tl19810320-000 "TOWerlight VOL. 74 No. 22 PUBLISHED BY THE STUDENTS OF TOWSON STATE UNIVERSITY TOWSON, MARYLAND 21204 There is nothing either good or bad but thinking makes it so. �Shakespeare, Hamlet March 20, 1981 Cox to take position in Arizona by Katherine Dunn Dr. Joseph Cox, vice-president for academic affairs, announced Monday that he will leave Towson State to accept the same position at Northern Arizona Univer-sity in Flagstaff. Cox said he must report to NAU by July 1, 1981. He said that although he has not yet resigned and has only verbally accepted the NAU post, he is only waiting for the Arizona Board of Regents to officially approve his appointment. The Board meets next on April 9. In 1964, Cox first came to Towson State as a part-time instructor in the department of social sciences. He served as Acting Pres-ident from September 1978 to July 1979 and was a candidate for the presidency. Cox was named vice-president for aca-demic affairs in the fall of 1977. He also served as dean of continuing studies, dean of social sciences and president of the Univer-sitY chapter of the Association of American University Professors. Cox lists some of his major accomplish-ments here as having input into the faculty development program, the growth of the division of continuing studies, the introduc-tion of the liberal arts and sciences major, the second bachelor's program, the college in escrow and the Honors College. He also said he is most pleased with his excellent reputation as a professor. NAU attracted Cox's attention because it is a similar institution to Towson State. NAU has a similar history; it was also founded as a normal school and made the progression from teachers' college to small liberal arts college to university. However, the progres-sion at NAU was much quicker, said Cox. NAU is ""a similar institution at a different time in its history. It's still growing physically and qualitatively,"" said Cox. ""Their doctoral program is a decade old and their Master's programs are older and more numerous."" Another attractive aspect of NAU is there are only three universities in the state and they are all governed by the same Board of Regents, said Cox. With only one Board overseeing all the universities in the state, it eliminated the problem that colleges and universities in Maryland have with many different boards, explained Cox. He added that there are not many private schools in Arizona so there is not ""the private-public comparative nonsense"" there is in Maryland. While NAU offers Cox what he wants pro-fessionally, it also offers an area he likes personally. Cox said he likes the West. ""It [Flagstaff] has an informal, nonpretentious lifestyle. It doesn't have the pace of a Houston or a Dallas,"" which he said he likes for short times but it is too exhausting to live with. Northern Arizona also suits his prefer-ences geographically, said Cox. Flagstaff is ""splashed against a mountain."" He grew up in Western Maryland just a few miles from West Virginia. ""It's like moving what's here out there. The only thing better would be moving what's out there here."" Flagstaff is part of the Sun Belt, but it snows there from October to May, said Cox. ""It's growing and dynamic, but it's the only place I can be happy. I wouldn't like living in an air-conditioned world. ""I bought the hat five years ago and friends gave me the boots three years ago and I guess the inclination and temper-ament [to move West] has been there for 30 years."" Cox predicted that Towson State will do well in the '80s although many other colleges and universities will suffer. ""It will be a decade of enhancement of an already good institution. ""Physical development is easy to show, but not enhancement. It's harder. You can't bring in a contractor to build a first-rate fine arts program. We have the finest group of deans and chairs we've had in the history of this institution."" Cox said he likes the job of a vice-pres- Hamlet Androgyny ident although he may eventually want to take a position as a college president. As vice-president, ""everything's always changing. It's impossible to become bored. I've always been able to change jobs every few years without leaving the farm. I've had a tremendous opportunity to do so many things. It's been fun. ""Maybe that's when it's time to leave, when it's fun and all the memories are good."" University officials are now preparing for the search to find someone to replace Cox. A search committee will be set up with nine members: seven faculty, one student and one administrator. President Hoke Smith will make the final decision. Smith said he hopes the committee will start with about 50 to 100 names and narrow it down to about three to five external appli-cants and a few internal ones. The external candidates will then visit the campus and be interviewed by the committee. Smith will then ask the committee to give him a list of the final two or three candidates ranked in order of the committee's pref-erence, he said. Smith will then make the final choice and the Board of Trustees must approve it. Smith said he will not appoint an acting vice-president because Cox will not leave until late June, so there is time to find a replacement before he leaves. Michael Quinn as Claudius and Thomas Wyatt as Polonius (one of his many roles) perform in ""Hamlet Androgyny"" (left). Patricia Coleman as Ophelia (and Anima Hamlet) and Belinda Blair as Gertrude perform. ""Hamlet Andro-gyny"" runs Wednesday through Sunday, March 18 to 29, at 8:30 p.m. in the Studio Theatre. Tickets are free to TSU students. See the review on page 4. TL photos by Cindy Sheesley Dr. Joseph Cox SGA election investigated by Michael Bennett In response to alleged violations of the Student Government Association (SGA) election policy, President Hoke Smith will appoint a three-member committee to investigate the recent SGA election. Dorothy Siegel, vice-president for student services, has submitted a list of potential com-mittee members to Smith, who is expected to appoint the committee today. ""It was brought to our attention that there were violations of the election policy,"" Siegel said. ""It's not a grand-scale investigation. This committee is simply to recommend how to deal with the violations. ""There is mutual agreement that the tape [which marked the point beyond which no campaigning was allowed] was not placed 20 feet away from the voting machines [as speci-fied in the SGA election policy],"" Siegel said. The SGA election policy states that all violations of the election policy will be brought to the election commis-sion. However, since the commission members placed the tape, Siegel said asking them to investigate this viola-tion would be asking the commission to investigate itself. It is also alleged that a candidate entered the voting booth while a stu-dent was voting. John Harris, president of the elec-tion commission, said he has received Brinkley, Smith discuss electronic, print media by Francis C. Broccolino , ""Media in the 80's"" was the topic stinday night at the Towson Center ,18 newsmen David Brinkley and 'Ward K. Smith spoke to a gather-hg a approximately 1500 people. However, Brinkley, co-anchor- ,ilaan of NBC Nightly News, set the rie for the final program of the 4980/81 Student Government As-sLociation Speaker Series when he Luegan his five-to-ten-minute speech `'Y saying, ""I know a great deal about the media, but I don't know Ything about the 80s. In fact, I 'Idn't even understand the 70s. I Would like to hear someone speak Etboot the 80s though."" Shortly thereafter, Smith, an A8 C commentator, said he was not Lre411Y prepared to discuss the topic ''Etause he had not been informed about the program's focus until a Short time before he arrived. Brinkley said that one of the teat tasks facing the media in the 8 Would be educating the public Etuout the media. He said ""there is rising public resentment towards 01:,e media"" because a great number '1 ,1 People do not understand what tie media do. ""People do not understand that ww, are not demagogues, and that we IP, make mistakes,"" Brinkley aid. He said people always tell him what he did not mention and call him biased for reporting the items he covered. ""A [political] candidate is always running against something,"" Brinkley said. ""I would not be sur-prised to see a candidate in the fut-ure run against the media and ac-tually obtain a great deal of votes."" This resentment is a topic with which the media are going to have to deal in the future, Brinkley said. In his opening statement, Smith said one of the tasks for the media in the 80s will be analyzing the Reagan programs and explaining their effects. Commenting on Reagan's pro-posed budget cutbacks, Smith said, ""His program has many hopes of success, but he also has failed to analyze everything about his pro-gram; so he will probably have to make some changes."" Smith also said the media will have to analyze the attitude of the people, who have ""begun to want a change"" in the government. After their brief speeches, the two newsmen answered the aud-iences questions; although George Herman, the host of CBS' ""Face the Nation,"" was supposed to be the program's moderator, he also answered many questions dur-ing the question/answer period. continued on page 8 David Brinkley (left), Howard IL Smith (center), and George Herman (right) appeared at the Towson Center Sunday night to discuss ""Media in the '80s."" Here at a press conference held prior to the program, they handled reporters' questions about cameras in the courtroom and Walter Cronkite's retirement. Smith said he has his doubts about cameras in the courtroom because he would not want a camera in the courtroom if he were being tried. TL photo by Merick Jeannier no complaints about the election. ""I feel the election was very well run,"" Harris said. Harris said that the fact that the commission was formed about a week before the election was not a disad-vantage. ""Our responsibilities are not that broad,"" he said. Section 5 of the SGA election policy states, ""The election commission shall be selected by the time of the second Senate meeting in December."" Craig Wolf, SGA vice-president, said the deadline for establishing the election commission was missed due to an SGA oversight. ""The time just slipped away from us. In December none of us were thinking about the election,"" Wolf said. Wolf said that considering the time and preparation they had, the election commission did an excellent job. However, Wolf said the President's committee should look into why the election policy was not followed this year and make sure it is followed next year. ""There are no problems with the election policy; it's a good policy,"" he said. Stephen Horn, SGA President, said the problems with the election were not the result of the late formation of the election commission. ""I don't think it had any bearing,"" Horn said. ""The complaints were the result of unfortunate oversights and had no effect on the election."" Section 5 paragraph A of the elec-tion policy states, ""It shall be the President's responsibility to see that the selection process is completed per this section."" continued on page 10 In this issue. BASEBALL: It's still too soon to tell, but this year's Tiger baseball team seems well on its way to bettering last season's 5-20 record. Last week the team won two of its first three games. Read about it on page 7. FORENSICS: Just in case you're one of the few people who don't know what the Forensic Union is, it's the Univer-sity's speech and debate team, and it's been very successful. Read all about forensics on page 3. LAUGHS: TSU's Comedy Workshop is breaking them up all over campus. It's not as easy as you think it is to be funny. See the story on page 3. "
