The Towerlight, October 23, 1981

tl19811023-000 "Vol. 75, No. 8 owerrig,Itt PUBLISHED BY THE STUDENTS OF TOWSON STATE UNIVERSITY TOWSON, MARYLAND 21204 Genius is an infinite capacity for tak-ing pain. Jane Ellice Hopkins October 23, 1981 State approves dorms The state Board of Public Works Wednesday, approv-ed a proposal to construct a 1,700 bed dormitory. The University has the option to purchase the structure in 11 years. The devloper will seek industrial revenue bonds next month. Photo courtesy of University Relations Parking solution proposed by Bill Kenney The tireless search for an empty Parking space, as most Towson State commuters know, is con-tinual. Landing a spot less than a ten-minute walk from the Universi-ty Union � unless you arrive sometime before 8 a.m. � proves impossible. To alleviate some of the parking problems, Henry San-borne, professor of economics, sug-gested a price-rationing plan. With a price-rationing plan for Parking, permits are prices a a high of $50 and a low of $15 with the in-tention of clearing the market de-nand for preferred spaces. authorize parking in the inconve-nient lots. The inconvenient lots would in-clude all lots requiring shuttle bus service, as do, the Towson Center lot and the lower Administration lot. Sanborne said another sticker would authorize parking in the con-venient lots Tuesday and Thursdays, and another sticker for all five days. The parking lots could.be priced differently according to demand. ""In this way,"" Sanborne said, ""more permits could be issued than there are spaces, since many Everyone willing and able to pay people do not commute to campus the higliirpricerwrati+getithefeneeirt,-.-sioshiffistiovhile there s still 4- convenient lots, while lower priced no more permits that es for stickers would attract those willing to park farther away from the main Campus. Sanborne said there should be three types of stickers of different colortz for the convenient lots. Con-venient lots would include the University Union lot, the Lin-thicum Hall lot and the Ad-liinistration lot adjacent to Osier Drive. Sanborne said one sticker would be for Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays only, which he said would any given day."" For car-pooling, where several students share rides, Sanborne said students could use different cards on different days. ""The park-ing privelege could be shown, not by a bumper sticker, but by a pla-que or sign displayed inside the automobile."" He said the plaque could be transferred from car to car, so that several students who drive together need pay tor only one parking permit. ""It is important that such moveable permits be difficult to counterfeit. To decrease the change of theft is to number each plaque with an easily distinguishable number, with a randomly chosen change of letters each year,"" San-borne said. Sanborne said ""This would make the illegal user of paring plaques easily identifiable."" Each car-pooler could purchase the inexpen-sive bumper sticker, permitting parking in the lots more distant from the main campus, and all lots when restrictions were not in ef-fect, he said. Sanborne added,""the savings from collectively purchasing a transferrable permit would be substantial for the students if the permit-prim...were over-$50 per car-for more expensive parking spaces."" Sanborne said that he thought the $50 stickers would not be bias-ed toward those with more money to spend. He said, ""that's life isn't it?"" The Towson State Parking Ser-vices representative said, ""this proposal would bring an imbalance in the parking situation leaving va-cant parking spots in the more desirable spots at various times of the day. This would be due to the different class schedules of each student."" 74% of graduates find full-time lobs by Loraine Mirabella Seventy-four percent of Towson State graduates had obtained full-time employment approximately six months after graduation, ac-cording to a follow-up to 1978 and 1979 studies. A survey entitled the ""Recent Alumni Survey,"" was conducted by the University's office of in-stitutional research and developed by the National Center for Higher Education Management Systems. Forty percent of the graduates responded to the survey. The questionnaire asked the stu-dent's employment status after graduation and the first degree program a student had registered in since graduation. Of the bachelor's degree reci-pients, 77 percent reported fulltime employment before or within seven months of graduation. Forty-seven percent of employed graduates had their jobs before leaving the University. The majori-ty of the remaining 53 percent had found employment within two months of graduation. Eighty percent of the 1978 and 1979 master's degree recipients said they obtained full-time jobs before or within seven months of leaving the University. The majori-ty of these graduates reported holding jobs before graduation. Patricia Plante, vice president for academic affairs, said she feels the figures are quite good. ""Students at Towson State are in fields where it is difficult to obtain employment."" The survey results show that the majority of bachelor's degree respondents (53 percent) held jobs in the business and service fields, 23 percent in the educational field, 15 percent in governmental posi-tions, and the remaining nine per-cent were employed by non-profit organizations. The occupations of a profes-sional, managerial, administrative or technical nature were dominated by men, while occupations in the teaching field employed more women. This is ""true nationally"" Plante said. Forty-nine percent of the Univer-sity's bachelor's degree graduates have found jobs directly related to their majors. The distribution of occupations among Towson's 1980 bachelor's recipients is comparable to that of Maryland's public, four-year col-leges and universities. A follow-up survey of 1980 bachelors recipients was conducted by the State Board for Higher Education. It was found that 78 percent of the University's graduates in 1980 were employed full-time in executive, professional and technical fields, while 78 per-cent of graduates at all institutions surveyed were also employed in these fields. As shown by the alumni survey, Towson State graduates with master's degrees were mainly employed in the area of education. A majority of master's degree pro-grams at the University are in that field. A majority of master's degree recipients indicated receiving ex- Patricia Plante cellent or good job-preparation. Eighty-one percent of the students had acquired a job directly related to their majors. Fifteen percent of the bachelor's degree graduates were enrolled in another program, 50 percent also holding full-time jobs, and 29 per-cent returning to the University. Twenty-two master's degree graduates said that they had enrolled in another program at the time of the survey. Ten percent of the University's 1980 graduates enrolled in master's and doctoral programs. The average proportion of graduates enrolled in master and doctoral programs in Maryland's public, four-year colleges and universities was 14 percent, ac-cording to the 1980 SBHE Follow-up Survey. Discount-ccird-Auestioned by Rich O'Brien A Baltimore company, S.B.C. Publishing, is currently engaged in a campaign to sell special discount cards to college students in the metropolitan area. The Student Buying Card is distributed on consignment to in-dividuals or organizations in-terested in selling the cards. For a fee of three dollars, a student receives the card and a Student Buying Card Directory. The directory currently lists 46 businesses or services which S.B.C. says will honor the card and give the II love food, I lust don't eat by Jill Miller ""Food controls my life. My whole day is planned around what I'm going to eat and when I'm going to eat it. I only allow myself to eat st set times. It scares me how much I look forward to those times. I love food; I just can't eat it. Why would I deprive myself of something I love?"" Joanne, a TSU student, stands 5'4"" tall, yet only weighs 77 lbs. She is suffering from anorexia nervosa. Anorexia nervosa is a eating disorder that primarily affects females between the ages of 12 and 25 in middle to upper class families. The major symptom of the disorder IS severe starvation leading to drastic weight loss. ""She looks like a victim of a con-centration camp"" is a common-enough description of the anorexic, according to Dr. Hilda Bruch, author of The Golden Cage: The Enigma of Anorexia Nervosa. Bruch said anorexia nervosa has three basis psychological causes: first, severe disturbance in self Perception; second, misinter-pretations of internal and external stimuli (hunger and pain); and third, a paralyzing sense of having no con-trol over one's life. ""When I look at myself in the mir- For, 1 really don't see anything � just a blank. I don't see an obese Person like I used to. Now I can ra-tionalize my weight by comparing it to normal weight charts. But I still think my hips need work and my are too big,"" said Joanne. The inability to ""see"" themselves realistically is a puzzling feature of anorexia nervosa victims Dr. Bruch said. ""I know through therapy sessions that 1 have a distorted view of my body. I can see others as they are, lust not myself. I don't think I look emaciated. I can't see the skelton others say I resemble, but I can feel a lot of my bones,"" said Joanne. On the one hand anorexics say they can't see how thin they are and deny emaciation, said Bruch, but at the same time they take great pride in their gaunt appearance and con-sider it a major achievement. ""I don't think I'm too thin,"" said Joanne. ""It makes me feel good when people tell me I look too thin � that I'm thinner than most peo-ple."" Two years ago I weighed 145 lbs. I have tried every diet you could think of, but I was never successful. This time it was different. I cut my carlories down to about 1000 a day. and soon I lost 5 lbs. Then something clicked, and I got a tremendous incentive to keep dieting. I was determined to be thin,"" Joanne said. Anorexics do not control their food intakes for the same reasons as healthy individuals, Marilyn Clag-get said Clinical Nutritionist in the 19t,0 American Journal of Nursing. They feel they must starve them-selves for reasons of personal achievement. ""When I saw I was losing weight, I kept on cutting down what, how much, and when 1 could eat,"" said Joanne. ""It. got to the point where I would only allow myself to eat one peach a day at 3:00 p.m. If for some reason I missed eating at that set tin-ie, I wouldn't allow myself to eat at all."" ""I was literally starving myself to death,"" Joanne said, ""but after awhile you lose touch with pain and even enjoy beirg hungry."" More confusing than voluntary starvation is the claim of not suffer-ing hunger, said Dr. Bruch. Those who feel hunger train themselves to consider it pleasant and desirable. Bruch added, being able to stand it, and seeing themselves getting thin-ner and thinner, gives them so much pride that they are willing to tolerate anything. ""Anorexia is not a diet; it's a way of life. You're controlled by obses-sions, and foods is only the most ob-vious one. I guess you could say I'm striving for perfection. I want to be perfect,"" Joanne said. In many ways these children fulfill every parent's and teacher's idea of perfection, said Bruch, only they do it in an exaggerated way. Being not good, but ""better,"" makes the significant difference be-tween these unhappy youngsters and other adolescents who are capable of enjoying life, Bruch said. ""It's funny, but I'm not sure what I consider perfect,"" said Joanne. ""I guess I'll know when I'm there. I do know being thinner than everyone else makes me feel special."" ""It's been very difficult for my family. They can't understand the change in me,"" said Joanne. ""You see, I'm an only child, and Eve always been the 'perfect' child. I can remember when 1 was little, all the other kids would be out running around and having fun. I'd be there watching them, neat and clean in my starched white dress,"" said Joanne. Many anorexics say that their whole life has been an ordeal of try-ing to live up to the expectations of their families, always fearing they weren't good enough in corn-parsion with others, and, therefore, disappointing taitures. Bruch added that the weight loss accomplishes much: it draws parents back into be-ing protective, not demanding, of the child; and, for the first time, the child feels she has power and is in control. ""I can't tell my parents how much 1 weigh or they'll put me back in the hospital,"" Joanne said. "", was in Johns Hopkins for 5 months last year. My parents made me go when I got down to 80 lbs. I hated it! Everything was controlled for me. I had no privacy. I was forced to eat. I felt terribly fat and depressed. I wanted to kill myself. The doctors wouldn't release me until I weighed 110 lbs. and could maintain it,"" Joanne said. Since leaving the hospital last April, Joanne has again lost over 30 lbs. ""I maintained 110 lbs. for a little while, but I couldn't stand the way I looked, so I started losing again,"" said Joanne. ""My parents have threatened to put me back in the hospital. But if I eat in front of them and don't lose any more weight, then they won't force me to go back. A lot of times, after 1 eat with them, I'll make myself vomit. I feel really guilty if I eat more than I think is good for me,"" Joanne said. The urgency to keep the body its thinnest is so great that anorexiW, will resort to vomiting, enemas, ex-cessive exercise, laxatives or diurec-tics to keep their weight low, Burch said. ""I can't lose any more weight because I know I won't be able to walk around, go to school, and generally function if I do. It would kill me. But, I'm not ready to gain weight yet. First 1 have to come to terms with my distorted perception of myself,"" said Joanne. ""I'm mak-ing steps in the right direction. A month ago I stopped running nine miles every night. Also, I can now go out and eat a piece of pizza with my friends without freaking out over the calories. I still feel guilty and depressed when I eat, but I'm making progress,"" Joanne said. ""I don't want to be anorexic. I want to be normal."" student a discount. The Student Buying Card bears the student's signature under the statement ""I'VE GOT BUYING POWER WITH THIS STUDENT BUYING CARD."" S.G.C. contacted Towerlight with a proposal that the newspaper distribute the cards at Towson State. William B. McCarty, the president and owner of S.B.C. Publishing, wrote a letter saying that the profits from the sale of just one or two thousand cards can go a long way in meeting the costs of running the paper. Under S.B.C.'s consignment agreement, the consignee receives one dollar for each card sold. Towerlight then conducted a telephone survey of 25 merchants listed in S.B.C.'s tow-page direc-tory. 16 of those contacted said they would give student discounts if the customer presented a valid student I.D. from a local college. Included in this group were the National Aquarium and Maryland Science Center. The owner of Eddie's liquors on St. Paul St. said he would match any price in town regardless of discount and that the S.B.C. operaton is ""a lot of baloney."" Three of the 16 people surveyed. did not know what a Student Buy-ing Card was. Four of the merchants listed in the directory said they would give the same ""special"" consideration listed by S.B.C. to anyone. These in-cluded the Charles Theatre, Hill-crest Clinic, Radebaugh Flourists and Tugboat Annie's. Only of the 25 businesses surveyed said they specifically re-quired an S.B.C. card to give a dis-count. Three other merchants stated that they give no student dis-counts. McCarty said the responses from merchants unaware of S.B.C. or not offering student discounts were in-correct. He said, S.B.C. has con-tracts with each of the merchants listed which guarantees a specific discount to card holders. Further inquiries reversed the results in one case, adding an addi-tional S.B.C.-honoring merchant to our list. The owners, however, could not be contacted at the other two businesses. McCarty said, despite the survey results, his company provides a valuable service to students. ""There are a lot of merchants in the direc-tory with whom I made arrange-ments and did not previously give a discount. Basically, I've opened up more doors for students to get dis-counts,"" McCarty said. ""The important thing is that it allows students to know that thei are merchants out there who wl give them a discount. That is worth three dollars,"" McCarty said. Continued on The hands of many imaginations have made their mark on a public canvas near the Cross Campus Drive entrance to the Fine Arts building. Students who dare to express their hidden talents may sport a brush and try their hand. TL photo by 13111 Breidenbaugh "