TL20050221_001 "Baltimore's #1 College Paper - Published Twice-Weekly - www.thetowerlight.com Monday, 2/21/05 Cardin speaks on Iraq at town hall 5 Heart health focus of month's events 7 Play returns with women's stories Area group takes over Recher stage Departments Opinion News 5 Campus Calendar. 6 Paw Prints Arts 13 Sound Bites 14 Entertainment Briefs 15 Sports 20 In This Corner. 20 Face-Off. 18 Classifieds 16 TU looks downtown for new housing complex Derrek Windsor/The Tawerhght As enrollment increases, the University is hoping to construct an apartment building near the Towson Circle. Brian Stelter The Towerlight Faced with an anticipated housing shortage due to enrollment growth, Towson University is looking off-campus - and possibly to the Towson Circle - for more beds. In the coming weeks, TU will request proposals from local developers for an apartment complex within walking distance of campus, President Robert Caret said last week. One of those proposals may come from Heritage Properties, whose plans for development near the Towson Circle have elicited complaints from community members. Officials with Heritage Properties have expressed interest in building an apartment complex for University students and faculty members in downtown Towson as part of a larger """"Towson Circle III"""" project. But TU has not committed to the proposal. """"I'm interested in a project that gives us the housing we need in the timeframe we need, that is in proximity to campus and ties us to the general urban core of Towson."""" Robert Caret president The University received permission earlier this month from the Board of Regents Fiscal Services committee to release a """"request for proposals"""" that would look for local opportunities to develop student housing, Caret said. The RFP will come out in about two weeks. Caret said Towson University will accept student housing proposals that have 400-600 beds and are within walking distance of campus. """"I'm interested in a project that gives us the housing we need in the timeframe we need, that is in proximity to campus and ties us to the general urban core of Towson,"""" Caret said. """"I want to use this project, if we can, to develop more of a college town feel."""" Caret said the Towson Circle III project """"obviously fits all those criteria, but others may, also."""" David Harnage, the University's chief fiscal officer, said he couldn't See HOUSING, page 6 Local mall homicide jars school, employees Mike Fila The Towerlight Baltimore County Police are investigating a fatal shooting one mile from Towson University's campus. Bill Bassett, 58, a Baltimore resident and teacher, was gunned down outside the Towson Town Center Mall Friday evening. A mall employee found Bassett's body a short distance from his car at approximately 8 p.m. He had been shot in the head, The Washington Post reported, though police will not confirm details of the murder. The Roland Park resident was found on the fifth floor of a parking garage at the mall, near an entrance to Nordstrom. Bassett was the dean of faculty and a science professor at St. Paul's School, a private Episcopal school in Brooklandville. He had been teaching there for 31 years. """"The St. Paul's community is stunned by the sudden and unfathomable loss of a man who was such a treasured teacher, mentor, colleague and friend,"""" the school said in a statement. """"We're really in the dark. I think this is the first time any of us has had to deal with anything like this,"""" St. Paul's Director of Communications Claire Acey told the Post. She called the incident """"extremely traumatic."""" Police said they did not know if the crime was random or if Bassett had been targeted for the attack and have uncovered no motive for """"the shooting. See DETECTIVES, page 6 Photo courtesy St. Paul's School Bill Bassett, 58, was killed Friday. Today High 49 Low 33 aeao Tuesday High 46 Low 31 Wednesday High 44 Low 24 Thursday High 32 Low 21 Friday High 36 Low 25"
