tl20001102-000 "le 0 Weil 1 Thursday www.thetowerlight.com Published twice-weekly by students of Towson University 11/2/00 Student dies in car accident 3 In class, fashion goes out window operwrow""' ....011111111l 9 Art show finds 'rich' works 11 Lauber, DeMares leading together 15 Departments News 3 Nation 5 Police Blotter 5 A&E 11 The High Road 9 Wrasslin' Weekly 10 Sports 15 Fast Break 15 Punt, Pass & Pick 16 Op/Ed 11 Housing, land shortages keep TU in hunt for Valley View Beth Merchant The Towerlight When sophomore Jessie Buchheim heard about the chance to live in Millennium Hall last year, she jumped at the chance. Lured by the apart-ment- style housing complex close to campus, Buchheim was among the first of the 408 stu-dents that moved into the priva-tized dormitory in late August. ""My parents wanted me to stay on campus my sophomore year so I figured that since it was new, it would be a good place to try,"" Buchheim said. With more and more students choosing to live in Millennium Hall and similar on-campus dormitories, and more housing possibly on the way on the grounds of Enoch and Sheppard Pratt Hospital, less students have turned to nearby Valley View Apartments. Because of that, the popular privately-owned and run hous-ing units are saddled with their first vacancies in numerous years. That has led some University administrators to feel that Valley View Apartments, which Towson has coveted for more than 20 years, could be within the University's reach in the near future. ""I can't make a business judgement for the management of Valley View,"" University President Dr. Hoke L. Smith said. ""They certainly have a good location and they are con-venient. We've kept our interest in buying it and whether they would be more willing now I don't know."" � Since Smith arrived at Towson, he has met with Valley View's owner numerous times to discuss its purchase. Valley View officials were unable to comment for this report, but Smith said the owner has See VALLEY VIEW, page 6 Chris Henry The Towerlight Towson officials are interested in purchasing Valley View Apartments both for the housing and the extra land. E-mail available via cell phones Carrie Oleynik The Towerlight Senior mass communication major Amy Hunt says we live in such a fast-paced informational society today that she expects soon everything will be accessi-ble from the palm of your hand. Hunt's prediction is one step closer to becoming a reality, as Towson students, faculty and staff with University e-mail accounts will now be able to access that information through cell phones. The Wireless Application Protocol (WAP) arrived at Towson in October, enabling students and staff to check e-mail and send outgoing e-mail messages from WAP-enabled cell phones. ""It's more convenient to check and send e-mail from the phone than to go to the library between classes,"" Hunt said. ""If you're away from your computer and you're waiting for a response to an e-mail, then you can still check your e-mail from wherev-er you are even though you're not by your computer."" Bill Leimbach, associate vice president of Computing and Network Services, said for a stu-dent to find out if their cell phone is WAP-enabled, they can contact the cell phone provider or check their cell phone owner's manual. ""First, be sure that your cell phone has the WAP capabilities and look at the instructions pro-vided in the user's guide of the phone,"" he said. Leimbach said once it is known whether the cell phone is WAP accessible, connecting is easy. He says all a student has to do is type http: / / wap.towson.edu, the program's Internet address, into a WAP-enabled phone, and choose the login server of their Towson e-mail account � Tiger, Triton, Saber, or Exchange. Then enter the user name and appropriate pass-word. Hunt said she sees many stu-dents walking around and talk- See WAP, page 6 Today High 68 Low 48 Friday High 71 Low 47 Saturday High 65 Low 42 Sunday High 58 Low 37 "
