As a part of Transgender Awareness Week, a transmasculinity panel brought local insiders to Towson to answer questions and share personal stories about living in the transgender community.
Landscape management services notified of
With great confusion, the Towson facilities management department was notified that the Virginia Tech memorial tree was vandalized last Friday, leaving them asking why.
Intramural sports are following other universities’ lead and keeping teams’ playing fees for this year, something they gave back to athletes as a deposit in the past.
System negotiates with Board of Public System Works, still sees significant budget loss
According to an e-mail sent by University System of Maryland Board of Regents student regent and Towson senior Sarah Elfreth, the Board of Public Works approved $362 million in budget cuts this morning – cutting $25 million to the USM.
First transgender ‘Real World’ cast member spreads awareness
Katelynn Cusanelli, the first transgendered person on MTV’s popular reality series “The Real World,” spoke in the Potomac Lounge Monday night to kick off Transgender Awareness Week.
Senators find common problems with students taking advantage of space
The Student Government Association senate raised concern during Tuesday’s general meeting about the use of the Conowingo Lounge, a room in the Susquehanna Terrace set aside for student groups to use as a workplace.
There are people in the Towson community that have experienced life on the streets, but many students may have not talked to anyone in that situation or been in that position themselves.
A new student group is looking for warm bodies to help it get started. Prospective members must be aggressive, self-starters and possess quality braaaaaaiiiiiiiinnnns.
A new diversity committee, launching this week, will work toward engaging various areas of the University in conversation.
Beginning with three things every college student should master and ending with a debate about running in the 2010 election, former governor Robert L. Ehrlich, Jr. spoke to a full auditorium on Tuesday.
Strike one, strike two, strike three and you’re out at this year’s “Fratz at Bat” baseball fundraiser.
Throughout the last month, the Interfraternity Council’s executive board went through major renovations as a vacant presidential position caused a complete shift in power.
LGBT Student Development hosts week of events for second year to raise awareness and support
Towson’s annual Transgender Awareness Week plans to offer speakers, events and workshops to raise awareness about the transgender community as well as offer support for Towson’s students.
Towson’s College of Health Professions will begin the implementation of the Partners in Academic and Live Success initiative as a result of a recent $900,000 grant rewarded by the Department of Human and Health Services’ Youth Empowerment Programs.
What would happen if a shooter was on campus? How would the University police be able to control the situation?
Reading the fine print in pregnancy center advertising may become a lot easier if Baltimore City Council President Stephanie Rawlings-Blake has her way.
As cats cover campus, faculty create Trap-and-Release plan
The bronze cat that stands in front of Stephens Hall isn’t the only feline on Towson’s campus.
Nov. 1: In Tower C of the Glen Complex, an intoxicated resident student refused transportation to a hospital.
Due to recent controversies surrounding the electronic course catalogs, Towson has decided to offer free print catalogs to all new students and transfer students.
If a student can recognize the Petronas Twin Towers or Mount Kilimanjaro in a photo, then they should consider signing up for the “Where in the World?” photo contest. International Education Week will kickoff a series of events beginning Nov. 16 to help students and faculty gain a new perspective on the world.
One of Towson’s newest clubs involves an activity unlike any other: jumping out of an airplane.
ADELPHI—The University System of Maryland Board of Regents approved chancellor William “Brit” Kirwan’s recommendation to not implement a new policy regarding use of campus facilities for films shown purely for entertainment purposes.
Sophomore makes short film based on domestic violence
Some electronic media and film students hang around until they get an assignment to shoot their own film. Not Daniel Hess; the sophomore struck out on his own to film “Abuse,” a 20-minute short film about domestic violence.
During the committee reports at Tuesday’s Student Government Association meeting, senator and University System of Maryland Student Council representative Jessica Dickerson gave details regarding the policy about the showing of obscene materials.
Over a 48-hour period, Delta Sigma Phi proved that no one is ever too old to play on playground equipment, especially if it’s for a good cause.
Most wouldn’t think greased pumpkins flying through the air would relate to a fundraising effort, but Towson’s Lambda Chi Alpha chapter held a “Pumpkin Bust” to raise money for their philanthropy, the North American Food Drive, on Thursday.
Before getting out of the car, after finding a parking spot in a campus garage, students may want to think twice about what they place around their rearview mirror.
About 150 participants came together on Towson’s campus to bring the issue of suicide “out of the darkness.” They began with a walk at The Counseling Center and ended at Parking Lot 6 on Sunday morning to raise awareness of suicide prevention.
In teams of four, 52 students took off in a mad dash out of Paws on Friday night.
Responses to volunteer requests were too low to produce edition
The cycle has begun. Towson University’s Tower Echoes will not be producing a yearbook this year
Towson-based global headquarters leaves area, affects economy and jobs
As the merging process begins for Black and Decker and Stanley, there is some skepticism about the effects the merge may have, especially in Towson.
The health center is offering an additional H1N1 clinic on Wednesday, Nov. 11, due to the lack of attendance at the two clinics held on Monday and Wednesday of last week.
Oct. 27: In Newell Hall, a resident student reported receiving offensive telephone calls from an unknown suspect. TUPD advised taking special precautions and the resident was given a crime victims brochure.
Deployed troops who have ties to Towson, either through friends or family, will be lent a helping hand this Veteran’s Day.
The Loch Raven room was filled Tuesday night as the Student Government Association debated the resolution brought forth by the Black Student Union, which asked for the SGA’s support in establishing a black studies department at Towson.
Approximately 1,200 students are currently registered with Towson’s Disability Support Service department, but the policies implemented inside the classroom have become a source of discord among some professors this semester.
The Fall 2009 furlough plan is now in effect and one of its provisions requires Towson University police officers to take furlough days at the same rate as any other University faculty and staff.
TU prepares for deficit scenario
In reference to the hardships the University must face to alleviate the state budget’s deficit, Towson President Robert Caret began his report to the University Senate Monday by saying, “Up until the last two years we were having a great time [in regard to financial issues].”
College of Liberal Arts faculty host discussions to broaden classroom methods
Faculty and professors are seeking to improve their skills to better cater to the different audiences they’re teaching.
Towson representative brings together students and community members
Spurring from tensions with the community regarding students living in off-campus neighborhoods, Towson’s new program looks to be making changes.
Towson has received 3,000 of the 17,000 ordered H1N1 vaccines due to a vaccination shortage, according to vice president for student affairs Deb Moriarty.
The roundabout will make a new traffic pattern permanent
To alleviate traffic and make pedestrian walking more safe and appealing, a new project to redo the central Towson roundabout is in the design phase.
Towson’s job search database, Hire@TU, is set up for students to use and benefit from, but some students are not always impressed with the results, whether it be because of the system or the job market.
Police investigating a message in Room 316 from anonymous person
Towson University police are investigating a note written on a white board in Room 316 of the University Union by an unknown person Friday afternoon.
Candidate Charles Lollar challenges House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer
Towson Conservatives hosted a special guest speaker on Wednesday who is running for a seat in U.S. Congress.
WASHINGTON – Democrats are still struggling to find a strategy that will let them push a health care overhaul through the Senate and fulfill President Barack Obama’s goal of signing a bill this year.
More than 200 wounded, 93 killed at a busy, northwestern market Wednesday
PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) – A car bomb struck a busy market in northwestern Pakistan on Wednesday, killing 93 people — mostly women and children — as visiting Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton pledged U.S. support for Islamabad’s campaign against Islamic militants.
The black studies department resolution, a piece of legislation that supports establishing a new academic department on campus, was revisited during the Student Government Association meeting on Tuesday in the Loch Raven room.
If students are looking to get involved in a student group this year, they may not need to try hard.
Already this semester, more new student groups have formed on campus than all of last year. Currently, there are 21 groups in various stages of founding their organizations, including The Writer’s Block, Towson University Community Vegetable Garden and the Staff Infection A Cappella. To put that in perspective, there were only 20 groups founded throughout last year, according to Mary Leeper, the Student Government Association administrative assistant.
Towson’s University Village apartment complex is a part of a unique fundraiser, which will take place on Friday afternoon when more than one-thousand bras will be strung around the reflecting pool in Washington, D.C. to promote breast cancer awareness.
Oct. 14: In the University Store, an unknown person took several books.
The American College and University Presidents’ Climate Commitment was formed in 2007 to address the need for changes in climate and leadership in the higher education community. The idea is that institutions all over the country develop carbon neutrality plans to reduce greenhouse gas emissions on college campuses.
The black studies department resolution, a piece of legislation that supports establishing a new academic department on campus, was revisited during the Student Government Association meeting on Tuesday in the Loch Raven room.
The Paca and Tubman houses located in West Village became open to students in fall 2008, but not for a cheap price.
The American College and University Presidents’ Climate Commitment was formed in 2007 to address the need for changes in climate and leadership in the higher education community. The idea is that institutions all over the country develop carbon neutrality plans to reduce greenhouse gas emissions on college campuses.
The black studies department resolution, a piece of legislation that supports establishing a new academic department on campus, was revisited during the Student Government Association meeting on Tuesday in the Loch Raven room.
The Paca and Tubman houses located in West Village became open to students in fall 2008, but not for a cheap price.
If students are looking to get involved in a student group this year, they may not need to try hard.
Already this semester, more new student groups have formed on campus than all of last year. Currently, there are 21 groups in various stages of founding their organizations, including The Writer’s Block, Towson University Community Vegetable Garden and the Staff Infection A Cappella. To put that in perspective, there were only 20 groups founded throughout last year, according to Mary Leeper, the Student Government Association administrative assistant.
After finishing in second place last week at the Austin Peay Invitational, Towson tied for eighth place out of the 14 competing schools in Kitty Hawk, N.C. Tuesday. The Tigers finished with a team score of 599 (307 Monday, 292 Tuesday) at the Seascape Invitational, hosted by repeating champions Old Dominion.
Discussions over film policy makes way into USM meeting
At the University System of Maryland Board of Regents meeting Friday, a student representative from USM Student Council expressed concerns over the proposed film policy.
Central Towson receives help from TU in an effort to revamp community
The threat and later downpour of rain did not stop hundreds of people from volunteering their time for the Town and Gown Clean-up Day Saturday morning.
Towson is creating a new identity theft policy in accordance with a legal mandate required by the Federal Trade Commission.
Audience members of all ages and genders filled the Sheppard Pratt Health Center’s conference room for internationally known author and speaker Jenni Schaefer. She spoke about what it means to fully recover from eating disorders.
SGA legislation seeking Black studies department within five years
Following extensive research and backing from students groups, the Student Government Association has been presented with a resolution for a black studies department on campus.
Every seat in the Stephens Hall Auditorium was filled Monday night when just less than 700 students and faculty reached the fire code limit for the “I Heart Female Orgasm” event, a nationally popular sex education lecture.
Two new flat screen plasma televisions were installed on the first and third floors of the University Union on Wednesday. The screens are designed to provide a variety of informational content for students and visitors to the Union.
Oct. 7: In the University Union, a theft was reported when someone took clothing from the bookstore. Oct. 7: In the University Union, a resident student was arrested for theft from the bookstore. Oct. 8: In Prettyman Hall, a theft was reported when someone took a backpack from a dorm room.
The State of Diversity discussion on Monday night aimed to increase interaction among the campus population, but a majority of its attendees were members of Brotherhood: Leaders of a Beautiful Struggle and the Black Student Union.
Although Towson is set to become a smoke-free campus on Aug. 1, 2010, the administration has not yet finalized the specifics of its smoke-free policy.
Registrar’s office tries new method for registration, halts initial class release
Students who are eagerly waiting to plan their Spring 2010 schedule may be in for a long haul, as classes have not been placed onto Towson Online Services as of Wednesday.
There’s one demographic on campus that has yet to have a dedicated group for them – first generation students, or students that are the first in their family to attend a college or university.
Tuesday’s Student Government Association meeting saw the open dialogue and discussion of two resolutions that will affect Towson’s campus population.
Following last year’s adult movie screening at the University of Maryland College Park, the buzz about pornography is still around.
The RecycALL program is the newest addition to Towson’s twenty-year-old single-stream recycling program.
It is midway into the first semester and it seems that the neighboring communities are pleased with the University and its students so far.
As thousands of troops and millions of dollar are currently committed in the Middle East, two Towson faculty members share their perspectives on the cost of war.
The “Save a Life” tour visited campus on Wednesday to provide students with a unique experience and twist on the message “don’t drink and drive.”
Towson and University of Delaware bring in more than $24,000 from Pigskin Pass fundraiser
Saturday’s rain didn’t stop the Towson student athletes from participating in the annual Pigskin Pass fundraiser, which raised more than $24,000 for the Special Olympics.
Inclement weather and strict policies discourage students from festivities
Strict policies and bad weather left the student body unimpressed with Towson’s homecoming tailgate on Saturday.
Many students on campus were in attendance for Peterson Toscano’s talk on Monday evening. Toscano spoke about his 17-year experience with ex-gay therapy, recalling his terrifying encounter of three exorcisms that attempted to shock him out of being gay.
With more U.S. troops going toward the borders of Afghanistan, students and faculty weighed in with diverse opinion on having troops in war zones during The New York Times Talk Monday afternoon.
Tower B resident unintentionally kicks through study room glass
Imagine yourself in a quiet study room in your residence hall, minding your own business, when, all of a sudden, a glass window shatters right next to you with someone’s foot coming right through.
With more U.S. troops going toward the borders of Afghanistan, students and faculty weighed in with diverse opinion on having troops in war zones during The New York Times Talk Monday afternoon.
With more U.S. troops going toward the borders of Afghanistan, students and faculty weighed in with diverse opinion on having troops in war zones during The New York Times Talk Monday afternoon.
Tuesday’s Student Government Association meeting saw the open dialogue and discussion of two resolutions that will affect Towson’s campus population.
Senior speech and language pathology major Deanna Ashkeboussi, left, and senior psychology major Alicia Bowen spent their Tuesday afternoon as the Body Avengers as a way to promote Love Your Body Week at Towson, sponsored by the Counseling Center.
Shuttles and additional parking lots may be added as University expands
There won’t be many policy changes implemented for this year’s Homecoming tailgate, but the University is starting to think of ways to expand the festivities for future years.
Despite a failed attempt to produce a photo of students spelling out “Towson” at a previous Tigerfest, the Student Government Association decided to give the photo a second chance for this year’s Homecoming with the human spelling of “TU.”
Let’s talk about sex, baby.
Amidst recent controversies, the Sexual Assault Prevention and Response Committee sponsored “Tiger Sex” in the Glen and Newell dining halls, reaching almost 300 students in attendance to teach them about safe sex.
New York Times program expands to include more sources
This just in: more publications are going to be delivered to Towson’s campus after students expressed an interest in having a wider variety of news available to them.
Alpha Gamma Delta raises money for children’s diabetes
Alpha Gamma Delta gave all students a chance to spend a romantic evening with a fraternity brother - at a price.
Kappa Delta spent their Saturday bonding with younger girls helping to teach them positive self-esteem.
College students who dream of places where beer taps flow forever are in luck. Going to Towson or living in the Baltimore area puts them even closer to the action.
Students walking around campus may have noticed the conspicuously empty, off-color spaces where pay phones were once installed.
Second round in place to cut back Univ. spending
University administrators drafted a plan for furloughs in their continuing efforts to cut back University spending.
Peterson Toscano speaks on years spent struggling with homosexuality
A Christian theatrical performance activist and an “ex-gay” survivor, Peterson Toscano spent 17 years of his life struggling to “de-gay” himself – he tried and failed.
New York Times program expands to include more sources
This just in: more publications are going to be delivered to Towson’s campus after students expressed an interest in having a wider variety of news available to them.
While most students are paying $500 or more per semester for books, two non-affiliates thought they could walk away with $2,400 worth of textbooks and illegal drugs in their possession without being penalized.
Roughly 2,000 people in attendance helped raise $127,000 for a cause
If students passed by Burdick Field Saturday morning, they would’ve been met head to waist with a giraffe.
Following last year’s adult movie screening at the University of Maryland College Park, the buzz about pornography is still around.
The freshman 15: a dreaded college epidemic induced by all-you-can-eat dining halls and too many booze-filled nights out.
The Student Computing Services studio in the Cook Library, room 36, has a newly updated multimedia lab.
For the first time in three weeks, there were more than racial slurs brought to the floor during Tuesday’s Student Government Association meeting.
TU goes PINK group ‘works to save the boobs’
TU goes PINK describes themselves as “Towson Tigers working to save the boobs,” in an effort to sell various cancer support items to raise money for National Breast Cancer Awareness month.
Sharks, heights and spiders are some of the more common fears people dread facing, but Janice Chubski thought going to college topped that list.
Empty storefronts in central Towson worry business community
Walking along the streets of central Towson, window shoppers do not have to look far to see a “for rent” or “for lease” sign hanging in an empty retail space. Vacancies and business turnovers persist in the area, totaling about 18.
Student escorted from University store following accusations
Junior Henry Basta claims that although he was accused of shoplifting from the University Store, it is the campus police who should be reported for stealing his school spirit.
The University System of Maryland Board of Regents committee on finance voted unanimously to approve Towson’s update to its 2003-2013 Facilities Master Plan.
More off-campus locations attract student clientele
Multiple Towson area businesses have been added to the existing list of places trying to cater to students’ stomachs and wallets simultaneously by joining Towson’s OneCard program.
Weekend allows for students to share experiences
After having dropping students off at the end of August, families make their way back to campus.
Strict penalties include two-year license suspension
Driving while under the influence of alcohol now carries more consequences than it ever has before.
Accusation of racial, homophobic slurs lead to petition to impeach
When roll was called in Tuesday’s Student Government Association meeting, Dylan Hattem notably received no reply.
Thanks to the Maryland Higher Education Commission, Towson will launch a program to promote college attendance for Baltimore City elementary and middle schools.
Towson launches “T-veggie” program to recognize various eating choices
Posters of a woman fashioned in a dress made of vegetables are in various locations on campus as Dining Services launched their additions to the vegetarian menus.
Faculty, students raise concern over finding spaces in lots
Lots of Jan Brady impressionists showed up to Tuesday’s fall forum with one dominant concern: parking, parking, parking.
College-orientated Web site allows for anonymous discussion and gossip
As Juicy Campus withered away last year, a new site for campus gossip spouted, giving college students a second chance for anonymous postings about topics of their choice.
Students, faculty, community members and families gathered together on Burdick Field to raise money and awareness for disabilities support for the first time at Towson Friday night.
Newell Dining Hall sees renovations for improving recycling, delivery
Builders on campus are reconstructing the Newell Hall loading docks to make food delivery one step easier, among other reasons.
Faculty and administration experience temp. network shortage
An increase in online traffic has contributed to a problem with the on-campus Internet.
After three days, missing girl from Towson area returns home safe
After being missing for three days, the 14-year-old girl from the Towson area strolled into the lobby of Precinct 11 in Essex Thursday evening.
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