The Towerlight, September 18, 1987

tl19870918-000 "Inside Football's Debut Tiger football falls in Div-ision I-AA debut page 3 Vol. 81 No. 1 The Tower.lghtPublished weekly by the students of Towson State University Towson, MD 21204 Index news 12 sports features & entertainment 2,3, 4 5 6 classifieds 7,8, 9 visuals 10, 11 editorial 12 perspectives 8c letters 12 Neekwateher 14 September 18, 1987 University bans alcohol from tailgating by Doug Wood News reporter : Consumption of alcohol is now prohibited at pre-game picnicking, commonly known as tailgating, because of several incidences of violence last year. According to Dan McCarthy, director of University Relations, alcohol created a problem at three Sports events last year: At a TSU football game October 11, 1986, several individuals were asked to leave the tailgating park-ing lot by the University Police. The people refused to leave and began throwing beer cans at the Police and their vehicles; TSU's homecoming game November 1, 1986, the University Police were called in to break up fights occuring in the end zone; At a lacrosse game May 2, 1987, against Johns Hopkins, several individuals brought alcohol into the stadium and threw beer cans at the Hopkins team. Several people were ejected from the stadium by �the University Police. They threw beer cans at the police when asked to leave. ""Current University resources and growing numbers of attendees at tailgating make it harder for the Police to monitor the drinking,"" said McCarthy, noting that many of the people involved in these incidents were not Towson State students but were underage drink-ers. ""The University has both a legal and moral responsibility to pre-vent underage drinking,"" said McCarthy. In response to the violence, the Substance Education and Con-cerns Committee, formerly known as the Alcohol Concerns Commit-tee, made a recommendation over Summer break to University Pres- 'dent Dr. Hoke L. Smith's office that alcohol be removed from tail-gating. ""After reviewing the Com-mittee's recommendation, the Pre-sident's staff decided to accept the recommendation,"" said Marion Hoffman, associate dean of stu-dent development. Enforcement of the new rule will depend mainly on the goodwill of students, said Vice President for Student Services Dorothy Siegel. ""We are depending upon the goodwill of the community to enforce this regulation. We hope the Greeks, as well as other groups will support our decision,"" said ""We hope the Greeks, as well as other groups, will support our decision."" �Dean Siegel Siegel, adding that if anyone does bring alcohol into the tailgating area, the police will ask them to remove it. Although alcohol will no longer be allowed at tailgating, tailgating itself will still be permitted, accord-ing to McCarthy. ""It was prudent at this time for the University to take appropriate action before anyone gets hurt,"" he said. SGA President Chris Krivos said that the SGA had not been fully informed of the decision. ""We were notified of the [SECC] meet-ing, but the decision to halt [drink-ing at] tailgating was not in the notification; it was just to be dis-cussed,"" Krivos said. ""As a student I have a lot of problems with the decision. It was made without any student input, and right now no action has been taken."" Krivos added that a meeting was held Friday, September 11, to dis-cuss the issue. A large number of organizations came to show sup-port, but no resolution was made at that time, he said. Shuttle bus routes more convenient by Allison Clement News reporter Key changes were made in the Shuttle bus service of Towson State University during a meeting be-tween student representatives, Director of Commuter Affairs Har-riet Griffin, and Vice President Don McCulloh's Transportation Committee. While the general bus route remains the same, the direction has been changed in some areas to include a loop through the Admin-istration Building and the sur-rounding parking lots. This dirction change now makes the route continuous, fully utiliz-ing the buses during operational time. Two express routes were added for the early morning hours: one from the Administration lots to the Psychology Building and one from the Towson Center to a Stephen's Hall stop. Three buses will always be in service between 7:15 am and 3 pm. During the early hours one bus will , run each express route while the third bus runs the regular route. Between 3 and 5 pm, there will be two buses in service. The route takes approximately 25 minutes to complete for one bus, but, with two buses operating simultaneously, a bus should arrive at each stop every fifteen minutes. Bus drivers will also be given scattered breaks at designated times to prevent a lack of buses at peak bus use times. The meeting also resulted int he decision to reserve the front two seats on each bus for handicapped students. However, service for wheelchair-bound students will continue to be provided through the Office of Special Needs This policy does not prevent the use of the front seats by other stu-dents when not needed for a han-dicapped student. The Admin-istration asks that a non-handi-capped student move to one of the other seats should a handicapped student board and require a front seat. Steve Franzoni of the Commuter Affairs Office encourages students to contact his office with questions and comments. Detailed information packets are available at the Commuter Affairs office or on each of the shuttle buses. New shuttle bus routes should help alleviate parking prob-lems by making it more convenient for students to park at the Towson Center. Crowds gathered outside Minnegan Stadium for tailgating festivities may be a thing of the past, but crowds of chanting students are expected for a protest tomorrow at 6:30 in lot 19. The theme of the protest is ""Give the University Back to the Students."" ""The tailgating issue [abolition of alcohol during pre-game picnicking] triggered this protest, but it is not the sole purpose. We want student voices to notjust be heard, but listened to and acted upon as well,"" SGA President Chris Krivos said. ""Overflow"" housed at Goucher by Robert Pattison News reporter Currently, 100 Towson State students�approximately 50 men and 50 women are living at Goucher College because of high enrollment this year, said Mary Lee Farlow, director of residence. Farlow said that in addition to the students living at Froelicher Hall on the Goucher campus, there are about 50 overflow students who live in temporary housing. Such housing includes the base-ments of Prettyman Hall and Tower B and the recreation room at Scarbourgh. However, 90 percent of these students will be placed in perman-ent housing by the end of this week, filling in spaces from stu-dents who dropped out of the Uni-versity, Farlow said, adding that housing is more of a problem in the fall than in the spring. There is a special shuttle that runs on a regular schedule between the two colleges. This shuttle runs from 7:15 am until 11 pm. Art Taguding, assistant director of residence at Towson State, said the shuttle makes two runs for the 8 am classes and then makes one run an hour for the rest of the day. Taguding also said the students living at Goucher can eat meals there or at Towson State. The stu-dents can also use Goucher's re-creation facilities and they may even keep their car at Goucher although they have to clear the car through Goucher's officials. UD until two weeks before school opened there was no program with Goucher that allowed for Towson State students to live there. Taguding said a French college was to use Goucher's facilities for its students, but canceled at the last minute. At this time Goucher officials asked Towson State to make up a program that would use the vacant facilities and provide a place for students who were unable to get a room on the Towson State campus. Taguding added that if it had not been for Goucher's offer, these students would have had to find a place to stay on their own. No stu- Towson prepares for CHE evaluation by Ann Homey News reporter Towson State University is about to under go an ""intensive, 18-month review of itself and will take a candid, honest look at it-self,"" according to Minna Wein-stein, associate director of the Middle States Association. Towson State is currently seek-ing to renew its accreditation with the Commission on Higher Educa-tion under the jurisdiction of the Middle States Association. Wein-stein met with both admistrators and students, as well as members of the Steering Committee for the Middle States Self-Study, to ex-plain the importance of acredita-tion and to explain the process of self fAs et cu rdeyd. itation is higher educa-tion's method of assuring quality within its colleges and universities and assures such things as faculty competence and that the institu-tion a student enters as a freshman will still be there when he gradu-ates,"" Weinstein said. Accredita-tion also allows institutions to apply for federal and state aid. ""This self-study is a very elabo-rate and intensive process, but it is also a very useful one,"" Weinstein said. ""It attempts . to answer the questions 'what does the univer-sity say it is doing?', and 'is the university actually doing what it says it is doing'?"" The committee is made up of 11 faculty members, administrators and two students. Its first duty will be to establish the focus of the self study and then to set up subcom-mittees to look into those areas, according to Michael O'Pecko, chair of the Steering Committee. ""Students are invited to serve on these sub-committees, not only to collect the data and write the report, but also to contribute to the decision making process,"" Wein-stein said. The actual investigating and analyzing is expected to be done by June and will then be compiled into a document to be presented to the Middle States. A draft of the document will be made available for reflection, review, and comment by the stu-dents and faculty, and then it will be presented to Middle States, ac-cording to Weinstein. At the end of the 18-month study, a team will be sent from Middle States to verify that what is pres-ented in the self-study. This team will consist of faculty from similar out-of-state institutions and will be talking to students and faculty before the decision on re-accredit-ation is made. ""Towson is not going to lose its accreditation, this is a very sturdy institution,"" Weinstein said. dents were placed in hotels. Farlow said this semester was the smoothest opening yet and added ""new and returning stu-dents were in a better mood,"" dur-ing check in. ""Several parents were pleased that check in was held over the weekend, and the majority of the students were in by Monday after-noon,"" Farlow said. The students at Goucher will stay there the entire semester. Last year Goucher would only accept female students, but since they have opened their doors to men Towson State was able to place male students as well as female students in their facilities, Farlow said. Jennifer Peppe, a freshman, said living at Goucher is ""like having your own apartment. I love it."" Peppe said she has no problem using the shuttle bus, which runs every half-hour between the two colleges. Peppe, from Silver Spring, MD, said she left her car at home because she did not know she could have a car on Goucher's campus until she arrived. Scott Jendrek, a sophomore, said he lived on Towson State's campus last year but finds living on Goucher's campus quieter and more peaceful. ""The food's better [at Goucher] but the service is a little slower."" Meals for students are served at See GOUCHER, page 2 A 17 percent increase in student enrollment this year forced some students into ""overflow"" housing, such as the base-ment areas of Prettyman Hall and Tower B. Students lose 58 parking spaces by Vince Russomanno News editor The dilemma of student parking on the Towson State University campus will be thrther com-plicated by the loss of 58 spaces on the lower level of the parking garage. Originally, the entire bottom level of the parking garage was reserved for use by faculty and staff. However, because all of these spaces were not being used, one half of the bottom level was allot-ted for student use, according to Gary Neuwirth, parking services manager. ""Half the lot was given to stu-dents on a conditional basis: that the faculty would have the right to take the spaces back if needed,"" Neuwirth said. The additional faculty parking was needed to make up for the spa-ces lossed due to the construction at Stephen's Hall, according to Neuwirth. ""We will be monitoring the use of the parking garage over the semes-ter to see if the spaces will be kept for faculty use of given back to the students,"" he added. The renovations at Steven's Hall are not expected -to be completed until the fall of 1989. Commuter Association Trea-surer Diane Rossen hopes that the improved shuttle bus service will encourage students to park at the Towson Center. ""Now I think peo-ple will start utilizing the new shuttle bus routes and park in the lots at the Towson Center,"" she said. 9 - "