TL20060223-01 "Thursday, 2/23/06 www.thetowerlight.com Smith sustains f lood damage TU takes Tiger Pride to capital Burst pipe in science building causes water to seep into labs, classrooms on four floors See PIPE, page 15 INSIDE: This Weekend....3 Perspectives......4 News................9 Beyond............16 Arts.................17 Movies.............18 Classifi eds.......21 Sports.............24 News: Hey kids, not good at sports? Then try Recyclemania on for size Arts: �Get Lit� the legal way with Towerlight book reviews See TIGER, page 15 COMING IN MONDAY'S TOWERLIGHT: Steamy �Sexual Perversity� gets R-rating for CFA showing Arts, page 17 New �Associate� contestants head to TU boardroom News, page 9 Sharon Leff Associate News Editor Dripping water, falling ceiling tiles and soaking wet carpets were discovered in Smith Hall on Sunday after a heating coil sprung a leak, causing part of the building to flood from the fifth floor down to the second. By Wednesday some of the ceiling tiles had already been replaced and a lot of the water had dried. Facilities management officials were evaluating the remaining damage. Rene Florendo, maintenance manager in facilities management, attributes the pipe leak to the cold temperature. �We believe it�s from the cold tempera-tures, and sometime during the night the coil froze and the expanding ice caused the leak and the water started to come out of it,� he said. �You can�t see what�s going on in a pipe until it bursts.� Though it was discovered on Sunday, it is uncertain when the leak started. �The police department discovered the leak while it was doing its routine building checks,� Towson University Police Capt. Joe Herring said. However, the flooding was not beyond facilities management control. �This is something that can happen when temperatures get down, in the teens especially,� he said, adding �You�re never really prepared for it but you know what to do when it happens.� Large fans were set up throughout the affected rooms to dry the carpeting. However,some items, like ceiling tiles and lights that were damaged over the week-end, will need to be replaced. Heidi Greenleaf/The Towerlight Right: Following the flood, which occured sometime over the weekend due to a burst pipe, fans were rolled into Smith Hall to dry out damaged classrooms and lab space. Some classes were relocated because of the flood. Above: A Towson maintenance worker investigates damage done to the ceiling. After the flood, damaged ceiling tiles and light fixtures needed to be replaced. Andrew Mister/The Towerlight Clockwise from top right: Kirby Brooks and David Butler, organizers of Tiger Pride Day, went to Annapolis with about 40 of their peers and administrative officials, like Brit Kirwan, for a chance to lobby state legislators, like Murray Levy (D-Charles) for TU. Heidi Greenleaf/The Towerlight Andrew Mister/The Towerlight The Towerlight Heidi Greenleaf Photo Editor ANNAPOLIS � Towson�s Student Government Association asked Maryland senators and delegates to share in some Tiger Pride during a day of lobbying in the state capital Wednesday. At the seventh annual Tiger Pride Day, students and administrators encouraged the legislature to support funding for TU�s construction and enrollment growth. �We came here to show them that we are the people being affected by their decisions,� David Butler, SGA director of academic affairs, said. Gov. Robert L. Ehrlich has allotted $72 million for Towson in the state�s operating budget, a 15 percent increase over last year. He has also recommended $45 million in capital budget funding, mostly for a new College of Liberal Arts complex. The legislature must vote on the budgets by April 10. The purpose of Tiger Pride Day was to remind legisla-tors about Towson and encourage them to support the University�s funding. �We came today to lobby for the capital budget,� sophomore SGA senator Jenny Haley said. �All the [legislators] I went to said they were going to say yes to our funding.� Published by and for the students of Towson and Baltimore -- twice weekly "
