tl20010503-000 "T 0 IA I Ter I igh ilhursday www.thetowerlight.com Published twice-weekly by students of Towson University 5/3/01 MADD launches new campaign Dancers bid farewell to Smith 7 Tigers triumph over Cats, 18-7 13 CAA budget poses questions 13 Departments News 3 Police Blotter 6 A&E. Wrasslin' Weekly The High Road Sports Fast Break In This Corner 7 9 9 13 13 14 Op/Ed 18 Green Bay reviews mixed Chris Hamy/The Towerlight Dr. Mark L. Perkins, who takes office as Towson's president July 1, denies accusations of gender discrimination while UWGB Chancellor. University System of Wisconsin President Lyall calls attacks on Perkins 'cowardly' Mike Morris The Towerlight While Dr. Mark L. Perkins is looking forward to coming to Towson as ,its new president in July, he may also be looking for-ward to leaving behind negative faculty surveys and allegations of gender discrimination at University of Wisconsin-Green Bay, where he currently serves as Chancellor. ""I will not tolerate and do not tolerate discrimination or unfairness,"" Perkins said this weekend. ""Everyone is and will be treated � in all of our processes and procedures � even."" Perkins' open-minded com-ments regarding diversity appear to conflict with two fac-ulty surveys, one in 1997 and the other in 1999, which ques-tioned his leadership at UWGB. He was the lowest-ranked among fou.ra.c,ials in the bi-annual staff survey. The administrators in the 1997 survey, to which 57 percent of teachers and staff responded, were rated on a scale of 1 to 4 in various categories, with 1 as the most favorable and 4 as the least favorable. Perkins' score was 2.37. In a similar evaluation con-ducted two years later, com-ments about Perkins didn't improve, with about 120 of the 151 comments being negative. ""I have dealt with him in an area important to students of this campus. Relative to col-leagues and staff, his working style displays little respect,"" one faculty member responded in the survey. ""Staff members have left because of Perkins and oth-ers are trying."" As chair of the University Committee, David Galaty, who See PERKINS, page 5 Catalyst Theatre stages Columbine production Student performance aims to leave audiences with more questions than answers Kali Schumitz The Towerlight ""Counter Balance: The Two Faces of Columbine,"" presented by Towson's Catalyst Theatre Company, is a comprehen-sive examination of the April 20, 1999 mas-sacre at Columbine High School. For this piece, opening tomorrow at 8 p.m. in the Center for the Arts Studio Theatre, artistic director Harvey M. Doster chose to deviate from the company's usual format, which features short sketches dealing with social issues followed by a question and answer session allowing the audience to ask the characters questions. After Doster decided to expand the format to a one-act play, he created an advanced Catalyst class who collectively wrote the play last spring. ""Everybody participated in coming up with ideas for the script,"" Caitlin Callahan, a senior theatre major who took the advanced class, said, ""But not everything that people wrote ended up in the final version of the play."" Doster said that the group had no inten-tion of trying to provide answers as to why the incident occurred, but instead wanted to present a piece examining the viewpoints of everyone involved. ""The piece asks more questions instead of giving answers,"" Doster said. ""Its basic intention is to get the audience to leave the theatre thinking and questioning about what leads young people to kill one another."" The company did extensive research about the incident before writing the play, starting the gradual process in January of last year. After pefforming the piece as a class final last spring, they revised it this year to per-form for the school. The show presents a series of monologues structured in reverse chronology, beginning with the one year anniversary of the shoot-ing and concluding with a dramatic interpre-tation of the massacre. See PLAY, page 12 Photo courtesy Catalyst Theatre Company ""Two Faces of Columbine"" opens tomorrow. Today High 87 Low 59 Friday High 86 Low 53 Saturday High 76 Low 49 Sunday High 78 Low 52 "
