TL20050404_001 "Baltimore's #1 College Paper - Published Twice-Weekly - www.thetowerlight.com Monday, 4/4/05 SGA elections three weeks away 5 Lecture promotes workplace civility 5 Locals remember Pope John Paul II 7 Comic Curry to hang with campus Departments Opinion News 5 Campus Calendar. 9 Arts 13 Sound Bites 14 Sports 20 In This Corner. 20 Face-Off. 19 Classifieds 16 Third Eye Blind joins TigerFest's rock lineup Erica Kritt The Towerlight The planning for Towson's biggest party is finally coming to fruition with this week's announcement of the band lineup for TigerFest. On May 7, TigerFest is switching from its usual hip-hop acts to a more rock sound with the headliner Third Eye Blind. """"The past couple of years we had hip-hop acts, and the students kind of voiced an opinion that they wanted something different,"""" David Hamburg, Campus Activities Board's concert chair, said. """"We went for more of a rock/jam band sound."""" CAB felt the need to diversify its acts throughout the year. """"We started the year off, our welcome back concert being hip- hop with Fat Joe and Jadakiss,"""" assistant director for student activities Jason Heiserman said. """"But we didn't specifically target just rock bands."""" Joining Third Eye Blind will be Vertical Horizon, Lloyd Dobler Effect, Badfish, and Pat McGee Band. The stage will be twice the size of last year's event. """"Last year we had a lot of solo acts, and this year we have bands, so we needed a bigger stage,"""" Heiserman said. Choosing the bands is a long process with many aspects to be considered. """"We are really, really happy with what we came up with,"""" Heiserman explained. """"We always come up with a huge list of names, we try a lot of different things and then we come to find out - too expensive, not available on that day, touring in Europe, recording in the studio - so you get shut down a bunch of times before you figure out the lineup."""" In order to book what Hamburg calls a household name, CAB had to save up some funds on its own, because the budget for the event is $75,000, which is the same amount as last year. """"Our concert chair has been saving up some of his funds, so rather than exhaust his budget, he saved a nice amount of it to put toward TigerFest,"""" Heiserman said. See CAB, page 13 Storm puts damper on weekend sports Lisa Johnson/The Towerlight Junior Rebecca duRivage-Jacobs and sophomore Paige O'Flaherty wait out the rain Saturday during a track meet against Delaware State. O'Flaherty went on to win the 100-meter hurdles. See story, Page 18. Initiative lights up old side of University Sharon Leff The Towerlight The old side of campus may start looking somewhat new, or at least better lit. A new initiative is underway to improve lighting outside Stephens Hall, and the Prettyman and Scarborough residence halls. David Mayhew, director for facilities management, architecture, engineering and construction, believes the new lights will improve campus safety and appearance. """"We've been talking about it for quite awhile, but [specifically about] the design itself for six months. They've begun by marking out all the locations,"""" he said. The $400,000 project, with most of the work being done along Stephens Avenue, will be completed by the summer. """"This is to me a win-win-win situation. We've been trying to get funding and an opportunity to light Stephens Hall for quite a while,"""" Mayhew said. The older side of campus has been identified as one of the areas in need of more illumination during night walks. Similar to the darkness on the Glen footbridge, improvements are being made because """"the primary purpose of the project is to improve safety and is mainly [about] pedestrian lighting,"""" Mayhew explained. Stephens Hall, which is more than 100 years old and has never been lit up, will now have floodlights that brighten the front of the building. Bret Williams-Caison, a freshman who had a night class at Stephens Hall last semester, was somewhat uneasy about the darkness surrounding the building. """"Well, if I was alone I would feel a little worried, but since I always walked back with someone it wasn't so bad,"""" he said. Although safety may have prompted the initiative, the University is also keeping in mind the improved appearance. See NEW, page 8 Today High 59 Low 39 Tuesday High 65 Low 47 Wednesday High 72 Low 53 Thursday High 65 Low 51 Friday High 59 Low 41"
