tl20080901-01 "Now on TheTowerlight.com: View video Word on the Street and footage of freshmen move-in at West Village... Sept. 1, 2008 www.thetowerlight.com The Towerlight Published by and for the students of Towson and Baltimore -- twice-weekly Monday FREE The fi rst West Villagers move onto campus News, page 10 FOOTBALL Tigers take bigger stage Eric Gazzillo/The Towerlight TU football players gather on the sidelines of Navy Marine Corps Memorial Stadium Saturday after their loss to Navy as the white uniformed midshipmen exit the stadium in the distance. More Towson vs. Navy football coverage Visit TheTowerlight.com for... Web exclusive news and notes from the game Video footage from pregame tailgating Video and audio podcasts of postgame press conference Slideshow and gallery from the game TU gains national audience; Navy game provides Univ. exposure Firm hired to study housing for Greeks Financial feasibility, organizational interest part of research survey Kiel McLaughlin Editor in Chief The possibility of a Greek village joining the Towson housing community will become clearer by the end of the fall semester. The University has hired an independent firm to study the feasibility of constructing Greek housing on campus. Conversation about housing for Greek organizations began about a year ago, Greek Life coordinator Christian Miele said. The feasibility study will look into the interest of Greek organization members to live on campus under University, fraternity and sorority life and their own individual chapters� policies. The study will also survey organization members on willingness to pay to live in the group houses and how much it would cost to construct the buildings. A final report is expected in December, according to vice president for the division for student affairs Deb Moriarty. �They are going to survey students and look at other schools. The great part of having an independent, outside group do this is they can really dig into what other places have done in the same situation,� Moriarty said. �Right now we are working through the policy and the financial implications of the project.� According to Miele, he expects the University to initially fund the construction of houses that would be built on a tract of land TU owns between the Towson Place Apartments and St. Joseph Hospital. The Greek members living in the residences would then pay for the space. Miele said it is also common in Greek housing set-ups for other members not living in the unit to pay parlor fees, a smaller cost for the rights to use the building as a place for meetings, programs and other personal use. Students participating in social fraternity and sorority organizations make up about Kiel McLaughlin Editor in Chief The teams� styles of play and the traditions of each program con-trasted as greatly as Towson�s white and gold uniforms and Navy�s deep blue on Saturday. The Midshipmen, one of the nation�s oldest teams, have been playing for more than a century, boasting all-time greats and two Heisman Trophy winners. The match-up in Annapolis this w e e k - end was Towson�s first game against a Division I FBS team, a historic occasion for the up-and-coming program. �This is a pivotal moment for our football team and our athletic department as a whole,� Towson athletic director Mike Hermann said. Prior to last season, at an aver-age home game at Johnny Unitas Stadium, there would be about 3,000 in attendance. In 2007, how-ever, attendance experienced a sig-nificant increase with more than 6,000 fans turning out for home games. Saturday at the Naval Academy, Towson played before the largest crowd in program history. On top of the announced 31,613 fans in atten-dance, the Midshipmen�s broadcast contract with CBS College Sports provided millions at home a chance to see the improvement of the Tiger football program. Star quarterback Sean Schaefer�s performance, com-pleting 29 for 47 for 330 yards and two touchdowns, demonstrated the program as one on the rise. Getting to this point, however, has been a tumultuous trip; one that left long-time coaches Phil Albert and Gordy Combs question-ing whether or not they would have jobs at one point. In 1990 the University considered closing the door on the football program completely. The team had struggled, posting a 13-28 record See FBS, page 31 See page 32 for the full story of Towson�s 41-13 loss to Navy. See GREEK, page 8 Outdoor concert welcomes students back to campus Arts, page 24 "
