tl19861002-000 "Student groups gain affiliation This week the SGA moved to grant permanent affiliation to three groups already established on campus. Model OAS (Organizationof American States) is a group that, according to Senator Dale Graham, ""puts together a composite file on a certain country and then goes to a national convention to discuss the problems that these American nations face"". The Brotherhood, a community service organization, was also given permanent affiliation along with the Philosophy Forum. The Student Government announced that applications for the Honor Society are due on October 15 and are availible in the SGA office. The University Affairs Committee will announce tis recomendation for Freshman Senator next week. Vince Russomanno Speed trap monitors Cross Campus ""Selective enforcement"" is responsible for the recent proliferation of speed traps along Cross Campus Drive, according to the Baltimore County Police Department. ""Just ne complaint from any source is all that is required for selective enforcement to go into effect,"" said Patrolman Bob Ruth. When the police receive a complaint, they send out one or more patrol cars to monitor the problem area. ""Selective enforcement can involve extra passes by cars, or speed traps, depending on the severity of the problem,"" Ruth said. � After enforcement periods of 30 days, the effectiveness of the program is evaluated. If the problem is under control, the monitoring ceases; the enforcement will continue, however, if the problem is not resolved. Once the area is no longer under extra surveillance, it will remain that way until another complaint is registered. -Keith Ward Job fair offers employment The Career Placement Office has announced that a job fair will take on Oct. 8 for students seeking part time employnvnt opportunities. At least 25 different employers will be looking for employees to work for them. Representing fields including department stores, banks, a hospital and a restaurant, the Job Fair will run from noon to 3 p.m. in the Chesapeake Rooms of the University Union.. ""What can be really helpful about a fair like this i its a good opportunity for students to meet a lot of employers at once,"" Babara Melamed, assistant director of the Office of Career Placement, said.. A part-time job can assist a student in financing college, meeting expenses, exploring career interests, and making employer contacts, Malamed said. ""Employer contacts can be very important after graduation when looking for full-time employment,"" she added.. �Vernon Griffin Campus notes from all over University of Florida football fans are cheering their team to victory with ""the gator schnozz,"" four dollar plastic, green aligator noses complete with teeth.. .A campus swimming pool at the University of Arizona is mysteriously losing about one ince of water per hour. After a month of trying, officials have yet to locate a leak. ""We have no idea where the water is going,"" said AU aquatic specialist Ronald Sutherland...The faculty Senate at the University of California refused to endure a prohibition of sex between student and faculty. ""It seems like a civil rights violation to say who people can fall in love with,"" said Cal.-Riverside Professor Ramone Rhine...Ohio State University reinstated Brian Sating, a student fired as a parking booth employee, because he wears his hair in a mohawk. -College Press Service I. Inside Up from down under A new Australian movie takes audiences in the North...page 9 Cohen defends Trudeau Blasts Robertson out of the water... .page 13 Football victory Towson State wins third game against American International College.. page 3 Cops at play What the University police really do on the weekends...page 6 A There will be a softball meeting Wednesday, October 8 at 3:30 in the Towson Center. All interested in joining the team should attend. Registrar updates computers The installlation of a new computer system will allow for faster processing of student admission papers and for a smoother running TRIAD in the Spring, according to Linda Collins, Director of Admissions and William J. Reuling, Registrar. Preregistration in April will begin with seniors and end with freshmen according to the number of credit hours earned, said Reuling. Another factor in determining how soon one may preregister is grade point average. ""You may get an advantage if your grade point average is higher than someone else with the same number of credit hours,"" Reuling said. Instead of taking an entire week, preregistration will be reduced to two or three days, according to Reuling. A free day will also be aided for those who miss their assigned date. After all seniors have preregistered, adjustments will e made as needed to open and close specific sections. ""When the students come to preregister we will be able to tell them right there and then if a section is closed,"" said Reuling. Processing for each student will also be faster. ""We estimate that a senior should take no more than ten miutes to complete the procedure,"" Reuling said. The system will be fully operational in time for TRIAD next summer, according to Collins. ""TRIAD will be a lot faster and smother but will no lose the one-on-one aspect,"" Collins said. Installation on the Admissioi: ier mInals began yesterday and the Registrar, Billing and Financial Aid departments will folio. The new computer system will interlink all four departments, said Collins. This is the first time the computer system has been updated since 1968. ""We have had to rely on manual processing for a lot of what we do,"" Collins said. -Vince Russomanno Campus Notes cont'd. on page 2 The Published weekly by the students of Towson State Universityovver ightTowson. MD 21204 October 2, 1986 Vol. 80 No. 3 Greek housing issue causes stir By Vince Russomanno News Editor The plan to convert Richmond Hall into all-Greek housing was announced as an experiment by Hoke Smith, President of Towson State University in his annual fall address. Since that time a group of students have formed the Committee to Preserve Diver-sity in Residence (CPDR) and have been petitioning the issue of Greeking Housing on this campus. The Greeks offically obtained Richmond Hall over the sum-mer. ""A committee made of three members of the University Residence Government (URG) and three Greeks meet all during the summer. At that time the Greeks accepted the offer c f Richmond,"" said Marion Hoffman, Associate Dean for Student Development. It was not until the fall, however, that students already living in Richmond were in-formed that they would not be allowed to return to the dorm-itory in the spring, said Dann Berkowitz, President of URG and member of CPDR. Ac-cording to Paul Deluca, pres-ident of the Richmond House Council and CPDR member, they were also not informed of the change until this fall. Petitions against the new housing have passed through Richmond, Scarborough and Newell Halls and will be cir-culated throughout the Glenn Complex and Towsontown this week, according to Adam Bun-nell, president of the Newell House Council and Chairman of CPDR. Eighty percent of Richmond and over 50 percent of Scarborough have signed the petition, according to Bunnell. ""If we show the administration that we have a large backing among students and parents we think we have a good chance of turning this thing around,"" Bunnell said. ""The main thing we want to stress is that we are not anti- Greek; we have no reason to be,"" Deluca said. According to a leter sent to President Smith, what the group does believe is that the university should not gie preferential treatment to social organizations."" The letter also expresses concerns for the future if Greek housing is in-stituted. ""This descision makes possible similar requests from See GREEKS, page 2 Richmond Hall has been selected as the new site for on-campus Greek housing in the Spring. Ann Mason President Smith appoints new assistant Alexandra Landau Dr. Helen Giles-Gee has been appointed assistant to the president, Dr. Hoke L. Smith. _ By Doug Wood Staff Reporter Dr. Helen Giles-Gee, former assistant vice president of Minority Affairs, was recently appointed assistant to the president of the university by Dr. Hoke L. Smith. Dr. Giles-Gee, who served for 11 years as a faculty memeber and chairperson in the biology department at Cheyney University, joined the Towson State administrative staff in 1986. She earned her under-graduate, graduate, and doctorate degrees ate the University of Pennsylavanis and Rutgers University. She is currently a memeber of several professional organi-zations including the American Association of University Professors and the American Educational Research Association. She has taught at Rutgers University, the Stevens Institute of Technology, and the Franklin Institute. Presently, Dr. Giles-Gee serves as an exteranl technical istered hy the Educational Testing Services. As assistant to the president, Dr. Giles-Gee will assist the pres-ident and represent his office on various university committees as well as the university at functions internal to the campus. She will also assist in the coordination of long-range planning and self-study. In addition, she will serve as program director for the TSU industry luncheon club. In her former office, Dr. Giles- Gee wrote the proposal for a retention program for minor-ities. The program, of which she is currently director, sub-sequently received a $40,000 per year grant from the State of Maryland. ' Police pursue assault suspect on campus By Robert M. Graham Assistant News Editor Towson State University Police are pursuing leads on who assaulted a female student on the second floor of the campus' student union early last Wednesday evening, Lieutenant Joseph Herbert said. Herbert said the victim, who's name is being withheld while the incident is under investigation, was apparently approached form behind by someone after she left the second floor ladies room on Sept. 24. The assailant grabbed her causing her to suffer superficial lacerations to her shoulder area. She was teated and released from the Greater Baltimore Medical Center later that evening. Campus Police were notified of the incident from someone in the first floor bookstore, where the victim went after the assault, at 6:50 p.m., Herbert said. The victim was unable to give a description of the assailant or the weapon used, he said. Herbert said the police on the scene interviewed people in the Union attempting to obtain a description of the assailant with ""negative results."" The incident is under investigation by the Towson State Criminal Investigation Department. "
