tl20030428-000 "i Baltimore's #1 College Paper - Published Twice-Weekly - www.thetowerlight.com The phb Monday, 4/28/03 Student receives Fulbright grant 5 Towson's tiger gets new name 11 Poetry, music at Ebony Lounge 15 Douglas 'Family' overdone in film 17 Departments Opinion 2 News 5 Nation 6 Campus Briefs 9 Arts 15 Sound Bites 16 In A Theater Near You 17 Sports 24 Athlete of the Week 20 In This Corner 24 Classifieds 19 Stadium name pays tribute to Baltimore legend Unitas Lisa Johnson The Towerhght Towson University Stadium will officially be named after Johnny Unitas today at 1:19 p.m. Unitas was number 19 when he played for the Baltimore Colts in the '50s, '60s and '70s. Unitas' widow and former Colt Raymond Berry are expected to attend today's press conference. TU films hit big screen at festival Two EMF students and a Towson graduate to have their films shown at Maryland Film Festival Sean Capelle The Towerlight Since 1999, local moviegoers and filmmakers have gathered at the Maryland Film Festival to enjoy the diverse medium of film. Jed Dietz, director of the festival, which features a smorgasbord of movies ranging from old favorites to new indie flicks, said he believes that film is more than just going to a theater to watch a movie. ""We've always been about cele-brating film [in the] broadest sense, as a real part of our culture ... a unique art form in our culture,"" Dietz said. With famous Maryland filmmak-ers John Waters and Barry Levinson attending the festival, Dietz said he is pleased when artists get to be there and see audience reaction to their work. ""It's wonderful to see filmmaker and audience together,"" he said. However, the Maryland Film Festival isn't restricted to estab-lished filmmakers. Three of TU's elec-tronic media and film department's own will also have their works screened and TU graduate Kyle DeAngelo have had their short films selected as part of the festival. DeAngelo, director of the movie ""wish,"" is excited to see such a strong repreLentation of Towson students at the festival. ""Since the festival began in 1999 ... this is the first year where there have been multi-ple Towson University direc-tors. I think it says a lot about the [EMF] program,"" DeAngelo said. Another bonus DeAngelo noted about the festival is that it takes place in the same state where his movie was filmed. ""It's kind of nice to show a film in the state that you shot it,"" he said, ""This is the first year where there have been multiple Towson University directors. I think it says a lot about the [EMF] program."" Vladimir Khomenko Senior EMF majors Vladimir Khomenko and Desiree Guarino, senior, EMF ""with people that live in that state."" DeAngelo hopes audiences will gain a greater appreciation of stu-dent short films through the festi-val. ""It's my hope that when people are finished watching the short, they won't think of it as a school film or a student film,"" he said. ""I would rather them think of it more as a short feature."" Khomenko, director of the movie ""F8,"" said he is equally excited about the success of Towson's film program outside of campus. ""It is very rewarding,"" he said. ""Towson has a lot of talent, and I am very glad that one by one we are getting out there and displaying our films."" DeAngelo said he is happy_for his fellow students, and shares in their excitement. ""To be accepted is to win,"" he See FILMS, page 16 Today High 76 Low 52 Tuesday High 77 Low 50 Wednesday High 71 Low 49 Thursday High 74 Low 53 Friday High 79 Low 51 "