TL20050414_001 "Baltimore's #1 College Paper - Published Twice-Weekly - www.thetowerlight.com Thursday, 4/14/05 Luncheon unites donors, scholars 5 Community walks to benefit disease 5 Poetry, dancing combine in Tony* Festival honors local animation Departments Opinion News 5 Police Blotter. 8 Arts..... 13 Scheer Cinema 14 Sports 20 In This Corner. 20 The Hot Corner. 19 Classifieds 16 Room sign up burns campus Students camp out overnight to secure dorm choice; police report property destruction, fire Sarah Breitenbach The Towerlight After hours of waiting outside on a chilly Tuesday night, students piled into the University Union at 6 a.m. Wednesday to warm up before attempting to land a coveted room in their dormitory of choice. Wednesday marked the last and most chaotic day of room sign ups for the 1,870 students who paid deposits to live on campus next year. Students wishing to live in Towson Run Apartments signed up last week. Students remaining in the same building next semester were able to sign up Tuesday morning, followed in the afternoon by upperclassmen who wanted to live in a different building. Freshmen and current off-campus students began lining up outside the Union early Tuesday evening in hopes of getting their preferred room, but were only permitted inside the building two hours before sign up. Coordinator of housing administration Barbara Neal said the sign up process went smoothly for the roughly 400 students in line Wednesday morning. """"They're patient with it once they see how the process works and how they're being served once they enter the room,"""" Neal said. As students, sleeping bags, pillows, and food wrappers covered the third floor of the building, many expressed dissatisfaction with the housing sign up process. Kim Lustig, a freshman marketing major, managed to make it to the front of the line after showing up at 9:45 p.m. Tuesday. """"It's a relief,"""" she said at 7:30 Wednesday morning, 10 hours after getting in line. """"But this whole system is bullshit."""" As students commiserated awaiting the 8 a.m. sign up, several reiterated that an online registration system would avert the confusion, litter and time currently required. """"Let's just say they should do it online...because it's quicker and unfair that we have to wake up and we have tests,"""" Alissa Macchia, a freshman nursing major, said. See TRASH, page 7 Lisa Johnson^The Towerhght Students brought blankets and pillows to the University Union Tuesday night for room sign up. Many said the process should be moved online. One-party SGA election race turns predictable U ' 1 W * 5 - S"""" ^HB& ? """" ? -.-i-;;.:,iai 1 W j^^ - 1 (Pfe ... ?... LisaJoi nson/ The Towerhght Darcy Accardi, SGA vice president, will run for president unopposed. Brian Stelter The Towerlight Polls will not open in the Student Government Association election until Monday morning, but a lack of candidates has guaranteed that the majority of next year's senate will come from the Dream Towson party. For the first time in at least six years, only one party has declared its candidacy. The Dream Towson party consists of many current SGA executives and senators, including SGA vice president Darcy Accardi, who """"I expected at least two parties going against each other. In the past that's how it's always been."""" Lindsay Leopold election commission chair will assume the position of president at the inauguration on May 1 because she is unopposed. Current SGA attorney general McShane Murphey will become vice president and senator Melissa Martin will become attorney general. Only one executive position is in jeopardy: Director for athletic affairs James Coletta, running for the Dream Towson party, and SGA senator Ankur Ponda, running as an independent, are both campaigning for treasurer. See INCUMBENTS, page 8 Today High 61 Low 41 Friday High 56 Low 34 Saturday High 59 Low 37 Sunday High 66 Low 48 Monday High 71 Low 49"
