tl1986summer-000 " Published weekly by the students of Towson State University Summer 1986 gTowson, MD 21204 Orlando Bolanos stirred up con-troversy when he visited campus in October. The -erl"" Frost and moonti ht Congress (ails civil rights act . What did we do this time? By Michele E. Hart The 1985-86 school year brought many changes to the Towson State University campus. Not only ob-vious physical changes, but internal and structural changes that will all have an affect on the 1986-87 academic year. The most noticable changes to take place in the past year have been changes in the appearance of the campus. This was the year of construction at Towson State. On a daily basis the sound of construc-tion machinery could be heard above the lectures being given all around campus. In one building, however, the con-struction will be on the inside and not the outside next semester. Stephens Hall, the oldest building on campus will undergo an $8 mil-lion rennovation that will start this summer and be completed in the spring of 1989. According to University officials, the rennova-tion will displace 3,000 to 5,000 students daily until completion of the project. Most of the work will be done on the inside of the building where fall-ing plaster and drafty classrooms have been a daily hazard to stu-dents and faculty. New ceilings will be put in to improve acoustics, pro-vide insulation, and help maintain F uniform heat throughout the building. The clock tower on top of the building, the University's sym-bol, will remain the same, but the clock will be refitted with more modern parts. Presently, if the clock stops there is only one person the University can call in to fix it. With the new parts, a general re-pairman can be contacted to service the clock. The renovations will effect not only Stephcas Hall, but also other campus bui!dings. The basement of Cook library will become the tem-porary headquarters of the Com-puter Sciences Department. The Ac-counting Department will move to the Lecture Hall, and the Business Administration and the Mathe-matics Departments will move to temporary facilities that will be erected between Stepehens Hall, Cook Library and the Media Center. In that same area, construction has been underway for most of last semester to expand the University Power Plant. Also under construc-tion is a walkway between Hawkins Hall and the Lida Lee Tall School. The walkway will include a sitting area directly behind Hawkins and the Psychology building. I Across campus, Minnegan a Stadium underwent major repairs r. to correct cracks and leaks in the concrete foundation. One section of the facility actually began to sink due to drainage problems and faulty Admiral Stansfield Turner was the final speaker of the 1985-86 SGA Speaker Series. � � A year o original pouring of the foundation. The repairs, which took a greater part of the fall semester to com-plete, were started just as the 1985 football season ended. There was welcome construction inside the University Union this year as a new computer lounge for students was completed. Dubbed the Disk-O-Tech, the lounge is equip-ped with six EPSON QX-16 corn-puters and three printers. Students can use the equipment for a fee of one dollar. Students familiar with the computers are on hand to help those wishing to use them. The University Store, also in the Union, was closed for the second half of the Spring semester, and will be closed throughout the summer for remodeling and asbestos removal. The store is temporarily located in the Loch Raven Snack Bar until completion of the work before the beginning of the Fall 1986 semester. Changes at Towson State in the past year have not been limited to external ones, the University has also undergone many internal changes. These changes have in-cluded reorganizations, policy changes and additions, and status changes. Some of the internal changes, however, have coincided with external changes. The business school, based in Stephens Hall, will be completely reorganized when it moves back in-to the building. Towson State's School of Business, in order to gain accredition from the American Assembly of Collegiate Schools of Business, is undergoing a complete restructuring according to the School's Dean, Sam Barone. The school will be divided into five separate departments: manage-ment, marketing, economics, and ac-counting and finance. Currently 35 percent of Towson State's students are enrolled in the school. Because of this and enrollment increase, the school will gain six faculty members. The number of students in the school is on the rise, and instead of an expected enrollment drop of ten to 16 percent last spring, the school experienced an increase of four per-cent. The campus tradition of tail-gating before athletic events has also undergone major changes in the past year. Where tailgating was once an unrestricted activity for all game attendents, it is now a tightly controlled pastime. New rules were enacted in the fall to make sure that students did not spend all afternoon tailgating and drinking instead of going into the games. Tailgating is now restricted to only one lot at the Towson Center, and is allowed to start two hours before each game. Fifteen minutes after the start of any game tailgaters must leave the lot. This spring, however, even more restrictions were placed on tail-gating to make sure the University is in compliance with Maryland alcohol laws. Now each person who wants to consume alcohol while tail-gating must go to booths set up to check IDs. If the person is of legal drinking age he or she will be issued a bracelet that signals permission to drink. If a person is drinking without a bracelet, he or she will be asked to obtain one. This newer policy applies not only to students of Towson State, but to visitors of the campus as well. Smoking has received nation-wide attention, and towards the end of the spring semester the Universi-ty jumped on the no-smoking wagon. A proposal by Drs. Neil Gallagher, Health Sciences Depart-ment, and Richard Vatz, Mass Com-munication Department, was sent before and passed through the Stu-dent Government Association. The proposal would, in effect, limit smoking to designated areas on campus. The proposal however, fail-ed to pass through the University Senate. It was sent back to commit-tee but will return next year. Another change that was started this year, and will continue into next year, is the move to Division I-AA by the athletic department. The move, which will cost the althetic department $100,000, will not be complete until the money is raised. Currently the department is conducting a campus and alumni and community-wide fundraiser. Billy Hunter, athletic director is confident that the money can be raised by mid-summer 1986. The move is seen as necessary by University officials to improve the overall reputation and prestige of Towson State. Moving up to I-AA was not the only change in the athletic depart-ment this year. In the spring much controversy was raised when it was proposed by Hunter that the track. program be cut and other sports severely limited. When the proposal was first introduced in February, track was to be eliminated com-pletely as a varsity sport. After much student protest however, the program was allowed to stay with cuts in size. Other sports, such as golf and women's swimming will be considered future cuts by the department. But this was not only.the year for changes and Towson State, it was also the year for personalities at the University. Because of the SGA Speaker Series, the University was visited by Orlando Bolanos, Rosalyn Carter, Alexander Haig and Stansfield Turner. The visit by Orlando Bolanos, who claims to be one of the founders Stephens Hall will be closed until 1989 to correct problems such as crack-ed and falling plaster. Minnegan Stadium was saved from sinking last fall. File photo of the Nicaraguan Democratic Force (FDN), caused the most controversy on campus. Before his speech about 50 people protested his presence at Towson State and jeered him during his lecture. The visit by former first lady Rosalyn Carter was much more 3eaceful. Carter, promoting her book First Lady from Plains, spoke about her experiences while her hus-band was in the White House and about her work towards world peace now. The government and national security was the topic of a lee-ture given by former CIA Director Stansfield Turner in April. Turner, the last speaker in the series, told the audience that the CIA and the Congress need to work more closely together to solve national security problems. Because of the changes ii Towson State this year, there will be many other issues and aspects of campus life and activities to watch tor. From changes in physical appearance, to internal changes, the 1986-87 academic year will be an exciting one at Towson State University,_ Welcome aboard A letter from the editors Dear freshman/transfer, Well, you've finally done it: you've become ""Joe College Stu-dent:"" No looking back now; even though you may want to at the day's end. After a full day of being herded around like cattle, of having other people's advice forced on you, of trying to figure out ex-actly what must be done to graduate some day in the not-so-distant future, mid of fighting to. get the classes that YOU See LETTER, page 3"
