tl20080424-01 "April 24, 2008 The To Thursday Now on TheTowerlight.com: View video of the Student Government Association election results and Greek Sing.... www.thetowerlight.com Published by and for the students of Towson and Baltimore -- twice-weekly werlight Greeks �Sing,� �Think Fast� during Greek Week News, page 7 Tiger baseball defeats UMD Terrapins,12-3 Sports, page 24 Team Tigertown sweeps election Foundation, Assadi lose race; a record 2,081 votes cast, 620 more than last year STUDENT GOVERNMENT ASSOCIATION Patrick Smith/The Towerlight Winner of the SGA presidential election Kristen Guy celebrates with members of her ticket, including attorney general winner Julie Lyst and vice presidential winner James Torrence after the announcement in the University Union Chesapeake Rooms Wednesday, April 23. Jon Graf, also on the Team Tigertown ticket, was elected treasurer. Below, presi-dential hopeful Bill Logan listens to the results of the election. More than 2,000 students voted in the election. Kristofer Marsh/The Towerlight Residence halls will have added guards starting Friday Last year�s security measures to remain TIGERFEST Tigerfest info.... When: April 26, 3 � 9:30 p.m. Where: Burdick Field Theme: GRRr gone Wild Who: The Roots, Immortal Technique, Alex Band/ The Calling, Fire in the Hole Price: $3 in advance for students, $9 in advance for the general public. $8 for students day of and $14 for general public day of. See FEST, page 8 Nick DiMarco Associate News Editor Team Tigertown�s campaign strategy of pitching their group as a unit proved effective Wednesday when the ticket swept the elections for the Student Government Association execu-tive board. Kristen Guy was elected SGA president, with James Torrence as vice president, John Graf as treasurer, and Julie Lyst as attorney general. �I�m feeling ecstatic. I�m super excited and I cannot wait for next year to get started. We ran our whole campaign based off as a team and getting voted in as a team,� Guy said. �I felt the entire time we were almost criticized for that and I just can�t wait to prove to the student body that a team can do wonders on the execu-tive board of the SGA.� A record number of 2,081 votes were cast, 620 more votes than last year. Guy defeated Foundation ticket candidate for president Bill Logan 1,186 to 852. �We want to make SGA fun. We want to get out there and hear what you have to say and create your Tigertown,� Guy said. �Basically, the main purpose that we really want to get accomplished next year is to advocate for the students and not just the 40 members of SGA.� The major issues Guy said her ticket would focus on next semester are making the SGA more accessible to students, lowering the costs of textbooks, and making ongoing campus con-struction less of a nuisance to students. She said during her tenure as president, the SGA would set up an e-mail account to enable easier contact with the SGA. Also, she pro-posed that SGA meetings take place outdoors See VOTE, page 9 Sharon Leff Editor in Chief When students step onto Burdick Field Saturday for Towson�s annual spring festival Tigerfest, they won�t be surprised by new security measures. �We�re not making major changes from last year. Deb Moriarty, vice president for student affairs, said. �We�re implementing the same plan from last year since it seemed to work.� As of Tuesday night, 2,000 tickets had been sold for the event, and by Wednesday, Bridget Chase, coordinator for programming in the office of student activities, said she estimated 3,000-4,000 were sold. �We�re encouraging folks not to wait until the day of, because the lines [to purchase tickets] were really long last year,� she said. Since the lines to enter the field last year were lengthy, students will be given wristbands only if they need to leave the field and re-enter. Offerings at the food tent are being altered from last year for both security reasons and to accommodate students who are observing Passover on Saturday. Teri Hall, associate vice president for campus life, said there will be no whole fruit and water bottles will not be served with bottle caps because both could be thrown at the stage during the performances. Three free water stations with popcorn and chips, up from two last year, will also be available. "
