tl20030224-000 "1 The Thwerlighb Baltimore's #1 College Paper - Published Twice-Weekly - www.thetowerlight.com Monday, 2/24/03 TU student finds dead body in car 4 Asian Arts Center holds celebration 8 Watch 'Macbeth' while you munch 8 'David Gale' lacks suspenseful plot 9 Departments News 4 Campus Briefs 5 Nation 7 Arts 8 In A Theater Near You 9 Sound Bites 12 Sports 20 Athlete of the Week 18 In This Corner 20 Classifieds 13 opinion 2 Dancing to the sound of charity TU's second annual dance marathon aims to earn thousands for Johns Hopkins Center Sarah Breitenbach The Towerlight Towson students are putting their dancing shoes on this week to raise money for the Johns Hopkins Children's Center during TU's sec-ond 24-hour Dance Marathon. The Center, a member of the Children's Miracle Network, was founded in 1912 and specializes in pediatric care ranging from cancer treatments to trauma situations. This year's event, titled ""Miracles in Motion,"" will be held in the Potomac Lounge of the University Union. Kickoff is at 5 p.m. Friday. Each student who participates in the marathon is charged a $15 reg-istration fee and is expected to raise $50 to support the Center. The event, which is being held in conjunction with the annual Mix 106.5 Radiothon, will feature local performers Woodswork and the Kelly Bell Band in addition to vari-ous DJs spinning everything from disco to hip-hop. Midi Pollak, student outreach coordinator and advisor for the Dance Marathon Planning Committee, said the bands are play-ing free of charge and local sponsors contributed food and drink. ""A bigger supporter of [providing free food and drink] is Chartwells, which is our on-campus dining serv-ice,"" she said. ""They are really gen-erous with us."" Pollak said other sponsors include Arundel Mills Mall, Baja Fresh, Bill Bateman's Bistro, The Burkshire, Burger King, Charles Village Pub, Moxley's Ice Cream and several other Baltimore area ven-dors. The partnership with Mix 106.5 is essential to the marathon because it helps to get the word out about Towson's event, Pollak said. ""Basically what you'll be hearing on the radio throughout [the week] are [public service announcements] to come out to the event,"" she said. ""They'll be saying you can call in and make a pledge over the air, or Survey finds many students don't smoke Stave Laffen'y The Towarlight A recent survey, to which more than 700 Towson students responded, will help officials develop and implement a tobacco ""Social Norms Campaign"" aimed at decreasing student smokers. See article page 4. you can go by to Towson University and you can see the students danc-ing. A lot of the families that have used the services of Johns Hopkins Children's Center and the Children's Miracle Network will be here so people can meet the families and the kids they will be helping."" Pollak said that while there will not be a live broadcast from the event, students will be able to give ""shout outs"" on the air. Last year ""Miracles in Motion"" raised $34,000 for the Center and the planning committee hopes to raise more this year, but Pollak fears that that last week's snow closing may have hurt student registration for the event. ""This past week is when dancer registration was supposed to be finalized, and now we've extended that deadline to this coming Wednesday the 26th, and for those dancers who are registering last minute, they don't have time to do the fundraising,"" she said. Planning for the Dance Marathon is a process that is completed over a six- to 12-month period by a group of students from different sectors of the University. Elizabeth Van Arsdale, a senior vocal performance major, said she has been deeply involved in plan-ning this year's event as the assis-tant coordinator for the committee. See DANCING, page 6 Today High 41 Low 21 Tuesday High 35 Low 15 Wednesday High 33 Low 21 Thursday High 34 Low 32 Friday High 52 Low 34 "
