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The semester is now in full swing. Classes are three weeks in, and the football team already has four games under its belt. Freshmen are still adjusting to their schedules, while upperclassmen are already counting down their days until graduation. With a home football game and nice weather to enjoy over the weekend, students had plenty to discuss on social media.

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September 23, 2014

Editor-in-Chief Jonathan Munshaw Senior Editor Devorah Roberts News Editor Cody Boteler Assoc. News Editor Sam Shelton Arts & Life Editor Carley Milligan Sports Editor Matt Hamilton Staff Writers Nicole Gould Payam Agha-Ghassem James Greene Tyler Beard Paige Sudol Kati Day Photo Editor Sarah Hugel Assoc. Photo Editor Abby Murphy Assist. Photo Editors Patrick Burke Elizabeth Bonica Symone Garvett Staff Photographers Harrison Hart Amanda Ferrarese Mandi Marcus Daryllee Hale Jasmine Williams Assist. Video Producer Danielle Gibson

The Big Picture: The quest for happiness Something that plagues my mind almost constantly is the passing of time.

I frequently face the internal struggle of how I’m spending my time and if I could be using it in more productive or enjoyable ways.

We are only allotted four short years (if you do it right) to experience all that is college.

How you spend your time here determines how fondly you will remember your last stages of youth.

Thanks to this harsh realization, I spend as much free time as I can with my friends planning adventures.

After schoolwork, my time revolves around creating memories and maximizing the amount of good times.

This also explains why I have been to a whopping 115 concerts in my life

Annie Sragner

Columnist @a_swaggner

(yes, I do keep a list).

This is how I find my happiness: in creating vivid memories.

But this summer on my mini-existential crisis, I began to question where happiness actually originates.

Does it come from outside or inside?

Take for example the most romantic, joyful relationship you have either experienced or observed.

Does the happiness result from the love that another person is radiating toward you, or is it a reaction your body is creating from interacting with this other person?

Freshman year, I took an alternative medicine class where I learned all about the flow of energy.

Energy blockages significantly impact one’s overall mood and outlook.

Energy treatments, such as reiki, involve the help of a specialist to

realign energy flow through the chakras.

In this class, I learned that energy can flow between two people if both are open to it.

But at the same time, happiness can depend on your serotonin and dopamine levels.

Certain activities can increase release of these two hormones, which directly affects your level of happiness.

If happiness is considered a chemical reaction, then this is the literal answer.

Another aspect to consider is one’s environment.

In times of uncertainty, individuals rely on others to validate actions and happiness.

Much of how we see love and happiness is determined by what society has instructed us to believe.

If our circumstances align with what the universal understanding of happiness is, then we ought to be happy.

But we are not, as individuals, cogs in this weird machine.

Each of us has unique interests and requirements for true happiness.

No one person’s influence can tell you what makes you happy, but other people can provide the framework for you to realize your potential.

Let peers contribute to your happiness, not direct it.

Time is passing.

Do what makes you happy without the validation from others.

Whether happiness comes from positive interaction with others or from your own heart, listen to yourself honestly.

This is your life; it is too short to settle.

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Instead of doing homework last night (because this is college, and I’m not actually here to study or anything), I went out with a couple of friends and saw the movie “The Maze Runner.”

“The Maze Runner” is an adaptation of James Dashner’s novel of the same title. I truly enjoyed the movie.

The action scenes were executed well, and the plot moved at a solid pace.

But I’m not here to review this movie Senior Editor @devorahroberts

— I want to discuss why this movie, and so many others in its genre have been made. By genre, I am referring to the book to movie adaptation.

While book-to-movie adaptations are nothing new (see “Pride and Prejudice” or “To Kill a Mockingbird”) it seems that lately the movie industry has been producing more and more of them. Before “The Maze Runner” came out, “The Fault in Our Stars” was the big hit. And of course, the first part of “Mockingjay” will be hitting theatres this year.

So what is it about the adaptation that brings it to the theaters so often?

I think it’s mostly laziness. After all, it’s much easier to write a script based off a concept that has already been completed. All of these adaptations already had a fully realized character, plot and message.

The scriptwriter doesn’t have to figure anything out about the character; they simply need to take it from the book, and figure out how it will make the most sense in a movie perspective.

However, I think that perhaps the

industry has gone too far. It’s time to stop stealing from novels (as much as I love seeing them on the screen) and to begin writing more original scripts again. When a book is adapted, it often loses some of its essence and themes.

When a script is written from scratch, it is created for that hour time slot.

I’m not saying that we should stop making them entirely. I’m just saying that maybe, we should draw it back in and go back to storytelling.

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Around the world in five columns Between classes, internships and jobs it’s easy for students to become lost in the Towson bubble.

However, in the same time that classes have started, the world has been changing and several issues have captured the attention of national audiences.

The Towerlight looks at four of the many stories developing all over the country and the world to make them easier for students to catch up on and understand.

The Islamic State group Although President Obama and Secretary of State John Kerry have already pledged that the conflict against fighters from the so-called Islamic State (ISIS) will not include U.S. ground troops, political science professor Joseph Clark said the group is not to be taken lightly.

“They are Islamic extremists who have taken control of parts of Syria and Iraq. There’s two ways this matters: ISIS as a threat to national security, and ISIS as a threat to homeland security,” Clark said.

After fighters from the group took control of several cities in Iraq and Syria, President Obama announced that the United States would become more involved in the fight against the militants by launching airstrikes in Iraq.

Congress also passed a bill that approved a plan for the U.S. to partner with select Syrian rebel groups and Iraqi military forces that will help train and equip the rebels to fight the terrorist organization.

The biggest criticism of the new plan is that it pulls America into another conflict in the Middle East that could turn into a long-term commitment such as those in Iraq and Afghanistan. However, Clark said he doesn’t see this situation as being nearly as involved.

“In terms of this becoming another American quagmire, I find that unlikely,” he said. “I don’t see a reasonable timeline that leads to thousands of troops on the ground.”

Senior economics major and former veteran of Operation Iraqi Freedom Clark Miller said America is taking the smart route of avoiding direct ground combat.

“Let’s enable our allies to handle it in their own back yards,” Miller said.

The Kurds, who make up a good portion of the Iraqi fighters, can take on the members of the Islamic State but need the support of Americans first, Miller said.

“I worked a lot with Kurds while I was in Iraq. I’m a huge fan of them.

They have a lot of dedication to their mission and their land and their communities. Personally, [I think] the Kurds are fully capable of handling this threat by themselves, and even more so with support from the U.S. with the minimum amount of training, and mostly equipment,” he said.

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Campaign Finance Reform Ever since the controversial Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission Supreme Court ruling was handed down in January of 2010, groups have been working to put restrictions back on campaign finance.

The Citizens United case likened corporations to people, and ruled that there cannot be any restrictions on the amount of money that citizens or corporations can donate to political campaigns.

The most recent attempt to overturn this case failed two weeks ago, when the Senate struck down a potential amendment to the Constitution that would have overruled the Supreme Court’s decision.

Because amending the Constitution is so difficult, political science professor John McTague said he doesn’t see this issue changing in the near future.

However, Joe Adams, the secretary for the volunteer group Get Money Out — Maryland, said his organization is pushing Maryland toward asking for a Constitutional convention to propose a campaign finance amendment that would restrict donation amounts.

“We have lost our democracy on the federal level. The people’s interest is no longer reflected by Congress,” Adams said. “It’s quite obvious that the correct term used for this situation is corruption.”

In order for a constitutional convention to occur, two-thirds of the states would need to approve it in their state legislatures.

Still, McTague said this issue won’t be officially addressed until after the 2016 presidential election.

“On both sides of the presidential campaigns, the candidates like more than anything to know the rules,” he said. “But to change the rules at the last minute would make no one happy.”

Some Republicans and supporters of a free market economy oppose any future change, arguing that spending money is a form of freedom of speech.

“My own political philosophy is that people should be able to spend as much as they wish,” Howard Baetjer, a lecturer in the department of Economics said. “Going to a more legal point of view, the First Amendment is pretty

clear. I do believe in the idea that if you are making a donation to a candidate, it should be considered speech.”

Baetjer also said it would be “stupid and dangerous” for incumbent politicians to set the ground rules for campaign finance, because they could restrict the rules to make it tougher for their opponents to run against them.

- By Jonathan Munshaw

Climate Change Four-hundred thousand people marched through Manhattan Sunday to demand action on climate change, according to some estimates.

The People’s Climate March in New York City drew marchers from all over the country. The march aimed to draw immediate attention to the issues presented by global climate change.

“The immediacy of these changes is one of the greatest problems,” Towson professor of climatology Todd Moore said.

According to Moore, Towson students should care about climate change not only for the changes that would impact future generations, but also because of looming changes that could affect the region within students’ lifetimes.

“Some projections show that there could be as many as 60 additional days per year that reach a temperature of 90 degrees or great by mid-century,” Moore said. “A warmer climate will likely increase the amount of energy we consume, which, on the individual level, could translate to higher energy bills.”

Moore said that a changing climate would also bring a changing coastline to Baltimore. Some projections, he

said, show the sea level rising between one and four feet globally on average, however, the Chesapeake Bay region is especially at risk because the ground is sinking at the same time the sea level is rising.

“One only needs to take a look at a population density map and an elevation map of the Mid-Atlantic and Northeast regions to see that hundreds of thousands to millions of people are at risk from regional sea level rise of 3 [to] 4 feet,” he said.

- By Cody Boteler

Net Neutrality “Net neutrality” refers to the open system in which all Internet content and traffic is treated equally, regardless of the source.

The sanctity of net neutrality is currently under question following a January 2014 D.C. Circuit Court ruling that voided two of the three regulations included in the Federal Communications Commission’s 2010 Open Internet Order. The two regulations formerly prohibited Internet Service Providers from blocking traffic on wired networks and slowing competing services in favor of their own.

This has been regarded as a victory for broadband Internet service providers such as Verizon and Comcast, but a loss for those in support of net neutrality.

If this system is dismantled, Internet service providers, or ISPs, would be allowed to charge web creators and companies for faster content delivery.

This would create a multi-tiered, fast lane-oriented Internet system that could result in some sites loading more slowly

Cody Boteler/ The Towerlight than others.

One of the prominent consequences of this decision is that it could marginalize Internet content produced by smaller companies. “[Large] companies probably have enough money to pay ISPs so that their content will always be delivered to consumers in a timely fashion,” Associate Director of the Center for Professional Studies Aaron Guy, who has written about net neutrality for the website TUinnovates, said. “But what about smaller companies and smaller content providers who don’t have that type of capital that these large companies have?”

Changes to the existing system could also translate to higher costs for the everyday consumer. Guy said that the end of net neutrality would likely segment Internet bills into something akin to an “a la carte system,” which would require consumers to pay for faster access to sites individually.

Guy said that he is trying not to be too optimistic, but thinks that net neutrality will “win out,” due to the public’s overwhelming response on the FCC’s forums and other official venues.

Guy also said that public involvement is necessary to counter the “deep pockets” and lobbying capabilities of the ISPs. “[Voices are] all the public has right now, and the louder the public is in contacting their representatives and contacting the FCC and that sort of thing, the more power that we will have,” Guy said.

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Students analyze, sort human remains SAM SHELTON Associate News Editor @sam_tweets_now

Members of Towson’s Anthropology department are in the process of sifting through approximately 40 groupings, or burials, of human remains from an exhumed cemetery in Washington, D.C. The burials were only delivered to Towson over the summer, due to anthropology professor Dana Kollman’s role as a bioarchaeologist. Kollman has undertaken the responsibility of analyzing the remains.

Assisting Kollman are students Kat Smith, Jeanette Perthel and Raven Brown, who have taken on duties such as washing, drying and sorting the remains. From there, Kollman and the group will be able to further analyze the burials. Due to the construction preparation that has occurred at the D.C. cemetery, Kollman doubts that the majority of the remains will not be identified past age, sex or a presence of past disease or trauma.

“All of the cemetery makers, or at least the majority of them, have been moved from their original locations so we really don’t have any ‘concrete,’ literally concrete, records of who was buried where and the paperwork has disappeared,” Kollman said.

Despite this, Kollman said that dating the material may be more straightforward, given inorganic evidence buried with the remains.

“The coffin hardware is very dateable, so with each burial, by looking at that hardware and comparing it to catalogues, we can get a bit of a frame within the larger frame of 1856 to 1959,” Kollman said. “We can narrow it down based upon that coffin hardware.”

Kollman, as well as the students working on the project, said that it is important to see the remains as the people they used to be, not merely bones.

“These are people, these are remains.

So I don’t want it to be something where someone wants to [help out] just to say ‘I worked on a skeleton today.’ I want them to have the interest and the respect,” Kollman said.

Perthel, a criminal justice major, said she has also learned a lot from the inorganic materials buried with the remains.

“When you wash this stuff, there’s still hairs, clothing, fabric from what they were buried in. So, you can really see the history behind the skeleton,” Perthel said. “They were a real person, they wore clothes just like us. It’s very humanizing.”

Perthel also said that working at this

Sarah Hugel/ The Towerlight hands-on task has been a “really cool, out of the box learning experience.”

“The other day I reached into a bag to start washing something and after I washed off all the dirt, it was just part of a brain,” Perthel said. “It was so cool.

It’s just like uncovering… a treasure. It’s

really cool, and you learn a lot throughout the whole process.”

Kollman said that she also values the discovery aspect of the project.

“For students to get their hands involved in it, even if it’s just washing muddy bones, it’s like a box of cracker

jacks,” Kollman said.

Following the completion of her and the students’ work with the 40 burials, Kollman expects that more will be sent from the site. Once all of the remains have been cleaned and analyzed, they will be reburied.

Towson welcomes guest lecturer to campus JAY GREENE Staff Writer @loggedinwithjay

One of the simple stories that Bryan Caplan, a lecturer in the department of economics at George Mason University, told during his guest lecture on immigration was about welfare.

According to Caplan, some Americans believe that immigrants come to the United States to intentionally abuse the welfare system.

A key fact about the U.S. welfare system is that most of the money goes to the old, not the poor, according to Caplan.

“A cheaper alternative would be to freely admit immigrants, but make them ineligible for benefits,” he said.

Another “simple story” some argue is that immigration will be detrimental to American culture.

But according to Caplan, over 90 percent of Mexican immigrants speak fluent English and culture centers in New York and California have high scores on fluency tests.

“Standard arguments fail to over-

come the presumption against immigration,” Caplan said. “Immigration will lead to an explosion in production.”

Caplan spoke at the event, which was presented by the Political Economy Project of TU, the Towson Classical Liberals and the Towson Economics Society.

In his presentation, titled “Immigration Restrictions: A Solution in Search of a Problem,” Caplan outlined several arguments or “simple stories” some Americans make against immigration.

“Immigration restrictions require a reason,” said Caplan. “There’s no cheaper or humane way to handle these problems.”

During the event, a student asked a question regarding the correlation between crime and immigration.

“People are eager to find fault with immigrants,” Caplan said. “Foreignborn immigrants have about half the crime of native-born Americans.

Caplan said that the American people need to look at immigration as an opportunity rather than a threat.

“Tear down the wall,” he said. “Every human being should be concerned.”

International studies major Riley Battaglia said he was glad to finally hear some answers.

“You always hear people talking about the problems,” he said. “You never really hear answers.”

Battaglia also said he enjoyed the approach Caplan took during his lecture. Students were able to voice other arguments effectively.

Jonathan Reilly, an officer for Towson University’s Political Economy Project and Towson Classical Liberals said it’s important to discuss open borders.

“It’s important to understand the impacts and repercussions,” he said.

According to Dr. Howard Baetjer, a lecturer in the department of economics at Towson University, The Political Economy Project educates students in political science and related fields.

“The purpose of this effort is to support and enrich the education of Towson students who are interested in political economy, economics, political philosophy, public policy, social philosophy and related fields—any students who are seri-

Kelly Miller/ The Towerlight Bryan Caplan, of George Mason University, guest lecturing at Towson about immigration. ously interested in investigating the fundamental questions of how society can best be organized to advance the well-being of mankind,” accord-

ing to the website.

Students who are interested can find more information on the group’s Facebook page.

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Chamber plans Towson app PAIGE SUDOL Staff Writer @PaigeSudol

The Towson Chamber of Commerce signed a contract with Hyper Media to design the chamber’s new online Towson app.

Nancy Hafford, the executive director of the Towson Chamber of Commerce, predicts that the app should be completed in three months.

“We talked to places all over the country that were cheaper, but we believe [Balto] is going to give us a better product than other places because he is a Marylander and wants to see good things happen in his community,” Hafford said.

According to Hafford, the purpose of the app is to help people navigate Towson. It will feature information about and directions to over 500 businesses, including restaurants, bars, parking, car washes and courthouses.

The project was inspired by the app d designed for this year’s Towsontown Spring Festival. Brooke Bianchetti, t the assistant to the executive director

of the chamber, is in charge of doing research and coming up with a design.

“Chamber events, cultural events, sporting events, Towson University events, and Goucher College events will be under a “calendar” tab on the app,” Bianchetti said.

The app will have an initial cost of $9,000 to develop with additional monthly fees. In spite of the app’s expense, Hafford is confident that the app is a great thing to do for businesses in Towson. Hafford believes that the app will be a helpful resource for Towson University students.

Restaurants will be able to post specials and businesses can send out special discounts.

According to Hafford, the app is a way for the chamber to thank Towson students for being such a large source of employment and putting so much money into the community. “[Students are] one of the biggest economic engines we have in the community,” Hafford said. “We are truly thankful [they] are here.”

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Using the Career Center wisely KRISTEN ZDON Contributing Writer

The Career Center held an informal meet and greet on The Beach Thursday, in order to encourage greater interaction between the department and Towson students.

Job Location and Development Coordinator Justina DiCarlo said that she wants students to feel comfortable visiting the Career Center. “Sometimes people get really intimidated, and they don’t want to come. You know, you see people, they think, ‘career, suits, scary,’ so we are kind of trying to help that image and tell people we are here,� DiCarlo said.

Career Center Marketing Coordinator Keith Jones said that the purpose of the event was to connect with students. “Really, we are not [at the meet and greet] to push the events or anything,� Jones said. “We just want people to meet us.�

Jones, who promotes all Career Center events through the website and calendar, also manages the Hire@TU database. “We can also help alumni. I believe it is up to two years after graduation, but any alumni can actually log in at Hire@TU and use all of those services plus all of our resources that we have on the website as well and have access to those,�

Jones said.

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Senior family studies majors Amanda Sorna and Jacklyn Selway attended the meet and greet and said that they expect the Hire at TU website will be beneficial for their job search. “I am already on [Hire@TU]. I was just looking for a job for now, but I didn’t realize it helped for later, so that is really helpful,� Sorna said.

Jones said the Career Center staff believes it is never too early to prepare for jobs after college. “On our website, we have resources, whether you are a freshman, sophomore, junior, senior, what you should be doing each of these years and help prepare for a job after college and we have events like the sophomore week coming up, specifically geared towards sophomores,�

Jones said.

Sophomore Career Week will be held Sept.

22 to 26 and features workshops pertaining to internship opportunities.

However, October will be geared toward seniors. There will be an open house, fall career and internship fairs as well as a conference for senior and graduate students. A business etiquette and networking dinner will also be happening in October. “We will have professional staff on hand to show you what silverware to use, what plates, cups, proper conversation, how to engage with other people at the table,� Jones said.

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Ailey inspires student dancers HAILEY MILLER Contributing Writer

On Thursday, the usually quiet Stephens Hall Theater was filled with the loud and steady beat of live percussionists, accompanied by the sounds of bodies dancing their way across the stage.

“It was just wonderful, yes it was just wonderful, I just love the energy and the commitment that the students have. I love teaching students because they are so hungry and so energetic and they are so willing to learn, so it was an awesome class,” Troy Powell, artistic director of the Ailey II Dance Company who taught the master class on Thursday, said.

Powell led both company members, as well as Towson dance majors, through a series of combinations to help them strengthen their technique.

This opportunity also allowed the student dancers to have an experience working under the direction of a professional dance company.

Powell worked with students as a group and individually to correct each of their movements.

“The class was amazing, it was great to see such young dancers in college aspiring to dance,” second year Ailey II company member Aubree Brown said. “I was there just a year or two ago, so I know the feeling. Everyone was a little nervous, but I think after a while, and when our director gave the speech of giving

back and showcasing yourself, everyone pretty much relaxed after that.”

Brown, a Baltimore native and Baltimore School of the Arts graduate, said that she loved being back in her hometown and performing.

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I loved the company’s versatility and artistry.

It really inspires me every time I see their performances.

ASHLEY THOMPSON Senior and dance major

“It’s a great feeling. Even last year when we came to Towson, it was amazing being around all the support from our family and friends and teachers,” said Brown.

Ailey II has performed at Towson for at least the past five years according to Powell.

However, working with schools and aspiring dance students has been a goal of the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater since its creation in 1958.

Ailey II also put on a mini performance for local Baltimore City, County and Anne Arundel County public schools as part of their outreach program on Friday.

Powell said that during these shows they strive to get the children involved to demonstrate what it is like to be both on-stage and behind

the scenes.

“We feel that doing the mini performances and the lecture demonstration for school kids is very important.

It is a part of the arts in education, I happen to feel very close to that because I was a child of the community and Alvin Ailey came into my life at a very young age and inspired me to dance and to do what I do,” Powell said.

Senior dance major Ashley Thompson, who participated in the master class, said that being on stage with the company members and feeling their energy really inspired her.

“I loved the company’s versatility and artistry. It really inspires me

every time I see their performances,” Thompson said.

She also attended both the mini show and the technical rehearsal and felt that overall her favorite piece was “Wings.”

“I really loved how it was choreographed and performed. It was beautifully structured and I loved the use of the dancers, especially the gathering during the end with the various shapes. Overall beautiful and inspired me to want to continue dancing and inspiring others,” Thompson said.

This year’s program contains even more diverse works than the one last year Brown said.

Powell mixes in his newer chore-

ography with Ailey’s original works such as “Revelation” which was first premiered in 1960 and is still shown today.

“Those are the works that were very important back then and are still important now, and I feel that right now, in this generation as dance and the arts are evolving to more contemporary dances that are a little bit more modern. It is a good balance to keep the traditional works as well,” Powell said. “They are really important to people because they really touch people and you really get a story out of what they are watching, especially out of the works that Mr. Ailey created.”

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Dancers in the Ailey II Dance Company performed in Stephens Hall Theater on Saturday, Sept. 20. The dancers also participated in a master class with Towson University dance students which was directed

by Ailey II artistic director Troy Powell on Thursday, Sept. 18.

A new take on “star”crossed love Based on John Green’s novel of the same name, “The Fault in Our Stars” tells the story of Hazel Grace Lancaster (Shailene Woodley), a 16-year-old cancer patient, who was diagnosed at the age of thirteen with stage four thyroid cancer.

Her closest companions since then have been her oxygen tank and her favorite book, “An Imperial Affliction.”

Because of her cynical and anti-social attitude, her mother forces her to go to a cancer support group where she meets Augustus “Gus” Waters (Ansel Elgort), a cancer survivor with an optimistic view on life.

Despite their opposing outlooks, the two quickly become friends and fall in love.

Don’t pass any judgments because

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it’s based on a young adult novel, the movie is actually pretty good.

The two lead actors, Woodley and Elgort, are perfect as Hazel and Gus. For both actors, this is their best film performance so far.

There are not enough words to express how charming and likable the two are in this film.

Gus is the type of guy who jokes about his prosthetic leg and offers to let his friend destroy his basketball trophies without batting an eye, and you can easily see Hazel’s eyes shine when the two talk about her favorite book.

It’s worth watching the film just for

those two performances.

As someone who viewed the extended version, which includes an extra six minutes of deleted scenes (one of which includes a John Green cameo), I was impressed that the film still managed to be very wellpaced.

The extended version didn’t feel long, and nothing felt out of place.

The film’s major flaws are things that can be mostly overlooked.

For example, once Hazel meets Gus and forms a friendship with him, the cancer support group subplot is dropped and never mentioned again.

There’s also the coincidence that

immediately after reading Hazel’s favorite book at her suggestion, he just so happened to find a way to contact the author’s assistant, despite Hazel admitting that after years of writing letters, she’s never received a response.

One of the best scenes in the film is when Hazel and Gus meet Peter Van Houten (William Dafoe). If I say too much, I’ll be delving into spoilers.

What I can say though, is that the scene is uncomfortable, painful and — aside from the climax — it’s one of the highest emotional points in the film.

In a movie where one of the main characters has cancer, you know how the story is going to end. The film basically admits it when Hazel compares herself to a grenade. Even with that in mind, it’s still worth seeing. If

you have the time, check it out. For more new movie picks at Tiger Reels, keep reading “Renting at the Reels.”

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Towson’s specials This past Thursday, I had the pleasure of being invited to the fourth annual Taste of Towson, hosted by the Towson Chamber of Commerce in the SECU Arena. I didn’t know what to really expect, aside from dozens of local restaurants featuring their specialty dishes. I was pleased to discover that it was a lot more than that.

As I walked into the beautiful new arena, the sights and smells flooding my senses were delicious. As I checked in and received my press pass, the only thing I could think of was which booth to go to first.

I started my Taste of Towson at McFaul’s Ironhorse Tavern (2260 Cromwell Bridge Road) and was greeted by a warm smell and sensational flavors. They featured a creamy butternut squash risotto, topped with a seared scallop and micro-greens. It was delicious.

I then proceeded to the table featuring Towson Tavern (516 York Road), a favorite of mine. They featured a juicy pork slider with an interesting creamy sauce.

Now, two plates into the restaurant crawl, I had to change it up and get something sweet. La Cakerie (11 W. Allegheny Ave.) had a stunning display of arranged cupcakes. As my friends know, I’m quite the chocolate fiend. I had to go with the chocolate on chocolate cupcake. It was heavenly.

After a few deep breaths, I ventured onward. The next stop had to be Cunningham’s (1 Olympic Place). Lucky for

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me, they were featuring dessert too. On the menu were a succulent meatball and a salted caramel chocolate dessert, which was unbelievable. This was my favorite bite of the night by far.

Some other honorable mentions have to be the meatball slider from Charles Village Pub & Patio (19 W Pennsylvania Ave.), the bruschetta from Seven West Bistro Grille (7 W. Chesapeake Ave.) and the tacos from El Cuervo Taqueria (7 W. Chesapeake Ave.).

A few of Towson’s local favorites were also featured at the event. Greene Turtle, Hooters, Bahama Breeze, Seasons Pizza and Jake’s NY Deli all featured their respective specialties at their tables. Surprisingly, Bright Side Manor, a local retirement community, had a delectable menu and an interesting take on a few of their sample dishes.

Similarly, the Sheraton Hotel in Towson also had a delicious selection of food. The Sheraton featured a cold gazpacho soup and a spicy crab and avocado salad.

Towson’s Chamber of Commerce put on a spectacular event. There were more than 300 people and 27 local vendors. Events like these are great because they open the communities’ eyes to delicious and sometimes hidden restaurants located nearby. The event was a huge success in my eyes and I’m so happy to have been able to cover it.

I hope you all try one of these restaurants! Enjoy!

Until next time. I wish you GoodEats.

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Photos by Carley Milligan/ The Towerlight

Guests sample food prepared by a variety of local vendors at The Fourth Annual Taste of Towson on Sept. 18 at the SECU Arena.

A change of seasons ROBERT WOOD Contributing Writer

Students gathered at Paws to celebrate one of the most important Chinese holidays with Towson’s Chinese American Student Union (CASU) on Friday.

“The Mid-Autumn festival is a celebration where [it is] a family reunion and they celebrate by eating moon cakes and go outside and watching the moon,” sophomore and president of CASU Linda Pan said.

The festival celebrates the changing of the seasons according to the Chinese New Year calendar. Because of this, CASU sees the Mid-Autumn festival as a very important event for not only themselves, but also the Towson community as a whole.

“It’s just a good way to spread awareness about our culture and different traditions that we celebrate as Chinese-Americans,” junior and Event Coordinator Brittany Ton said.

Pan agreed with Ton, and said that the festival is a great chance to expose Towson students to Chinese culture and traditions.

“It is a really great opportunity for college students to have fun while

learning about the culture and meaning of the Mid-Autumn Festival,” Pan said.

Aside from creating awareness, the festival also served as an opportunity for fun and fellowship. Students were able to take part in traditional Chinese lion dancing, a raffle for different Chinese products and a food-eating contest with popular Chinese food.

“The lion dance was very entertaining. I had front row seats and saw the lion spit out the lettuce and give it back to the people,” sophomore Josephine Hill said.

Junior Trieuvan Nguyen’s favorite part of the evening was when she won one of the raffle prizes, a set of terracotta warriors.

“They always have items that are related to Chinese culture, especially in America, we really don’t celebrate it,” Nguyen said.

Nguyen said that they learned a lot about Chinese culture after attending the festival. Nguyen also felt that the experience helped her connect with people from different campus organizations as well.

“I feel like it is a great part expanding a diverse outlook on life,” Hill said.

“It’s just beautiful.”

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London blues Camden, though. The unique vendors Remember and delicious food make it worth the when I said I visit. And I guess I shouldn’t be comwould be venturplaining too much about the knock ing to Liverpool off brands, since I did get a pair of over the weekRay-Bans for only about $14. end? Well, that Aside from Camden Lock Markets, didn’t happen.

Sydney Adamson Columnist I also spent this weekend rediscoverMy friends @ssydneytaylor ing the feeling of homesickness. and I realized The last time I felt truly homesick that we would was my freshman year of college, the be much more content (and a few first time I was away from home for a pounds richer) staying in London for considerable amount of time. At the the weekend. With many of the study time, I didn’t know how to handle abroad students gallivanting around being so isolated from my family and Paris, a few of us decided to have our friends. Now four years later, I’m own adventure at the Camden Lock experiencing something similar, but Markets. it’s a very different kind of homesick At the markets I spent the day diswhen you’re in an entirely difcovering tons of new shops. ferent county, time zone There were handmade and culture. jewelry, beautiful paintBecause of that, I ings, adorable trinhave noticed that the kets, books and more more time I have to food vendors than I myself, the more time have ever seen in one I have to think about place, each one hostEYE ON LONDON my friends, family and ing a different cuisine. what I could potentially be From Dutch pancakes missing out on at home. I underto authentic Thai dishes, there was stand that isn’t exactly fair to say something to please everyone’s palsince there are endless things to do ate. in London to occupy my time, but The only downside to the markets that’s just how my brain works. was the abundance of knock-off venI’ve realized how much I cherish dors. The vendors I cam across were the time I spend with my loved ones selling Nike, Ray-Bans, Beats headback home, and I would even go phones and even band merchandise far as to say that I’m not so much (ex: The Arctic Monkeys, All Time homesick as I am “people sick.”

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Victor’s 194 yards lead to second win MATT HAMILTON Sports Editor @MattHamiltonTU

It was a familiar spot: Johnny Unitas Stadium with 9,000-plus fans cheering for Towson. However, this game had a sense of urgency brought about by a 1-2 start, including a loss to Central Connecticut State at home Aug. 30.

The Tigers (2-2) got the win they needed over the Eagles (1-3) with help from sophomore running back Darius Victor and his 194 yards and three touchdowns on the ground.

They could ill afford a 1-3 start and the 31-20 win made sure it didn’t happen.

Head Coach Rob Ambrose said the team wanted to win this game to erase the memories of the home loss to Central Connecticut State.

“We felt like we let [the fans] down last time, but we held up our end of the bargain [Saturday],” he said. “It wasn’t pretty, but it was a heck of a lot better. In a year from now, just like last week, it will be listed in the books as a win.”

After the Towson defense forced a three-and-out on the first drive, Victor got his team on the board after a five-play, 42-yard drive. On 2nd-and-1, Victor burst through a hole in the North Carolina Central defense with a 13-yard touchdown to give Towson the 7-0 lead.

With the big game, Victor moved past 1,000 yards for his career. He said his night wouldn’t be possible without the men in front of him.

“You’ve got to give [the credit] to

the offensive line, even the receivers who are blocking downfield,” he said. “I feel like we’re getting better with every step and I can’t wait to see what we do in the future.”

The Eagles made progress on their next drive, but couldn’t score after a 13-play, 74-yard drive that saw quarterback Malcolm Bell throw for 46 yards. Running back Andre Clarke was stopped short of fourth down at the Tigers eight-yard line, forcing the turnover on downs.

North Carolina Central then forced a Towson punt that landed at its own 45-yard line. Bell led the team’s first scoring drive, which ended in a 10-yard run by Clarke that tied the game at 7-7, just 33 seconds into the first quarter.

The Tigers started the ensuing drive on its own 35-yard line after the kickoff went out of bounds, and junior quarterback Connor Frazier led another scoring drive. They went 43 yards on 10 plays, setting up a 39-yard field goal attempt, which junior kicker Sam Hurwitz made to give the Tigers the 10-7 lead.

North Carolina Central respoded quickly on its next series, as Bell found wide receiver Quentin Atkinson for a 50-yard touchdown on the fifth play of the drive. After a blocked extra point that Towson tried to advance but fumbled out of the endzone, North Carolina Central took a 14-10 lead.

Senior wide receiver Derrick Joseph gave the Tigers great field position on the next drive, and they drove to the Eagles 26-yard line.

However, Frazier was intercepted trying to find Joseph in the endzone, keeping the score at 14-10.

After a North Carolina Central punt, Towson got the ball at its 48-yard line, as Joseph put together another strong return. Frazier rushed for 14 yards and threw for 42 yards on the drive, which ended with a 22-yard touchdown to senior wide receiver Spencer Wilkins to give Towson the 17-14 lead with 32 seconds left in the half.

Wilkins finished the game with eight catches for 100 yards and the touchdown. Joseph finished with 121 all-purpose yards.

“You can just see the confidence [Joseph] has,” Ambrose said. “He understands all the schemes and now he understands what’s coming at him. People are going to have to start game planning for him now.”

The Tigers came out of the break strong, putting together a five-play, 82-yard yard drive to open the second half. Victor got loose for the 53-yard run that set up his one-yard touchdown to give his team the 24-14 lead.

“Critical times pretty much determine the fate of football teams,” Ambrose said. “The last drive before the half in games that are close and the first drive of the third quarter are very indicative of how the game will end. For all the mistakes we did make in all three phases of the game ... we tied it all in.”

After the quick drive from Towson, North Carolina Central mimicked it with a nine-play, 63-yard series that

lasted just over three minutes. It ended with a 45-yard field goal from Brandon McLaren that made it 24-17.

The Tigers were forced to punt away the next possession, but Bell and his offense made progress again on their defense. He led a 12-play, 44-yard drive that lasted 6:28 and ended with a 43-yard field goal by McLaren.

On the ensuing drive, Towson took the ball to its 37, but turned the ball over on downs after Victor came up a few inches short. North Carolina Central took over with great field position, but junior safety Christian Carpenter intercepted Bell’s pass on the next play, giving Towson the ball back at the end of the third quarter.

The Tigers cashed in on the extra possession, as Victor brushed off Eagles defenders for a 15-yard touchdown to cap a 91-yard drive that lasted almost six minutes. Frazier also threw for 51 yards on the drive that gave the Tigers a 31-20 lead.

Frazier finished 15-for-22 for 161 yards.

“We worked a lot on passing this week in practice and I think that helped and showed out in the game,”

Frazier said. “I felt like me and the receivers definitely gel together.”

The team traded punts, but wide receiver Adrian Wilkins returned a Towson punt 42 yards inside the home team’s territory. North Carolina Central drove to the Towson two-yard line, but the defense stopped Clarke on fourth down to force the turnover on downs with 3:53 left in the game.

Victor began the Tigers’ next drive with a 32-yard run, but they could not turn the progress into point, as Frazier fumbled at their own 48-yard line.

The Eagles recovered, but did not have enough time to move down the field.

Towson will be back in action Saturday, when it faces Colonial Athletic Association foe Maine at Johnny Unitas Stadium. Kickoff is set for 7 p.m.

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Freshman running back Darius Victor ran for 194 yards in the win.

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September 23, 2014

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TU sweeps Invite TYLER BEARD Staff Writer @tylerbeard2

Towson continued its winning streak to four matches, as it defeated the St. John’s Red Storm, 3-1, on Sunday at SECU Arena.

The match was a part of the Tiger Invitational, in which Towson (13-1) also beat the Kent State Golden Flashes (8-5) and the North Dakota St. Bison (5-8).

“We did a lot better in this tournament than I thought we would going into it, which is exciting,” Head Coach Don Metil said.

Towson played St. John’s (11-4) in the last match of the tournament and looked to remain undefeated at home.

The Tigers took an early 4-0 lead against the Red Storm in the first set and never lost the lead the rest of the set.

Senior outside hitter Saitaua Iosia had four kills in the set and senior opposite hitter Victoria Willians had two kills. Towson also committed just two errors in the set, which helped the team take a 1-0 match lead.

The second set was an even match between the Tigers and the Red Storm, until junior outside hitter Haley Pa’akaula’s kill gave Towson a 13-11 lead.

The Tigers scored three straight points after Pa’akaula’s kill and managed to hold the Red Storm from a comeback. A ball handling error from St. John’s Shawna-Lei Santos gave Towson a 25-20 set win.

Pa’akaula, who had six kills in the set, said her team in coming together as the season continues.

“I think this tournament was the best one yet,” she said. “We’re really starting to come together as a team.

This tournament we played three quality teams and even when we were down, we managed to stay together and pull out wins.”

Towson came into the third set looking for the sweep, but St. John’s battled back. The score was tied at 23-23 until St. John’s got kills from Santos and Aleskandr Wachowicz, which gave it a 25-23 set win. Towson committed six errors in the third set, which was the most it committed in the match.

However, the Tigers bounced back to keep pace with the Red Storm and held a 20-19 lead in the fourth set.

The Tigers then rattled off three straight points off of two kills from Iosia and an attack error from St. John’s and took a 23-19 lead.

St. John’s managed a couple more points, but Pa’kaula’s 18th kill of the match gave Towson the set win and 3-1 match victory.

“We still have things we can work on, but this tournament is giving us some good momentum into conference play,” Pa’akaula said.

Iosia finished the match with 17 kills and Williams had eight kills. Sophomore middle blocker Candace Steadman had six blocks.

“The tournament helped give our team some confidence,” Metil said.

“Kent State beat College of Charleston earlier in the season and they were the top team in our conference last season.”

The Tigers will start conference play Wednesday against the Delaware Blue Hens (7-8). The match starts at 7p.m. at SECU Arena.

Photos by Sarah Hugel/ The Towerlight

Senior defensive specialist Capri Tirrell (below) had five digs and senior opposite hitter Victoria Williams (above) had eight kills in Towson’s 3-1 win against the St. John’s Red Storm this weekend.

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Breaking down the MLB MVP Race JONATHAN MUNSHAW Editor-in-Chief @jon_munshaw

Darius Victor Football

Victor led the way in Towson’s 31-20 win over North Carolina Central, rushing for 194 yards and three touchdowns. He now has 457 yards and four touchdowns on the season.

As of writing this on Monday morning, most Major League Baseball teams only have about seven games left on their schedule before the regular season is over.

I could spend this space writing about my predictions for the rest of the playoff picture, but I can get that out of the way quickly: Detroit wins the American League Central and Oakland and Kansas City pick up the Wild Card sports, and Pittsburgh and San Francisco are your National League Wild Card teams.

That just saved you a ton of time and I saved myself a ton of words.

So let’s get into the real nitty-gritty for the end of the baseball season: the MVP race.

In the AL, it’s clear to me that Mike Trout should run away with the award.

He leads all players with 109 RBIs, wins above replacement (WAR) and weight runs recreated (wRC+) — which measurers the number of runs a player has created for his team and adjusts it based on park and league averages, per Fangraphs.

For wRC+, 100 is the league average, and Trout is at 170 right now. It’s Trout’s award.

In the NL, though, it’s not so easy.

At the moment, my three candidates would be Clayton Kershaw, Andrew McCutchen, Giancarlo Stanton and Anthony Rendon (trust me, I’m not being a homer).

I’m not holding anything against Stanton for missing the last part of the

year because of the terrible injuries he sustained after getting hit in the face by a pitch, or the fact that his team has a losing record.

Among the three position players, I’d give McCutchen the edge. He leads the NL in on-base percentage (.404) and wRC+ (163) and he’s second in WAR and second in slugging percentage.

McCutchen also has the edge on defense. He is third in the NL in revised zone rating (RZR) which measures “the proportion of balls hit into a fielder’s zone that he successfully converted into an out,” according to the Hardball Times.

McCutchen had less to work with in Pittsburgh than Rendon, whose numbers were likely helped by a solid lineup, and Stanton’s strikeout rate (the percentage of at-bats he strikes out) is at 26.6, which is too high for me, and his fielding numbers aren’t as good as McCutchen’s.

So that pits McCutchen against Kershaw for the final battle. The classic baseball writers (who I’ve complained about before in the pages of The Towerlight) still cringe over the thought of voting for a pitcher. I think it has to go to Kershaw.

Kershaw leads the NL in strikeouts per nine innings, ERA, fielding-independent pitching (a measure of ERA if every pitcher in the league faced leagueaverage results from the infield on balls in play), WAR and WHIP. Kershaw’s 0.86 WHIP (walks and hits per innings pitched) would be the lowest since Pedro Martinez’s .737 WHIP in 2000, and his 1.80 ERA is the lowest since 1995, when Greg Maddux finished the season with a 1.63 ERA. Even putting wins aside (I think wins as a statistic are overrated), Kershaw is simply having one of the best seasons ever as a pitcher, especially in this millennium. There’s just no arguing with that.

Sure the Dodgers have Zack Greinke and Hyun-Jin Ryu, but Kershaw was just dominant in every single outing he had this season.

Of course, I don’t actually have a Hall of Fame vote, so it’ll be up to the voters to put their position player bias aside and realize that Kershaw’s season shouldn’t be taken for granted.

On a non-stats basis, I like to look at any MVP race in any sport this way: If you were putting together a lineup of players to play against a team of aliens who threatened to take over the world if we don’t win, which players would you put on the human team?

When I’m looking at the roster of baseball players from this season, there’s no question I’d want Kershaw as my No. 1 overall pick, throwing against this new race of aliens in a fight for humankind’s survival.

Or you could just look at the numbers.

Courtesy of Keith Allison

Angels outfielder Mike Trout leads the league in RBIs, WAR and wRC+, putting him in the MVP race.

Sports

September 23, 2014

FIELD HOCKEY

Towerlight Fantasy Football Standings

Towson drops home opener TYLER YOUNG Contributing Writer @_TyYoung

Towson (1-5) lost its home opener to the Rider Brocs (3-4) by a score of 2-1 at Johnny Unitas Stadium on Sunday, Sept. 21.

Despite the loss, Tigers Head Coach Carly Campana looked at the team’s performance as a step forward.

“We have a young team,” Campana said. “We are playing very well right now. I’m proud of them. They are awesome.”

The two teams played a backand-forth game for the first 13 minutes until Towson senior forward Courtney Branco put the first shot on goal for either team, forcing a save from Rider goalkeeper Joelle Prettyman.

The remainder of the half was relatively quiet, apart from a penalty stroke earned by Rider with 10 minutes remaining in the half.

Forward Dezarae Fillmyer took the stroke and put it on goal, but Towson sophomore goalkeeper Megan Boyle made the save to keep it scoreless.

The Broncs attacked the Tigers goal right at the start of the second half. Less than a minute into the period, midfielder Lauren McCormick took a low, line-drive shot. As the ball approached goal, forward Alison Baligian stuck out her stick to deflect the ball into the goal, giving the visiting side a 1-0 lead.

Rider continued to pressure the Towson goal, recording four more shots in the next 10 minutes. With 22 minutes remaining in regulation, McCormick brought the ball down the right side of the field for Rider.

She approached goal and took a shot that grazed off of the near post and into the goal, making it a 2-0 game in favor of Rider.

Five minutes later, the Tigers got on the board. Sophomore defender Allie Stauffer had her shot blocked, but it fell to junior midfielder Stacey Mackintosh, who gathered the rebound and put it in the net for her second goal of the season to make it 2-1.

Each team earned two penalty corners over the next 10 minutes but neither could convert them into

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With five minutes remaining, Rider’s Fillmyer was issued a yellow card. She was forced to miss the rest of regulation, giving Towson an 11-on-10 advantage. However, the Tigers could muster only the corner that resulted immediately from the Fillmyer card.

Rider outshot Towson 14-6 on the day. The home team had a 6-5 advantage in penalty corners.

“We just need to focus on us,” Campana said. “We need to play our style of hockey.”

The Tigers return to action Friday when they travel to Farmville, Virginia to face the Longwood Lancers.

Their next home game is Sunday, Sept. 28 at 1 p.m. against the La Salle Explorers.

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Michael Pacas

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Kevin Kutner

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