OFF-CAMPUS CRIME
Monday marks unlucky number seven
York Liquors employee robbed at gunpoint during early evening hours
NICK DiMARCO
Senior Writer
When York Liquors’ employee Josh
Ike, 28, asked a young man for his
identification Monday afternoon, he
instead was presented with a revolver.
Located less than a half mile from
the University’s campus, the liquor
store has only been robbed once in
the last 14 years under the current
ownership. However, according to Ike,
the area has seen a surge in criminal
activity recently.
"We’ve seen a lot of crime increase
over the last six months that just
wasn’t here,” Ike said. "Most of it
is from people who aren’t locals ...
we don't know where they’re coming
from or what they’re doing."
On Monday, at about 4:15 p.m.
a young-looking black male entered
York Liquors, next to Pizan’s Pizza,
and approached the cooler across from
the register. The suspect
waited for the only customer in the
store to leave and then approached
the counter with a beer in hand, as
seen on the store’s multiple surveil¬
lance cameras. Within seconds, the
sus pect displayed a"38-snub,’’
as Ike described it, "with
his fingers on the
trigger ...and
See CRIME,
page 10
booingo costume photo slideshow I www.thetowerlight.com
Published by Baltimore Student Media for the Towson University Community
October 22, 2009
UNWANTED
VACATION
ALISSA KATZ
Associate News Editor
Students only see one part of a professor's
job. There’s much more to it than lecturing in
front of a classroom. With the University System
of Maryland’s budget cuts, faculty members are
being required to fulfill some of their teaching
obligations for free.
Towson’s budget, which makes up approxi¬
mately eight to 10 percent of the entire USM’s
budget, has been cut by $6 million. Combined
with those cuts, Towson is also required to give
up $2.6 million to furlough days.
Furlough days require faculty and staff to take
between one and 10 days off without pay. Most
faculty, depending on their current salary, are
required to take four or more days, according to
provost Marcia Welsh.
The current furlough plan is Towson’s second
round of furloughs in the last year.
Student employees, graduate students, teach¬
ing assistants and part-time faculty are exempt
from the new furlough plan.
Professors expressed concern with the work
that still needs to be done, despite having to
take days off.
"We work an enormous amount outside of
the classroom preparing, grading, advising..."
assistant professor in the sociology, anthropol¬
ogy and criminal justice department Michelle
Manasse said.
According to Welsh, faculty have outside work
that must be done so as to not hinder or damage
their career.
In order to earn tenure, scholarship respon¬
sibilities take up a significant percentage of the
week, Manasse said.
See COST, page 10
