tl20080505-01 "The Towerlight Carrie Wood Arts Editor Music and smoke drifted through the air as vendors and artists lined the roads to showcase and sell their wares during the 41st annual Towsontown Spring Festival Saturday and Sunday. A total of about 250,000 people flooded the streets of uptown Towson for the two-day festival, according to Nancy Hafford, executive director of the Towson Chamber of Commerce and event coordinator, said. �We started off [years ago] with one block and now we�re 10 blocks,� Hafford said. �When you have more variety there are more things of interest to people. We have 10 blocks that we can appeal to everybody to the very, very young to the very, young at heart.� About 500 volunteers, including Towson students, helped operate the festival. �This year, what I�m thrilled about is getting involved with the col-leges,� Hafford said. �I know sometimes colleges get a bad rep for the students because of the late night stuff but this shows what a lot of the students really do.� The festival had an area geared toward a younger audience � includ-ing slides, pony rides and a petting zoo � as well as activities for a more mature crowd, such as the small concerts, beer gardens and shopping. �It�s a lot of fun. There�s definitely a lot going on and a lot of people here,� Allison Honschke, a freshman elementary and special education major, said. �My most favorite part is definitely that it�s a really nice day, so it�s fun to just walk around and see everyone outside. It�s better that way.� Honschke also said she had some gripes about the yearly street festival. �It�s so crowded here,� he said. �People keep walking into each other. You have to really watch where you�re going and make sure you don�t lose the people you came with.� May 5, 2008 www.thetowerlight.com Published by and for the students of Towson and Baltimore -- twice-weekly Monday Now on TheTowerlight.com: View video Word on the Street and footage from the Towsontown Festival... Taking it to the streets Blake Savadow/The Towerlight Three girls pick out handmade bottle cap earrings during the 41st Towsontown Spring Festival Sunday afternoon. Below, many different food vendors lined the roads of downtown Towson to sell sandwiches, lemonade and other dishes. About 250,000 flock uptown for annual community spring fair New spots on SGA board for elections Nikki Marcinik and the Tigers take the CAA Tournament title Sunday Sports, page 24 Skanoah Irie performs at the Recher Theatre Arts, page 16 See FESTIVAL, page 14 TOWSONTOWN FESTIVAL Twenty positions open for second round of polling to take place Wednesday, Thursday Eric Gazzillo/The Towerlight Kiel McLaughlin Editor in Chief The recently ratified Student Government Association constitution has created sev-eral new positions within the organization. Twenty seats are up for grabs later this week in an election highlighted by the addition of a new executive board position and the creation of a judicial branch. Polling will begin online at Involved@ TU Wednesday morning at 8 a.m. and run through Thursday at 3 p.m. Polling stations will be open on campus under the Lecture Hall, in Cook Library and in Susquehanna in the University Union from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. both days, according to election com-missioner Chris Castillo. The winning candidates will be announced in the University Union Loch Raven Room Thursday at 3:30 p.m. The elected officials, including those from the first elections on April 22 and 23, will be inaugurated at the Auburn House Pavilion at 4 p.m. Thursday. The showcased position during the elec-tion will be the newly created chief of staff seat on the executive board. Victorious in the first round of elections, Team Tigertown swept the executive board positions and has endorsed Gboyinde Onijala for chief of staff. The president of the African Diaspora Club, Onijala will run against Ryan Assadi, the current director of University communica-tions for the SGA. A debate will be held between the can-didates Tuesday at 1 p.m. in the Speaker�s Circle outside of Hawkins Hall. Assadi ran as an independent during the first round of elections for the attorney gen-eral position. He finished second to attorney general-elect Julie Lyst. �I felt compelled to run again because I felt the number of votes I received from See ELECTION, page 9 "
