tl20021107-000 "The Toweitil,filib Baltimore's #1 College Paper - Published Twice-Weekly - www.thetowerlight.com Thursday, 11/7/02 Conference aims to bring diversity 5 Families to pay Towson a visit Scholar presents lecture in Union 13 Eminem debuts shills in '8 Mile' 14 Departments News 5 Campus Briefs 6 Nation/Blotter 8 Arts 13 In A Theater Near You 14 High Road 15 Sports 20 Punt, Pass & Pick 19 In This Corner 20 Classifieds 16 Opinion 2 Ehrlich makes history in MD Arbutus native wins gubernatorial election; first Republican in 36 years to get position Sarah Breitenbach Jennifer Hykes The Towerlight At 11 p.m. Tuesday, the Maryland gubernatorial race was over. After months of campaigning, mud-slinging and debating from both sides, Robert Ehrlich emerged the winner in what both camps knew would be a tight race. The unofficial results, which do not include absentee and overseas ballots, give Ehrlich a slim but deci-sive margin of victory. The Republican earned 51.45 percent of the vote, as opposed to Democrat Kathleen Kennedy Townsend's 47.87 percent. Libertarian candi-date Spear Lancaster and three write-in candidates made up less than one percent of the total returns. Ehrlich supporters gathered at the Hyatt Baltimore Regency Hotel around 8 p.m. Tuesday evening to await poll results. The Townsend/Larson party was held just a few blocks away at the Wyndham Baltimore Hotel on West Fayette Street. As guests at the Ehrlich party socialized, the Congressman spoke with local television stations and gave high fives to constituents. Those in attendance danced, ate and drank as they awaited results on two large screens, booing at images of Townsend and cheering at results that showed Republican candidates gaining ground across the nation. Around 11 p.m. results conclud-ed that with 93 percent of precincts reporting, Ehrlich led with 53 per-cent of the vote to Townsend's 47 percent. Townsend conceded short-ly thereafter, thanking her support-ers. Townsend congratulated Ehrlich, quieting jeers from the crowd and referring to the Congressman as a ""formative opponent."" See GOVERNOR, page 12 Lisa Johnson The Towerlight Republican Governor-elect Robert Ehrlich holds his 3-year-old son Drew Tuesday evening while giving his victory speech at the Hyatt Baltimore Regency. ""You have made history here tonight,"" he told the crowd. Ehrlich: The Towson Connection Mike Morris The Towerlight Governor-elect Robert Ehrlich is no stranger to Towson: He's lec-tured in TU classes, his campaign manager is a former SGA president, and administrators, both past and present, are voicing their support for the 44-year-old Arbutus native. Acting President Dan Jones said he recently received a letter solicit-ing a campaign contribution for Ehrlich, signed by two former Towson presidents � Mark Perkins and James Fisher. When asked whether or not he was fundraising for Ehrlich, Perkins replied, ""Absolutely not."" Perkins did however say that he is an Ehrlich supporter, although he tries to stay out of politics. ""Politics are not my thing. I've got better things to do with my time,"" Perkins said from his Baltimore residence Wednesday. To the contrary, Susanna Craine, assistant vice president for universi-ty relations and an Ehrlich support-er, said: ""I know that Perkins went to fundraisers. If he signed a letter asking for funds, then that means he's fundraising for Ehrlich."" While Perkins had Towson's shortest tenure of just 282 days, his predecessor, Hoke Smith served longer than any other TU president, 22 years. Smith voluntarily wrote an 8-page paper for Ehrlich about the current state of higher education. In the report, Smith analyzes some issues he believes Ehrlich may run into, predominantly dealing with budget cuts. � ""I think he'll do it with integrity and a good conscience,"" Smith said See EHRLICH, page 12 Today High � 50 Low 32 Friday High 59 Low 40 Saturday High 66 Low 43 Sunday High 61 Low 51 Monday High 62 Low 53 "
