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- The Towerlight, September 7, 1989
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- ["College facilities","Bars (Drinking establishments) -- Maryland","Student exchange programs","Universities and colleges -- United States -- Administration","Student government","Student publications","Student activities","College sports","Campus planning","Towson University -- History","Campus parking","Universities and colleges -- Faculty","College students"]
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- College facilities
- Bars (Drinking establishments) -- Maryland
- Student exchange programs
- Universities and colleges -- United States -- Administration
- Student government
- Student publications
- Student activities
- College sports
- Campus planning
- Towson University -- History
- Campus parking
- Universities and colleges -- Faculty
- College students
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- The September 7, 1989 issue of The Towerlight, the student newspaper of the Towson State University.
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- 07 September 1989
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The Towerlight, September 7, 1989
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tl19890907-021 "Page 22 EDITORIAL The Good News To open the fall semester, two pats on the back: First, to Parking Services, who, although they receive the brunt of the complaints, generally work hard to fix the problems imposed on those who endure the perpetual parking madness that plagues this university. Parking Services did not initiate�or delay�any of the current construction. Nor did they ask for� nor will they receive revenue from�the $31 raise in parking fees. What Parking Services has done is come up with a plan whereby commuters grief is minimized as much as possible by a new shuttle service and parking on Auburn Drive. Better yet is the new ""register the driver, not the vehicle"" policy where-by students may transfer parking hangtags to whichever vehicle they drive on a particular day. This change is overdue and welcome. Our second pat on the back goes to Student Government Association Vice President Kieffer Rittenhouse for what we anticipate will be an out-standing SGA Speaker Series. With the lineup of speakers Rittenhouse has con-tracted (see list, page 13) we feel a number of special interests have been met in addition to the broader interests of the general audience. We es-pecially look forward to hearing Ed Meese speak on ethics in politics. Most impressive is that this year's lineup in-cludes seven speakers instead of the usual four� on a similar budget. For once, fee paying students may actually be getting a good buy. Parking Services and Kieffer Rittenhouse are not the only ones doing things right at Towson State, and The Towerlight will recognize others who make good news in the future. We will also, how-ever, when appropriate, continue to note those worthy of less complimentary remarks. Our eyes, once more, are open. The Towerlight September 7, 1989 ?��111M1111/ FEEDBACK The Towerlight Editor-in-Chief: Michael Raymond Advertising Manager: Mark Goetz Photography Editor: Mary Gardella Assistant: John Stefancik Typesetters: Earl Marsh, Kristin Gianotti News Editor: Tracey Brown Assistant: Kim Asch Features Editor: Mary Beth Wilson Assistant: Kristin Gianotti Sports Editor: Ken Fey Secretary: Lorraine Mayers Policies The Towerlight is published every Thursday that classes are in session dur-ing the fall and spring by students for the Towson State community. Editorial viewpoints expressed are those of the editorial board. Columns, letters to the editor and editorial cartoons express the opinions of their authors and not necessarily the views of the news-paper. Letters to the editor must be under 400 words. All letters are read with interest but space does not permit pub-lishing every letter. Letters must be signed and typed. Students should in-clude their year and major. Faculty and Staff should include their departments. All letters should include a phone num-ber where the author can be reached. Letters become property of The Towerlight upon receipt, and may be edited. The Towerlight deadlines: classified advertising�Wednesday, noon; display advertising and Weekwatcher�Thurs-day, noon; letters and commentaries� Friday, noon. Classified ads will only be accepted during morning hours. The Towerlight offices are located in room 232 of the University Union. Our telephone number is 321-2288. Copyright 1989 by The Towerlight, Towson State University, Towson, MD 21204. All rights reserved. Fire Vennos Dear Editor: There is a serious problem at Towson State which continues to grow, yet it is always over-looked by the Administration. The problem concerns a certain professor in the Finance concen-tration who is allowed to teach despite his inability to do so. The professor in question is Prof. Vennos. Many finance stu-dents are familiar with the prob-lems he creates semester after semester. Many of those stu-dents have taken the initiative to file complaints with various Deans and high officials on campus, yet he is still employed as a professor on our campus. Administrators cite tenure as the reason he is still teaching, but there comes a time when that has to be overlooked for the benefit of the students who pay tuition to receive an education. This is a man who believes the student must devote ALL of his/her outside activity to study-ing for his class. That's fine, but what is a full-time student sup-posed to do about his/her other four or five classes? Why is it that only 30% of the people who take his class pass? Why is it that when he walks into a class, half of the students get up and walk out? Why does the finance department place one teacher's name in the schedule booklet then throw Vennos into that class after it is filled? I can answer all of those questions. He is not fit for teach-ing and everyone knows it. Even when we purposely try to avoid him, we are stuck with him anyway. This has gone on long enough. It is time for the Dean of the School of Business or someone higher to recognize there is a problem and to correct that problem. Students have enough trouble trying to complete their studies on time without facing the in-convenience of being stuck with a professor nobody wants to have in the first place. Scott Robinson Senior Finance FEEDBACK, for those who are new to The Towerlight, is for letters to the editor. Word limit is 400, firm, and as is evident in Scott Robinson's letter, a great deal can be said in under 400 words. M111111111?11111111=111111111?1111111 Explaining mainstreaming After almost two years of plan-ning, the Mainstreaming Multi-cultural Studies Committee will begin a pilot project this semes-ter which is designed ultimately to transform the undergraduate curriculum at Towson State Uni-versity. The committee, from the beginning, recognized that the importance and scope of this program would require active participation from the entire University community. The pro-ject, initially, will consist of two pilot workshops, one involving faculty from the English depart-ment, the other an interdiscipli-nary workshop drawing on fac-ulty from History and the Social Sciences. The project has the support of the administration and many other departments and faculty members. lohn Gissendanner The structure of the modern world requires that culturally diverse peoples enter into com-plex relationships with one another. These relationships are fraught with both opportunity and danger. On one hand, we all may be enriched; on the other, ignorance of cultural traditions other than one's own can result in fear and hostility. The controlling idea of main-streaming multicultural studies at Towson State University is for students to explore not only their own cultural background and experiences, but those of other cultural groups in the United States as well. When the project is fully integrated into appropriate undergraduate courses, ideally, every student enrolled in the University, re-gardless of major, will be able to expand his or her understanding and appreciation of the diversity of American culture. Since our primary mission at Towson State is to educate our students, we may all agree that this institution's function is to help prepare our students for the kind of society which reflects the values of the aggregate of peoples who contribute to our culture. The project will not ad-vocate the interests of one cul-tural group at the expense of any other. The interdisciplinary nature of the project is not prescriptive in the methods to be used to enrich the content of departmen-tal course offerings. Each depart-ment's academic integrity and autonomy will remain intact. Specifically, the project will en-courage individual departments and faculty to change the con-tent of courses that can be used to fulfill General University Re-quirements. GUR courses will be revised to reflect recent schol-arship and pedagogy and broad-er multicultural dimensions. To faculty members volun-tarily involved in the project, this will mean attending work-shops and becoming familiar with ways to enhance their syl-labi. To students, this will mean that the content of their courses will reflect the multicultural re-ality of American society. The Multicultural Studies pro-ject ultimately envisions a two-year program, modeled on the highly successful Women's Stud-ies mainstreaming idea. The de-velopment of multicultural stud-ies will serve at least three relat-ed educational purposes: firstly, it will provide students with an understanding of (and, presum-ably, the ability to cope with) the complexities of our national life and the larger world; sec-ondly, it will familiarize our in-creasingly diverse student popu-lation with their own cultural backgrounds and more fully demonstrate to them the signifi-cance of their own history and culture; finally, it will encourage an appreciation of, and a sensi-tivity to, diversity that will make Towson State University a more hospitable educational commu-nity and social environment. Three guest lecturers on multi-culturality are scheduled to be on campus during fall semester. They will address the general university community and will lead workshops for faulty mem-bers involved in the pilot pro-ject. All lectures are open to every member of the campus commu-nity. September 14: Dr. Johnnella Butler, University of Wash-ington, Seattle. ""What Are Multicultural Studies?"" 1-3 pm. Hawkins Hall, Room 8. October 16: Dr. Shirley Hune, Hunter College: Asian- American topic to be an-nounced. Hawkins Hall, Room 106-08. November 13: Dr. Roy Bryce- Laporte, CUNY; ""Voluntary African-American Immigra-tion."" 1-3 pm. Hawkins Hall, Room 106-08. John Gissendanner is an as-sistant professor of English. "
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