The Towerlight, February 20, 2012

GYMNASTICS SWEEPS SHELLI CALLOWAY INVITATIONAL page 24 Christopher Curry / The Towerlight Maravene Loeschke, Towson University’s 13th president, has split her time between budget hearings in Annapolis and student events on campus. Loeschke is also visiting the departments of each college to solicit input on the 2016 Strategic Plan. Before taking on the TU presidency, Loeschke had the same title at Mansfield University in Pennsylvania. looks toward future Towson isn’t ready for Plan В vending machine President LAUREN SLAVIN Editor-in-Chief While the Maryland General Assembly meets in Annapolis, the presidents of the University System of Maryland institutions have left their campuses to fight for afford¬ able tuition and salary stability at the state Capitol. But Towson University President Maravene Loeschke didn’t spend Friday afternoon at a budget hear¬ ing. She visited the men’s basketball team in the Towson Center the day they fell to the New Hampshire Wildcats in their sixth consecutive loss. “It's been tough for them and they’ve played with such character and determination and guts and I’m so proud of them," Loeschke said. A balance between internal and external relationship building is what Loeschke said she hopes to achieve in her time as the 13th president of Towson University. “I’m down in Annapolis a couple times a week. But I’m attempting to make sure my schedule has within it at least one thing, if not more, to be with students," Loeschke said. “I don’t want to be the external president who’s never met them. I think students will be seeing me a lot. I hope they don’t mind, because I love it.” Loeschke has already attended See LOESCHKE, page 8 JEREMY BAUER-WOLF Arts & Life Editor When Beth, who requested not to have her real name revealed, was 18, the condom burst. Her boyfriend at the time didn’t pressure her, but suggested that she take Plan B, an emergency contraceptive pill. Beth, now 21, said she was naive about the effects of Plan B, and was a little scared, because she had heard rumors about the drug. See PILL, page 11 4, ♦♦♦♦♦♦ ^COPIESPLUS student printing LOCATED AT COOK LIBRARY 410 - 704 - 3254