TL20070906-01 "Sept. 6, 2007 Thursday www.thetowerlight.com Now on TheTowerlight.com: Register to use exclusive online features and recieve online updates in your e-mail... Then and now: campaigning for change Former SGA vice president runs in democratic primary for Baltimore City Council, 12th District Patrick Smith/The Towerlight Former Student Government Association vice president and Towson alumnus Frank Richardson, left campaigns with his son Frank Jr., nicknamed Taiyo, center, on 2400 Brentwood Avenue Tuesday Sept. 4. Richardson is running against Ertha Harris and incumbent Bernard Young. The primaries are Tuesday, Sept. 11. Published by and for the students of Towson and Baltimore -- twice-weekly The Towerlight Bale and Crowe shine in �3:10 to Yuma,� a western done right Arts, page 18 Chao Lu is new acting dean of graduate studies and research News, page 7 Krysten Appelbaum Senior Editor In 1998, Towson senior football player and Student G o v e r n m e n t Association vice pres-idential candidate Frank Richardson took to the pavement to pass out fliers, shake hands and talk about his plans for repre-senting the student body. Today, almost a decade later, Richardson, is doing much the same thing, but this time, he�s on the streets of Baltimore City, campaigning to represent the 12th District in the City Council. Richardson, a democrat running against Democrat Ertha Harris and incumbent Bernard Young in the primary elections on Tuesday, Sept. 11, served as an SGA senator in 1997 and won the vice-presidency in 1998. Though he is facing an entirely different set of issues in his run for Baltimore City Council, such as rising gang and criminal activity instead of plus/ minus grading systems, Richardson said his experience with student government during his time at Towson helped him discover his love for serving the community. �It was so fulfilling I thought, �This is me, it fits me well,�� he said. �I never really intended on going that route. But I got involved in stu-dent groups and I was an independent represen-tative for the student body, and I really enjoyed what I did.� Baltimore City�s 12th District reaches from the harbor to 30th street, mostly east of Interstate 83. The district includes a diverse range of neighborhoods, some with high-priced properties, such as Charles Village and Mount Vernon, to others plagued by drugs and crime, such as Barclay. Richardson works extensively with Baltimoreans United in Leadership Development, which focuses on community issues throughout the city and that are important to his district. See COUNCIL, page14 Alumni Report "
