TL20071129-01 "Nov. 29, 2007 www.thetowerlight.com Published by and for the students of Towson and Baltimore -- twice-weekly Thursday Now on TheTowerlight.com: Check out video �Word on the Street� and become a Facebook friend of The Towerlight... One final run through �House of Bernada Alba� cast, director prepare for opening night Patrick Smith/The Towerlight Beneath the main visual on the set of �The House of Bernarda Alba� Danielle Robinette, who plays Bernarda Alba, rehearses in the Center for the Arts New Studio Theatre Wednesday night. Univ. chooses siren vendor Fireline Corporation to install alert system Balt. County police increase presence, patrols in Towson Police focus on student-inhabited areas Sharon Leff Editor in Chief The University has chosen a vendor to install sirens on the inside and outside of academic buildings, and residence halls on campus. Towson University Police Capt. Joe Herring said Fireline Corporation was chosen in part because the company has installed some of the campus� fire alarms and therefore some of the necessary infrastructure is already in place. The siren installation process will occur in three phases. �They�re going to be installing speakers to accommodate the audible signal and voice communications in buildings and areas,� Herring said. �They presented an ability to do both the interior and exterior of campus areas with the same system. The infra-structure that was required existed in many of the buildings because of the system that was already installed with the fire alarm system.� The first phase will include the Burkshire Marriott Conference Hotel, the Child Care Center, the Glen Towers, Newell and Richmond Halls, the Johnny Unitas Stadium area, the Towson Run Apartments, and See SIREN, page 10 Sharon Leff Editor in Chief Baltimore County Police have increased their patrols in four local neighbor-hoods that are primarily inhabited by college students. Police spokesman Bill Toohey said starting Nov. 1, two officers were desig-nated to patrol Burkleigh Square, Towson Manor Village, Riderwood Hills, and Donnybrook. He said the increased patrols were instituted because of student behavior. �Those are areas in the last several months where there have been several com-plaints about noise, disorderly conduct and landlords putting too many people in houses against code,� Toohey said. The Burkleigh Square and Towson Manor Village neighborhoods are east of York Road. The Donnybrook Apartment complex is located off Burke Avenue, and Riderwood Hills is located on Kenilworth Drive. Toohey said the police receive the largest number of calls for service from those areas. Often the calls are late at night or early in the morning. �The department is always analyzing trends, looking to see where things are happening and then responding,� he said. The additional officers are on patrol from Tuesday night through Saturday night. The pilot program is slated to end in May. See POLICE, page 10 The Towerlight Fan remembers Redskins� free safety Sean Taylor Opinion, page 5 Political science professor to receive recognition News, page 7 Alex Plimack Arts Editor The theater is frantic. It�s the final run through of the play �The House of Bernarda Alba,� and the stage crew is wrapping a meet-ing. The cast of 16 female the-ater majors is in make-up. As they make their way from backstage to take cast photos, director Diane Smith-Sadak arrives, immediately besieged by questions from the cast and crew, barely taking time to place her bags down before delv-ing into her directorial duties. The play is set to open in three days, on Friday, Nov. 30, in the New Studio Theatre in the Center for the Arts, but not before the seeming chaos that surrounds the necessary final preparations. �The closer it is to opening, the more frantic it is,� Smith-Sadak, associate professor of acting and directing, says. See PLAY, page 17 "
