The Towerlight, September 30, 1977

tl19770930-000 "TSU soccer team UMBC Wednesday 7:30 p.m. Burdick Field otti�trtt1 tJimmy Buffett in concert Sunday 8:30 p.m. Towson Center ,VOL. LXX, No. 4 TOWSON STATE UNIVERSITY SGA to sponsor 'videotape shows a ci It by Janice Cavanaugh A video tape network (VTN) of pro-grams, sponsored by the Student Government Association, will be of-fered to the student body starting in October. Mike Garcia, VTN coordinator for Towson State, said the network will allow for ""alternative programming to local TV based on college students' tastes."" The system will provide Primarily entertainment programs, although educational tapes will also be shown. Garcia hopes to run the lat-e ter in conjunction with any depart- el. Mental educational projects taking Place during the Fall semester. g Once the network has started, the d SGA plans to rent two tapes per week d from a New York City based firm call-e ed the Video Tape Network. The pro-grams will be shown continuously 'r throughout the day on the third floor it of the University Union, using a Y television monitor as the picture screen. ,v Since it will be a portable system, the location of the viewing may be ie changed as the scheduling pro-gresses. In order to reach the majori-ty of the student population, Garcia re said that he will experiment to find it the best possible place for the TV Ld monitor. The SGA budget for the entire proj-ect until December will be $3,000. This will break down into $2,500 to rent the tapes, $300 for public relations plus advertising, and $200 for shipping ex-penses. Since Towson State belongs to the National Educational Council the University will receive a 10 per cent discount on all VTN prices. The in-dividual tapes rented, using this dis-count, will cost from $81 to $216 (per week) and will run from 20 to approx-imately 90 minutes. Fleetwood Mac, in concert, will highlight the first week of showings. An assortment of video tapes devoted to such topics as black culture, com-edy, feature films, and sports will be presented in the weeks following this concert. A definite list of the programs to be shown is not presently available, however, some being considered are, ""The National Lampoon Show,"" ""Reefer Madness,"" and ""Gladys Knight/Labelle."" Regardless of which video tapes are shown, the SGA's motivation for conducting the system will still be the same. Garcia, commenting on the VTN, said, ""We're trying to improve the services offered by the SGA to the students."" Therefore, student reac-tion to the program will be the govern-ing factor when the SGA decides to continue or terminate the VTN in December. iFrosh directory has jlI;delivery problems ?Ny by Patrick Casey ft. h An undetermined number of e y e Towson freshmen who paid for a ercopy of this year's Freshman Record rdduring the summer have yet to receive the publication, according to John Shehan, SGA director of communications. Shehan is unsure of how many freshmen are still without the Record. ""It's hard to say,"" he said. ""We began to get calls at the beginning of the year (about the ,edabsence of the hooks). ..then the ire Phone calls persisted. Many have to gotten their copies, many have rill The SGA contracted with a West mi,C0ast firm for the layout, printing, and distribution of the Records. In June, the SGA sent letters to �Icoming freshmen with instructions for taking part in and receiving the in,'Lecord. ""After the mailing"", ,..Shehan said, ""the SGA had no other active part"", in the handling of the Record. Once students sent their deposits, Personal data, and photographs to the firm, they were to receive the Records by fourth-class mail, and it was hoped, in time for the beginning of the semester. Yet delivery has tot been speedy for many freshmen. The Freshman Record is a Be rvice-oriented publication de-signed ""to give the freshmen the �Pportunity to get hold of a Pamphlet that would make the transition from high school to college a little easier"", said Shehan. The Record gives the freshmen InPortant telephone numbers, a arnpus history, and information bout student government, Univer-sity administration, and other offices and organizations on cam-pus. It is, said Shehan, ""informa-tion they could really use. It's a good publication. It has a lot of valuable information."" The Record, said Shehan, ""also has freshmen's pictures, their names, their interests...like a yearbook."" But Shehan's enthusiasm is tempered by the delivery problems. ""I really like the publication. I think that it got the job done,"" he said. ""I'm just disappointed with the mailing."" The delivery problem started last year, when the Records were delivered to the University for distribution by the SGA. They arrived late, but ""Nobody came to pick them up', said .Shehan. It was then decided to have the Records mailed directly to the students, and again the problem of late delivery ensued. Shehan intends to have next year's Record shipped directly to the University. ""Next year"", he said, ""it might be even quicker to truck them all here."" The SGA's compli-mentary copies of the Record, delivered by truck, arrived on time. Shehan is anxious to let expectant freshmen know ""They haven't been left out in the cold."" Therefore, he is distributing the SGA's compli-mentary copies of the Record to freshmen who are still without theirs. ""I still have a number of them left"" , he said, ""and I would really enjoy having them stop in to get their Records."" Shehan can be contacted in the SGA offices by phone at 321-2711. SEPTEMBER 30 1977 Abba Eban addresses Towson Center crowd. TL photo by Oliver Dziggel CSA gets new office on first floor of UU by Steve Verch Responding to last week's removal of the Commuter Student Association from the Senate office by the SGA Senate, President John Ruark an-nounced Tuesday that the SGA has just obtained the ""laundry room"" op-posite the elevators on the first floor of the UU, and that the CSA would be permanently relocated there. Ruark had sought last week to tem-porarily relocate the CSA in the Black Student Union office until a perma-nent office could be found, but strong objections raised by BSU President Fatima Wilson forced Ruark to recon-sider. Citing the office's size and her organization's need for privacy, Wilson mentioned the International Student Union office (room 323) as a possible alternative to relocating the CSA in the BSU office. According to Ruark, the SGA was just one of several university depart-ments that had tried to get the ""laun-dry room,"" and that he had his eye on it since it became vacant. Located on the first floor of the UU, the future office of the CSA is in a ""main traffic area,"" said Ruark. ""It's right across from where the original car-pool display had been located,"" he added. The SGA president said that the space is big enough for two offices, and he expected the CSA to move by the end of the week. The desk which the CSA will use will come from the BSU Library, located next to the BSU office. Wilson could not be reached for conunent. Eban stresses importance of Jewish state by Steve Haas ""There is not, and never will be a Middle East without a state of Israel,"" proclaimed Abba Eban in his address before a Towson Center au-dience of 1,259 Tuesday. He was the first of nine speakers in the 1977-78 SGA Lecture Series. Eban, who arrived 35 minutes late when his plane was delayed, is a noted statesman and politician. He played an important role in negotiations be-tween Arab nations and Israel from 1965 to 1974 as the Israeli Foreign Minister. He now is involved with the Labour Party in Israel. Eban stressed the importance of a Jewish state and emphasized the tremendous odds that seem to be mounted against them. He noted the way that 60 per cent of the world's oil reserves could be located int he Mid-dle East ""yet the oil stops as soon as it reaches our borders."" He portrayed Israel as disadvantag-ed in negotiations with the 22 Arab na-tions due to their military support from the Soviet Union and their oil revenue. ""What a vast accumulation of assets lie in the hands of the Arabs, yet we do not begrudge them their imperial sovereignty,"" Eban said. He said that delays in negotiations between the Arabs and Israelis, until now, have been due to ""the totality of Arab denial of Israel. ""There are two conflicting im-ages,"" Eban said. ""It is not a normal territorial conflict. The Arabs think of the Middle East only as Arab and Moslem."" He said this ""monolithic view of the Middle East"" was further enhanced by the Palestine Liberation Organiza-tion (PLO). Eban said, ""Who are they liberating? Do they mean Palestine instead of Israel?"" He noted that since the PLO organized in 1964, three years prior to the Six Day War, they have been try-ing to ""liberate Israel from Israel. ""The PLO stands for war, not for peace,"" he said. Today, after the Six Day War and the Yom Kippur War gained Israel large tracts of land which have added a buffer zone to the border, the Arabs want the land back. ""The territorial question is not so central as many believe,"" Eban said. ""The issue is not the Israeli refusal to abandon territory, but the Arab refusal to make peace."" He noted that the Arabs wanted all the land back, which would enable their troops to locate in the strategic points currently held by the Israelis. ""Everyone in Israel, even those who are prepared to give up territory, will not return to the boundaries of the Six Day War. You do not create peace by reconstructing the conditions that erupted into war,"" he said. Eban stressed the importance of America as the intermediary in negotiations, saying that American mediation has been ""brilliantly deployed over the last four years"" and that ""all lines of action and policy come back to the United States."" He mentioned the U.S.-Israeli rela-tionship in terms of saving democ-racy. ""Democracy is an island in a Please turn to page .5 WCVT suffering budget cuts, can't carry basketball, lacrosse by R. Alan Nelson Because of this year's budget cut, WCVT-AM/FM will not be able to broadcast basketball and lacrosse games during the winter and spring. Milt Szimanski, station manager, said, ""We were cut almost 55 per cent from what we asked."" He said the sta-tion received $24,000 from the SGA, not the $53,000 they had requested to run the two stations. Szimanski said money intended for AM operation and all sports was cut. Because of this, he said, the station must put off needed improvements. ""What we got,"" he said, ""was basic operation costs for FM."" Szimanski feels the station has a responsibility to the public and the students to give them sports. ""This is the main reason we decided to broad-cast football,"" he said. The cost of broadcasting the five away games would be $800 to $1,000. Szimanski said that the cost of each game varies depending on the dis-tance. He said it costs $65 just for the TSU students show weaknesses Placement's employer survey by Debbie Pelton Towson State students are not well rePared for on-campus interviewing 'Id are unaware of job opportunities, ecording to a survey conducted by C' Placement Office. Evaluation sheets were sent to 100 MPloyers who conducted on-campus terviews last year. Employers were sked to rate cooperation they got �M the Placement Office when ar-ltriging interviews and TSU students ""0 were interviewed. Me Placement was rated ""ex-dent"" by employers for assistance revided. Students, however, were ted ""adequate"" or ""insufficient"" "" Preparation for interviews and wareness regarding positions they crc interviewed for. Francis LeMire, director of place-ment, thinks the evaluation shows students' lack of preparation in job searching. Too many students, said LeMire, rush into a job interview without necessary knowledge of the organization they are applying to or how it works. Walking into an interview un-prepared is ""like taking a final exam without studying,"" said LeMire. A prospective employee must ""find out everything about an employer's organization, know the position available,"" and ""project himself as a qualified candidate,"" LeMire said. This year, LeMire plans to meet with each student who signs up for an on-campus interview. He said he would like to meet with the student four times a week to discuss how to prepare for their interview. Most students, said LeMire ""are unsure of the interviewing process."" A student seeking employment should be ""goal-oriented,"" said LeMire. He or she should ""know where to use skills and how to apply them"" to what the employer is looking for, LeMire said. LeMire suggests students attend more than one job search session. He said experience gained from the ses-sions can be helpful later. Although the programs are geared toward seniors, any student can attend and participate in the sessions. LeMire said he is disappointed in the survey's results and hopes students will utilize Placement Office facilities so they will be bettei prepared for organization represen-tatives conducting on-campus inter-views this year. installation of the phone lines. Besides that, he said, there is the cost for the length of the call, travel expenses for the crew and in some cases overnight lodging. Szimanski said the decision to broadcast football will be very hard on the station, but ""we have an obliga-tion to the students."" There is hope at WCVT that funds will be available for basketball and lacrosse. But, Szimanski said, ""We can't broadcast any games after the football season."" He did say that WCVT is planning fund raisers and looking into grants from the business community, but nothing has developed yet. Szimanski said he may have to ap-proach the SGA for more funds for basketball, but ""I don't want to be a burden on them,"" he said. ""I know the SGA cant support us forever. Five years from now what will it cost to run the station?"" Fred Schulte, the station's business manager, said, ""Things are so bad we are thinking of asking people to use Scotch tape over again."" Both he and Szimanski said the budget was so thin that even the promotional material was eliminated. Szimanski said they even cut bumper stickers, which he feels are one of the best ways to pro-mote a radio station. ""The only thing we have left in the way of promotion is bookmarks,"" Szimanski said. Schulte said it would be nice not to have to keep cutting things out of the station's budget. He said there is nothing left to cut. Szimanski said, ""I don't think many senators have even seen the station; I don't think they realize how expensive it is to run our operation."" After the cut, Szimanski said they tried to get around not having AM, but couldn't justify it. He said it's the AM station that most students listen to on campus. ""That's the music we broad-cast to the dorms and the University Union."" Szimanski said the station con-ducted surveys over the summer to find out what students wanted as a way to trim excess expenses. He said the station has looked for outside help such as grants, but he said WCVT doesn't qualify for federal grants. Federal grants are mainly for new stations and have too many strings at-tached, Szimanski said. Still another way to keep the AM station in operation, Szimanski said, is to go commercial. But, the station has to be cleared by the administra-tion before it can go off-campus to sells time. ""Because of our decision to broad-cast football, we may not be able to buy new euqipment,"" Szimanski said. Schulte said, ""Students don't realize that the FCC [Federal Com-munications Commission) must be kept happy."" He said new equipment is needed so they can fine-tune their signal to make it easier to pick up. Szimanski said, ""I don't want to keep hassling the SGA, but it's the students' money; we owe them sports. I'm not hostile to the SGA because of the cuts . . . but wouldn't it be awful if the campus radio station couldn't af-ford to broadcast sports? After all, we have two championship teams."" Fred Schulte, Milt Szimanski, Roberta Cowan and Mitch Betts of WCVT. TL photo by Dave Hurrike "