tl20040304_001 "Ths TauiBiiinhb Baltimore's #1 College Paper - Published Twice-Weekly - www.thetowerlight.com fl ^r Thursday, 3/4/04 Author discusses views on religion Dining hall closes for renovations XTSR broadcasts to online listeners I 15 Editors take on Oscar fashions Departments Opinion 2 News 5 Campus briefs Police blotter. Nation 10 ..15 Arts... Sports... In this corner.... Bank Shots Presidential race takes shape Democratic hopeful Sen. John Kerry speaks to supporters during a rally at Morgan State University Monday morning before the Maryland primary. Kerry ends Tuesday with majority support; President launches reelection ad campaign From staff reports Maryland voters turned out Tuesday for the state's primary elections, helping Massachusetts Sen. John Kerry secure a place as the likely Democratic nominee. Kerry took nine of the 10 states holding primaries during Super Tuesday after a round of campaigning that brought him to Baltimore Monday. Backed by Maryland Democrats, the senator addressed a crowd of supporters at Morgan State University in the morning before flying to Ohio for another rally. The stop?along with the support of Democratic officials in the state- may have helped Kerry defeat hopeful Sen. John Edwards of South Carolina, said mass communication and communication studies profes sor Richard Vatz. """"I think Edwards having made just one visit here to Prince George's County, I really think that was insufficient to get a start for Edwards,"""" Vatz said Wednesday. Edwards dropped out of the race after losing all 10 contests Tuesday. Leading up to Tuesday, two polls of Maryland voters indicated varying results. While one predicted a tight race, the other showed Kerry with a large lead. Of the states voting Tuesday, Kerry lost only Vermont to the state's former governor, Howard Dean. Kerry earned 60 percent (271, 369 votes) of Maryland's vote, topping Edwards' 26 percent (117,625 votes). Maryland is often overlooked both in the primary and presidential election because it's so traditionally democratic, Vatz said. He believes many people in the state register Democrat because they think it would be irrelevant to register Republican. That may have changed with the election of Ehrlich two years ago, Vatz said. See RACE, page 9 Ancient work 'Antigone' finds modern audience Mike Vandermause The Towerlight This weekend the theater department will present the epic struggle between the law of the state and family honor in """"Antigone,"""" a work by the ancient Greek philosopher Sophocles. The play offers college students a fresh perspective on an important piece of classical literature, explained senior theater major Bradley Borgess-Donaleski. """"Sophocles is one of the great poets of Greek theater, but so often classical works are looked on as stuffy or dated,"""" Borgess- Donaleski said. However, the department's production isn't exactly like the original. Sophomore theater major Eileen Ruth Cuff explained that the cast changed the setting of the play. """"The major alteration we made to the play was to set it in the future,"""" Cuff said. """"Also, the chorus members are female but dressed to look androgynous."""" For the most part, the script keeps to its original wording. """"The piece is so wordy, and each word is important,"""" Borgess- Donaleski said. """"Nothing in the text can be compromised. Keeping the text word-perfect and acting true to its style has proved to be the greatest challenge."""" """"Antigone"""" is a continuation of the Oedipus story that illustrates the story of a sister's struggle between the law and love for family. """"King Oedipus has blinded himself and left the country. His two sons, in a battle for rulership, have killed each other,"""" explained senior theater major Rebecca Bare. See PLAY, page 17 Saturday High 59 u Low 35 k?Z?JJ"
