TL20060309-01 "Sharon Leff Associate News Editor When it comes to on-campus food, students always have an opinion, and the strongest opin-ion voiced in a recent survey was the desire to have dining halls stay open later. In response to a Student G o v e r n m e n t Association and the University R e s i d e n c e Government sur-vey this semester, dining services is planning to keep one dining hall open until approximately 10:30 p.m. for a trial period starting in April. The test period will last for four weeks to see if it warrants a perma-nent change. During the trial period while one location stays open late, the other will maintain its normal schedule. �Right now it looks as if we�re leaning toward the Glen and just logistically it�s just easier to test something at that location,� Roy Cubbler, resident district manager of dining servic-es, said. Cubbler said the Glen Dining Hall is a busier location than Newell by almost two to one. T h i r t y - t w o percent of stu-dents would prefer Newell to stay open later, 32 percent said they would prefer Glen and 36 per-cent had no preference at all. Matt Geisler, a sophomore com-munication major, lives in the Glen Towers and is in favor of the late night plan. �I think that�d be awesome. I wouldn�t have to spend money and order out pizza any more,� he said. Luke Brietzke Senior Writer During Towson men�s basketball�s 84-80 win over Drexel on Feb. 4, Mike Hermann was listening as Gov. Robert L. Ehrlich was interviewed at halftime by WBAL 1090 AM�s Gerry Sandusky. Sandusky said �the role of the athletic program at any university is important to the image,� Hermann recalled. �And [Ehrlich] agreed. He said, �It is impor-tant to the image, but for right now, for Towson, it�s even more important. We�re trying to reshape the image of this University and so athletics is even more critical now because they play a major role in reshaping that image.�� As he listened to the governor describe the sig-nificance of the Towson athletic director job, Hermann realized he may have a unique opportunity � �a chance to really do something special for Towson,� he said. Hermann, who served eight years as athletic direc-tor at Niagara University, was introduced as Towson�s new athletic director in a Tuesday morning press con-ference in the Minnegan Room of the Johnny Unitas Stadium Field House. In his Towson 2010 plan, President Robert Caret has repeatedly described his ambition to become the second nationally known university in Maryland � like NC State to North Carolina, as he says. Caret felt Ehrlich�s assessment of the critical nature of Towson�s athletic program was accurate. �We�re on track to be there. As a matter of fact, we�re very close,� Caret said. �And if we�re going to get there, athletics is going to be a big, big piece of it. So we are working very hard to put the parts in place we need to make athletics that cornerstone, or one of those cornerstones that will make that vision come to fruition.� Caret, who became president in 2003, discussed the five-year plan he had established with current athletic director Wayne Edwards. He said the University has already fulfilled a num-ber of the objectives, such as making sports fully funded and making assistant coaches full-time. Thursday, 3/9/06 www.thetowerlight.com Published by and for the students of Towson and Baltimore -- twice weekly Dining reacts to student survey AD search ends at Hermann INSIDE: This Weekend....3 Perspectives......4 News................9 Beyond...........17 Arts.................19 Movies.............20 Classifi eds.......23 Sports.............28 News: Towson is expanding to the great frontier of Harford County... News: Try your hand at the Monopoly-money stock market with Investment Club Athletic department finds new director at Niagara U. COMING IN MONDAY'S TOWERLIGHT: Intelligent design vs. Darwin, round one: put your gloves up gentlemen News, page 9 We�re...taking the results, especially the late night piece, and implementing a test period to see if it works. Roy Cubbler resident district manager dining services �tak es p implement The Towerlight So, about that cross country trip you wanted to take...you might want to check out �The Hills Have Eyes� first. Scares, gore, suspense abound in darling of horror film genre Arts, page 20 WANNA GRAB DINNER? A sampling of the SGA/URG survey results; see more on page 16: Courtesy Athletic Media Relations Mike Hermann publicly accepted the Athletic Director position at a press event Tuesday. See RENOVATIONS, page 26 Glen Marketplace may stay open till 10:30 p.m. in four-week trial period following SGA, URG poll See DINING, page 16 "
