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News, page 9
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Thursday, 3/16/06
Published by and for the students of Towson and Baltimore -- twice weekly
COLLEGE NIGHT UNDER FIRE
What is happening
to Thursday nights?
Power Plant Live! expresses support for underage bar
ban after receiving citations for under-21 drinking
Brian Stelter/The Towerlight
Having just walked off a shuttle bus, students wait in line for admission to Baltimore’s Power Plant Live!
Sharon Leff
Associate News Editor
Power Plant Live!’s recent citations for
serving alcohol to people under 21 have
generated debate about eliminating college
nights at Baltimore’s bars and clubs.
The proposal stems from an $800 fine
BAR Baltimore and Have a Nice Day Cafe
received in early March for allegedly serving
alcohol to underage bar-goers.
The Inner Harbor hub of restaurants,
bars and, clubs, is a popular night spot for
Towson students, especially on Thursday
nights. Cordish Co. manages the development.
The proposal would prevent those under
21 from frequenting downtown party spots.
It may displease students, but some nearby
residents would support the ban.
At a Baltimore City Liquor Board meeting on March 2, after the fines were levied, Cordish vice president Reed Cordish
expressed support for legislation that would
prohibit anyone under the age of 21 from
entering an establishment like Power Plant
Live! during the evening hours.
Corrine Becker, president of the
Riderwood Hills Community Association,
has been a vocal supporter of a ban.
“I think there is a strong initiative for
[the legislation] because, quite frankly, I
don’t see why anyone under 21 needs to get
into a bar after 9 p.m.” she said.
Samuel Daniels Jr., chief inspector and
acting executive secretary on the Baltimore
City Liquor Board, said it’s frequently people who are over 21 that make enforcing the
drinking age difficult.
“Too often people who are legally able to
purchase alcohol will facilitate delivery of
that alcohol to people who are underage.
That’s really the problem,” he said.
While he realizes the elimination of college nights in Baltimore would not eliminate underage drinking, he said legislation
would definitely make it more difficult.
“I think [those who are underage] will
find alternative ways, but while there
always may be an existence of the problem
the question becomes, do we need to sanction it by allowing the problem to exist as
easily as it does?” he said.
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This Weekend.................3
Perspectives...................4
News..............................9
Beyond........................15
Arts.............................17
Movies..........................18
Classifieds....................20
Sports..........................24
Towson offers
cautions to
spring breakers
Where students are going for
vacation and what they can
do to ensure their safety
Krysten Appelbaum
Assistant News Editor
The countdown is on. Just a few days are left
before Towson University goes on Spring Break, and
the student body is already in full preparation.
While some students are planning on spending
the week in hibernation, others are busy packing
their swimsuits and sunscreen for a trip south.
Junior mass communication major Jill Thompson
said she is spending the week in Puerto Vallarta,
Mexico with a large group of friends.
“Heck yeah I’m ready [to go],” Thompson said
Wednesday. “I’m already packed.”
Sophomore special education major Rose
Hammond will also be spending the week in the
sun and sand.
“I’m going to Fort Meyers Beach in Florida with
my family,” Hammond said. “I’m excited and ready
to go.”
Several campus departments are encouraging students to think about safety during spring break.
On Tuesday and Wednesday, the Counseling
Center’s Alcohol and Drug Peer Educators presented information on measuring blood alcohol
levels and handed out alcohol test strips in the
University Union.
Also, the Dowell Health Center is encouraging
female students to bring Emergency Contraceptive
Pills with them during the break. Students can contact the center at (410) 704-2466.
The State Department’s Bureau of Consular
Affairs has also released information and advice to
students traveling abroad for break.
“Young Americans traveling abroad should
remember that the use of drugs or alcohol or engaging in reckless behavior while in another country
and do more than ruin their vacation; it can land
them in a foreign jail, cause them to suffer physical
harm or worse,” the bureau said in a press release.
“Common sense should prevail in any activities
young Americans engage in so that safety hazards
my be minimized.”
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March 16, 2006
THESIS EXHIBITION
THURSDAY
Leyla Tas’ exhibit embodies
the interaction between the
wearer and what the viewer
sees. Various brooches are on
display in the exhibit. Exhibit
is open through Friday April 7,
but is closed for spring break
from March 19 to March 26.
Admission is free.
campus
calendar
THURSDAY, MARCH 16
Women’s Lacrosse
vs. New Hampshire
3:30 p.m.
Johnny Unitas Stadium
Towson struggled to find their offensive
groove against the No. 18 Penn Quakers last
weekend.
It was their first loss of the season and
they will look to notch their fifth win of the
season against New Hampshire.
Two Guest Musicians
8:15 p.m.
Recital Hall
Center for the Arts
Violinist Laura Vadjon and pianist Srdjan
Caldarovic will perform sonatas “Opus 100”
and “Opus 108” by Johannes Brahms and
various other pieces.
$10 general admission, $5 students and
seniors.
Annual Art Student Exhibit
All day
Center for the Arts Gallery
Artwork by various undergraduates in various different styles and formats will be on
display.
Exhibit will be shown through Friday,
April 7 and will be closed for Spring break
from March 19 to March 26. Admission is
free.
Get on the ‘Rent’ Waitlist
A waiting list is now available for the April
1 trip to New York City to see the musical
Rent.
To get your name on the waitlist go to the
University Union Ticket Office.
For more information, call (410) 704-2070
or e-mail stoppe2@towson.edu.
Tutoring
Tutoring will not be
offered during spring
break from March 20 to
March 26.
For more information contact Brenda
Lucas at blucas@towson.edu.
FRIDAY, MARCH 17
Baseball vs. William & Mary
2:30 p.m.
John B. Schuerholz Park
After being swept by the Rams of Virginia
Commonwealth, the Tigers will have added
pressure to rebound and pick up a vital
win in the first game of a three-game series
against the Tribe.
Planetarium Show
7 p.m.
Room 521
Smith Hall
The show “The Search for Signs of
Intelligent Life in the Universe” will be presented. There will also be a telescope viewing,
weather permitting. For more information
contact Alex Storrs at (410) 704-3003.
All day
Holtzman
MFA Gallery
Student Research and
Scholarship Expo
Applications Due
Undergraduate students and graduate students of all disciplines can showcase the
results and progress of their academic work.
Projects can cover a wide variety of topics in the arts and sciences. Applications
can be found at http://wwwnew.towson.
edu/ours/ours.htm. The Expo will be held
on Wednesday, April 26.
For more information contact Jennifer Toll
at (410) 704- 5064 or at jtoll@towson.edu.
Illustrators Lecture
7 p.m.
Lecture Hall Room 2032
Center for the Arts
Rob Wood and Greg Harlin, have been
creating illustrations since 1978, including
award-winning illustrations, and their work
has been printed in National Geographic’s
magazines and books.
The illustrators will give a lecture on their
work. Free admission.
SATURDAY, MARCH 18
Baseball vs. William & Mary
Service Projects Sign Up Deadline
Office of Student Activities
Room 217
University Union
The deadline to sign up for the Mayor’s
Day of Service and Project Clean Stream community service projects is Friday, March 17.
Both programs are on April 1.
Project Clean Stream will focus on cleaning
local streams and watersheds and will take
place from 9 a.m. to noon.
Mayor’s Day of Service will focus on sprucing up Baltimore City schools and will run
from 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.
URG Executive Board Elections
The University Residence Government will hold its annual Executive
Board Elections on Thursday, March 16 from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. The elections
are open to any on-campus resident. Polling stations will be located at the
Glen for the residents of the Tower, the Den for the residents of Residence
Tower, Ward, West, Prettyman, Scarborough, Newell and Richmond, and
Towson Run for Towson Run residents.
1 p.m.
John B. Schuerholz Park
In the second of a three game set against
the Tribe, the Tigers will be looking to
improve their conference standings.
Kyle Schellchock is the Tiger’s leading
hitter, batting .362 through 15 games. Chris
Rhoades leads the squad in strikeouts,
punching out 18 in 20 innings.
Residence Halls Close for Break
Residence Halls will be closing at 9 a.m.
for Spring Break. They will re-open Sunday,
March 26 at noon.
Add an event
to the calendar:
-- Call
(410) 704-5139
-- E-mail
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Asst. Editors Elizabeth Malliakos
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Sports Editor Brent Kennedy
Assoc. Editor Terence Flyntz
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Daniel Abraham
Kiel McLaughlin
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PERSPECTIVES
UNIVERSITY RESIDENCE GOVERNMENT
From The
On-campus students are invited to elect a new URG executive board today. Two
complete tickets are vying for the seven positions. The polls will be open between
11 a.m. and 6 p.m. at the Glen, the Den and Towson Run. The Towerlight asked
the president of each ticket to submit a statement summarizing their platform...
Super 7
We are the Super 7. The name of our ticket plays off
of the idea of a “superhero.” Our ticket has over 10 years
of URG and non-URG leadership experience here at
Towson, and with our main priority being that of helping
residents, we felt that a superhero theme would embody
everything we were trying to accomplish and would best
fit our ticket.
Our ticket consists of Brandon Moore (Vice President
of the Richwell Building Council), Amy Boettinger
(President of the Tower D Building Council), William
Logan (Richwell Treasurer), Meaghan Dimond (Current
URG Secretary), Allison Marman (Tower C Vice
President), Jason Stefaniak (Richwell President), and
Evan Allen (Resident Assistant).
The foremost goal of the Super 7 is to raise awareness of the University Residence Government. Everyone
knows what the SGA is and what it does, but residents
are almost completely unaware that URG is here explicitly for them. We hope to strive beyond our very limits to
make URG a known and respected organization on campus. Once recognition is established, our first priority is
the residents, and we plan on providing as many avenues
as possible for students to comfortably and affectively
voice their concerns.
URG is in a very unique situation right now in that it is
very strong and very organized. A lot of amazing people
worked together both last year and this year creating a
legacy for us to continue to build upon in the following
Spark Plugs – Highly explosive thinkers that ignite
change and stand for positive progression and forwardthinking! Our highly motivated team is ready to change
the CAMPUS.
Our ticket is comprised of President Taurean Branch,
Vice President Krystle Landa, Secretary Brittany Banks,
Treasurer Katie Chapman, National Communications
Coordinator Scott Meushaw, Director of Resident
Advocacy Ross Conover, and Director of Special Projects
Latoya McKay.
We are dedicated to going above and beyond the call
of duty to make sure that resident concerns are heard.
The keyword in University Residence Government is
“Residence” and it is our job to make sure that student
concerns are addressed in a timely fashion. With our
“whatever it takes” attitude, we know that we will get
the job done. The Spark Plugs have made it our personal
mission to raise awareness of the University Residence
Government, raise awareness of resident concerns, and
begin to build community through diverse on-campus
programs and events. Our team is comprised of knowledgeable and goal-oriented leaders. We each take our
responsibilities to heart as we strive to perfect our organization and its ability to meet needs.
URG is moving in a positive direction and we are committed to continue that forward progression. In life, we
know that nothing will be given to you. We must fight for
everything that we want. Knowing that life is a constant
struggle where we juggle the wants of the few and the
years. There is no need for major change, but rather the
need for the progress that has already been made to
be sustained. This leads us to the five-point plan that
we have established. Within this plan we would: (1)
maintain the astounding success the organization has
achieved in the last year; (2) strengthen the individual
building councils in each residence hall on campus; (3)
foster a healthier and more collaborative relationship
with Housing & Residence Life and the RA staff across
campus; (4) streamline communications between URG
and the residents to make it easier for them to voice their
concerns; and, our most important goal, (5) to serve as
the representative voice of the residents.
We plan to accomplish this through many methods.
In terms of strengthening the building councils, we plan
on making committee meetings – such as president
and treasurer meetings – mandatory as well as hosting
several more retreats and training sessions throughout
the year.
To streamline communications we plan on providing
as many avenues as possible for students to voice their
concerns, such as creating a Web site for each individual
building council and updating the current URG Web site.
This will allow residents to convey any questions, comments or concerns they may have to us from the comfort
of their own living space at their own convenience.
Feedback boxes will be given to Building Councils to
be placed near the entrances of all residence halls and
time will be allotted for feedback at every URG meeting
(which are Tuesdays at 7 p.m. in Chesapeake III, ALL
residents are encouraged to attend).
--Brandon Moore, president, Super 7
Spark Plugs
needs of the many, we are committed to make the voice
of residents heard. If that means that we have to be
aggressive and firm with our needs, then that is what we
have to do. We know what we want and we have feasible
and solid plans to achieve them all.
The “how” is always the most important question to
ask when it comes to committing yourself to change.
We plan to carry out our mission by enacting some of
the following ideas: #1. Monthly newsletters that give
the residents the ability to be informed of what events
and programs are happening on campus. #2. Linking
individual building council Web sites to the main page of
the Towson University Web site so that residents can see
what is going in their residence hall.
It is important to know what the residents are thinking and by hosting open forums where residents can
voice their concerns, we can make sure their needs are
being met. By using electronic media (i.e. building council Web sites and student surveys) we are going to be able
to get a better understanding of what residents require.
If you are confident with the group of leaders that
have come together, that share this common vision, and
who are ready to meet the demands of residents, then
you need to vote for the Spark Plugs.
--Taurean Branch, president, Spark Plugs
Towson University officials have
heaped praise on Gov. Robert L. Ehrlich’s
fiscal 2007 capital budget proposal. It
includes $43,935,000 for construction of
phase one of the College of Liberal Arts
complex.
It also includes $1.3 million to plan
for campus-wide safety and circulation
improvements, focusing on roadways,
entrances, walkways, and stormwater
retention. Funding was accelerated by
one year, to coincide with construction of
phase one of the CLA complex.
But there’s a second side of the capital budget that administrators
are less eager to talk about. That’s the College of Health Professions
building, which was delayed once again this year. Twelve months
ago, planning funds for the project were pushed back one year, from
FY 2008 to FY 2009. This winter, it was pushed back again, to FY
2010.
And that’s not the only delay. The CLA complex is being built in
two phases, and the latest five-year capital budget delays design and
construction of phase two by one year. The safety and circulation
improvements are also taking place in two phases, and funding for
the second phase of that was delayed by three years.
In an interview last week, President Robert Caret put it this way:
“We did get some pushback on the CHP, and only half the infrastructure money.”
State officials frequently juggle projects, pushing them back for a
year or two, then accelerating them as the budget cycle warrants.
“As the budget progresses in the next few years, these things will
get fixed,” Caret said confidently.
Over the next year, the University will work with state officials
to get the projects back on track. This will primarily take place over
the summer, as the university system holds its annual capital budget
retreat and the state develops its fiscal year 2008 budget.
TU’s capital budget testimony, delivered in Annapolis last week,
put the state on notice that it won’t be able to handle significant
growth without the new buildings.
“Our enrollment growth has been carefully planned to coincide
with the completion of these three key capital projects over the
next five to seven years,” the testimony stated. “If capital project
schedules are delayed similar adjustments to the enrollment growth
schedule will be needed to ensure that we can maintain a quality
environment for our students.”
It almost sounds like a repeat of the “no money, no growth” mantra we heard last spring
from the administration
– only this time, the money
is for capital construction,
not operating expenses. It
worked the first time; will
it work again?
Despite the delays,
Towson still fared better than other University
System of Maryland institutions. Five system projects were eliminated from
the five-year timeline completely, including a couple
at University of Maryland
College Park. Legislators
are now maneuvering to
put some of them back in
the budget, hopefully not
at the expense of Towson.
Brian Stelter
Editor in Chief
Feedback: E-mail editor@thetowerlight.com, call (410) 704-5141, or visit
http://www.thetowerlight.com/pages/letter/
March 16, 2006
Meet the two tickets
Towson tells the state:
Want us to grow?
Give us the buildings
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Between
Sheets
Lick my blarney stone,
it’s St. Patrick’s Day!
Ah, St. Patrick’s Day… a quasi-holiday
in which we celebrate the heroic life and
sainthood of a pious man from the Green
Isle; or for the rest of us who don’t know a
thing about him, a day devoted to stumbling
around while holding a bottle of whiskey and
wearing a hideous green sweater that says
“Kiss Me, I’m Irish.” And, more than likely,
after all the celebrating we do more than just
kiss the Irish.
I personally have had a few regrettable
nights because of drinking. On one occasion I had been making
out with my friend Captain Morgan for a while, and when I tried to
switch to my boyfriend, I wound up regurgitating less-than-charming remnants of my last make-out buddy on my pillow instead. Not
exactly the seduction I was aiming for, but hey, we’ve all been there,
right?
Unfortunately, some people have had this experience sans the
committed relationship – and it doesn’t always lead to an exciting
one-night trist. One male student told me how a night of drinking
caused him to come up short:
“A girl I know and I had spent all night drinking downtown, and
when she hinted that her roommate was gone for the weekend we
hastily made our way back to her place. We started to fool around,
and I could tell she wanted more. The only problem was I could not
get hard to save my life. I honestly was not embarrassed at all and
eventually just passed out with vague memories the next morning,”
he said.
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Kristen Bott
Columnist
Alcohol a
acts on centers of the brain that
suppress inhibitions... However, individual
response to alcohol, one’s mental state as
well as factors in the social setting can result
in variability in one’s behavior...
“
And yes, performance problems happen to us girls, too.
A female student told me about a night she spent a not-so-lucky
guy: “After a night of drinking and playing pool at a sports bar, we
[went] back to his place and started fooling around. I was trashed.
I started performing oral sex on him, and after a few minutes, I
stopped and just sat on the bed. He asked me if I was going to be
sick, to which I replied ‘yes,’ got up, and vomited on the floor. I guess
he triggered a little bit more than my gag reflex.”
The Towerlight
Thinking about getting lucky?
It’s harder than you will be
Yes, it is well understood that we all do things we regret when
we drink, and hooking up with someone we really shouldn’t have is
usually at the top of the list of “don’ts.” Usually we have their worst
sexual encounters when drunk, even though at the same time our
libidos are at their peak.
“I find that drinking increases my libido. Once I am drunk I
become really horny. Unfortunately, I have found that my ability to
orgasm decreases. This is also the case with the guys that I have been
with who have been drunk. They are all horny, and in their minds
they are ready to get it on, but they have trouble getting hard,” one
observant female student told me.
Due to our decreased inhibitions, we act on impulses in ways
we normally wouldn’t. Donna Cox, an associate professor for the
department of health science and the director of Towson’s alcohol,
tobacco, and other drug abuse prevention center (ATOD) explained
the combination of alcohol and sex with more authority.
“Basically, alcohol acts on centers of the brain that suppress
inhibitions,” she said. “People may feel happier and less inhibited
which is why alcohol is a popular recreational drug. However, individual response to alcohol, one’s mental state as well as factors in
the social setting can result in variability in one’s behavior. Some
people become very talkative, outgoing, and friendly, while others
become hostile and aggressive. But alcohol also acts on centers in
the brain that control sexual functioning. A popular quote often used
to describe the phenomenon comes from Shakespeare’s Macbeth ...
alcohol “provokes desire but it takes away the performance.”
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Student names are withheld to ensure anonymity.
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perspectives
the
Late-night dining option
matches student schedules
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I
don’t
look at my
homework
until at least
10 p.m. I
don’t consider starting it until
11
p.m.,
Sharon Leff and I can
remember
a night I’ve
been in bed
before 2 a.m.
So why would I want to eat dinner
at 6 p.m.?
Hopefully in April, with one of
the dining halls staying open later, I
won’t have to anymore.
The
Student
Government
Association’s recently-conducted
dining survey showed exactly what
students living on campus want: the
option of eating later at night.
While the SGA conducted polls
in the past about parking, as an
on-campus resident without a car
the poll didn’t really do much for
me. However I have to applaud their
survey and, more importantly, for
taking the complaints they get and
doing something about it.
Everybody knows the dining halls
close way too early for a typical college students because for us, at 7:30
p.m. the day is just getting started.
While the details of when and
where are still being worked out, I’m
excited for the trial period.
Assuming it is publicized well
when the official dates and times
Associate
News Editor
do become available, I can’t imagine
people not showing up.
The only downside I can foresee
may be for residents on the old side
campus. Since, according to Roy
Cubbler, resident district manager
of dining services, TU is currently
leaning toward choosing the Glen
Marketplace over Newell as the dining hall of choice.
However, residents on the old
side should take the walk over to
the Glen. This is just a trial run, and
success at the Glen could lead to
other halls following in tow.
In case dining services is a little
unsure that the time and effort
Ever yone knows
halls close
the dining h
early for
way too ea
typical college
students because for
us, at 7:30 p.m.
the day is just
getting started.
their putting in will actually equal
attendance, just look at how many
students come into the Glen Market
when it stays open late at night during midterms and finals. Students
always fill the seats those two nights
during the semester.
Plus it’s pretty obvious most
Towson students aren’t awake for
that 7:30 a.m. breakfast, but I bet
they are wide awake come 11 p.m.
when the food options are gone. Not
only that, but with so many more
night classes being offered, later
hours doesn’t have to equal skipping dinner anymore.
The schedule change is an obvious choice for such a large campus
because it is serving so many different people with different needs.
Keeping the dining hall open later
will eliminate ordering late-night
pizzas, and is just generally more
convenient. It will be much easier
and faster than waiting in line at
the other dining spots that are overcrowded because there’s nowhere
else to go.
Plus, now I can actually use the
meals from my meal plan for food
instead of overpriced water bottles
at the Glen Mart.
The only thing left to seal the
deal for me is what the dining hall
is going to choose to serve. I have
one main request: BREAKFAST
FOODS.
Not every night of course, but
breakfast foods definitely have my
vote.
When a prospective college student decides where they are going to
attend school they usually consider
three main things: location, cost,
and food. Food schedule should be
just as important as the quality of
the menu items.
Sharon Leff, a sophomore mass communication major, is The Towerlight’s
associate news editor.
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Less Than Three
By Steven Baird
WORD
perspectives
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Pamela White
Junior, dance
Students have
no right to steal
from Susq.
Upon eating my usual lunch at
the Susquehanna, I again noticed
something that I find extremely disheartening. On numerous occasions
I have noticed students walking out
of where we get our food and walking right over to a table and sitting
down without paying. I have seen
this many times and each time I get
angrier.
What gives these people the
right to a free meal when everyone
else has to pay? I know that the
Susquehanna is a busy place and
these things can be overlooked, but
I think that there needs to be a
reform in employee alertness and
student moral. The food is not free
to purchase or prepare and Aramark
employees work hard to provide us
with warm meals daily.
Not only are stealing students
hurting these workers, they are
hurting other students who will
Alison Perrego
Junior, nursing
superior to Peter Jackson’s “King
Kong.” And for him to suggest
that perhaps the plain-Jane Reese
Witherspoon should have won over
Charlize Theron is unadulterated
horse manure.
In summation, those outside
of the field perhaps should watch
movies for entertainment and not
attempt to put their two cents in.
Ghost hunt not
Daniel Silverberg
appropriate for Junior, EMF
college audience Campus must
I noticed in Monday’s Towerlight
confront real
that half of the front page was consumed by a ghost hunt [“Ghost hunt
revives Auburn House myth,” March
world issues
13]. A ghost hunt?! I thought this
was a college newspaper. A ghost
hunt?! Didn’t ghost hunts go out
of style in middle school, with hula
hoops, pogs, and skateboarding? I
remember my friends and I playing “Find the Ghost” after school
almost religiously, but that was over
10 years ago!
What kind of nonsense programming is this school providing? My
favorite part was the big red circle
of a supposed ghost that actually
looked a lot more to me like a blank
wall. Then there is the picture of
the students in a hurly-burly gathering all whipping out their cell
phones to take pictures of a table!
A table! Perhaps we should invest
money into improving the bathroom facilities instead of “finding”
ghosts.
Zac Asper
Freshman, chemistry
Moviegoers
should trust
the Academy
I completely disagree with Mr.
Rossman’s contention regarding
the Oscars not picking the best
of the best [“Oscars don’t always
honor best picture,” March 13]. If
he had even bothered to watch this
year’s Academy Awards ceremony,
he would know that the cream of
the crop was picked in each and
every category.
Rossman can’t tell me that
he thought that the makeup in
“Cinderella Man” beat that of
“Narnia.” Nor can he claim with
clean conscience that the sound
editing in “War of the Worlds” was
As an active member of the campus political organizations, I find it
insidious that The Towerlight gives
so much space to the issue of religion. Where was a story on the
campus political debate the political
groups held two Wednesdays ago?
The Towerlight would rather ignore
the political happenings on campus
to reinforce prevailing apathy.
Occasional articles are not enough.
The Towerlight treats what is going
on in the world as a side issue,
where it prints innocuous articles
on campus happenings while simultaneously ignoring real issues facing
college students in America.
Seemingly enough, many of the
students on campus would rather
put their faith in not only religious
explanations of the world around
them, but in the Keg Tapper deity.
All of this goes on while Bush cuts
funding for student aid, Ehrlich
revokes clean air standards in
Baltimore, and while our civil liberties are under attack by an executive
branch that loves to spy on innocent
Americans.
If this is the kind of culture we
have on campus -- a culture where
discussions of the kind Jon Limm
forwards are taken seriously -- and
where we value entertainment over
serious discussions about public
affairs, then we have a lot more to
worry about than parking issues.
Personally, I find the political apathy on this campus to be something
reminiscent of Germany in the late
1930s. Whereby the world is becoming an increasingly scary place to
live and nobody is doing anything
about it. Well, I won’t stand for that
anymore. Who’s with me?
STREET
How are you
breaking in Spring?
Laurel Dukehart
Mark Schultz
junior,
deaf studies
junior,
psychology
“I’m going to
Louisiana.”
“I’m heading back
to my hometown and
staying at various
friends’ houses.”
Josh Moskowltz
Ashley Crowl
sophomore,
chemistry
freshman,
criminal justice
“Getting wasted.”
“Going home and
doing something
productive.”
Chris Kinslow
Jacob Wolf
freshman,
EMF
freshman,
economics
“I’m going to see all
my friends from home
and bond with
my dad.”
“Spooning with
my cat.”
Paul Day
Junior, sociology
Compiled by Stephanie Dylinski.
Word on the Street is comprised of the first six students who
are randomly approached by a Towerlight photographer on
Wednesdays and Sundays.
March 16, 2006
After reading “Dining Hall
Graphic” from Thursday’s paper,
as depicted by Jenn Long [“Dining
reacts to student survey,” March 9],
I couldn’t help but think of some
helpful suggestions for the dining
halls that I believe all of campus
would enjoy.
The dining halls tend to serve
food in a higgledy-piggledy manner.
Why? How about menu postings in
the daily digest so that students can
schedule their eating day accordingly? Also, how about some menu
changes?
Instead of offering ice cream at
the Glen every night, how about
a more homey desert, such as
southern retlets (a fattening but
guilty pleasure)? Instead of serving
chicken fingers with every dish,
try serving a cultural dish, such
as Indian paktika, a flavorful dish
with a spicy kick. I think that the
more and more that dining services
listen to students, the better our
food will be.
ultimately have to pay for their free
meals through future price increases. My advice to these five-finger
discount card holders: Get a job or
ask mom and dad for an extra $6.
The Towerlight
Dining should
shake up menus,
post on Digest
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University organizations emphasize civil rights through speaker; about 50 students attend
Students gather to rally for marriage equality
Mike Fila
Senior Editor
As students filtered into the
Potomac at 3:30 p.m. the event
looked more like a gathering than a
rally, with about 50 students in the
The Towson Campus Greens,
room at any given time.
Libertarians of Towson and the
Speaker George K. Reynolds was
Queer Student Union pooled their
satisfied with the attendance.
efforts to create a marriage equality
“I actually expected a much
rally in the University Union Potomac
smaller crowd. I’m pleased with how
Lounge Tuesday afternoon.
many students are
A laminated
out today,” the
magenta
sign
I actually ex
expected a
coordinator for
emblazoned with
the Libertarian
the
message
much small
smaller crowd.
Speakers Bureau
“Don’t Legislate
I’m pleased with how
said.
Discrimination”
In addition to
carried the tone
many students are
Reynolds, Towson
and message of
out today.
English professor
the two-hour long
event.
George K. Reynolds David Bergman,
Equality Maryland
Junior
Alex
Libertarian Speakers
Field Organizer
Peak, president of
Bureau coordinator
Meredith Moise,
the Libertarians
and former-Chair
of Towson, said
of the Libertarian Party of Maryland
he wanted to sponsor a campus
Steve Boone spoke to the co-ed
event focusing on gay marriage, but
crowd. Mike Depew, president of
“wanted different opinions, so I
the Campus Greens, and Peak also
approached the Campus Greens.”
offered their perspectives on marWith a second group on board,
riage equality.
Peak then approached QSU to “help
Heather Vickers, QSU co-presibring attention to the issue,” the
dent, hoped the speakers would
electronic media and film major
See POLITICS, page10
said.
“
Photos by Heidi Greenleaf/The Towerlight
Students could sign a petition that said ‘relationships
should be based on voluntary, mutual consent.’
Dean candidates
Q&A:
With
latest
fired
Associate
come to campus
THE ASSOCIATE
Towson’s searches for a new
University librarian and deans
for the College of Business and
Economics, and College of Liberal
Arts are inching forward.
Today, the last candidate will
wrap up his visit to campus, and in
the coming weeks Provost James
Brennan will review his recommendations and make offers to three of
the candidates.
Last fall, Brennan established
search committees for the three
administrative positions. Over the
last month, each committee has
brought three finalists to campus
for interviews, meetings and open
forums.
“We are fairly far away from
decisions,” Brennan said on
Wednesday. “I have to meet with
all the committees for a final discussion.” (He has met with the
CBE committee, but not the CLA
or Library committees.)
“Then I need to review my recommendations with the president,
then we need to talk with references some more before we make a
final offer,” he said. “While I hope
to wrap all three searches up over
the next month, these appointments are too important to rush.”
The three positions have July 1
start dates.
College of Business and
Economics dean
Interviews of the three CBE candidates commenced on February
19 when Gregory Mosier arrived
on campus. Mosier is currently a
professor and the interim dean
of the William S. Spears School
of Business at Oklahoma State
University.
In the past he has also served
as associate dean and interim
dean of the College of Business
Administration.
Mosier was on spring break
this week and unavailable to comment.
Shohreh Kaynama, current dean
of the college, interviewed for a
permanent deanship three weeks
ago. Kaynama signed a three-year
contract in 2003.
She submitted her resignation last April, saying that she
“wasn’t getting the desired output
See CANDIDATES, page 11
How did your team, Team
Money Talks, go about tackling
the case study?
It was mostly a group effort. We
got together and threw out ideas,
and we worked off of each other’s
ideas.
When you’re up in front of a
group of people, nerves can get the
best of you. They effect you, but
that’s to be expected.
What do you think you are taking from the competition?
Mostly, I’ve never had so much
faith in humanity. Throughout the
process so many people have been
willing to help and they do so for
nothing in return.
Amanda Rippen/The Towerlight
Bramble fired Henry Tuesday.
In what ways has The Associate
changed your point of view of “the
real world?”
The main thing is working as
part of a team. You’ve got to view it
as a team and its tough to separate
the individual from the team. When
you’re all competing against one
another it’s hard to put the group
ahead of your own interest. I didn’t
necessarily struggle with that, it’s
just something to keep in mind.
What was your initial reaction
to Frank Bramble’s decision?
I was a little surprised. Everybody
in the competition is very talented;
I don’t want to say I’m better than
anybody, but I’m not so sure I’m
the weakest link either. I was hurt
by Bramble saying I wasn’t being a
hard worker… that’s what he kind
of implied. He said I don’t think you
took as great a part as you should’ve
– something along those lines.
Do you have any final thoughts
looking back at the competition?
Everyone in the competition is
great. Brandon Mabry is probably
the most talented person I’ve ever
come in contact with. Everyone was
just fantastic. We all loved each
other and worked well together. It
was a great experience.
--Kristi Funderburk
Associate Update
After last week’s unforeseen
glitch, an additional case study
and week has been added to
The Associate competition. The
final Sunday presentation will
take place April 23 and the final
Tuesday evening boardroom session will be held April 25.
March 16, 2006
Brian Stelter
Editor in Chief
two weeks, he “didn’t play a significant role” at the most recent
one. Regardless of his choice to fire
Henry, Bramble also said there’s
“no question in [Henry’s] future
being very successful.”
The Towerlight
Provost to make offers this semester
Introduction: A week after a
boardroom session that involved no
firing, Frank Bramble, member of
the Board of Directors for Bank
of America and head judge of the
College of Business and Economics’
The Associate competition, kept his
promise to continue the competition.
Senior finance major Derek Henry
was fired Tuesday after Bramble
questioned each candidate. Bramble
told Henry that despite having the
strongest presentations in the first
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POLICE
BLOTTER
Reported by The Towerlight
March 6: In Burdick Hall, an alarm was accidentally set off by
Aramark personnel.
March 6: In Tower A, a victim’s wallet was stolen from her dorm
room.
March 6: In Tower A, a suspect was repeatedly calling, text messaging and e-mailing the victim after the victim stated a desire to cut off
all contact between parties.
March 7: In Johnny Unitas Stadium, 13 boxes of lacrosse schedules
were missing from the office. After an investigation, it was determined that no crime occurred.
March 8: At 7800 York Road, credit cards were stolen from a wallet
that was left unattended, and unauthorized purchases were made
on one of the cards.
March 9: In West Hall, a juvenile, who was found walking around
campus after being escorted from West Hall, was also found to be
reported as a runaway with Baltimore City Police. TUPD officers
took the juvenile home.
March 9: In Tower D, a comment referring to a sexual preference
was written on a sign that was posted on a door. The room’s occupant stated it was a joke and was not offended.
The Student Research and
Scholarship Expo, sponsored by
the College of Graduate Education
and Research, gives both undergraduate and graduate students
the opportunity to showcase academic work from all disciplines.
The event emphasizes the importance of research at the scholarly
level.
“Research is becoming a more
and more important part of higher
education at all levels,” Jennifer
Toll, grant and contract administrator in the College of Graduate
Studies and Research and the coordinator of the Expo, said. “The
Expo is a great opportunity to recognize exceptional student work.”
The first Expo was held in 2000
“as a way to recognize Towson
students doing high-quality scholarly work in all disciplines, showcase Towson student work to the
community and encourage more
students to become involved in
research,” she added.
Last year, the University Union
Chesapeake Rooms were filled
with poster displays, art exhibits
and demonstrations, and the conference rooms were used for oral
presentations and film screenings.
“We basically take over the third
floor,” Toll said.
At last year’s Expo, 160 students
participated in 114 presentations.
“We featured presentations from
all colleges of the University, and
there was about a 60 to 40 split
between undergraduate and graduate student participation,” Toll said.
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who came in first place, won a
voucher for a free pair of shoes at
New Balance, White Marsh. Second
place winner Loren Kegler, a freshman international studies major, and
third place winner Stephen Dare, a
senior finance major, won items
from Towson Book Exchange.
--Sharon Leff
Photo courtesy of Judi Gorney
The runners start their race on the street behind Burdick Field.
‘Pulling back curtain’
at Scholarship Expo
March 11: In Scarborough Hall, a subject was seen in the area
matching the description of an individual previously given a “Denial
of Access” to campus.
The Towerlight’s “Police Blotter” is a representative sample of
crimes occurring on campus during the past week. The blotter is
not intended to be all inclusive. For a full list of all campus crime
reports, visit www.towson.edu/police.
every chapter recognizes differently.
“It’s called the Shamrock event
and each chapter can do different
things, and we do the Dash for
Dreams,” junior Melissa Petersson
said.
Local sponsors, including Jerry’s
Pizza, Advertising Media Plus and
DJ Data, donated items to the
event.
ACADEMIC SHOWCASE
Rachel Frederick
Staff Writer
March 14: On Burdick Field, a medical helicopter landed.
The Towerlight
Kappa Delta held a 5k walk/run
around Towson’s campus Saturday
to raise money for the local chapter
of Family Tree and for Prevent Child
Abuse America.
The sorority’s annual event
attracted 150 participants and
raised more than $4,500 this year,
up from about $1,500 last year. The
group has been planning the run/
walk since last September.
“We really tried to get everyone
involved, Greek organizations, students organizations and the community,” Mollie Gorney, a senior Kappa
Delta member, said.
However, the work was worth it
for the sorority when the Baltimore
County Executive declared March
11 as Kappa Delta Day in Baltimore
County because of its project.
“We felt…much more money
could be going to our cause and we
really buckled down and worked
hard,” Gorney said.
The run serves as Kappa Delta’s
national philanthropy event that
March 11: In Ward Hall, a complainant was receiving harassing
phone calls. It was later determined that the phone calls were coming from friends.
March 13: In Stephens Hall, a window screen was cut. An investigation revealed the cut was made by maintenance.
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Kappa Delta raises $4,500
Expo isn’t a typical opportunity
on which students embark, it’s a
benefit to the whole campus.
“It’s a way for students and
faculty members from different
colleges, who wouldn’t ordinarily have the opportunity to learn
about each other’s work, to get
together and celebrate their collective accomplishments,” she said.
“By recognizing and encouraging
student research, the Expo illustrates the value of the University’s
programs and faculty and feeds the
academic life of the University.”
Along with bringing the University
together academically, the Expo can
benefit students directly.
It allows students to have the
opportunity to gain experience in
presenting their scholarly work.
“I think many students are
intimidated by the prospect of having to do research projects,” Toll
said of the experience. “The Expo
is a way of pulling back the curtain
without having to travel to a conference or professional meeting.”
The program also allows students to gain exposure with the
faculty and members of the community present.
“Many of the presenters have
gone on to present at regional
and national conferences. Some
have gotten publications out of
the research presented,” Toll said.
“Just walking the aisles at the
Expo shows that Towson has a
vigorous scholarly life. It inspires
a lot of pride in the University, its
students and faculty.”
Applications are online at
http://wwwnew.towson.edu/
ours/ours.htm and are due Friday,
March 17.
POLITICS:
Groups look
to highlight
civil rights
From page 9
shed more light on the issue of marriage equality.
“I don’t want to be the same as
everyone else, I just want to have the
same rights. It’s about being able to
marry who I want,” she said.
Students could voice their beliefs
between speakers by signing a marriage equality petition. Peak said the
document will be sent to representatives in Annapolis.
The three student groups also set
up information tables with materials about their groups and political issues, in addition to individual
fund-raising efforts staged during
the event.
Equality Maryland was also represented with a table, staffed by
Moise.
Students left their seats with
applause following her speech.
“Civil marriage imparts over 1,000
rights and protections onto those
who marry...and with one swoop of
a pen they can all disappear,” she
told students, encouraging political
involvement.
“After you get out of here the
world is going to open up,” she said,
addressing the student crowd. “And
you will find love, you may have
already found love and you deserve
to go down to the court house and
express that love if you want to...
this is a civil rights issue.”
Currently, there have been 25
proposals introduced to state senate
and house committees affecting gay
marriage in Maryland according to
Equality Maryland records.
news
CANDIDATES: Potential appliciants vie for spots
From page 9
or outcome that I was putting into
the job,” but then agreed to complete her three-year term while the
University searched for a permanent
dean.
Kaynama didn’t return calls or emails for comment this week despite
repeated requests.
The third business candidate,
Henry Lowenstein, hails from
California State University at
Bakersfield, where he is the dean of
business and public administration.
He was previously the chairman of
the business and economics division at West Virginia University at
Parkersburg.
He is a native of Richmond,
Virginia. He declined comment
pending the conclusion of the
search.
College of Liberal Arts
dean
The first candidate to interview
for the College of Liberal Arts dean
position was Michael Vincent. He is
the former vice president of academic affairs at the American University
of Paris, according to the school’s
Web site. The university’s student
newspaper reported that he stepped
down in May 2004.
The second candidate, Terry
Cooney, completed his interview
process on Tuesday. Cooney is a
history professor at the University
of Puget Sound.
“What I would bring to the deanship of CLA is a good deal of experience in shaping and managing
programs in the liberal arts, as well
as in recruiting and evaluating faculty, watching over facilities con-
struction, and seeking to get the
most out of institutional resources,”
Cooney said in an interview.
“
I believe that
universitie
universities such as
Towson wi
will be the
leaders of academia in
the future.
Karl Debus-Lopez
University librarian candidate
The third candidate, Charles
Caramello, began his campus visit
on Wednesday. His interview will
conclude today with several meetings, including lunch with the search
committee and a short meeting
with Brennan. Caramello has been
chair of the English department at
University of Maryland College Park
since 1998.
At an open forum for faculty
and staff on Wednesday afternoon,
Caramello promised to bring new
thinking and flexibility to Towson.
He talked about class sizes, faculty
workloads, and “getting out of a
one-size-fits-all mentality.”
University Librarian
The first University librarian
candidate, Deborah Nolan, visited
Towson’s campus last week. Nolan
is currently the associate director
of the Z. Smith Reynolds Library
at Wake Forest University. She said
she was very impressed by Towson,
but declined to comment until the
search concludes.
The second candidate, Wanda
Dole, wrapped up her interview
on Tuesday. She is currently the
university librarian at Washburn
University in Topeka, Kansas. She
did not respond to an e-mail request
for comment.
The third candidate, Karl DebusLopez, attended an open forum in
the University Union Chesapeake
Rooms on Wednesday afternoon.
“I believe that universities such
as Towson will be the leaders of academia in the future,” Debus-Lopez
said. He described Cook Library in
2015 as the “premiere public academic library in the state.”
Debus-Lopez joined the libraries
staff of the University of Wisconsin
at Madison in 1998. He moved to
Georgetown University as associate
University librarian for collections
and technical services in 2004.
AWARD FINALIST
Working for TU may
be Baltimore’s best
The Baltimore Business Journal
has selected Towson University as a
finalist for its Best Place to Work in
Greater Baltimore award.
TU, one of 10 finalists in the
large business category, was selected from more than 180 businesses
and organizations that applied for
the award. Other finalists in the
category include Johns Hopkins
University, LifeBridge Health, and
Mercy Medical Center.
The University will be recognized
and the winner will be announced
Thursday, March 23, at a luncheon
hosted by the BBJ.
Vice President for Economic and
Community Outreach Jim Clements
said that becoming a finalist for the
award, and potentially winning the
award, could make Towson a more
desirable choice for job applicants.
“Right now we already consider
ourselves a winner because if 180
companies are nominated and we
are a top 10, that’s pretty big,”
Clements said. “Already there are a
lot of people out there saying ‘Wow
I didn’t know Towson was such a
great place to work,’ so this has
already created a lot of buzz.”
Karen Gilbert, manager of employment, classification and compensation in the human resources department, said that although no one has
mentioned the award nomination as
being a reason for applying for a job,
the nomination could increase the
University’s appeal to potential job
applicants.
“We are known in the area as a
great place to work,” Gilbert said.
“We usually get a lot of great appli-
cants for jobs on campus because of
that, and [the nomination for the
award] will increase Towson’s visibility as a great place to work.”
To qualify for the award, at least
250 employees had to complete a
survey. For Towson, almost 500
people responded.
“I saw the results [of the survey]
and they were unbelievably impressive,” Clements said. “The scores
[on the survey] were really high.
People like the teamwork environment; people feel valued. There are
so many things people love about
this place.”
Mary Anne Czyz, manager of business communication and administration for the Office of Technology
Services, took the employee survey
and believes Towson deserves to
win.
“I have been part of the Towson
community for over 25 years, and
what I value most is the collegiality and camaraderie on this campus,” Czyz said. “The recognition we
receive from this nomination will go
a long way in helping Towson attract
even more talented and successful
individuals to our workplace.”
John D’Arcy, assistant professor in the department of computer
and information sciences, also completed the survey. He said he has
only recently moved to Baltimore
to work at Towson, and therefore
has no experience working for other
businesses in the region, but he still
feels that the University is a great
place to work.
“The main strength is the feeling
that the University is growing and
therefore the atmosphere is quite
dynamic,” D’Arcy said. “I also really
enjoy the people (both faculty and
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UNDERAGE: Problems
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FA@;9:F!
dents, is supporting the ban because
of the effects the bars have on their
neighborhoods. She frequently
Power Plant Live! refused to comment about the legislation or the
receives complaints from about colfine. Daniels said he hopes the corlege students being loud, disorderly
poration will change their ways.
and drunk when leaving and return“I would think they would
ing from Baltimore.
[change], and clearly I’m of the mind
Buses pick up students along
Mr. [Reed] Cordish and [the other
Kenilworth Drive and shuttle them
establishments] involved in that
downtown. She said she is well aware
[liquor] license value the privilege
that students are not just drinking
and will attempt to protect their right
soda. She also believes not everyone
to that privilege,” Daniels said.
boarding the buses is of legal age.
If college nights are banned, some
“When the students get off the
students may have to find other
buses in extreme states of intoxicaplaces to party.
tion, they awaken us at 3:00 a.m.
“I love going downtown and if they
with loud shouting while they stumeliminated college night I don’t know
ble through the street, often fighting
what my friends and
and urinating in our
I would do instead
yards. Many then
The Univer
University has
on Thursdays,” Alex
get into cars parked
washed its hands of in the area and
Walegir, a freshman
elementary educathe situation just as drive off,” Becker
tion major, said.
wrote in a letter to
“It’s unfair to pun- they have with room the Baltimore City
ish everyone.”
and board issues and Police Department
Walegir’s roomlast week.
ever y other
mate
Amanda
Deb Moriarty,
Cubit, a freshman
Towson’s vice presiTowson issue.
political science and
dent for student
Corrine Becker affairs, placed blame
English major, said
president on the bars.
not all people under
21 should have to Riderwood Hills Comm. Assoc.
“I think the chalsuffer because some
lenge is, as long as
students cause trouble.
the drinking age is 21 and bars are
“Power Plant is such a big part
allowing underage drinkers to come
of the college scene in Baltimore.
into the bars, it will continue to be a
I don’t know what people would
problem,” she said.
do if they made it 21 and over.
Buses used to pick up students on
Responsible students shouldn’t be
Towson’s campus, but the University
punished for the irresponsibility of
put a halt to that practice in 2003.
others,” she said.
The buses started picking up at
Becker said banning “18 to party,
off-campus locations, and Becker
21 to drink” policies may not happen
said TU has not helped residents
now because of timing. The state
punish drunk and disorderly stulegislature will adjourn in April, and
dents.
will not convene again until January
“The University has washed its
2007.
hands of the situation just as they
“[The legislation] would be somehave with room and board issues
thing we would probably work on for
and every other Towson community
the next legislation session,” Becker
issue,” Becker said. “I have seen no
said.
indication that President [Robert]
Becker, along with other local resiCaret wants to address it.”
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More information about traveling abroad is available at the
Department of State’s Web site
http://travel.state.gov/.
Towson’s spring break officially
begins on Sunday, March 19. Oncampus students must depart from
residence halls by 9 a.m. Saturday,
March 18. They re-open at noon on
Sunday, March 26.
For Samantha Gendler, her spring
break trip to Miami is a chance to
finally unwind after seven weeks of
the semester.
“I’m not exactly the boob flasher
type,” the senior mass communication major laughed.
“I’m looking forward to relaxing
on the beach and just zoning out
for once.”
Beyond Baltimore
Health care proves Drought leads to desperate acts
Kenya
equal but inadequate Northwest
experiences no
Jeff Donn
Associated Press
Chris Tomlinson
Associated Press
institute, in Santa Monica, Calif. “We
all get equally mediocre care.”
The researchers, who included U.S.
Veterans Affairs personnel, first pubBOSTON (AP) --- Startling
lished their findings for the general
research from the biggest study ever
population in June 2003. They reportof U.S. health care quality suggests
ed the breakdown by racial, income,
that Americans - rich, poor, black,
and other social groups on Thursday.
white - get roughly equal treatment,
They examined medical records
but it’s woefully mediocre for all.
and phone interviews from 6,712
“This study shows that health care
randomly picked patients who vishas equal-opportunity defects,” said
ited a medical office within a twoDr. Donald Berwick, who runs the
year period in 12 metropolitan areas
nonprofit Institute for Healthcare
from Boston to Miami to Seattle.
Improvement in Cambridge, Mass.
The group was not
The
survey
nationally repreof nearly 7,000
It doesn’t matter
sentative but does
patients, reported
Thursday
whether you
you’re rich or convey a broad
picture of the
in
the
New
poor, white or black,
country’s health
England Journal
care practices.
of
Medicine,
insured or uninsured.
The
survey
considered only
We all get equally
examined whethurban-area dwellmediocre care.
er people got the
ers who sought
treatment, but it
Steven Asch highest standard
of treatment for
still challenged
Chief author and doctor
439
measures
some stereotypes:
ranging
across
These blacks and
common chronic and acute conHispanics actually got slightly better
ditions and disease prevention. It
medical treatment than whites.
looked at whether they got the right
While the researchers acknowltests, drugs and treatments.
edged separate evidence that minoriOverall, patients received only 55
ties fare worse in some areas of
percent of recommended steps for
expensive care and suffer more from
top-quality care - and no group did
some conditions than whites, their
much better or worse than that.
study found that once in treatment,
Blacks and Hispanics as a group
minorities’ overall care appears simieach got 58 percent of the best care,
lar to that of whites.
compared to 54 percent for whites.
“It doesn’t matter who you are. It
Those with annual household
doesn’t matter whether you’re rich or
income over $50,000 got 57 percent,
poor, white or black, insured or unin4 points more than people from
sured,” said chief author Dr. Steven
households of less than $15,000.
Asch, at the Rand Health research
Raid leads to arrests, weapons found
Mohammed Hammed/Associated Press
An Iraqi army soldier counts arrested suspects after a raid, in
Baqouba, 35 miles northeast of Baghdad, Iraq, Wednesday.
Iraqi army forces on Wednesday raided houses in Hibhib
area near Baqouba, arrested 20 suspects and confiscated 25
mortar rounds and light weapons, police said.
OROPOYI, Kenya (AP) - Akiru
Lomukuny’s clan already has seen
one boy killed, a girl raped and dozens of women beaten just for trying
to get a drink of water. Now, she says,
things are about to get a lot worse.
Generations of east Africans
have clashed sporadically over
cattle, pasture and, most importantly, water. The drought sweeping
the region is making the fight for
resources more desperate.
Lomukuny is a member of
the Turkana tribe. Among these
nomads, a family is judged by its
cows. The Turkana walk their cows,
goats and sheep through Kenya’s
northwestern corner, along the borders with Uganda and Sudan.
It hasn’t rained here in over a
year, and her clan - along with more
than 11 million other people in this
semiarid region that also includes
Ethiopia and Somalia - is getting
desperate.
Lomukuny knows where she
can get water 10 miles away,
but the spring is in Uganda. She
and her daughters - usually with
Lomukuny’s three grandchildren
strapped to their backs - have gone
there for water in the past, only to
be ambushed by Dados tribesmen.
“We were usually attacked on
our way back,” she said. “We would
lose all of our water ... sometimes
they strip us naked, take all of our
beads.”
In January, Lomukuny’s clan of
some 600 families retreated back
into Kenya to a secret place where
water collects in the rugged hills.
But now that supply has run out,
and they must look across the
unmarked border again.
“Drought always presents a great
risk for us because the alternative is
to go to Uganda, where we’ve had a
lot of experience being attacked,”
she said. “The next move has to
be to find water. There is water in
Uganda, so we have to move there.”
Life in this part of East Africa
is never easy, even in the best of
times. When tribal clashes meant
bows, arrows and shields, casualties were low. Now almost every
adult male has an assault rifle, so
even small skirmishes can leave a
dozen dead.
As Lomukuny spoke, dressed in
a traditional blanket and leather
skirt, dozens of children crowded
around, their foreheads covered
with an orange fuzz that is a sign of
protein deficiency. They are skinny,
but don’t have the bloated stomachs of the severely malnourished.
Karel Prinsloo/Associated Press
Children stand near a body of a fishermen killed by bandits
Tuesday at Loarengak by lake Turkana in northwestern Kenya.
Only the night before, Dados
raiders stole 28 cows from two
families in the clan, leaving them
destitute. The clan already has lost
cattle to the drought, and more
become weak and sick every day for
lack of enough water.
In Turkana society, there are two
decision-making bodies. The female
elders have met and decided it is
time to move.
The male elders will decide soon
exactly when to go, Lomukuny said,
looking west to the hills where
Dados scouts sit and watch the
Turkana.
The Rev. Bernard Ruhnan, a
German priest who has been trying
to end the tribal fighting in the area
for 34 years, said there have been
minor clashes, but nothing too serious since the drought began. He is
working with tribal leaders on an
agreement to share resources, but
worries about what will happen if
the rains don’t come soon.
Normally, there are several rainy
season in the region. But there was
no rain in October or December,
and now the expected rain in March
has yet to come.
“If we don’t get rain in the next
month, it will become much more
serious,” he said. He said already
there were militant elements in
both tribes trying to make sure they
don’t have to share anything.
Oxfam and other charities have
also been trying to help the Turkana
survive the drought without fighting. The British group has drilled
water wells and installed pumps.
They have also bought livestock
from the Turkana, slaughtering
them and giving the meat to the
needy.
But those programs are too
small and too far away to help
Lomukuny’s clan.
They will instead take their
chances with the Dados as they
try to reach an unoccupied, well
watered, pasture, the elders said.
“The route through Uganda
is like going between two dogs,”
Lomukuny said. “During the migration, the fighting is perpetual, all
the way through, until we find a
place to settle.”
She said the biggest concern was
the supply of bullets, because unlike
in Uganda, the Kenyan government
doesn’t provide the nomadic tribes
with arms and ammunition.
She said if the government would
only give them more well water,
things would be different.
But Lomukuny said her clan has
to take its chances and cross the
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Reitman thanks you for ‘Smoking’
Writer/director’s spin on his debut feature: it isn’t about tobacco
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Jason Reitman wrote and directed the new political satire “Thank You for Smoking.”
Current Gallery presents a showing of
the Werner Herzog film “Fitzcarraldo”
at 8 p.m. as a part of their “Thursday
Night Movie Series,” which will take
place through Thursday, March 23.
Information: (410) 244-7003.
Friday, March 17
The Hippo in Baltimore presents “A
Night at La Cage” with Andora Tetee at
10 p.m. Information: (410) 547-0018.
Saturday, March 18
Francis Ficara presents her photo
essay entitled “Distant Echoes: Black
Farmers in America” a display of photographs showing images of the working conditions of black farmers living
in America. Information: (410) 7670473.
Saturday, March 18
At the Desert Café in Baltimore belly
dancers will be performing during dinner
starting at 7:30 p.m. through Wednesday,
April 12. Information: (410) 367-5808.
Sunday, March 19
Readings from Baltimore literary magazines “Perpetuum Mobile,” and “Attic”
will be followed by open mic poetry readings at the Minas Gallery in Baltimore,
starting at 4 p.m. Information: (410)
732-4258.
Sunday, March 19
Caryll Churchill, writer of “Cloud 9” and
“Top Girls,” is also the author of the play
“A Number” the story about a father
and a son. The play will be performed
at Everyman Theater in Baltimore showing through Sunday April 23, at 2:30
p.m. on Sundays, at 7:30 p.m. Tuesdays
through Thursdays and 8 p.m. Fridays
and Saturdays. Information: (410) 7522208.
Monday, March 20
An exhibit of various spiritual photographs make up “A Search in Secret
India.” The photographs portray temples
and various customs from Southern
India, and the exhibit will be on display
through Tuesday, April 25. Information:
(410) 662-8626.
Tuesday, March 21
Gardel’s in Baltimore presents ballroom
dancing lessons starting at 6:30 p.m.
Lessons will include how to dance the
cha cha, fox trot, rhumba, and tango.
Information: (410) 837-3737.
Wednesday, March 22
Photo courtesy Fox Searchlight
Tobacco lobbyist Nick Naylor (Aaron Eckhart) shakes the hand of Cancer Boy (Eric
Haberman) in Jason Reitman’s ‘Thank You for Smoking,” opening Mar. 24 in Baltimore.
“Culture Shock” will take place from
7:30-10 p.m. and serves as an open
forum for various artists and poets to
present their talents. Information: (410)
327-0080.
March 16, 2006
Writer/director Jason Reitman makes his feature debut with “Thank You for Smoking,”
opening exclusively at the Senator on March 24
after premiering at the Toronto Film Festival
back in September. After much skepticism about
“Smoking” being his first film and cries of
nepotism (his dad is director Ivan Reitman),
most were caught off guard by how positive the
audience response was to it. Not only was the
movie well-received, on his first film, 28-year-old
Reitman found himself in the middle of a bidding war between studios on who would get to
purchase his film.
“At first I was nervous that my film was in a
bidding war because I just wanted it to have a
home, and know that people were going to see
it. I mean, you go to a film festival, you don’t
know if that’s going to be the last audience, if
that’s it,” he said. “The fact that we got into that
bidding war, it was kind of half-exciting because
it meant, yeah, someone is going to see the film—
but for me, it was just, ‘Please someone, just take
ownership of this film, put it out in theaters.’”
Throughout the whole process of promoting
the film, Reitman has been keeping an up-to-date
blog (thankyouforsmoking.typepad.com) and
has created an all-access MySpace profile (www.
myspace.com/jasonreitman) to communicate
with fans and respond to questions. He’s gone
across the country to do press for the film, and in
each city, he holds a Q+A session following local
screenings filled mainly with college kids.
“[In particular] college students find it really
refreshing. Your generation has been spun to
since the cradle, and has really never seen anything honest on television, and [they] find it
refreshing to have a character who speaks his
mind and speaks honestly and doesn’t use all
that political correctness crap,” Reitman said.
He explained that these are the ones he had
in mind when he wrote the film – people who
are sick of being fed the same B.S. over and over,
particularly by political leaders.
“I’m making this film for people who are as
frustrated as me with political correctness and
who just want a little bit of honesty. Because
‘political correctness’ is just a polite way of saying
‘lying’ and it’s just disingenuous and it’s a shame
that you can’t really watch any politician speak
without feeling like you’re being spun,” he said.
Many people have compared the idea of
the movie (smooth-talking, voice-overing lead
character with a reprehensible job) to Andrew
Niccol’s gun-runner film from last year, “Lord
of War.” On casting Nicolas Cage as the lead in
that film, Niccol said “he makes the devil charming, glamorous and witty.” Reitman saw similar
traits in Aaron Eckhart to play tobacco lobbyist
Nick Naylor, but was particularly drawn to them
in his more reprehensible roles, such as “In the
Company of Men” and “Nurse Betty.”
“Aaron is really handsome and looks allAmerican, and he was born with his incredible
knack for saying very subversive things and being
charming simultaneously. Not only do we not
mind it, but we really like it,” Reitman said. “He
started out with ‘In the Company of Men’ where
he played [a] monster, but he’s so sexy you just
can’t help wanting to watch him. I feel like this
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is the perfect bookend to that performance. This
is the movie star version of that role.”
“Thank You for Smoking” first gained widespread attention when, at Toronto, a 12-second
long sex scene featuring Eckhart and co-star
Katie Holmes had been excised anonymously.
Ever since, there’s been seemingly non-stop
coverage of said scene (which has since been put
back into the film) and much speculation (such
as “did Tom Cruise demand the sex scene be cut
out?”) about what happened.
“Katie’s this wonderful woman and she was
just so cool to take this role, and it’s frustrating
for me to watch her get hammered the way she
is in the press,” Reitman said. “That said, this is
an independent comedy, it’s a political satire, it’s
not something that would normally appeal to the
Katie Holmes crowd. The idea that this movie’s
part of the social consciousness now because of
those 12 seconds… I wouldn’t turn that down.”
He added that because of the attention on the
brief sex scene, the film’s title is perhaps somewhat more recognizable than it once was.
“I could walk down the street now and ask
someone have you heard of this movie ‘Thank
You for Smoking’ and they’ll probably say yes,
and the most-likely reason they know it is because
of this mysterious scene which… is not sultry or
sensual, there’s no nudity, it’s what I like to call
‘humorous humping,’” he said. “That’s really all
it offers. But look, it got our name into the news,
and there is no bad publicity.”
Reitman dismisses those who long for
“Smoking” to be a more political movie and take
on big business and big tobacco. “There’s a few
people who have said, ‘Why didn’t you give it to
big tobacco?,’ but I think those people are missing the point of this film,” he said. “It’s not a
movie about tobacco, it’s a movie about spin.”
Reitman went on to explain that he intentionally avoided the visual indulgence of characters
chain-smoking to re-iterate the point of the film.
“No one smokes in the film, and that was
important to me. It’s not a film about smoking,
it’s a film about talk. And while cigarettes are the
location for this film, and are the perfect topic
because people on both sides of the smoking
issue constantly want to tell other people how
to live their lives, at the end of the day, it’s a
film about how to spin, how to lobby, and the
culture of that,” he said. “If there was smoking in
this film, all you’d be thinking was, ‘Goddamn,
there’s a lot of people smoking in this movie.’
Instead you’re listening to them talk which was
what was most important.”
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‘V for Vendetta’ reminds us movies can still change the world
Rob Scheer
Associate Arts Editor
While watching “V for Vendetta,”
(which opens Friday and begins
advance screenings tonight at 10
p.m.) one gets the rare feeling that
a movie can make a difference
and have some sort of societal
impact. This controversial film,
which sparked conservative outrage simply on the premise that its
hero is a terrorist, is remarkable
entertainment yes, but it’s also one
of the most incendiary and political films in years. It’s a big-budget
spectacle that’s implications are
unmistakable—though its setting is
futuristic England, the film’s subject is clearly modern-day America.
No matter what the studio says,
this isn’t simply a film about a
revolutionary—it’s revolutionary in
and of itself.
Based on the graphic novel by
Alan Moore, “Vendetta” presents
a futuristic society that resembles
Nazi Germany but with our current
administration’s mindset. While
High Chancellor Adam Sutler (John
Hurt) clearly resembles Hitler and
much decoration of the country
resembles Nazi propaganda, it isn’t
the Jews this government is targeting. In this society, America is
in ruins and has been reduced to
little more than “a leper colony,”
and England has become a totalitarian state where anyone who is
discovered to be a homosexual or
a Muslim (or even owns a Koran)
is executed.
The film’s plot is set in motion
when mild-mannered Evey (Natalie
Portman) is rescued from potential
gang rape by the vigilante known
only as “V” (Hugo Weaving). V
sports a mask of Guy Fawkes, the
revolutionary who attempted to
blow up British Parliament on Nov.
5, 1605. V (and eventually Evey as
well) dares to rebel against the corrupt government and ignites fellow
citizens when he blows up two
London landmarks on the anniver-
Photo courtesy Warner Bros.
Hugo Weaving stars in the Wachowski Brothers’ “V for Vendetta.”
sary of Fawkes’ attempt and seizes
the government-controlled airwaves, urging the people of Britain
to rise up against their tyrannical
officials.
The movie is written by the
Wachowski Brothers (“The Matrix”
trilogy), but aside from one scene in
the rain, there’s virtually nothing
here reminiscent of that worn-out
film series. The Wachowskis have
gone in a completely new direction here, and “Vendetta” has the
potential to be just as big as “The
Matrix” as long as audiences aren’t
scared off by the controversy.
“Vendetta” is the most thrilling piece of work to come out of
Hollywood in a long, long time, but
it can’t really be called an out-andout action movie as its commercials
depict it to be. This is a movie more
about invigorating ideas than lame
explosions, but still with enough
excitement for anyone hoping for
another “The Matrix.”
The performances are also a cutabove what one expects from a
film based on a comic book and/or
featuring a masked man. Portman
occasionally struggles with her
British accent, but she handles
some of the film’s more complicated scenes with a deft capability,
which impressed me more than her
Oscar-nominated role in “Closer.”
Despite her top billing, the real
star here is Weaving. Despite the
fact that his entire performance
lies in his voice (we never see his
face), this is one of the best pieces
of acting I’ve seen so far this year.
Thanks to Weaving, V has just the
right amount of emotion, humor,
grace and questionable madness.
What many find so controversial
about “V for Vendetta” isn’t just its
criticisms on the state of our country today—it’s the film’s statement
that all citizens have a responsibility to rise up against corrupt
government. It’s a ballsy thing to
say in a mass-appeal movie, but
“Vendetta” pulls it off without sacrificing its entertainment value.
Republicans and Democrats alike
will have a tough time not cheering V’s actions, anti-government
or not.
Scheer
Cinema
By Rob Scheer
It’s your American duty
to see ‘Why We Fight’
This past Monday, there should
have been an article published in
The Towerlight profiling Eugene
Jarecki, filmmaker of the spectacular documentary “Why We Fight.” I
interviewed Mr. Jarecki a few weeks
ago in Washington, D.C., but unfortunately, due to a tape recorder mishap, the interview was lost.
It’s a shame because Jarecki was
one of the most intelligent and interesting people I’ve ever had the pleasure to interview. Though you can
read Jarecki’s thoughts and opinions on his film’s Web site (www.
whywefight.com), the most interesting point came after the recorder
had been turned off. In the elevator
after the interview, he told me – and
I’m paraphrasing here – “people of
your generation are constantly told
they’re apathetic, but I go to college campuses and I don’t see any
apathy. It’s just not true, but if you
keep telling people something, they
start to believe it.”
He then told me we had a responsibility to prove to people that we
do have an independent voice and
aren’t apathetic. It was the rare
impression upon me that this was
an interview subject who actually
cared to make a difference. If any of
you have any vested interest in the
state of our country and why it is we
go to war, I can’t urge you strongly
enough to go see Jarecki’s extraordinary (and surprisingly even-handed)
“Why We Fight.”
So laughing at queers
shows tolerance, eh?
I swear I thought I was done
with “Brokeback,” but I just can’t
quit it. In a Toronto Star interview,
after being told that many regard
his “Crash” as an easier-to-swallow, less discomfiting liberal movie
than “Brokeback,” and that’s why
it won Best Picture, writer-director
Paul Haggis responded, “I thought
‘Brokeback’ was a really good movie
but, if you decided to vote for it, the
best reason would be you thought it
was a great movie about two human
beings, not because it’s a social
statement. And if you wanted to
see the gay community embraced
by Hollywood, well, the fact is that
happened a long time ago. I mean,
look at the popularity of ‘Will &
Grace.’”
I’m sorry, but the popularity of a
television show that depicts gays as
easy-to-laugh-at, flamboyant, nonsexual (and non-threatening) entities is hardly a sign of tolerance. It’s
because of shows like “Will” and
“Queer Eye for the Straight Guy”
that homosexuals are still looked
at as products that exist to make us
laugh or improve our fashion.
Audiences embrace
McConaughey’s ‘Failure’
I don’t usually take on box office,
but I couldn’t help but notice “Failure
to Launch,” the worst romantic comedy in years, was the #1 movie this
weekend with $24.4 million. Good
job, America. I didn’t get a chance
to review it, but seriously folks, this
thing is unwatchable. It’s not just
generic middle-of-the-road romantic
comedy; it’s aggressively bad and
mind-numbingly stupid. Besides the
typical annoying clichés, we’re also
treated to a prolonged scene of Terry
Bradshaw’s ass, and three scenes
of Matthew McConaughey getting
bitten by animals. This is by-thenumbers trash of the first degree,
and anyone who paid for it should
be ashamed.
Movies to get trashed to
Spring Break starts Friday and I
know everyone has all sorts of plans
for intoxication. I would never think
to encourage alcohol or drug use.
BUT—for those of you who plan
to drink, smoke, snort, trip, freebase, etc… I thought I’d recommend
some flicks better watched when
you’re destroyed. If there’s one
movie meant to be watched sloshed,
it’s Pauly Shore’s trapped-in-a-bubble movie “Bio-Dome.” Nearly as
delightful is the horrible-yet-widely-beloved “Hocus Pocus;” Bette
Midler and Sarah Jessica Parker’s
work as witches is worlds beyond
their more mainstream popular fare.
Robert Rodriguez’s “From Dusk till
Dawn” (the George Clooney vampire
flick) is fun as hell while sober,
but the movie’s transformation midway through is even more jarring
and awesome while you’re out of
your gourd. Two oft-forgotten (and
hilariously awful) kid movies that
play much better to the incoherent
are Disney’s wish-fulfillment movie
“Blank Check,” and “Top Dog,” a
buddy cop movie pairing Chuck
Norris and a dog. For fully-baked
riotousness, you can’t beat Chuck
Norris soaked in dog urine.
Genre: Thriller/Action
The Towerlight
March 16, 2006
Rating: R
Running Time: 132 min.
Who's in it: Hugo
Weaving,
Natalie
Portman, Stephen Rea,
John Hurt, Stephen Fry
Towerlight Rating:
Photo courtesy Warner Bros.
18 Natalie Portman plays a recently shorn Evey in “V for Vendetta.”
Photo courtesy the U.S. Department of Defense and Sony Pictures Classics
Bush and his team appear in the documentary “Why We Fight.”
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‘Why We Fight’ questions rationale for war
Documentary poignantly examines Eisenhower’s warnings of military-industrial complex
Photo courtesy Sony Pictures Classics
Dwight Eisenhower gives his farewell address in archival footage in “Why We Fight.”
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Arts Editor
Cheeburger Cheeburger takes
its name from the famous early
“Saturday Night Live” skit with John
Belushi and Dan Aykroyd where the
only thing on the menu at a local
restaurant was the “cheeburger” and
Pepsi. While Cheeburger Cheeburger
does serve Pepsi products, the chain
is a lot different from its namesake.
With a counter where you can
get what seems to be any flavor
shake and malt that ever existed,
the Mason jars that serve as cups,
and the James Dean and Marilyn
Monroe cut outs, the restaurant
sticks to its 1950’s theme.
The key menu feature is the hamburger, which comes in four sizes,
from the 5.5 ounce Classic to the
14 ounce Delirious. After choosing a size, all the toppings are
listed on a board. Only some things,
like bacon, extra cheese or sautéed
mushrooms, cost extra.
arsenal of democracy.”
Decades of presidents, Democratic and
Republican alike, are shown explaining the
need to use force somewhere in the world.
The film begins with Wilton Sekzer, a
Brooklyn father who lost his son in the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001. It uses
the same 9/11-to-Iraq timeline as “Fahrenheit
9/11,” but that’s where the similarities
between Michael Moore and Jarecki end.
“Why We Fight” may have an opinion, but it’s
not shoved in the viewer’s face. Instead, statements are laid out in such excruciating detail
that the final conclusion should be clear.
The images are lined up in damning and
dramatic ways. The film includes a striking
interplay between Iraq’s version of Hell on
Earth and the stereotypical images of hometown America, complete with diners, churches,
flag pinwheels, and corny songs.
It takes viewers to factories where weapons
are manufactured, ostensibly in support of
freedom and liberty, then cuts to a contractor expo where military officials shop for new
toys.
The film documents, in sometimes excruciating ways, the ways companies like Lockheed
Martin and Kellogg, Brown and Root benefit
from the “collusion” between the Pentagon
and private industry.
The film says the process works like this:
Companies propose new weapons systems, lowballing the costs and exaggerating the capabilities; they seek approval from the Pentagon;
then they flood money into Congressional districts to ensure that Congress will approve the
new funding. In the film, Sen. John McCain
says the arrangement between contractors and
military officials “borders on corruption.”
The predominant theme is clear: Follow the
money.
“You do have to follow the money. If you
follow the money here, it’s not so much that
Halliburton wanted a war, so they told Dick
Cheney to go get one for them. It wasn’t that.
But you do get a willingness to go to war,”
Karen Kwiatkowski, a retired lieutenant colonel, says.
The film touches on familiar themes: Vice
President Dick Cheney’s ties to Halliburton,
America’s support of Iraq in the 1980s, the
Pentagon’s Office of Special Plan’s role in
manipulating public opinion for a war in Iraq.
As it reaches its midway point, the content
becomes less compelling. The second half of
the film aims to paint a personal face on the
outcome of war. It tells the stories of the men
who dropped the first bombs in Baghdad in
2003, the Iraqi families who became collateral
damage, and a young man who wants to enlist.
These stories portray a contrast between the
military planners in Washington, D.C. and the
military men and women on the front lines,
but the real story in “Why We Fight” involves
the money.
As retired CIA official Chalmers Johnson
states in the middle of the film, “the defense
budget is three quarters of a trillion dollars.
Profits went up last year well over 25 percent. I
guarantee you, when war becomes that profitable, you’re going to see more of it.”
In a groundbreaking way, “Why We Fight”
demonstrates Johnson’s point in rich detail,
and it deserves every American’s attention.
Genre: Documentary
Rating: PG-13
Running Time: 114 min
Who's in it: Wilton Sekzer, Dwight
Eisenhower, Chalmers Johnson,
John McCain, George W. Bush,
Donald Rumsfeld, Dick Cheney
Towerlight Rating:
Perfect date: A ‘Cheeburger’
and any flavor shake you want
My dinner mates and I each
ordered The Classic with various
toppings. At $4.99 there is no need
for a bigger burger – this one is big-
ger than most fast food burgers or
anything you’ll get on campus, for
sure. The buns are just a bit big,
though, so I ate mine with just the
Heidi Greenleaf/The Towerlight
Cheeburger Cheeburger offers 78 different flavors for milkshakes.
bottom bun.
Not in the mood for a burger?
That’s fine: Cheeburger offers a
selection of salads and other simple
sandwiches like grilled chicken melt
and grilled cheese.
A great option I have seen only
at Cheeburger Cheeburger is the
opportunity of getting a platter of
fries and onion rings combined, or
“Frings.” This simple concept is a
money saver and also a good compromise for those on both ends of
the fried food spectrum.
The aforementioned shakes and
malts are very cool but the ‘50s
beverages don’t end there. They
offer ice cream sodas, root beer and
cola floats, egg creams and cherry,
vanilla and chocolate cokes.
One of the downsides to the restaurant is the long wait between
ordering and getting your hamburger. They post signs around the
restaurant that basically tell you it’s
worth the wait, but I’m not sure it
is. This doesn’t mean the servers
aren’t attentive though. Ours came
up to us on several occasions just
ready to help in any way.
My favorite part of the restaurant
is the trivial pursuit cards they place
on the table to play while you wait.
As a trivia queen, I think these cards
are a good ice breaker.
This is a great first date restaurant; it’s fun, affordable and cute
and you know what you are going to
get when you go there: cheeseburgers and lots to talk about.
Cheeburger
Cheeburger
Address:
2135 East York Rd.
Baltimore MD, 21045
Phone: (410) 252-4466
Rating:
March 16, 2006
From the first glimpses of a blue sky punctuated by a gray Air Force bomber, Eugene
Jarecki’s stunning documentary “Why We
Fight” is a study in contrasts. Does America
go to war for freedom and liberty, or does it go
to war for political and financial gain? Is the
country’s military-industrial complex a force
for peace or a dangerous tool?
The film, opening exclusively at The Charles
on Friday, is structured around former president Dwight Eisenhower’s farewell address
to the American people on January 17, 1961.
Eisenhower poignantly warned of the danger
of the “military-industrial complex” that has
come to define war as we know it.
Jarecki uses Eisenhower’s words to examine the country’s current foreign policy. Early
in the film, a producer asks a very average
middle-age American a simple question: “Why
do we fight?” The man looks at the producer
and answers: “I think we fight for ideals and
for what we believe in.” Then he adds, “I hope
that’s what it is,” and glances at the camera.
For a moment, viewers see, in this man’s
eyes, all the ignorance that envelops apathetic
Americans. Every person who “hopes” we
fight for “what we believe in” should see this
movie.
The film uses black and white newsreels
to demonstrate how World War II developed
American foreign power and established “the
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them in three times and they got
two goals.”
Senior
midfielder
Todd
MacMullan got the Tigers on the
board first with an extra-man goal
less than four minutes into the
game. Sophomore midfielder Adam
Hagelin made it a 2-0 Tiger lead at
the 9:24 mark of the quarter before
the Bulldogs fired back with two
goals of their own to tie the game.
It was all Tigers from that point,
however.
Griebe ignited a 7-0 Towson run
with an extra-man goal at the 1:16
mark of the first quarter to send the
game to the second quarter with
the Tigers leading, 3-2.
Between the first and second
quarter, Butler midfielder Phil
Brauch was called for an illegal
stick penalty, a three-minute, nonreleasable infraction. The Tigers
immediately took advantage.
Freshman attack Justin Schneider
scored 32 seconds into the quarter
and sophomore midfielder Brian
Vetter followed 50 seconds later to
stretch the lead to 5-2.
Four goals, two of them from
senior attack Phil Grillo, later the
Tigers were up 9-2 before a late
Butler goal made it a 9-3 Towson
lead at halftime.
The teams split six goals in the
third quarter of action with the
highlight being a six-second, 2-0
Towson run.
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Towson’s Nick Williams (left) shoots during the first half Wed.
After both sides exchanged goals
to begin the quarter, senior Steve
Mull scored his second goal of the
game off a feed from Griebe. Junior
Matt midfielder Eckerl won the
ensuing face-off, streaked down the
center of the field and found Griebe
on the wing for another score.
The game headed to the fourth
and final quarter with the Tigers
comfortably ahead, 12-6.
The Tigers ruined any hopes of
a potential comeback early in the
fourth quarter with two goals in
the first 2:25 to boost the lead to
eight and put the game completely
out of reach.
The big lead allowed Seaman
to get younger players some field
time.
“We wanted to give a couple
of the younger guys a chance to
play and see how they worked
out,” Seaman said. “I thought
they played pretty well. [Randall]
Cooper played well. [Jason] Donati
played okay. Schneider played some
and did a nice job. It’s nice to get
a game like this where we can use
everyone from the second half on.
At least by the end of the third
quarter we had everybody in there.
So, it was good.”
Griebe led the Tigers with four
goals and three assists. The sevenpoint effort was a career high.
Eckerl had his best effort of the
season on face-offs, winning 14 of
18 draws.
Senior Mark DeGroat made his
second consecutive start in goal,
allowing three goals on five shots.
With the game out of reach, sophomore Matt Antol replaced him in
the second half and allowed four
goals on 17 shots.
The Tigers’ return to action
on Sunday at 1 p.m. against the
No. 2 Virginia Cavaliers at Unitas
Stadium.
“I think [Virginia] is the best team
in the country right now,” Seaman
said. “They’ve never seen a bad pass.
They’ve never seen a shot they didn’t
like. They have great athletes. They
have great defensive players. It’s
going to be an interesting day.”
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Towson has now beaten Maryland at least once in the last four years.
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forward to going out and having a
good outing.”
Offensively, Towson got off to a
great start when redshirt freshman
Matt Collins tripled to lead off the
contest. Senior right fielder Adam
Heffron drove him home with a
single to right field for the first run.
Towson would never look back.
A.J. Tinnerella drove home the
second run when his double down
the right field line got past a diving
Matt Maropis, enabling Heffron to
score.
The Tigers scored twice more in
the second inning, both off wild
pitches.
Heffron struck again in the
fourth. With runners on second and
third and nobody out, he smashed a
triple into the right-center field gap,
scoring two more runs.
“I was just trying to hit a fly ball
and they threw me another changeup up [in the zone] and that was
the best I felt all year as far as hitting a ball goes,” Heffron said.
On the day, Heffron finished 2for-4 with two runs scored and three
RBIs.
Junior catcher Ryan Schreiter
continued swinging a hot bat, too,
clubbing a fifth-inning home run to
left field for the Tigers’ ninth and
final run.
Even with the offensive output,
the story of the day was Santmyer.
He lit up the scouts’ radar guns
Tuesday, hitting as high as 90 miles
per hour on a chilly, blustery day.
Gottlieb said that while Santmyer
needs to increase his stamina after
a pitching layoff, if he’s healthy, the
manager may look to move him into
the conference starting rotation.
“Hopefully we’ll move him [to
the conference rotation on Sunday
against William & Mary], but let’s
see how he recovers,” Gottlieb said.
Heffron knows getting back into
the win column was important, but
the team also has business to take
care of this weekend.
“It’s nice to be able to come out
and win a couple of games,” Heffron
said. “But we played that well at VCU
and we were in two of the games; we
had a chance to win. That was our
first [conference series] and they’re
supposed to be the second-best team
in the conference, so we just have
to keep it one game at a time this
weekend against William & Mary.
Last year we didn’t start all that
great, either, and, all of a sudden, we
caught fire.”
March 16, 2006
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TRANSFER: First start
ends in seven-run win
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sports
Small-ball edges out Mount St. Mary’s
Two-run fourth inning
helps Tigers to 2-0 win
Kiel McLaughlin
Assistant Sports Editor
Utilizing small-ball offense and making the
most of a costly Mount St. Mary’s error, the
Tigers (8-9) pushed two runners across the plate
in the fourth inning to score the only runs in
a 2-0 victory over The Mount (8-9) on a windy
Tuesday afternoon at Towson Center Field.
Junior shortstop Megan Zwoyer led off the
fourth frame with a single to right-center field.
Zwoyer advanced to second base after designated
hitter Jen Hastings laid down a sacrifice bunt.
Clean-up hitter Christine Navarro followed,
delivering a line drive single to center field, moving
Zwoyer to third base. Sophomore catcher Aimee
Rosa followed with a sacrifice fly to left field, scoring Zwoyer and giving the Tigers a 1-0 lead.
“[Playing small-ball] was huge for us,” Towson
Head Coach Lisa Costello said. “Jen [Hastings] did
a great job getting the bunt down. We weren’t able
to be as aggressive running bases today, because
we didn’t have as many base runners. We executed
and were able to scratch a few runs across.”
After Rosa’s RBI fly-out, freshman Emily Gould
hit a sharp ground ball down the third-base line,
between the legs of Mount St. Mary’s’ third baseman Kelli Seger. Navarro, who moved to second
on Rosa’s fly ball, scored on the play, giving the
Tigers a two-run lead.
Up until that point, neither team had been
able to find its rhythm in the batters box.
During the first three frames, both teams’
pitchers were able to keep the opposing batters
at bay.
Amid wind gusts of up to 25 miles per hour,
Tigers’ starter Jessica Fisher hit her spots and
changed speeds effectively, keeping The Mount’s
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Sophomore catcher Aimee Rosa drove in the Tigers’ first run with a sacrifice fly to left field.
batters off balance and striking out six hitters
on the day.
“[Fisher] has really came into her own this
year,” Costello said. “She started off really slow,
but has gotten better. She is going to get better
each time she is out there. The more innings she
throws, she’ll throw harder and harder.”
Tuesday’s shutout win over Mount St. Mary’s
improved Fisher’s record on the season to 5-4
and lowered her ERA to 2.21.
The Mount threatened in the sixth inning
when shortstop Amanda Burk gapped a two-out
Fisher offering to the right-center field fence for a
triple. However, Fisher ended the threat by snagging a Danyale Goode line drive up the middle for
the third and final out of the inning.
In the seventh, Fisher shut the door on a doubleplay ball off the bat of pinch-hitter Jamie Fowler.
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fell to UMBC, 4-3.
Towson dropped the first doubles match, but rebounded with
an 8-4 victory by Jessica Woolfolk
and Bogumila Patzer in the second
match.
After winning the third doubles
match by default, the Tigers went
into the singles matches up 1-0.
Even though UMBC defaulted
two singles matches to the Tigers,
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After winning five straight matches, the Tigers’ streak came to a sudden end Monday afternoon as they
CHANEY:
Coach won
741 games
in career
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22 Kelly Parsons (left) and Eva Otanke (right) lost in doubles Tuesday.
it managed to sweep the first four
singles matches to take the 4-3 win.
The loss dropped the Tigers to
8-5 on the season and bumped the
Retrievers up to 2-7.
Towson will be back in action
Tuesday, March 28 when it will play
host to Villanova at 3 p.m.
Christina Ghani named
ECAC Gymnast of Week
For the third time this season, Christina Ghani, the defending ECAC Gymnast of the Year,
was named ECAC Gymnast of the
Week.
The junior led the Tigers to a
season-high team score in their final
home meet last Saturday against
Rutgers and Yale.
In the meet, Ghani finished first
on the vault for the ninth consecutive time with a 9.875 score and
first on the floor exercises with a
9.75 total. She also finished first in
the all-around competition, which
marked the sixth time in Towson’s
10 meets this season that she has
accomplished the feat.
Ghani is currently ranked ninth
in the all-around for the NCAA
Southeast region with a 38.888
regional qualifying score.
the best out of everyone around
him, whether it was playing basketball, or in the classroom.
When it came time to schedule
games, Chaney would always schedule some of the top teams in the
nation, even when he knew his team
was not that great.
It wasn’t about winning for
Chaney, it was about giving the men
on his team an experience that they
always remembered.
Whether it was playing against a
powerhouse like Duke at Cameron
Indoor Stadium or taking on a top
10 team at home in Philadelphia,
his players would always remember
those days.
They will always remember
Chaney.
In his farewell press conference,
as he walked away from the podium
for the last time, he said, “Excuse
me while I disappear.”
Well John, you may be disappearing from the sidelines, but from
true fans of the game, you will definitely be in our hearts and minds
forever.
Thank you for the memories,
Coach. You have touched the hearts
of more people than you may ever
know.
THROW: Robinson wins
javelin by almost 20 feet
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get down the road.”
Towson Head Coach Roger
Erricker said he is very excited
to see how quickly Robinson has
jumped back into the competition.
“I laughed when I saw it,”
Erricker said. “She’s pretty special
and I chuckle because many people
work their whole lives to get to a
point. She goes out and qualifies
on one throw. She is the top dog
here, but she is also a great teammate and very helpful.”
Robinson also finished ninth in
the shot put with a toss of 39 feet,
2.25 inches on Saturday.
On the first day, junior Shyvonne
Sanganoo, junior Ashley Brooks
and sophomore Renee Rowe turned
in top-20 performances in field
events.
On the second day of competition, a pair of senior distance runners starred for Towson, as Megan
Lerch and Sara McElroy each
grabbed first-place finishes.
Lerch pulled away from her competitors in the 5000-meter, finishing with a time of 17:47.29, more
than a full 25 seconds ahead of
Davidson’s Emily King.
While Lerch won going away,
McElroy’s victory didn’t come so
easily.
Coming down the stretch in the
800-meter run, McElroy was able
to stretch out just enough to finish
six-tenths of a second ahead of
Wheaton’s Ellen Christiansen.
“Sara took command around the
200 mark and kept control from
there,” Erricker said. “We were
running against some very good
competition and races like these
will help us later.”
Junior Renee Passalacqua also
competed in the 800, finishing fourth,
two seconds behind McElroy.
On the track, senior Rebecca
duRivage-Jacobs and freshman
Alea Murphy both showed well in
the 100-meter hurdles, capturing
third and tenth place respectively.
On the field, duRivage-Jacobs
continued her strong second-day
showing, placing third in the triple
jump. Senior Nina Perkins took
fifth in the event and planted a
third-place distance in the long
jump, leaping 17’8.25”.
“I thought this was a very good
opening meet for us,” Erricker said.
“These events gave us an idea to
where we are to start the season.”
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March 16, 2006
My Birthday. Christmas. The first
two days of the NCAA Tournament.
These are my favorite four days of
the year, in no particular order.
There is no better time to be a
sports fan than this. In fact, there
is no better time to be a casual
follower of any athletic endeavor,
because during the month of March
that is the only prerequisite to being
inflicted with the Madness.
You may not have sat through an
entire game, but chances are you have
an unwavering opinion on George
Washington’s seeding, Air Force’s
bid, Gonzaga’s Final Four chances
and Bruce Pearl’s wardrobe.
Wherever you go, there’s an argument to win. And, just like in the
Big Dance, those you least expect to
win often do.
See, I (among others, I’m sure)
encounter two highly related
problems when I go to fill out my
bracket. First, I have the insatiable
desire to research each team to have
a firmer basis for my selections
(but mostly just so I sound kind
of smart when Tournament discussions arise). Which leads me to my
second problem: I know all too well
that hours of research and number
of correct picks are often inversely
proportional.
So, having filled out a ‘gut
bracket’ as soon as the field was
announced, as well as a more well
thought-out field of picks, I can’t
help but be a little more confident
in the former.
With that said, and with even less
confidence in my selections than I
had prior to that little dissertation,
here is what (I think) I expect to
go down.
We’ll start with the upsets. As
hard as I tried to get rid of Memphis
early, I have them and each of the
one seeds advancing to the Sweet
16. However, I think the Tigers’ run
ends when they face Kansas in the
second weekend.
In this weekend’s games I’ve got
Steve Burtt (25.2 points per game)
and Iona over LSU, and Utah State
over Washington in the first round.
And Wichita State over Tennessee,
along with Nick Fazekas (21.8
points, 10.3 rebounds) and Nevada
over the suddenly-popular Boston
College Eagles in the second round.
Every year there are a handful
of can’t-miss match-ups. This year,
if things go according to plan, you
should mark down the following
games as must-sees: Michigan St. vs.
UNC in the second round, Memphis
vs. Kansas in the Sweet 16, Duke vs.
Texas in the Elite Eight, and part
three of Villanova vs. UConn in the
Final Four.
Speaking of which, after hours
of deliberation I have settled on
my Final Four. Three of which I am
confident in. And one I can’t believe
I still have standing.
The aforementioned Cats and
Huskies, Texas, and (sigh) Gonzaga.
Texas is my champ, and the Huskies’
second National Championship
appearance in three years ends with
a loss.
P.J. Tucker (2) and Texas received a No. 2 seed in the Atlanta region.
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BASEBALL
Santmyer leads way over Terps
Luke Brietzke
Senior Writer
It took Seton Hall-transfer Mike
Santmyer exactly three outs to prove
what kind of impact he can have at
Towson.
Tuesday afternoon at John B.
Schuerholz Park, the senior struck
out the first three hitters he saw and
struck out a total of eight in 4 2/3
innings, leading Towson (5-10) to a
9-2 victory over Maryland (6-11).
“He had a very good fastball and
he had an outstanding breaking
ball, and that was the differencemaker,” Towson Manager Mike
Gottlieb, who described Santmyer’s
first three innings as “dominating,”
said. “And he was able to throw
[the breaking ball] for a strike and
get them to chase it out of the zone
when they had two strikes on them,
which is what pitching with a breaking ball is all about.”
Santmyer, who suffered through
shoulder tendonitis early this year,
was lifted with the bases loaded and
two outs in the fifth after issuing his
only two walks.
Junior Joe Peeler came in and
slammed the door that inning with
a strikeout of Maryland’s cleanup
hitter, Chad Durakis.
Santmyer (1-0) earned the win in
his first home start for the Tigers.
“I was definitely looking forward
to starting this whole season and
this was the first time I was actually able to be called upon to start
a game,” Santmyer said. “I wasn’t
really nervous because this is my
fifth year, so I’ve gotten used to
going out and pitching. I just look
See TRANSFER, page 21
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Senior Mike Santmyer struck out eight in 4 2/3 innings Tuesday.
MEN’S LACROSSE
TRACK & FIELD
Offensive attack overwhelms Butler
Robinson highlights TU
effort at Coastal Carolina
Kiel McLaughlin
Assistant Sports Editor
Heidi Greenleaf/The Towerlight
It was as if she had been
practicing with the apparatus all
winter.
Junior Kelly Robinson, three
days after stepping off the basketball hardwood, and having
practiced only once with the
track and field team, captured
the javelin throw Friday to highlight the Tigers’ trip to Coastal
Carolina.
Now a three-time NCAA qualifier in the javelin, Robinson blew
away the field. Second-place
finisher, Susquehanna’s Ashley
Moorman’s toss came up 20 feet
short of Robinson’s heave of
150 feet. In one mighty heave,
Robinson qualified for both the
ECAC and NCAA championships
later this spring.
“I tried to warm up a little bit
earlier than usual, just to try to
get some of the reps in I had been
missing at practice,” Robinson
said. “It’s kind of like riding a
bike. Once you get out there and
start throwing, you just pick it
right back up. Honestly, though,
I didn’t think I would throw 150
[feet], which should be a good
sign for how much better I can
See THROW, page 22
Towson’s Matt Eckerl (left) battles Butler’s Brendan Flanagan (right) for control of a face-off.
Tigers score season-high 16 goals to beat
Butler, snap losing streak at two games
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Terence Flyntz
Associate Sports Editor
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After falling behind early in their
last two losses against Binghamton
and Maryland, the No. 15 Tigers
(2-2) reversed the trend Wednesday
night, grabbing a quick 2-0 lead of
their own and cruising to a 16-7
blowout victory against Butler (1-4)
at a cold and windy Johnny Unitas
Stadium.
“We scored 12 goals in the last
two games combined and we came
out in the first half versus Maryland
and didn’t even score a goal,” junior
attack Bobby Griebe said. “So we
were pretty fired up tonight on our
home field to try to come out and
get as many goals as we could. Our
ON
goal was 15 [goals] and we got 15.”
The Tigers had struggled in their
extra-man offense up to this point
in the season, but it was a major
weapon against the Bulldogs.
Four of Towson’s first five goals
came in man-up situations and the
sixth Tiger goal came only three
seconds after a Butler penalty had
expired. The Tigers finished the
night 6-7 on man-up opportunities.
“We shot the ball better [on
extra-man opportunities],” Towson
Head Coach Tony Seaman said.
“This whole game is so easy when
you shoot the ball well. We found
the open guy and I used a whole
different man-up team, too. I put
See GOALS, page 21
In This Corner:
Chaney should be remembered for positives
You can say
what you want
about
John
Chaney. But
the man is one
of the greatest basketball
coaches of all
time, both in
college and the
p ro fe s s i o n a l
levels.
Yes, he has been a part of many
controversies during his 34 years
as a college basketball coach, but
Chaney’s legacy should not be limited to those moments.
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It should be his 741 career wins
as a college coach (516 in his 24
years at Temple), placing him fifth
among active coaches in career
wins. It should be about his seven
Atlantic-10 titles while at Temple.
And putting the numbers aside,
it should be about every life he
touched, whether it was a player’s,
or anyone else who ever met the
man.
On Monday, Chaney announced
his retirement and then on Tuesday
his career officially came to an end
when Temple lost to Akron 80-73 in
the opening round of the NIT.
But the career-ending loss isn’t
an accurate descriptor of Chaney’s
tenure at Temple.
Chaney wanted what was best for
every player he ever coached. Not
just on the basketball court, but in
life as well.
He knew only a few of his players
were going to make it in the NBA,
so he made sure they would have
the most positive life experience as
a member of his team, both on and
off the court.
He didn’t stand for mediocrity.
Although his team finished barely
above .500 in each of the last four
seasons, Chaney always demanded
See CHANEY, page 22
Recent Scores & U PCOMING G AMES:
Baseball: TU 9, Maryland 2
M. Lax: TU 16, Butler 7
W. Lax vs. UNH...........3/16 3:30 p.m.
M. Lax vs. Virginia.............3/19 1 p.m.