TL20070917-01 "Sept. 17, 2007 Monday www.thetowerlight.com Now on TheTowerlight.com: View PDFs of the print edition, photo slidshows and other exclusive online content... Tackling a new beginning Sororities welcome pledges as part of Rush for Bid Day on Burdick Photos by Patrick Smith/The Towerlight Above, members of Kappa Delta tackle a new pledge at Bid Day held Sunday on Burdick Field. Below, members of Towson�s Panhellenic Association sororities run towards their new pledges. TU may start third term Trimester could begin this summer Sharon Leff Editor in Chief Towson University may imple-ment a trimester for Summer 2008, if they receive funding from the state. Introducing a trimester would allow the use of buildings all year round and would allow students to take classes that are in high demand during the fall and spring semesters, Towson President Robert Caret told the University Senate Monday. Caret said he would like to launch the trimester on a very small scale and look at which classes and elec-tives are in high demand. �Anything that can relieve pres-sure on the fall and spring [semes-ters] can help us,� he said in an interview last week. Acting provost James Clements said the University will have a task force evaluate all the advantages and disadvantages to starting a tri-mester. �In order for this to work, we have to be supportive of it and we have to get money to do it. What we�re asking the state is, treat this like a spring or fall semester and subsidize it,� Clements said. When students enroll in courses over the summer the University See NEW, page 8 Published by and for the students of Towson and Baltimore -- twice-weekly Former Towson student Phil Minissale pursues blues career Arts, page 16 Commons planned for West Village News, page 7 Krysten Appelbaum Senior Editor With the air at a crisp 67 degrees and the first fall leaves on the ground, members of Towson�s Panhellenic Association sorori-ties and their new pledges took to Burdick Field Sunday for the �Running of the Bulls,� otherwise known as Bid Day. Gathered under bright balloon arches, and wearing their Greek let-ters, the members of Alpha Gamma Delta, Kappa Delta, Alpha Omicron Pi, Alpha Phi, Phi Mu, Phi Sigma Sigma, Alpha Xi Delta and Zeta Tau Alpha cheered, danced and waited in expectation of receiving their new sisters. �The anticipation of just waiting for the girls to run to us and seeing how much bigger we�re going to get is the most exciting thing about the day,� senior Alpha Gamma Delta member Jessica Lewis said. �The day couldn�t be a whole lot better. The weather is absolutely perfect.� Potential New Members visit and learn about each sorority through-out the week, culminating in Bid Day. The PNMs receive bids, or for-mal invitations for membership in a sorority. On Bid Day, once the invitation is accepted, the PNM See RUSH, page15 The Towerlight "
