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April 5, 2016

An update on the list of diversity, inclusiveness demands signed last semester, pgs. 7-8.

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April 5, 2016

Editor-in-Chief Carley Milligan Senior Editor Cody Boteler News Editor Sam Shelton Assist. News Editors Nilo Exar Sarah Rowan Arts & Life Editor Annie Sragner Sports Editor

This week’s cover story

Assoc. Sports Editors Jordan Cope Assist. Sports Editor Tyler Beard Staff Writers Tim Anderson Kati Day Lauren Cosca Kristin Helf Ryan Permison Hailey Miller Tyler Young Christine LaFrancesca Alaina Tepper Alex Ziolkowski Bhavisha Dave Billy Owens Photo Editor Chris Simms Staff Photographers Cody Boteler Adrilenzo Cassoma Nilo Exar Carley Milligan Video Producer Sarah Chmieloweic Assist. Video Producer Stacey Coles Staff Videographers Tyisha Henderson Proofreaders Sarah Rowan Kayla Baines Alaina Tepper General Manager Mike Raymond Art Director Kara Bucaro Production Assistant Daniel Andrews

Our cover story this week is an update on the efforts of the University and university officials regarding the list of demands, presented by the #OccupyTowson students, that then-Interim President Tim Chandler signed in November.

A lot of the information was obtained from a sit down meeting between Provost Chandler and Vice President for Student Affairs Deb Moriarty and myself, our editor-inchief, Carley Milligan, and our news editor, Sam Shelton.

Other bits of the story came from interviews with members of the student government, members of the University System of Maryland and students who organized the protests at Towson.

I wish that the story could be more comprehensive. I wish we could dedicate an entire story to each issue that was raised. Unfortunately, we don’t, right now, have the time or the editorial manpower to make that happen in one issue of The Towerlight.

Besides, it would severely disrupt the balance of content in the issue.

A piece like that would, probably, force us to go a week without a sports or an arts and life section.

Instead, we’ve got a more condensed story so that we’re able to touch on all the issues. Over the coming weeks, we’ll look more indepth at some of the issues, so that we can give them the coverage and explanations that they deserve.

This is an exciting time to be a Towson student. The SGA will soon vote on a new constitution. The administration is, in some really significant ways, responding to the voices on campus calling for change.

If you’ve got questions or comments about our coverage, just let us know. We love getting letters to the editor. We love getting comments.

If you’ve got questions or comments related to the demands that you want to direct to an administrator, we were told that your best bet is to go through Ray Feldmann, the director of communications and media relations. He’s said that he’ll help direct students toward the right office for what they want to talk about.

Raising awareness So it’s April again. If you’re like me, you probably feel pretty conflicted about this month.

The sporadic 75-degree days remind you that the world isn’t always grey and cold, but the disappointment of wearing a sundress only to find out the high of the day is 55 degrees is rather heartbreaking.

But along with being known for unreliable weather forecasts and it’s cleansing showers in hopes of May flowers, April is also Sexual Assault Awareness Month.

This month is used to bring attention to how frequently sexual assault occurs around us, and to educate us on how to prevent it. Now, I’ve written a couple of columns that offer specific statistics on this issue.

In this one, however, I’d like to talk about the victims of sexual assault.

When we find out that someone we care for has gone through this trauma, we might not know how to react. I’m going to offer some advice on this, but remember that each person that is a victim of sexual assault is different.

The way they need to be cared for is unique and individual to that person.

That being said, the first thing you

should do is immediately remind them that the attack was not their fault.

Also, that you are in no way angry at them, and that you will help them in whatever way you possibly can.

Most importantly, let them decide how they want to handle it. Many victims of sexual assault don’t go to the police. This is scary, because it may mean that an attacker is left free, but it is understandable in our current society.

When someone reports their assault to the police and presses charges, they must recount and relive their experience over and over to multiple strangers who have been proven time and time again to simply not believe them. They will hear reasons why they are lying, why their assault wasn’t real.

Then, when that’s over with, their attacker may still go free.

This is a giant flaw in our system.

We should instantly believe those who come forward about their assault rather than forcing them to prove it to us.

If someone is found out to have lied, then they are a heinous person, and they should not be seen as the norm.

If your loved one decides to take action against their attacker, remind them every single day how strong and brave they are.

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An apology and an explanation DOUG STEINMAN Alpha Epsilon Pi President

Hello, my name is Doug Steinman and I am the president of Alpha Epsilon Pi, the Jewish fraternity. An article was recently posted regarding my chapter leaving the Black Lives Matter event before it officially ended. I would like to clarify a few things.

First and foremost, I would like to extend my sincerest apologies on behalf of the men of Alpha Epsilon Pi for leaving the Black Lives Matter presentation before it officially ended.

I would like to explain that there is no excuse for leaving an event of that

nature before it ends. When my brothers left, it showed disrespect, insensitivity, and portrayed Greek life here at Towson in a negative light.

However, I want to let you know that the intentions of my brothers who left were not malevolent. They did not show disrespect intentionally. Alpha Epsilon Pi is the Jewish Fraternity, and the night of the Black Lives Matter presentation was also the celebration of the Jewish holiday known as Purim. Almost every brother who left the Black Lives Matter presentation went directly to Chabad for Purim holiday services. They left after the third speaker, around 8:45pm, because they

wanted to make it to the Purim event on time.

However, I do understand that regardless of where, when and why the brothers of Alpha Epsilon Pi left, it still reflected insensitivity upon our chapter. For that, I am deeply and truly sorry. Diversity is incredibly important to me, the men of Alpha Epsilon Pi, Jewish culture, and also all of Greek life here at Towson. I hope that in the future Alpha Epsilon Pi can help sponsor a similar program to the one that took place that night, and we can work personally to make sure we outreach to other students in Greek life to educate and spread awareness on the impor-

tance of these issues.

I would also like to personally ask the Towerlight if it's possible to update the article or at least include a followup statement from myself apologizing on behalf of my brothers, but also explaining the reason for their departure from the event. I don't think the article fairly depicts Alpha Epsilon Pi because it accuses us of being "entitled, rude and insensitive" when we left to attend a religious event. As I stated before, we should not have left until the absolute end of the event and it was wrong to do so for an event of this nature, but the article doesn't fairly depict why we left at all.

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Letter from TU Pres.

Reaffirming diversity and inclusion commitments KIM SCHATZEL President

In my first two months at TU, I have begun to familiarize myself with our community and culture, but most importantly the significant opportunities, both short term and long term, that lie ahead for our institution.

As I continue to meet with groups and individuals both on and off campus, it has become clear to me that one of TU’s greatest opportunities to advance our university, is a relentless pursuit of a diverse and inclusive campus. In providing this update, the university reaffirms its commitment toward a diverse and inclusive campus and TU’s continued progress toward The Requests of Black Students at Towson University

shared last fall by a group of concerned students and their allies. Through The Towerlight, the independent student media outlet that joined the students last November, we want to share the university’s progress on The Requests.

Most of this work lies within the ongoing efforts of the Academic Affairs and Student Affairs divisions, but by no means should this update be considered a complete list of the comprehensive work in diversity and inclusion underway at Towson University today.

We cannot forget that each and every division, office, department and member of our community has a role and responsibility in this university priority.

Thank you all for your commitment toward this important work. The university will continue to keep the campus updated.

Tigerfest hip-hop etiquette SEY ELEMO Columnist

“This Tigerfest selection is redemption for all the times I forced myself to milly rock to Justin Bieber in CVP” - @ NoCurveZone (Twitter) Hearing that Rae Sremmurd is going to be our Tigerfest artist moved me to such black joy that I almost exited my body. I, as well as most of my friends, are very excited to be able to go to a Towson event that was planned and executed with people of color in mind.

Big shout out to CAB for looking out.

In one year they’ve brought us Fetty Wap and now Rae Sremmurd. It’s super lit.

But even with all of this lituation, we now have to discuss some things before the concert arrives. I, in fact,

thought I would allow you two weeks to process this information so that no one will be confused.

White People Hip-Hop Concert Etiquette: I’ve noticed the same offensive behavior from my white counterparts at hip-hop concerts, and it evokes so much annoyance that I almost feel like fighting them. The following acts, THAT I AM INSTRUCTING YOU NOT TO COMMIT, are inarguably acts of RACISM and FETISHIZATION. I will be offended if you do any of these things. Don’t do them.

1. Do not drunkenly touch my hair.

I, as well as most other black girls, do not like this. I know “it looks like wool,” and “it’s so soft,” and that you “wish your hair did that.” While sometimes I let it slide in some capacity,

on that day I can guarantee you that I won’t. If you touch my hair without permission, I will slap your hand away and give you a brief history of race relations in the US (heads up, it’s never brief), then mean mug you.

2. Do not smack my booty as I twerk.

I am going to twerk (for the ancestors) with vigor. It will be rhythmic and spiritual. This is not a call for you to violate my body. The light smacking of one’s butt while she is twerking is perfectly acceptable amongst friends who have that understanding. Do not see this and think this is your chance. If you smack my booty, I will push you and give you a brief history of race relations in the US (heads up, it’s never brief), then mean mug you.

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University makes progress on student demands Occupy Towson happened just a few months ago. For some, it was what got Towson mentioned in TIME Magazine and not much else. But for others, like the organizers behind the movement and the administrators faced with the demands, Occupy Towson was a catalyst for a substantial amount of ongoing work.

The Towerlight has had the opportunity to sit down with student leaders and administrators involved with the different demands. Below, we’ll go itemby-item and provide updates on what’s been done so far. The demands have not been copied here verbatim. Some of these issues will be further explored in coming issues of The Towerlight.

1. Increase and retain black tenure and tenure-track faculty: Provost Timothy Chandler said that his office is in the process of developing recruitment tactics, as opposed to merely advertising, for open positions that could be filled by black faculty or staff.

“We’ve got to go and recruit. We’ve got to go and make better connections with some of our HBCUs, where there are Ph.D. programs, and where we can, hopefully, attract high-quality candidates to come and join us here,” Chandler said.

According to Chandler, the University made an offer to someone for the math department, but the candidate took a job somewhere else. Chandler also said that the University has hired a couple of minority lecturers.

“This is an incredibly competitive market, and everybody is trying to do this,” Chandler said. “And a lot of people have bigger checkbooks than we do.”

2. Require semesterly meetings in each department about cultural competency: Chandler said that faculty and, more specifically, department chairs have been directed to have “at least one” meeting every semester devoted to cultural competency.

He said 14 faculty members have signed up to be “diversity fellows” this year, double the amount of previous years. He said that this shows “the faculty themselves are incredibly committed to this.”

3. Diversity Chair for Greek

Organizations: Vice President for Student Affairs Deb Moriarty said all of the predominantly-white male fraternities have created a diversity chair position, and that most of the sororities had as well.

The Center for Student Diversity is developing modules for students in those positions, so that they are not working toward increased diversity without any form of training.

4. Study the contract between Towson and Maryland Correctional Enterprises: Shortly after the sit-in, Chandler, then interim president, sent a letter to University System of Maryland Student Council President Gayon Sampson.

Sampson and other student leaders, including Towson SGA President Kurt Anderson, recently traveled to a MCE facility to conduct additional research.

From the research that has been conducted by the USMSC, Sampson said that there is no evidence that would support their taking a stance against MCE. Inmates who wish to work at MCE have to sign up and apply. It’s not a mandatory process, and participants are paid better than inmates working for the department of corrections.

Sampson said that he spoke with several inmates who were proud of the work that they were doing and were happy to be doing it for the money and training that it provided.

Inmates at MCE build and create furniture for state facilities, including TU, among other products, including signage, apparel and license plates.

5. Advocate that the SGA maintain communication with diverse organizations, especially when policies will affect them: According to Anderson, the SGA is in the process of integrating a new information system that would allow them to better communicate and serve all students groups. The system, which Anderson said should launch over the summer, will “completely alter the way we interact with groups.” This system will become a “one-stop shop” that will allow student groups to see things like budget information and Tiger Stripes data.

According to Anderson, Director of Diversity Outreach Xiomara Gonzalez and her department have planned

Banner image by Allen Stewart. File photo by Cody Boteler/ The Towerlight Timothy Chandler, then interim president, discusses the list of demands presented by concerned black students with protestors and Towson University administrators Nov. 18. monthly student forums, where students can air grievances or suggestions about the student experience to the SGA. Anderson said that the SGA has also assigned each member to small program groups that are then required to go to large scale events on campus.

Senators emailed all of their student groups and asked which events should be attended. Anderson said that they did not receive many requests back.

The SGA also distributed surveys to student groups, who were asked to evaluate their respective SGA senators.

Response was mostly positive, according to Anderson. Negative feedback was reviewed by SGA Vice President Taylor Johnson and involved senators.

6. Require the President’s Diversity Coordinating Council and other institution-wide bodies regarding diversity to have multicultural representation: Chandler said that President Kim Schatzel takes this “extraordinarily seriously.” Chandler said that Schatzel is looking at restructuring the way that the council works, in order to ensure that different voices are represented.

The Towerlight will continue to follow this story as it progresses.

7. Set an expectation to diversify the representation of committees that determine tenure: University administrators, Chandler said, are currently reviewing the appoint, rank and tenure policy, or

ART, which he says is “a huge undertaking.” Chandler said that the policy involves changes at the state level.

But, at the University level, the Provost’s Office is working to educate students on how their voice contributes to decisions about tenure.

“The other thing we’re doing is trying to make sure that students, through the teaching evaluation process, get an appropriate voice,” Chandler said.

8. Advocate for the election of director positions in the SGA instead of having them be appointed by the president and approved by the senate: Pending the ratification of the SGA’s amended constitution, which is slated to be voted on either this week or next, the Director of Diversity Outreach position will be filled by a student nominated by the Council of Diversity Student Organizations.

According to SGA election literature, the CDSO will be responsible for nominating at least two candidates, who will then undergo a series of interviews with the CDSO Executive Board and either the SGA president or another designated SGA member.

These interviews will then culminate in an appointment by the SGA president, who has the right to appoint “the can-

didate that they deem is qualified,” the literature reads.

“I think one of the biggest concerns that were brought up by the demands was that the minority population wants to have a say in how [the Director of Diversity Outreach] position is selected,” Anderson said. “So, that’s what we’re addressing.”

9. Return the debate team to a traveling team: “The debate team is on track for being back on the road in the fall,” Chandler said. “We’re actually trying to find them some additional space. We’re working on more support for them, beyond one academic department.”

Towson’s nationally-ranked debate team has, historically, provided academic opportunities for black students at the school.

Recently, it’s faced some roadblocks, especially concerning their coaching staff. Chandler said that the team has had some “hiccups,” but also that it has been “incredibly successful.” He said the University shares some blame for the hiccups because, “We haven’t had a solid structure for [the team] to work with.”

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10. Honestly and strictly enforce the University’s policies on non-discrimination/hate-bias: During the SGA’s March 1 general assembly meeting, the organization voted in favor of a resolution that supports including a mandatory statement about hate-bias on all syllabi.

Drafted by James and SGA Sen. Makdes Hailu, the resolution indicates that such a statement would define hate-bias and include the processes by which students can report it. According to James, the language for both would come straight from the University website, which administrators are currently evaluating, according to Moriarty.

James is currently in the process of gathering student testimony to present to the University Senate, whose membership is predominantly faculty, later this semester.

“We’re really working to make professors see the need and how many students are saying, ‘Yes, I need that information and no, I don’t know where to get it,’” James said.

Anderson said that the SGA has also formed an advisory board made up of students interested in diversity and social activism, which has been working on projects including an awareness campaign on how to report and promote TU’s intolerance of hate-bias incidents. Anderson said that the SGA aims to launch the campaign in the fall.

Moriarty said that Student Affairs is trying to clarify the language and procedure for reporting incidents so students will have an easier time navigating the complex University system.

Student Affairs want to work to bring more attention to hate-bias incidents as well as make it clear to students what they can do to report such incidents, and what they can expect during the process.

Chandler and Moriarty both said that policies and procedures have to deal with whether students feel threatened or unsafe, not whether they just feel intellectually uncomfortable.

“As a campus community, being uncomfortable is not necessarily a bad thing,” Chandler said. “We, as a campus community, are here, in some ways, to foster intellectual discomfort, and I don’t want us to lose sight of that.”

11. Ensure policing practices of black student events and white student events are equitable: Moriarty said that evidence from last year showed that policing wasn’t “quite as equal as it should be.” But ultimately, Moriarty said, the policing for events depends on the type of event--size, student attendance, nonstudent attendance and what kind of

activities the event would involve.

“We’ll assess it again after this year to see if students feel like it’s still differentially applied,” Moriarty said.

12. Advocate for the establishment of a course requirement in American race relations: Chandler said that the University is already looking at revamping the core curriculum for Towson students.

Chandler said that the “easy” way to accomplish this goal would be to add a core curriculum or work within the TSEM classes, but that they’re working out whether or not this subject could be discussed in several of the required core classes.

“As we review the core, we’re looking at how best to infuse this information across the curriculum,” Chandler said. He said it would take at least a year to redo.

Student reaction: Student activists who helped lead the #OccupyTowson movement in November have continued to discuss ways to accomplish the demands they originally presented during the sit-in.

“There is still a goal and a wish with the demands, but I don’t think that the administration is going to move at the speed that we need,” John Gillespie, one of the organizers, said.

At a March 30 documentary screening, Gillespie, as part of a panel, questioned whether or not a predominately white institution could provide black students with acceptable resources.

In order to change a state university like Towson, he said, the change has to be processed through the USM. “You can’t fix the University in a vacuum,” he said.

Bilphena Yahwon, another one of the student organizers, described a recent shift in her goals and perceptions of the #OccupyTowson movement. While noting that that larger, state-controlled issues cannot be solved within the bubble of the University, she advocated for more activism on campus to reach individuals.

“I was putting too much faith in individuals and I thought that if we do this, if we fight hard enough and get people involved, they will want to change,” she said. But, she said, the administration is a large system, and she feels such systems are reluctant to reforming themselves.

“We cannot change the University because Towson University is connected to the state of Maryland,” Yahwon said. “Whatever laws and policies are put in place by the state of Maryland, Towson University is going to adhere to that culture.”

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Towson hosts DJ Spooky Composer, artist joins art and tech

Cody Boteler/ The Towerlight Multimedia artist Paul Miller, also known as DJ Spooky, leads a master class on performance craft with theatre department associate professor David White in the Harold J. Kaplan Concert Hall April 1.

Composer and multimedia artist Paul Miller, aka DJ Spooky, talked about fusing mathematics and technology with the arts to express ideas and political issues Friday, during an on-campus speech in celebration of Towson’s 150th anniversary. “[My work is] an investigation into the notions of thinking about creativity in the 21st century,” Miller said. “It’s the idea that music and arts are reflections of math and science.”

Miller also performed several compositions from his album, “Of Water and Ice,” with Towson University students. His work is a mixture of DJ remixes, classical music performed by violinists and the sound of ice in Antarctica that he captured on a trip there.

The music is meant to bring together the issue of climate change and ice melting with an urban setting that doesn’t experience its effects.

“I’ve made most of my projects open source, to precisely reflect that the place they’re coming from, which is Antarctica, the world’s creative commons,” he said.

Many of Miller’s compositions focus on finding the balance between math and the arts.

“When you see these traditional instruments and you see software, this is a very unique evening,” Miller

said. “You’re talking about literature and composition, but you’re also talking about the potential of the collaboration between cultures and geographies and using digital media as a more cosmopolitan tool.”

“All is number,” he said. “So, what you’re just hearing was an equation that had been made into a composition; a composition that had been turned into elements that were rhythmic.”

Miller recently published “The Imaginary App,” a book that explores how apps have shaped and influenced not only technology but culture as well.

“We create a space of intentionality, and I think that’s one of the most powerful things of the 21st century.

That there isn’t anything you cannot imagine right now,” Miller said. “What I’m doing tonight is opening up some of the issues that I view as part of this inquiry, into looking at not only design, but how apps change our mobile sense of place and creativity.”

Miller also touched on the idea of fusing the classical and the contemporary.

“It’s really important to me to have people start thinking about not just beats as a kind of party thing, but as something people can think of as a backbone for contemporary classical,” Miller said. “It’s not just electronic music and it’s not just classical music,

but it’s a conversation between the two that makes it a powerful situation.”

TU Vice Provost Maggie Reitz said that she liked the interconnected nature of Miller’s ideas.

“I enjoyed the mixture of sounds and the connection with mathematics, history lessons and current political issues,” she said.

Miller said that he looks forward to what the future of music, arts and mathematics can all bring to the table when combined.

“The concert is a reflection of potential,” Miller said. “Potential for instruments to be putting conversation with contemporary which is digital software based. So for me that’s a really important step because people separate everything, and I want to pull them all together into a conversation that shows the contemporary composer.”

A visiting scholar at University of Colorado, Boulder, Miller has visited Towson during the past academic year and has enjoyed working with the students and mixing electronic and classical sounds.

“The students played my compositions tonight and I just found it a very heartwarming situation,” Miller said. “They are just very young, bright-eyed, and full of inquiry about how to combine electronic music with classical music.”

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Conference celebrates, encourages female leadership Local businesswomen and University leaders encouraged female students to pursue challenging careers and professional futures during Towson University’s fifth annual Women in Leadership Conference, held in the University Union April 2.

Hosted by the Center of Student Diversity, this year’s theme was “defining your legacy.”

“How do you build a legacy?”

Keynote speaker and Towson alum Gboyinde Onijala asked. “By being a woman who is committed to learning, inspiring and fighting hand in hand with her sisters.”

Only 100 students nominated by faculty were invited to attend. The conference included Onijala’s keynote and three breakout workshop sessions with presentations by Towson faculty, alumnae and local businesswomen.

According to CSD Associate Director of Student Diversity and Development Mahnoor Ahmed, the goal of the conference was to “create a space for women to discuss leadership and careers, and to

learn to define the many ways that they see success for themselves.”

During the first breakout session, Towson alumna and Catholic Relief Services Technical Advisor for Research and Learning Alexandra Towns spoke on her experiences abroad through her undergraduate, graduate and postgraduate years and encouraged attendees to contribute to their own legacies by identifying opportunities to travel.

“It is really essential to know people all throughout the world and to communicate it throughout your career,” Towns said.

The first breakout session also included a presentation from Casey Baynes, founder of the Casey Cares Foundation, who spoke on the various factors to consider when choosing to work with a non-profit organization and a presentation on establishing financial independence from Ellin & Tucker representatives Aileen Eskildsen and Jessica Kuhn.

La Tonya Dyer, the course development support manager in TU’s Office of Academic Innovation, spoke on developing intrapersonal skills to accomplish professional and personal goals.

In the second breakout session,

therapist and life coach Tahna Purnell spoke on creating a personal life vision by reevaluating and adjusting life choices to feel more ordered and peaceful.

“A lot of times people assume things about women,” Purnell said. “They assume you want to get married. They assume you want to have kids. You can’t feel guilty when you don’t live up to other’s expectations. They’re dream-killers.”

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How do you build a legacy? By being a woman who is committed to learning, inspiring and fighting hand in hand with her sisters.

GBOYINDE ONIJALA Senior Communication Specialist, Montgomery County Public Schools

She told attendees to move in the direction of their visions, saying that any choice they make has the potential to be successful.

“Do you really know how powerful

women are?” Purnell asked. “You will be fine and you will fall on your feet.”

The second breakout sessions also included a presentation on the importance of networking from business growth advisor Susan Katz as well as a presentation on salary negotiation strategies from Towson Career Center Director Lorie-Logan Bennett.

In the third breakout session, Kendall Ludwig, president and principal artist of graphic design company CurlyRed, spoke on the benefits and dangers of working remotely with virtual teams for a single professional purpose. First-year Residence Life Coordinator and former Towson Student Government Association President Brandy Hall spoke on how authentic leadership can impact people’s lives both personally and professionally.

Career Center Associate Director Glenda Henkel spoke on resume-writing strategies, and University of Maryland, College Park Counseling Center Care Manager Simone Livingston spoke on her professional journey from Towson to College Park.

In her keynote speech, Onijala asked, “What do you dare to be remembered for?”

In her time at Towson, Onijala served as a SAGE mentor, and was president of the African Diaspora Club. While in high school, she founded S.I.S.T.E.R.S (Sisters Striving Toward Education, Responsibility and Success), a group that provides young girls of color with a safe space to tackle academic and social challenges.

Onijala now serves as the senior communications specialist for Montgomery County Public Schools and continues to mentor students in her spare time.

“I feel the most fulfilled when I’m doing something to enrich and empower others,” Onijala said. “Now imagine yourself being able to do that for someone else. To be inspired is great, but to inspire someone else is absolutely incredible.”

She asked attendees to continue to be committed to lifelong learning, and to identify core values and priorities.

Onijala also stressed the importance of working together as women.

“There is so much work to be done,” Onijala said. “Let’s spend that time fighting together, not fighting each other. Let’s work together to carry forward the work of the women who came before us.”

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Winner of “The Associate” named Marketing and e-business double major William Newman was announced as the winner of this year’s annual student business competition, “The Associate,” Tuesday after facing off against fellow finalist Daniela De Leon.

Newman said that in the first couple of weeks he felt like a motivational speaker. He was very wordy and felt rehearsed.

“Be a good presenter without sounding cocky,” Newman advised.

“I’m passionate, so I can sound confident.”

While the judges struggled to choose between Newman and De Leon, the decision was eventually based on personal growth throughout the seven-week course, according to judge and presenting executive Brad Callahan. “[Newman] started off too rehearsed, and became much more natural and comfortable,” Callahan said.

As presenting executive, Callahan, president and chief executive officer of Vantage Resort Realty, acted in a role comparable to Donald Trump on “The Apprentice.”

Organized by the College of Business and Economics, “The Associate” is a premier business case competition in which graduating seniors vie for a post-graduation job with the host company.

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As Towson’s first all-female thesis film group, senior EMF majors Bethany Michalski, Aimee Schubert and Yasmin Zellipour are preparing for an endeavor that includes filming outside of the Baltimore area, and hiring a diverse crew of students with a wide range of set experience.

“We’ve been reaching out to younger people in the major that haven’t necessarily been on set, women that haven’t been represented in these male-dominated roles on set,” Michalski said.

It is important to the group enrolled in Film III to give people who are often marginalized in the industry the chance to work on their production, a short film called “When a Wave Comes.”

“I think a lot of times, Hollywood especially is a man’s world,” Schubert said. “It’s literally men making stories about men. ‘Harry Potter,’ ‘Lord of the Rings,’ all those top-grossing movies are big boy films about…white men with black hair.”

“When a Wave Comes,” the groups’ film project, follows the story of Mary, a woman who takes a trip to a rundown beach motel after losing a child and finding herself unable to connect with her husband.

Across the motel’s courtyard, she can see into the room of a pregnant woman, who she later meets. The two

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Senior filmmakers of “When a Wave Comes,” Yasmin Zellipour (left), Bethany Michalski (center) and Aimee Schubert (right).

If you’re a hardcore food lover and Food Network fan like me, you may have heard of La Cakerie. La Cakerie is a chic and sophisticated bakery/ café owned by Jason Hisley, a frequent competitor and winner of famous Food Network shows such as “Cake Wars” and “Cupcake Wars.”

La Cakerie recently won “Cupcake Wars” and their winning cupcake flavor is now available at their store. La Cakerie currently has two locations, one in Towson and one in Baltimore.

Everyone comes in like a kid in a candy store, in awe as they gaze at the plethora of sweet treats.

The employees are all very friendly, patient and understanding. They all seem very knowledgeable of the menu and are glad to offer suggestions if you are not quite sure of what to get.

The environment itself is very warm and welcoming as there are many chairs, couches and televisions to just lounge and really get that café vibe.

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There is a dominant taste of Old Bay seasoning that isn’t overwhelming, but acts as a true compliment as it brings together the taste of the vegetables and tomato base. Each bite is warm and delicious.

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work through the grieving process together while reestablishing thoughts of what it means to be a mother.

Michalski, Schubert and Zellipour plan to start production in late April in Ocean City, Maryland.

“We consciously wanted to get out of Baltimore and get out of the Towson area to shoot the majority of it,” Michalski said. “[That] hasn’t really been done. We’re trying to take a lot of firsts.”

It is also important to the filmmakers that everyone involved in the production be able to connect personally to the story. Michalski grew up taking trips to the Eastern Shore, and the crew will be staying at her grandparents’ beach house during the shoot.

Even the actors feel heavily involved in the story being told.

Michalski said that they chose the actors more based on their background

and how they related to the story, rather than based on looks, for characters.

“I think that’s really what makes this special, is their connection to the script,” Michalski said. “I’ve never had actors that have been this connected.”

The group used crowdfunding website Indiegogo to raise money for their film and reached their initial goal of $1,500 in only five days. “When a Wave Comes,” has raised $2,387 at the time of writing, and they plan to use any extra money to enter the film in festivals—which is often an expensive ordeal.

Originally, Michalski said that they wanted to make the best film that they could before they graduated.

“But I think this has turned into something bigger,” Michalski said. “We want to show what women in this department can do and will do in the future.”

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Dept. play reflects culture Breaking the silence Faculty-directed show runs until April 9 CHRISTINE LAFRANCESCA Staff Writer @LaFrancesca27

The cast and crew of “The Good Person of Setzuan” were excitedly running around preparing for their final dress rehearsal last Wednesday in the Studio Theatre of the Center for the Arts.

“Since the play dives into really current issues, we hope that students will be able to connect with the story,” acting and mass communication major, Jared Swain, said. “Maybe some of it will reflect something that hits home to them.

Maybe they’ll just like the message.

Either way means it was a successful show.”

Associate theater professor Stephen Nunns is directing the show, which runs until April 9.

Tickets are $10 for Towson students, faculty and staff, $20 for general admission.

The show begins with various types of Baltimoreans sprinting, strolling and standing on stage.

Everything from a homeless man selling water out of a beaten-up cooler, to hipsters on skateboards and a man running from the cops.

Then, three gods appear on a seemingly impossible hunt to find a good human.

“I play god three, who is supposed to very closely relate to Bernie Sanders,” senior acting major and musical director Taylor Rieland said. “The other gods and I are searching for a kind and giving soul to put us up for the night, and it starts to seem like we might not find someone until we are introduced to Shen Te.” Rieland, along with the other gods, plays multiple roles throughout the production, including both a prostitute and a priest.

“I’ve only ever been in one other play where I played multiple roles,” Rieland said. “This production has been more difficult than most of the others I’ve done. Having to play one role and then disconnect from that persona and then play someone else is tough. All of that plus being the musical director has been a lot of do, but I’m excited for people to see the end result.”

Senior acting major Allison Bradbury plays the roles of Mrs. Yang, Sun’s adoptive mother, god two and a young boy. She hopes

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The set of “The Good Person of Setzuan” was inspired by Baltimore city architecture and culture for its production through April 9. that students will find a deeper interpretation of what it means to be a good person though “The Good Person of Setzuan.”

“After being introduced to Shen Te, we find out she’s a prostitute,” Bradbury said. “Since my godcharacter is modeled after Sarah Palin, she is almost immediately judgmental and assumes she can’t be a good person because she sells herself for money. I want people to understand that the world will condition you to think this way, this negatively. Challenge that. Don’t let society turn you into someone callous or selfish.”

After Shen Te, played by acting major Mani Yangilmau, agrees to house the three gods, they give her a loan to help her buy an apartment attached to a corner store.

While stocking her new smoke shop, a carpenter arrives to try to swindle her out of money.

Due to her good nature, Shen Te is consistently taken advantage of and manifests an alter ego named Shui Ta, who she claims is her “cousin.” He is far more aggressive than she, which allows Shen Te to fend and provide for herself.

“I couldn’t be more different than Shen Te’s alter ego, Shui Ta,” Yangilmau said. “I am definitely more passive and non-confrontational like Shen Te.” With Yangilmau’s past acting experience in Towson productions such as “No Child,” “13 Clowns” and “Sweeney Todd,” she still says playing both Shen Te and Shui Ta were among her most challenging roles to date.

“Since I’m switching from male to female characters, the physical-

ity between the two is the hardest for me to change,” Yangilmau said.

“They have very different aspects to their personalities. Shui Ta displays a lot of brute masculinity, which can be hard to fully immerse in.”

At first, having Shui Ta around to reinforce Shen Te’s non-existent backbone seems beneficial. This is until his selfish and assertive demeanor leaves the community residents, who relied on Shen Te’s good nature, struggling and in need of guidance.

Playing god one, senior acting major Kaya Vision Potler thinks setting “The Good Person of Setzuan” in Baltimore, as opposed to the original setting in southwest China, dramatically increases student reception to its message.

“I think what we want people to realize is that it is sometimes really hard to be a good person, and the world doesn’t always make it easy,” he said. “I grew up in Baltimore, so I know what growing up in that environment has the ability to do to people.”

With mentions of “HipHop Fish & Chicken” and “The Baltimore Sun,” “The Good Person of Setzuan” hints at popular Baltimore staples while also representing the positives and negatives of being too passive—and in the same vein, too assertive.

“Don’t judge people on their cover,” Vision said. “People form different aspects of themselves because of their experiences and their surroundings. Try to understand each other, but also never be afraid of the consequences of giving.”

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To challenge societal shyness toward sexual health, students were given the opportunity to explore and further educate themselves about the wonders of sex at the first ever “Let’s Talk About Sex!” night held in Paws April 1.

The Sexual Assault Peer Educators (SAPE), in cooperation with several organizations including the Sexual Harassment & Assault Prevention & Education (SHAPE) Committee and the Center for Student Diversity set up tables that featured games and activities ranging from “consent is sexy” underwear making to a lube tasting station.

The event also featured a “mockgarita bar” and sex-positive trivia stations where winners were able to walk away with their choice of condoms and lubes of assorted flavors. In addition to these giveaways, students were able to enter a raffle to win one of three “ultimate sex gift baskets” that contained an assortment of sex-related prizes.

The second half of the event was comprised of a presentation by Dorian Solot and Colin Adamo, two sex educators from “Sex Discussed Here!,” the organization behind the popular “I Heart Female Orgasm” program that is featured at Towson each fall. The presenters offered a thoughtful, yet

lighthearted discussion on safer sex that concluded with a question and answer session with students.

“I thought it was a really great program to have on college campuses,” sophomore and history major, MacKenzie Scott, said. “It was a fun and unique way to open up discussion about sex, and Colin and Dorian were a great addition to the overall atmosphere of the event.”

Alexandra Shiflett, a graduate assistant from the Counseling Center who was involved in the organization of the event, discussed the reasoning and goals behind the event.

“We wanted to have a sex-positive event to help educate individuals about consent, as well as to decrease this stigma surrounding talking about sex education in general,” Shiflett said.

“We were lucky enough to have a university that was supportive of our event. Meaning, no one told us that what we were doing was wrong or too risqué.”

Shiflett said that SAPE intends to sponsor at least one sex-positive event each semester. While the next “Let’s Talk about Sex!” night is still under development, the organization is partnering with the Feminist Collective to hold their “Take Back the Night” event in observation of Sexual Assault Awareness month.

“Take Back the Night” will be held April 7 at 7 p.m. in Freedom Square.

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Wrong direction KRISTIN HELF Staff Writer @kristinelise_

What first struck me about Zayn Malik’s premiere solo album “Mind of Mine” is, duh, the sOnG tITLES. The caps lock button is right underneath “tab”— please turn it off, I’m begging you.

But after listening to the album, it turns out that the stylistic choice of the tiTleS isn’t like, “let’s do something funky/weird/a little obnoxious,” but like the lyrics to his songs, it’s more like, “I’m not in 1D anymore and this is a shallow and annoying way for me to prove my edginess.”

That’s not an actual Zayn quote and, yes, it was a mean way for me to decry “Mind of Mine” as the disaffected bad-boy album it tries so hard to be.

But, for example, take the song “sHe,” which Zayn described as a “party tune” that’s “not as intense lyrically” as some of the other songs.

I find it hard to detect what songs he was referring to on the album that actually are lyrically intense.

“BeFoUr” is an examination of the pop singer’s life before he left One Direction, which reveals the dissatisfaction he felt at that time with lines like, “No strings for you to pull on,” and, “Can’t tune my chords / Into your songs, no.”

“INTERMISSION: fLoWer” is my favorite song on the album. Zayn, who

hasn’t been known to speak much about his heritage, sings Urdu lyrics in a song with a Pakistani folk vibe.

But ballads like those are the exceptions. Most songs don’t delve deeper than breakup sex (“PILLOWTALK”) or getting drunk all summer—as the chorus to “dRuNk” is literally, “Drunk all summer, drunk all summer / We’ve been drunk all summer.”

He’s like that college freshman that really, really wants you to know that they consume alcohol on a regular basis. Or, in this case, the former shiny-eyed boy band-er who can’t wait to tell you about all the sex he’s been having, and that he’s not afraid to say the f-word.

“Mind of Mine” is not a bad album, especially as a first solo effort. Zayn’s main collaborator throughout the recording process was James “Malay” Ho, who produced Frank Ocean’s “Channel Orange,” an influence along with The Weeknd that clearly shows through on “Mind of Mine.”

The R&B pop songs are good to chill out to, but not much else. “Mind of Mine” won’t inspire you to be a better person, or even to necessarily get out of bed.

It doesn’t reveal much about Zayn’s life (“BeFoUr” and “fLoWer” being the exceptions), other than that he’s a typical 23-year-old male.

And most of the songs won’t even make for fun dance numbers—for that, you might as well turn back to One Direction.

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Man behind the script JESSICA RICKS Staff Writer

As a senior and theater major, Timothy Huth’s love for playwriting has grown through his experiences at Towson, the many plays he has written and his involvement with Actors Anonymous and other theater groups.

“When I was in high school, I was told that you should major and get a career in the thing you can’t see your life without,” Huth said. “I don’t know what I would do if I wasn’t a playwright.”

Before getting into theater, Huth originally started out with music. He sang in a children’s chorus in his hometown from third grade up until his senior year of high school. He started theater in elementary school, and by the time college came around he decided to focus on theater.

“I loved singing, but I realized the theater classes were more fun,” Huth said. “I was having a better time and progressing more naturally through the theater classes. I decided to double major and now I’m just a theater major.”

With a focus in playwriting, Huth has written plays such as “Steam” and “Conversations with a Lesser God.” His latest plays that will premiere this month are “Dracula,” which runs April 8-9, and “After,” which runs April 20-23. He has also written “Cinderella” and “Sleeping Beauty” for the music department’s Children’s Opera, where he is a co-writer. Huth is also the president of the club Actors Anonymous and does scenic design and stage-managing on the side. Although most of his work as of right now has been done within Towson, he has spoken with several theater companies about producing his work after college.

His two favorite things about playwriting are the ability to create characters that the actors can bring to life and working with incredible artists every day. The actors also provide feedback on what can enhance the characters.

Huth believes that being at Towson has given him experiences that have made him a better artist. The University is one of the best he has ever seen in fostering new student work, and is incredibly adaptive in encouraging students by providing them with opportunities to have work read and

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occasionally performed publically.

“Towson has such a strong theater community where I get to spend all day, every day making art with brilliant people who make me a better artist, and I hope they feel the same,” Huth said.

Huth is most inspired by real life experiences and the people he’s around on a day to day basis. Being around artistic people inspires him to work hard on his projects. Huth has gotten into the habit of pushing himself to write every day, even when the inspiration isn’t there.

“I do some of my best work sitting with the scenic designers of my department because they are working on such brilliant artistic pieces, and I’m like ‘I want to make art as nice as your visual art.’”

When people read or see his work onstage, the most important thing to him isn’t what the audience thinks of it, but getting them to feel a genuine, real emotion no matter what that is.

“Writing is always first to me,” Huth said. “I don’t identify myself as a director or a stage manager, I am a playwright.”

Whether it’s the tears he saw from his cast after a reading of “After” or the genuine laughs from the kids watching the Children’s Opera plays, the honest and real reactions toward his plays are what makes Huth the happiest.

After graduation, Huth wants to get his work out into the world of theater.

Eventually he will go back to grad school to hone his talent.

He wants to travel outside of Maryland, where he’s lived his whole life, to learn about other cultures and incorporate other human experiences into his work.

In the future, Huth also wants to be a teacher in order to become what Towson has been for him.

He wants to create a safe space for others to fail, succeed and grow, and to foster new work for students. Huth strives to empower students who feel like they may not have representation to make their own.

“I’m also really into equity and parity in theater,” Huth said. “I try really hard to encourage the voices of women and the voices of people of color and disabilities because I feel like those voices aren’t represented enough on stage.”

Modelz of Distinction holds planetary show ALAINA TEPPER Staff Writer

Wednesday.

“We come together as an executive board and we create the show’s theme just going off of ideas from Featuring out-of-this-world fashPinterest and ideas from the team ion designs and planetary inspicollectively,” Green said. “We pretty ration, Towson modeling group much work all together to put this Modelz of Distinction (MOD) held a Galactic Invasion April 2. on.”

“We’re going to take you to variThe show also included audience ous planets, and eventually we’re interaction to keep the energy up going to land on one planet called all night long.

Planet Slay, where MOD will be a Host Michael Frimpong engaged big invasion,” freshman and MOD the audience by leading a competitreasurer Brandon White explained. tion to sing the next lyrics to a Starting on Earth, the show song, starting a parent dance-off progressed throughout both the and conducting an alumni runway planets and the sun of the solar walk. system as the models searched for “My man Mike has been doing a stylish, model-filled a great job hostplanet to call their ing and filling in home. the breaks,” senior “It’s different, but Nonzo Francis said.

It’s different, but that’s good because After final walks, that’s good because Green announced you hear the same things all the time, you hear the same the new board memso I like it,” freshman bers, including her things all the time, and model Ashley successor for the so I like it.

Gross said. next year.

According to presi“It’s bittersweet,” dent Jasmine Green, Green said. “There ASHLEY GROSS Freshman MOD worked with are great things to sponsoring designers come and a bright to gather clothes for their show. future ahead of this team as well “I’m excited to see them wear my as myself, but it’s also saddening clothes and come up with this dope because it’s like I’m passing down choreography with it,” designer my baby to a whole new group.”

Tyler Kirkland said.

To celebrate one of her last MOD From a swimsuit line to galacshows, the team had a special surtic gala-wear, the models showprise for Green. cased pieces from designers such After the announcement of the as DaJon Johnson, Katrease Kirby new board members, the models and Aaron Handy. brought out balloons, a cake and Following the presentation of his a crown for Green. She gave her or her design, each designer also final walk of the show to Rihanna’s came out on the runway with the “Work” while wearing her new models. crown.

To enhance the galactic theme of the evening, DJ One Way’s space jams kept the party going while For more light-up alien balloons lined the events from runway.

“Tonight’s theme was very creModelz of ative and I like how we could bring Distinction, it alive with our makeup and our check out hair,” freshman model Kenija Jones said. their next The show was publicized runway show, throughout the preceding week to introduce MOD Week. The group May 15. hosted events such as a cake sale, a lip sync battle and wild style

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Towson was swept in a three-game series by No. 7 James Madison this weekend in Harrisonburg, Virginia, at Veterans Memorial Park.

Sunday, the Tigers (22-10, 2-4) fell to the Dukes (30-2, 6-0) 3-0.

“It was exciting and there was a lot of adrenaline,” freshman infielder Bailey Boyd said. “But it was just another game to us.”

James Madison got on the board first and took a 2-0 lead over Towson in the bottom of the third inning on an RBI double from junior right

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In the fourth inning, the Dukes extended their lead to 3-0 on an RBI single from senior catcher Erica Field.

Despite surrendering just three runs over six innings of work, sophomore pitcher Megan Dejter suffered her sixth loss of the season as the Towson offense was held scoreless and collected just one hit.

Towson fell to James Madison 11-6 Saturday.

The Tigers took an early 2-0 lead over the Dukes thanks to a first inning two-run home run from sophomore catcher Shelby Stracher.

However, James Madison scored

five runs in the bottom half of the inning to take a 5-2 lead over Towson.

In the top of the fourth inning, the Tigers pulled within one run of the Dukes on a solo home run from sophomore shortstop Brook Miko.

However, James Madison went on to score two runs in the fifth and three runs in the sixth to hold of Towson’s comeback efforts.

“This weekend just gave us some more things to practice and clean up until we see them [James Madison] again,” sophomore third baseman Daria Edwards said.

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towson defeats drexel at unitas TYLER BEARD Assistant Sports Editor @tylerbeard2

A 6-0 run helped No. 10 Towson pull past Colonial Athletic Association (CAA) rival Drexel in an 11-7 win at Johnny Unitas Stadium Saturday.

“I was excited to get our first win in the CAA,” Head Coach Shawn Nadelen said. “The first game against, obviously, a team that’s had our number in the regular season the past few years.”

The run started in the third quarter after the Tigers (9-1, 1-0 CAA) trailed the Dragons (4-6, 0-1 CAA) 5-3.

Senior attackman Spencer Parks cut the lead with a goal and junior midfielder Mike Lynch scored off a rebound, which tied the game at 5-5.

Junior attackman Joe Seider scored

back-to-back goals in the fourth quarter and put the Tigers ahead 7-5.

The run was propelled by junior midfielder Alec Burckley, who won all five face-offs in the quarter. Burckley finished the game with 16 face-off wins, which set a career high for him.

“The first CAA game, I knew it was going to be tough and they didn’t make any of them easy,” Burckley said about the face-off position. “I give credit to my wings. They played tough and gave me space when I needed it, boxed out and picked up ground balls. They make things a lot easier for me, so I got to give those guys all the credit.”

Towson’s run ended in the fourth quarter with a Drexel goal that cut the team’s lead to 9-6 in the fourth quarter. However, Lynch scored his second goal right after and helped put

the game out of reach.

The Tigers finished with eight goals in the second half, despite having three goals in the first half.

“I think we had a lot of good looks, but we just weren’t really finishing it,” Seider said about the offense. “I mean, they were playing good defense, but we were getting a lot of shots off and we didn’t really hit the cage or put them in bad spots. I think weren’t just finishing the ball the way we should.”

Towson outshot Drexel 27-12 and won the groundball battle, 40-24.

“It was two teams out there battling and competing,” Nadelen said.

“I didn’t think we were playing our best lacrosse in the first half even though we were getting some nice opportunities. We weren’t finishing our plays at first, but big credit to our guys continuing to stay focused,

continuing to work and continued to get good shots.”

The win opened up CAA play for the Tigers, as they move on the

road to play the Massachusetts Minutemen (4-5, 0-1 CAA). The game is scheduled for Saturday at 1 p.m at Garber Field.

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Joe Seider runs upfield in Towson’s victory over Drexel Saturday.

tigers down blue jays on the road Towson defeats crosstown rival Johns Hopkins 9-4 for its second straight victory JORDAN COPE Associate Sports Editor @jordancope26

No. 17 Towson extended its winning streak to two games after defeating No. 19 Johns Hopkins 9-4 Saturday at Homewood Field in Baltimore.

“Our last outing versus Hopkins was our best game yet,” Head Coach Sonia LaMonica said. “We went into the game with a good mindset and learned a lot about ourselves mentally.”

The Tigers (8-2, 1-0) took an early 1-0 lead over the Blue Jays (8-5) on a goal from sophomore midfielder Emily Gillingham less than three minutes into the contest.

However, Hopkins tied the game 1-1 less than two minutes later due to a goal from senior midfielder Dene’ DiMartino.

Following DiMartino’s goal, Towson scored twice before the half ended to take a 3-1 lead thanks to goals from freshman attacker Carly Tellekamp and freshman midfielder Katie Sciandra.

“We played well as a team in the first half,” LaMonica said. “We were solid defensively and gave Hopkins as little opportunities as possible.”

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Hopkins was our best game yet. We went into the game with a good mindset and learned a lot about ourselves mentally SONIA LaMONICA Head Coach

Towson picked up where it left off in the second half, scoring three straight goals to take a 6-1 lead over Johns Hopkins.

Tellekamp put the Tigers on the board first in the second half with her 17th goal of the season while freshman midfielder Natalie Sulmonte followed with her seventh and Gillingham followed with her 13th.

Johns Hopkins answered the Towson run with three straight goals of its own to bring the score to 6-4.

Sophomore midfielder Shannon Fitzgerald put the Blue Jays on the board first in the second half with her 23rd goal of the season followed by DiMartino’s 28th and 29th goals of the season.

Despite the Blue Jays run in the middle of the second half, the Tigers responded with a trio of goals to secure the 9-4 victory.

Gillingham scored her 14th goal of the year while Tellekamp scored her 18th and 19th goals of the year, one coming with a man up.

Tellekamp finished the game with four goals while Gillingham finished with three goals.

Freshman goalkeeper Angie Benson recorded her seventh victory of the season and made six saves on the afternoon.

“We made some adjustments in the second half,” LaMonica said.

“Hopkins had some defensive heads turning and sliding which opened up Emily to score. Angie made some really big saves too.”

Towson will look to win its third straight game when it resumes CAA (Colonial Athletic Association) play next Sunday in Elon, North Carolina, against the Phoenix at Brooks Stadium.

Elon is 7-3 on the year but just 3-2 in conference play.

“We are always taking it one game at a time,” LaMonica said.

“The team will have a significant break but we will be ready to get back on the field tomorrow.”

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another long season awaits birdland JORDAN COPE Associate Sports Editor @jordancope26

Re-signing free-agent first baseman Chris Davis had Orioles fans buzzing in late January, and rightfully so.

The eight-year veteran hit .262 with 47 home runs and 117 RBI in 2015.

However, what fans don’t seem to comprehend is that Davis is only one piece to an unfilled puzzle for the O’s.

As it seems to be every season, nobody on the Orioles has stepped into the starting left field position.

As of now, Rule 5 draft pick Joey Rickard looks like the front runner to start in left field after batting .390 this spring.

However, it remains to be seen if Rickard can carry these numbers into the course of a full 162 game season when top notch starting pitchers will be taking the hill every night.

On the topic of starting pitching, the Orioles starting rotation has struggled this spring which is another major cause for concern for the team.

Manager Buck Showalter has

announced that Chris Tillman will take the mound on Opening Day with Yovani Gallardo and Ubaldo Jimenez slated to start the following two games.

This spring, Tillman has pitched to an ERA of 7.24 over the course of 13.2 innings. These are certainly not the numbers you want to see from your Opening Day starter.

Gallardo and Jimenez have not pitched any better this spring combing for 15.1 innings and an ERA of 29.15.

Roughly, the two starters are allowing just under two runs an inning combined.

Aside from the fact that Tillman, Gallardo and Jimenez have struggled this spring, the fourth and fifth spots of the rotation are currently empty.

Third-year veteran Kevin Gausman will likely take the fourth spot in the rotation, but not for another one to two weeks because of a shoulder injury.

Gausman has had the best spring of any Orioles starting pitcher, pitching to an ERA of 4.50 over the course of six innings.

If Gausman ends up taking the fourth spot in the O’s rotation, which in all likelihood he will, that still leaves the fifth spot empty.

The young arms of Mike Wright and Tyler Wilson have had a decent spring and could be potential candidates to round out the rotation.

B e t w e e n Wright and Wilson, Wilson has looked most impressive this spring with a line of 20.1 innings, a 2.60 ERA and 10 strikeouts.

In the offseason, the Orioles front office said that they want to be contending for an American League East Championship and a spot in the playoffs.

However, with no improvements made to the pitching staff this offseason it is going to be tough to accom-

plish those feats.

O’s fans cannot neglect the fact that right field is still a question mark too.

After announcing that they had reached a deal with free-agent outfielder Dexter Fowler earlier this spring, Fowler resigned with the Cubs leaving the Orioles to have to trust Mark Trumbo to handle the second corner outfield position.

While Trumbo can hold his own at the plate, the six-year veteran has never been known for his glove which leaves a major concern from a fielding perspective especially with left field not solidified.

When all is said and done, the Orioles have done nothing to make their team better from last year’s 81-81 campaign.

Yes, Orioles fans, Davis was a nice addition to the team this winter but the 30-year-old can only do so much.

Instead of sinking $161 million into Davis, owner Peter Angelos would have been better off investing in multiple assets. After all, Davis was on the team last year and the team only won half of its games.

So Orioles fans, don’t get your hopes up. It could be another long year in Birdland.

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Towson qualified members for the ECAC (Eastern Collegiate Athletic Conference) Championships and set a pair school records after competing in a split squad meet this weekend.

Saturday, the pole vault team competed in the Millersville Metrics hosted by Millersville University in Millersville, Pennsylvania.

Senior Maggie Rampolla won the event with an ECAC (Eastern College Athletic Conference) qualifying height of 3.70 meters.

Junior Brynn Warrington came in second with a height of 3.55 meters while junior Courtney Rose placed third with a height of 3.40 meters and freshman Danielle Diorio finished sixth with a height of 2.80 meters.

At the Colonial Relays, Towson came in 14th place in the three-day meet hosted by Colonial Athletic Association (CAA) rival William & Mary.

“They were motivated,” Head Coach Mike Jackson said. “That’s where they competed at Conference last year and they were looking for redemption.”

Junior Zane Freeland posted two ECAC qualifying times after taking third in the 100-meter dash with a time of 12 seconds. Freeland came in seventh place in the 200-meter dash with a time of 24.53 seconds.

The 5,000-meter runners achieved new personal bests. Freshman Hannah Walter ran in 18:15.34 while sophomore Collen Cook scratched a minute off her previous record in 18:30.62.

The relay team of Freeland and freshmen Rachel Laryea, Liz Reid

and Arianna Waller set two ECAC qualifying times in the 4x100 meter and 4x200 meter races. The squad came in fifth place during the 4x100 relay with a time 47.65 seconds. They combined for a new school record of 1:41.49 in the 4x200 relay.

The distance medley relay team of fifth year senior Kara Bucaro (a member of The Towerlight Editorial Board), juniors Amanda Famalaro and Megan Knoblock and freshman Erica Israel broke the school record set in 2009 with a time of 12:19.40 minutes.

In the field events, senior Jader Godsey came in seventh during hammer throw with a personal best distance of 41.36 meters. This now ranks third on the program’s all-time list.

Friday Towson will be back in action in the Towson Invitational at Johnny Unitas Stadium.

tigers drop road matches BILLY OWENS Staff Writer @billyowens174

Towson lost a pair of neutral site matchups against Elon and Davidson College at Hillside Courts in Harrisonburg, Virginia, this weekend.

“We knew this was going to be a tough weekend,” Head Coach Doug Neagle said.

Sunday, the Tigers (8-8, 1-4) fell to Colonial Athletic Association (CAA) rival Phoenix (10-9) 0-4 in a match that was suspended due to inclement weather.

Towson was unable to secure the opening doubles point as Elon won two of the three doubles matches.

Natalia Janowicz and Kirsten Ward beat sophomore Lucy Williams and freshman Lucy Gloninger 6-3 at number one doubles and Olivia Lucas and Suzanne Zenoni beat the sophomore pair of A.J. Gomer and Renate van Oorschodt 6-2 at number three doubles.

The sophomore pair of Nicole Shakhnazarova and Barbora Vasilkova were leading 5-2 at number

two doubles against Taylor Casey and Erica Braschi when the match was suspended.

Elon won three of the singles matches over Towson to claim victory in the dual match.

Lucas defeated number one Shakhnazarova 7-6 (4), 6-4, Braschi defeated number two Williams 6-3, 6-1, and Zenani defeated number four Gomer 6-2, 6-2.

Number three Vasilkova was leading Janowicz 7-6 (1), 4-4, number five van Oorschodt was tied with Casey 4-4, and Maria Paraja was leading number six Shusterman 4-1 when the match was suspended.

“Elon came out today and played very solid across the board,” Neagle said. “I like our tough schedule, and it will have us ready for [the CAA conference tournament].”

Saturday, Towson fell 0-7 to Davidson College.

The Tigers fell behind early after losing the opening doubles point.

The Wildcats’ Ally Sexton and Anna Catharine Feaster defeated Williams and Gloninger 7-6 (5) at number one doubles while Gabrielle Centenari

and Elaina Cummer defeated Shakhnazarova and Vasilkova 7-6 (4) at number two doubles.

Towson’s only win of the dual match was a 6-4 victory by sophomore Yevgeniya Shusterman and junior Sophie Lesage over Ava Todd and Sarah Stein at number three doubles.

In the singles competition four out of the six matches went to three sets, but Davidson swept all six matches to complete the shutout.

Feaster beat number one Shakhnazarova 6-4, 4-6, 6-4, and Todd beat number two Williams 6-4, 6-0. Centenari beat number three Vasilkova 5-7, 7-6 (5), 10-7, and Megan Scholvinck beat number four Gomer 6-4, 1-6, 6-3.

Cummer beat number five Gloninger 6-7 (3), 6-4, 6-2, and Jenna Brunner beat number six van Oorschodt 6-4, 7-5.

“Davidson was 14-2 after beating us and has beaten two top teams in the CAA,” Neagle said.

Towson will travel to Philadelphia to take on CAA rival Drexel Wednesday afternoon, before returning home for the final four matches of the season.

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tigers take series from pride CHRIS WELLS Staff Writer @cgwells00

Towson capped off its series against Colonial Athletic Association (CAA) rival Hofstra with a 4-2 victory Sunday at Schuerholz Park.

In the bottom of the eighth inning, the Tigers (11-17, 2-1) had runners on first and second base with a 3-2 lead.

Head Coach Mike Gottlieb called his runners over for a quick discussion about a planned play.

“We were just letting them know [the plan] if Hofstra had taken a visit to the mound,” Gottlieb said.

“We used that time so there was no doubt about what we were going to do.”

Junior center fielder A.J. Gallo laid down a bunt toward third base which resulted in an out, but allowed junior shortstop Brady Policelli and redshirt junior designated hitter Chris Henze to each advance.

A wild pitch followed, which resulted in Policelli scoring the final run of the game.

Each team had to deal with inclement weather Sunday that included winds up to 20 mph.

Minor adjustments were made to keep the weather from getting the best of the Tigers.

“If you’re a power team it makes it tougher,” Gottlieb said. “The wind wasn’t helping anyone drive the ball. It’s probably one of the reasons why we bunted when we did, because to think you’re going to get a long ball there is against the odds.”

Policelli went 2-for-3 at bat with one RBI and two runs scored.

Henze registered only one hit but it was an RBI. Junior pitcher Kevin Ross (2-1) allowed only one run on four hits in seven innings.

Senior Lee Lawler was credited with his second save of the season after not giving up a run in 1.2 innings.

Saturday the Tigers fell to the Pride (7-21, 1-4) 7-3.

Senior pitcher Austin Clark (0-3) received the loss after allowing four hits and three runs over five innings.

Despite the loss, freshman second baseman Richie Palacios had an impressive day going 2-for-4 at the plate with two RBI and one run scored.

Towson’s offense was firing on all cylinders and led the team to a

15-4 victory Friday.

“That’s an abrasion,” Gottlieb said. “It’s nice to think you’re going to do that every game but it doesn’t happen. Everything worked right and we had a lot of guys swing good that day. It’s just the way it works.”

Gallo went 3-for-5 with five RBI and two runs scored.

Freshmen Trey Martinez had a strong day going 2-for-4 with a homerun, two runs scored and two RBIs. Martinez wasn’t the only player to hit one out of the park as Henze delivered 1-for-3 at the plate including three runs scored and two RBIs. “We still have a lot of young guys learning the game,” Gottlieb said.

“We’re getting some positive things from Martinez, [Richard] Miller and [Jay] Sanford.”

The Tiger’s victory Sunday marks its eighth win in the last ten games.

The team will look to extend its hot streak at George Mason on April 6, with the first pitch scheduled for 3 p.m.

“Today would not have necessarily been indicative of it but we’ve been playing better defense,” Gottlieb said. “When we got off to a bad streak we were playing bad defense. Our pitching has been a little better, too.”

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Richie Palacios stands in the box for the Tigers Sunday (Above).

Kevin Ross wins his second game of the season Sunday (Below).