tl20020321-000 "Baltimore's #1 College Paper - Published Twice-Weekly - www.thetowerlight.com hE ThweNi Thursday, 3/21/02 Sales slow at new University Village 3 SGA decides to support S.W.A.T. 4 Reynolds leads a 'Wilder' life 9 Tigers shutout by Retrievers, 8-0 16 Departments News 3 Campus briefs 5 Nation 6 Police Blotter 6 Arts 9 Comics & Comics 10 In a Theater Near You 11 The High Road 12 Sports 16 Bank Shots 16 Classifieds 20 Opinion 22 Gymnast Baierlein suspended Junior kicked out of school two days before EAGL championship for off-campus incident Eric Brandner and Lewis Poole The Towerlight Junior tri-captain Jenn Baierlein was notified last night at 6 p.m. that she had been suspended from Towson University for the remain-der of the Spring 2002 semester for her role in an off-campus altercation on Jan. 27, 2002. Baierlein, fellow junior tri-captain Kristen Presutti and another stu-dent Baierlein would only identi-fy as ""Jessica,"" were involved in an altercation with two members of the Dance Team who were identi-fied in Baierlein's letter of appeal as ""Kelly"" and ""Kristen,"" and a male who was identified in the letter as ""the brother of one of the dance team girls."" According to Baierlein, the inci-dent originated at Charles Village Pub, where Presutti and ""Kelly"" got into an argument. Before Presutti and Baierlein could exit the build-ing, the brother of one of the dance team girls spat in Baierlein's face. The incident continued at the Colony, where Baierlein and ""Kelly"" were involved in a physical alterca-tion. Baierlein admitted to pushing ""Kelly"" twice and ""shoving her with my foot."" ""Jessica"" and ""Kristen"" were also involved in a physical alterc�tion before the groups parted ways. Baierlein's appeal letter went on to contend that ""there was never really any evidence just lots of she did this / she did that, with a hearing offi-cer who would determine who she thought was telling the truth."" Baierlein was ""Basically, what happened was out of all the people involved, no one got punished except for Jenn, and she was basically picked out to make an example out of."" Kristen Presutti junior gymnast originally suspend-ed on Feb.13. However, she filed an appeal, allow-ing her to continue to attend classes and participate in meets. The appeal was denied, and Baierlein subsequently appealed to Towson President Dr. Mark L. Perkins. According to Baierlein, Perkins received her letter on March 4, but declined to rule on the matter until See BAIERLEIN, page 18 Saul Stoogenka The Trrwerlught Junior Jenn Baierlein was suspended Wednesday for a Jan. 26 incident. Vivona to fill in as chancellor search continues Eric Brandner The Towerlight With Donald N. Langenberg retiring on April 30, the race is on to find the next chancellor of the University System of Maryland. Langenberg, who has held the position for 12 Saul Stoogenlce The Tawarbght USM Chancellor Donald N. Langenberg (left) years, will leave behind a growing system that he hopes will ""continue the momentum ... toward the mandated goal of national imminence."" Nathan A. Chapman, Jr., Chairman of the USM Board of Regents and Chair of the USM Chancellor search committee, stated in a Dec. 7, 2001 press release that the USM was extending the deadline in their search for a new chancellor from April 30 to September 1 in order to allow for more qualified candidates to apply and to allow the new chancellor to finish out the academic year at his or her current institution. As a result of the extension, Joseph F. Vivona, the current USM vice chancellor for administra-tion and finance, will serve as interim chancellor beginning May 1 until the position is filled. Vivona, who is not a candidate for the permanent chancellor position, said that his role as interim chancellor will involve more caretaking than assertiveness. ""I would think that I'm not going to start any-thing new,"" he said. ""Whether it's short term or long term, I'm focusing on the transition from one chancellor to the next. I'm going to address the current budget situation [and] I'm going to try to do things to help the universities move forward."" Maryland Governor Paris N. Glendening's with-drawal from consideration for the position was specifically cited in Chapman's release. Glendening, a former associate political science professor at College Park, expressed interest in the post in November of last year, and Chapman was among his most vocal supporters for the job. However, government officials questioned whether or not Glendening's selection would be improper since he either appointed or re-appoint-ed each of the 17 Regents. It was also brought to light that the c.hancellor's residence and $345,000-a-year salary, $225,000 more than Glendening makes as governor, would alleviate his gloomy financial situation. Glendening under- See USM, page 5 Today High 59 Low 23 Friday High 39 Low 23 Saturday High 48 Low 29 Sunday High 48 Low 32 Monday High 54 Lou' 39 "
