TL20071101-01 "Sharon Leff Editor in Chief A man driving a Honda Accord hit a female student as she crossed Osler Drive at the Towson Center and Center for the Arts cross-walk Wednesday morning. �A student was crossing at the crosswalk and this gentleman was coming in the lane by the curve [the left lane] and two SUVs were obstructing his view [in the right lane],� Cpl. Brian Kelly, of the Towson precinct traffic team, said. The accident occurred about 10 a.m. The windshield on the passenger side of the car was smashed and pieces of glass covered the hood. Kelly said the elderly driver was not intoxi-cated or impaired and he was traveling at low speeds. �It was an honest mistake and an accident,� Kelly said. He said an investigation would be conducted to determine if charges would be brought. William Lynch, a parking services associate, was in the parking lot behind the CFA when the accident occurred. �She got hit by the glass of the vehicle. She was on top of the hood, paused and then slid on down. When I came running down the hill she was spread out on the ground,� Lynch said. Lynch said the student was aware of what was going on and was crying after being hit. He said she was unable to stand up and was lifted up by the ambulance workers. Kelly said the student suffered minor injuries and was taken to Sinai Hospital. Cars were backed up on Osler and Towsontown Boulevard and Towson University Police directed traffic. Junior Mallory Varvaris said she uses the crosswalk four days a week and sometimes she�s worried about crossing �because cars don�t stop for you. I don�t know if they don�t see you or if they don�t care.� Freshman Lindsay Bumbernick said she thinks pedestrians and drivers need to be careful. �I�m on the track and field team, so I use it everyday. I usually wait for a car to acknowledge that I�m going to go, so they know I�m waiting to cross,� Bumbernick said. Meredith Blocher saw the student lying on the ground as she walking to class. �Sometimes [I worry] because cars speed; everyone does. People should be careful,� the junior said. The driver declined to comment. Nov. 1, 2007 www.thetowerlight.com The Towerlight Published by and for the students of Towson and Baltimore -- twice-weekly Thursday Now on TheTowerlight.com: Watch all videos from the past semester in the video archive and send a letter to the editor... Car hits student on Osler Wednesday morning accident blocks traffic; victim taken to hospital SAT-based admission program canceled Program discarded due to low retention rates Patrick Smith/The Towerlight Cpl. Brian Kelly, of the Towson precinct traffic team, left, and officer Gary Jacque investigate the scene of a pedestrian accident, in which a student was struck on Osler Drive at the Towson Center and Center for the Arts crosswalk Wednesday morning. She got hit by the glass of the vehicle. She was on top of the hood, paused and then slid on down. When I came running down the hill she was spread out on the ground. William Lynch Parking services associate �icle. wa od, own. h hil Sharon Leff Editor in Chief At the end of the academic year, Towson will discontinue a program that admitted students with lower grade point averages but higher SAT scores, deeming it unsuccessful at achieving desired retention rates. �We were interested in looking at what stu-dents who have a little lower GPA and a little higher SAT would do in terms of performance,� Deborah Leather, program director for the Academic Special Admissions Program, said. �We thought based on possible new trends and new issues that we would be able to determine if the old theory that grade point average is a better indicator of academic success is still true. It was determined it still is true.� To be admitted into the program, students needed a GPA of 2.7-2.99 and a combined SAT score ranging from 1050 to 1600. Leather, a professor in the family studies and community development department, said the retention rate for the average class is between 85 and 90 percent. The alternative program was retaining about 70 percent. Leather cited multiple reasons for the pro-gram�s discontinuation. �Some students continued the behaviors that they had in high school� Other students were interested in being at Towson and getting good grades so they could transfer. [There were] other students that had other learning issues or time management issues and found it very difficult to make the transition to college,� she said. Associate provost Katherine Denniston said about 85 percent of the students enrolled in ASAP were male. Leather said the program was not meant to increase the male population on campus. �It really wasn�t meant to be gender related. However after saying that, we knew that males, and in particular white males, do better on SAT scores overall and have a lower grade point average than females do,� she said. �We were See MALES, page 9 Student directs students in play �The Pillowman� Arts, page 16 Former Governor visits Towson News, page 7 "
