M8 78,476.08 78,476.08 Black Student Union 3,866.52 2,427.75 1,769.00 SGA Speaker Series 35,000.00 35,000.00 35,000.00 Forensics Union 5,155.00 4,455.00 5,155.00 .Jewish Student Association 946.38 450.93 450.93 212,536.64 BSU's spring budget after they fail-ed to man the SGA election polls in March. The debate centered on requests for money for two activities: an Af-rican American Cultural Exposition to be held in early September, and ance, but the Financial Advisory Board cut the request, in line with their policy of limiting speaker hon-orariums to $25. The FAB recom-mended no money for Farrakhan, since they felt he would not come for only $25. This year's BSU budget request came after Dr. Lillian Anthony, Di-rector of Minority Affairs, made some personal constacts with Far-rakhan's representatives about speaking at Towson State. ""It would be a service to the University cided to cut in half the request for funds for the African American Cul-tural Exposition. The exposition, ""a mini-ethic fes-tival,"" will be held the second week of school next September. ""The Ex-position is a chance to find out what we are all about,"" Johnson said. The BSU hopes to find enough business sponsors for the exposition to allow students to come free of charge. The final segment of the debate focused on the BSU's advertising account. The Senate cut back the BSU's request from $93 to $60, the amount allocated for advertising last fall, since none of that money had been spent last fall Johnson said the BSU had received money from other sources for advertising, so they did not need to use SGA money. The Senate allocated the Foren-sics Union its entire request, restor-ing a $700 cut by the FAB. The money was requested to help pay the fees of four debaters who will at-tend the Arizona Debate Institute in Tucson this summer. ""We can't function as a top ten team without going to Arizona,"" Beth Hessler, See BUDGET, page 2 All night griddersscore for fund By James Hunt Nothing much happens in the Towson area after 3 a.m., even on a Saturday night. The bars are all closed and everyone�save a few disor-iented stragglers�has wandered towards home. Dorm parties have generally wound to an end. Last Saturday was an exception, though. The rubble-strewn lot in front of the University union that passes for an athletic field was lit brightly by four portable light towers rented for the night. A rather animated (considering the hour) assembly of spectators lined the field. Others wandered around in the courtyard next to the Union, pausing occasionally to pull a lukewarm draught from a keg. And on the field, the quarterback for a team called ""The Borough"" was guiding his team to a fairly decisive victory over Towson State's baseball team in flag football. Losing this game didn't seem to bother the baseball players much. No more, at least, than the fact that dawn was only a couple of hours away and the team had a doubleheader scheduled for later that morning. This game was being played for a good cause. As the game wound to a close, the Borough's QB fired a high, arcing pass, that seemed to dis-appear in the darkness that hovered above the field and then eluded the grasp of its intended receiver upon its descent. Third down, seven yards to go for The Borough. 14 hours, 10 minutes to go for Marathon Football Mania. Marathon Football Mania. For 24 hours�be-ginning at 5 p.m. last Friday and ending at 5 p.m. Saturday-22 teams squared off against each other on Burdick Field to raise money for the Joseph McMullen Memorial Scholarship Fund. Each player on every team was expected to have at least two people pledge at least one cent for every point scored. It mattered not, then, whether a team won or lost, as long as they ran up the score. Which they did: a total of 630 points were scored, although, as of Monday, there was no estimate of how much money would be raised if all the money pledged was collected. All the money raised, of course, will go to the Scholarship Fund, which was established as a memorial for Joe McMullen, who served offi-cially as Towson State's athletic director and unofficially as its chief booster for four years prior to his death last September of Leukemia. Planning for Marathon Football Mania began last December, according to Lisa Donhauser, who, in addition to leading the planning committee and directing the event, stayed up for all 24 hours of it, and then some. The Mania Committee was composed almost entirely of past or present members of the Student Government Association including President Chip DiPaula, Senator Bob Slowey, and former Treasurer Kelley Ray. Several administrators also served as ex-officio members. The Marathon also received assistance from two sources, the Mullan Foundation (an arm of the company building the parking garage) and Olympia Beer, who paid for the temporary lighting and for team T-shirts, respectively. Donhauser also credited the Physical Plant with taking care of the field and assisting with See FOOTBALL. page 2 The McMullen Football Marathon Mania drew twenty-two football teams and many spectators to the Union field last weekend. Forensics team tenth in nation By Terie Wolan This year, Towson State's foren-sic team set out to prove they be-longed in the national top ten. Last Monday, they presented University President Hoke Smith with their conquest, the tenth place trophy in the Cross Examination Debate Association (CEDA). ""We pulled a major coup,"" said Brenda Logue, mass communica-tions professor and coach of the for-ensics team. ""Our goal for the year was to finish in the top ten. Last year we should have been in the top ten, but the National Council dis-qualified some of our rounds from a tournament that was badly run,"" she said. This was the first year a University debate team has made the top ten ranking. After being ranked eleventh in the nation last year, the team fluctuated up and down this season, falling to 14th place, for a time be-fore pulling up to number ten the fi-nal week of competition. ""Those of us who have followed the team are very proud of what you have done. Debating is one of the best activi-ties in terms of acquiring life-long skills,"" President Smith said. The debate team competes in tournaments against schools nationwide. Under the national organization, the season runs from September to the first week in April, and the teams debate on one topic- pro and con each semester. Twenty students competed for the University and participated in 16 intercollegiate tournaments, and the team hosted two tournaments on campus. The team really advanced at the March 30 tournament at St. An-selms College in New Hampshire. At that point, the team was ranked 14th and they were supposd to corn-pete at a University of Richmond tournament that weekend, but upon hearing that the tournament was going to be saturated with teams ranked in the top five, Logue chose instd to -send the team to St. Anselms. ""It 's not that we couldn't compete against them (the top five schools), it just wouldn't push us high enough in the rankings"" be-cause the teams would split the wins too much. Opting for the St. Anselms tour-nament was the right choice, there Towson's six debate pairs had a per-fect record; they didn't lose one round of competition. Logue said the team was able to totally dominate that tournament because it had experience debating against the best teams and they had traveled all over the country, where-as the opponents they faced at St. Anselms were regionally oriented. ""We had better teams,"" she said. Of the teams this year; two of them have perfect records. Steven Mister, a massommuni-cations junior and team member, said they were so successful this year because ""we were just deter-mined to do it. A lot of people told us we couldn't do it (place in the top ten.)"" Mister felt Towson's standing is unique because unlike most of the other top debate teams, the major-ity of the team is not recruited from high school debators, but developed debating skill in college. He pointed to Logue as a ""real motivator,"" along with the team's own hard work. ""We worked incredibly hard, he said, I practically lived debate. I've been gone every weekend but two this semester (competing.)"" During the winter break, eight members of the team lived with Logue, preparing research fot this semester's topic , whether the federal government use of censor-ship is justified to defend the na-tional security of the U.S. Every semester, a new topic is chosen by the national organization. See FORENSICS, page 2 On the Inside , Acid guru speaks A preview of Dr. Timothy Leary, the SGA's final speaker of the year p6 Best of the spring Movie Reviews of ""Iceman"" and ""Swing Shift"" p 8 & 9 Lax tumbles Delaware totally outhussles Towson State to win the ECC championships p. 10 Understanding Lebanon: past conflict and future uncertainty By Teresa Graber Although much attention has been focus-ed on the fighting in Lebanon, few people understand the undercurrents that moti-vate the various factions to fight. Monday, a panel discussion on the subject of Leb-anon, sponsored by the Phi Alpha Theta History Honor Society, was held to analyze the recent events in Lebanon. ""Lebanon may be a state, but it is not a nation."" said Dr. Peter Merani, represent-ing the political science department. Dr. Edwin Hirschmann, history professor and moderator of the discussion said the Leb-anese society is made up of small groups of people with individual identities. He said it is ""a geographical entity with no sense of national unity."" The government is a ""paternalistic, God-father type. (The individual groups) are led by what we call a warlord,"" Hirschmann said. Hirschmann said Lebanon is a ""place of retreat for a number of religious groups."" The twu major groups are the Marionite Christians and the Muslims, both of which have a variety of smaller denominations throughout the country. The three largest sects of society are represented in the gov-ernment. Certain groups of Christians and Mus-lims have united against other groups of. Christians and Muslims for religious domi-nation and political representation. The last census was taken in 1932, which re-flected a Christian majority. ""The question of (governmental) representation is based on the fiction that the Christian majority is still 6 to 5,"" Merani said. Many countries are involved in the Leb-anon conflict. Syria and Israel are con-cerned with the border regions; The United States and the Soviet Union are concerned about stability in Lebanon. ""There is an understanding between Israel and Syria,"" Merani said. Each coun-try would like to see Lebanon as a separate state to avoid instability and the problem of ""picking up the pieces"" if Lebanon should fall apart. Merani said if Lebanon does fall apart, each country will try to make sure the other doesn't acquire too much of the territory. Dr. Harry Piotrowski, history professor and the other panel member, said, ""Reagan has an obsession with the Russians."" Rea-gan believes that, ""no matter where in the world there is any problem, the Russians are involved,"" Merani said. Primarily, Rea-gan was involved in Lebanon to prevent a Soviet threat. The Soviets have diplomatic relations with Lebanon, but their role in Lebanese society is ""extraordinarily lim-ited,"" Piotrowski said. Hirschmann said the U.S. interest in Lebanon is seeing that the Soviets have little influence in Leb-anon. The Soviets meanwhile seek to keep the US from getting a foothold in Lebanon. The entire Middle East situation also contributes to the instability in Lebanon. There has been a continual dispute between Jordan and Israel concerning the posses-sion of the West Bank and Gaza Strip re-gions. Merani said that unless the overall issue in the Middle East is settled, confu-sion and instability will remain in Lebanon. Since 1948, Lebanon has become the base for both Palestinian refugees and or-ganizations, such as the PLO, Merani said. In August, 1982, the Palestinian fighters evacuated Lebanon and went to Tunisia, Egypt, and Jordan, Merani said. It was then that the U.S. entered to keep the peace during the evacuation and to protect those who were staying, Piotrowski said. The U.S. left after two weeks, but returned to Beirut because of the escalated fighting and terrorist activities. The Marines were welcomed by the different sects of society and Reagan saw that as a good sign. He proceeded ""to give the government of Leb-anon what Gemayel (President of Lebanon) saw as a blank check,"" Piotrowski said. The U.S. tried to boost the Lebanese national army, no longer in existance, through U.S. capital and expertise. However, the United States made an ar-rangement with Israel which brought about a partition of Lebanon in May 1983. Piotrowski said, ""The mood (in Lebanon) turned ugly."" The Lebanese factions saw the Marines as no longer having a neutral outlook due to the Israeli arrangement. The U.S. Marines were being harrased and the civil war escalated. ""The Marines didn't understand what they were supposed to be doing,"" Piotrowski said. Once, the Leb-anese Army mistakenly fired at the U.S. Marines. On September 19, 1983, the Marines opened fire on the Druze in the mountains. A month later, a terrorist group bombed the U.S. Marine compound, killing 241 American servicemen. Obviously, the Americans were no longer keeping the peace, and the Soviets were not posing a threat, so ""the American position in Lebanon had no meaning whatsoever,"" Piotrowski said. Reagan saw this as the time to leave, stating that the mission was over, although some of the Marines were not sure what the mission was. The panel members agreed that the fu-ture situation in Lebanon is not optimistic. They feel that the Lebanese are not inter-ested in uniting Lebanon. The country could go on forever in a state of fighting and instability, or it may split up and be di-vided between the neighboring countries. "