TL20050407_001 "Baltimore's #1 College Paper - Published Twice-Weekly - www.thetowerlight.com Thursday, 4/7/05 Bookstore plans Timonium move 5 Historic cemetery survives decades 7 'Sahara' star talks action movie role I li 13 Vibrant characters highlight drama Departments Opinion 2 News 5 Paw Prints 6 Police Blotter. 8 Arts 15 Scheer Cinema 16 Sports 24 In This Corner. 24 The Hot Corner. 23 Classifieds 19 Provost's program aids males Pilot initiative to test GPA as best success indicator; SAT scores determine potential Mike Fila The Towerlight It's a common complaint among women at Towson: Where are all the men? A new pilot program to admit high school students with below average Grade Point Averages but above average SAT scores may attract more male students to the University. Pupils in the program will arrive for the next academic semester, Fall 2005. Towson University Provost James Brennan confirmed 20 male students have already been selected for the project. The program is focused on attracting applicants by basing admission more on SAT scores than GPA. """"Many of these applicants tend to be males,"""" Lonnie McNew, associate vice president for enrollment management and institutional research, said. Brennan explained the logic behind drawing students with low cumulative academic grades but high standardized test scores to the University and why many of them are male. """"Males in high school tend to be goofballs with high SAT scores, but lower overall GPAs,"""" he said. """"Girls tend to be more mature and achieve better academically, with higher GPAs."""" Before students enter the program, they will be required to sign a contract of stipulations relating to academic achievement. """"Students must have at least a 1200 on their SAT and a GPA between 2.5 and the cutoff for regular admission to the University, 3.1,"""" Louise Shulack, director for admissions, said. """"GPA is the best indicator of retention and graduation rates,"""" Shulack said. """"SAT scores show potential, but it is not a demonstrated tool - it can't measure how students put knowledge to use."""" Brennan explained the pilot pro- See EDUCATION, page 8 Students head out as spring fever hits Lisa Johnson/The Towerlight Sophomore mass communication major David Hamburg and junior mass communication major Dave Perolman jam outside the University Union Tuesday afternoon to promote their band High Top Fade. Baseball comeback shatters record Luke Brietzke The Towerlight Last year's rendition of Towson baseball was a group of talented underachievers that set a school mark for futility with 35 losses and finished with a 6-18 conference record. No singular game has ever marked such a tremendous turnaround and served as a bigger microcosm for a season than Sunday's 20-19 historic comeback over rival Delaware. """"Confidence is everything and when you know in the seventh and eighth innings you can come back, it's huge,"""" shortstop Shane Justis said. """"Last year when we were down two in the second, we were like, 'It's over.'"""" Not only did Sunday's victory mark the biggest comeback in school history, it also clinched Towson's first CAA weekend series win since the 2003 season and evened the Tigers' conference mark at 3-3. """"From the get-go, I think as a team on the whole, we never gave up. Never once did we even think about losing."""" Ryan Schreiter catcher """"Being 3-3 in the conference is huge,"""" Justis said. """"That was the first series conference win since 2003 and that just builds a lot of momentum."""" That confidence and momentum figured prominently Tuesday afternoon when the Tigers took Richmond behind the woodshed in a 30-3 win that, according to associate director for media relations, Dan O'Connell, broke school records for runs in an inning, runs in a game and largest margin of victory. It also led Towson to its 14-2 victory over Long Island Wednesday afternoon. But Sunday's nightcap of the doubleheader against the Blue Hens was a much more difficult contest. After the Tigers scored two in the first, Delaware scored 14 runs in the home half of the inning - tying the marks for most runs Towson has surrendered in an inning, according to O'Connell - against three different pitchers. See HISTORIC, page 21 Today High 71 Low 53 Friday High 59 Low 40 Saturday High 57 Low 40 Sunday High 60 Low 43 Monday High 64 Low 43"
