TL20071015-01 "Oct. 15, 2007 www.thetowerlight.com The Towerlight Published by and for the students of Towson and Baltimore -- twice-weekly Monday Now on TheTowerlight.com: View video of Yell Like Hell, Hoops Madness, Saturday�s tailgate and the Homecoming court... Freshman�s organs to be donated; scholarship planned, memorial services scheduled Student struck by car Tigers �Get Down� Contributing photographer/Cara Flynn/The Towerlight Students turned out in full force to grill, eat, drink and play games during Saturday�s tailgate in Lots 13 and 14 before the football game, in which the Tigers lost to Hofstra, 20-3. TUPD Capt. Joe Herring said this year�s Homecoming tailgate was less orderly than in previous years and 50 age verifications and four arrests were made. See page nine for stories on tailgating, the Homecoming court, the Gym Class Heros concert, and a full page of photos. Global Get Down Sharon Leff Editor in Chief Towson freshman Kevin Ryan was pronounced brain dead this weekend after being struck by at least one vehicle while walking near Goucher and Loch Raven Boulevards early Friday morning. Kevin�s father, Charlie Ryan, said according to the police report the driver that hit Kevin was intoxicated. A second driver struck Kevin and then stopped to call 911, family friend Steve Zurier said. According to Deb Moriarty, vice president for student affairs, Kevin was walking back to campus. Charlie Ryan said Kevin remains in critical condition. His organs are being donated to other patients in need. �That decision [to donate] was Kevin�s. When he con-verted his license from a provisional license to a regular license he checked �organ donor,�� Charlie Ryan said. �That was unbeknownst to us.� Kevin�s friend Andy Yare said he and Kevin, along with some other friends, were hanging out at the Donnybrook Apartment complex Thursday night. �He left after we did and then he somehow ended up at Target and he called another one of our friends to get back, and that�s when he was hit,� Yare said. Kevin lived in the Residence Tower and went to Atholton High School in Columbia, Md. He was studying business at Towson. �[Baltimore County Police] have arrested a 25-year-old male. He�s in jail and he�ll probably face 12 serious charges, and they are slowly, methodically working to build their case,� Charlie Ryan said. �I don�t feel bitter-ness to that person. His punishment will be his guilt that he killed someone.� He said he finds solace in donating Kevin�s organs and that a small piece of Kevin will live on in future genera-tions. Kevin was taken to Sinai Hospital. A social worker contacted the Towson University Police Department, who contacted Housing and Residence Life. Moriarty said after a student dies the University con-tacts the student�s professors and his roommate. Charlie Ryan said he and his wife will be starting a scholarship in Kevin�s memory. �I don�t want any flowers. They�re going to dry up and whither away,� he said. The scholarship will be promoted on a Web site: kev-insgift. org. ��Kevin�s Gift� will embrace the donor program and promote it on the Web page as an avenue for people to give,� he said. See LOSS, page 8 Blake Savadow/The Towerlight Eric Gazzillo/The Towerlight "
