tl20010215-000 "T Thursday www.thetowerlight.com 0 Weir iigh Published twice-weekly by students of Towson University 2/15/01 Leberknight leaving in June 3 Involvement Fair attracts students Rock balances stand-up, movies Swimming heads to championships 16 Departments Nom Nation Police Blotter 3 6 6 A&E. 9 In a Theater Near You JO Wrasslin' Weekly 11 The High Road 15 Sports 16 In This Corner 16 Fast Break 19 Op/Ed 22 SGA hopes to pack schedule With big musical acts booked, SGA plans on revitalizing its spring schedule Josh Cohen The Towerlight The SGA is gearing up for a semester of events and pro-grams, which SGA President Dan Wait feels will bring stu-dents out to more campus events than ever before. Towson is planning several large scale events this semester, with mainstream acts such as Outkast performing on March 3 and Three Doors Down on March 18, but the majority of SGA's planning is focused , on TigerFest, which is slated for early May. SGA is making TigerFest its top entertainment priority this semester, and hopes that better planning and bigger acts will draw students out to the festivi-ties. ""This year's TigerFest takes priority for SGA,"" Wait said. ""We will be booking acts, plan-ning much more in advance and students will be more interested in attending."" Wait anticipates this year's Chris &my/The Towerlight Dan Wait said one of the SGA's biggest goals for the semester is to bring a 24-hour computer lab to campus. TigerFest will be better than pre-vious years, but 'added there have been problems with plan-ning and scheduling. The SGA is trying to avoid having the festi-val on the same day as the Chris Homy/The Towerlight Cypress Hill's sold-out September show in the Towson Center was one of the most successful acts sponsored by the SGA last semester. Towson Towne Festival, which drew students away from cam-pus last spring. The SGA is hoping that new planning strategies will draw students to the festival, includ-ing having smaller acts perform all day, followed by one large performance at night, including different games and activities to keep students entertained. Wait believes the SGA's plans to bring in a few larger acts that would attract students is work-ing, and pointed to last semes-ter's success of the Cypress Hill show, which sold-out of tickets and became standing room only. By co-sponsoring the upcom-ing Outkast concert with several private groups, Wait said the SGA will reduce costs, allowing them to bring in more expensive acts without having to raise tick-et prices on students. He is expecting the same response from students for Outkast that was shown for last semester's acts. But the SGA is not stopping with the Outkast concert. They are planning. a free all-night event at the University Union, open to Towson students only, and beginning right after the concerts. The all-night event is spon-sored by the SGA and several of the University's cultural organi-zations, which will bring in DJs, free food, movies, and other activities. Wait is also looking into bringing another comedian or lecturer for after TigerFest, but would not specify the acts they are pursuing. The SGA's semester plans have been well received by stu-dents at Towson. Sophomore Cliff Baker is excited after purchasing his tick-et for next month's Outkast con-cert. ""I can't wait to see Outkast, � See SCA, page 4 Today High 50 Low 35 Friday High 57 Low 41 Saturday High 54 Low 29 Sunday High 45 Low 26 e , "
