tl20011206-000 "Thursday www.thetowerlight.com 01Afer ight Published twice-weekly by students of Towson University 12/6/01 'Opportunity' issue for Senate 3 Cleaning more convenient at TU Pressly perks up 'Teen Movie' 9 Garner finishes first at Bucknell 17 Departments News Nation 6 Police Blotter 6 A&E 9 The High Road 10 In a Theater Near You I0 Comics & Comics 14 In This Corner 17 Punt, Pass and Pick 18 Op/Ed 22 Harnage takes helm as CFO New University Senior Vice President and Chief Fiscal Monday during a ceremony in the Chesepeake Rooms. Clear 'Sky' for Tai Shadrick The Towerlight When Torn Cruise and Cameron Crowe first saw the Spanish film Abre Los Ojos"" (""Open Your Eyes""), they knew it was a project they wanted to recreate together. ""We were definitely look-ing for something that we could do together, [and] we both loved 'Open Your Eyes,'"" Crowe said. ""It's a great movie and a great jump-ing off point for asking a question and not knowing lurk Jacobson The Tinnetight Officer David Franklin Harnage was introduced Harnage was selected from a pool of 76 applicants. Crowe, Cruise the answer."" The result of their collaboration, with Cruise serving as both leading man and producer, is ""Vanilla Sky."" ""It's a guy whose journey includes the effects of an accident,"" Crowe said. ""And if you know peo-ple in life who have gone through something like that, they work very hard to show you who they are inside. And sometimes it only happens when they're forced to show you what's inside."" Cruise said the film's content was instantly appealing to him. ""This film, to me, is subject matter that I'm inter-ested in and I love talking about, like the effects of pop culture on society,"" Cruise said. ""What is casual sex? What is love?"" ""Vanilla Sky,"" which follows the life of a physi-cally and emotionally scarred man, who's desper-ate to regain the affection of his true love, examines the emphasis people place on societal trends. ""This is a pop culture ride if you look at the fact that it has iconography depictions,"" Cruise said. ""We go through life and sometimes we see movies See CRUISE, page 14 Perkins announces TU's new senior vice president and chieffiscal officer Carrie Oleynik The Towerlight When a fire destroyed 200,000 square feet in a Longwood College residence hall in Virginia last spring, David Franklin Harnage led efforts to secure safe housing for stu-dents. University President Dr. Mark L. Perkins describes Towson's new vice president and chief fiscal officer as bring-ing Longwood back in business. ""So, we know he's good in crisis, but we also know that he's good in long term planning and solving complex budget solutions,"" Perkins said. Harnage, former executive vice president of administration and finance at Longwood College, was introduced and welcomed by Perkins and the University community Monday in the Chesapeake Rooms. ""I knew Towson was a spe-dal place the very first time I visited the campus,"" Harnage said. ""Towson, especially, has a commitment to students in learning."" The University conducted a confidential search, during which 76 applications were reviewed. As the candidates were narrowed down, the University search committee stumbled upon Harnage's name in references over and over again. Maravene Loeschke, chair of the search committee and dean of the College of Fine Arts and Communication, said the com-mittee contacted every national organization across the country, located the names of likely can-didates and called them to encourage them to apply. ""We wanted someone who could handle finance, hut we See HARNAGE, page 4 Today High 71 Low 46 Friday High 61 Low 36 Saturday High 55 Low 32 Sunday High 52 Low 32 "
