The Towerlight, September 21, 2000

tl20000921-000 "Thursday www.thetowerlight.com 0 VI /Ter igh Published twice-weekly by students of Towson University 9/21/00 Virus strikes Towson CPUs 3 Wood cheers for movie stunts 11 0-line: The unsung heroes 19 Healy bounces around minors Departments News Police Blotter 7 Nation 7 A&E 9 In a Theater Near You 1 1 Wrasslin' Weekly 17 Sports /9 Fast Break 19 Tiger Tracks 20 Op/Ed. VIP's continues expansion with Towson Center lounge VIP's Xpress concession stand fulfills SGA goal, pleases students Mike Morris The Towerlight When Sally Allison's office was located in the Towson Center for four years in the early 90s, she always wished there was something other than peanut butter and cheese crack-ers from the vending machine to eat. A decade later, along with the SGA, .the associate vice president of campus activities helped bring VIP's Xpress, a new-and-improved concession area serving hot food to Towson's athletes and kinesiol-ogy majors, to Auburn Drive. ""It would have been very nice to have a place to eat while I worked there aside from the vending machines,"" Allison joked. ""Although the vending machines will still be there."" VIP's Xpress, an offspring of VIP's Lounge in the University Union, replaced the snack stand on the first floor of the Towson Center near the racquetball courts. One of the Millennium Party's campaign goals last semester was to bring a food stand to the center within the first month of the semester. ""The stand's not there to make a profit,"" SGA President Dan Wait said. ""It's there to make life easier for students, many of which don't even come to the Union because all of their classes are at Towson Center."" Designed to cater to students, faculty and staff, patrons say the Xpress stand has been an See VIP's, page 4 Jonathan Smith The rawer-light Along with a ""VIP's Downstairs"" lounge that can host events for up to 350 people, the Towson Center is now also home to VIP's Xpress, which has much longer hours than the old snack bar in the building. Reynolds making name for himself Guitarist best known for relationship with Dave Matthews steps into solo spotlight Maria DeCastro The Towerlight Tim Reynolds is known as Dave Matthews' favorite gui-tarist, equally adept at plucking a 12-string acoustic and pushing the limits of a common six-string. But when the master of all that is the guitar and headliner of this weekend's Autumn Equinox Music & Arts Festival at the Buffalo Gap Community Campground in West Virginia released the album ""Puke Matrix Tour"" last year, mans' fans didn't recognize the hard-core edge to his previously mel-low acoustic style. ""A lot of fans who enjoy my acoustic stuff would come to a show and question if pi was the same Tim Reynolds,"" said Reynolds, who uses his guitar in ways no one ever has � as an instrument of percussion, melody and harmony. So perhaps no better musician could better headline the fifth annual festival that has been likened to a modern das' Woodstock. Reynolds, who just released his latest album ""See Into Your Soul,"" follows a not-so-simple See REYNOLDS, page 10 OP' Phi& csaresay lbilitynotiklacam Guitarist 11m Reynolds (left) is best known for being Da�e Matthews' fmorite guitarist Today High 82 Low 58 Friday High 71 Low 54 Saturday High 74 Low 61 Sunday High 79 Low 58 "