tl20030210-000 "a it 1, t, Le ve et st ie ly :s, :Jr as n, jp Or er ay !er 11- is to iY. ee at rst The Toilieriiiiib Baltimore's #1 College Paper - Published Twice-Weekly - www.thetowerlight.com Monday, 2/10/03 Administrators aim to revise plan 5 Officers educate on identity theft � Towsoo tinivcmirs Poh.a: Poiicr Community Rthtkvis Niceting. HERE TODAY 7 TU students to get 'Singled Out' 13 Faberge artwork arrives at museum Itt 13 Departments News 5 Campus Briefs 6 Arts 13 Entertainment Briefs 14 Sound Bites 15 Sports 20 Athlete of the Week 17 In This Corner 20 Classifieds 16 Opinion 2 'Beautiful' play coming to TU National Players to perform 'As You Like It' Tuesday night in Stephen's Hall Theatre Marie Confroy The Towerlight It has forbidden love, women dressed as men and hilarious inci-dents of mistaken identity. Must be the new flick down at Towson Commons, right? Nope. It's Shakespeare's ""As You Like It,"" and it will be playing at Stephens Hall Theatre Tuesday night. The National Players will perform the classic play for one night only. Ralph Blasting, chair of the theatre department, said the National Players have been coming to Towson for more than 10 years, and the arrangement between the com-pany and TU has been mutually beneficial. ""The company has been the first professional experience for many of our actors right out of graduation,"" Blasting said. The National Players is one of the oldest touring companies in the United States performing plays, said Joe Reynolds, National Players co-manager. Despite being established, they always keep a lookout for profi-cient, young actors. ""We are a very self-contained company of actors, technicians, cos-tumes, sound and lighting,"" Reynolds said. ""[The company] usu-ally [has] about 15 actors between the ages of 22 and 25. This provides raw talent that keeps the produc-tions fresh."" Early practices and an abundance of traveling causes stress among the crew, but they always find a way to work together, Reynolds said. ""We have been on the road since September,"" he said. ""Living togeth-er for nine months allows the com-pany members to live like a family. Usually there are some problems, but this year everyone gets along extremely well. We were very suc-cessful in building a camaraderie."" Reynolds said the actors often find this a rewarding experience that guides them in the transition between college and the real world. Friday's freezing football frenzy Lisa Johlzsart The Towerbght Mike Spiteri, a sophomore secondary education major, spent Friday's snow day playing football with five friends on Burdick field. The Towson area received about six inches of snow, with more due today. ""This experience was not unlike going away to college for the first time,"" he said. ""It helps the actors become self-dependent hard work-ers and flexible with new situa-tions."" Brian Elerding, who plays the clown-like character Touchstone, graduated from George Washington University last May. He said profes-sional touring is a completely differ-ent experience from college produc-tions. ""In college plays, there are no long runs,"" Elerding said. ""[But] this gives the opportunity of really getting involved in your part and See SHAKESPEARE, page 14 Today High 35 Low 18 Tuesday High 29 Low 17 Wednesday High 30 Low 14 Thursday High 30 Low 23 Friday High 41 Low 34 "
