The Towerlight, November 20, 1986

tl19861120-000 "Inside Hittin' the Hoops Previews of the men's and women's basketball teams, which will be taking to the court for regular season action soon....pages 3 and 4. The �ToNver.1Published weekly by the students of Towson State University vol. 80 No. 10 gTowson. MD 21204 Index news 2 sports :3, 4,5 features & entertainment 6, 7, 8 visuals 9 classifieds 11, 12,13 editorial 14 perspectives 15 weekwatcher 16 November 20, 1986 _SGA opposes strict ID policy IFC petitions for ID reevaluation by Vince Russomanno Assistant news editor In a petition addressed to Dorothy Siegel, Dean of Student Services and other University offi-cials, the Interfraternity Council (WC) is calling for a reevaluation of the new policy towards fake identification card use. Previously, students caught using fake or altered IDs were put on three month social probation, barring them from campus social events and requiring them to com- Plete 15 hours of community ser-vice. The new policy, going into effect after Thanksgiving break, calls for one semester probation from the University after the first offense. The IFC petition states ""al-though we realize that fake identi-fication is a state crime, we also believe that effective Punishment can be established without such severity as the latest policy."" ""It's just too severe a punish-ment to fit the crime,"" said Jack Buffington, IFC president. ""We suggest a warning the first time and suspension only on the second Offense"" Buffington also suggests that the new policy did not go through the proper channels. ""It should have gone through the Alcohol Concerns Committee, but Dean Siegel just made up her own mind and decided to do it,"" Buffington said. According to Margaret Hayes, director of Judicial Affairs, the new policy was formulated after several meetings of the Judicial Committee which includes Stu-dent Services, the Residence De- Partment, Student Development, and the University Union, and the decision was not one made soley by Siegel. Neither Siegel nor Hayes said they see the new policy as too severe. ""This University deals only with the truth; we need to expect our students to be truthful,"" said Siegel, who said she sees the new ID policy as an extention of current University regulations. ""For years, we have suspended people for giving us false informa-tion such as [forged] doctor's notes,"" said Siegel. "" The ID card is a state document and falsification of it can be prose-cuted under the law,"" Siegel said. According to Hayes, ample notice has been given to the stu-dents, about the changing policy. ""We got the information out soon after the policy was made."" Hayes said. ""The length of time that we have been giving social probation is the warning."" Hayes also points out that stu-dent do not often consider who is liable if an accident occurs involv-ing a minor student who had too much to drink at a campus func-tion. ""The University would be directly responsibility if we know-ingly served alcoholic beverages to a minor, however, the individual is also held responsible,"" Hayes said. Among other local colleges, such as Goucher College, the Johns Hopkins University, and Frost-burg State College, this Universi-ty's new ID policy is the strictest. Both Goucher and Johns Hop-kins have ""refused entrance"" poli-cies, meaning that students with questionable IDs are denied en-trance to areas where alcohol is available without further action taken. ""We do make a covert effort to check IDs, but we do not feel it is within our jurisdiction to conf - cate them,"" said Hillary Thrash( r. SGA president at Goucher. According to the Student Activi-ties Board at Johns Hopkins, ""It is just a question of whether or not they get in; no further action is taken."" According to Betsy Dyer, SGA vice-president at Frostburg State, student IDs are checked against a list before the student enters the event, making altered IDs futile. Since few students attempt to use false identification, no exact pro-cedure is outlined. ""They [false ID users] would be refered to the Judicial Board and probably be put on probation,"" Dyer said. See IFC, page 2 Lagzdins Fraternity runs marathon by Robert M. Graham News editor Twenty teams braved the cold of the weekend to raise an estimated $2,000 for Santa Claus Anonymous. The teams composed of approx-imately 100 student players and 200 corporate players played from 4 pm Friday to 10 pm Saturday. Sigma Alpha Mu fraternity was involved in gaining the use of Towson State's Burdick field for the event. In the past, a football marathon--not run by Santa Claus Anonymous-- was held at Rash Field in the Inner harbor, ac-cording to Ron Byrd, Santa Claus Anonymous Football Marathon chair. ""We offered Towson State's facilities for their use,"" Dan Dinkin, Sigma Alpha Mu presi-dent, said. He added that his frat-ernity acted as a go-between for the charity and the University. Dinkin said that an involvement in the football marathon has been a tradition for Sigma Alpha Mu."" ""We were very satisfied with the facilities at Towson State and we look forward to using the facilities again,"" Byrd said. Byrd reported that only a few minor injuries occured during the 30 hour event. ""A girl broke a finger, a couple people had sore necks, and someone cut his nose with (his) glasses,"" Byrd said. Sigma Alpha Mu to lend its name to a ski trip by Robert Graham News editor The Sigma Alpha Mu fraternity at Towson State University will sPonsor a ski trip oranized by Todd Severn, an Essex Community Col-lege student who says his trip to Killington is ""the cheapest rate in the nation."" ""We were looking for a spring trip (to sponsor), but Todd offered us a free trip to raffle off if we would sponsor them,"" Dan Dinkin, Sigma Alpha Mu president, said. People paying the $185 base rate will get to stay in Killington, Vt. from January 18-23. The Ski Club Sponsored trip to Killington during thesame week will cost travellers a base price of $199. Severn said Sigma Alpha Mu Will ""receive name recognition on the trip."" He said that evry fly vr advertising the trip will have the fraternities name on it. ""As far as I know, we are lending our name only to the trip,"" Dinkin said. He added that is was his understanding that his fraternity would have nothing to do with the actual operation of the trip. Dinkin said Severn and his associates will be unable to u the Sigma Alpha Mu name on any flyers or discussion of the trip until ""we see the papers."" Dinkin said he specifically wants to make sure that Todd Severn has the proper insurance so his group will not be held liable for any mishaps. The trip Severn is offering now through Sigma Alpha Mu was to be the cornerstone to Club Ski's attempt to become an Student Government -affiliated Francis Lemire, associate director of the Career PI ncement Center, helped arrange the Ca ri',.r Search Wor -hop to Towson State in December. organization. In an interview Severn told the Towerlight that he stood to lose a lot of money if his trip ""did not run."" He said he booked his trip before an election for president of the Essex ski '. ub.He lost the elec-tion, and refusedto offer his trip to Essex at that time. ""I'm aware I can't be president (of any Towson State organization because he is not a student) but I still want the trip to go,"" Severn said. Severn was ""scared"" about los-ing money in the venture.,""It's my money up there at Killington,"" he said. Paul Tetreault, president of Sno- Search, who is the group the Tow-son State Ski Club has booked their trip to Killington through, said he does not think that Severn can offer the price he is advertising. ""He is offering prices he proba-bly can't come up with,"" Tetreault said. Severn said that even if his costs are increased he will still offer the trip at the $185 rate. ""I will not charge extra if (the base price he gets from Killington) goes up,"" Severn said. ""I'm going to have lawyers to get in if it goes up."" Michael Burton, a member of Sigma Alpha Mu, said he sees the trip as an opportunity to broaden the group image in the Towson State community. ""Our fraternity has grown a lot this semester. We're trying to become a powerhouse like some other frats on campus,"" Burton said. SGA passes bill, ID resolution by Vince Russomanno Assistant news editor The Student Government Associ-ation (SGA) passed a resolution expressing its disagreement with the new ID policy to be adopted by the Universi ty after Thanksgiving break. The new ID policy calls for one semester suspension from the Uni-versity if a student is caught trying to use a false ID on campus. ""The policy is to protect students, and a one semester suspension would not be in the best interest of the stu-dents... gradually changing it to a more severe punishment would be more effective and fair to Towson State students,"" states the SGA resolution. ""This policy is too strict and the SGA needs to say how it feels,"" said Sen. Michael Burton, who intro-duced the resolution to the Senate. The SGA also passed a bill to allocate $375.00 to the SGA Senate for the purchase of a new type-writer. The estimated cost of the new typewriter was given by the Purchasing Department. The SGA unanimously voted to suspend Rule D-2 for the course of the meeting in order to vote on the typewriter allocation bill and Fake ID resolution in one session. According to Rule D-2, ""Every bill shall receive two readings pre-vious to its passage, which readings shall be on two different days, unless the Senate unani-mously directs otherwise?' By suspending D-2, the Senate became a ""committee-as-a-whole, making the entire Senate a com-mittee,"" according to Sen. Dale Graham. This counts as the bill's first reading. ""According to Senate Bill E-1 the President Pro-temp (Sen. Joe Little) should have taken over at that time, but at the request of SGA Vice-President Chris Krivos, Sen. Jeff Rinaca presided,"" said Graham:' However, the senior most Senator should have been asked to take the seat (if Little did not)."" By a motion made by Sen. Graham, Senate Bill E-1 was also suspended for the course of the meeting. After deliberations, Senate con-trol was returned to Krivos and the bills were read for the second time and passed. In other action, the Tau Epsilon fraternity was granted removal from probation by the SGA. ""This is probably the last fraternity the Senate bill will take off probation,"" said Krivos, pointing out that such matters will now be handled through the Interfraternity Coun-cil. Also newly affiliated is the Phi Alpha Theta History Honor So-ciety. ""It has existed on this cam-pus since 1961 and has just re-cently found it necessary to seek SGA affiliation,"" said Rinaca. The group hopes to add new members through SGA affiliation, ac-cording to Rinaca. Smith still evaluating Giles-Gee findings report by Lisa M. Quill Editor.in-ehiej As a result of Vice President for Student Services Dorothy Siegel's move to limit the autonomy of the Student Government Association, various departments and their op-erations have been examined. Dr. Helen Giles-Gee, Assistant to the President at Towson State Uni-versity who conducted the in-vestigation, presented her find-ings, along with a list of recom-mendations, to University Presi-dent Hoke Smith last week. Smith has taken no action as yet and would not disclose either the specifics of the report or his in-tended actions because he hasn't had adequate ""time to properly evalutate"" the report. He did say, however, that there would be one change in terms of staff responsi-bility, but did not detail that change. The next stages in the fact-finding process, according to Smith, are working with both business and student services and ""getting mission statements from each organization [such as events and conferences and student de-velopment] to help clarify where overlaps and gaps exist."" These ""gaps"" in responsibilities are be-lieved to be one of the problems ',hew by Ann Mason Helen Giles-Gee, 'assistant to the President, reported her findings to Dr. Smith who has yet to offer his reccomendations which caused Siegel to take action. Within the next week, Smith plans to evaluate the report and determine whether or not further action need be taken. Career Placement Center to host Career magazine workshop by Doug Wood News reporter Towson State University has been chosen to be one of 90 colleges nationwide which will host the Chrysler-Plymouth Career Search Workshops this December. The workshops, which are de-signed to provide college students with the basic tools they will need to find employment of their choice, will be held in the Lecture Hall Wednesday, Dec. 3, from 3:30 to 4:45pm, and Thursday, Dec. 4, from 12:30 to 1:45pm and from 4 to 5:15pm. The programs, which are rele-vant to all itujors, are open to all students, frce of charge. They will cover all aspects of the job search process, from self-assesment to resume development, interview-ing, and follow-up techniques, in an 11/4 hour video and panel pre-sentation. Students will receive take-home materials including the 'Chrysler- Plymouth Guide to Building a Resume"" and various workbooks. The presentation team will consist of three experts from Business Week Careers magazine, who will discuss the videotapes, answer car-eer- related questions, and direct use of the workbooks. According to Debbie Thompson of Business Week Careers, a prac-tical guide to careers published six times a year, the program was first offered in January of this year. During the spring it evolved into a program covered by 45 universi-ties, many of which requested that it be repeated. ""By the time the program reaches Towson State,"" Thompson said, ""it will have visited 130 uni-versities."" When selecting a campus for pre-sentation, the staff members examine both the size and the loca-tion of the university. ""We have only three teams of presentors, and they are travelling by van, so we follow a line-of-sight path. We look for large, active universities,"" said Thompson. Hundreds of universities have learned of the program, mainly through word of mouth or informa-tion sent out by the program's spon-sors, and have invited the presen-tors to visit their campuses. The source material is chosen mainly from Business Week Careers, but, as Thompson added, ""Some of our material is in re-sponse to suggestions made by students after the earlier pro-grams. The information ranges from general advice about choos-ing a career to specific questions, such as how to 'network' and what color the paper used to write a resume should be."" Staff members are trained ex-perts chosen from the Business Week Careers staff and have back-group training in recruitment. ""All staff members go through an inten-sive training program at our New York office, where they learn how to handle students' requests as well as present the information clearly,"" Thompson said. The program, which is provided free of charge to the University, is funded entirely by the Chrysler Corporation. ""Chrysler-Plymouth is pro-viding a valuable service to us by sponsoring this program, and we are providing them with free adver-tising to a valuable market,"" said Thompson. Follow-up evaluations com-pleted by the students indicate tha the program has been both infor-mative and enjoyable. ""We get a lot of feedback from career devel-opment counselors as well as from student evaluation forms, and eve-ryone has been pleased with the program. The program has been a great success, and we look forward to doing it again in the spring,"" Thompson said. Judith Skolnik, Assistant Direc-tor of Towson State's Career Place-ment Office, said that she first heard of the program through a letter sent to Director Francis Lemire. ""Of course we were excited to be a part of the program. Nothing like this has ever been offered here before. Faculty members have even requested that the presentors come to their classes, and we have notified other area schools about the program and have asked them to attend,"" she said. See CAREERS, page 2 "