TL20060406-01 "Mike Fila Senior Editor Alison McCartney, director of international studies, has been gone from her desk for only one hour, and already she has 24 new e-mails in her inbox, all related to ICONS, or International Conference on Negotiation Simulation. She teaches the class alongside peer James Hardin in the political sci-ence department, and her life, she says, will be pretty consumed by it for the next five weeks. �It�s a lot of fun but it�s quite exhausting,� she said only a few days after the simulation began. This class is in a field that applies classroom knowledge to real world situations. In ICONS, students are divided into different departments within the class, which, as a whole, acts as the foreign ministry of a for-eign country, McCartney explained. Bureau chiefs � students who have completed the class successfully from the year before � come back to �run the groups and lead the groups in every aspect of the class,� she said. The students propose and create policy, which is then introduced into the simulation, where students across the United States and abroad deliberate with one another, each university representing a different country in the global community. �As part of the simulation, stu-dents debate with student groups from all over the world�some of these groups are in foreign countries and I think that a unique ben-efit is not only communicating with other Americans but communicat-ing with people in other countries,� McCartney added. Published by and for the students of Towson and Baltimore -- twice weekly Thursday, 4/6/06 Kaynama becomes permanent dean Ready, set, register! INSIDE: This Weekend.....3 Perspectives......5 News................9 Registration.....14 Arts.................17 Movies.............18 Classifi eds.......20 Sports.............24 Arts: HFSTival is such a rebel, moving to the heart of suburbia -- the nerve News: Time to pay up, and by the way, they�re raising your room & board 8 percent Applied knowledge classes offer alternatives for students tired of taking notes during lecture See GET, page 14 See KAYNAMA, page 11 COMING IN MONDAY'S TOWERLIGHT: Veterans of reality TV, Danny and Melinda of �Real World� make pit stop at Towson on college tour, help audition for next year�s cast Arts, page 17 www.thetowerlight.com The Towerlight Special report: registration On the inside... Eight favorite classes: See page 5 The top-rated Towson professors: See page 14 Looks over books: See page 15 Undergrads, don�t forget: Registration starts Monday, April 10 Brian Stelter Editor in Chief Shohreh Kaynama, whose con-tract as dean of the College of Business and Economics was set to expire this year, has been named permanent dean, Provost James Brennan said today. �A lot of good things are hap-pening both at TU and in CBE,� Kaynama said, �and I would like to be part of the team. It�s an exciting time.� Kaynama signed a three-year con-tract in January 2003. Last April, she submitted a letter of resigna-tion, then changed her mind and decided to finish her term. Brennan formed a CBE dean search committee last fall. �The Search Committee, under the leadership of Dean Gerald Intemann Heidi Greenleaf/The Towerlight Student Government Association members carted students about campus during �SGA Day� on Tuesday to promote the organization and encourage participation in this month�s elections. Chauffeur, take me to Stephens Hall "
