TL20051013_001 "?*? . . i Coming Out Day on campus: what ^ it means to be GLBT, transgender 1 student speaks out Coming Out, page 8 CAB books 311 for Nov. TU concert Brian Stelter Editor in Chief Popular punk rock/reggae group 311 will headline a concert at the Towson Center on Friday, Nov. 25, the Campus Activities Board confirmed this week. Tickets for Towson students will cost $30 at the University Union Box Office, once they go on sale Friday at 10 a.m. Organizers are hoping to sell 4,000 tickets for the concert, which is being co-sponsored with local, radio station WHFS. In August, 311 released its eighth studio album, titled """"Don't Tread on Me."""" It debuted at No. 5 on the Billboard Top 200 Album Chart. The concert is scheduled for the day after Thanskgiving, when many students will be home for the holidays. At Tuesday's Student Government Association meeting, vice president McShane Murphy asked why the concert was scheduled over Thanksgiving break. """"A lot of people want to go but they can't,"""" SGA senator Jennifer Riggs added. CAB chair Cody Dodson explained the logistics. """"That was the date they were available, and they said that was the only date they could do it,"""" he said. Dodson said many elements are involved in booking a concert. """"We have a promoter that helps us get these shows. We'll get word that an artist is going on tour, and we'll pick up on it if they're right for our campus,"""" he said. Baltimore-based indie rock band Agents of the Sun will open the show. 311 's fall tour begins Oct. 19 in San Diego. Last year, the band's cover of """"Love Song"""" reached #1 on Billboard's, U.S. Modern Rock chart. Other popular 311 singles include """"Down,"""" """"Come Original,"""" """"Amber,"""" """"Creatures (For A While),"""" """"Beyond the Gray Sky"""" and """"First Straw."""" Cameron Crowe talks about new film 'Elizabethtown' Arts, page 18 Published by and for the students of Towson and Baltimore -- twice weekly Thursday, 10/13/05 :m&mmm:i ^::^:Vv;:,v-^-:^?:-i>.iV. WBSBtSSSSSemBSBSfBmSBSm QSU celebrates 'Coming Ouf Derrek Windsor I The Towerlight QSU sponsored a drag show on Tuesday night and tabeled under the Lecture Hall for Coming Out Day. See page 8. Theater Production Fabulously dysfunctional TU's CFA plays host to Bette, Boo, and their crazy families in new play Elizabeth Malliakos Staff Writer Everyone's family is dysfunctional in some way, but few can match the families portrayed in """"The Marriage of Bette and Boo."""" Written by Christopher Durang, the play deals with sensitive subjects like alcoholism, religion, and mental health. The theatre production will open at the Center for the Arts' Mainstage Theatre on Friday. It continues Oct. 15 and 16, and Oct. 19 to 22. """"I really enjoy how the play really tackles serious issues and wherever we're supposed to be crying in a normal circumstance Christopher Durang makes us laugh,"""" Alex Kliner, one of the lead actors, said. In the first act, Bette's family (the Brennans) and Boo's family (the Hudlockes) are present for the marriage of Bette and Boo, essentially a young couple blinded by love. In this opening, the audience begins to see some of the dysfunctional aspects of each family, such as the marital problems between Bette's sister Joan, and her husband Nikos. """"I really like the social commentary that the play makes,"""" Cristin Cadigan, who plays Bette's sister, said. """"But it does it in a way that really doesn't offend people. It really makes you stop and think."""" After Bette and Boo are married, and the honeymoon ends, the couple suddenly realizes what they've See BOO, page 19 Derrek Windsor/ The Towerlight Students rehearse for """"Boo."""" Second RFC robbery spooks victims Royal Farms also held up; TUPD Crime Alert doesn't reach students due to typo Sharon Leff Associate News Editor Only six days after an armed robbery occurred at the Kentucky Fried Chicken on York Road, a second hold-up was reported Sunday night, when two suspects entered the establishment and demanded money from its cash register. The crime was one of several, including a stabbing on Oct. 3 and a carjacking on Oct. 9, that has rattled some local residents recently. At around 8:55 p.m., two suspects entered the business, just two blocks away from Towson's campus, displayed a handgun and robbed the manager. Baltimore County Police Department Lieutenant Randy Guraleczka believes the people robbing the KFC have an understanding of the establishment. According to the police report, one of the victims """"recognized this subject as the same individual who robbed the store on [Oct 3]."""" Although the Towson University Police Department wrote a Crime Alert to inform the campus of the incident, the message was not received by students, because the e-mail address for """"all students"""" was misspelled. The message was only received by faculty and staff. In the incident, one of the suspects jumped over the counter and demanded the safe be opened. The victims were then instructed by one of the suspects to walk to the office; if they didn't do so or if they tried to contact police, the suspect allegedly said he would """"kill everybody."""" The suspects reportedly told the victims that """"I have 25 years to life anyway,"""" and would have no issue shooting the victims. Despite multiple demands from the suspects and multiple attempts at putting in the code, the victim was unable to open the safe. After the suspects retrieved the money and exited, one victim witnessed them leave in a dark colored See SUSPECTS, page 10 wrmtm&mmm mm INSIDE: Coming In Monday's Towerlight. 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