The Towerlight, October 16, 1987

tl19871016-000 "19 Inside Number two Tiger football breaks Divi-sion I-AA's longest current win-ning streak by beating Howard page 5. The oweri Published weekly by the students of Towson State University 1.81 No. 5 AIDS ads may mislead by Vince Russomanno News editor Flyers currently being displayed chmpus offering AIDS tests by e AIDS Counseling and Testing nters are dangerously mislead-g. According to Ellen Foster of e Baltimore County AIDS In-rrnation Line, these tests only er ""false security."" The flyers promise an ID card rifying negative results. ""The roblem with such a card is that it take three weeks to six months �r AIDS antibodies to show up in e blood. One test does not mean a are AIDS-free,"" said Foster. ""An AIDS card only says that no antibodies were present in the blood on the day of the test,"" added Foster. The AIDS Counseling and Test-ing Centers advertise the tests for the ""low cost"" of $50, but according to Foster there are at least three local centers that do equivalent tests for free and anonymously. ""The client is given a number and calls back for the results of the test identifying himself by number on-ly,"" Foster said. The Towson State University Health Center also offers AIDS testing for a $10 lab service fee. Results of the test are kept confi- AIDS TESTS GET PEACE OF MIND BY KNOWING THAT YOU ARE AIDS FREE. * QUICK � NON-GOVERNMENT � TESTS RESULTS LOW COST ONLY $50.00 CALL NOW FOR APPOINTMENT (301) 252-2366 OR JUST WALK IN: MON. thru FRI. 10A.M. to 7P.M. / SAT 10A.M. to 3P.M. AIDS COUNSELING & TESTING CENTERS 113 OLD PADONIA ROAD, COCKEYSVILLE, MARYLAND (Suite 21, Medstat Building Behind Padonia Park ShoppingCtr.) Negative Results Verified By Personalized I.D. Card These advertisements for AIDS testing only offer ""false security,"" according to Ellen Foster of the Baltimore County AIDS Information Line. dential, according to Dr. Jane Hal-pern, a physician at the Health Center. ""We send the blood to the lab anonymously. If the results are negative, no written record is made of the test,"" said Halpern. Should a positive result occur then Halpern feels an obligation to protect her staff by ""tagging"" a student's file. University and State policy say that positive results do not have to be documented, accord-ing to Halpern. ""This information is not includ-ed on a person's medical file, only with Health Center staff members dealing directly with the patient would know,"" Halpern said. She has never had a student test positive. ""I would not recommend for peop-le to go to private centers to get AIDS tests,"" said Halpern. One danger of this is that initial screening tests can read positive when a person may not have the AIDS virus. A second test, called a ""Western Blot,"" is needed to deter-mine if results are truly positive, according to Halpern. ""Good counseling is essential for those who test positive as well as for those who test negative. I know that pre- and post-counseling are done at the state level,"" said Halp-ern. This insures that people know what to expect going into the test and what steps are necessary after-wards, according to Halpern. ""The flyers say that the test is 'non-government'. That is not necess-arily a good thing. With the state tests you are assured they are giv-en by responsible and properly train-ed people who are updated with the latest information,"" said Halpern. The only way to definitely avoid the AIDS virus is to practice extreme ly safe or no sex and to avoid intraveneous drugs, according to Halpern. ""AIDS does not attack people, it attacks behavior,"" said Halpern. GA denies funds for s eaker by Doug Wood News reporter A Student Government Associa-ion Senate bill which would have located $200 for the presentation John Linder as a speaker was efeated at last Tuesday's Senate eeting. Senate Bill 1987-88 #8 failed by a ]�te of 11-0-2 because the event, Ponsored by the Progressive Stu- i, '11 1 tadiation found by Laurita Huff News reporter 110 one was injured Wednesday fter a small amount of radiation as discovered in a laboratory on e fourth floor of Smith Hall. The diation was within safe levels. At approximately 3:30 am, main-hance personel found that the oor to the lab had been left open. Pen further investigation, they laid a small plastic box marked tadiation"" on a counter. The ,aIntenance crew immediately u(1/1ed the University Police. Within minutes, several Univer- IY and Baltimore County police 'Peers, members of the County 1e Department, the County Haz- Nous Materials Response Team, ad members of the State Radia- �11, Control Office had arrived at pith Hall. The area was sealed tf and three ambulances stood earby. ,St. Joseph's Hospital was noti- 7 of the situation. 41 was determined that the cfloactive element contained in .box was cobalt-60, a very low choactive material used to call-rate laboratory instruments. Yhe State Radiation Control ince reported that the level of diation was within safety limits, nd that all proper precautions ad been taken by University ersonnel. 2101 Stetka, Media Relations l'ecialist for the University, said at there would be no need to close e building. R,nc Seaborg, Manager of Safety .11.1.cl Insurance for Towson State, 1V that cobalt-60 is used in school vve,ratories across the country. Peri people hear the word radio- ""'lye, they tend to panic,"" Sea- Said. However, he continued, this case there was no need for anie. dent Union, was held before the bill was passed. It is against SGA policy procedures to budget on a deficit, according to SGA Senator Darby Simmons. Senator Ken Krucenski of the Senate Appropriations Committee said,""First, they [the Progressive Student Union] didn't close their outside account. They didn't follow proper procedure, and the bill has come up after the fact."" Additionally, SGA President Chris Krivos stated that, because of low attendance, the Rathskeller would no longer be open on Fridays. In other news, several SGA-affili-ated organizations were placed on probation because of non-compli-ance with SGA by-laws. These groups are the International Stu-dents Club, the Intervarsity Fel-lowship, Nursing Students Soci-ety, Student Athletic Trainers, and the Coalition of Black Greek Let-tered Organizations. Also, several groups were disaffiliated from the SGA: the English Club, Entrepre-neurial Club, Key Club, Bahai Club, and the Physical Educators Club. Also, with Senate bill 1987-88 #9, a motion to allocate $1000 to WCVT for the purpose of attending the Music Marathon Convention in New York on October 29-Novem-ber 1 was introduced and referred to the Appropriations Committee. ht Towson, MD 21204 Index news classifieds 2 4 9 sports 56 features & entertainment . 7.8 editorial 11 letters & perspective 11 weekwatcher 12 October 16, 1987 A replica of the Federalist, Maryland's Bicentennial Flagship, was displayed on campus to kick off a year long celebration commemorating the signing of the Constitution. Speakers address politics Staff report Two visitors to Towson State University, one a Russian poet and the other the brother of a slain volunteer in Nicaragua, gave stu-dents their insights on peace and politics. Igor Mikhailiisenko originally planned to stay in the United States until Dec. 11 to gather infor-mation for a forth coming book, however, he would like to extend his stay until August 1. ""My mission in the United States is to promote better under-standing and peace between the US and USSR and to make the best elements of American society avail-able in Soviet society,"" said Mik-hailiisenko. Before his journey to the US, Mikhailiisenko sent several letters to Ronald Reagan. Among these letters was Mikhailiisenko's ""seven questions on peace"" which have been published in Pravda and two American Newspapers. As of yet there has been no reply by Reagan but Mikhailiisenko said he ""truly hopes that Reagan will answer the letter and offer his Opinions."" ""His answers would be pub-lished in the Pravda where my questions have been published several times,"" said Mikhail-iisenko. Mikhailiisenko has also mailed several letters to Senator Edward Kennedy and has received three replies. ""Senator Kennedy is one of my good friends and I am im-pressed by his peaceful activities,"" said Mikhailiisenko. Mikhailiisenko recently meet Ken-nedy and presented him the seven questions on peace. ""Kennedy agreed to answer them and I wait with great anticipation for his answer reply,"" he said. Mikhailiisenko has not been Entrepreneur will speak on campus Mark H. McCormack, widely re-cognized as the founder of the sports marketing industry, will speak at Towson State University October 25. McCormack is the CEO and Chair of the International Man-agement Group, a multinational network of 14 interlocking corn-panies that manage and market dozens of the world's best-known sports celebrities such as Arnold Mark H. McCormack, founder of the sports marketing indus-try who has spoken and at Duke, Stanford, and Harvard Uni-versities, will be at Towson State University October 25. Palmer, Bjorn Borg, Martina Nav-ratilova, Chris Evert Lloyd, and Herschel Walker. His best-selling book, What They Don't Teach You at Harvard Business School, has been made required reading for top-level management executives all over the world. After graduating from the Col-lege of William and Mary and Yale Law School, McCormack took a position with a prestigious law firm. He became know as ""Super Agent"" in the international press; Sports Illustrated termed him ""the most powerful man in sports""; Golf Digest called him ""the most power-ful man in golf""; and Tennis mag-azine has referred to him as ""the most powerful man in tennis."" IMG is the largest athlete repre-sentation and sports marketing firm in the world, doing business in more than 40 sports from offices in 13 countries. Through its New York-based consulting division, IMG shows major corporations how to use sports and leisure activities to achieve marketing and promo-tional objectives. It has served such clients as AT&T, Kodack, and R.J. Reynolds. McCormack has addressed dozens of diverse organizations on topics ranging from developing leadership skills to achieving sales objectives and developing focused marketing strategies. McCormack will be speaking in the Chesapeake Rooms of the Uni-versity Union Sunday, October 25 at 8 pm. Tickets are available at the Towson State Box Office and are free to students. �courtesy of Greater Talent Network threatened in the least by his coun-try for his poetry, which bluntly calls for an end to the arms race and hostilities among nations. ""My government is sincerely striving for peace and they greatly appreciate my songs and poetry. They have been published all over the Soviet Union,"" said Mikhailii-senko. He speaks with great admiration and respect for Gorbachev. ""Our new leader is the greatest ambas-sador of peace to nations. He has honest intentions and he's a wise leader beloved in the Soviet Union."" He also has faith in the ideas of Reagan. ""I believe Reagan speaks of peace very eloquently and I see in him a great author and actor and hope he supports his own good words on peace with his good deeds for peace,"" said Mikhailiisenko. When John Linder speaks of the death of his brother Ben at the hands of the Contras, his words are less flattering. Ben Linder went to Nicaragua in 1983 after graduating from college with a degree in mechanical engi-neering. ""He saw Nicaragua as a poor � country where poor people were starting to take control of their lives,"" said Linder about his brother. ""He had become a mech-anical engineer to build alterna-tives to nuclear power plants,"" said Linder. It was Linder who built a small hydroelectric plant in the village of El Cua and brought electricity to the village for the first time. This allowed for night classes to be held, medical facilities to be open and for radio to be utilized widely in the village. Some villag-ers were even trained as electri-cians to make the final hookups, according to Linder. While working on a second hy-droelectric plant April 28, 1987, Ben Linder was killed by Contra, according to John Linder. ""They attacked with grenades and machine guns. After my brother was wounded, they shot him in the head at point blank range,"" said Linder. ""In this case a US citizen was killed and it was not called murder or terrorism. His death is typical of the whole Contra policy,"" said Linder. The twelve contras who partici-pated in the murder have been identified but not repremandpd, only rearmed."" The one thing that both speakers encourage is for the American people to visit the two countries to see existing conditions for them-selves. Mikhailiisenko quoted from Chinese literature, ""It is bet-ter to see once then to hear a hundred times."" photo by Chuck Dubman John Linder discussed the loss of his brother Benjamin, who was killed by Contras in Nicaragua. Smoking policy amended by David Hammond News reporter In a move to prevent forced com-pliance with Governor William Donald Schaefer's new state policy on smoking in public buildings, the University Senate passed a new smoking policy, which will take effect January 1, 1988. The new policy will reflect a major change in public attitudes toward smoking and second-hand smoke over the past few years. The new policy will, in effect, say that there will be no smoking in public buildings except where indicated. This reverses the current policy that says smoking is permitted everywhere in buildings except where ""no smoking"" signs are posted. ""We felt the policy is fair to smokers and non-smokers alike,"" said Dr. James Hull, chair of the Smoking Policy Committee. Al-though he expressed regret that smokers had to lose some of their rights to smoke where they please, Hull said the new policy is ""a step in the right direction."" ""I thinks it's a reasonable pol-icy,"" he continued. Although no formal restrictions have been set, Jones said some areas that will contine to be ""no smoking"" are classrooms, bathrooms, and hal-lways. The issue of smoking in offices is still in question. ""If a smoker and a non-smoker are in an office, the rights of the non-smoker take pre-cedence,"" Jones said. ""Enforcement of the policy will rely on the good will of the partici-pants,"" Jones said, adding that he was pleased with the decision not to have set penalties and monitors to guard the ""no smoking"" areas. "