The Towerlight, October 24, 1985

tl19851024-000 "HEAL blocked by S legislative delays The United States Department of Health and Human Services has announced that students in the medical and nursing Programs of many colleges and universities across the U.S. will be left without Health Education Assistance Loans (HEAL( unless their request was processed by September 30, 1985. The old contracts with the private lenders who insured health students' loans expired at the end of the 1984-85 fiscal year, September 30. Unless new legislation is Passed, students who did not receive loans through the HEAL Program in the past will not be able to start borrowing now. Because the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) has not processed the necessary Paperwork to free money to buy new insurance for the program, students who wish to continue borrowing cannot. HEAL helps to finance the educations of many medical students. More than 10,000 students took out HEAL-insured loans totaling $84 million in 184, according to Paul Elliot, director of Student Programs at the Association of American Medical Schools. Ruth Bletzinger, a student fi nancial planning director at the Georgetown School of Medicine, said that students at private schools such as Georgetown are !sPecially dependent on loans 'rem the HEAL program. The average HEAL loan for Georgetown students is about S9,500, according to Bletzinger. In the class of 1989, we have 63 borrowers who made it before September 30, 1985; about a third of the class,"" said Bletzinger. She added, ""Our students who borrow from HEAL 4re generally the neediest."" If HEAL borrowers are going to continue receiving aid, the 2M13 will have to give the rlealth and Human Services department the authority to Provide insurance to private lenders. Alice Swift, deputy director of student aid at HHS, is unsure When the OMB would give the department the authority to buy insurance. , First-time borrowers in the LlEA1, program won't be able to receive aid until a new Higher Education Reauthorization Act is Passed, which probably won't happen until 1986. College Press Service Phone-a-thon fundraiser scheduled The fifth annual Alumni phonathon will be held November thru November 21. The activity sponsored by the Alumni rssociation, and this year's goal Q, to raise $65,000 for the Towson ""Late University Annual Fund. Towson State alumni all across ne United States will be called �nday through Thursday evenings from 6-9 pm. ,, u , Katie Walsh, Associate ,,irector of Development said ',nat the ""money is used for r a holarships, for support of the A cultY , and the Presidential i'lvard for Distinguished oervice.,, 110t, T de photo SU Alumni Phone-a-thon is l? """"'Ing for volunteers to make calls. to Student volunteers are asked o cume an hour before the actual begins for a brief ,�rIeritation and for dinner W do a nd by Domino's pizza. � alsh requests that students but ahead to provide for dinner, t ut she adds that they ""don't ,tirn People down (who don't rag' in advance)."" Last Year's phonathon raised aPProximately $8,200. Walsh stressed that, ""numbers are what tnakes a big difference�the more People we have, the more money We inake. Personal contact makes as big difference ... especially ytoll�dents."" To register for this phonathon, call 321-2234. �Teisha Whitson campus notes 410.111.? Inside \ Lonnie Two nous III Tigers maul Morgan The Tigers skinned the Bears by 52-8, but they'll face stiffer opposition next week 5. Iguana shines A veteran cast gives luster to the Morris Me-chanic production of The Night Of the Iguana 10. Blue Collar Bond The Adventure Begins is a pale imitation of better adventure films 8 Homecoming extravaganza Visuals' photo essay on last weekend's events . 3. vameetammoes The Fall Red Cross blood drive begins Monday, October 28, in the University Union. The Red Cross is asking for volunteers to donate blood during the following times: Monday, Oct. 28 from 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 29 from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 30 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 31 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. PolSci meeting planned Political science majors seeking some ""hands on"" experience in state and national government should consider taking a political science internship this winter and spring. Dr. Michael Grossman, political science professor, is the advisor to the internship program this year. Grossman will be holding an internship meeting for interested sophomores, juniors, and seniors next Tuesday, October 29 at 3 p.m. in his office, Linthicum 118J. The program allows students with a 3.0 average or above to work for local, state, or national politicians fulltime during January and part-time during the spring semester. The interns must participate in both the winter and spring sessions and will receive six credits. Grosman said past students have worked in constituent services, legislative analysis in the General Assembly and the Senate Foreign Relations committee. A student who participated in the intern program last year will speak at the meeting. Grossman suggested that internships with a state delegate or state senator may be particularly interesting this year because of the ongoing savings and loan controversy. Campus notes are continued on page 2. erli Published weekly by the students of Towson State University htTowson, Md 21204 Vol. 79 N. 8 October 24, 1985 ""Sandy, the fireworks are hailing over Little Eden tonight."" So sang Bruce, but Towson State is hardly Eden. Still, the Homecoming fireworks last Friday were a big success. Alcohol policy toughened By Andrea Riker Colleges and universities all over the country will be entering the sec-ond yt,,ar of a natimINN 1(1 e crackdown on student drinking. The ""get-tough"" program hopes to enforce the legal drinking age without forcing students off cam - pus�into their cars�to drink in less controllable, more dangerous situations. Charlie Eckels, Assistant Vice President for Administrative Ser-vices and chairman of the Towson State Alcohol Concerns Committee, said two forms of identification must be shown in order to consume alcohol at University Union dances. He admitted, however, that unless the Residence Assistant's attention is drawn, any student may circum-vent the drinking policy in the dor-mitories. ""Any student can drink a beer in his room because an ad-ministrator is not going to walk down the halls knocking on doors,"" he said. Fraternity parties, on the other hand, are a different story. Accord-ing to Eckels, the University doesn't have control over parties off campus. This is of concern to Uni-versity officials. As to whether tougher regula-tions and stricter reinforcement is actually changing student drinking habits, no one can say, but cam-puses nationwide are taking the ex-tra steps anyway, according to a College Press Service report. Student groups at the University of Pittsburgh have been warned by police that they will drop in parties unannounced to enforce the drink-ing laws. Yale is effectively prohibiting alcohol at many campus events and at the events that do serve alcohol, ""drinking cards"" are issued to those students who can drink. Almost 50 students were arrested at West Virginia University after police broke up traditional school-opening street parties. Students cannot have liquor in the dorm rooms at South Dakota state schools, while at Penn State, parties that have kegs are pro-hibited. A recent Hobart College study of the effects of raising the drinking age stated that people who think raisin the drinkin age will prevent student drinking are fooling them-selves. On the other hand, George Kuntz, President to the Inter-Fraternity and Sorority Council at Boston University, said, ""In the past, 10 people would work on the Home-coming committee. We had 35 this year. There is a definate increase in participation in school events."" speaking of the new alcohol regula-tions, Kuntz said, ""It has worked phenomenally well ... "" Mark Watts, of Yale's Joint Council of Social Chairmen, predicts at Yale, ""there will be fewer large parties."" He added,"" I expect there will be more coat and tie parties with more food and also more VCR rentals."" By Edvins Lagidni, Underage students continue to drink despite the efforts of a nationwide drinking crackdown. By Ann Mason Vandalism up in '85 By Teisha Whitson What most people call vandalism is termed malicious destruction of pro-perty in Maryland, and according to Towson State University police chief Stephen Murphy, it is ""an increasing problem, particularly in the dorms."" Over 73 complaints of malicious destruction were filed last semester, a figure which Murphy said was high. ""Over the three years that I've been here, I've seen a decrease in van-dalism,"" contradicted Phil Adams, Area Co-ordinator for Tower A. But both Murphy and Adams agree that those who violate destruction laws should incur harsh penalties. ""We deal with destruction of pro-perty firmly,"" Adams said. ""If we know who did something, they must pay for the damages and may possibly be asked not to live here (on campus) any more."" Those found committing acts of vandalism ""are subject to ad-ministrative sanctions and criminal See VANDALISM, page 2 S Ft 19t11 1982 .� �KAI NI )1 c, 154 1983 1Z.,6 19014 i!e4 1985' 1kn. Towson hosts programs on sex and dating By Timothy Boyle In one of two programs on rela-tionships held at Towson State University last Thursday, speaker and author Rusty Wright said that one of the main reasons today's relationships fail is because of a lack of spiritual awareness. Wright, 36 and a graduate of Duke University, spoke to over 200 people in the Susquehanna Room of the University Union at 7:30 p.m. Last Thursday. Wright's ""paling Game"" ap-proached datiffg from a Christian point of view. He said that there is a right and a wrong way to date. The wrong way, according to Wright, is the basic beating around the bush routine. He said if a person is not up front (about himself) from the beginning, the relationship al-ready has a chance to fail, even be-fore it gets off the ground, because each individual is unsure of what the other is thinking or feeling. Wright said that relationships are made up of four different cate-gories. Those categories are physical, emotional, intellectual, and spiritual. Physical attraction is fairly ob-vious. One knows when he or she is physically attracted to someone else. Emotion, Wright said, is an im-portant part of every relationship, but it tends to be overemphasized too often. Intellectual attraction is also im-portant. Wright feels that if two people share the same interests, they will get along better. Wright said that American socie-ty tends to let physical attraction and emotion take over relationships and neglect the spiritual aspect. He said this could lead to a downfall of the relationship. The show was a total success, ac-cording to Randy Newman, Direc-tor of Campus Crusade for Christ at Towson State. ""Looking at the facial reactions, it looked really positive,"" he said. Newman said that comment cards were passed out at the end of the speech and that only two nega-tive responses were received. Sean Hill, a senior Psychology and Political Science major said ""I'd like to see him again."" sHill is a Campus Crusade member. ""I think people were pretty im-pressed,"" he said. ""He passed out comment cards and allowed people to put down what they thought of the show. It was pretty non-threatening."" Wright is a full-time staff member of the Campus Crusade for Christ International, He lectures at colleges across North America. He is the author of six books, including Dynamic Sex and How to Unlock the Secrets of Love, Sex and Mar-riage. The other program was spon-sored by the Residence Association and was held in the Residence Tower. Jacqui Pride, coordinator of the ""Safe Sex"" program, brought in Dr. Sanjwevani Kulkarni to talk to in-terested students on birth control methods and abortion. The presentation, which lasted approximately 90 minutes, was given to a small gathering of students. ""At one point, we had twenty people,"" Pride said. The presentation consisted of two parts. The first was an open discus-sion, led by Dr. Kulkarni, in which several birth control devices were talked about. ""She must have had seven or eight of them,"" Pride said. ""She passed them around to students so they could touch them and look at, them."" There was also a film presenta-tion. The film dealt mainly with abortion and precautions that should be taken before having inter-course. Pride said the event was staged because ""I think it is impor-tant for people to know about birth control. People think they know everything about birth control, but they still have questions."" "