The Towerlight, February 28, 2011

THE GENTLEMEN LAND TIGERFEST OPENING SLOT PAGE 15 Towson’s campus and community news source Online daily aXthetOwerlight.com Monday, 2-28-11 Casey Prather/ The Towerlight Senior Meredith Budner led the Tigers to their fourth-straight Colonial Athletic Association tide, setting records in her three first-place finishes in the 500 and 1650-yd. freestyle and the 400-yd. individual medley. Tigers leave foes in wake Team makes big splash at CAAs, wins 4th title SAM SMITH Assistant Sports Editor The Towson University women’s swimming and diving team made history on Saturday night in Fairfax, Va., becoming only the second women’s program to win four consecutive Colonial Athletic Association Championships. The Tigers secured the 2011 championship with 700 points, clearing second place James Madison by a 92.5-point margin. “I’m glad the monkey is off our back," head coach Pat Mead said. "I think that was the biggest challenge that we overcame this past weekend was that pressure. Everyone was talking about it and everyone was hyping it up. The fact that our women were able to overcome that is a credit to their hard work.” I’m glad the monkey is off our back. I think that was the biggest challenge that we overcame this past weekend was that pressure. PAT MEAD Head coach The Towson program has not only made a name for itself on the national level but has also become a modern-day swimming dynasty, according to Mead. The team’s senior class will graduate with all four titles to its credit, the type of success that is a dream for Mead. "As a coach, you want this type of outcome for your athletes,” Mead said. "To have this group come in and to have started it and won the first champi¬ onship and to have finished four years later, from a coaching standpoint it’s very humbling." Senior Meredith Budner has become the face of the Towson swimming pro¬ gram and re-wrote the CAA record books this past weekend, setting the CAA and CAA Championship records in each of her three individual victories: the 500-yard freestyle, the 400-yard individual medley, and the 1650-yard freestyle, all for a fourth year in a row. See FOUR, page 22 Ticket fraud hits campus, concerns staff Non-affiliate promotes event, claims to be 'University Activities' member DANIEL GROSS Editor-in-Cluef Towson University students may have been conned into giving money and information to a false campus activities representative. Astronomy professor Jennifer Scott reported to the Office of Student Activities that an unknown person came to her class before it had started and asked to speak about a bus trip to New York City and tickets to Dangerfield’s Comedy Night Club in NYC. “He made it sound like he was from a campus activities organization, a student activities type organization ... I just assumed it was a student," Scott said. "In fact, he may not have ever even said that he was exactly from Towson University, but he used all the right words to make me think that" Scott described the unknown person as a tall, brown-haired male who looked slightly older than a traditional college student, ‘hut could still pass [as a student]." She said that he told students that a similar program had been done last year, “had been very successful,” and that the "University Activities Committee" purchased tickets in bulk from the comedy club to get a discount for students that could be used any time until 2013. Several students purchased tickets from the unknown person, either by cash or giving credit card information. Junior psychology major Kelsey Toskes witnessed the incident, but did not pur¬ chase a ticket. She said the unknown person said tickets cost $10 and you could go to the club any¬ time and only needed to make a reservation before you went. She said he appeared to be a Towson student, but she became increasingly suspicious when she saw the same student promoting the event in her next class. “[He was] giving the same speech word for word. My sociology professor thought this was strange, and she was the one who interrupted him and asked him if she could see something like an ID to prove he was part of student activities," Toskes said in an e-mail. "He pulled out the tickets, but told her he didn’t have an ID on him. My professor then started asking him questions See FRAUD, page 8 Online Special FREE Large Pizza with 1st online order I Valid only at Jert^s of Towson. Notvahdwrth I other discounts, promotions, coupons or prepaid credrtcard orders. Limited Time Only. Must order online and register online Beat the Beast challenge Get a Free $25.00 Jerry's Gift Certificate if you can Beat the Beast and Be the Beast Valid onlyatJeriy's of Towson. Not valid with other discounts, promotions, coupons or prepaid credit card orders. Limited Time Only. WE order online www.jcrrysusa.com | TextJerrys to 34681 and get $2.00 off your order 110-321-7827