tl20010507-000 "01/Ver www.thetowerlight.com Published twice-weekly by students of Towson University 5/7/01 SGA honors two professors, pres. 3 Smith reflects on time at Towson Knight joins `Smokey Joe's' Coaches expect CAA challenges 16 Departments News 3 A&E 9 Backstage Pass 10 Sound Bites .1 I Sports 16 Fast Break .16 Athlete of the VVeek....19 Op/Ed 22 Attendance high at TigerFest Musical variety and novelty acts draw larger crowd than expected Charles Penny The Towerlight ""Where are all my music lovers?"" yelled De La Soul singer Kelvin Mercer on Saturday night to an estimated crowd of 5,000 people at this year's annual TigerFest. De La Soul's performance capped off an eventful day that had non-stop music on two stages and activities ranging from the moon bounce to riding mechanical bull. ""There is a lot more things to do compared to last year,"" soph-omore D.J. Strader said. ""It looks like a lot more people came this year too."" Toby the Tiger received the most attention during the early afternoon. The three-month-old Siberian tiger was the subject of many photos and was far from bashful in front of the cameras, as he affectionately rolled around on the ground enticing onlookers to pet his stomach. Meanwhile, at the jousting station, friends were beating out their frustrations on each other with an ""American Gladiators""- style jousting contest. Rusty McKinney, who was in charge of the jousting center said he enjoyed watching the students battle each other with the joust. ""The best part is watching girls beating up their men,"" McKinney said. The events started at 1 p.m. and two stations appeared to be an instant success. The first was a wax hands display, provided by Fantasy World entertain-ment, which allowed students to form a cast of their hand made out of wax and color it however they wanted. In the mTv2 and Interscope Records tent, over one hundred Tigers win America East Championship Saul Stoogankerhe Tomnirlight Towson came back to defeat Hofstra 13-11 in Saturday's America East Championship game. Junior Brad Reppert and sophomore Ryan Obloj each scored four goals in the victory. [See STORY, page 16] students were able to preview the unreleased Weezer album. Music seemed to be a com-mon theme throughout the day, drawing many students like freshman Amy Pypiak, who said the highlight to this year's TigerFest was the headlining band, De La Soul. ""I'm enjoying myself,"" Pypiak said. ""[TigerFest) maybe needs some more school spirit, but still, I'm having a good time."" The music was an important focal point at Saturday's TigerFest with an extensive line-up that featured, along with head liners De La Soul, Zebrahead and Jah Works, five student bands, including Gerrit Heinrich, Drone, Releese, Woodswork and 9 Deuce. Releese, who loosened up the crowd with their version of Bob See TIGERFEST, page 8 Saul Staagenka/The Tawarlight Jah Works was one of several bands, including Zebrahead and De La Soul, that peformed at Saturday's annual TigerFest on Burdick Field. Today High 66 Low 44 Tuesday High 71 Low 51 Wednesday High 74 Low 53 Thursday High 76 Low 54 "
