TL20040506_001 "Baltimore's #1 College Paper - Published Twice-Weekly - www.thetowerlight.com Thursday, 5/6/04 SGA inaugurates new members 5 Awards piling up for TU professor Campus welcomes guitar congress Van Helsing fails to provide bite Departments Opinion 2 News 5 Police Blotter. 8 Arts 15 Sports 24 In this corner. 24 The Hot Corner. 21 Classifieds 19 'Hoke, you will be missed1 Saul Stoogenke/The Tawerlight Amy Laurel Hegy (center), Hoke Smith's daughter, sheds tears during Tuesday's ceremony memorializing her father, who passed away in late March. Colleagues, friends gather to remember accomplishments of former TU president Brian Stelter The Tawerlight At a campus memorial service celebrating President Emeritus Hoke Smith's 25-year association with the University, professor Richard Vatz summarized the Smith's presidency in one sentence. """"Hoke Smith was the perfect president,"""" Vatz said. Colleagues commemorated Smith's accomplishments Tuesday afternoon in the Stephens Hall Theatre. Smith passed away of complications from liver cancer March 27 at the age of 72. The memorial service was an opportunity for the campus to pay respects and share memories of the University's 10th president. Former colleagues spoke in tribute to Smith before an audience of 200 people. H. Mebane Turner, the president emeritus of the University of Baltimore, summed up all the speeches. """"A lot of good things were said [at the funeral], and a lot of good things will be said today,"""" he said. """"What I can truthfully witness to is that they're all true."""" Turner said Smith's legacy at the university is wide-ranging. """"This is a great school. A large part of it ? a very, very large part of it - is due to that fine man,"""" Turner said. Smith's fondness for Towson was an often-repeated theme of the memorial service. """"He loved this University and we all knew it,"""" mathematics professor Martha Seigel said. Loretta Molitor, professor emeritus of science education and geol- See MEMORIAL, page 9 Task force investigates feelings about diversity MikeFila The Towerlight For the last few weeks Towson's diversity task force has been doing research to gauge campus attitudes toward diversity. With surveys, forums and outreach methods, the task force, which was formed by President Robert Caret in March, plans to take a comprehensive look at the University climate and develop future plans for diversity programs atTU. Veril Phillips, interim vice president for student affairs, heads the task force. """"President Caret is very dedicated to diversity,"""" Phillips said. """"He is very concerned about the student experience on campus - it's an important initiative for him."""" According to Phillips, the committee had received approximately 300 surveys at the end of last week, but he hopes to eventually get 400 total for a more comprehensive look at the campus community. The task force will continue to gather information through Monday. Phillips said the task force has asked for questions, concerns and comments on behalf of their sample of cultural, academic and service groups on campus. """"In our questionnaires and outreach efforts we have asked if See DIVERSITY, page 6 Today High 76 Low 58 Friday High 81 Low 62 Saturday High 79 few Low 54 Sunday High 71 Low 56 Monday High 79 Low 63"
