The Towerlight, May 6, 1988

tl19880506-000 "Inside Reviewed A Raisin In The Sun shines page 3 The ht Published weekly by the students of Towson State Universitylimmi. Towson, MD 21204 Index news 12 features & entertainment 3 business 4 sports 5, 6, 7 classifieds 9, 10,11, 12 editorial 13 letters 11 weekwatcher 14 Vol. 81 No. 23 )0 Firealarm draws three local companies not a drillthis time Peace Week May 6, 1988 /The Towson and Lutherville fire Companies responded to a 9:15 am ' fire alarm Tuesday at Tower A, lin-ing Cross Campus Drive with four rire trucks and numerous support vehicles. There were also three hook-and-ladder trucks, which one unidentified firefighter said could reach the 9th or 10th floors ""if in the right spot."" Capt. Powers of Towson's En-gine Co. 1 said that they ""opened some walls and found sonie char-red wood in the pipe chase,"" on the 15th floor, but he did not speculate - on the fire's cause, adding, ""it's still under investigation."" Firefigh ter John McCouder said, �vve chopped some holes in the ventilation to get to the fire ... but it Was out when we got there."" University officials reported no njuries from the fire or the result-ing evacuation. Resident employee Phil Adams said the building was evacuated ""smoothly."" P' The potentially serious fire in .. the three upper floors of Tower A turned out to be a small fire in the . 15th floor ""pipe chase,"" which fire - officials said is a series of pipes that run from the basement to the ceiling. While rumors flew between the students standing outside that it Was a boiler fire, a fire between floors, and so on, firefighters were conducting a search in the upper floors to see if the fire extended to any other floors. Firefighter Jay Hart said that they ""have to check rI for any extension so [the fire] f_ doesn't go any further."" - Battalion Chief L.F. Blucher --' said, ""it takes time [to search] the building. They'll have to go clear to the basement."" Student J en n ifer Ripley said she Was doing her homework when she heard the alarm go off. ""I heard the alarm going off on another floor for 20 minutes,"" she said. Her roommate, Susan Yant, was Drill is by Bob Pattison News reporter jThe Towson State University Senate wrapped up its spring, 1988 session by approving a Master of Arts in teaching program that will enable students to earn a Master's degree in one year and then start teaching. Passed unanimously, this pro-gram will require a one-year corn-mittment from students who have already earned their bachelor's de-gree and have a 3.0 grade point average (GPA) in the Liberal Arts r Arts and Sciences. Dr. James C. Lawlor, the pro-gram's sponsor and chair for secon-dary education, said, ""We are ask-ing students to commit for one ear...pull in the belt buckle a notch or two and eat hot dogs and hamburgers for awhile."" As a training ground for teach-ers going into elementary, early childhood, or secondary education, awlor said, ""This is not a quick fix to get people in the classroom.- photo by Melinda Curley Tower A Inferno? Firefighters described Tuesday's 15th floor fire as potentially serious. sleeping at the time when the pair heard an announcement to evacu-ate the building. Ron Pennington, another stud-ent, who lives on the 13th floor, said, ""I was coming back from class when I saw a bunch of people in the doorway."" He sat outside watching and waiting while most students were enjoying the carni-val atmosphere because it did not seem that anything was happen-ing. Most of the action was inside with the firefighters searching for any possible extension of the fire. , Students were allowed back in-side around 10:15 am, but were not allowed on the 14th floor, which was still being searched by fire officials. Powers did register a complaint with Tyler Upshaw, the area coor-dinator for Tower A. Adams, his assistant, said that the complaint involved the evacuated students being too close to the building and interfering with the firemen bring-- ing equipment inside. Adams said during monthly fire drills they will have to force stu-dents further away from the build-ing so that in the future they will not hamper firemen. Investigation cites careless smoker, cigarette by Bob Pattison News reporter Deputy fire marshall Mark Van Baalen and Balto. Co. fire officials said Tuesday's fire in Tower A was the possible result of a cigarette inadvertenly thrown into a chim-ney duct which was caught in the insulation and smoldered for pos-sibly 18 hours, according to Eric Seaborg, University safety and insurance official. Seaborg, in Wednesday's official statment, said a maintenance man, Clinzo Smith, saw smoke on the roof of Tower /li'and pulled the fire alarm that brought fire com-panies from Towson, Lutherville, and Station 14 out of Brooklyn-ville. ""The fire started in a chimney-type situation that occurrs behind the bathrooms,"" Seaborg said. He explained that this chimney is made of a fire-rated and protected material that houses a series of pipes that are used for ventilating the bathrooms. The insulation around the pipes was burned away by the fire. ""A cigarette could have been flicked in by a worker or a stu-dent,"" Seaborg continued. ""[The see FIRE, page 2 Graduate degree for teachers approved University Senate also considers new committee, holiday by Robert Pattison News reporter ..its roots are in the teacher educa-tion program and it is eagerly awa-ited by Maryland higher educa-tion."" Dr. Henry L. Chen, associate professor of physics, asked if stu-dents going through this program will be able to master a good teach-ing style. Lawlor said, ""There is a built-in program of professional seminars that deal with timely issues of the classroom and field experience."" Adding to this, Lawlor said stu-dents will earn 10 credits of teach-ing experience which is ""the best experience they can get in a year."" He added that one complaint from the Maryland Education System is a lack of students teaching in the classroom. The 10 credits of teaching expe-rience is lower than the standard 12 credits as required before but Lawlor said, ""that's too many...so we scaled it back to 10 [credits] in the graduate program."" This program now goes before the Board of Trustees and if ap-proved Lawlor said he could have the program going by next sum-mer ""at the earliest."" While all the senators were gen-erally in agreement with this pro-gram another motion to establish an International Education Com-mittee met with some opposition from Dr. John G. VanOsdell, pro-fessor of history. ""Everytime some-thing flies through the window we [the senate] appoint a committee,"" he said. ""There are an untold number of college level committees and what-not at this university...and as corn- , mittees go it is as innocuous as it goes,"" Van Osdell said against the motion. To keep from appointing a 22nd committee, it was suggested that a committee already in place could do the same job, but Dr. Dean R. Esslinger, its sponsor, said ""this is one [committee] we should keep."" With the large number of com-mittees already in existence other questions came up concerning a possible violation of the Senate photo by Melinda Curley Tuesday's fire rousted late sleepers from Tower A. These two bedded down outside until the smoke cleared. bylaws which limit faculty mem-bers from sitting on more than two committees. If this committee is approved then the required two faculty members appointed to it may violate this bylaw. Dr. Mary Lu Larson, associate professor of physics, suggested get-ting rid ot two retrenchment com-mittees but Van Osdell said they are required by law. The motion in question is aimed at encouraging, coordinating, and advising, academic standards com-mittees on international studies and help students get involved in them. Esslinger said, ""It has arisen out of a need from students who want to exchange with students in Ger-many. They have questions con-cerning the transfer of credit for experience earned in another coun-try. This brought a question from Dr. Annette Chappell, Dean of the Col-lege of Liberal Arts, over whether this committee will coordinate In-ternational Studies. ""It can advise, not coordinate,"" Esslinger said, adding, ""It advises on coordination and does not set standards."" After further debate it was fin-ally suggested by Dr. Dan L. Jones to appoint it as a standing presid-ential committee rather than a standing committee of the senate. As a presidential committee it exists with the president's author-see SENATE, page 2 210 Rally highlights days of anti-apartheid protest by Flynn .Owens Special to The Towerlight A week of activites to ""raise awareness"" about apartheid rule in South Africa culminated Thurs-day with a four-hour campus rally on the University Union patio. The rally, part of a series of films, speakers, and entertain-ment� dubbed Peace Week by its sponsors�also raised money to help subsidize anti-apartheid movements in South Africa. Angela Jones, president of the Towson State anti-apartheid coali-tion and one of the Peace Week sponsors, said event coordinators will donate proceeds from a bal-loon sale to the Africare agency, a group that funds anti-apartheid activities in South Africa. Student response to Peace Week was good, Jones said, adding that ""people seem to care."" However, she conceded that while politically aware student will seek caused to support, others ""just aren't in-terested."" Part of the problem, according to Jones, is diminshed coverage of events in South Africa by the US media. Jones contended that a cor-relation exists between media coverage of South Africa and the public's interest in the story. When coverage decreases, so does the public's interest. ""Towson is a lot like other cam-puses in that they're aren't many progressive outlets for students,"" said Joe Delia of the Towson State Progressive Student Union, also a Peace Week sponsor. Delia said that other factors con-tributing to student apathy are that most students do not live on campus and many do not have time for political activities because of work commitments. In addition to raising aware-ness, Jones and Delia both said that they hope Peace Week helped attract new members to their re-spective groups, which have about 12 member each. Delia said that in the future, in addition to South Africa, his group will focus on issues such as racism and US intervention in Central America. The anti-apartheid coalition hopes to gain SGA affiliation, the group's president said. SGA affili-ation is important, Jones said, because with it comes money for funding group activities, which now must come from various fund-raisers. Jones also said that in addition to the anti-apartheid coalition and the PSU, other Peace Week spon-sors were the Alpha Angels, the Black Student Union, and the Newman Center. Jones likened support for Peace Week to that of a candlelight vigil earlier this semester in memory of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Initial-ly, support for the vigil was slow, but picked up dramatically by the time of the event, Jones said. Kevin Lawther, regional direc-tor for South Africa for Africans; Garry Mendez, visiting fellow of the National institute of justice urban league; and South African Rev. Errol Nanan were featured speakers during Peace Week. Final Exam Schedule COURSES MEETING ON: MWF MWF MWF MWF MWF MWF MWF MWF MWF TR TR TR TR TR TR COURSE MEETING TIME 8:00- 8:50 9:00- 9:50 10:00-10:50 11:00-11:50 12:00-12:50 1:00- 1:50 2:00- 2:50 3:00- 3:50 4:00- 4.50 8:00- 8:504 8:00- 9:15 EXAM DATE May 16 May 19 May 16 May 18 May 20 May 13 May 19 May 18 May 16 May 18 9:30-10:45 May 20 11:00-11:50/ May 17 11:00-12:15 12.30- 1:45 May 13 2:00- 2:50/ May 17 2:00- 3:15 3:30- 4:45 May 20 5:00 p.m. and Last Class later Meeting During Final Exam Week Examinat Dns will begin May 13 and end May 20. 1:00 8:00 8:00 1:00 8:00 8:00 1:00 10:30 10:30 8:00 EXAM TIME p.m.- 3:00 a.m.-10:00 a.m.-10:00 p.m.- 3:00 a.m.-10:00 a.m.-10:00 p.m.- 3:00 a.m -12:30 a.m.-12:30 a.m.-10:00 p.m. a.m. a.M p.m. a.m. a.m. p.m. p.m. p.m. a.m. 1:00 p.m.- 3:00 p.m. 1:00 p.m.- 3:00 p.m. 1:00 p.m.- 3:00 p.m. 8:00 a.m.-10:00 a.m. 10:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. NOTE: Fi^al examinations for courses offered on days and at times not lister' above should be s41eduled vt the regular start time which corresponds most closely to the actual start time of the course. For example: A course offered on TR 0100P-0150P should schedule a final examina-tion period for the regular TR 1230P-0145P matrix (Day 1, 1:00 p.m.-3:00 P.m.) A course cffered on TR 1000A-1050A should schedule a final examina-tion period for the regular TR 0930A-1045A matrix (Day 6, 1:00 p.m.-3:00 p.m.) A course offered on MW with a start time of 7:30 a.m. should schedule a final examination period corresponding to courses offered on MWF at 8:00 a.m. (Day 2, 1:00 p.m.-3:00 p.m.) IF THE UNIVERSITY POSTPONES A FINAL EXAM DATE OR TIME, THE EXAM(S) WILL BE RESCHEDULED FOR THE NEXT AVAILABLE TIME PERIOD. STUDENTS WILL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR TAKING THE EXAM AT THE RESCHEDULED TIME. ANNOUNCEMENTS REGARD-ING ANY POSTPONEMENTS WILL BE MADE ON VARIOUS LOCAL RADIO STATIONS (WBAL, WFBR, etc.) Phonathon rakes in $80,000; Circle K leads volunteers by Karen Gatzke News reporter Alumni Spring Phonathon vol-unteers attempted over seven thousand telephone calls to Tow-son State University alumni dur-ing two mid-April weeks and raised approximately $20,000 to support the Annual Fund Cam-paign. ""This is unrestricted money. The President can designate its uses as he sees fit,"" said John Suter, Asso-ciate Vice President of Insti-tutional Advancement. ""It's like a savings account to draw on to meet opportunities or emergencies,"" said Suter. About 18 people, including stu-dents, alumni, faculty, and staff, worked to get pledges during April 11-14 and April 18-21 at the Uni-versity Club. A buffet dinner was served at 6 pm, followed by an orientation and phoning from 7 pm to 9 pm. The volunteers called only alum-ni of Towson State University, in-cluding those people who have not pledged previously. ""We try to get new people who have never given to give. It's more difficult than in the fall because these people have never pledged before,"" said Ray Alcaraz, Assistant Annual Fund Coordinator. The main alumni phonathon is held in the fall and raises about $80,000. Prizes were awarded to the stu-dent organizations who volun-teered the most hours. Circle K (47 hours), Phi Sigma Sigma (46 hours), and the Student Ambassa-dor Club (39 hours), won $100, $75, and $50, respectively. "