TL20050919_001 "Series of collaborative, informational events keeps TU students 'Safe and Sound' Alex Czinsy/The Towerlight Back from the city of brotherly love, Real Worlders Landon and MJ received marriage proposals, gratuitous gropes and dorm room invitations from their student audience. After their set, the pair stayed for a meet and greet that lasted an hour and a half. MTVers have 'no regrets' Real World alums discuss life in reality TVfishbowl during trip to TU Lauren Cohen Contributing Writer """"Real World: Philadelphia"""" stars MJ Garrett and Landon Lueck spiced up campus Thursday night, sharing their experiences and answering questions from students about their MTV reality show experience. The night was all about flattery and light- hearted advice, as the two were greeted with a two-minute roar of applause, followed by Lueck and Garrett's praise of Towson women. Campus Activities Board said the event was a smashing success. """"The turnout was so much better than I expected,"""" Monica April, CAB's lecture committee chair, said. Around 500 people came to the event. During a risque question and answer session, there were plenty of inquiries regarding where the two were going after the event and whether or not they would take their shirts off. """"We just came to hear the truth about everything that went on; their real experience with the show,"""" junior psychology and deaf studies major Heidi Shullenbarger said. I was out one night and randomly met a casting director...and within a month I was asked to do it. Landon Lueck Real World: Philadelphia """"It was nice seeing them, that's for sure. Hot guys, can't go wrong with that,"""" Abby Simmons, a freshman biology major, added. Before Garrett, a graduate of Vanderbilt University in Tennessee, and Lueck, a former University of Wisconsin at Madison student, took to the Potomac Lounge stage, they managed to answer a few Towerlight questions. They were both """"good fits for the show,"""" but they admittedly didn't watch the """"Real World"""" often prior to applying. """"I was out one night and randomly met a casting director for the show and they said that I would be a good fit for someone that they needed. So within a month I was asked to do it,"""" Lueck said. There were some things they wish their parents hadn't seen on national television. """"Making out"""" immediately came to mind for Garrett, while Lueck said that """"pulling knives"""" was a low point. Lueck keeps in touch with several of his former housemates, including Mel and Sarah, but Garrett only really communicates with Lueck. """"Whenever I was done with the show, I kind of went back to my life and at times I SeePHILLY,pagel8 No money, no growth University President takes firm stance; System awaits word on state funding Brian Stelter Editor in Chief For more than two years, Towson University has positioned itself for significant enrollment growth. But President Robert Caret is now stating publicly that the campus will not increase its enrollment unless it receives additional funding from the state of Maryland. """"We're not going to grow if we don't get money for next year,"""" Caret said in an interview earlier this month. As he noted in an address to the University Senate last Monday, """"all of what we do - be it educationally or financially - has to do with the size of the student body. It drives everything we do."""" But the campus """"will run into the red pretty quickly"""" if it continues to grow without additional monies. That's why Caret now says """"growth is no longer possible until resources are available."""" In the interview, Caret was more blunt: """"Literally, unless they put a gun to my head, we're going to stop growing unless we get an answer on that,"""" he said. An answer on the funding implications of enrollment growth must come from the University System of Maryland Board of Regents. There is """"complete agreement in the system"""" that Towson should be the primary growth engine for USM, Chancellor Brit Kirwan said, but """"we are also equally determined that we're not going to let Towson grow without resources. That could be very harmful."""" Over the summer, each USM institution discussed its future goals, and the funding implications of those goals, with the Board of Regents. As part of that process, Towson submitted """"reams and reams"""" of documentation demonstrating how enrollment growth would be financially unreasonable under current models. Caret believes a change in the funding formula is warranted. """"We've done all the work. We've crunched all the numbers. The board had all these questions, and we answered them. They took all See LOBBYING, page 9 - ?.?-...,.?..?. ??.?,..,. ..,.,-..?.?,.,.?,..... , .... ,..,.. ..,?..,?,? ? INSIDE: Perspectives....3 Beyond ....10 Music 16 Sports 24 News 7 Arts 15 Classifieds 12 Coming In Thursday's Towerlight-. 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