The Towerlight, October 10, 1985

tl19851010-000 "S Senate kills plus/minus option 31 The University Senate held its second meeting of the Fall, 1985 semester last Monday. The agen-da included nine motions, and reports from various University departments. Provost Patricia Plante ad-dressed the Senate and told of ac-creditation of the dance depart-ment by the National Association of Schools of Dance. ""It's a great accomplishment"" said Plante. Plante also talked about an up-coming accreditation review on October 29, 30, and 31, of the nursing department by the Na-tional League of Nursing. The last time they were here according to Plante they were 'very critical."" ""We spent the last two years working diligently year-round to correct this."" said Plante. Also included in the meeting WBS the election of History pro-fessor Dr. Mark Whitman as Parlimentarian for the 1985-86 Senate. Dr. Robert J. Garner was confirmed as Professor Emeritus. Dorothy Siegel, Vice-President for Student Services, informed the Senate of the recognition of the Office of Special Needs as having innovative student ser-vices by the Maryland Associa-tion of Higher Education. A motion came before the Senate to receive the plus minus Grading Option Report by the Academic Standards Committee. tS The motion was passed but there were three opposing votes and two votes for an extension. The dissenting votes were cast by senator at large Dr. Mike Pecko, assistant music pro-fessor Dr. James Anthony, and SGA senator Andy Kohn. According to Anthony, he voted against the motion because, ""I have often felt that Our present grading system is in-sensitive."" Anthony says he uses Plus and minus grades although he knows they will not be record-ed, Kohn voted against receiving the report because ""I don't think Its fair for a person who gets an 80 to have the same grade as a Per,,on who gets an 88."" The report compiled by the College of Liberal Arts Commit-tee and reviewed by the Academic Standards Committee found ""no reliable evidence that Plus and minus grades result in grade deflation."" They also found that ""the use of plus grades alone lead to grade inflation."" The Committee also felt that adding plus and minus grades 'would only tend to increase stu-dent haggling over whether a grade should be a plus or a 'Mous, or simply a solid D, C, or ? 8."" The committee does not believe ""faculty need this increas-ed pressure to change grades."" �Michele Hart Boycott _,scheduled Luncheon plan-for Friday ned for staff campus notes Inside Senior Olympics Participants show com� petitive spirit, comradery 6 Not this time Tigers lose 14-point lead, end up with tie 5 On #324 Reminiscences about Eddie Robinson, the win� ningest collegiate football coach 13. More letters A truckful of letters this week 12 Who is that masked band Lone Justice rides high with their new release 7 National anti-apartheid groups have called for general boycott of ? Classes to be held on Friday, Oct. 11. The boycott will coincide with ? South Africa political Prisoners Day, which is also Baltimore's !Inti-apartheid day. Events honor- !ng the day have been scheduled both on campus and in Baltimore. In Baltimore there will be a w!Y-Iong recognition starting With an anti-apartheid prayer breakfast at Emanuel Christian C�Mmunity Church. At 1:00 p.m. People will be asked to rise and observe a moment of silence to .honor those killed or under arrest In South Africa and Nambia. At 4:00 p.m. a rally will be held at the Federal Building at HoPkins Plaza followed by a March. The march will pass Bell's dePartment store where South African Krugerrands are sold, Land Past other companies that do uusiness with South Africa. The March will end at City Hall with another rally to begin at 6:00 At 7:30 p.m. a Southern African Political Prisoners Day forum will be held at the 1199E Hospital Worker's Union Hall. South African and U.S. speakers Will discuss the current crisis in South Africa and what people in this country can do. CM campus the Towson Anti- A partheid Coalition will be spon-soring a rally from 12:00-2:00 Pan, on the patio of the Universi- ty Union. The rally will feature three speakers including Dr. John 1/ j. Murungi, philosophy depart- / Inent chairman, as well as a jazz band. %or The Personnel Department will be hosting the first annual Towson State University Awards luncheon on October 22, 1985 from 12:30-2:00 p.m. in the Chesapeake rooms of the Univer-sity Union. The Longevity of Services awards program and luncheon will honor 100 faculty and staff members with 5, 10, 15, 20, 25, or 30 years of service to the Univer-sity. ""Dr. Hoke Smith will be presenting the awards to the honorees,"" said Cynthia Meller-son, Personnel department spokesperson. There will be five people receiv-ing awards for 20 years of ser-vice, and two people will be honored for 25 years of service. The luncheon is being jointly sponsored by the University Foundation, Auxiliary Enter-prises, and the Maryland Classified Employees Associa-tion. �Michele Hart CORRECTION: Last week, The Towerlight in-correctly reported the siteof the pre-law conference as University Union room 312. The conference will be held in room 314-315. The Towerlight regrets the er-ror. The Published weekly by the students of Towson State University Vol. 79 No. 6 'Towson, Md 21204 October 10, 1985 Points of view The first speaker in the 1985-86 SGA speaker series was ex-contra leader Orlando Bolanos. His address drew applause and jeers from the audience, while outside protest groups from across the state demonstrated against the Nicaraguan leader. Guest speaker berated by activists Ex-contra draws fire By Robert Taylor and Wayne Laufert If the United States doesn't in-crease economic aid to Nicaragua's contra movement tenfold, it faces communist expansion in Central America within two or three years, according to the contra's principle founder. Orlando Bolanos, who left Nic-aragua for the United States three years ago, made his comment before a crowd of about 400 people at the University Union's Chesa-peake rooms Sunday night. His ad-dressed marked the start of the 1985-86 Student Government Association speaker series. Referring to what he called wide-spread sabotage and resistance by the Nicaraguans ""at every level,"" Boianos said that the United States has a ""moral and legal obligation"" to help overthrow the Sandinista government. The legal obligation, he said, dates back to 1979 when the United States signed the Organization of American States' 17th Resolution of Foreign Ministers. Bolanos said that this agreement gave the United States the right to ""assist in the overthrow of Marxist-Leninist governments,"" even to the point of military intervention. ""We main-tain that the resolution is being ig-nored,"" Bolanos said. He warned that ""if the Sandinistas consoli-date, be sure the rest of the area will go."", On the other land, according to Bolanos, in the contras there is ""the basis for a durable democratic institution."" The controversy surrounding the contras is the result of what Bolanos called ""a worldwide cam-paign of misinformation... He said the United States should send aid regardless of world. Bolanos, who said he no longer has contact with the contras, said that he was speaking for nay Nic-araguans who wanted to liberate their nation. There was mixed response to Bolanos' remarks throughout the evening. One woman repeatedly stood up and displayed a sign that read: ""Stop Killing the Children"", At one point, Bolanos said to the woman ""I have never killed anyone, lady. You can lower that sign."" Another audience member accus-ed Bolanos of being a ""puppet of the Reagan administration."" (Niers read accounts of atrocities at-tributed to the contra guerillas, which Bolanos dismissed by saying that such actions would ""violate the basic precepts of a revolutionary or-ganization; that is, to get the sup-port of the people."" Boscan Matamoros, the Wash-ington representative of the con-tras, also attacked Bolanos. ad-dress, as well as the protestors in the audience. The contras, he said, do not want any interference in their struggle. ""It's against our policy of self-determination,"" he said. ""The peo-ple of Nicaragua do not want a lef-tist dictatorship or a rightist dic-tatorship, but self-determination."" Security at the speech was tight, with county, state and campus police forming police lines and serv-ing as guards. There were no in-stances of disorderly conduct dur-ing the speech or at the press con- ' ference preceding the lecture. Tuition and fees will increase by five percent in '8 6-'8 7 By Timothy Boyle Tuition and fees at Towson State will increase five percent over $18,000,000 to the school's budget next year, if planned increases go into effect. Tuition for a full-time undergrad-uate resident will rise $73. Full-time undergraduate nos-resident tuition will rise $89, based on current estimates. Room and board could also increase by as much at $118. Graduates and part-time stu-dents will also feel the increase. Credit hour charges for part-time students will be raised two dollars. Credit hour charges will rise three dollars for graduate students. Ron Garrison Associate Vice President of Business and Finance, said that tuition and mandatory fees have risen steadily in recent years ""mainly due to inflation."" In addition to inflation, Garrison said the five percent increase will be used for ""buying additional com-puters, office automation (the uni-versity is in its third year of a three year automation program), a part-time faculty raise, and maintenance projects. The 1987 University budget is expected to increase by nearly two and a half million dollars over the 1986 budget. Garrison said the budget is ex-pected to be $71,281,500, approx-imately a three and a half percent in-crease over last year's budget of nearly $60,000,000. Approximately 45 percent of the budget will come from state provid-ed funds, which translates to roughly $32,000,000. This figure represents a 1.6 percent increase over last year's state funds of just over $31,500,000. This translates to $521,267. The $32,000,000 requested by the University has already been submit-ted to the State Board of Trustees and is waiting approval. That figure is what the state calls the Maximum Agency Request Ceil-ing (MARC) and is the most the University is permitted to submit. Governor Harry Hughes recently set the MARC for all state run col-leges and universities, for fiscal year Tuition and fees Maryland resident '85-88 '86-87 tuition 1,168 1,224 fees 348 373 total out-of-state tuition 1,514 1,256 1,597 1,320 fees 348 373 total 1,604 1,893 Protestors rally out-side Union By Terie Wolan The demonstration protesting the appearance of contra founder Orlando Bolanos was quiet Sunday night. At its peak, about 50 people participated, including only a hand-ful of Towson State students. The demonstrators, who are op-posed to the Reagan administra-tion's Central American foreign policy, remained behind police bar-ricades, holding signs while a few individuals handed out pamplets on the sidewalk outside the University Union. Chanting began one time, and intermittent singing, but for the most part, the demonstrators remained silent. Although police had been told to expect perhaps up to 150 people, on-ly about 35 people were present at 7:15 p.m. and some demonstrators left around 8 p.m. to listen to Bolanos' speech. See PROTEST, page 2 1987 at just over $93,000,000. This 1.4 percent increase is far below the 12 percent expectations of the Board of Trustees. The University hopes to get over one third of the MARC set by Gov-ernor Hughes, but the 93 million must be divided by six schools: Towson, Bowie, Salisbury, Coppin, Frostburg, and the University of Baltimore, Garrison said. Garrison feels confident his budget will get through the Board of Trustees without major prob-lems. ""They gave us everything we ask-ed for this year,"" he said. ""The new budget isn't that much more than the last. It, all depends on how the governor and the legislature view the financial conditions of the state."" Garrison said the state has a sug-gested percentage of the rate of in-crease in the budget each year, nor-mally between four and five percent. He said to request anything over that, or to increase tuition and fees by more than that, the institution must provide a valid explanation of where the money is going. However, the University's budget does not fall into that range so Garrison feels the University will get most, if not everything requested. The other source which provides the bulk of the budget is the federal government, which provides over $2,000,000. However, Garrison said none of the additional funds will be used for the renovation of Stephens Hall, scheduled to begin next Summer. Those funds come out of the tapital budget. The state goes out and sells long-term bonds to raise the money. Cutbacks in aid hit Towson By Andrea Riker Towson State University stu-dents will be receiving approx-imately $5 million less financial aid this year than in 1984-85, a finan-cial aid spokesperson said. Financial Aid Director Marilyn Ojodu said, ""rhe university is not increasing in total population. The amount [of money] will maintain it-self after a while. Right now, it bounces around."" According to Ojodu, the total amount of money given in financial aid in 1984-85 was $17 million. The amount this year will reach about $12 million; $3.5 million was given in institutional money, and $9 million was given in governmental money. This marked an increase of two or three percent in institutional money, which put more of the finan-cial burden on the university. Approximately 70 percent of fi-nancial aid is given in loans, while the other 30 percent is given in grants. Most loans come in the form of Guaranteed Student Loans (GSL), National Direct Student Loans (NDSL), and institutional loans. The government is funding less grants and more loans because the government feels students should be geared towards a selfhelp pro-gram, said Ojodu. Requirements for grants have therefore become more stringent. In the past Pell Grants, federal need-based grants, would finance 50-60 percent of all school costs. Now the most any lower income family can receive in Pell Grants is $2100. See AID, page 2 "