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2 Sep 2010 | One Comment | By Kevin Hess, Senior Writer
Bloomington Blowout Tigers fall to Hoosiers 51-17 in first regular season game

The Towson Tigers opened the 2010 football season the same way they did in 2009, with a big loss to a Big Ten opponent. Thursday night at Memorial Stadium in Bloomington, Ind., the Tigers fell to the Indiana Hoosiers by a 51-17 final score.
Towson started the game off strong, stopping the Indiana offense on the first series of the game by making the Hoosiers go three and out.
On Towson’s first offensive possession, quarterback Chris Hart connected with sophomore wide receiver Alex Blake at the Tigers 37-yardline. Blake turned up field, …

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Columns, Opinion »

2 Sep 2010 | No Comments | By Your A Idiot
No mo’ grammer errers 4 me Dear Mr. T. Idiot, / / Please tell me that your column title is tongue-in-cheek, because I would be sorely vexed (and we all know how painful that is) to think that [The] Towerlight, where I once served as Features Editor, would foster such gross grammar errors. / For the title to make any sense, you either need to remove the “a” (the preferred method if title is not tongue-in-cheek) or change the possessive “your” to the contraction “you’re.” / The article “an” should precede a noun beginning with a vowel. Thanks for attending ... Read the full story »

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2 Sep 2010 | No Comments | By Stephanie Loverde, Freshman
Freshman already published author What were you doing when you were 13 years old? Wondering what you were going to get on that algebra test that you just took? Were you thinking about who was going to ask you to the eigth grade dance in a few weeks? Or were you beginning to write a novel? / Hi, my name is Stephanie Loverde. I am a current freshman here at Towson and the author of “Through an Olympian’s Eyes.” This book was published last November and is now available on Amazon.com and on BarnesandNoble.com. I am ... Read the full story »

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1 Sep 2010 | No Comments | By Kennard Wallace, Columnist
Hope and change? Hello once again TU, I hope you have enjoyed your first week of classes and have started your September off to a wonderful start. I know I have! / Want to know why? If you do, keep reading. If not, focus your eyes elsewhere. My birth month of September has begun amazingly because I happened to have stumbled across this quote from an online CNN article as I was doing my daily blogging. It reads: / “At 5 p.m. ET Tuesday [August 31],-at a cost of more than 4,400 U.S. military personnel killed and 30,000 wounded- ... Read the full story »

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1 Sep 2010 | No Comments | By Sarah Ninivaggi
Free rides to mall, grocery stores Carless students no longer need to worry about walking uptown or paying for cabs on the weekend; a new shuttle service may cover their Towson transportation needs. Read the full story »

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1 Sep 2010 | No Comments | By Carly Wellham
The Towson University chapter of Phi Alpha Delta was chartered on April 10, 2010 after a group of interested students contacted the pre-law operations director. Read the full story »

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1 Sep 2010 | No Comments | By Rachael Sanders
At the Student Government Association’s first meeting of the new semester, the Senate passed a resolution that will allow students to have more freedom of expression on campus. Read the full story »

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1 Sep 2010 | No Comments | By Rachael Sanders
Pay as you go yoga Towson’s Lifeline Power Yoga studio will soon become the largest donation-based yoga studio in the Baltimore area. / Read the full story »

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1 Sep 2010 | No Comments | By Meghan Gallagher
Guest passes go green in all residence halls Remember when getting a guest pass meant having to fill out a time-consuming sheet of paper which had to be recorded, printed and filed by a Community Center worker at the front desk of your dorm? Read the full story »

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1 Sep 2010 | No Comments | By Colin Stevens, Sports Editor
Changing the face of his game During a scrimmage one week before the season opener against the Indiana Hoosiers, it was evident who the team’s leader was on the defensive side of the ball. Yaky Ibia went all-out during each snap, smashing heads with offensive lineman as he knifed into the backfield. And even when he was on the sideline, the 6 foot 2  senior’s voice could be heard throughout Johnny Unitas Stadium as he encouraged his teammates on the field. / A year ago this display would not have been seen at a Tiger practice. / “He wasn’t able ... Read the full story »

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1 Sep 2010 | No Comments | By Sam Smith, Assistant Sports Editor
Season opens with shutout on the road Even though the Tigers were forced to play a man down for the majority of the game, the Tigers shut out the Mountaineers of Mount St. Mary’s 2-0 in the season opener Wednesday night. / After preaching the importance of defense all preseason long, head coach Frank Olszewski said he was pleased with how the defense performed in the face of adversity. / “You’re going to get tested when you are a man down defensively and the 10 has to play like 11,” he said. “They’ve got to move that way, and they’ve got ... Read the full story »