tl20080403-01 "April 3, 2008 Now on TheTowerlight.com: View a video of Nick DiMarco in downtown Towson discussing fake IDs and video Word on the Street1... CAB signs three out of four bands for Tigerfest Citations for fake IDs surge Judicial affairs to increase penalties for students starting Fall 2008 Patrick Smith/The Towerlight Two six-packs in hand, John Sherman, 21, a senior electronic media and film major, walks out of York Liquors Tuesday night. The number of students cited for attempting to use fake identification cards has more than tripled in the past year corresponding with an increased police presence in downtown Towson. Thursday www.thetowerlight.com The Towerlight Published by and for the students of Towson and Baltimore -- twice-weekly Senior Jason Stefaniak�s short fi lm �Look at Me� to be featured in festival Arts, page 16 Ceremony held in Towson to offi cially launch off-campus OneCard News, page 7 Alex Plimack Arts Editor �Subject to change.� It�s the stipulation that the Campus Activities Board has emphatically stressed in announcing the bands that are tentatively scheduled to play Tigerfest on Saturday, April 26. And it�s left the annual concert without a definitive headliner. Tigerfest is Towson�s annual spring festival held on Burdick Field. Three bands have been confirmed with contracts signed: Fire in the Hole, The Calling and Immortal Technique. �We are still in contract debates with The Roots,� stu-dent activities coordinator for programming Bridget Chase said. �We don�t expect it to undermine them coming.� Chase indicated that the contracts for the three other acts were recently signed � Fire in the Hole confirmed when the band won the Battle of the Bands, Immortal Technique signed two weeks ago, and The Calling signed last week. As for what�s prolonging the signing of The Roots, Chase said it has to do with the contract ideals of the group and the University. �It�s just their agency and our legal counsel both wanting to have the strongest contract,� Chase said. Chase said that the difficulty with signing a contract has been unique. �Usually the agencies are very flexible with University contracts,� she said. �This has been a little more difficult than anything I�ve seen.� Chase hoped to have a contract signed as early as Thursday. �We don�t want to disappoint anybody,� Chase said. �We don�t want to falsely advertise anything.� Tickets for Tigerfest went on sale Tuesday with The Roots advertised as headlining the event. The CAB Web site also indicates the Roots will play. Chase said that a contingency plan is in place if a final contract can not be signed. �We probably won�t get as big of a name,� she said. �It�s unlikely that we would find another enormous national band at such short notice.� The theme for this year�s Tigerfest is �GRRr Gone Wild.� Tickets for students are $3 in advance and $8 on the day of the event. For the general public, they are $8 in advance and $14 on the day of the event. They are available for purchase at the University Union Box Office and from Ticketmaster. The event is scheduled to start at 3 p.m. According to the CAB Web site, other activities for the event may include a mechanical bull, four-man jousting, water tag and the tiger slide. Nick DiMarco Associate News Editor The number of Towson students cited by the University for fake ID use in the purchase of alcohol has more than tripled in the first three months of 2008 compared to the first three months of 2007. �Last year at this time, we had 21 cases. This year we have 72. This is coming over from police officers within the community,� Pat Frawley, director of judicial affairs, said. Local bar and liquor store employees have noticed an increase in Baltimore County Police officers around the Towson area. Kasey Simcoe, a part-time employee at York Liquors, adjacent to Pizans Pizza on York Road, said that during an average weekend, employees at York Liquors turn down about 10-15 forms of identification that they deem fake. �Every now and again [plain-clothed police officers] will set up sort of a �sting� and they will hang out around the liquor store and the parking lot waiting for people to come out with their purchases and they�ll check and scan their identification to see if it�s real,� Simcoe said. Baltimore County Police Department spokesman Bill Toohey said that cracking down on underage drinking is a priority. See FAKE, page 10 "
