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A dream has finally come true for a good number of Towson students: Towson Hot Bagels can now be delivered directly to you. Social media was abuzz when the OrderUp Towson site launched. More on that can be found in the Arts section. Saturday was also Valentine’s day and was an active day for students on and off campus.

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February 17, 2015

Editor-in-Chief Jonathan Munshaw Senior Editor Cody Boteler News Editor Sam Shelton Arts & Life Editor Carley Milligan

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I’m a huge comic book reader, and my favorite piece of all time was the miniseries/graphic Jonathan Munshaw novel “The Editor-in-Chief @jon_munshaw Watchmen.”

Most people know it from the movie, but I highly recommend reading the full graphic novel that’s available everywhere books are sold at this point.

The big takeaway and the “tag line” of the series is, “Who watches the Watchmen?”

In the case of the graphic novel, Americans are asking, quite literally, who tells The Watchmen (a group of masked vigilantes — and one god-like being) what they can and can’t do? If one of goes rogue, who is in charge of stopping them?

In the real world, journalists such as David Carr did just that. Carr watched “The Watchmen,” which in this case was the media.

I never knew Carr personally, as former Towerlight Editor-in-Chief Brian Stelter did, but I was familiar and a fan of his media criticism for The New York Times, and since his death, I have been compelled to read his memoir “The Night of the Gun.” Carr was an amazing writer and

media critic, and now that he’s gone, I can’t help but wonder who is going to “Watch the Watchmen” now.

Not that there aren’t other talented media critics out there (Stelter being one of them), but from my experience at Towson, collegiate journalists aren’t being trained to look at journalism critically.

In all of my classes I’ve been pushed to criticize my own work, and find out where the holes in my story might be, where I could use an extra quote or an additional source, and most important of all, any errors in grammar or AP style.

But I’m rarely offered the opportunity to look at my peer’s works, and vice-versa. I would frankly love it if one of my classmates criticized a journalistic work of mine, and either questioned my reporting tactics, doubted the specific angle I took or told me I was being too biased (because, at some point, bias is going

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to show through in your writing, no matter what).

There is a media criticism class offered in the communications department, but it’s not a required class.

I wish journalism students were pushed to be more blunt. After all, we’re all going to be pushed into a blunt environment after graduation.

When meeting with Vice magazine executives for the filming of the documentary “Page One,” Carr walked into a room of executives and asked outright “What the f*** is going on that you’re doing business with CNN?” Curse words don’t always have to be involved, but younger journalists need to be taught the workings of media, and given an explanation on how media consolidation could soon strain American journalism.

I’ve discussed the topic of media consolidation in one class for about

If we’re not dissecting the media in the classroom as Carr did and as Stelter does on CNN now, how will we eventually know what good journalism is?

Most of my classes have just taught me that ‘good journalism’ is a story with a minimum of three sources and a maximum of two AP style errors.

two weeks – not nearly as much as it o should be discussed.

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Start by holding The Towerlight accountable. Ask us about our reporting practices. Ask us about our sources, or how we develop story ideas.

You never know what you mind find out, and we don’t even know what we might learn from you.

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February 17, 2015

Word on the Street

Making and breaking plans

moment, like meeting those great people in Tennessee.

But life in college revolves around planning, arranging our schedules as needed in order to succeed in our classes. In this type of situation, straying from the prescribed

“plan” is usually not negotiable.

It’s often difficult to refrain from carrying this strict mindset into other parts of our lives. But for 2015, I’m going to resist.

If weekend plans are not set in stone by Thursday morning, many panic and assume the weekend is wasted (no pun intended). This is actually the perfect opportunity to let life take us instead of us taking life. Freedom from a plan is usually where unexpected wonder arises.

Instead of maintaining awareness of where you are going, make sure you are where you need to be now.

Each little decision made in each new moment is an opportunity to take our lives in a completely new and possibly wonderful direction.

Stay open to possible sidetracks, and watch for them. The actual architecture of the present moment often turns out better than the preproposed blueprint of the future.

When you stress about the details of the execution, you miss the experience.

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big wooden bricks. I walked over to introduce myself and ended up spending the rest of the day and a good portion of my weekend with these new friends. My music plans were altered some, but I didn’t mind that much.

Some of my most fun memories occurred when I stopped worrying about what I had to do and stayed true to the possibilities of e a c h

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Time has a Assit. Arts&Life Editor mysteriously @a_swaggner beautiful way of taking care of things. Think of that big obstacle you were worried about a couple months ago. It has probably settled and passed into memory.

I am a person who loves plans.

I love the process of making plans and having something to look forward to in the future. I consider my life a collection of memories that I keep recorded in my journal or in my memory bank. I want to do as much as I possibly can while I can, which is why I often stress when things do not go according to plan.

Last summer, I went to Bonnaroo, which is a four-day music festival in Tennessee. There were tons of bands I wanted to see, and to see them all required following a strict schedule. So I planned accordingly.

On the second morning, I woke up to see a group of people crowded around a table near my campsite playing a giant game of Jenga with

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University, MTA criticized in state audit Poor record keeping, oversight contribute to charges JONATHAN MUNSHAW Editor-in-Chief @jonmunshaw

The Maryland Transportation Administration (MTA) and Towson’s Division of Economic and Community Outreach (now known as the Division of Innovation and Applied Research) are under fire after a report was released Friday morning detailing several serious oversights between the two parties associated with a contract during the period of 2010 – 2013.

DECO, which switched to DIAR in 2013, had a contract with the MTA to provide them with employee training and services for MTA workers.

The audit said that neither side kept adequate records of the $10.63 million of spending that occurred during this period, about 10 percent of which came from the federal government and the other 90 percent came from the old Maryland Transportation Fund. Legislative auditors who released the report said that when these activities were first brought to light, the MTA didn’t do enough to investigate them.

According to a letter from Acting Secretary of the Maryland Department of Transportation Pete Rahn, MTA has referred the mat-

ter to the Criminal Investigations Division of the Office of the Attorney General to determine if there was “possible criminal wrongdoing.”

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We feel the concerns raised in the audit are old issues that have long since been resolved by the new organization [DIAR] in place. DIAR has taken steps to strengthen its record keeping and accountability to ensure that this type of thing does not happen again.

DYAN BRASINGTON Vice President, DIAR

Among the accusations the report makes, some of the most serious ones include a $200,000 contract that was awarded by DECO to the spouse of an MTA employee. That MTA employee has since been terminated.

There was also $93,000 spent

by DECO on the “Roads Scholar program” that hadn’t been active for “several years,” according to the report. DECO was also paid an estimated $629,000 “administrative fee” by the MTA, but auditors found that the contract didn’t state such a fee would be paid.

The MTA was primarily at fault for this specialized treatment, but the University and DECO failed to actively investigate or provide oversight of these activities.

“We feel the concerns raised in the audit are old issues that have long since been resolved by the new organization [DIAR] in place,” Dyan Brasington, the vice president for DIAR, said through Director of University Communications Ray Feldmann. “DIAR has taken steps to strengthen its record keeping and accountability to ensure that this type of thing does not happen again.”

On its own, the MTA gave one employee “unilateral control” over the agreements between DECO and the MTA, and didn’t keep training records as part of the DECO program, including class registration, sign-in sheets or course outlines.

Over the four years, some of the agreements provided for DECO to provide training to a variety of MTA

personnel. The costs for these trainings included $83,000 on Microsoft training and $221,120 on “Homeland Security” training. In all, expenses totalled about $4.75 million in 2013.

The auditor said that DECO facilitated the MTA’s actions by failing to keep an adequate record of the contracts signed between the two parties, awarded contracts to vendors that were directly selected by the MTA and didn’t allow for any bids on the contracts, and billed the MTA for $968,100 without proper documentation for contractors and subcontractors.

DECO also submitted documents to the auditors that they said “appeared questionable” and the department didn’t submit quarterly progress reports that were required by the MTA’s contract.

In the report, the MTA made explicit statements as to what changes it would be making in the future to make sure this doesn’t happen again. It terminated the agreement with DECO on June 30, 2013 and said in the future, “…any employee [who] circumvents state procurement laws and processes [will be subject to] disciplinary action, including possible termination.”

DECO was first created in 2004 by then-President Bob Caret, who

will become the Chancellor of the University System of Maryland in July. James Clements was selected as the first director of DECO after Clements chaired the presidential search committee that hired Caret.

Clements went on to serve as president at West Virginia University and is now at Clemson University as its president.

State agencies regularly worked with DECO to hold employee training programs or serve is an advisory role to any projects. It was easier for the agencies to work with DECO because Towson is another state agency, and working with a private company requires far more bureaucratic “red tape” to get through before any agreements or contracts can be signed.

On its website, DIAR says it “… serves as a point of entry for businesses, non-profit organizations, government agencies, and community members interested in collaborating with the University.”

According to the audit, DECO failed to live up to its mission to provide a “bridge that links the highly qualified research and project talent of the University to the larger community it serves.”

-Cody Boteler contributed to this article

Urban Farm cultivates involvement, vegetables CAITLIN WOLFARTH Staff Writer @caitywolfy

On Wednesday, Feb. 11, members of the Towson University Urban Farm, or TUUF, club gave out cardboard valentines in Freedom Square to promote their work and the farm.

Situated on campus behind the Administration Building, the plot measures 100 square-feet and is tended by students.

“The group is collectively run and leadership has been passed down,” club member Tori Markham said. “We’ve been trying to keep our involvement up.”

Club member Sasha Kolodny said that part of the reasoning behind handing out valentines came from an availability of materials.

“We had access to a lot of cardboard and wanted to spread the word and brighten peoples’ days,” Kolodny said.

According to its Involved@TU profile, the group is “dedicated to organizing students and faculty members at Towson University to run a vegetable garden on campus…The product of the garden will be redistributed to the Towson University campus through dining services and directly to the students and faculty.”

According to Markham, the club’s main focus is spreading the importance of real, local and sustainable fruits and vegetables.

“I think it’s important to know that this is easy to do in an urban environment,” Markham said. “[This group] shows people that it’s both easy and beneficial and should be done in any environment,” Kolodny said.

According to its Facebook page, the Urban Farm club meets Thursday evenings. It is an open group and prospective members are encouraged to stop by.

Courtesy of Towson University Urban Farm Club

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Jan. 31: At the University Union, an unknown person was caught stealing books from the bookstore. Store employees let the subject leave after retrieving the property. The investigation is ongoing.

Jan. 31: At William Paca House, a resident student was cited for alcohol possession.

Feb. 1: At William Paca House, a resident student was cited for alcohol possession.

Feb. 4: In the Liberal Arts Building, an unknown subject removed items from a professor’s message board. At the time of report, the investigation is ongoing.

Feb. 4: At the Glen Circle, the victim recieved counterfeit currency as payment for goods advertised on Craigslist.

Feb. 9: At Lot 14, an unknown subject took several parking signs from their posts. An investigation is ongoing.

Feb. 11: At the Education Walkway, and unknown person took a student’s phone after it was dropped on campus. At time of report, the phone still appeared on campus through Find My iPhone.

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As in past years, the eight graduating seniors participating in The Associate competition were introduced prior to starting case presentations. This year’s competitors are Jhonell Campbell, Elizabeth Dickey, Manie Green, Juliet O’Connor, Anne Rubin, Randall Space, Meredith Walter and Nicholas Zahor. The competition will continue Tuesday, Feb. 17 when the students make their first presentations.

Feb. 12: At the University Union, a reported theft was determined to be unfounded.

Feb. 12: At Auburn House, items were removed from a secure closet used by a contractor. An investigation is ongoing.

The Towerlight’s “Police Blotter” is a representative sample of crimes occurring on and off campus. The blotter is not intended to be all inclusive.

For a list of all crime reports, visit www.towson.edu/police.

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Mobile orders on campus Tapingo adds Au Bon Pain, Starbucks

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93-year-old charged as ex-Nazi A 93-year-old man has been charged with 170,000 accounts of accessory to murder after allegedly serving as a Nazi guard at the Auschwitz prison camp in Poland from 1942 to 1944. The defendant, whose name has not been released in accordance with privacy restrictions, allegedly supervised incoming prisoners to Auschwitz-Birkenau, the part of the complex where most of the victims were killed.

The man admitted his presence at Auschwitz, but has denied involvement with that part of the complex and the killings.

France Police investigate desecrated Jewish graves French police have been investigating the desecration of 300 Jewish graves that occurred Sunday.

According to NBC News, some graves were knocked over and others were marked with swastikas and other anti-semitic and Nazi slogans.

Police questioned five male teenagers, all 15 to 17 years old, after one of the boys confessed. They could potentially face in prison for up to seven years for “desecration of graves” and “degradation committed as a group.”

File photo by Elizabeth Bonica/ The Towerlight Mobile ordering app, Tapingo, added Au Bon Pain and Starbucks to its offered locations earlier this month.

KRISTEN ZDON Staff Writer

Tapingo, an app for mobile ordering for Towson campus dining has added Au Bon Pain and Starbucks to its serviceable locations, according to Chartwells Marketing Director Beth Valle.

“I am excited for Au Bon Pain to be a part of Tapingo because that is my favorite dining on campus and I always wait a long time in lines when I can just order ahead and skip the lines for my food and have to pay,” senior information technology major Kurt Anderson said.

Valle said Outtakes will be added to Tapingo hopefully before spring break.

“It is not going to be everything in the store, it’s going to be packages and different things that we know that we have every week because our inventory changes,” Valle said. “It is taking a little bit more work because it’s not a set menu, pricing changes, but that I know is the place they are working on next.”

Tapingo came to campus last fall and [Dining Services is] working in stages to spread it to new locations, Valle said.

“The plan is to just to continue

to grow it, continue to add more locations, spread the word to use it,” Valle said. “We get a lot of meal plan users to use it, so there is an opportunity for us to get more commuter students to use it.”

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The plan is to just to continue to grow it, continue to add more locations, spread the word to use it. We get a lot of meal plan users to use it, so there is an opportunity for us to get more commuter students to use it.

BETH VALLE Marketing Director, Chartwells

Valle said that she has not heard any negative feedback from students. At the end of the fall semester, there were about 2,600 students registered and about 8,000 total orders, she said.

“I think [Tapingo is] a great way to modernize our campus. It’s efficient and saves a lot of time which

is something us students don’t have much of,” senior marketing major Joe Bachir said. “It’s obvious that smartphones are a part of our everyday lives now and I hope that our university discovers new ways to incorporate them in our everyday routines to make our lives better.”

Valle said they are looking to add cuisine that will be exclusive to Tapingo.

“In the future, we are also looking to add a concept, probably out of Susq, that will just be available on Tapingo so you couldn’t walk up and order from it,” Valle said. “It would be Tapingo-only concepts, so, that will be a nice feature in the future.”

This feature will be implemented either this semester or next semester, according to Valle.

“I think the biggest thing is just trying to spread the word to the commuter students. They are the ones who are usually in a hurry and get out of campus or they go off campus to eat,” Valle said. “It is a great feature for them. You know, 15 minutes before class ends [students can] send their order in and that way they can pick it up on the way out and don’t have worry about waiting in line or going somewhere after they leave campus.”

Mars

100 finalists chosen for Mars trip Mars One, a Dutch nonprofit, has narrowed its pool of possible space travelers from 200,000 to 100 finalists. From here, 24 people will be trained for the one-way trip to Mars and only four will actually make it in 2024. Of these 100, 38 finalists reside in the U.S., making it the most-represented country. After that, Canada and Australia tie for second with seven finalists each.

According to Mars One representatives, “the following selection rounds will focus on composing teams that can endure all the hardships of a permanent settlement on Mars.”

Liberia Schools reopen following Ebola epidemic Schools reopened in Liberia Monday, after closing six months ago in response to the outbreak of Ebola in West Africa. Despite this move forward, the country remains cautious of the illness. Students were required to get their temperatures taken before they could enter schools.

Precautions are also being taken to prevent overcrowding.

Deputy Education Minister Remses Kumbuyah said that the government is “asking all the school administrators to ensure that a classroom should not have more than 45 or 50 students.”

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Career Center offers satellite office hours for students SARAH KAIDER Contributing Writer

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In addition to the standard resources available at the Career Center, the department also offers satellite hour in select locations around campus.

Subjects covered at satellite hours include, but are not limited to, resume-writing, searching for jobs that fit a student’s interest and navigating and using Hire@TU. Junior communications major Kaitlyn Davis thinks it’s beneficial to have satellite hours for student convenience. “[Satellite hours are] easier than having to walk all the way [to the Career Center] for something that wouldn’t take that long to do,” Davis said.

Davis is not the only student who thinks satellite hours are beneficial.

Junior Angel Oyedele said that she is thankful for the times the satellite

hours run.

“The times are usually held after office hours. The satellite hours helped me, because I often don’t have time to go [to the Career Center]. And it is usually packed,” Oyedele said.

But not all students see the need to use the satellite hours, due to things like location and lack of necessity.

“It seems convenient, but I’m not going to go,” senior occupational therapy major Daniel Shaffer said.

Shaffer said that, given his major, he already knows the course he will follow to stay on track with his career, including internships.

Non-degree student Nate Keller said that he isn’t likely to visit the satellite hours because their locations may still not be convenient enough.

“If it were in a higher populated area, it would be more advantageous,” he said.

Student Multimedia Technician Hire@TU Job ID: 47379 Job Type: Part-time, hourly, paid Company: Event and Conference Services Technical Operations Wage: $8.25 Job Description: 1) Assist with the set up, operation, and breakdown of audio/visual components, professional-grade audio, large venue lighting systems, and power distribution systems.

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February 17, 2015

A brief survey of Towson students of asking, “What was your favorite movie this year?” could generate dozens of different responses. Fanatics of the superhero genre might have a completely different answer than the true film buffs.

While there are always going to be debates about the best movies and performances in any situation, The Towerlight set out to try to find the answers by putting together a panel to predict the winners of this year’s Academy Awards, airing on Feb. 22.

Two senior electronic media and film majors: Max Radbill and Tony Wilson, joined The Towerlight’s movie columnist Nick Salacki and electronic media and film professor Marc May, who used to be a working screenwriter in Hollywood, to talk about the nominations, their favorites from the past year and take on some wider movie topics to preview the Oscar’s.

So grab some popcorn and read their discussion. For a full video of the discussion and answers to other questions, visit TheTowerlight.com.

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Bradley Cooper is nominated for Actor in a Leading Role for his role as Chris Kyle in the movie “American Sniper.” but to me, he didn’t do that much.

I understand how technical his performance was, but he just didn’t do much for me. It didn’t seem like much of an Oscar-worthy performance. Still, when it comes down to it, he may win because of all the buzz he has coming into it. I’m hoping for Michael Keaton.

He deserves it more.

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The Towerlight’s Oscar’s panelists (from left to right) Nick Salacki, Max Radbill, Tony Wilson and Marc May picked their winners and discussed several other topics, including the diversity of the nominees.

• Steve Carell – “Foxcatcher” • Bradley Cooper – “American Sniper” • Benedict Cumberbatch – “The Imitation Game” • Michael Keaton – “Birdman” • Eddie Redmayne – “The Theory of Everything” Radbill: I was really surprised when I saw this one. This came out before “American Sniper” was released, and I really thought David Oyelowo from “Selma” was going to get it. After seeing “Selma,” I think I would have switched in David Oyelowo for Bradley Cooper.

Salacki: I totally agree with you.

Wilson: [Cooper] was a surprise to a lot of people, but Steve Carell was a surprise to me too. Carell in that role, to me, didn’t feel that much different than the most famous role he’s had, which is Michael Scott. He still played a sad, lonely guy but instead of doing it for laughs he did it for sympathy.

To me, it didn’t feel like anything different. I also agree that Dave from “Selma” should have made it, but I

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I would have enjoyed seeing George Clooney play that role, so he could have been the “Batman and Robin” guy and Birdman could have had nipples.

would have switched him out for Steve Carell.

May: I think the Oscar’s bring to light a lot of amazing performances, that’s their value, and there’s always something that’s going to get left off the list. The performance I really loved was [Jake] Gyllenhaal in “Nightcrawler,” I would have liked to

see him get nominated. But I think Michael Keaton will win.

Wilson: I think Keaton will win too. … No one else could have played the role that Keaton played, it just wouldn’t have worked with anyone else.

May: I would have enjoyed seeing George Clooney play that role, so he could have been the “Batman and Robin” guy and Birdman could have had nipples.

Wilson: I also think Eddie Redmayne deserves some attention. …

No one’s played Steven Hawking like this before. No one has played a role as disabled as this.

Radbill: There was a lot more physicality he had to put into the role than any other actors. I’m not sure exactly how he did it, but when he’s in the chair and he acts like that, it was really impressive. I didn’t love that movie as much as I did in “Birdman,” but I think Eddie Redmayne has a little bit [of an edge].

Salacki: I disagree with you. I understand where you’re coming from,

Marion Cotillard – “Two Days, One Night” • Felicity Jones – “The Theory of Everything” • Julianne Moore – “Still Alice” • Rosamund Pike – “Gone Girl” • Reese Witherspoon – “Wild” Wilson: This is the category where I have the most holes. I’ve only seen “Gone Girl” and “The Theory of Everything.”

Salacki: I think this is Julianne Moore’s. In “Still Alice” she plays a woman in her 50’s with early-onset Alzheimer’s disease. You can compare it to Eddie Redmayne’s performance in some ways.

Radbill: I’ve heard the hype for Julianne Moore, but I was disappointed that this was the only nomination “Gone Girl” got. But I’m glad that Rosamund Pike got the nomination. … I thought she did a really good job playing a really complex role, and I think she deserves attention. But my favorite is Reese Witherspoon. Her performance is very raw and downto-earth, but is still the bubbly Reese Witherspoon we all know and love.

Wilson: To me, Rosamund Pike is the only truly remarkable thing about “Gone Girl.” The only thing I remember about that movie is her performance. She would be my pick, but again, I have a limited scope on these.

May: I think the publicity machine is behind Julianne Moore, I think she wins.

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Patricia Arquette – “Boyhood” • Laura Dern – “Wild” • Keira Knightley – “The Imitation Game” • Emma Stone – “Birdman” • Meryl Streep – “Into the Woods” Salacki: Of course Meryl Streep is in here, she always finds a way to make it in. But when we look at the other nominees, Patricia Arquette really stands out. It’s an average household mother, and she creates the character beautifully. Laura Dern was a surprise for me. I wanted her to get nominated, but I didn’t think the Academy would do that. Laura Dern’s was actually just like Patricia Arquette’s…both of them were the top ones for me.

Radbill: I loved “Boyhood,” but I was surprised that it got all of these nominations, because they really only made it over like three days, and Patricia Arquette really only had to act for three days. But I thought her character drew me into the movie a lot more.

She’s this single mother, and she has to deal with all of the non-fun stuff while Dad gets to have all the fun with the kids. The other performance I really loved is Emma Stone. There’s a theme when she’s really tearing her dad [Michael Keaton] a new one, and it’s a close-up shot and her eyes get so big. That was really powerful.

Wilson: I’ll echo your sentiments about Emma Stone. … The one that affected me most, personally, was Patricia Arquette. The character that she’s playing is basically my mom.

Watching these events, which almost exactly mirror my life, and having very similar conversations with my mom it was very moving to me.

May: I think you can expect Patricia Arquette .... to win.

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Robert Duvall – “The Judge” • Ethan Hawke – “Boyhood” • Edward Norton – “Birdman” • Mark Ruffalo – “Foxcatcher” • J.K. Simmons – “Whiplash” Wilson: For me it’s head-tohead with Edward Norton and J.K. Simmons. For J.K. Simmons, we’ve seen the overbearing teacher before, but we’ve never seen it taken to this level. … Also, Edward Norton is notoriously a tough actor to work with, and in this movie, he plays a difficult actor. So it was kind of handed to him.

Salacki: I’d say Edward Norton.

Radbill: I thought Simmons’ performance in “Whiplash” was amazing.

The way Miles Teller plays off of him in that movie, their back-and-forth is so cool. You never know what J.K. Simmons’ character is thinking.

Wilson: The arc he goes through, even in that final scene is incredible.

Radbill: Also his monologues when he’s just cursing and saying the most offensive things are so funny and scary at the same time… I don’t think any other actor could have done it the same way.

May: I like Simmons too, I think he’ll beat out Edward Norton on this. People love him, they love him enough to sell insurance.

Salacki: I like Ethan Hawke, too, but it’s somehow not that memorable.

I think it’ll go down to J.K. Simmons.

There is a lot of conversation surrounding the lack of diversity of the nominees in general this year.

Last year’s awards featured several African-American nominees and winners, and this year every actor and actress nominated is Caucasian.

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May: Obviously, there’s been a little bit of brouhaha about “Selma” not getting many nominations. I don’t know if “Selma” didn’t get nominated because people didn’t think it’s a worthy film, or if it’s out of bias. I can definitely say there aren’t enough movies that star African-Americans and are about African-Americans that are widely seen. I can’t say specifically to “Selma,” though, because I thought it was a really, really good movie but I don’t know if it was an amazing movie.

Wilson: I think it was just a symptom of what came out this year. … I don’t think it has anything to do with what the Academy picked, it’s what they had to pick from. There just wasn’t a lot that came out in terms of diversity.

Radbill: There were so many good films that something had to get left out. I was surprised that “Selma” didn’t get more nominations. Some of it feels like they didn’t pick it just because they didn’t want to. I was surprised that Ava DuVernay didn’t get nominated for Best Director. I can’t but a specific reason why it didn’t get picked, but I think people are blowing it way out of proportion. In the end, the Oscar’s are the Oscar’s. At the same time, I think it’s kind of strange that a movie was so critically acclaimed that was so powerful and got attention in other awards, I was just surprised that the Academy didn’t pick it for more. …

I think sometimes the Academy has very singular opinions.

Salacki: It’s hard to say what the Academy will do in a given year.

Coming from last year with Lupita Nyong’o and Chiwetel Ejiofor in “12 Years a Slave.” Coming from that, to suddenly having a lot of the nominees being Caucasian [seems strange].

Radbill: I understand why people are getting upset, but at the end of the day, it’s the Oscar’s.

Courtesy of Paramount Pictures

People have criticized the Oscar’s this year for excluding nominees from the movie “Selma.”

Best Picture: “Boyhood” and “Selma” (tie)

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Actor in a Leading Role: Michael Keaton, “Birdman”

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Actress in a Leading Role: Julianne Moore, “Still Alice”

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Actor in a Suppoting Role: J.K. Simmons, “Whiplash”

72%

Actress in a Supporting Role: Patricia Arquette, “Boyhood”

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Best Director: Richard Linklater, “Boyhood”

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Illustration by Sydney Adamson/ The Towerlight

Towerlight readers voted online to tell us who they think will win the major awards. To see our panel’s thoughts on Best Director, visit TheTowerlight.com.

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“American Sniper” • “Birdman” • “Boyhood” • “The Grand Budapest Hotel” • “The Imitation Game” • “Selma” • “The Theory of Everything” • “Whiplash” What is your opinion on the number of films nominated for the Best Picture category? This year there are eight. Do you feel any films were overlooked or any were unnecessarily nominated?

Radbill: It’s one less than they picked last year. … There were a lot of good movies this year, and I think there were a lot of that got left off.

Wilson: Yeah, but I don’t know what I would swap out for them.

“Nightcrawler” was one of the best things I saw this year, but I don’t know what I would swap out of it.

Salacki: I think “American Sniper” might have gotten an unfair advantage because of when it was released.

I would have switched out “American Sniper” for “Nighcrawler.” I’m definitely betting that “Boyhood” is going to win.

Wilson: I think it’s a question of its artistic merit versus what it achieved. If you just look at what went into it, filming over 12 years.

But I you’re looking at its narrative, it’s not that strong.

May: The Oscar’s are a commercial for Hollywood. And the fact that

we’re talking about it here shows movie based on a true story, you don’t that, which is great. … Basically it’s necessarily have to be a slave to the a big party. So I would tell people truth. Mark Shultz [who “Foxcatcher” just to go get some pizza and enjoy was based on] was mad because the Oscar’s. The movie I had the in his character’s relationship with best time at this year was “Grand Steve Carell’s character there was Budapest Hotel.” These are all great kind of an implied sexual tension. But movies, and the fact that they’re all at that point, if you’re still alive and getting attention is a you’re giving the great thing. rights to someone to “A m e r i c a n make a movie about Sniper,” “Selma” your life, you have to There’s an old and “Foxcatcher” accept that they’re saying that if the are controversial making a movie and real story isn’t that films due to the fact not a documentary. that they are not interesting, read the Unless you’re doing documentaries but the technical feat legend. ... There are based on real life of making a movie certain things that people and events. over 12 years, real How accountable do life isn’t that interwe do in drama. you think that direcesting. You have to tors and producers have those dramatic of these kinds of films need to be points that are essential to storytellwhen creating these semi-fictional ing. That’s why we make narrative but based on real life characters? films and not solely documentaries.

For example, LBJ was portrayed Wilson: This isn’t always necesin “Selma” as being more hesitant sarily true, but the adage that if you toward Civil Rights than he actually want to be entertained you see a was, and in “Selma” Martin Luther movie and if you want to be informed King Jr.’s actual words couldn’t you see a documentary. … In regards be used because of copyright. In to “The Imitation Game” there are “Foxcatcher,” there was also some some things that weren’t factually controversy over an implied homocorrect but it was still an entertaining sexual relationship between two of film. … Sometimes you just have to the characters. watch to be entertained.

Wilson: [In “Selma] it’s one of May: There’s an old saying that if those things where you have to put a the real story isn’t that interesting, face to the oppression. You can’t just read the legend. … There are certain say that racism is the villain in the things that we do in drama. This is to movie, you have to put a face to it. be expected, and sometimes people Radbill: When you’re making a take movies as history.

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February 17, 2015

Artists compete for Tigerfest spot ROBERT WOOD Assistant Arts & Life Editor

It has been four years in the making but the rappers of Hear No Evil (HNE) finally made it to the Paws stage.

“We actually heard about it freshman year and we thought this would be a great thing for us to do, but we were never ready for it,” senior and member of HNE Emmanuel Duru. “So this year was blessing, we all had our stuff together.”

Duru and his rap group were chosen among several other Towson artists to compete in the annual Battle of the Bands concert hosted by CAB on Friday, Feb. 13.

On Friday night, the Campus Activities Board hosted its own version of Battle of the Bands called Bring the Noise.

“It’s a community gathering of sorts, all these Towson students and their perspective groups submit to be considered for this opportunity to play at the show,” sophomore programming chair Jared Weiner said. “Obviously

there is a want for these student groups and their acts, to showcase their talent in front of the Towson student body, so it enables them to do that.”

The competition, located in Paws, allowed bands, rappers and DJ’s to show the judges of the event and the Towson community the talent that they possess in order to win the opportunity to perform at day one of Tigerfest this spring.

The competition featured a variety acts such as, bands 3PM and The Regulators, DJ’s Camo and MattGHolden, singer Hunter Hooligan and rappers HNE and Khalaezzy Game.

Weiner said that the artists had to submit a press kit in order to be considered for performance at Bring the Noise. “[It] included their music, all their social media links, [a] brief bio, explaining who they are, what they have done already and why they should have the opportunity to compete at Bring the Noise and potentially Tigerfest,” Weiner said.

Photos by Sarah Hugel/ The Towerlight

Student artists performed at this year’s “Bring the Noise” concert on Friday, Feb. 13 in Paws. The bands, rappers and DJ’s competed for the opportunity to play during the Tigerfest day one concert.

The Regulators and 3PM had other goals for their respective performances.

“This will be the first time performing in the state of Maryland,” junior and member of The Regulators Carlos Melendez said. “We usually perform in South Jersey and Philadelphia.”

The Regulators, who brought a

mixed style of rock and gospel music to the evening, said that they would love to gain new fans in the Towson area.

“We are trying to up our game up more on social media, just to branch out,” Melendez said.

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Concert, said that the band has grown since they began working with their manager last December.

“Slowly but surely, we are legitimizing ourselves in the Baltimore music scene,” bassist and lead singer Brennan Stark whose bandmate Brandon Millman is a student at Towson said.

Artist Hunter Hooligan (Hunter Warch) said that although he primarily performs pop music, his interests in other genres has changed overtime.

“I’ve been working in studios and on music since I was thirteen, and in that time, there has a lot change,” Warch said. “The process has changed, the content has changed, in ten years, everything can change.”

Warch also said that he feels lucky to have parents who played a widerange of music in his childhood. As a result, he said that the variety helped him to develop as an artist.

At the end of the event it was announced that MattGHolden, 3PM, Hunter Hooligan and HNE were all chosen to perform at the first day of Tigerfest.

Not only were most of those performing newcomers to the Battle of the Bands event, but some in the audience were as well.

“I like music and I like listening to music,” freshman Rebecca Glantz said. “Might as well come to battle of the bands.”

Weiner said that the event was an opportunity for Towson students in their friends to come out and enjoy a night of free music.

“It lets them support the local music scene,” Weinder said. “I just think it is a good amount of Towson coming together, listening to some good live music and see what the first step in planning Tigerfest day one is.”

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A creative outlet CHRISTINE LAFRANCESCA Staff Writer

In the spirit of celebrating African American culture in the month of February, the Center for Student Diversity is in the midst of choosing their favorite submissions from the 2015 Black History Month Poster Art Contest.

“We want to encourage students to take interest in black history. We want students, regardless of race, ethnicity, gender, major or class standing to participate and express themselves creatively,” Assistant Vice President of Student Affairs for Diversity Victor Collins said.

With this year’s contest, which is new to Towson this year, students are given the chance to convey their ideals through art while also contributing to the recognition of black heritage.

“We are always looking for ways to get people interested in the celebration of black history month and, not just black students,” Collins said.

“This is something we plan on doing every year, and hopefully get more and more students to express themselves through creative outlets.”

The Black History Month Poster Art Contest received 10 submissions this year, ranging from multiple types of media.

“It varies from graphic art to paintings. The only stipulation is that it has to be able to be hung,” Collins said.

On Feb. 25, winning submissions will be judged by Collins and other members of the CSD Staff.

“There are first, second and third [place] prizes. $50 credit for the University bookstore for third place, $100 for second and $200 for third.”

Collins said. “First prize will also be recognized as the CSD’s Black History Month Poster.”

The Black History Month Poster Art Contest submissions are located on the third floor of the University Union, in the Unity Lounge of the Center for Student Diversity office. In addition to the contest, the CSD also invited bestselling author, intellectual and radio host Michael Eric Dyson to speak to Towson students, faculty and staff as the featured lecturer for the Diversity Speaker Series for Black History Month. SAGE Program Mentor and member of the Black Student Union Jhustin Paschall said that he was looking forward to hearing what Dyson had to say to Towson students.

“Any advice that he would have for us as college students is helpful, I know for me especially as a junior, senior year is pretty much a wrap-up and getting ready to go out into the real world, find careers and things such as that,” Paschall said.

Paschall and other members of the Black Student Union were invited to the reception held in Millennium Hall preceding the lecture to welcome Dyson.

“It’s always good to meet new people and just learn from their experiences, their teaching and everything that they have to offer.”

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OrderingUp Aussie to American some grub Stephanie Foster

Since commencing my studies as an Australian exchange student in the fall of last year, I have been asked a myriad of questions. These range from the genuinely curious: Is it true that it is illegal to look inside a kangaroo’s pouch? To the ridiculously amusing (Has anyone ever seen Tasmania? Is Tasmania even a real place?). FYI: yes, Tasmania is very real! I am a student at the University of Tasmania, one of Towson’s exchange partners.

One common thread in many questions is, “What’s the main difference between Australia and the U.S.?” Naturally, this is impossible to adequately answer in a single column.

Personally, I was shocked at how different life is here. Australia gets a lot of its media, TV shows, movies and music from the U.S. As a culture, there is definitely a degree of aspiration toward the American way of life, as there is in many parts of the world. Hence I was surprised that our societies differ so much.

To pinpoint one thing, in my experience, Americans are incredibly straightforward, up-front and sincerely helpful. When I ask someone what they think about this lecturer or that dining hall, I get a serious, thoughtful and constructive answer.

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CARLEY MILLIGAN Arts & Life Editor

As of Tuesday, Feb. 10, Towson residents can now have a warm, Towson Hot Bagels bacon, egg and cheese sandwich delivered right to their apartment, residence hall or practically anywhere on campus.

“When you look at websites like GrubHub and Eat24, the restaurants that are on those, no offense, they are kind of boring,” Senior Community Marketing Manager for OrderUp Towson Tim Warfield said. “We put restaurants on there that people actually want to order from and have never had their food delivered before now.”

Warfield, a 2006 Towson graduate, began working for OrderUp in June at their headquarters in Canton. This week the company launched their Towson market alongside 32 Towson restaurants, many of which have never featured a delivery service.

“Many more [restaurants] are going to come so this is just the tip of the iceberg, there is a lot more to show underneath once we really start rolling things out,” Warfield said. “It is a very exciting time, people are going to see us a lot on campus in a good way, we just want students to be excited about it and share with their friends.”

Along with THB other local restaurants include Cunningham’s Café, Atwaters, Fractured Prune, Burger King, Nalley Fresh, Sushi Hana, Bill Bateman’s Bistro, La Cakerie, Zen West and more.

Courtesy of Carley Milligan

Towson community members attend the OrderUp launch party on Tuesday, Feb. 10 at Shoo-Fly Diner.

Since launching their Baltimore market in October, OrderUp has continued to expand and move into other smaller and college–based towns such as Charlottesville, Virginia and Raleigh, North Carolina, making Towson OrderUp’s 38th market thus far.

“As far as Towson being the next move it was the most logical for us,” Warfield said. “We knew that we would be able to make a much faster growth impact company wide by starting in Towson and then we will narrow the gap between the city.”

The concept for OrderUp began in 2003 at Penn State University when co-founders Chris Jeffery and Jason Kwicien started a website called LionMenus, where users could look at restaurant menus online before calling to order.

“Chris and Jason realized that if people were going to the site, then why not let them order on the site,” Public Relations Director Renee Beck said.

From there the concept grew and in 2009 they founded OrderUp and in the past year, added the delivery feature to their company. Much like Uber, OrderUp’s drivers are independent contractors, which has helped to create job opportunities, especially in the college towns where they are based.

“Students can be drivers, which is pretty cool,” Beck said. “It’s an extra way for them to make money, and you don’t have to deal with people … you are just taking food.”

Another feature of OrderUp’s delivery service is the real time delivery tracker that allows customers to follow their driver as they pick up and deliver their food.

“The technology with our site and our app is insane,” Warfield said. “The way our company has been growing so much lately, it is just a really fun and exciting time to be a part of OrderUp.” Students can also request that drivers deliver their food to wherever they are, including the Union, any of the academic buildings or dorms and even the beach on campus by providing additional details in the special requests form.

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In Australia, you’d more likely get a wry smile, a sarcastic comment and perhaps a friendly “bloody hell!” I’ve had friends, colleagues and lecturers go out of their way to help me — lifts to the shops (in one instance, three times in as many days due to my hopeless inability to choose which brand of zip lock baggie I wanted), loaning of text books (thanks mate, I promise I’ll find it and give it back soon!) and generous offers of hospitality during Thanksgiving and winter break.

I do believe that being the token Australian wins me some free brownie points and I have, on occasion, used my nationality to get me out of some sticky situations. On a recent Thursday night when I paid a visit to Towson’s indoor pool.

It was a hideously cold evening, especially for an Aussie, so as you can imagine, mustering up the courage to walk to Burdick was a triumph in itself. However, my bag packing skills were rather less triumphant that night. I had left my bathers in my dorm. Genius. I went to the service desk to ask if I might borrow a pair from lost property. After about

five minutes of blank, confused looks (something I am used to now), I realized the word in common usage here is “swimsuit,” not “bathers.” What they must have thought when I asked “Can I please borrow a bather?” I do not know.

There were no spare bathers in lost property and I returned to the change rooms.

Unwilling to trek back to my dorm, I desperately asked my fellow swimmers if any of them had a spare swimsuit. “Are you Australian?” “Yes” “Do you ride your bike around a lot?” “Yes” “Oh! I think you nearly ran me over last semester! But then you yelled out “Sorry! I’m Australian,” “Yes, that sounds like me.” The kind girl, who I sadly cannot glorify in-print as I did not catch her name, then lent me her neon yellow sports bra. I proceeded to have a most excellent swim in a makeshift bikini. Later on I discovered I had also forgotten my towel, but that’s another story.

So dear Towsonians: thank you so very much for your kindness and hospitality! Keep up the good work!

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Thrills in all the right places Kaitlyn McKay

In “A Walk Among the Tombstones,” Matthew Scudder (Liam Neeson) is an ex-cop who now works as an unlicensed detective while recovering from alcoholism. When Matt is approached by a drug dealer, Kenny (Dan Stevens), and asked to find the men that kidnapped and brutally murdered his wife, he initially refuses, but accepts when he is told a horrifying detail of her death.

Matt eventually discovers that the men who killed Kenny’s wife have killed other women before, and all of them have been connected to other drug dealers in some way. The race to stop the men increases drastically when their next victim is a young girl, the daughter of another drug dealer.

“Tombstones” is surprisingly not very graphic for a violent movie. The Columnist

horrifying violence is implied, but just bloody enough to get across how dangerous the criminals are.

It’s a strange compliment to give a movie that features women being mutilated, but the way the violence is handled is strangely refreshing when movies can be so aggressive today when showing brutality.

One of the more unexpected decisions is that the identity of the murderers isn’t a mystery: There are scenes where the murderers’ faces are clearly shown before they ever meet Matt. There is no mystery as to who they are or why they are killing women, the reason we are given is simple: They

are insane. There’s nothing else to know, because all that matters is that they are killing women and need to be stopped.

The movie’s a drama-thriller, but can be hard to sit through for those that need their movies to constantly have action. It’s a little slow, as it’s more than halfway through the movie until time is truly ticking as the men kidnap the young girl mentioned in the summary.

“A Walk Among the Tombstones” is just an OK film. It’s not generic, as it does keep a fair amount of suspense, but there’s nothing to truly separate it from other films of the same genre.

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Drexel drops Towson at SECU TYLER BEARD Staff Writer @tylerbeard2

Towson lost to Drexel, 66-52, at home on Sunday, which dropped the team to eighth place in the Colonial Athletic Association standings.

“Consistency is key for everything we do,” junior guard Dominique Johnson said. “We need to take over and stay up on teams. It’s very upsetting.”

The Tigers (10-16, 6-8 CAA) jumped out to a 7-3 lead in the first three minutes of the game, after senior forward Camille Alberson made a layup. However, the Dragons (15-9, 9-4 CAA) went on an 8-0 run and the Tigers trailed 11-7 with 13 minutes left in the first half.

Redshirt senior forward LaTorri Hines-Allen made a pair of free throws and a layup on back-toback possessions, which tied the game up.

Both teams kept even until the Dragons ended the first half on 10-0 run and took a 27-20 lead into halftime.

Towson only shot 28.6 percent from the field in the first half, but out-rebounded Drexel 20-13.

The Dragons opened up the second half with a quick bucket, but senior guard Ciara Webb answered with a three-pointer, which cut the lead to 29-23.

Webb hit another three-pointer a few minutes later that brought the Tigers within seven points with 15 minutes left in the game.

A three-pointer from junior guard Domonique Johnson and a layup from Hines-Allen cut Drexel’s lead to 40-37. HinesAllen and freshman center Daijha Thomas made layups the next two possessions and gave the Tigers a 41-40 lead with less than 11 minutes left in the game.

Webb extended the lead to 43-40 a few minutes later, but the Dragons went on a 13-1 run and took a 53-44 lead with less than five minutes left.

Hines-Allen and Webb scored the next two possessions to bring the Tigers within five points, but the team couldn’t get any closer than that, allowing the Dragons to

close the game out.

Towson finished with a 28.8 shooting percentage and made just 5-of-21 shots from beyond the arc.

Hines-Allen led the team with 23 points and also had 12 rebounds. She went 7-for-17 from the field and made 9-of-11 free throw attempts.

Webb finished the game with 13 points and 12 rebounds, which was her first career double-double at Towson.

Freshman guard Breonn Hughey had 10 assists and is now averaging 5.0 assists per game.

Towson’s next game is an away matchup against the Hofstra Pride.

They sit with a record of 16-9 and 9-5 in conference.

Towson lost to Hofstra, 58-42, earlier on in the season. The game is on Thursday at 7 p.m.

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Junior guard Dominique Johnson had eight points and five rebounds in Towson’s 66-52 loss to Drexel on Sunday. She’s averaging 13.3 points for the Tigers, who sit in eighth place in the CAA.

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NFL Draft is a crapshoot JONATHAN MUNSHAW Editor-In-Chief @jon_munshaw

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Cahill wetn 4-for-7 with two RBIs and a home run in Towson’s two wins over the weekend. They were her first two games of the season, where Towson outscored Marshall and Bucknell, 10-3.

Back in 2011, when Jonathan Baldwin was coming out of Pittsburgh and hoping to be drafted into the NFL, this is what was written about him on NFL.com after the draft combine, when he was one of the top performers at receiver in the bench press, vertical jump and the broad jump: “Baldwin is giant wide receiver that has the potential to develop into a starter at the next level. He is a speed builder that can get behind defensive backs and he quickly finds the ball in the air. He is a weapon over the middle, as he has strong reliable hands and the body control to make acrobatic catches in traffic. He is dangerous after the catch as he can run away from linebackers and over defensive backs.”

What’s happened to Baldwin since then? He’s appeared in 33 games through three seasons, changed teams (he was drafted by the Chiefs with the 26th overall pick that year and eventually traded to the 49ers) and is now a free agent. The Detroit Lions picked him up in August and then waived him when he failed a physical.

What’s the point of me writing the all-too-short biography of Jonathan Baldwin? To tell you that the NFL draft is basically a crapshoot.

You’ve probably read a column like this before, but I feel like it’s my turn to make the case that the draft process is a very, very difficult one.

I certainly don’t mean to diminish the work done by professional NFL scouts and aspiring draft scouts who write for various publications, fill out their mock drafts and talk about team needs. It’s hard work, and I respect it, but I would personally never devote too much of my time to it outside of

covering a specific team’s needs.

As someone who considers himself a professional scout first and foremost for football, it bears repeating that after all of this build-up and discussion, literally anything can happen.

The thing that bothers me the most about the draft process, and draft writers in general, are those writers who try to predict how a player might act off the field, or what their leadership is like on the field.

6879124502476 3923543705457 93759993575985 25576933856202 3475623460017 72774650309622 545965418347 TALK NERDY TO ME Last draft season, Teddy Bridgewater was destroyed for allegedly not being a good enough leader.

I’ve seen articles on blogs that literally grade a player on their off-the-field abilities on a 10-point scale.

If a player is arrested a few times, OK, don’t draft him. That’s easy enough. But these are human beings.

They’re capable of making their own decisions, and they don’t need someone slapping a grade on their personality or leadership skills, especially by folks who have never played football with them.

As someone who loves to watch film, I have no problem commenting on a player’s ability to see the field, attack the ball at its highest point, their route-running ability or for defensive players, if they have more than one move to get away from a blocker, that sort of thing.

NFL draft teams pour thousands of dollars into this process, and they still get it wrong all the time. Onto

the numbers.

The draft website Walter Football saved me a ton of time on this column, doing a similar study in 2010.

From the drafts between 1998 and 2007, they looked at all of the players taken in the first round and identified them as either a “hit” or a “bust.”

In that 10-year period, they graded 54 percent of all the players drafted in the first round as hits, and 46 percent of them misses.

The gap grew wider as the drafts got closer to 2010, though. Between 2005 and 2007, 59 percent of players taken were considered hits.

I wanted to expand on this, so I looked at the drafts between 2011 and 2014. Unlike Walter Football, I divided players up into three categories: Boom, Professional and Bust.

I think it’s unfair to label everyone as a “hit” or a “bust” out of the draft.

Some guys are taken in the first round and will go on to play for five or six years in the league and be very successful, but won’t ever become a household name. That’s where the “professional” category comes from.

Keep in mind, too, this is all totally biased because it’s based on my opinion of these players, and that can differ from writer to writer.

For the 2011 draft, I said 14 players were “booms” (Cam Newton, Von Miller, A.J. Green, Julio Jones), 12 as “professionals” (Jake Locker, Nick Fairley) and four as busts (Baldwin and Blaine Gabbert, for example).

The 2012 draft was filled with far more busts, eight in all, including Trent Richardson, Justin Blackmon and Brandon Weeden (thanks a ton, Browns).

Out of that first round, I have six guys who I would considered “booms” and 18 who are in the “professional” category.

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He’s got a little bit of edge ability, at [6-foot-4, 250 pounds]. I like him as a developmental edge prospect. I haven’t heard much buzz about him but I thought his tap was good. I thought he competed.

I thought he has a little twitch to him. I’ll be surprised if he’s not drafted and I’m anxious to see him this week at the combine.

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Women’s hockey takes the title JORDAN COPE Staff Writer @JordanCope26

Towson capped off a perfect 15-0 season with the Delaware Valley Collegiate Hockey Conference Championship for the second consecutive year on Sunday after a 3-2 win over Navy at the Delaware State Fairgrounds.

After the first 20 minutes of play, Towson went into the locker room tied 0-0 with Navy in large part due to goaltender Lauren Wood who stopped a total of nine Midshipmen shots. “Wood made some amazing plays throughout the entire game,� Club President Beth Kennedy said. “The championship was probably Wood’s best game all season with all the shots and great saves she made.�

After the scoreless first period of play, the Tigers struck first with an even strength goal from Sarah Rose at 5:24 into the period. “Focus and scoring first was the

key to winning the championship,�

Kennedy said. “We knew the game was going to be close and a tough challenge. Our team is very physical and competitive with Navy so when we scored first with a rebound shot from Sarah Rose in the second period we kept the momentum and intensity up.�

While Towson took a 1-0 advantage into the second intermission, Navy drew even with a goal from Allyson Strachan just 23 seconds into the third period. “Losing was never an option for us,� Treasurer Monique Burgers said. “When you are going into a game with a perfect 14-0 record, a loss is not part of your mind set. We never had a moment in the game where we lost control.�

The Tigers took a 2-1 advantage just shy of the 10-minute mark thanks to an even strength goal from Nicole Melchione at 9:15.

While Towson took its second one-goal lead of the game, Navy

responded just 1:34 later with a power-play goal from Susan Wissmann. “The game continued to be a back and forth battle,� Kennedy said. “Our coach gave us a pep talk during a timeout telling us to relax, focus and finish.

Shortly after a goal from the Midshipmen that tied the game 2-2, the Tigers answered with what proved to be the game-winning goal off of the stick of Emily Potere about a minute later. “After the goal from Emily Potere, it was all about playing strong, solid defense,� Kennedy said.

While Navy pulled goaltender Sarah Hutchinson with time dwindling away, Towson held strong to secure the victory. “Since the game was very close through all three periods, the only time I knew we had the game locked up was once time expired,�

Kennedy said. “The intensity and competitiveness of the game kept

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Towson won its second consecutive DVCHC Division I championship after downing Navy, 3-2, at the Delaware State Fairgrounds. our team fighting until the last second. Once time expired, our team was overjoyed that we were champions once again. It’s an unbelievable accomplishment to be back-to-back champions and you could see it in each of our faces as we got to raise the cup once again and bring it back to Towson.�

Kennedy said aspirations are already high for next year’s team, as the Tigers will look to

win their third consecutive DVCHC Championship. “We have some good prospects that will be coming in the fall and I am excited to have them join,� Burgers said. “Although I will be graduating this year, I plan on sticking around and joining the coach staff next season. I would like for Towson University Women’s Ice Hockey to go three for three and keep the program a success.�

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Tigers in the city of angels TYLER YOUNG Staff Writer @_TyYoung

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Senior first baseman Brendan Butler went 3-for-11 with a double in Towson’s first three games, all losses to USC over the weekend.

Notable Stats

B. Policelli: 4-for-11, 1 HR, 1 RBI B. Butler: 3-for-11, 1 2B A. Clark: 3.0 IP, 2 hits, 1 R

The Tigers fell to the University of Southern California Trojans by a score of 8-6 in Los Angeles on Sunday, finalizing a three-game sweep in the opening weekend of the 2015 season.

The game was the last piece in a series in which Towson was outscored 35-7. However, Head Coach Mike Gottlieb said he felt it was a necessary step in the team’s development.

“I like to play good teams early on,” Gottlieb said. “Some of the new guys, both the freshmen and junior college transfers got a chance to play and I got to see what they are capable of doing.”

Towson (0-3) started the day swinging as sophomore second baseman Brady Policelli got a one-out single in the top of the first inning. He moved to second base on a wild pitch before senior shortstop Peter Bowles laced a single to USC right fielder Bobby Stahel. Policelli rounded third base and headed home, but could not reach the plate in time as Stahel’s throw beat him, and catcher Jeremy Martinez applied the tag to keep the game scoreless.

However, the Tigers did open the scoring on the day an inning later

with a two-run home run off the bat of junior first baseman Spencer Sutton.

The long drive over the right field fence at Dedeaux Field scored freshman third baseman Chris Ruszin.

The Trojans (3-0) quickly struck back in the bottom of the inning.

Second baseman Dante Flores reached base on a dropped third strike, and two batters later, infielder Angelo La Bruna singled to score Flores and make it a 2-1 game.

In the top of the third inning, the visiting Tigers added to their lead with another long ball. This time, it came from Policelli. It was a solo shot that just squeaked over the fence in right field.

Bowles followed with another long fly ball to right field. This one stayed in the yard, but was bobbled and dropped by Stahel. Senior designated hitter Brendan Butler and freshman right fielder Colin Gimblet each worked walks to load the bases for sophomore catcher Billy Plante, who sent a sacrifice fly to centerfield, which scored Bowles from third to make it a 4-1 lead for Towson.

Walks were a theme for the Tigers as they managed to work nine bases on balls Sunday while only striking out six times after struggling with the bats

on Friday and Saturday.

“We are always talking about being patient at the plate,” Gottlieb said. “We lost Saturday and Friday to very good pitchers. It would be tough to beat those guys in May, let alone the first weekend of the season. On Sunday, we saw some guys that are more like the pitchers in the [Colonial Athletic Conference] and I thought we did some things well.”

The Tigers lost the lead when the Trojans used three hits, two errors, three walks, six stolen bases and a balk to score five runs, and their first lead of the game in the bottom of the fourth inning. The offensive barrage saw 11 Trojans come to the plate and Tigers’ starting pitcher Lee Lawler removed after three-plus innings of work.

In the sixth inning, Plante led off with a single and Ruszin followed with a walk. A Sutton ground out to third base moved the runners up ahead of freshman left-fielder Mark Grunberg.

During Grunberg’s at-bat a wild pitch scored Plante from third and moved Ruszin from second to third. A few pitches later, Grunberg singled to score Ruszin and tie the game at six runs apiece.

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Tigers take two in East Carolina PAYAM AGHA-GHASSEM Staff Writer @payamfr

The Towson Tigers used an extrainning rally Saturday to beat the Bucknell Bison 7-2 in Greenville, North Carolina. With the win, the Tigers improve to 5-1 on the season.

Senior pitcher Missy McCormick notched her second win of the season, throwing all eight innings and allowing no earned runs. The Bison (5-3) got their first and only hit off McCormick in the sixth inning.

The game was scoreless until the sixth inning. The Tigers scored the first run of the game with the help of an RBI double by sophomore infielder Holiday Cahill. Cahill went 3-for-4 at the plate. The Bison responded in the bottom half of the sixth and tied the game on an error.

However, the Tigers blew the game

wide open in the eighth inning, scoring six runs on three hits. Senior infielder Hailey Balk drove in the goahead run with a single to right field.

Balk finished the game 2-for-4.

“It was a bit of a pitcher’s duel for the entire game, but we made the adjustments that we had to make to beat another solid team,” Balk said.

This was Balk’s second game of the season after she was unable to play in last weekend’s seasonopening games.

“It’s easy when you have the same, simple approach every at-bat,” Balk said. “I’m just worried about getting a good pitch to hit every time I step in the box, so it felt like I was just picking up where I left off from last season.”

McCormick sealed the win in the eighth inning by forcing a popout.

On Friday, the Tigers played a dou-

bleheader against the East Tennessee State Pirates and the Marshall Herd.

The Tigers fell 9-1 to the Pirates (5-5), but they were able to bounce back and beat the Herd (8-1) by a score of 3-1.

Freshman Megan Dejter improved to 2-0 on the year by throwing a complete game and striking out four.

After two starts, her earned run average stands at 0.91.

The Herd took the early 1-0 in the first inning. The score remained 1-0 until the fifth inning when Cahill tied the game up with a solo home run to center field.

Three batters later, sophomore outfielder Jessica South gave the Tigers a 2-1 lead with a single to right-center field.

Freshman infielder Brook Miko continued her hot hitting and doubled down the right field line to

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Junior infielder Hailey Balk went 2-for-4 and drove in the go-ahead run in Towson’s 7-2, extra-inning win over the Bucknell Bison. extend the Tigers’ lead to 3-1. After six games, Miko leads the team with a .429 average.

The Tigers travel to Greensboro North Carolina this weekend to take part in the UNC Greensboro Spartan Classic.

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