For the last 16 years, former governor and congressman Robert Ehrlich has delivered a lesson to Richard Vatz's persuasion class. Each semester there are new students to fill the seats and additional issues on the national and local levels to discuss. On his semi-annual visit to Van Bokkelen Hall Thursday, April 3, Ehrlich discussed the presidential election race, the increased sales tax, slots in Maryland, and even the Baltimore Orioles.
Students with 89 or fewer credits at the end of Fall 2007 can sign up for on-campus housing Wednesday in the University Union Chesapeake Rooms I and II. Residents of the Towson Run Apartments who want to return to the same building will start the day at 8 a.
Two Towson University students were held a gunpoint and robbed early Sunday morning, about 2:20 a.m., according to a crime alert sent out by the Towson University Police Department. While walking on Cross Campus Drive, the students were approached by a black male wearing a black hooded sweatshirt and armed with a semi-automatic handgun, according to the crime alert.
Dayvon Love and Deven Cooper made history by winning the Cross Examination Debate Association national tournament, before falling short at the National Debate Tournament in California on March 30. They were the first team from Towson to accomplish this feat as well the first all-black team in CEDA to come away with the national title.
Ashley Rabe Contributing Writer More than 550 participants walked from dusk until dawn for Relay for Life, Friday in Burdick Hall. According to student coordinator Jen Weber, the event raised more than $38,000 for the American Cancer Society. Additional donations are still being totaled.
With the blinds pulled to cover the windows of the University Union Susquehanna Terrace, friends, students and colleagues, some from as far away as California, gathered to remember retired Towson professor Donald Craver, Friday afternoon. A member of the English department since 1962, Craver spent many years as department chairperson.
On Monday afternoon Congressman John Sarbanes (D-MD) will visit campus to discuss a recent New York Times article about university efforts to make higher education more affordable. The event is the kick-off to Voter Registration week. Sarbanes will discuss his letter to the editor responding to the article and legislation he is sponsoring to address the issue.
On a dark, rainy Thursday night, parapsychologist John Zaffis spoke to a handful of Towson University students in the Stephens Hall Theatre about what he does for a living: ghost hunting. After the lecture he took about 30 students on a ghost hunt at the Auburn House on Auburn Drive near the Towson Center.
Univ. Residence Government to elect director of special projects University Residence Government director of special projects elect Mike Sacks has chosen not to take the position this fall, leaving a vacancy on the executive board. A member of the Sunny 7 campaign ticket, Sacks decided he would be unable to fill the role due to personal reasons, according to current URG president Jason Stefaniak.
Waffle fries from Chick-fil-A in the Susquehanna, cheese pizza from Sbarro in the Den, and chicken tenders from Paws are all favorites among Towson students. But some students would also like to see more variety and improved customer service at dining facilities.
-What are some of the biggest mistakes college students make when it comes to eating? Not eating breakfast I think is one of the biggest. I think it has been shown time and time again to maintain a healthy weight, eating a good solid breakfast is key. It gives your body energy and it also leads to less weight gain.
While Popeye may have been a "sailor man," Richard Sullivan is a "card swiping" man who bares a striking resemblance to the 75-year-old cartoon and comic strip character. Sullivan swipes OneCards in the Newell Dining Hall five-days-a-week, and is often greeted by students asking him, "How you doing, Popeye?" To which he smiles, laughs and replies, "I'm doing all right, how are you?" When students ask Sullivan if he thinks he really looks like Popeye, he says, "Take a look at the picture up there, what do you think?" indicating a photo of himself hung by the entrance of Newell.
When I first came to campus several semesters ago, one thing that I thought would be better on campus than at home was the food. Now don't get me wrong, I love my mom's cooking. But the thing is I'm a vegetarian, the only one in my house. I figured, since TU is a college campus, I should be able to wrangle up a Boca Burger with few issues and little ridicule.
I really wish I didn't ever have to deal with the black hole of Towson dining. By that I mean the conspicuous periods of time during which Glen and Newell Dining Halls have closed down breakfast, but have yet to begin serving lunch. I don't understand this policy.
The percentage of Towson students who are overweight has increased since 2004 according to the results of the 2007 National College Health Assessment Survey. In 2004, 22.1 percent of Towson students were overweight, which increased to 24.4 percent in 2007.
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