tl19860925-000 "SGA affiliates four new groups The Student Government Association has affiliated four new organizations on the Towson State campus in additon to passing anew bill outlining the SGA's policies concerning probationary ' periods. 'This bill lays out very clearly what we mean by probationary period, "" said Jeff Rinaca, one of the senators who introduced the bill to the SGA. Article one of the bill states, ""In order to become an Affiliated organization with the Student Government, an organization shall be place in a probationary period of six school months"". Students Togerther Against Nucear Distruction (STAND) has completed their probationary period and is now an SGA affiliated organization. The College Republicans, Towson State Honor Society and the Rugby Club have also been affiliated. The Association for System Management (ASM) was denied affiliation. ""This organization helps students work on careers while they are still here and offers them experience in working with computers"". said Senator Vicki Francese. The ASM's constistitution will be reconsidered by the SGA The SGA has disaffiliated the Greek Council and the Athletes United for missing their mandatory meetings and failing to reort to the Judicial board after doing so. Vince Russomanno WCVT airs ""Beyond War"" Beyond War, a program running on WCVT named for the worldwide organization, will address the concerns of people living in the nuclear age. ""The Beyond War organization is not a very Politically active group. They are more organized towards getting people together to discuss the issues,"" said Dr. Les radley, a member of the d War organization. Robin Hessey, a volunteer for the Beyond War organization added, ""Our objective is to build a consensus around the issue, then we can move into the Political arena."" September 27, the organization will be having its Beyond War National Meeting, a live satellite teleconference linking 137 locations in the United Sates and the University of Maryland, Baltimore County locally, according to Hessey. Last December's conference linked together five continents and seven nations. ""The people of these continents are Concerned about war,"" said Bradley. ""The individual makes a difference,"" Hessey said. ""We cannot take it for granted that our military generals are going to solve our problems for us."" Beyond War airs on WCVT trie last Friday of every month rrom 12:30 to 1pm and is hosted bY Dan Shelly Morhaim and earl Peabo, both members of the ileYond War organization. Anyone wanting to form discussion or interest groups on the subject of war prevention Should contact Dr. Bradley through the Speech and Mass Communication Department. Vince Russomanno Better bus routes The Mass Transit Administration has announced that the No. 8, 9, 11, and 15 bus lines will now come directly to the Towson State campus. The four lines will stop just outside the parking garage in Parking Lot 11 in addition to stopping at the usual place, in front of Stephens Hall. The expansion of bus services provided by the MTA will help riders coming to Towson State from all directions. Commuters coming from Downtown, Hunt Valley, Essex, and Overlea will be better served by the expansion. ""We worked with the school and the commuter group (Office of Commuter Affairs) to find the best times and places for this new service,"" Anita Peffef, the MTA's public relations manager, said. She added that whenever the MTA is adding bus lines to its service, ""trips to the Towson area are always added."" Robert M. Graham Campus Notes CNP funds papers Since 1983, the Institute for Education Affairs (IEA), a right-wing political action group, has been financially responsible for the birth and growth of approximately 60 conservative college newspapers. Now a liberal coalition, the Center for National Policy (CNP), is following the IEA's lead and may soon begin funding left-wing campus papers. According to the College Press Service, the idea for funding liberal papers surfaced during a CNP meeting in early August. Representatives from nearly 100 colleges expressed irritation at the fact that conservative opinion had come to dominate campus thought. Peter Robinson, president of the Harvard Perspective, said college students, ""more than any other age group, are in favor of a nuclear freeze, the right to abortion and increases in social and educational funding."" Although students at numerous colleges, including William and Mary, Boston College, Pennsylvania State University and the University of Michigan have expressed interest in receiving funding for liberal papers, a trend to the left is not expected. Ben Bagdikian, Dean of University of California- Berkeley's graduate School of Journalism said, ""A few years ago (campus papers) were subsidized to be neoconservative. I have no rek ink there is a major shin, (towards liberal campus papers)."" CNP will be choosing which papers to fund in October, according to Peter Scher of the CNP. Doug Wood SCA planning Fall Festival Burdick Field will be the site of the SGA's First Annual Fall Festival to be held on October 3, 4, and 5. According to SGA president Melanie Goldsmith, the main function of the event is to provide the various organizations on campus with an opportunity to set up a booth to raise money and recruit students at the same time. Adult carnival rides will be provided by Ogo Inc. and pit beef and beverages catered by Service America. ""We (SGA) originally wanted to simulate our own version of the Hopkins Fair; however, a lack of vendor participation has turned the festival into more of a carnival rather than a fair,"" Goldsmith said. Local rock bands and entertainers wll perform daily to add to the weekends festivities. Some 80 campus groups have already committed themselves to set up a booth at the event. The creation of the Fall Festival is part of a continuous effort by the SGA to bring the Towson community and the student body closer. ""We have already begun to run ads in the local Towson newspapers and we also hope to get some radio air time,"" Goldsmith added. The SGA is confident that the Fall Festival will be a success since there aren't too many carnivals in the fall. The festival will run Friday from noon to llpm, Saturday from 10am to llpm, and Sunday from 10am to 5pm. The SGA urges any organization that wishes to participate to contact the SGA office at extension 2711. Steven Kivinski Campus Notes, cont. on page 2 � OlVeri Published weekly by the students of Towson State University Vol. 80 No. 2 ht Towson, MD 21204 September 25, 1986 Hit and Run Junior 1301) Andruss leads the Towson State soccer team NV it h four gOa Is in his team's first six games. See 0 ry page 5. Alo�indra lAndau No athletic drug testing at Towson State By James Saylor News Remrter Hoke Smith, president of Towson State University pro-, claimed a definite no on plans to have mandatory drug testing for Towson State's athletes. ""First of all, I'm not funded for it, and second, I have not made up my mind about it in general,"" Smith said. President Smith furthered his opinion by explaining that ""I'm not totally convinced that right now if I had to make a decision in terms of going around and testing any one category of people, why I'd pick on one category rather than another."" Billy Hunter, director of ath-letics at Towson State, said that the University's athletes are not subjected to any drug testing. However, the athletes are re-quired to sign a form stating the knowledge of possible spot testing done to NCAA championship teams. A positive drug test by the NCAA makes a player inelligible to play for a period of 90 days. Mr. Hunter's personal opinion on mandatory drug testing is that it has many loopholes. ""There has to be a whole lot more work done before I would be in favor of suggesting that we institute a policy of that sort,"" Hunter said. Mr. Hunter's personal opinion on manditory drug testing is that it has many loopholes. ""There has to be a whole lot more work done before I would be in favor of suggest-ing that we institute a policy of that sort,"" I Inn ter said. Hunter wants to institute a drug education program to avoid possib e drug-related problems with his atheletics. ""The awareness of everybody is the big thing, and what we are intending to do os to institute a Hoke Smith, president of Towson State University, sa definite no to drug testing for athletes. drug educational policy which wi will continue until such time whe when we might be satisfied to go another route,"" Hunter said. DRUG FACILITIES HERE Towson State has adequate facilities for drug testing and treatment, at a time when a nation-wide crackdown on drug use has many schools scrambling to ad-dress the problem. ""The services are available to them; we would protect their con-fidentiality; and they would be working out their issues with their counselors,"" Chris Malloy of the Towson State Counseling Center said. Malloy added that the services of Sheppard Pratt and Northern Baltimore Community Health Cen-ter could be enlisted were ad-ditional help needed. DRUG USE Drug use on Towson State's campus does not seem to be a prob-lem. Jane Halpurn, a physician at the Dowell Health � Center, said that she seldom sees students with drug problems in her office. She added that the local em-ergency rooms seldom see any over- See DRUGS, page 2 Campus police talking with students By Robert M. Graham Assistant News Edam. Towson State University police officers are being told to ""Stop, Walk and Talk"" to students in-formally about the police force. The campus police are polling the people they serve about what is is seen by the students as the police force's duties, responsibilities, f strengths and weaknesses. ""We want to find out how the students perceive the police services they are getting,"" Stephen J. Murphy, University police chief, said. The program is phase two in the campus police force's effort to develop a better relationship with the student body. Phase one was an in-service training program held in June. Melanie Goldsmith, SGA president, spoke to the officers about student concerns with the police force as part of the seminar, Murphy said. All of the street patrol officers have been instructed, ""when they have and opportunity, to get out of their car at the Union or the dorms to find out what people think about us,"" said Murphy. The responses the officers get are put on a form that is handed over to Joseph Herbert, University police operations lieutenant. The forms are then to be evaluated by Murphy and Herbert. After the evaluation, Murphy said that changes in police operations will start phase three of the program. In the meantime, the second phase will allow the police officers tobe more visible on campus. Also, the officers are offering crime pre-vention tips to some students. ""The officers are getting to know people, and getting everyone to know we're there for them. We want them to know that we're See POLICE, page 2 Piwt. The campus police are making an effort to get out from behind their desks and find out what Towson State University students think of them. "
