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Towson campus reacts to adjunct firing

March 5, 2010 - 11:08 pm

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Illustration by Ben Exler. This investigative article originally appeared in The Towerlight on March 4, 2010. It should be noted that a report at The Towerlight’s Web site broke the story on the evening of March 1, after which coverage from numerous local news outlets, including the Baltimore Sun, WBFF, WJZ and WBAL-TV followed. The [...]

Tyler Tech: ‘Electric Town’ lights up Tokyo

March 5, 2010 - 11:00 pm

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Published in The Towerlight on January 26, 2009.
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Welcome back from the long break. So as I mentioned in a previous column,I spent a week during my time off in Japan. Yes, it was beautiful. If I had my druthers I would spend this space going on and on about the food. Oh man, the food.
But you came for Tyler Tech, not Tyler Talks Sushi.

The dirt on Mike Rowe

November 22, 2009 - 1:55 pm

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Originally published in The Towerlight November 16, 2009.
Many students struggle to find employment after graduation, but in the last four years, one Towson alumnus has had more than 200 jobs and counting.
Mike Rowe, a Dundalk native who graduated in 1985, is best known as host of the Discovery Channel series “Dirty Jobs.” But long before [...]

Breaking Out

November 1, 2009 - 6:18 pm

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Originally published in The Towerlight October 16, 2008. Photos by Kristofer Marsh, who won 3rd place for Region 2 in the Society of Professional Journalists’ 2009 Mark of Excellence Awards.
Baltimore’s Inner Harbor is known for a lot of things. Crab cakes, boats, tourist traps… breakdancing?
Nestled between the National Aquarium’s ambient music and natural sounds on [...]

Mass transit or high gas costs?

November 1, 2009 - 11:58 am

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Originally published July 3, 2008 in Owings Mills Times.
In the face of record high gas prices, more area residents and employees of local businesses are choosing to take mass transit instead of driving to their destination to cut their fuel bills.
“It’s been very helpful,” said Irene Azu, a city resident who commutes several days a [...]

Senator’s future discussed

October 31, 2009 - 11:05 pm

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Originally published March 17, 2009 at TheTowerlight.com. Photos by Tyler Waldman.
Monday evening’s town hall meeting at Baltimore’s historic Senator Theatre started like many screenings had over the last 20 years, with a speech by the theater’s owner, Tom Kiefaber.
“I didn’t call this meeting,” Kiefaber said in front of a crowd of more than 500 people. [...]

Rove faces hostilities at Goucher

October 31, 2009 - 10:17 pm

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Originally published as an online exclusive for The Towerlight on September 17, 2009. The Towerlight was the only media organization present at the event. Photos by Eric Gazzillo.
He is a man of many nicknames. The Architect. Boy Genius. Turd Blossom.
Karl Rove, arguably one of the most divisive figures of the George W. Bush administration, was [...]

A play of star-crossed lovers

October 31, 2009 - 10:07 pm

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Originally published in The Towerlight October 26, 2009.
Swords clash. Families feud. Teens find forbidden love. This isn’t a prime time drama or a new movie. It’s one of the most popular love stories in history.
“Romeo and Juliet,” which will premiere Friday night in the Center for the Arts Mainstage Theatre, is one of William Shakespeare’s [...]

Quidditch league takes flight

October 31, 2009 - 9:57 pm

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Originally published October 7, 2009, in The Towerlight. Photos by Blake Savadow.

A new hot sport on the Towson campus has student athletes wielding sticks, chasing players and throwing balls. It’s not football. It’s not soccer. It’s not field hockey.
rin Boots throws a “Quaffle,” a ball used in Quidditch. The Muggle version is a volleyball covered [...]

Thompson mindful of impact

October 31, 2009 - 9:52 pm

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Originally published July 6, 2009, in The Towerlight:
Q.D. Thompson is an unlikely athlete. In team pictures, he sticks out as the shortest of the bunch. At a relatively scrawny 5’6” and 110 pounds, his size did not stop him from making All-State and All-Southern teams in soccer and basketball, or from being a contender in [...]