TL20050314_001 "Baltimore's #1 College Paper - Published Twice-Weekly - www.thetowerlight.com Monday, 3/14/05 University hosts UN. conference 5 Mistakes claim another Associate 5 Thesis show uses novel techniques 'Road Rules' cast talks body image Departments Opinion 2 News 5 Campus Calendar. 11 Arts 15 Sound Bites 16 Entertainment Briefs 16 Sports 24 In This Corner. 24 Face-Off. 23 Classifieds 19 Parade brings Irish luck to city Brian Stelter The Towerlight For the spectators lining Charles Street in downtown Baltimore on Sunday afternoon, the 49tn annual St. Patrick's Day Parade was a few hours of fun. But for Darby Simmons, a 1990 Towson University graduate, the parade marked the culmination of 12 months of hard work and patient planning. As general chairman and president for St. Patrick Celebrations, Inc., a non-profit organization, Simmons is in charge of recruit ing corporate sponsors and ensuring the festivities go off without a hitch. """"My family has always, been in the parade,"""" he said. """"I've marched it in for years, starting at age 12."""" In the days prior to the parade, Simmons was operating on autopilot, tending to the stressful details of the festivities. But come Sunday afternoon, it was all worth it. """"We put on one hell of a parade every year,"""" Simmons said. The St. Patrick's Day event is Baltimore's biggest and longest-running parade. See ALUM, page 6 Derrek Windsor/The Towerlight Baltimoreans of all ages came out Sunday afternoon to celebrate the 49th annual St. Patrick's Day Parade, the city's largest and longest-running event. Campus TV considers license sale Brian Stelter The Towerlight Towson University may soon sell its WMJF-TV broadcasting license to an undisclosed interested purchaser. According to Barry Moore, chairman for the electronic media and film department, last fall a """"broker from an interested purchaser"""" approached WMJF's management regarding a possible acquirement of the television station's broadcasting license. The bid was unsolicited. Moore refused to identify the interested purchaser. """"The broadcaster made an offer that we're looking into,"""" Moore said, adding, """"It was not as if WMJF put a 'for sale' sign out and people came running."""" """"The sale of the UHF Channel 16 license is being explored and is currently a work in progress."""" John MacKerron general manager, WMJF WMJF's General Manager John MacKerron, an associate professor in the EMF department, also stressed that no decision had been made. """"The sale of the UHF Channel 16 license is being explored and is currently a work in progress, as the sale must be approved by various entities,"""" MacKerron said. WMJF is a low power television station. The station is simultaneously broadcast via the University's cable system and UHF Channel 16. According to published reports, the channel's Ultra High Frequency signal extends about five miles. However, students involved with the station said the signal sometimes barely reaches across York Road. Chief Fiscal Officer David Harnage declined to identify the prospective purchaser. """"There has been no decision at this point,"""" Harnage said. See WMJF-TV, page 7 SGA turns to Web site for survey Kristi Funderburk The Towerlight The Student Government Association took their never-ending effort to resolve the plus/minus grading debate to the Towson Web site last week, creating an online survey to measure campus attitudes toward the University's grading policy. The survey, on the www.towson. edu home page, asks students to See GRADING, page 7 Today High 43 Low 26 Tuesday High 44 Low 25 Wednesday High 41 Low 27 ?g3l Thursday High 40 Low 24 \Sg'; """"f J Friday High 43 Low 26"