tl20020905-000 "The TOWErliiighb Baltimore's #1 College Paper - Published Twice-Weekly - www.thetowerlight.com Thursday, 9/5/02 Kirwan moves to Burksh ire 5 Departments set for vital review Woodswork plays gigs; talk future 11 'City by the Sea:' emotional thriller 14 Departments News 5 Police Blotter 10 Arts 11 In a Theater Near You 14 High Road 15 Sports 24 Punt, Pass and Pick 23 In This Corner 24 Classifieds 20 Opinion 2 Armed robbery occurs at TU Students recall events of Monday's attack; TUPD working to find suspects, leads in case Mike Morris The Towerlight Two 18-year-old male students were robbed at gunpoint while walking on the path between Smith Hall and the Glen Towers bridge Monday evening. Brian, a freshman student who requested that his last name not be used, said he was approached by three males at about 11 p.m. He had been returning to his dorm room on the old side of campus after dropping off his girlfriend in Tower B. ""While I was walking back I was talking to one of my friends from home on the phone,"" said the out-of- state student. ""I wasn't really paying attention. I yelled 'what the f�?' into the phone. They jumped on me, threw me on the ground and my pants ripped open."" He said the suspects then reached into his pockets and took all of his personal possessions, which included a dinner receipt he said the police later found with fin-gerprints on it. ""One of them came up from behind me and the gun hit my head,"" the victim said. ""I saw the gun. It was a silver handgun."" After the suspects robbed Brian, they left and approached Robert, another freshman student who requested his last name not be used. Robert, a resident in Scarborough Hall, approached as the first robbery was taking place. ""I was walking to Tower B,"" he said. ""I saw two guys hovered over something. I thought it was a drug deal or something, so I paused for a second. I saw a kid getting up off the ground. They came up to me and put the gun to my head. Then they reached in my pockets and took everything."" According to the Towson University Police Department Criminal Investigation Report, the suspects told Robert, ""Don't say See ROBBERY, page 10 Lisa Johnson The Tutverhght During their first week at Towson, two freshman male students were robbed at gunpoint. The incident took place Monday. Says one victim: 'They jumped on me, threw me on the ground and my pants ripped open.' Vanessa Carlton welcomes students Singer to perform in Towson Center for 'welcome back' show later this month Jennifer Hykes The Towerlight Rising pop star Vanessa Carlton will play the Towson Center Saturday, Sept. 21. Campus Activities Board concert chair Ben Ricciardi said CAB has been working over the past few days to book the artist for the ""welcome back"" concert. The concert will also feature Howie Day and local act Woodswork. ""It's been put together really quick,"" Ricciardi said. ""[Carlton]'s been getting a lot of MTV support and radio support."" Canton's A&M Records debut, ""Be Not Nobody,"" has received crit-ical acclaim, and the single ""A Thousand Miles"" has garnered seri-ous play on MTV's ""Total Request Live"" as well as radio stations nationwide. Her piano-driven brand of girl pop led Rolling Stone maga-zine to label her as one of the ""Top Ten Artists to Watch in 2002."" ""She's a good act to have. She's' got two singles out right now,"" Ricciardi said. ""I'm always looking for acts in the mainstream and the limelight. [That's what] appeals to students."" Carlton is finishing off a U.S. tour that brought her to Baltimore early this summer. But her music career See CARLTON, page 18 Photo courtesy A&M Records Vanessa Carlton, singer of the current hit 'A Thousand Miles,' will play at Towson on Sept. 21. Today High 81 Low 61 Friday High 83 Low 59 Saturday High 83 Low 61 Sunday High 85 Low 65 Monday High 85 Low 65 "
