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- The Towerlight, November 29, 1984
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- The November 29, 1984 issue of The Towerlight, the student newspaper of the Towson State University.
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- 29 November 1984
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The Towerlight, November 29, 1984
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tl19841129-000 "Sage debate here this weekend Debators and speakers from colleges across the country will arrive Friday to compete in Towson State's 14th annual H.L. Mencken Speech and Debate Tournament. The Mencken tournament is one of the largest nationwide. Sponsored. by the University Forensic T,eam, the event will run through Sunday, culminating in the championship round of debate Sunday at 6 p.m. That final round will feature Benjamin Cardin, Speaker of the Maryland House of Delegates, as a guest judge. Dr. Brenda Logue, Director of Forensics, estimates that-over 400 students from 30 to 50 schools will compete in three divisions of debate and eleven speech events, including persuasion, prose and poetry interpretations. All events are open to the public and guests are welcome to stop by Psychology Building for information during the weekend. �Glen Small Cl) t wrh4 Shoot the hoops Men's basketball opens up the season with an impressive win over Frostburg page 4 Clawing their way to the top The Bangles, an all female rock group from Los Angeles, talk to Joe LaMastra page 9 A tale of two tigers Robert Taylor takes a look at the controversy surrounding the Towson State mascot page 14 Escort service trial run next week The Student Escort Service will be available Wednesday, December 5 from 8 p.m. to 12 a.m. and Thurs-day and Friday, December 6 and 7 from 8 p.m. to 2 a.m., students wanting a campus escort. The escort van will be on call 8-9 p.m. all three evenings and will run the same route as the shuttle buses Wednesday 9-12 a.m., Thursday, 9-12 a.m., and Friday 9-2 a.m. The central location of the escort service will be the information desk on the University Union second floor. The phone number during operating hours is 321-2783. For information during non-operating hours, call 321-2711. Phonathon raises over $60,000 Towson State alumni generously pledged $63,400 to the Annual National Alumni Phonathon. The phonathon's goal was to reach $60,000 by November 15. Leonard Raley, Director of Alumni Services, credited Katie Walsh, coordinator of the charity function, and student volunteers for the phonathon's success. ""We reached that goal thanks to the help of the students. They really came in full force the last few nights,"" Raley said. The money will go into the University annual fund, which is used for scholarships, support of faculty, visiting scholars, books, periodicals, and cultural events. Kappa Alpha Psi received the most pledges during the three weeks, acquiring a total of $6,924 in pledges. The alumni will award the fraternity $50 for their efforts. Both Wendy's and Domino's Pizza supported the phonathon by donating free food coupons to the phonathon volunteers. Walsh said,"" A lot of money was raised. It's something everyone should be proud of."" Elisa Burns Campus notes It's not too early to start scraping up money for tuition Financial Aid Application Packets for next Fall (1985-86) will be available in the Financial Aid office after December 20, 1984. Students who have received Title IV funds, (National Direct Student Loan, Supplemental Educational Opportunity Grant, College Work Study or Guaranteed Student Loan) in the 1983-84 academic year will have an application packet will be automatically mailed to them. The application deadline for financial aid is March 15 for Fall 1985. Applicants must reapply each year. Students who wish to apply for a Guaranteed Student Loan or a Parent Loan for Undergraduate Student, must file a separate application. Applications for the Maryland program may be obtained from the Financial Aid office in March 1985. Avoid the rush, shop now After the aggravation of finals, most students are not looking forward to the joys of last-minute Christmas shopping. To get an early start and avoid the riots and bloodshed at the department stores, the Student Government Association (SGA), is sponsoring a holiday bazaar. The bazaar will be held Wednesday, December 5 from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. in the University Union Potomac Lounge. Jewelry, crafts, Christmas ornaments and other Christmas gifts, will be sold. Food and eggnog will also be available. Remembering the Colts So you thought the Colts were gone for good. The Public Relations Student Society of America (PRSSA) of Towson State University, in conjunction with Mayor Schaefer's office, is sponsoring a banquet to fund housing for the Maryland Football Shrine. The PRSSA has taken the banquet as their Fall project. Approximately twenty-five students are involved in the project, getting practical experience working with public relations professionals. The football shrine, which has inducted Colt players and football memorabilia such as John Unitas' cleats, was proposed several months ago before the Colts' move to Indianapolis. ""It is a shrine commemorating the past of Baltimore football history."" said Harry Burstein PR SSA member. The first players wilo will be inducted into the shrine :II the banquet include forme! Colts Raymond Berry, Art Donovan, Gino Marcetti, Lenny Moore, Jim Parker, John Unitas, coach Weeb Eubank, and five other football players from Maryland colleges and universities. The shrine is presently housed at the Baltimore Convention Center. Its new location depends on the amount of money raised. The banquet, funded by donations, will be held at the Baltimore Convention Center December 6 at 6 pm. Tickets are $35 for individuals and $1000 for corporate tables. �Edvins Lagzdins See NOTES, page 2 The Published weekly by the students of Towson State University Vol. 78 No. 12 _ Sean Murphy (#26) hauls in a touchdown as the Tigers trounced Norfolk State in their quarter-final game, 31-21. The Tigers will face Troy State in their NCAA Division II semi-final playoff game. Towson, Md. 21204 November 29, 1984 By Jerry Trout, 'Bama bound Tigers advance to the semis By Joe Heacock Towson State did Saturday what no team has been able to do against Nor-folk State University this season: They ran the football. They ran the ball into the gut of a Spartan front four that had allowed an average of 53.8 yards per game rushing en route to a 31-21 NCAA Divi-sion II quarterfinal playoff win over Central State. Towson State rushed for 295 yards as three Tiger backs figured heavily into the success of the running game. Tailback Dan Ricker carried the brunt of the load as he picked his way for 128 yards and a touchdown, his 16th of the season. Ricker, who instantly credited his offensive line, said, ""It was a personal challenge with our front four and theirs; we have the best offensive line in division II, if there's no hole we're nowhere."" Fullback Brian O'Neal rushed for 48 yards on only four carries and tailback Jeff Beathard did just as well by carrying the ball six times for 74 yards. ""We felt like we had to run to win,"" said head coach Phil Albert, ""In a short series all you're trying to do is win, you do whatever it takes that day to win."" ""I thought we were going to throw all day,"" said safety Buck Roche. ""A lot of times we caught them on blitzes; we were hoping for some suc-cess running just to keep them off balance,"" added quarterback Kurt See FOOTBALL, page 4 Are the liberal arts making a comeback? By Chuck Lee In the last few years, students have been reminded a college degree is not a guarantee they will get a job. And in the frantic stampede for jobs, students have increasingly abandoned liberal arts degrees in favor of a lucrative degree in spe-cialized or technical areas, such as computer science, engineering, or business. To combat the idea that liberal arts is a dying degree, the Liberal Arts Committee sponsored a panel discussion November 14 to review the opportunities for the liberal arts student in today's job market. The committee consisted of: three busi-ness professionals, three liberal arts faculty members, and two liberal arts students. Most of the questions concerning possible job opportunities for lib-eral arts students were directed to the three business professionals.Al-though the business professionals on the panel admitted business has overlooked the liberal arts student the past few years, they feel there is a demand for the well prepared lib-eral arts student in business today. The panelists said liberal arts stu-dents make some of the best em-ployees because of their broad back ground and varied skills. They said liberal arts students with writing and communicative skills can be trained into more diversified areas quicker than someone who only has a background in one narrow field. ""You can teach liberal arts stu-dents a different skill, but not a computer science major,"" said Monora Freeman of the Baltimore County Government. ""Liberal arts students' enhanced creativity and ability to think broadly makes the liberal arts stu-dent quite marketable,"" said Val Havard of Baltimore Gas and Elec-tric. The business professionals stressed communicating well as a key skill which makes liberal arts students prime candidates for jobs such as managers, personnel direc-tors, underwriters, business cor-respondents, and spokespersons. ""Some of our best managers have a liberal arts background,"" said John Loudebach of United States Fidelity and Guarantee Insurance Company (USFandG). ""For the liberal arts student, the selection of well rounded elective courses could mean the difference betWeen getting the job and not get-ting the job,"" said Laudebach. The business professionals sug-gested it would be useful for the liberal arts student to take basic courses in computers, and business, analytic, and communication skills. ""Making the best of electives with reasons behind taking these courses will most definitely enhance your marketability,"" said Howard. ""Once the degree is in hand it is then up to the student to be aggres-sive and sell himself to prospective employers,"" said Brandt Kamka, political science major. The business professionals felt that if a liberal arts student sells himself during the interview, has a clean, precise resume, and good grades it obviously improves his or her chance of getting a job. ""How you see yourself, how you want people to see you, and how well you express these ideas is key when searching for employment,"" said Howard. Don't go into the interview cold,"" said Francis Lemire, chairperson of the career placement center. ""Gain as much information on the com-pany you are applying to, review lit-erature on the company, and start See LIBERAL ARTS, page 2 SGA allocates $ 1 3,302.97 for Spring '85 By Scott Hollenbeck and Jean Kane Eleven student organizations re-ceived $13,302.97 for the Spring semester from the Student Govern-ment Association (SGA). Six or-ganizations received the funding recommended by the Financial Ad-visory Board (FAB) and two groups were granted their original re-quests. Three groups received fund-ing less than both their original re-quests and FAB recommendations. One organization received no fund-ing at all. The SGA had little trouble with most budgets, moving through them quickly, questioning mainly groups' priorities and groups' ef-forts to raise funds during the Spring semester. The longest, most heated debate was over the Forensic budget. The Forensics Union, the speech and debate team, originally requested $15,680. The FAB recommended they receive $12,000. The SGA debated over an hour and a half before granting the or-ganization $6,000. Before the debate, John Mollard, who represented the Forensic team at the meeting, said the team needed funding for travel expenses to tour-naments in order to maintain their top ten status. The senators asked if the team had made attempts to secure out-side financial assistance. Mollard said the team had con-tacted the administration and several banks for financial aid, but was turned down. At the beginning of the debate, Senator Steve Mister made a mo-tion to add $15,000 to the FAB rec-ommendation. He argued if the team is to main-tain top ten status, they need gen-erous funding. The SGA is the team's only source of funding be-cause the administration is un-willing to assist the team, said Mister. After about 45 minutes of debate, Senator Barry Brown said, ""I 'd like to remind the Senate about how much money is being discussed,"" ($27,000). Much of the debate cen-tered on whether the SGA should continue to fund the Forensic team. Finally, Senator Dan Dinkin mov-ed to grant the Forensics Union $6,000. He said the Senate ""should not cut the team off in the middle of the season."" At the same time how-ever, the Senate wanted to send a message to the administration that, the SGA would not continually fund Forensics unless the administration also .assists the team. After the funds were cut to $6,000, Mister said, ""it was a move the SGA had to make. The team has long outgrown the SGA. It's time the administration took the respon-sibility as well as the glory."" The Rugby Club budget also pro-duced a long and heated dialogue between the senators. A few sena-tors said the Senate should be care-ful in funding the Rugby Club be-cause they do not have ""a proven track record"" of handling an SGA budget. Other senators said the club rep- See BUDGET, page 7 STUDENT GOVERNMENT BUDGETS�Spring 1985 ORGANIZATION REQUEST FAB* American Marketing Association $998.65 $950.65 American Production and Inventory Control Society 425.00 305.00 Black Student Union 1,455.00 1,505.00 Biology Club 1,431.50 1,079.50 Forensics Union 15,680.00 12,000.00 Jewish Student Association 498.62 399.02 Nursing Student Association 40720 407.20 Organization of American States 1,367.00 750.60 Philosophy Club 157.38 158.00 Rugby Club 6,246.70 905.00 Society of Physics Students 383.00 133.00 University Resident Government 2,991.83 1,065.00 TOTALS $32,041.88 19,758.77 SGAt $998.05 305.00 1,505.00 1,079.50 6,000.00 399.02 407.20 680.00 158.00 1,387.00 383.00 0.00 13,302.97 'Financial Advisory Board reeeminendatin�FAB consists of SGA Treasurer Joel Cohn, Lori Elliot, an lim Chase. tStudent Government Association approved allocation for the Spring '85 Seinester. "
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