TL20071001-01 "Oct. 1, 2007 www.thetowerlight.com Published by and for the students of Towson and Baltimore -- twice-weekly Monday Now on TheTowerlight.com: Send letters to the editor and submit story ideas by e-mailing Towerlighteditor@gmail.com... Patrick Smith/The Towerlight Towson University sophomore business major Anne Marie Rose, 19, sits in her Towson apartment where she creates handcrafted jewelry for her business Anne Marie Rose Jewelry Designs. Crafting a career Sophomore Anne Marie Rose�s jewelry business combines her entrepreneurship and artistic talent Towson waits for TB results Student isolated as Dept. of Health investigates case The Towerlight The BSU�s Rhythm Step Team creates sounds, beats through dance News, page 7 Q&A with band Cinder Road Arts, page 16 Amanda Doran Senior Writer It isn�t often that students take what they learn in the classroom and immediately apply it to their everyday job. But that�s exactly what 19-year old business student Anne Marie Rose does with the jewelry business she owns and operates. Anne Marie Rose Jewelry Designs not only provides custom-made jew-elry orders but also fundraising to benefit other organizations. �My major is business with a focus in marketing. Every aspect of what I learn in school I try to directly apply it to my business. I have so many questions that pertain to run-ning a business, so every lecture that I go to in every business class, I learn something new. I want to implement what I have been taught as soon as possible,� Rose, a sophomore, said. She began creating jewelry at age 17. �As soon as I started to make jew-elry, I produced so much, so rapidly, that in about one month I decided that I wanted to try to sell it. I had produced so much jewelry that I knew I could never wear all of it,� she said. �I had an interest in crafts and craft shows my entire life, so this gave me the opportunity to par-ticipate as a vendor in a craft show. I started with the Reisterstown craft festival in the fall of 2005. Ever since that point, I have been selling my jewelry.� Rose said that in a given week, she spends approximately 20 hours making jewelry. She also spends about 30 hours making sales to stores, going to craft shows and See JEWELRY, page 17 Sharon Leff Editor in Chief A Towson University student is being tested for tuberculosis and is currently isolated in an undisclosed location off campus. �We learned about this possible case from the Baltimore County Health Department,� Carol Dunsworth, director of University Relations, said. She said the University was alerted Thursday afternoon and a message was posted on the TU homepage and on the Daily Digest Friday. The Daily Digest announcement appeared for one day. Dunsworth said the University wasn�t required to post the announcement but did so as a way of communicating with the Towson community. According to the Digest, the uncon-firmed case is being monitored and the possibly infected student will not be on campus or attending classes �as testing and appropriate treatments continue.� Dunsworth said she doesn�t know exactly when the student�s diagnosis will be determined, but she anticipates it will be early next week. She said in her 10-year tenure at the University, she couldn�t recall another reported case of TB at Towson. The Digest announcement stated that TB is very difficult to contract through typical campus life. �It is a respiratory illness that requires prolonged, sustained, close contact with an infected individual,� the Digest report-ed. According to the Center for Disease and Control Prevention Web site, a person can contract TB of the lungs or throat when an infected person coughs, sneezes, See TB, page 8 "
