tl19991018_000 "71114onday www.towson.edu/towerlight! 11 rer igl 1/1 Published twice weekly by students of Towson University 1 0/18/99 Debaters pull all-nighter 3 Life after Communism Bands battle weekly at Vault 11 TU's Landeta still kickin' 18 Departments News 3 World 6 Nation 7 Technology 8 A&E // Sound Bites Sports 17 Fast Break 17 Athlete of the Week.... 20 Homecoming gets new look to attract students Mike Morris The Towerlight Attracting bigger crowds and better performers was the goal coming into this year's Homecoming and with a con-cert featuring the Goo Goo Dolls and other top performers this week, University officials say they've come through with their part of the bargain. All that's left, says SGA President Bryan Jablonski, is for Towson students to show up in force. ""This year's Homecoming is bigger than other years. We expect a huge turnout,"" Jablonski said. The festivities will feature a variety of new activities and attractions in addition to the tra-ditional Yell Like Hell pep rally, Homecoming concert and foot-ball game. Among the most highly antic-ipated events of the week are Thursday evening's MTV Real World and Road Rules College Lecture Tour and Friday's MP3.com Festival and Concert featuring the Goo Goo Dolls, Tonic and Imbue. Kalee from ""Road Rules"" Islands and Chadwick from ""Road Rules"" Australia will join Jason, Montana and Kameelah from ""Real World"" Boston, Janet from ""Real World"" Seattle, Norm from ""Real World"" New York and Justin from ""Real World"" Hawaii Thursday evening from 7:30 to 10:30 p.m. at the Towson Center with the Yell Like Hell Pep Rally being held earlier in the afternoon. There will be a multimedia presentation and an interactive See HOMECOMING, page 4 Chris Henry The Towerlight SGA quarterback Debbie Schneider is pursued by two Phi Mu sorority members in the championship game of Delta Sigma Phi's Powder Puff Football Tournament on Burdick Field yesterday. The SGA beat Phi Mu, 27-19, for the title. The event, part of Homecoming 1999, raised more than $300 for the March of Dimes. Towson rolls past Howard, 49-33 Tigers overcome 27-7 first half deficit on the way to their fifth win this season Patrick Stoetzer The Towerlight Coming off a disappointing loss to Morgan State last week, Towson turned its luck around Saturday, ending up on the pos-itive side of a big comeback with a 49-33 win over Howard University. With Towson trailing 27-7 late in the first half, the game's biggest moment came as senior quarterback Joe Lee hit wide receiver Justin Mattera on an 11- yard touchdown cutting the halftime deficit to 13. Lee was just getting started though, as he ended the day with four touchdowns and 431 yards as Towson (5-2 overall, 3-0 in the Patriot League) scored 35 unanswered points to stun Howard (24). Lee, who leads the nation in passing yards with 2,562, threw for more than 400 yards for the fourth time this year. The loss of one of Lee's receivers, junior Adam Overbey, hasn't changed anything for Lee in the Tigers' offensive system. ""It's all about finding the open guys,"" Lee said. ""We've been looking for the receives downfield more often, and that's what we got done [Saturday]."" Towson had four receivers catch five or more passes, with senior tailback Jason Cone lead- See COMEBACK, page 20 Aaron Quinn:The Towerlight Senior tailback Jason Cork Today High 63 Low 52 Tuesday High 56 Low 38 Wednesday High 56 Low 38 Thursday High 54 � Low 38 � "