tl20020211-000 "The TotilerliDlib Baltimore's #1 College Paper - Published Twice-Weekly - www.thetowerlight.com Monday, 2/11/02 Towson hosts dance marathon 3 Kahn creates 'Correspondence' p\1 9 Allen leads Tigers over Tribe, 61-58 16 Towson sweeps at Cornell Invite 17 Departments News 3 Nation 5 Campus Briefs 6 Arts 9 Entertainment Briefs 10 In the Spotlight 10 Soundbites 11 Sports 16 In This Corner 16 Athlete of the Week 18 Off-Campus Scoreboard 19 Classifieds 20 Opinion 22 Painting the mural of the story Artist travels to Towson to illustrate 'Learning for Life' with mural in Susquehanna Terrace Cailin McGough The Towerlight An artist whose work can be found at the State University of New York, Trump Towers, the United States Holocaust Museum, and the Smithsonian � among other venues � will soon be taking on her next project: a mural at Towson. Nationally known artist and activist Amy Bartell will arrive on campus February 26 to begin work on a mural entitled ""Towson University: Learning for Life,"" bring-ing with her an enthusiasm for edu-cation and student participation. The mural will be accessible to stu-dents, faculty and staff who wish to observe the process or even take part in the painting. The mural, which will be located on the brick wall behind the stage in the Susquehanna Terrace, will be a collection of fifteen colorful sym-bols -depicting areas of civic partici-pation and different aspects of learning. Students will present the mean-ing of each symbol during the offi-cial unveiling ceremony on March 11 at 3 p.m., which will act as the Cupid's arrow keeps couples shopping Kink Jacobson The Towsrbght As Valentine's Day approaches, couples are scouring the stores for that perfect gift, but there are still plenty of ways for singles to have a good time on the most heartbreaking of holidays. See story, page 9. Today High 43 Low 24 Tuesday High 48 Low 30 Wednesday High 48 Low 24 Thursday High 46 Low 27 kick-off for all of the inaugural events taking place in the Union on the same day. Phyllis Freeman, director of the Women's Center, worked closely with Bartell to develop the concept for Towson's mural and said she believes the benefit of a mural is that it will mean different things to different people, depending on their own experiences. ""That's the power of a symbol, it can never convey what everybody thinks about every symbol,"" Freeman said. ""But a mural can spark imagination, can spark dis-cussion, and hopefully spark excite-ment about the content of the mural."" Bartell said the images in the mural are vignettes or symbols that represent different concepts such as diversity, life-long learning and his-tory. ""Certainly, no piece of art can be the definitive statement of such broad concepts, but I have attempt-ed to create a visual platform for Towson's commitments,"" Bartell said. Although the symbols represent broad concepts such as peace, equality, unity and diversity, several of the images are personalized to Towson. A symbol depicting a clock tower will represent Stephens Hall and the institution as a whole will have a prominent place on the mural. Also included in the mural sill be an image of three ribbons: red for AIDS awareness, pink for breast cancer awareness, and white for the White Ribbon Campaign to stop vio-lence against women, sponsored every year by the Student Activities Office. A symbol of a computer and a broom represents the Towson Action Group's efforts to procure a living wage for the University's workers. ""We included this to show that in the highly technological world, we should not lose sight of what's hap-pening to people in the service 'industry who are at the bottom,"" Freeman said. She added that several of the symbols, such as a sailboat and tree of knowledge. represent life after graduation from Towson. ""We hope students take sail. See MURAL, page 4 Friday High 47 Lou, 29 "
