TL20070416-01 "Sharon Leff News Editor The leaders and the voice of next year�s student body will be announced this week when stu-dents cast their votes for Student Government Association candi-dates Tuesday and Wednesday. This year�s parties are iSGA and The Student Voice. iSGA is running as the incumbent while Student Voice is positioning itself as a party of change. iSGA candidates are Stephanie Cox for president, Kristen Guy for vice president, Yodit Tefera for trea-surer, and Isaac Meyer for attorney general. The Student Voice candi-dates are Jenny Haley for president, Shireen Qadir for vice president, William Logan for treasurer, and Evan Allen for attorney general. The candidates debated in the University Union Potomac Lounge Thursday afternoon in front of about 30 people. The Student Voice ticket empha-sized a more open, responsible and assertive SGA and iSGA focused on fostering student ideas and provid-ing them a personal �playlist.� iSGA also highlighted their expe-rience in student government. Last year, Cox ran for treasurer on the April 16, 2007 www.thetowerlight.com World cultures come to Towson at International Fest Life, page 16 Monday Now on TheTowerlight.com: View our photo slideshows of the International Festival and Glen Spring Carnival... The Student Voice and iSGA tickets campaign for votes, debate stances How they spend your fee money Patrick Smith/The Towerlight A new policy, which must be reviewed by President Caret, will limit the number of guests students can sign in to residence halls to five, only three of whom can spend the night and may be implemented by Tigerfest. Restricted access? VOTE � Questions for iSGA, The Student Voice page 12 � Unproductive year for SGA page 10 � Election commission violates policy page 10 Brian Stelter Editor in Chief Every full-time undergraduate at Towson pays a $76 student activity fee. It�s embedded into the cost of tuition each year. But few students know how that money is spent. A Towerlight analysis of finan-cial records shows that Towson�s Student Government Association received $996,550 in fee revenue this school year. Almost half of the SGA�s total budget goes to two groups: the Campus Activities Board, and Sport Clubs Organization, which supports intramural sports. The other half is split among groups, administrative expenses and SGA initiatives. The analysis revealed several interesting facts: -- Until this year, the SGA presi-dent was paid the equivalent of out-of-state tuition. SGA VOTERS GUIDE It�s time to cast a ballot New policy could limit the number of student guests in residence halls in time for Tigerfest VOTE TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY See TICKETS, page 11 See BUDGET, page 11 Sharon Leff News Editor Housing and Residence Life plans to implement a new policy before Tigerfest that would limit the number of guests a student can sign into the residence halls. The policy, which first has to be reviewed by Towson President Robert Caret, would only allow each resident to sign in five guests, and only three of those guests could sleep over. �We�d like to have this in place by Tigerfest when we have large numbers of people [coming] to the University,� Jerry Dieringer, assistant vice presi-dent and director of HRL, said. Tigerfest and Homecoming, two days known for high alcohol con-sumption among students, also attract more students to both the University and the residence halls. Dieringer said an excessive num-ber of guests can cause trouble for roommates and suitemates. However, the proposed policy means students living in a triple can have up to 15 guests signed in, with up to 9 staying overnight. �We�ve had issues throughout the year, and in previous years, where one person is checking in large number of guests and that had caused issues of disruption,� Dieringer said. Students signing in guests are sup-posed to stay with their guests for the duration of their time in the residence hall, but because there is no checkout system when a guest leaves, the policy is hard to enforce. Dieringer said the proposed policy is a tool HRL will use if there�s a problem. �If there�s an issue, this gives stu-dents notice there�s a reasonable number [of guests allowed],� he said. When a student signs in a guest, the community center worker at the front desk will ask if there are already other registered guests under that students� name. Dieringer said the policy is not See POLICY, page 7 Published by and for the students of Towson and Baltimore -- twice-weekly The Towerlight "
