tl20041025_001 "Baltimore's #1 College Paper - Published Twice-Weekly - www.thetowerlight.com Monday, 10/25/04 Students discuss animals rights 5 Report renews UB merger talks 5 Dating show uses local backdrop Baltimore Harbor offers unique art -** m : 14 Departments Opinion 2 News 5 PawPrints 7 Nations 7 Arts 13 Sound Bites 14 Entertainment Briefs 14 Now Showing. 15 Sports 20 In this corner. 20 Face-Off. 18 Classifieds 16 TU recognizes alum for service Tracy J. Silwick The Towerlight Quinton Donald Thompson remembers a time when male students wore ties and female students wore skirts to class and were addressed solely as mister or miss. That was Towson in 1942 when diplomas read Maryland State Teachers College. Thompson, who graduated in '42 was honored Saturday night with a dinner in recognition of 50 years of volunteer service. A lot of students feel Thompson's contribution without even knowing it. Through his service, 83-year- old Thompson has helped to raise over $4 million for the University. Saturday night's dinner met its goal of $50,000 to establish the Q.D Thompson Leadership Scholarship in the College of Education. Thompson insists there is nothing special about his service to Towson and said service is his way of giving back to the school that gave him so much. """"I wanted to pay back everyone who had supported and helped me through,"""" Thompson explained. """"Especially Doc Minnegan."""" Minnegan, who served as the school's athletic director and coach for soccer, baseball, track and basketball, helped Thompson achieve his education after a rocky start. At the end of his first semester, Thompson was summoned to the president's office. """"The administration was concerned that I had too many outside activities besides school because my marks weren't good,"""" Thompson said. """"By outside activities they meant the cows."""" At that time, Thompson's family owned a dairy farm. Some nights Thompson would stay up until 3:30 a.m. studying and then have to get up and milk the family's cows with his brother. During his last two years at Towson, Thompson got involved in sports thanks to Minnegan. Even though Thompson was small in size, he held his own on the sports field. In his senior year, Thompson was captain of both the soccer and basketball teams. In his speech Saturday night, Thompson said the lessons and virtues he learned from Minnegan See VOLUNTEER, page 8 Katharine Hill/The TowerUght Gary Rubin (left), the opening speaker Saturday evening, shakes the hand of honored alumni Q.D. Thompson. Towson proposes joint MBA degree Kristi Funderburk The Towerlight Towson's quest to offer a Masters of Business Administration degree moved forward this month, as TU and the University of Baltimore submitted a proposal for a joint program to the University System of Maryland for review. The proposal, sent two weeks ago, is the University's latest attempt to implement an MBA program. An initial foray into developing a joint degree in April was informally rejected by UB, but a push from USM led to the proposal's recent submission. Towson has one of the largest undergraduate business programs in the state, so the need for an MBA is lucrative and its absence glaring, Provost James Brennan said. """"It's an important degree that looks bad not to have,"""" he added. University officials have pointed out that without an MBA program, recruiting the best candidates for a business school is difficult. Towson first proposed an MBA degree several years ago, but according to Brennan it was tabled due to internal problems. The program was tweaked and a new proposal was submitted in April. """"Despite the politics, this is something we critically needed at this point, and something the state critically needs at this point."""" Robert Caret TV President The new proposal has the approval of Towson's faculty, a process that included the University Senate, UB informally rejected the proposal. The challenge was handed to USM chancellor William Kirwan. He met with TU President Robert Caret and UB President Robert Bogomolny to discuss creating a committee and develop a mutual understanding. The presidents from each school then appointed a task force that worked through the summer to establish the operational details of a new proposal. Brennan, department of finance chair Tom Basuray, College of Business and Economics dean Shohreh Kaynama and associate provost Deborah Leather represented Towson. Speaking for UB were Provost Wim Wiewel, Merrick School of Business dean Anne McCarthy, associate professor for management Lanny Herron, and professor for management W. Alan Randolph. After meeting several times throughout the summer, the designated task force discussed operational details such as curriculum, administration, financing programs, length of the joint venture, tuition and fees. See DEGREE, page 6 Today High 61 Low 49 Tuesday High 66 Low 46 Wednesday High 66 Low 47 Thursday High 66 Low 47 Friday High 67 Low 48"
