tl20080407-01 "April 7, 2008 www.thetowerlight.com The Towerlight Published by and for the students of Towson and Baltimore -- twice-weekly Monday Now on TheTowerlight.com: View video of Thursday�s dodgeball tournament and video Word on the Street... CARBOHYDRATES 731 total calories FRIED FOODS 271 total calories DAIRY 190 total calories BEVERAGES 250 total calories MEAT 880 total calories SWEETS 140 total calories VEGETABLES 52 total calories FRUIT 139 total calories Typical foods consumed by college students and their combined calorie counts. Armed robbery on Cross Campus Sharon Leff Editor in Chief Kiel McLaughlin News Editor Waffle fries from Chick-fil-A in the Susquehanna, cheese pizza from Sbarro in the Den, and chicken tenders from Paws are all favorites among Towson students. But some students would also like to see more variety and improved customer service at dining facilities. The costs of food Chartwells, the food vendor for Towson, supplies the University with meals at more than 10 locations. Chartwells is paid between $13-14 mil-lion per year, according to associate vice president for auxiliary services Joe Oster. �That�s for [about] 4,000 students on any variety of meal plans,� Oster said. �We�re not the biggest contract but by no means are we a small contract. When we go out to bid there is a big interest. It�s very competitive.� Periodically, the University puts out a request for proposals to find interested contractors. Roy Cubbler, resident district manag-er of dining services, said Chartwells has five years left on its contract with Towson. Oster said students can expect a 4 percent increase in prices next fall, a typical increase in boarding rates. He said price increases are tied to the consumer price index and that corn products, wheat, eggs and milk have all gone up in price. �It�s some of the biggest price increases in the wholesale price of food in a long time,� he said. Health, variety, service among student concerns with on-campus dining facilities Photos Patrick Smith and Blake Savadow/The Towerlight Illustration Jenn Long/The Towerlight Data from calorie-count.com See FOOD, page 20 More inside... �College weight refl ects nation,� page 14 Q&A with Dowell Health Center Director, page 14 �Swiping instead of spinach,� page 15 �On-campus eating hard for vegetarians,� page 18 �Changes needed in dining hours,� page 18 And more.... Nick DiMarco Associate News Editor Two Towson University students were held a gunpoint and robbed early Sunday morning at about 2:20 a.m., according to a crime alert sent out by the Towson University Police Department. While walking on Cross Campus Drive, the students were approached by a black male wearing a black hooded sweatshirt and armed with a semi-automatic handgun, accord-ing to the crime alert. The suspect was described as 5-feet 9-inches, between the ages of 20 an 25 and weighing 150 pounds. The victims were threatened and See ROBBERY, page11 "
