The Towerlight, September 15, 1983

tl19830915-000 "kiL The Towerlight If it is to be. it's up to me. �Joe McMullen Vol. 77 No. 2 PUBLISHED BY THE STUDENTS OF TOWSON STATE UNIVERSITY TOWSON, MARYLAND 21204 September 15, 1983 Services heldfor Joe McMullen Was Tiger AD By Paul L. DiPeso Services were held Tuesday at the Towson Center for Athletic Director Joe McMullen, 59, who passed away Friday following a short bout with leukemia. McMullen made major contribu-tions to the athletic program at Towson State since his arrival in 1979, the UniN ersity's first year at the NCAA Division I level. His first move was to take the _then-independent athletic program and become a member of a confer-ence. After helping form the ECAC Metro-South, McMullen was appointed as the league's first president. Following his first year as AD, his next step was to foster enthu-siasm among students and alumni in Towson State's athletic program. He created the ""pep squad"" and worked to build a band ""that people would be able to associate with Towson,"" in the spring of 1979. He was also the brainchild behind the new Tiger mascot. ""We want to get a different costume and get someone down-right silly in it,"" he said, describing his plans for the mascot. McMullen's enthusiasm com-plemented his personality. His pleasant and honest attitude with people made it easy for anyone who associated with him. Though McMullen had gotten Towson into a coference, he con-tinued searching for a stronger athletic affiliate. In the spring of 1982, McMullen announced that the University had been accepted into the East Coast Conference, which McMullen served as its basketball chairman. The list of McMullen's achieve-ments is long. The most recent, of which he was justly proud, was the work he and University President Hoke Smith did at the NCAA con-vention last winter. The two had always worked hard for strict student-athlete academic stan-dards. The work paid off. The NCAA has since added guidelines See McMULLEN, page 11 Arrington, music professor, dies A memorial service will be held on campus tomorrow for Dr. Golden Arrington, professor of music, who died last week of leukemia. Dr. Arrington earned his bachelor of music and master of music degrees at the University of Idaho and his doctorate in musicology in 1968 at the University of Texas. His dissertation was on American music of the early 19th century. He joined Towson's music department in 1968 where he taught courses in music theory and music history. From 1970 to 1979 he served as chairper-son of the department serving in that capacity during the critical planning and construction stages of the Fine Arts Center. He also per-formed regularly with the Towson Chamber Players and as guest solo-ist for the University's Community Chorus. Funeral services for Dr. Arring-ton were held Friday, September 9, at the Church of the Latter Day Saints. The family requests that persons wishing to do so may make donations in Dr. Arrington's name to the Leukemia Foundation, located at 1045 Taylor Avenue, Towson, Maryland 21204. Officials hint at tighter restrictions on alcohol use By James C. Hunt Citing an increasing number of alcohol-related problems in the Residence Halls, University offi-cials this week expressed concern about students' attitudes toward alcohol and hinted that further restrictions may be placed on the use of alcohol in the halls. ""It is becoming apparent that things are not the way they should be"" in the dorms, Barry Evans, assistant director of Residence, said. There have been an increasing number of prob-lems with alcohol this semester, Evans said, such as students�as well as individuals not enrolled at the University�wandering through the halls with open beers and ""people urinating in the stairwells."" Phil Adams, graduate assistant in charge of discipline, agreed with Evans that the misuse of alcohol in the dorms is a problem, and added that there have been a ""lot of problems"" with noise in the dorms this semester. 'We're setting ourselves up for a 'University of Maryland-type' response to alcohol problems,"" Evans said. Officials at the University of Mary-land announced earlier this month that, because of the decreasing number of students of legal drinking age, no alcohol will be allowed at any organized events under resident life's juris-diction. As at Towson State, however, students of legal drinking age will still be allowed to drink privately in their rooms. Although neither of the men related the two events, their concerns came to light after an inci-dent over the Labor Day weekend in which a man who had been drinking in one of the new Towers was injured. University Police reported that William Linder, an 18-year-old high school student from Churchville (Maryland), had been visiting a friend at Towson State and had attended a party in Tower D of the new Residence Complex. After apparently becoming intoxicated�Linder told police he had had 15 beers�he found a ladder belonging to the Mullan Construction Company and used it to climb up to the metal support trusses above the entrance to the Glen Dining Hall. A University police officer arrived soon thereafter and called for Linder to come down. The officer said that Linder lost his grip, dangled briefly by his legs, then fell face-first to the concrete pavement 20 feet below. Linder was taken by helicopter to the Uni-versity of Maryland Shock Trauma Center in downtown Baltimore, where he was listed in critical but stable condition before being released Sunday night. Evans termed the Labor Day incident an ""exception"" but concluded matter-of-factly that ""people don't care"" about the problems caused by alcohol. He said that students ask why the Residence Department has an Alcohol Policy that they say ""inhibits their social development."" ""Students think about the inconvenience, but we're trying to decrease the possibility of there being one less person alive,"" Evans said. He noted that he has addressed audiences of up to 450 students each semester, and when he asked the audience how many of them knew, directly or indirectly, someone killed in an acci-dent involving a drunken driver, ""almost the whole room raised their hands."" Tuition, salaries hiked slightly University submits budget proposal Towson State last month submit-ted a $56.6 million budget request for fiscal year 1985 to the Board of Trustees of the State Universities and Colleges. The request includes a proposed five-percent increase in tuition for full-time students and merit pay increases for most Uni-versity employees. Most of these increases can be attributed to inflation�which currently stands at around five percent�according to Ron Garri-son, assistant vice-president for Finance and System Management. Tuition, which jumped an aver-age of nine percent per year over the last two years is expected to increase by $50 from $1,030 to $1,080 next year for full-time Maryland residents attending the University. The tuition for out-of- state students will jump from $2,140 to $2,250 per year. The Credit Hour (CH) charge for part-time students will edge up $2 across the board from $43 to $45 per CH for both resident and non-res-ident undergraduates and from $63 to $65 for graduate students. The cost of renting a room on campus is expected to remain the same for the University's 2,900 resi-dent students; however, the cost of eating will not. The price of the 10-meal-plan food service contract will be fattened by $86 from $1,074 to $1,160 next year, the 14-meal plan will increase from $1,170 to $1,264 and the 19-meal plan, from $1,260 to $1,360. Student fees will increase $12 to $304 per year. The proposed $56,521,409 budget for fiscal '85 reflects a 10-percent increase over the current budget. Most of that increase is due to a change in state policy whereby the money for social security, unem-ployment, and health insurance payments will be added to the University's budget and will be distributed by the University instead of central agencies within the state government, Garrison said. Merit pay increases averaging three percent for most University employees also account for part of the increase. Garrison said he expects the state will approve the budget, although there is a possibility that there will be a few minor changes. The state's approval of the budget will be the final step of a year-and-a-half- long period during which the University prepares the budget then submits it to various state agencies for review and approval. The budget process began last November when the University prepared enrollment projections for the 1984-85 academic year. In December, the academic depart-ments submitted detailed and in March the University prepared major budget goals such as new positions and programs, one-time items and major repairs to the facilities. In April, the University held hearings with the Board of Trustees, State Board for Higher Education and the state Department of Budget and Fiscal Planning to discuss the University's ""Maximum Agency Request Ceiling"" (MARC), the max-imum amount the University may request in its final budget proposal. The SBHE and the DBFP presents its MARC recommendation in May to Governor Hughes who deter-mines the MARC allowance the following month. In August, the University pre-sented its final detailed budget request to the Board of Trustees, who will in turn submit the budget to the SBHE and the DBFP. In October, the SBHE will review the budget with the University and make recommendations; in Novem-ber, the DBFP will review the budget with officials and make judgmental adjustments. In January, Governor Hughes will submit the University's budget �along with budgets for the entire state�to the General Assembly, which will review the budget with the Board of Trustees and the Uni-versity and make final adjustments. The budget process will wind to a close in March when the University receives its budget appropriation for fiscal year 1985, which begins July 1. MAJOR TUITION AND FEE CHARGES '83-14 '84-'85 (proposed) Athletic Fee 100.00 112.00 Registration Fee 30.00 30.00 Student Activity Fee 27.00 27.00 Student Union Construction Fee 38.00 38n0 Student Union Operation Fee 95.00 95.00 Mail Service Fee 2.00 2.00 Tuition, Full-Time, Resident 1,030.00 1,080.00 Tuition, Full-Time, Non-Resident 2,140.00 2,250.00 Total: Maryland Resident 1,322.00 1,384.00 Totals Out of State 2,432.00 2,554.00 Vice-President Plante : Walk to garner support for ""bottle bill"" begins ""University is intensely alive"" Towson grad among organizers of hike By Terie Wolan This year's first University Senate meeting was conducted Monday, September 12. The meeting's agenda included the annual address to the senate by 'vice-president of academic affairs, Patricia Plante, and the elec-tion of officers for the year. Vice-president Plante praised many projects introduced to the University last year: the degree pro-gram in computer science, the addi-tion of computer terminals, the effort to mainstream women's studies into all curricula, the clearinghouse for scholarships and the renovation of Smith Hall. These and other efforts, Plante said, were examples of the University's commitment to ""teaching, supported by scholarship"" and showed that ""this university is in-tensely alive."" Plante added that priorities this Year are the University's five-year revii w by the Middle States Associa-tion and a review of the social scic..ces by the State Board of Higher Plante also suggested that a com-mittee be established to review and revise the general university re-rriirements (GURs) and report its fin-ch' ,gs to the senate for further action. The GURs are a good idea, Plante said, but they have become so corn- Plex and so inconsistent that the Patricia Plante system should be simplified. Plante ended her address in strong support of the faculty tenure system which is being eliminated in univer-sities nationwide. Tenure provides necessary academic freedom for pro-fessors to pursue research and should not be undermined by the pressure caused by recent economic problems. Also, the new officers of the senate are Neil Gallagher, chairman of the senate; Bob Barnhardt, vice-president; Eleanor Hofstetter, secretary; Michael O'Peeko, member-at-large; and Mark Whit-man, Parliamentarian. By James C. Hunt A group of eight walkers yester-day began the first leg of a planned 236-mile hike from the West Vir-ginia- Maryland line to Annapolis. The hike�according to its sponsors, the ""Citizens Against Waste"" (CAW), a local environmentalist group�is an attempt to rally ""grass-roots support"" for legisla-tion placing a mandatory five-cent deposit on all metal, glass and plastic beverage containers. One of the event's organizers, CAW member and Towson State alumnus Kate Milton, returned to campus recently to enlist support for the hike. Milton, who graduated last January with degrees in geog-raphy/ environmental planning and environmental studies, outlined the walkers' itinery at an Outdoor Adventures Unlimited organiza-tional meeting in the Lecture Hall last week. The first group of walkers assem-ble Tuesday at Camp Minnetoska in Garrett County near the West Vir-ginia line. Averaging about 15 miles a day, the group expects to reach Frederick September 26. At Frederick, the group will split, with one segment heading south toward Washington and the other continuing east toward Baltimore. The Baltimore-bound walkers will hold a rally at UMBC September 29, then will walk the remaining six miles into Baltimore September 30 for a larger rally in the Inner Harbor. A second group of walkers, meanwhile, will leave Ocean City Seritember 23 and wind through the Eastern Shore, joining the Balti-more and Washington walkers for a rally in Annapolis October 1. Milton said she expects ""a core of eight"" walkers to make the entire journey from Western Maryland, but added that anyone is welcome to join the walk at any point, regard-fess of how far they walk. This will be the fourth year the CAW has attempted to get the bev-erage container legislation passed by the Maryland General Assembly, according to the CAW's president, Ajax Eastman. The ""bottle bill"" was first introduced in Maryland in 1971 and was favored by Maryland-ers 2-1 in a Sunpapers poll, Eastman said, but has received strong opposition from local indus-tries such as Bethlehem Steel, which produced tin plates for beverage cans. According to E. Brent Snodgrass, district manager for public affairs of Bethlehem Steel, the corporation ""has always opposed a mandatory bottle/can deposit law"" because such legislation ""discriminates The first group of ""Citizens against waste"" sponsored walkers began hik-ing east from the West Viriginia-Marland line (A) Wednesday. A second group will head west from Ocean City (B) September 23. The two groups will rally in Annapolis (C) October 1 in support of legislation requiring a five cent deposit on all metal, glass and plastic beverage containers. against the total litter problem."" Snodgrass said that bottles and cans account for ""15 to 20 percent of the litter"" collected by the state. (A Maryland Department of Trans-portation study put the figure at approximately 30 percent) and that Bethlehem Steel ""supported legisla-tion to clean up the total problem."" Snodgrass said that Bethlehem Steel also fears the legislation will be ""damaging to the production line at our Sparrows Point plant, which has already been hit hard. ""We don't want to see any fur-ther erosion of jobs at our plant,"" Snodgrass said. But the CAW contends that the ""bottle bill"" legislation, which has already been passed in nine states, will create new jobs recycling and refilling cans and bottles while reducing expensive litter collection and landfill costs. 437568 "