TL20060501-01 "www.thetowerlight.com INSIDE: This Week..........3 Perspectives......5 News.................9 Tigerfest..........13 Arts.................21 Music..............22 Classifi eds.......24 Sports.............28 News: SGA ushers in fresh executive board at inauguration ceremony News: University Senate levies its vote about intentional advising Local, nationally-recognized bands bring thousands of students to Burdick Field for seventh annual �fest COMING IN THURSDAY'S TOWERLIGHT: Why go to the zoo when the zoo can come to you? Goldside Picnic brings petting zoo, moon bounce, free food and giveaways to campus News, page 12 Sigma Delta Pi takes TU to �Caribe� with cultural celebration News, page 9 From �Ocean Avenue� to TU Monday, 5/1/06 The Towerlight Published by and for the students of Towson and Baltimore -- twice weekly Amanda Doran Assistant Arts Editor Elizabeth Malliakos Assistant Arts Editor The long-anticipated Virgin College Mega Tour took over Tigerfest on Burdick Field Saturday, bringing in a substantially larger crowd than in years past. �We�re thinking we probably had 9,000 [attendees] or more,� Col. Bernie Gerst, direc-tor of public safety, said. �We�re not experts at crowd estimates, but we definitely think we had far more than last year,� when 6,000 to 7,000 attended. Campus Activites Board Tigerfest Chair Kira Taylor estimated about 10,000 came and went throughout the day. Towson students, community members, stu-dents from other campuses, and fans of the bands flocked to Burdick after the event kicked off at noon. Doug Binkley, a self-proclaimed �super junior� at Towson, wore a duct tape-covered cardboard box to promote his band Living For Today. LFT competed but fell short in CAB�s Battle of the Bands. �Since we didn�t quite make it here to play, we decided to come and be heard anyway,� Binkley said. The Emerging Artist Stage showcased the talents of lesser-known artists such as Battle of the Bands win-ner American Diary, along with Bosco & Peck, Taylor McKenna and Hey Mike!. �The Emerging Artists Stage, which was open from noon to 4 p.m., was smaller than I had anticipated. It was hosted by Tyler from the Real World, Key West,� Taylor said. �[Tyler] was extremely impressed with the Dance Team and other performers from Towson. He mingled with the stu-dents and really enjoyed him-self.� See TOUR, page 13 Heidi Greenleaf / The Towerlight More Tigerfest coverage on the inside... Who is American Diary, anyway? See page 16 Behind the scenes: Find out what happened to all the crowd surfers after they hit the ground.... See page 17 We asked for your photos and you delivered. See your handiwork on our student photo spread... See pages 18-19 Ashley West/Special to The Towerlight "
