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- The Towerlight, May 8, 1986
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- ["Rock music","Music in universities and colleges","Motion pictures -- Reviews","Student publications","Student activities","College sports","Student government","Towson University -- History","Books -- Reviews","Politicians","College students"]
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- The May 8, 1986 issue of The Towerlight, the student newspaper of the Towson State University.
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- 08 May 1986
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The Towerlight, May 8, 1986
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tl19860508-000 "Smoking ban extinguished by Senate At Monday's University Senate meeting a proposal introduced by Dr. Neil Gallagher and Dr. Richard Vatz to limit smoking on campus was sent to the executive committee for revision. Before introducing the proposal, Gallagher had surveyed faculty and staff members about their feelings towards smoking. The questionnaire asked each person filling out the form whether or not he or she felt that smoking should be limited to restricted areas. Gallagher said he feels that, ""smoking on campus is a health concern and also violates the health and safety fire code of Maryland."" Vatz added that if the proposal were to pass the senate, ""within a couple of weeks, the amount of smoking on campus will be reduced drastically."" He also said that such proposals have worked at other schools including University of Maryland, College Park, and Rutgers. Professor John Van Osdale, in criticizing the proposal said, ""it is common courtesy to give smokers a spot to smoke in. This policy does not do so."" After debate the bill was sent back to the executive committee for revision and will not come before the senate again until next fall. In other business the senate Moved to hold winter commencement each year on the first Sunday of January at 2 p.m.. This year's date is January 4. Jeff B. Spence Exchange trips affected by terrorism As a result of terrorist attacks on American abroad, many United States colleges and universities are cancelling foreign study programs to protect students from future attacks. According to the College Press Service, college administrators at Yale, Stephens College in Missouri, and the U.S. Gymnastics Federation have called off summer trips to Europe and Africa, and many colleges across the country are following suit. However, most foreign-exchange advocates seem determined to keep their programs afloat through the crisis and are trying to caution students without discouraging their participation in cultural exchanges. ""We've arranged for students to travel in smaller groups,"" said Lynn Sanborn of the American Field Service, which plans to continue its foreign program. ""We're rerouting to avoid Athens and Rome airports, and in some cases, we've arranged for students to deboard planes out on the air field and get onto a bus there rather than come into the airport."" And Drew Dougherty, Education Abroad Program director at the University of Madrid, has more suggestions. ""Avoid conspicuous places where iterroristl attempts could occur,"" Dougherty advised, ""the military base, discotheques favored by U.S. citizens, restaurants known for their American clientele, the airport, the U.S. Embassy, etc."" At this time, the modern languages and art departments at Towson State have not made any final decisions about their scheduled Lrips to Europe. However, Dr. Jorge Giro, Coordinator of the modern languages trip to Spain, said that terrorism has hurt the program. ""As of now, we have only 10 students, and we need 18 to 20 Ito make the trip],"" he said. ""We have only half of the students we usually have at this time of year."" The art department has experienced similar problems with its trip to Italy, as the original group of 15 students has been reduced to six. ""I'm not sure that we're going,"" said Helen Pollan, who is in charge of the trip. ""I've had students who have been affected by the terrorism."" Both departments will make decisions on the trips by May 15. If enough students sign up for the trip to Spain, Giro will meet with University administration to confirm policy about travelling abroad. ""This [terrorism] is a risky situation, and we must take it into consideration,"" Giro said. Elizabeth Buck Campus Notes Inside mocl Laxers Fall TSU's men's lacrosse team suffers its fifth loss of the season, a 13-5 thrashing by Johns Hopkins 5 Third Again The Tigers softball team, which captured 3rd in the DC tourney last week, finished third in ECC regular season and the ECC tourney 6 Just In Time Martha Mallonee and tutorial services give advice on preparing for exams . . .7. Yo, Jo Richard Pryor's semi-autobiographical film JoJo Dancer, Your Life Is Call-ing is a mediocre production at best 9 You Had To Ask Editor emeritus Terie Wolan answers some absurd ques-tions about Towson State ..15 Campus notes from all over A recent survey by Newsweek magazine found that students admire President Reagan most. After Reagan students listed as their most admired heroes: Mother Theresa, Pope John Paul II, Lee Iacocca, Jesse Jackson, Desmond Tutu, Margaret Thatcher, Princess Diana, Bob Geldoff, and Nancy Reagan .. � In recent weeks a small group of Iowa students rallied in favor of U. Said to Nicaraguan contra rebels, while other small groups at Cal-Santa Barbara, Arizona, Swarthmore, UCLA Vermont and several other campuses rallied against the aid. Students in Missouri, Los Angeles and Illinois sent an estimated 13,000 signed lemons to the White House to protest the administration's proposal to cut student aid funding ... Alpha Tau Omega shut down two more houses for hazing violations. The 90 year old University of Georgia chapter was suspended for violating anti-hazing rules. According TA) Arizona State University Professor John Crawford,cults recruit as many as 10,000 collegians a year . College of the Canyons in California says it spends about $5,000 each spring to clean up after hundreds of Argentine cliff swallows that descend on its campus annually. College Press Service Campus Notes cont. on Page 2 The owseright Published weekly by the students of Towson State University Towson, MD 21204 Vol. 79 No. 27 May 8, 1986 Pass the tanning oil By Alexandra Landau Students soak up the sun on Lithicum beach as temperatures in the area reach record highs. Anyone have any suntan lotion? SQA over extends itself with budgeting By Vince Russomanno After two days of debating $293,264.54 worth of budget re-quests, the SGA Senate has al-located $275,488.65 to various cam-pus organizations, leaving the SGA approximately $15,488.65 in the hole. According to Business Manager Arlene Campeggi, this sit-uation is not quite as serious as it sounds. The money available to the SGA for allocations is based on the $30 SGA fee collected from each full-time student attending Towson State. The total amount available for allocations in the fall and spring, estimated by the Business Office, is $260,000. To make up for the over-bud-geting, the difference will come from the SGA treasury, according to Campeggi. These funds are usually reserved for emergencies, special projects and the spring budget. The amount in the treasury is estimated at $20,000-$30,000 but Campeggi will ""not know the exact amount in the treasury until the last expense has been paid"". The SGA will be aware of the funds available in the treasury sometime during the summer. Bolanos' identity questioned By Michele Hart Just before he was set to give a speech at Bucknell University, Orlando Bolanos was accused of be-ing a fraud by the Catalyst, an alter-native newspaper on the Bucknell Campus. Bolanos, who spoke on this campus last semester, claims to be one of the founders of the Nica-raguan Democratic Force (FDN), the leading contra organization in Nicaragua. But according to an article in the Bucknellian, the Catalyst has proof to discredit Bolanos' claims. The Catalyst distributed a leaflet on the Bucknell campus before the April 22 visit by Bolanos that stated that Bolanos is a fraud. Bosco Matamoros, the Washing-ton representative of the FDN is quoted in the leaflet saying that Bolanos is a ""Nicaraguan exile who is fooling the people to make some money. He is a private citizen who is not a representative of the FDN."" The leaflet also cited Maria Gon-zales, director of programs at the National Center for Public Policy Research. Gonzales stated that See BOLANOS page 2 Orlando Rolm* tins been eee,!9ed as being a fraud. If the difference cannot be resolv-ed, the Senate can reconsider what it has already allocated and make adjustments in the fall, but this is unlikely, according to Campeggi. ""I think we will be okay but this is the first time it [the budget] has been done this way"", Campeggi said. Campeggi blames inflation for the over-budgeting. The organiza-tions need more money due to infla-tion, but the amount the SGA col-lects in student fees does not in-crease with inflation, according to Campeggi. She also cited that athletics takes a considerably larger amount from each student and the Union fees paid by the students do increase with inflation. On the individual level, many organizations have to make do with lower budgets then expected. Each organization meets with the Finan-cial Advisory Board (FAB) prior to their session with the SGA. The FAB goes over each budget and allows the organizations to explain why funds are needed in a particular area. The Black Student Union originally requested $1,017.00 in SGA funding. The FAB, cutting $345.20, recommended they receive a budget of $671.80. the SGA cut the organization to a $614.80 budget after withdrawing funds for one of two newsletters published by the BSU each year and microphone rental costs. The SGA also passed a stipula-tion that the BSU must meet once a week in September and October with the Business Office for gui-dance in using their alloted funds appropriately. This is because 100 percent of the BS1.1s 1986 budget was unused at the time of the Senate meeting. The American Marketing Asso-ciation asked for a $1,144.05 budget for the fall, but had $30 cut from its miscellaneous account by the FAB, which recommended they receive $1,114.05. The SGA Senate passed the FAB recommendation. WCVT requested a $33,833.60 budget for the entire year. The FAB, extracting legal fees and phone line service, cut them to $27,800. The SGA cut them further to $26,925.60, taking out $40 for new microphone stands, deemed un-necessary without new micro-phones, and $834.40 in food costs for staff members covering sporting events. It is against FAB guidelines for the SGA to allocate money for food purchases. The Towerlight received their full requested budget of $34,918.05 for the year, justified by their planned purchase of a typesetting machine which will save the publication money in the future, thus allowing them to request a smaller budget in the coming years. Forensics received the full amount, $6,385, they requested for the Fall. The Senate justified this by making note of the fine job the organization has been doing rep-resenting the college statewide. Tower Echoes was alloted the full amount of their request $19,355.11 for the year. A spokesman for the Echoes reported to the Senate that they will be returning $2,500 to the SGA due to savings made in switch-ing printing companies. The Rugby Club was allocated $1,107.50, the total budget they re-quested. This money will be used for medical supplies, equipment and a new set of uniforms bought each year for one of their two teams. The Commuter Association was alloted $509.90, cut from the $5,356.16 budget they originally re-quested. Francesco Legaluppi, president of the Commuter's Associ- See BUDGETS page 2 Bentley is trying for a second term By Kelso Sturgeon Second District Congresswoman Helen Delich Bentley, Maryland's only Reagan Republican in the U.S. Congress, disagreed with the presi-dent on trade policy when she spoke to a small Linthicum Hall audience May 5. Bentley called for trade protec-tion measures to be imposed against industries in countries that impose import tariffs on American goods. President Reagan has opposed protectionist measures in favor of international free markets. But, he has recently been reportedly con-sidering imposing import tariffs on French goods because the French government, in an effort to protect French farmers, imposes a tariff on American wheat. ""[It's] not protectionism. We're just protecting our own industries. We can't just lay down while these countries walk all over us,"" Bentley said in response to a question. Earlier Bentley announed that she had written the U.S. comp-troller and asked how savings caused by lower gas prices and lower interest rates would affect current budget deficits. ""We've also asked that the post office and defense not hide gas sav-ings in some slush fund so that no one can see what the savings are,"" she said. Bentley faces a general election challenge in the fall from the late Robert Kennedy's daughter, Kath-leen Towsend, and Bentley began her speech by emphasizing her com-mittment to her second district con-stituency. ""I serve on [the Public Works and Transportation Committee, the Merchant Marine Committee and the Committee on Aging] because they have direct ties to the Baltimore area,"" the first term con-gresswoman said. The former Baltimore Sun maritime editor and former chair-woman of the Federal Maritime Commission in Nixon and Ford ad-ministrations said that she had worked on freeing funds for the long-delayed Baltimore harbor dredging project. Bentley used the long delay of the dredging project as the focal point in her campaign to defeat 11-term Democratic Congressman Clarence Long in 1984. The project should have been started 16 years ago when funding was originally ap-proved, but was delayed because of political manuevering, according to Bentley. Some of the contracts for repair projects leading up to the dredging will be awarded this summer and contracts for the major portion of the dredging will be awarded this fall. The project, Bentley said, will be completed in 1988. Bentley also said that she helped th( Sparrows Point shipyard to get some small repair contracts and a See BENTLEY, page 2 Congresswoman Helen Bentley was on campus as part of her bid for re-election. Bentley faces competition from Cathleen Townsend, a member of the Kennedy clan. "
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