TL20050901_001 "Food Review: Noodles & Company delivers good food and better prices catering to a hungry collegiate crowd Arts, page 17 Interior renovation makes Cook more convenient for students News, page 7 Published for and by the students of Towson and Baltimore -- twice weekly Thursday, 9/1/05 Brian Stelter/ The Towerlight Navy, Northwestern join football slate Luke Brietzke Associate Sports Editor When Towson signed on with the Atlantic 10 for football in 2002, it was clear that the program was moving up in the college football world. At a press conference on Wednesday, TU Athletic Director Wayne Edwards announced the next step for the program. Towson will play Division I-A opponent Navy in Annapolis, Md on Aug. 30, 2008. The following year, the Tigers will play on the road against the Big Ten's Northwestern. Negotiations with another Big Ten team for a 2010 match-up are ongoing, but Edwards could not release the name of the third school until the details are finalized. """"This gives us exposure in other areas,"""" Head Coach Gordy Combs said. """"It will also be good for our alums. Towson alumni who never went to a Towson athletics event while they were here will go to Annapolis for the game just because of how big it is."""" A year ago, Navy finished 10-2 and capped the season with an Emerald Bowl victory over New Mexico. The Big Ten is arguably the greatest conference in college football. Towson was unlikely to play Division I-A teams before 2008 because the program will not have the full allotment of scholarships until then. If a Division I-A team plays a Division I-AA team with fewer than 63 scholarships, the game does not count toward the Division I-A's win tally in bowl game considerations. With only 11 games allowed in college football each season (12 starting There were rumors in the early '90s that Towson University would get rid of football. Today those rumors are gone, never coming back... Wayne Edwards Towson Athletic Director next year), that one game can determine whether a Division I-A team makes a bowl game. """"There were rumors in the early '90s that Towson University would get rid of football,"""" Edwards said. """"Today, those rumors are gone, never coming back, and football will be an important part of Towson University forever."""" Tearin' up the Bears Thursday: Bear-B-Q: 4-6:30 p.m. Bears v. Tigers: Unitas Stadium: 7 p.m. See the preview in Sports, page 28 Arts starts anew After months of renovation and millions of dollars, CFA officially opens Brian Stelter Editor in Chief With a giant asterisk after the word """"complete,"""" Towson University celebrated the expansion of the Center for the Arts at a ribbon-cutting ceremony Tuesday morning. The faint scent of paint and wood chips lingered in the air as University and state officials used giant scissors to symbolically slice a strand of yellow caution tape on the second floor of the renovated building. The $53 million construction project has nearly doubled the size of the building, from 166,000 to 288,000 square feet. The work isn't quite completed yet; finishing touches will be made in the months to come, and a """"Center for the Arts Spectacular"""" is scheduled for April 2006. But for students and faculty members, this week marked a new beginning. """"For the first time, the building will hold all of the fine arts departments,"""" College of Fine Arts and Communications dean Kit Spicer said, and the audience applauded. Dance majors were especially excited. They have endured years of courses in Burdick Hall, apart from other art students. Sophomore dance performance major Samantha Rojas said the building was gorgeous. """"The studios are unbelievable. It feels like we're professionals!"""" she exclaimed. See CFA, page 10 INSIDE: Perspectives....3 Beyond 12 Movies 18 Sports 28 News .7 Arts .17 Classifieds 23 Coming In Monday's Towerlight-. Sports: Will Tigers tame Bears in season opener? Men's soccer begins season News: Tiger Pep Rally carries into evening, 'may be the start of an annual tradition'"
