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T OWSON TRENDING Week of 8/31

Towson played its first football game of the season on Saturday against East Carolina University and lost with a final score of 28-20. Students and Towson staff reacted to the defeat on Twitter with support for their Tigers.

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Extremely proud of my Towson tigers tonight.

Great fight @Towson_FB @Coach_Ambrose

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Incredible effort tonight boys. Great game, just a rough outcome in the end.

Now on to the home opener #TigerTough

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Great effort by @Towson_FB on the road tonight. It’s gonna be a great season. See you at Unitas next week. Go Tigers!

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Towson Football The 416 yards of total offense by @Towson_FB at East Carolina marked the first time the Tigers had over 400 yards against an FBS opponent.

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Proud of my boys @ Towson_FB ! Great game fellas, we’ve never been a push over nor will we ever be a push over to any team we play. #FCS

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Tough result, great effort from @Towson_FB at ECU tonight. #TowsonTigers fall 28-20 in a knock down, drag ‘em out game.

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Opinion

September 8, 2015

Editor-in-Chief Carley Milligan Senior Editor Cody Boteler News Editor Sam Shelton Arts & Life Editor Assoc. Arts & Life Editor Annie Sragner Assit. Arts & Life Editor Robert Wood

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CARLEY MILLIGAN Editor-in-Chief

Sports Editor Assit. Sports Editor Jordan Cope Staff Writers Tyler Young Payam Agha-Ghassem Kristen Zdon Tyler Beard Caitlin Wolfarth Jordan Cope Kristin Helf Nilo Exar Kati Day Christine LaFrancesca Miles McQuerrey

Photo Editor Patrick Burke Assist. Photo Editor Abby Murphy Staff Photographers Glen Banks Adrilenzo Cassoma Cody Boteler Carley Milligan Video Producer Sarah Chmielowiec Staff Videographers Stacey Coles Joseph Hawkins Proofreaders Desmond Boyle Kayla Baines Kira McCall Chris Petrides General Manager Mike Raymond

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As I am sure many past Towerlight Editors-in-Chief can confirm, this job comes with a lot of stress that can sometimes lead to dreams (or more likely, nightmares) about a production day mishap, the misspelling of the name of a highly important person or forgetting to assemble the paper all together.

Yet after last week’s production day/ waking-nightmare/disaster zone, I can now take comfort in the fact that The Towerlight can survive just about anything.

We discovered, shortly after arriving in the office early on the morning of Monday, Aug. 31, that the server we save and have saved all of our content, photos, graphics, pages and everything to for years, had failed.

We quickly slid into a state of miniemergency after discovering that we would have to work completely without the use of our server, and that we had lost all of the photos we had taken for the issue, including our cover photo,

which had been of the open football practice on Burdick field the week prior.

Thumb drives were whipped out, personal computer files were scavenged, and we reached deep into thin air in attempts to extract anything we could get our hands on.

Unsure of what to do about our lack of photos for the issue, in particular sports photos since it was the Fall 2015 Sports Preview issue, I made a desperate call to Towson’s campus photographer Kanji Takeno. Fortunately for us, he was happy to help and even additionally referred us to Megan O’Brien, the assistant director of athletics media relations, who also graciously provided us with a number of stellar photos.

In the end, the issue came together, and I felt confident that we had produced a product above and beyond what I had expected upon learning that we would basically be working with our hands tied behind our backs.

There were a few mistakes however, the largest of which was the fact that Kanji’s photo courtesy below the cover image had somehow disappeared. We had messed up on that account, there

was no use fighting it, and I was concerned for how this would affect us in his eyes. After all, he had graciously helped us in our moment of desperation and we had subsequently (though not with intent) failed to hold up our side of the agreement.

Yet the email response I received from Kanji was incredibly gracious and understanding, and I felt such an immense sense of relief as I read his reply.

“When students or whoever may need help, and if I can help, I love to help them,” he said in his email.

The past two or so weeks since school has begun I have found myself meeting, working with and socializing with an incredible number of students, faculty, staff and administrators on a daily basis.

Just this semester alone I have had the pleasure of either meeting for the first time or becoming better acquainted with SGA President Kurt Anderson, CAB Director Brianne Wade, Ray Feldmann and Sedonia Martin of the communications and media relations department, Outreach Specialist

and President of the Black Faculty & Staff Association Barry Evans, John Brush and Tim Leonard of the athletics department, Bethany Pace from the Honors College and even Deputy Chief of Staff Marina Cooper and Interim President Timothy Chandler. This is, of course, in addition to all those I had the opportunity to work with last year when I was in the role of arts and life editor.

And I have noticed that without fail, each of these individuals are completely invested in their contribution to making Towson University the best it can be academically, socially, and within the community.

Being surrounded by so many dedicated and helpful individuals is incredibly inspiring and has only worked to reinforce the positive feelings I have toward this semester and beyond here at Towson. I am more ecstatic than ever to dive head first into this academic year and see what fantastic and progressive movements come out of the combined efforts of all those on campus and in the community who work hard everyday to grow Towson’s legacy.

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Not that long ago, Emma Watson spoke at the United Nations about the campaign He for She. It is a campaign sponsored by the United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women, which aims to get men on the side of feminism and show them that when women are equal, humanity can progress as a whole. However, He for She also acknowledges that men, too, deal with harmful stereotypes just like women.

Watson’s UN speech was absolutely flawless. If you haven’t watched it, I highly recommend searching for it on Google in between figuring out how to log on to MyMathLab and skimming through that philosophy book you just know you should be reading

thoroughly. One of the main stigmas she addresses is the idea that men aren’t allowed to cry or show emotion, that these things show weakness and make you less of a man.

From a very young age, men are told to “man up,” “throw some dirt on it,” and above all, “quit acting like a girl.”

This is incredibly harmful and problematic. First, it perpetuates the idea that femininity and weakness are synonymous, which they aren’t.

Did you see Nicki Minaj call out Miley Cyrus at the VMA’s? Are you going to tell me she’s weak/doesn’t terrify you?

Anyway, on a more serious note, the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention found that from 19812013, the suicide rate has been about four times as high in men than as in women.

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Let independence reign ANNIE SRAGNER Assoc. Arts & Life Editor @anniesragner

Our perspectives and experiences change drastically between the time we are born and the time we pass away.

Even in utero, numerous people anticipate our messy arrival and fantasize about our future possibilities.

Newborn babies are an exciting concept because their whole lives are just beginning.

As we grow and learn, we gain independence. We learn about how our environment operates and we become familiar with the demands of life, like turning in homework on time, being courteous in public, looking both ways before crossing the street, that sort of thing. We gain the ability to do more things on our own, which allows our parents and society to loosen their grip and let us make our own choices.

As time progresses a little more, some people may have kids and gain steady careers. Some may travel and learn more about what it means to be an adult in society. Most people have become totally independent by this point.

As more years pass, we tread into elderly age. Loved ones pass away and family members grow up. Mobility may become a struggle and energy is not what is used to be. We increasingly begin to depend on others toward the end of our lives.

Many think independence grows steadily over time, but it varies based on circumstances and abilities.

Independence is so highly valued in American culture that we have a whole holiday devoted to it. Part of ‘The American Dream’ is to build your life from the ground up on your own.

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With a student enrollment of 162 at the close of the 1871-1872 academic year, the Normal School outgrew their modest facilities provided within Red Men’s Hall. Facilities within the Red Men’s Hall relocated to the Athenaeum Club building, located at Charles and Franklin Streets by 1873. Within this same year meals were at a monthly cost of $20 and the annual tuition was $75.

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By February 1876, classes began in a new, unfinished building — the Carrollton Building. $100,000 was invested into constructing this new building at Carrollton and Lafayette Avenue. The Carrollton building consisted of a reception room, library, 10 classrooms, principal’s residence office and the State Board of Education office. The Carrollton building soon faced ramifications when the ceiling caved in.

However, the structural complications of the Carrollton building did not stop the college’s growth in the near future.

According to the school catalog of 1877, the curriculum included “Geometry, Book-Keeping, Latin, Mental and Moral Philosophy, Zoology, Vocal Music and more.

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October is going to be a huge month for Towson football, according to Director of Athletics Tim Leonard.

The Tigers take on their three biggest rivals, James Madison, Villanova and Delaware, all at home and all within four weeks of one another. To add to that, the JMU game falls on Parent’s Weekend, Villanova is the Homecoming game and the game against Delaware is on Halloween night.

Yet after last year’s tailgating policy debacle, and a 4-8 season slump, Towson University and some members of the community are waiting to see how many turn out for the first home game of the season this Saturday, Sept. 12, against Saint Francis.

“Obviously last year there were some challenges and so we have taken a much more involved stance to ensure that all of our fans have a good experience,” Leonard said.

On Saturday, Sept. 27, of last year there were no more than a dozen vehicles in Lot 14 prior to the game, according to The Towerlight’s count, and Director of Communications and Media Relations Ray Feldmann said that only 27 vehicle passes were given out to students for that day.

The vehicle passes were part of new tailgating guidelines that came about following a student injury at a tailgate. The injury led to a lengthy conversation between student leaders, administrators, like Vice President for Student Affairs Deb Moriarty and other members of the President’s Council, where an outright ban on student tailgating was briefly proposed.

However, after two days of discussion, the President’s Council chose to instead refine existing tailgating policies rather than suspend student tailgating.

For that game, pick up trucks were not permitted in the lots and

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students interested in bringing a vehicle were required to attend a seminar in order to receive a parking pass.

No open containers were allowed, and students who were of age were allowed only one six-pack of beer or 24 ounces of wine.

The ban on pick up trucks has since been lifted, and lots 13 and 14 are “general admission,” so parking passes are no longer necessary.

The policies related to alcohol are still in effect.

As the first home game of the season approaches, Associate Vice President for Campus Life Teri Hall said that she hopes they have created a plan that they can stick with for this semester.

“It’s not that anything has changed,” she said. “It’s that we’re trying to help students understand: you go to Lot 13 and 14 as a precursor for going to the football game.

It’s not just about going up there for a day drink.”

Student Government Association President Kurt Anderson said that often the misunderstandings between students and administration occur when students assume that a college tailgate is equivalent to “this big, outdoor rave.”

“You go to WVU or any other school – people have this perception that it’s a huge rave, but it’s not – you’ve got eight people, playing cornhole and drinking a beer. It’s not a huge party,” he said. “That’s the huge thing that’s frustrating to me, dealing with the perception.”

Administrators, like Hall, he said, have spent a lot of time trying to explain to students what exactly a tailgate should look like.

“I want lots of people there, I want people hanging out by their cars, having fun, tossing a football.

I don’t want an empty lot,” she said.

“I want a lot full of people who are enjoying themselves – and then it is the precursor to going to the game.”

Leonard agrees, and said that tailgating is “part of the college experience.”

“I just think it is a big part of our American culture,” he said.

“There’s nothing better than coming out on a Saturday afternoon in fall and grilling out with your friends, and then going to root on your team.”

Creating energy in the stands is crucial to the team playing on the field, and Leonard said that the players feed off of that extra energy.

“We want our students to come out and be a part of [the tailgate], but we also want them in the stands and to help cheer on our football team because they also play a big role in that as well,” he said. “We need them.”

The athletics department has set both some long and short term goals for themselves, and according to Leonard are doing a number of things to help reach their goal of seeing 5,000 students at each game.

From blanketing the campus to promote the game, handing out free t-shirts to the first 3,000 students who get into the game, and working closely with parking services, campus police and student activities, Leonard feels that the changes they have made this semester will create a “much smoother operation that’ll make it better for everyone.”

“I think the most important thing to do is provide outstanding customer service, not only to our paying patrons but also to our students,” Leonard said. “If people come and they can’t find parking, they get harassed at every turn, they can’t bring this into the stadium, or that into the stadium, it makes for a negative experience and we don’t want that.”

Creating a focus on engaging the community is also one of the department’s goals Leonard said, which they hope to do by creating a theme at each game to honor individuals such a local first responders, military personnel, The Red Devils organization and other community partners.

During a meeting with The Towerlight, Interim President Timothy Chandler expressed similar desires.

“I am very keen to do that,” Chan-

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dler said. “I want us to be a place that contributes to the community.”

Towson alum and President of the Greater Towson Council of Community Associations Mike Ertel said that he’d like to see the university reach out to include the community in oncampus game day activities.

“My immediate reaction is that tailgating should be on campus,” he said. “The University needs to have controls. I think that if they have ridiculous controls, it tends to push students to tailgate elsewhere.”

Regardless of whether students choose to tailgate on or off campus, Hall hopes that students will make safe decisions.

“If by upholding our values and our rules on campus, students think that they have to do things off-campus that we might not agree with, we have no control over that,” Hall said. “Our emphasis is really about the people that want to come to the game, we want them to have a good experience.”

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Student-run business debuts Student found dead in Cafe Enactus opens in Stephens Hall

LAUREN COSCA Contributing Writer

The first student-run business on Towson University’s campus opened in early September when “Cafe Enactus” started accepting customers.

Cafe Enactus is located on the first floor of Stephens Hall, near the vending machines.

“Obviously, it’s convenient, because there’s no food place in this building or around this vicinity,” Redate Haile, president of Towson’s chapter of Enactus, a nonprofit that works with university students to develop the skills needed to be a business leader.

The cafe’s menu includes mostly grab and go items such as prepackaged salads, sandwiches and coffee.

It also stocks a special “Enactus” wrap and salad, which are unique

to the cafe.

The only food venue in Stephens Hall, Cafe Enactus also has specialty coffee. It is all self-serve, which gives students the opportunity to get their own drinks and food and also makes the entire experience quick.

The café is still in the employee hiring process and encourages students to come and apply for a position. The organization hopes to hire employees in order to keep the business going once they all graduate and continue to build the business.

The initial mission of opening the café was to use profits to fund other Enactus projects.

The Towson chapter of Enactus, for example, works with kids in the City of Baltimore.

“We show them that there are different things to explore after high school, whether that’s a job, or going to college, or even the military, so it’s

telling them about their options for a life after graduation,” Haile said.

Revenue is still a topic or discussion with the organization.

The cafe was funded both by Chartwells and the College of Business and Economics, Haile said.

“The mission of us starting the cafe was us really to use the profits for the rest of our comunity projects, so that’s what we would still want to do,” Haile said.

The group takes what members have learned in their entrepreneurial classes and applies that information to help benefit the community and its surrounding social life.

In addition to opening the cafe, the organization has also created a youth program for high school students in Baltimore City to give them opportunities they might not otherwise have, and teach them about what is available to them after graduation.

off-campus apartment SAM SHELTON News Editor @sam_tweets_now

A Towson University graduate student was found dead inside an offcampus apartment on Friday afternoon, Baltimore County police said.

The student, identified as Darcie Lena Moloshok, 28, was found after her mother called the university concerned about her welfare, police said.

Officers from the Towson University Police Department reported to the scene to check on the student. The officers were let into the apartment, located in the 300 block of Stevenson Lane, by maintenance staff. They found Moloshok lying on her bed, police said.

Baltimore County Police said they responded to a report of car-

diac arrest.

Baltimore County Fire Department paramedics declared Moloshok dead at the scene. Her body was transported to the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner to determine the cause and manner of her death, according to police.

Police said that “suspected heroin” was found in the apartment, and that this incident is classified as a sudden death.

"We were saddened to learn [Saturday] of the death of a Towson University graduate student,” TU director of communications and media relations Ray Feldmann said to the Baltimore Sun. “We are communicating with the student's family and offering them our full support.”

The Towerlight will update this story as more information becomes available.

Students clean up the community in First Fridays SARAH ROWAN Contributing Writer @Sarmarrow

Two groups of students, one with Corinne DeRoberts, coordinator of community service, and one with Joyce Herold, coordinator for offcampus student services, traveled into the greater Towson community to give back on Friday, Sept. 4.

Since 2012, Towson University’s Office of Student Activities has sponsored First Fridays, a smallgroup community service opportunity.

DeRoberts created this event when she noticed a lack of volunteer opportunities for students who prefer small groups.

“When I came here first, we only had large events like The Big Event in the spring,” she says. “There was no way for folks who prefer small groups to volunteer, so I created First Fridays as an easy way for students to volunteer in a small group.”

The group with DeRoberts went to Edenwald Retirement Community, the other to Towson Manor Village.

At Edenwald, student volunteers participated in a wide variety of activities throughout the day. The retirement community relies solely on volunteers to get their work

done, and the students came in prepared to do whatever was needed to assist the community that day.

“Community voice, or community need, is number one,” DeRoberts said. “We ask, ‘where will we be of most assistance?’ We do not assume that they need anything, and we do whatever is needed, from stuffing envelopes to playing Bingo with the residents. Our goal is to do no harm and to leave the place better than we found it.”

The second group, led by Herold to Towson Manor Village, focused more on neighborhood cleanup in the community immediately surrounding campus.

Herold’s goal in leading this portion of First Fridays was to get students who live in off-campus neighborhoods to give back by picking up trash, weeding and putting in an overall effort to make the neighborhood look nice and clean.

The student volunteers spent the afternoon in the community clearing the streets and sidewalks of trash and weeding at Towson Manor Park, located at the corner of Maryland and Susquehanna avenues.

Towson Manor Village resident Karen Cicmanec explained that the service is very important to her neighborhood.

“We have a connection with the

Cody Boteler/ The Towerlight Towson students picking up trash at Towson Manor Park as a part of the First Fridays event series. The next First Friday event will be Nov. 6.

Towson students and we are proud of our community,” she said. “I think it helps us feel more like a community, because in our urban areas we sometimes forget one another.”

Taylor Darden, a second-year graduate student studying counseling psychology, recognized the

event’s benefits to the community as well.

“I didn’t know that this was a blended neighborhood with student and faculty residents,” Darden said, “So I can see why the community wants to be kept clean.”

DeRoberts hopes that through the year, students can begin to

understand that they are part of a bigger community that extends beyond Towson University.

“There’s a bigger world out there that exists, and students can help make an impact on that world, whether it’s here in Towson, in Baltimore or back home,” DeRoberts said.

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Prof. Eric Belgrad dies during surgery CODY BOTELER Senior Editor @codyboteler

Eric Belgrad, formerly the chair of the political science department, died during emergency surgery on Sept. 1, according to Cindy Cates, the current chair of the department.

Belgrad had been department chair for 20 years and was a professor for 49 years. He was 80.

According to Allison McCartney, a professor in the political science department, Belgrad was struck by a “sudden illness” before the start of the semester.

An internment service was held Sept. 4 at Sol Levinson and Bros. on Reisterstown Road at noon.

The political science department is also planning a memorial for Belgrad.

The Towerlight will update this story with details of the service when they are released.

Cates, who was hired by Belgrad, called him “the heart of the political science department.”

“I once sat in on a class of his for a review, he walks in, he has this big stacks of notes, he set them down, and then he never looked at one – and he just gave the most beautiful presentation,” Cates said. “I was awestruck.”

Belgrad’s legacy, Cates said, is not only in the political science department, but the international studies program that was, “his brainchild.”

“The department is largely a reflection of the way he built it,” Cates said.

McCartney called Belgrad an “institution” at Towson, and “the patriarch” of the political science department.

“His friendship is cherished beyond measure, and his company, his guidance, and the joy which he brought to life will be missed,” McCartney said in a Facebook post.

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James Mileo, Sophomore Major: Middle school education, with a concentration in social studies and language arts.

Initiatives: “One thing a lot of us are trying to do is really push cultural competency, making people aware of social injustices like racism, transphobia, homophobia, women’s inequality and things like that.”

Favorite thing about TU: “Just the community. That’s so amazing, feeling like a part of something bigger...and you can’t go to Towson University and say that they didn’t give you an opportunity to succeed.”

Favorite place(s) on campus: “[Freedom Square] is just an amazing place to hang out and feel the energy of campus, whereas I like the University Union because there are so many resources, so many ways to get involved.”

Favorite on campus snack: “The first couple days, I had Chick-Fil-A five meals in a row. However, I’m an acai fanatic...it’s getting to the point that [Jamba Juice employees] are like, recognizing me.”

Sey Elemo, Junior Major: English, with a minor in business administration Initiatives: “Definitely to revitalize the social justice or social awareness scene. Because it’s very important that everybody is aware of and respectful of everyone’s basic human rights.”

Favorite thing about TU: “The faculty is extremely supportive and it goes beyond extracurricular and academic. They also want to make sure that you’re doing well in your personal life.”

Favorite place(s) on campus: “The Black Student Union office and the CSD. They have very similar environments where you go in an everybody knows your name. You laugh, and if you’re having a rough day someone will encourage you.”

Favorite on campus snack: “My favorite thing to eat on campus is the Romano salad from Susq. That is the best thing, directly followed by the volcano roll from Sushi Hana.”

Donald Finley, Senior Major: Business administration, with a concentration in legal studies and international business.

Initiatives: “Within the SGA, I want to promote the transparency that the Roar Movement ran on...and create some sort of financial record that can be avaiable for students, so they know [where their money is going.]

Favorite thing about TU: “The amount of opportunities, the amount of programs and activities. You can’t ever be bored. If you’re bored at Towson, it’s by choice.”

Favorite place(s) on campus: “Susquehanna, just because it’s more of a social environment. Everybody goes there around midday to get lunch and you really get an opportunity to see who’s on campus...And I like to go to the Den. It’s not as crowded. That’s more when I want to be by myself and get my thoughts together.”

Favorite on campus snack: “The Italian stack from the Den, and I like to get it with baked Lays chips. I’m just kind of addicted to italian sandwiches.”

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Warm welcome abroad Film experiment AMANDA REID Columnist @amandareid21

It’s hard to believe I’ve been here a week already. As oh-so-typical of my friends, they were late picking me up from the airport so it was them who waddle-ran while crying to hug me.

The first day was honestly overwhelming, so I was glad I was with them because they were very understanding of how I fell asleep all over the house.

To be honest, I think their mom, Macarena, was most excited to see me, and she was very understanding of my sleepy, broken Spanish. The next day she drove me to meet my host family, who after only one week, have become so much more than a host family to me.

The mom’s name is María, and she is wonderfully sweet. She has an 11-year-old daughter named Alba who is extremely cute and very funny.

Neither of them speak much English, which I’m honestly thankful for because it forces me to speak Spanish with them all the time.

María quickly learned that I will eat

everything known to mankind, so she spent this first week re-introducing me to all of my favorite dishes as well as some new ones.

I had paella, one of the most famous dishes, which is rice with different kinds of seafood and chicken in it.

I’ve also had gazpacho, which is a cold tomato soup that tastes wonderful after a hot day, tortilla Española, which is a kind of thick omelet with potato and onion and fuet, which is a long rod of ham that tastes like heaven. The eating schedule is a lot different here. Breakfast is extremely light, a muffin and some coffee or juice and maybe some cookies (yes, I have had Chips Ahoy for breakfast here).

Lunch, or comida, is around 2:30 p.m. and that is their big meal of the day. It normally consists of salad, some type of meat with a vegetable and then a dessert, which here is a piece of fruit or yogurt.

Dinner is at around 9:30 p.m., and is another meat and vegetable combo, only it is a lighter portion than lunch.

To answer your question, yes, siesta exists here, and it is magical.

Comida is basically like Thanksgiving

every day – you eat until you’re stuffed then you either lay around and watch TV like a slug or you take a nap for an hour or two. Everything is much slower paced here. No one rushes around to get places like in the United States, and showing up late to everything is pretty much expected.

To conclude: Spain is amazing, my host family is wonderful, and I never want to come home. In my next update I’ll try and talk about school, and the intensive course I’m taking, but let’s be honest, food and siesta are far more important! ¡Hasta luego!

Courtesy of Amanda Reid Columnist Amanda Reid visits the Catedral de Madrid.

CAITLIN MOYNIHAN Columnist @cmmoynihan

Welcome back from the long weekend, fellow Tigers! After having a three-day, or if you’re #blessed like me and don’t have Friday classes and scored a four day weekend, it can be more than upsetting to face lectures, labs and 15 minute walks across campus to your next class.

But fear not, because soon it will be the weekend once again and you can spend it watching Netflix while eating cereal in bed…or is that just me?

Netflix houses some of the best shows and movies, and it has slowly become an independent powerhouse over the past few years for its critically acclaimed Netflix Original Series. I’m pretty sure everyone has watched at least one episode of “House of Cards” and “Orange is the New Black” to see what all the hype was about. I guess winning Emmys wasn’t enough for Netflix because now the company is venturing into new territory and releasing its first feature film.

The trailer for the new film, “Beasts of No Nation,” dropped

this weekend on Netflix’s YouTube channel and has already been viewed over two million times.

Featuring the dreamy and amazingly talented Idris Elba and introducing Abraham Attah, the story follows the life of Agu (Attah) and how it was drastically changed when he encountered Commandant (Elba), who forced him to become a child soldier during an African civil war.

The trailer for the film is only two minutes long, but it promises powerful scenes, tons of action and a heartbreaking tale of a child just trying to live another day.

It is obvious by its past works that Netflix doesn’t take the wellknown path, and instead strives to achieve greatness by challenging what the common norm is for entertainment.

They take something that has been done hundreds of times before, and completely flip it and create something unique, addicting and award-winning. I have no doubt that “Beasts of No Nation” will be the same.

The movie officially releases to select theaters and Netflix on Oct. 16 and I’m already planning the popcorn I’m going to make.

TU alum creates successful business MILES MCQUERREY Staff Writer

Jennifer Dodson is in the midst of an entrepreneurial streak.

The 2009 Towson alum first began her ‘career’ as an entrepreneur when she was a child.

Every summer she would construct a lemonade stand out of cardboard boxes large enough for her to sit inside of, and sell her sugary drinks.

Today, Dodson has ridden that streak straight into her very own marketing agency, Adashmore Creative, where she works as the company’s Chief Creative Officer.

The small but growing agency is located in a huge glass building just off the Timonium exit on I-83.

Among a myriad of awards inside the building, the most recent is from the TU Incubator, celebrating Dodson’s remarkable entrepreneurship.

“Towson has what’s now called the TU Incubator, and it helps

start-ups get access to resources to run a business more efficiently,” Dodson said. “Being an alum helped open the door to that conversation to be involved, and that gave us some connections, it gave us someone we could talk to about struggles as a business owner.”

And Dodson had plenty of struggles to overcome.

“What happened was almost exactly two months before my wedding,” Dodson said. “I was shopping for craft supplies to finish up stuff, had a seizure, and went to the hospital for two days.”

Despite testing, Dodson said, no diagnosis was made.

Yet the seizure didn’t stop Dodson from pursuing her goals.

“I finished doing the whole getting married thing, bought some business books on our honeymoon in Fiji,” she said. “Within three months I had filed the LLC and within five months I was quitting my full-time job.”

After Dodson and her husband invested the time and capital to

start the business, they had to attend many events to get the Adashmore brand out and into the marketplace.

Dodson applied her unconventional education, consisting of an art degree from Towson and a business degree from MICA, to launch an agency that challenges conventions.

“The name Adashmore Creative is our philosophy,” she said. “Our vision is: as long as it’s fun.”

Dodson said that her time at Towson helped her to understand a lot about operating a business.

She started a design group that helped her understand Student Government Association funding, and helped her understand the process behind raising money and managing a team.

“That’s probably my first real adult experience,” she said.

Dodson said that there are opportunities for students at Adashmore.

“There’s definitely a chance for people to work here,” she said.

“Someone with a good resume who

thinks they could contribute to our team, we’re definitely willing to talk to.”

Adashmore has already worked for clients like Towson University and the University of Delaware, having produced websites for both.

“There’s a lot of competition, but what it ultimately comes down to is our relationships with our clients which sets us apart,” she said.

To students still working to complete their degree, Dodson offered some advice.

“Get involved,” Dodson said.

“Don’t just think of your time in school as taking classes and partying at night. Find an organization that is relevant. Find an internship in the community that will help you understand where you want to be when you graduate.”

Courtesy of Adashmore Creative

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Trampoline park comes to Towson JESSICA RICKS

Contributing Writer

Rockin’ Jump, a trampoline park, is opening in Towson on Oct. 2 off of Joppa Road, near Gino’s.

The park will be located at 8855 Orchard Tree Lane.

“It’s all ages, kids, adults, grandparents if they want to. Everybody can come and do this together and it’s fun,” Shannon Burkhart, who is in charge of marketing for the Towson location, said.

The park started out in California and is one of 16 parks open nationally. Towson will be the second park in Maryland and the first in Baltimore County.

Originally, the 26,000 square foot space was a skate zone, which had been around for over 20 years. It was rebuilt by Merritt Properties, the company that owns the location, to look brand new for the trampoline park.

“People have recreated in this space for a couple of generations now and it’s exciting to bring it up to date,” said Burkhart.

Rockin’ Jump not only has trampolines but additional attractions such as a rock climbing wall, a basketball slam dunk zone, and a jousting challenge.

In addition to these activities it also has a lounge area with free Wi-Fi. Opening day is expected to have grand specials such as giveaways. The exact details of these specials haven’t quite been worked out yet, but they will be giving out t-shirts, wristbands and socks with grips on the bottom that all jumpers are required to wear for safety purposes.

In addition to all of this, Rockin’ Jump is holding a job fair on Sept.

8, 9, and 10 for their 100 plus job openings.

The applications are open to anyone but they mainly expect high school and college age students.

“We’ve had our job application up for a week now and we’ve already received more than 120 applicants,” Burkhart said. “That alone is showing that it’s great and people are excited.”

Burkhart expects Rockin’ Jump to not only be a fun activity for families

and friends to spend time at, but a member of the community that gives back.

One thing that Rockin’ Jump will

be sponsoring on Sept. 27th is a 5K run that’s being held at the Baltimore Zoo called Run Wild For Autism, a fundraiser for autism awareness.

“We’re bringing a fun and new attraction and place to go with friends and family,” Burkhart said. “It’s just kind of a community building thing.”

being a complete conglomeration of 2010s and 1970s music.

Even if you only listened to “Currents” on sweltering summer afternoons when there was nothing better to do, it’s the kind of album that demands to be revisited again and again.

Especially as a college student, at the start of a new school year, when Parker’s words couldn’t hit home more. In the song “Yes I’m Changing,” for example, a statement as simple as, “They say people never change, but that’s bulls**t.

They do,” sounds like philosophyladen poetry coming straight from the mouth of a messiah or something.

August “Emotion” by Carly Rae Jepsen When I first heard the premier track of Carly Rae’s “Emotion,” “Run Away With Me,” I was surprised by how much I liked it. I do have a soft spot for saxophone-heavy pop songs, but even more, this song was

a welcome change from the repetitive (boring) hit “I Really Like You.” Jepsen’s voice is sweet and lilted, and on “Emotion,” she goes from lust and desire, to triumph in her romantic exploits, to whole-hearted honesty about her “Boy Problems.”

“Boy problems, who’s got ‘em? / I’ve got them too,” she sang.

When “Call Me Maybe” came out in 2011, many speculated that Jepsen would soon fall into the dreaded onetime, pop-star abyss that’s known as being a one-hit wonder.

But “Emotion” is a really good album, catchy and filled with potential hits. Co-writers include the indie likes of Tegan and Sarah and Vampire Weekend’s Rostam Batmanglij, but the songs are still fun, upbeat pop numbers that need to be danced to.

Frank Ocean: “@apunkfemme: Day 28: Frank Ocean’s album is still not here.

Children are dying and parents are crying. The future looks dark.”

“Day 29: Frank Ocean’s album: Missing. The earth is dry. Only our tears can hydrate us. The pain is unbearable.”

Frank Ocean fans took to Twitter

in late July, anxiously awaiting the album that was to be released on an unknown date that month. Then it was August, and still nothing. It’s now September, still early on, and Frank Ocean fans are still swimming in an ocean (ha, ha) of their own tears and disappointment.

Ocean posted a photo to his Tumblr months back of him posing with the magazine “Boys Don’t Cry,”

the picture captioned with #album3 and #july2015. Many speculated that would be the title of his upcoming studio album, but, for now, we’re still in the dark.

Upcoming/Unknown release dates: Gwen Stefani: Spark the Fire, Haim, Sky Ferreira: Masochism, Lana del Rey: Honeymoon (9/18), The Cure: 4:26 Dream / 4:14 Scream.

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Summer jams from July and August

KRISTIN HELF Columnist @kristinelise_

Last week I gave you my reviews of some of the popular albums that came out in June. Here are the big ones that were released in July and August.

July “Currents” by Tame Impala This is the album that you listen to while relaxing on the beach on a sunny day in July when you have the day off of work, and it’s hot but there’s a cool breeze and everything is basically perfect, just like “Currents” is.

And while the sounds are so pretty and psychedelic, the band’s founding member Kevin Parker, vocalist/guitar-and-kazoo-player, is as experimental as much as he is a perfectionist. His songs are electronic and modern but include a retro sound from the bass and guitars— which mesh together so well despite

Courtesy of Daniel Zuchnik Hobo-chic band Tame Impala performs tracks from their new album “Curents” at the Governor’s Ball Music Festival in New York.

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Doc wants you Fan base revival group returns to campus

CHRISTINE LAFRANCESCA Staff Writer @LaFrancesca27

With the return of Doc’s Army, senior Adam Vargas is determined to ignite student involvement and attendance at all athletic events, starting with student morale.

The organization was founded as an opportunity to increase student participation and support for Towson’s athletic teams.

“Years ago, Doc’s Army was ran by marketing,” Adam Vargas, the president of the organization, said.

“It slowly dissolved as a program because there were a few issues with how it was ran. We’ve worked out the kinks and brought back the name because it was something people liked and recognized. We’re here to push school spirit.”

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The plan is to pack the house for every event. We want someone at every game going crazy, hyping people up and getting them excited.

ADAM VARGAS President, Doc’s Army

To further their goals, Doc’s Army is branching out on social media to broadcast their ideas and peak student excitement.

“We’re planning on sharing a lot of are events through Instagram and Twitter at DocsArmyTU,” Student Government Association Director of Athletic Affairs Brandon Sacks said. “A lot of students, athletic directors and head coaches are already following us. We’re proud of the momentum we’re building.”

Becoming a part of Doc’s Army also includes perks for joining.

Getting into games early, being able to go to away games and an array of prizes are what members have to look forward too.

“We see people going to football games and men’s basketball

games but that’s pretty much it,” Sacks said. “There are 17 other division one athletic programs besides those two. The idea is to have people at those events because we really are what the hashtag says, #WeAreOneTowson and we want to support all of our programs.”

Doc’s Army plans on having enough students to have representatives at every game, for every sport.

“The plan is to pack the house for every event,” Vargas said. “We want someone at every game going crazy, hyping people up and getting them excited. We want to see sold out field hockey games and gymnastic events. We want to see sold out women’s basketball. All of them.”

Doc’s Army is still interested in recruiting passionate and enthusiastic liaisons to represent their Towson spirit and attract attention for the sports that deserve to be recognized for all of their hard work.

“We want to have at least 19 liaisons,” Vargas said. “The goal is to have at least one person to represent us at all times. Of course if more than one of us can be there, we will be but, we want to make sure we have all our bases covered.”

Doc’s Army is determined to put Towson on the map and showcase the amount of pride TU students have in their athletic programs.

“We want to be like North Dakota State and be big enough for ESPN College Game Day to come to us. That would be incredible,” Sacks said. “This is the movement that we’re starting to hopefully lead to that in five or so years.”

Interested in joining Doc’s Army?

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Towson Men’s Basketball Head Coach Pat Skerry announced Thursday in an email that Oliver Brown will be hired as the new Director of StudentAthlete Development.

“We are very excited to hire a talented young coach like Oliver,” Skerry said. “We are thrilled to have him join us. He comes from a good program at Mount St. Mary’s where Jamion Christian does a super job.”

For the past two years, Brown has spent time as a graduate manager at Mount St. Mary’s.

“I was really thrown in the fire in my two years as a Graduate Assistant, which really forced me to grow. A lot of the responsibilities that I will have here, I already have experience doing,” Brown said.

Some of Brown’s job responsibilities included handling video and social media for the coaching staff, working

on daily improvements with the players and overseeing the nutritional game plans for the student-athletes.

“Oliver will bring work ethic, talent and loyalty along with fresh ideas to our staff and student athletes,” Skerry said. “He will impact our guys in helping teach them how to be a successful student athlete at this level based on his successes and experiences as well as aid us in our film scouting academics and community involvement.”

Brown said that he is most looking forward to the basketball season, and seeing SECU Arena full of Towson community members and fans.

“I’m excited to be in college athletics and especially to be at Towson University,” Brown said. “Everyone in the athletic department will see that from me on a daily basis.”

A native of Dover, Massachusetts, Brown earned Team MVP honors at Hebron Academy where he averaged 21 points and 6.7 rebounds. In his senior year at Dover Sherborn High School, he earned league All-Star honors.

In his collegiate career, Brown played three years at Mount St. Mary’s. In 2009-10, Brown appeared in 11 games averaging 0.2 points and 0.2 rebounds.

In 2010-11, Brown appeared in four games off the bench and secured a rebound against Virginia Tech. Brown had his best season at the Mount in 2011-12, appearing in 10 games and averaging 0.6 points and 0.1 rebounds.

Brown also netted a basket against 22nd ranked Marquette, had two points and a steal in three minutes of action against Pennsylvania State University and had two points and a steal at Fairleigh Dickson University.

In 2013, Brown graduated from Mount St. Mary’s with a degree in business management and earned his MBA in 2015.

“As a senior on Jamion Christian’s first team as a Head Coach, I was really able to bridge the gap between the staff and players,” Brown said. “As a former player, my ability to relate to the guys is something that I think will really help me here at Towson.”

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Change of scenery no excuse for o's organization TIM ANDERSON Contributing Writer @TimmyWade94

There seems to be a complaisance within the Orioles’ organization, or maybe it’s just denial.

When current Cubs’ pitcher Jake Arrieta threw his first career no hitter at the end of last month – just a notch in what is sure to be his first 20-win and 200-strikeout season with maybe even a Cy Young trophy to boot – the chorus from Baltimore echoed as if it was out of the mouths of a Sunday congregation: “Jake needed a change of scenery.”

Before Arrieta was the lights-out pitcher he is today, he was one of the many pitching prospects surging his way through the Orioles’ minor leagues.

He was a top 100 prospect in both 2009 and 2010, and looked to be a part of the Orioles’ rotation of the future that was slated to have a wealth of young arms -Brian Matusz, Chris Tillman, Zach

Britton, etc -- who together would rival the rotation put together by the Atlanta Braves in the late 90’s.

But something happened with Arrieta, and with Matusz. Britton and Tillman, too. And it’s happening now with Kevin Gausman, Dylan Bundy, and Hunter Harvey: a series of top prospects knocking on the door to the Major Leagues, getting an answer, but finding out it wasn’t the person they expected on the other side; transitioning from “cant-miss prospect” to a sub-par Major League performer.

To say Arrieta needed a change of scenery, a move away from Baltimore and their organization, is mislabeling the issue. It’s complaisance. It’s denial.

Arrieta’s career in Baltimore was abysmal.

It ended with a 5.46 ERA in 69 games. In fact, in 63 starts for the Orioles from 2010 to mid-2013, Arrieta only won 20 games. There is a great chance that Arrieta wins more games with the Cubs this season than he did for parts of four

seasons with the Orioles.

The change in Arrieta was nearinstant when he put on the Cubs’ uniform.

In 2013, the season where he pitched half for the Orioles and half for the Cubs, Arrieta’s OriolesERA was 7.23 while his Cubs-ERA was 3.66.

Some say that the Cubs simply let Arrieta go back to the mechanics that allowed him to become a top prospect years ago, something the Orioles allegedly tried to change while he was in orange and black.

The night that Arrieta completed his no-hitter, Orioles’ beat writer for MASN Orioles, Roch Kubatko, tweeted, “I know what you’re thinking Orioles fans. But I still don’t think that was going to happen for Jake w/o trade. Needed fresh start.

Congrats.”

Isn’t that the issues, though?

Why should a pitcher with the talent of Arrieta need a change of scenery?

Along with the expiring con-

tracts of Matt Wieters, Chris Davis, and others this offseason, as well as the probability of not making the playoffs despite high-quality talent, the Orioles will may also have to face another reality: that young, talented pitchers need a “change of scenery” before reaching their potential.

Real, perennial contenders --

the Cardinals and Dodgers of the league -- turn top, can’t-miss prospects into all-word Major Leaguers.

The Orioles will need to do some introspection this offseason: what is going on internally that causes this prospects to miss? The true reality is that Jake did not need a change of scenery; the Orioles need to change the scenery here.

Courtesy of Stephen Green Jake Arrieta, of the Cubs, is 18-6 with a 2.03 ERA this season.

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Setting records on the court JORDAN COPE Assistant Sports Editor @JordanCope26

Towson competed in the North Dakota State Tournament this weekend and stretched its winning streak to six games with victories over North Dakota State, Milwaukee and Utah Valley.

“It’s a very young team so it’s nice that we put a lot of obstacles in front of them so far this year,” Head Coach Don Metil said.

In addition to the wins, senior captain Haley Pa’akaula also set a school record with 30 kills against Utah Valley.

“I give all the credit to my team,” she said. “Our setters did a great job of putting the ball where I needed it and it felt good to establish a connection with both of them.”

The Tigers (7-1) opened up the tournament Friday night against North Dakota State where the team earned a 3-1 victory over the Bison.

Towson trailed North Dakota State by six points in the first set

but went on a few runs and won the set 27-25.

“It was incredibly hot in the gym, girls were going through two jerseys during that play,” Metil said. “For them to stay focused and pull out three wins over the weekend was pretty special.”

After taking the first set, the Tigers dropped the second set but took sets three and four to secure the win over the Bison.

“I’ve seen a lot of growth in our team already,” Pa’akaula said. “We faced tough teams this past weekend and battled through our struggles to pull out three wins.”

In game two of the tournament, Towson faced Milwaukee and earned a 3-1 victory. Despite dropping the second set of the match, the Tigers took three of four sets from the Panthers to secure the victory.

“It took us a while to get ourselves going since it was an early match,” Pa’akaula said. “We had some really good plays, and some really sloppy plays, but luckily we made it out with a win.”

In their final match of the North Dakota State Tournament, Towson earned a hard-fought 3-2 win over Utah Valley.

“After we saw all the teams play at North Dakota we thought that maybe Utah Valley was going to be our most difficult match,” Metil said.

The Tigers dropped the first set to the Wolverines but battled back to win the next two sets.

In the fourth set, Utah Valley earned a 25-17 win but Towson was able to take the decisive fifth set.

The Tigers will compete in the Crowne Plaza Philadelphia West Penn Invitational next weekend, which includes matches against Fairfield, University of Pennsylvania and Binghamton.

“We definitely need to continue to work on our blocks,” Metil said. “If we are not blocking balls then we need to take up some space and put our centers in areas where we can dig more balls up. But blocking is a great concern right now for us and we need to clean up our service areas.”

WOMEN’S SOCCER

A shutout weekend for tigers DESMOND BOYLE Contributing Writer

The Tigers posted two solid results over the weekend winning by scorelines of 2-0 and 1-0 over Fairfield University and Iona College respectively.

On Friday in Fairfield, Connecticut, the Tigers won on two goals from firsttime goal scorers. Freshman forward Katie Fullerton scored an opportunistic opener after Evelyn Neidert sent a ball over the top of the Stag defense.

One Fairfield defender crashed directly into their own goalkeeper before Fullerton chased down the ball and scored into an empty net. Towson doubled its lead as one Tiger player was dragged down in the Stag penalty area, prompting the referee to point to the spot. Senior defender Vasthy Delgado then converted the penalty ripping the shot past Fairfield goalie Jenna Pike.

The second half was a more even contest as Towson’s junior goalkeeper Taylor Sebolao made five saves to preserve the shutout for the Tigers. The Tigers defensive dominance continued into their next game, a clash with Iona

in New Rochelle, New York. The Gaels struggled to contain the Tigers attack throughout the first half as Towson outshot Iona six to three. Towson was consistently accurate landing five of those six shots on target.

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We have done a great job of coming together and all of us, including the non-starters, playing for each other.

EMILY MARSHALL Junior, midfielder

Against the run of play, however, Iona created the best chance of the opening half in the 40th minute as Charlotte Stuart lashed a shot past Sebolao only to be denied by the left post.

The game remained scoreless until just before the 70th minute as Marissa Green launched an inch perfect pass over the Gael defense to link up with pacey Junior Natalia Pikney who col-

lected the past before chipping the ball over the keeper to notch her third goal of the season, already tying her career high for goals in one season.

Towson then locked up defensively to maintain their third consecutive shutout of the season. After starting the season 0-2-1, Junior midfielder Emily Marshall credited team chemistry for the Tigers turnaround.

“We have great team chemistry,” Marshall said. “We have done a great job of coming together and all of us, including the non-starters, playing for each other.”

Sebolao focused on the team experience as the reason for the recent shutouts.

“Having two seniors start with a lot of experience in our defence has really helped us because they stress a no shot mentality,” Sebolao said.

The New Jersey native shot stopper also mentioned the importance of the timing for the turnaround.

Towson has four more games, starting with Mount St. Mary’s this Friday in Catonsville, Maryland, at 5 p.m. before continuing their playoff push with the all-important CAA conference games on Sept. 25.

Haley Pa’akaula Volleyball

Haley Pa’akaula set a school record for singlematch kills with 30 kills in Towson’s 3-2 win over Utah Valley on Saturday. She was also named the MVP of the tournament and earned CAA Offensive Player of the Week honors for the third time in her career.

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tigers gear up for St. Francis At East Carolina game, players start strong before falling flat TYLER BEARD Staff Writer @tylerbeard2

Towson lost 28-20 to East Carolina in its first game of the season on Saturday, despite having 416 yards of total offense.

The Tigers (0-1) had a chance to tie the game in the last two minutes, but their drive was stopped when a hit jarred the ball loose on a pass attempt on fourth down at the Pirates’ (1-0) 16-yard line.

“If you could be proud in a loss, I am,” Head Coach Rob Ambrose said according to TowsonTigers. com. “It is one of the most hostile environments to play in college football. To come down and have a chance to win in the fourth quarter, I couldn’t be prouder of their fight, how much they love each other and how hard they work together.”

The Tigers found themselves down 28-13 with 12 minutes left in the fourth quarter after Pirates’ running back Chris Hairston scored his fourth touchdown of the game.

However, Ambrose stuck to the game plan and the Tigers put together a 75-yard drive that ended with redshirt senior quarterback

Connor Frazier scoring a touchdown off of a quarterback sneak, which brought the team within a touchdown and two-point conversion.

Junior running back Darius Victor helped propel the drive with 51 yards off of five carries. Victor finished the game with 137 rushing yards and averaged 4.9 yards per carry.

Towson’s defense had to make a stop with less than eight minutes left in the game, which almost happened when senior cornerback Donnell Lewis stripped the ball from ECU’S wide receiver Davon Grayson and Towson recovered it.

However, the official review showed that Grayson’s knee was down before the ball came out.

The Tigers’ defense was still able to force a three-and-out though, and the offense had one more chance to tie the game against the Pirates.

After two rushing plays, Frazier connected with junior tight end Tanner Valley for 19 yards, which brought Towson down to ECU’s 30-yard line.

Victor received four straight carries after Valley’s catch and got the ball to the 15-yard line.

On third-and-6, the Tigers tried a draw play with sophomore run-

ning back Marquel Dickerson, but he was stuffed short of the line of scrimmage, which brought the Tigers down to their final chance with two minutes left in the game.

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If you could be proud in a loss, I am. It is one of the most hostile environments to play in college football.

To come down and have a chance to win in the fourth quarter, I couldn’t be prouder of their fight, how much they love each other and how hard they work together.

ROB AMBROSE Football Head Coach

Frazier went into shotgun formation on the last play and attempted a pass to redshirt freshman Sam Gallahan on a slant pattern.

However, ECU’S defensive back

Terrell Richardson hit Gallahan as soon as he tried making a clean catch, which knocked the ball loose.

Towson turned the ball over on downs and ECU was able to run out the clock to end the game.

Despite the loss, Frazier threw for a career-high 221 yards.

He also rushed for 43 yards, threw a touchdown and ran for a touchdown.

Frazier went into the season battling redshirt freshman quarterback Ellis Knudson for the starting job, but Ambrose went with the redshirt senior.

“You got to see what five years learning in the same system and growing up can do,” Ambrose said according to Towsontigers.com.

“That is probably the best he has played in a big game in probably his entire life. He did it in a very casual and calm way and I am very pleased with his effort today.”

Defensively, senior defensive back Nico Law led the Tigers with 10 tackles.

Junior linebacker Malik Jackson and redshirt junior linebacker Jordan Mynatt both finished with nine tackles.

Towson was the underdog going against ECU and Ambrose praised

his team for its fight.

‘You play a perennial bowl team in one of the hardest places to play in America, and you stick with them and have a chance to win the game in the fourth quarter,” he said according to Towsontigers. com. “That says a lot about what these kids can do. Now we just have to build on what we did here, get over the loss, and keep moving forward.”

Towson will look for its first win of the season in a home matchup against the Saint Francis Red Flash (1-0). Kickoff is at 6 p.m. on Saturday.

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Courtesy of The East Carolinian The Tigers lost to the Pirates 28-20 during the East Carolina University game against Towson University on Saturday, Sept. 5 at Dowdy-Ficklen Stadium.