The Towerlight, November 26, 1986

tl19861126-000 "Inside Art Exhibition An honors thesis exhibition featuring works by Kimberly Tamkun page 6 The Published weekly by the students of Towson State University wer.ight Towson. MD 21204 Index news 1 visuals 2 sports '3 features 4 editorial 5 perspectives 5 entertainment 6 Vel. 80 No. 11 November 26, 198(5 ACC approves IFC idea Policy was too strict for first-time offenses by Paul DeVries Kelly News reporter The Inter-Fraternity Council Ilk) at a meeting of the Alcohol ;oncerns Committee (ACC) Tues-ay, Nov. 18, argued that the alco- PI policy that Dean of Student 'ervices Dorothy Siegel decided on as too strict. The IFC presented an argument hat was passed by the ACC say- 1g students who are caught using slse ID cards for the first time hould be issued a warning and 'Immunity service time. The first new policy, officially Protested by a Student Govern-laent Association and an IFC peti-lc% called for first time offenders ,2 receive a suspension from the university for one semester. Under the ACC proposal, second irne offennders would receive a 8e1ester suspension. I The IFC's argument for a more policy revolved around two alsior points. First, it argued that 'spending a student for a first-wile violation would permanently Illar a student's academic trans-cript for what seemed by the group to be more a matter of civil disho-nesty than academic dishonesty. The group argued that for the academic dishonesty of cheating o.n an exam a student typically receives an ""F"" for the exam or the entire course. But they are not sus-pended from the University for the offense. The second concern of the com-mittee concerning the proposed change centered aroung the com-munity service provision of the IFC proposal. Community service, the IFC argued, offered the University corn-munity more reparation for the violation than a suspension would. But the committee questioned the ability of the University to assess community service time to the large number of first time offenders they expect. After debating the issue, the committee agreed that assess-ment was possible. The group forwarded their find-ings to Siegel and Smith as a rec-commendation of what they think the policy should be. The ACC was appointed by Dr. Hoke L. Smith, University presi-dent, to evaluate policies and prob-lems concerning alcohol use at the University. Nation fighting false IDs Police in NC catch 21 student ID makers �College Press Service Towson State University is not the only place where false ID card 8e is drawing attention. ationally, the problem of false ID Use is worse than Towson State's. � In Greenville, NC, police charged 41 East Carolina students with 45 fe,,nunts of counterfeiting driver's licenses and selling therm to people tinger than 21. Police said some tus were sold to high school students. The police in Greenville began ,1,1n investigation after finding a 'alse ID at a campus construction site. � At Marshal University in Hun-uogton, W.Va., a student newspaper Study found students saying it was still easy to buy liquor, regardless St their age. The most common rnethod was using falsified driv-er's licenses or college IDs. False IDs are a lot more wides- Dread now because students who have been allowed to drink for the past two years now can't do it,"" said Parthenon editor Burgetta Eplin. Eplin said that one underage student questioned in the survey said he convinced an older friend to report his driver's license miss-ing. The friend then filled out the paperwork to obtain a new driver's license, and gave it to the 19-year-old, who returned it with his own picture to the state police office. West Virginia, like all the states in the union, was forced to raise its minimum drinking age from 19 to 21 by a federal law which states that states that do not comply will lose millions in federal highway funds. As of August, only eight states and the District of Columbia had refused to raise their legal drink-ing age. Eplin expressed the sen-timents of most college students faced with the choice of not drink-ing until reaching the age of 21. ""A few students have qualms about breaking the law because a few of them agree with it."" ' New antenna to improve Radio Club transmissions by Robert M. Graham News editor An antenna donated by the Balti-nlore Radio and Amateur Tele-vision Society will increase the 4�Ignal strength for the Towson tate University Amateur Radi"" Club. � The antenna, that used to reside nnthe roof of the Maryla,,,A.. z.;cienct: 'enter, was donated after the eierice center's amateur radio set- 1,1I) ended operation its the Inner tiarbor location recently ac-cording to Harry E. Bates, an assistant professor of Physics at the University and faculty advisor to the club. , He said the tri-band beam an-enfla with a rotator and dir-ectional control cnsole will give the roup better signal strength when Ltansmitting around the world. moreover, the antenna will im- Drove the signal-to-noise ratio, a ratio amateur radio users use to tste the incoming signals. , The 40-foot wide antenna is peing installed on the roof of Smith hall and will al low the group to communicate more clearly with such places as Czechoslovakia, Yugoslavia, Germany, Argentina, Brazil and Mexico. Bates said the group hopes next to acquire a general coverage receiver and a power amplifier. One possible application for these acquisitions is to allow them to receive foreign language trans-missions that foreign language students can listen to and learn from. Correction Francis Lemire is the director of the Career Placement Center. The 1""ov. 20 issue incorrectly identified title. In the Nov. 20 issue, Eva May teceived $144 for a proposal en-titled ""The English Village Re- Sited: A Study of the Village in ,Mghteenth-Century British Litera- ""Ire."" Elizabeth M. Lancaster l'eeived $625 for a proposal en-titled English Women Novelists, 1700-1740, Their Contributions to the Development of a New Genre."" The Towerlight regrets these errors. photo by Jay Woernle Harry Bates, faculty advisor of the Amateur Radio Club, and his son begin to install the new antenna. Siegel changes false ID policy by Doug Wood News reporter The issue of altered ID cards is once again under debate. After a thorough discussion by the Alcohol Concerns Committee (ACC) and seven students from the Inter-Fraternity Council (IFC) at the ACC meeting on Tuesday, November 18, the recommend-ation was made that the published policy requiring for a semester suspension for students using ille-gal ID cards be reconsidered. According to a memo from Charles Eckels, associate vice president for Administrative Ser-vices and chair of the ACC, to Dorothy Siegel, Vice President for Student Services, the committee supports the following recommen-dation: ""Suspension may be appropriate for first offenders in certain cases, but a thorough in- SGA approves election committee members by Robert M. Graham News editor The Student Government Association heard and later ap-proved the selections of Marty Hyatt, Chuck Lee and Kim Patterson to the SGA Election Commission, the group that over-sees the elections of a new Senate. A fourth member of the commis-sion will be selected at the next Senate meeting. In other Senate business, Sen. Jeff Rinaca, chair of Government Operations, asked that the Senate suspend Rule D-9, the provision requiring that if a bill is not passed 30 days after its introduction it becomes dead. The Senate ap-proved the suspension so that the Club Ski constitution would not become dead tomorrow. Rinaca said that his committee had had problems in meeting with Club Ski officials to modify the group's constitution before full Senate approval. Sen. Paul Norfolk said that the Buddy system would be escorting high school seniors around campus during Baltimore County's Energy Conservation Week in February. Sen. Crystal Berkibile told the SGA that she had met with Dorothy Siegel, Dean of Student Services, concerning the possible establishment of an Honor Code. Berkebile said Siegel was enthusi-astic about the possibility, but that she thought that student aware-ness and interest in the issue of cheating should be a major con-cern for the SGA first. vestigation should take place first, and suspension of social priviliges and community service work should be strongly considered. Repeat offenders will be suspended with no exceptions."" According to Jan Sherrill, assistant vice president for Stu-dent Services, the recommend-ation was made in light of the fact that many first time offenders are freshmen who may not under-stand the University's policy towards underage drinking. ""We had freshmen who were get-ting in trouble almost before school had even started,"" stated Sherrill. ""We were thinking of giv-ing [freshmen] 15 hours of com-munity service work plus suspend-ing them from social activities where alcohol is involved, such as the Rathskeller and the Potpourri."" Mr. Sherrill emphasized the fact that presenting a false ID card is a crime equivalent to cheating on an exam or presenting a bogus doc-tor's excuse. ""The ID is a state doc-ument, and altering it is the same as altering any other state document."" Students who borrow armbands from those of legal drinking age will face the double charge of underage drinking and false re-presentation as being of age. ""The message has gotten out, and we're hoping that the students don't take it lightly,"" said Sherrill. Eckels said this policy had been recommended from the beginning by the committee. ""First-time offenders should be considered for probation, but those with a record of other offenses may be suspend-ed anyway,"" Eckels said. Eckels also said that the committee members had made the recom-mendation and that his opinion on the matter has remained the same since the controversy erupted. ""We're only a suggestion com-, mittee, we are not a policy-making committee,"" said Eckels, adding that the meetings are open to all students and faculty members. ""Underage drinking is a prob-lem we have to deal with, other-wise we will lose our license [to serve alcohol]. We have considered ending alcohol sales entirely many times during the past six months. Anything we do can help the prob-lem,"" Eckels said. Siegel stated that the members of the IFC made an outstanding pregentation at the meeting, and that she intended to follow the committee's recommendation. ""Illegal drinking is a very serious problem, and we need to deal with it carefully,"" said Siegel. The orig-inal policy was ""too stringent, especially for freshmen,"" she said. ""The new policy has been re-worded to say that first-time offenders may be suspended,"" Sie-gel said. ""The word has gotten out that the University will not tolerate underage drinking, and we intend to find a reasonable solution to this problem,"" Siegel said. Tigers face Central State in Division II playoffs by John Rock Sports editor The Towson State University football team will be in the NCAA playoffs for the third time in four years when they travel to Dayton, Ohio to take on Central State of Ohio in the quarterfinal round of the 1986 Division II tournament Friday afternoon at 1:30 EST. The Tigers finished the regular season with an 8-2-1 record follow-ing a 7-7 tie against James Madi-son University and were not sure if they would be invited to the playoffs until bids were officially announced Sunday afternoon. But TSU coach Phil Albert was under-standably happy when he found out. ""To say the least we're very pleased to be in the playoffs and hav� this opportunity to attempt to win the national championship. I am personally happy for our play-ers, who have worked so hard to get to where we are today. They certainly deserve this oppor-tunity,"" he said. ""I know they'll rise up and make the most of it."" The last time TSU made the playoffs was in 1984 when they 'defeated Norfolk State (Va.) 31-21 in the quarterfinals before losing a semifinal matchup to Troy State, 45-3. Last year the Tigers had a shot at advancing to the playoffs in their final regular season game, but they lost to James Madison 13-0. Central State on the other hand has been to the tournament four straight years, including an appear-ance in the championship game in 1983. The Marauders lost to North Dakota State, who had defeated TSU in the quarterfinals 24-17, by a score of 41-21. The key to defeating the Marauders for Towson State will be their defense's ability to stop the high powered Central State attack which is ranked in the top 10 in Division II in three different offen-sive categories. They are third in scoring offense with an average of 39.6 points per game, sixth in rush-ing offense with an average of 277 yards per game, and eighth in total offense with a 426.8 yards per game output. Central State has only been held to less than 28 points in a game once this year�by Alabama A&M in a 10-10 tie three weeks ago�and they have scored over 40 five times, including going over 60 twice. ""In Central State we are facing a very formidable opponent,"" said Albert. ""Billy Joe (Central State head coach and former University of Maryland assistant) is an excel-lent coach and I know he'll have his squad prepared for this game."" This playoff appearance will mark Towson State's final attempt to win the Division II National Championship as the Tigers will be moving up to Division I-AA in 1987. The Marauders are strong on offense, but it is their defense that could give TSU fits. Freshman quarterback Vince Buck is tied for fifth in the nation with seven interceptions and leads a defense that is second in Division II in total yards given up per game. The Marauders only allowed their opponents an average of 177 ypg each time they stepped out on the field. The Central State defense has held its opponent under 10 points seven times, including a 36-0 shu-tout of Northeast Missouri in the final week of the regular season. But, Towson State is not going to roll over and hand the game to Central. The Tigers have a run-ning game of their own and the defense is also very good. Junior tailback Dan Ricker set a TSU record and became only the second Tiger rusher to go over 1,000 yards in a single season when he ran for 109 yards against JMU to give him 1,012 for the year. That total also includes Rickers' 217-yard outburst against the Uni-versity of New Haven for another Towson State record. While on the defensive side of the ball the Tigers have picked off 20 passes�five by linebacker Mark Angle�and have only given up 11.2 points per game. If the Tigers are able to get past Central State of Ohio, they would then play the winner ot tne Ash-land College (Ohio) at North Dakota State contest in the semi-final round. Other first round mat-chups are South Dakota at California-Davis and Virginia Union at Troy State. Those games will be held Saturday along with the North Dakota State game. The winners of the semi-final games will then meet on December 6 at the campus site of the team with the highest ranking. That will then by followed by the Div-ison II National Championship to be held in Florence, Alabama on the 13th of December. Two Towson State football players celebrate before knowing their tie with James Madison was good enough to get them in playoffs. "