T-moji sweeps SGA In a Student Government Association election that seemed primed for a split ticket, the ticket T-moji swept the elections at the end of April. Charlotte Ridgeway, previously the SGA vice president, took the presidency over runner-up Mike Ukoha, the presidential candidate from TU Evolution, the other completely full ticket. Besides T-moji and TU Evolution, there was also the four-candidate ticket Tomorrow Towson and Towson Voice, which only consisted of Antonio Colon Jr., [...] Read the full story »

Freshmen Hotshots After losing five top seniors to graduation from last year’s season, Towson sent two freshman gymnasts to the NCAA Regional meet in March. The freshmen, Katie Sassa and Abby Griswold, found out March 24 that their cumulative scores from the season qualified them for the meet. Head Coach Vicki Chliszczyk said that the team had a year of building. “I think it’s been a learning year for everybody,” Chliszczyk said. “We lost five [...] Read the full story »

The downside of stories and rumors we hear come from students on campus is that sometimes they are impossible to pull together to make a full story out of. A perfect example of this kind of situation this semester has been the eighth floor of Residence Tower. A few weeks back, Twitter was overloaded with the hashtag “#savethe8thfloor.” There were rumors going around of what had and hadn’t happened, and we set out to discover [...] Read the full story »

Recher closes after 16 years After close to 16 years of hosting rock, pop-punk and metal bands, the Recher Theatre in downtown Towson closed its doors in March. The concert venue was closed down in lieu of the new Torrent nightclub. Torrent will be owned by the Recher family still, but instead will host DJ’s as opposed to the typical rock concert. Owner Brian Recher had been thinking about the change for several years, and [...] Read the full story »

I don’t know what I was thinking when I bought Oliver Pötzsch’s book “The Hangman’s Daughter.” First of all, it’s translated from German, which always makes me wary of stilted writing. Second of all, it’s a historical novel, set in 1659, which usually isn’t my type of read. I prefer the escapism of urban fantasy, compared to gruesomely accurate tales. So, I’ll admit, I’m a little surprised that I even got through the book. I’m [...] Read the full story »

The second TEDxTowsonU independently organized TED event came to Towson Thursday, May 9. The event, comprised of 10 speakers, took place in the West Village Commons Ballrooms. Director of Student Activities Dirron Allen hosted the event and introduced each speaker. The speakers ranged from faculty members, such as Gilda Martinez-Alba, who spoke about bridging the divide between native English speakers and English learners, to “Danny” Dat Nguyen, a break-dancer who goes by the name “Atomic [...] Read the full story »

The Towerlight takes a look at some memorable moments from the 2012-2013 school year. Read the full story »

LASO holds Noche Latina, a fun night with food and dancing from the Latin American culture. Read the full story »

Shamus Kelley and Abby Murphy enjoy the hell out of the seventh episode of Series 7 Part 2 to no real surprise. Read the full story »

In the final Opinionated Glee Review Shamus Kelley takes a look at season 4 episode 22 of Glee. Mediocre, bad or the worst? Oh come on, you know. Hint: This one’s just for the fans. Read the full story »